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Swing Kids (1993 Film)
''Swing Kids'' is a 1993 American historical drama film directed by Thomas Carter in his feature film debut, and starring Robert Sean Leonard, Christian Bale, Frank Whaley, Barbara Hershey and Kenneth Branagh. The title refers to a youth subculture in Nazi Germany, in which teenagers embraced American and British swing music in defiance of the Nazi regime. The film follows two high school students in their attempt to be swing kids by night and Hitler Youth by day, a decision that acutely impacts their friends and families. The film was released by Buena Vista Pictures on March 5, 1993. It received mixed reviews from critics. Historical background In the 1930s, some young German teens favored American and British pop culture; they hung out in secret underground clubs where bands played swing music and listened to contemporary music by acts like Benny Goodman and Duke Ellington. The film's screenwriter, Jonathan Marc Feldman, based the film on this eponymous Swing Kids (''Swi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Carter (director)
Thomas Colbert Carter (born July 17, 1953) is an American director, producer and actor, known for '' Swing Kids'', '' Save the Last Dance'' and '' Coach Carter''. As an actor, Carter is probably best known for his work on the television series '' The White Shadow'', playing James "Hollywood" Hayward. Personal life Carter was born July 17, 1953, in Austin, Texas Austin ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Texas. It is the county seat and most populous city of Travis County, Texas, Travis County, with portions extending into Hays County, Texas, Hays and W ..., and grew up in Smithville. After high school graduation Carter would enroll and attend Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theater in 1974. Following his educational career, in 1992 Carter was presented with the "Distinguished Alumnus Award" from Texas State University. Career Television Career (as actor) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buena Vista Pictures
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures is an American film distributor within the Disney Entertainment division of the Walt Disney Company. It handles theatrical and occasional digital distribution, marketing, and promotion for films produced and released by the Walt Disney Studios, including Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, 20th Century Studios, and Searchlight Pictures, though it operates its own autonomous theatrical distribution and marketing unit in the United States. The company was originally established by Walt Disney in 1953 as Buena Vista Film Distribution Company Inc. (later renamed Buena Vista Distribution Inc. and Buena Vista Pictures Distribution Inc.). It took on its current name in late 2007. History Before in 1953, Disney's productions were previously distributed by: * M.J. Winkler Pictures (1924–1926), * Film Booking Offices of America (1926–1927), * Universal Pictures (1927–1928), * Celebrity Produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Tom
Charles David Tom (born March 23, 1978) is an American actor. He is best known for playing the roles of Billy Abbott on ''The Young and the Restless'' (1999 to 2002, 2014) and Paul Cramer on ''One Life to Live'' (2004). He won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in 2000 for his work on ''The Young and the Restless.'' Early life Tom was born in Hinsdale, Illinois. He is the twin brother of actress Nicholle Tom, who played Maggie Sheffield on ''The Nanny''. He guest-starred with her on an episode of ''Criminal Minds'' in 2008. They have one older sibling, Heather Tom, who played Tom's sister on ''One Life to Live'' and co-starred with him on ''The Young and the Restless''. When Tom was eight, his family moved from Chicago, Illinois to Seattle, Washington because of his father's work. A year later, his mother brought all three children to Los Angeles for pilot season. They relocated there permanently, with Tom's father staying behind in Seattle and his parents ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tushka Bergen
Tushka Bergen (born 1969, in London, England) is an Australian actress who has worked in Australia, England, Germany and the United States. In 1988, she was nominated for the AACTA Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini Series for her role in '' Always Afternoon''. Her mother is New Zealander Beverley Bergen, a soprano opera singer and scriptwriter. Her father is Anthony Hose, a conductor and pianist. She is married to CNN International Cable News Network International or CNN International (CNNi, simply branded on-air as CNN) is an international television channel and website, owned by CNN Worldwide. CNN International carries news-related programming worldwide; it cooperates ... presenter John Vause, with whom she has one daughter, Katie Vause, born in 2004. Filmography Film Television Awards and nominations References External links *Tushka Bergenat Film Reference {{DEFAULTSORT:Bergen, Tushka Australian film actresses 1969 births Livi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hitlerjugend
The Hitler Youth ( , often abbreviated as HJ, ) was the youth wing of the German Nazi Party. Its origins date back to 1922 and it received the name ("Hitler Youth, League of German Worker Youth") in July 1926. From 1936 until 1945, it was the sole official boys' youth organisation in Germany (although the League of German Girls was a wing of it) and it was partially a paramilitary organisation. It was composed of the Hitler Youth proper for male youths aged 14 to 18, and the German Youngsters in the Hitler Youth ( or "DJ", also "DJV") for younger boys aged 10 to 14. With the surrender of Nazi Germany in 1945, the organisation '' de facto'' ceased to exist. On 10 October 1945, the Hitler Youth and its subordinate units were outlawed by the Allied Control Council along with other Nazi Party organisations. Under Section 86 of the Criminal Code of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Hitler Youth is an "unconstitutional organisation" and the distribution or public use of its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gestapo
The (, ), Syllabic abbreviation, abbreviated Gestapo (), was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and in German-occupied Europe. The force was created by Hermann Göring in 1933 by combining the various political police agencies of Free State of Prussia, Prussia into one organisation. On 20 April 1934, oversight of the Gestapo passed to the head of the ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS), Heinrich Himmler, who was also appointed Chief of German Police by Hitler in 1936. Instead of being exclusively a Prussian state agency, the Gestapo became a national one as a sub-office of the (SiPo; Security Police). From 27 September 1939, it was administered by the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA). It became known as (Dept) 4 of the RSHA and was considered a sister organisation to the (SD; Security Service). The Gestapo committed widespread atrocities during its existence. The power of the Gestapo was used to focus upon political opponents, ideological dissenters (clergy and religious org ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blockleiter
''Blockleiter'' (Block Leader), where ''block'' refers to city block, was from 1933 the title of a lower Nazi Party political rank responsible for the political supervision of a neighborhood. Referred to in common parlance as ''Blockwart'' (Block Warden), the Block Warden's duty was to form the primary link between the Nazi authorities and the general population. The derogatory term ''Blockwart'' ("snoop") survives in German colloquial language. History and usage The title of ''Blockleiter'' was first created in 1930 and was initially known as ''Blockwart''. The purpose of the Block Warden was to organize local support for elections during a period when Nazis were attempting to gain both local and national political offices in the Weimar Republic. Block Wardens were organized by neighborhoods in German towns and cities, and answered to a "Cell Warden" known as the ''Zellenwart''. Typically, there were eight to ten blocks in one cell. In 1933, when the Nazis came to power, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamburg
Hamburg (, ; ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,. is the List of cities in Germany by population, second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th-largest in the European Union with a population of over 1.9 million. The Hamburg Metropolitan Region has a population of over 5.1 million and is the List of EU metropolitan areas by GDP, eighth-largest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. At the southern tip of the Jutland Peninsula, Hamburg stands on the branching River Elbe at the head of a estuary to the North Sea, on the mouth of the Alster and Bille (Elbe), Bille. Hamburg is one of Germany's three city-states alongside Berlin and Bremen (state), Bremen, and is surrounded by Schleswig-Holstein to the north and Lower Saxony to the south. The Port of Hamburg is Germany's largest and Europe's List of busiest ports in Europe, third-largest, after Port of Rotterdam, Rotterda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newspapers
A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports, art, and science. They often include materials such as opinion columns, weather forecasts, reviews of local services, Obituary, obituaries, birth notices, crosswords, editorial cartoons, comic strips, and advice columns. Most newspapers are businesses, and they pay their expenses with a mixture of Subscription business model, subscription revenue, Newsagent's shop, newsstand sales, and advertising revenue. The journalism organizations that publish newspapers are themselves often Metonymy, metonymically called newspapers. Newspapers have traditionally been published Printing, in print (usually on cheap, low-grade paper called newsprint). However, today most newspapers are also Electronic publishing, published on webs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pennsylvania)
''The Intelligencer'' is a daily (except Saturday) morning broadsheet newspaper published in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. The newspaper serves central and northern Bucks County as well as adjacent areas of eastern Montgomery County. It is owned by Gannett. History The newspaper started in 1804 as the ''Pennsylvania Correspondent and Farmers' Advertiser'', a weekly newspaper in Doylestown. In 1876, the ''Bucks County Intelligencer'' moved to an ornate building at 10 E. Court St. in Doylestown, where it was located until 1973. In 1886, the newspaper became a daily, which called itself ''The Doylestown Daily Intelligencer''. In 1973, ''The Daily Intelligencer'' moved its headquarters to 333 N. Broad St. in Doylestown, and dropped the "Daily" part of its name in the 1990s. Up until the 1970s, it published as an afternoon newspaper Monday through Saturday. It dropped the Saturday edition for a short time in the late 1970s when it added a Sunday morning edition. It also published a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swingjugend
The Swing Youth () were a youth counterculture of jazz and swing lovers in Germany formed in Hamburg in 1939. Primarily active in Hamburg and Berlin, they were composed of 14- to 21-year-old Germans, mostly middle or upper-class students, but also including some in the working class. They admired the " American way of life", defining themselves in swing music and opposing Nazism, especially the Hitler Youth (). They loosely structured themselves into “clubs” with names such as the Harlem Club, the OK Gang, and the Hot Club. This underground subculture, distinctly nonconformist with a focus on African-American music, was active in the German youth scene. Despite being largely apolitical and unstructured, the Swing Youth were targeted and, in some cases, repressed by the Nazi government. Name The name ' was a parody of the numerous youth groups that were organised by the Nazis, such as the '. The youth also referred to themselves as ''Swings'' or ' ("Swingity"); members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
