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The Charmkins
''The Charmkins'' is a television special based on an early 1980s toyline by Hasbro, which was broadcast on October 25, 1983. Plot Brown-Eyed Susan and the other Charmkin children of Charmworld go on a quest to rescue Lady Slipper after she is kidnapped by Evil Dragonweed and whisked off to Thistledown to dance for him and his goons. Cast The voice cast included: * Ben Vereen as Dragonweed * Aileen Quinn as Brown-Eyed Susan * Sally Struthers as Poison Ivy * Ivy Austin Ivy Austin (born Ivy Lynn Epstein; January 19, 1958 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actress, singer, and voice-over artist, known for her performances on Garrison Keillor's ''A Prairie Home Companion'' and her ''Sesame Street'' voices. ... as Skunkweed * Martin Biersban as Willie Winkle * Bob Kaliban as Bramble Brother #2 * Lyn Lambert as Lady Slipper * Chris Murney as Briarpatch, Crocus, Bramble Brother #1 * Peter Waldren as Popcorn * Freddi Weber as Blossom * Gary Yudman as Thorny * Patience Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Seeman
Edward Seeman (pseudonym Eduardo Cemano) is an American artist whose works have spanned disparate fields, from award-winning animated television commercials for children to films of artistic nudity and hardcore pornography. He is also known for his cinemaphotography and for his work with Frank Zappa in the 1960s. Career Seeman was born in New York in 1931, and attended both the High School of Music & Art and the Pratt Institute. He began his animation career at Paramount Pictures, making animation cels for shows such as '' Popeye the Sailorman'' and '' Casper the Friendly Ghost''. He won several awards for his work, including Clios and ADDYs. Seeman's career was interrupted when he was drafted into the U.S. Army. He served in Frankfurt with the 4th Infantry Division from 1952 to 1954. Seeman produced cartoons for Army's internal information program. After returning from military service, Seeman and his partner Ray Favata began the media company Gryphon Productions, which ran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aileen Quinn
Aileen Marie Quinn (born June 28, 1971) is an American actress, singer and dancer. She is best known for her role as the title character in the 1982 film '' Annie''. Early life Quinn was born on June 28, 1971, and raised in Yardley, Pennsylvania. The oldest child of Helenann Quinn and Andrew Quinn Sr., she is the older sister of Andrew Quinn Jr. She began dance lessons when she was 4 at Knecht Dance Academy in Levittown, Pennsylvania, learning ballet and tap dance. When she was young, Quinn was introduced to show business by her mother, who was a TV, radio, and stage singer/actress then elementary school teacher. Quinn begged to audition for a part in a local community theater production of '' Annie Get Your Gun'' and won a role. She performed in additional community productions. Raised in Far Hills, New Jersey, she attended Grey Nun Academy during elementary school and attended Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child in Summit, New Jersey for high school. Taking a break after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunbow Entertainment Films
Sunbow Entertainment (known as Sunbow Productions until 1995) was an American animation studio and distributor, founded on June 23, 1980, and owned until May 4, 1998, by Griffin-Bacal Advertising in New York City and in the United States. Griffin-Bacal's first animations were animated commercials for Hasbro's G.I. Joe toy line. The success of the animated commercials led partners Tom Griffin and Joe Bacal to form the company. Due to their close working relationship with Hasbro, Sunbow came to be recognized as the toy giant's unofficial television arm. History Beginnings and partnerships with Hasbro and Marvel Productions (1980–1992) Sunbow is noted for many cartoons aired during the 1980s. Most of their work was co-produced with Marvel Productions. Although it is not limited to Hasbro's various toy lines its reputation is linked to the cartoon series tied to them. Its animation was initially produced by the Japanese animation studio Toei Animation, supplemented by the South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Based On Hasbro Toys
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Children's Films
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 Television Films
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the true Internet). * January 24 – Twenty-five members of the Red Brigades are sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1978 murder of Italian politician Aldo Moro. * January 25 ** High-ranking Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia. ** IRAS is launched from Vandenberg AFB, to conduct the world's first all-sky infrared survey from space. February * February 2 – Giovanni Vigliotto goes on trial on charges of polygamy involving 105 women. * February 3 – Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Fraser is granted a double dissolution of both houses of parliament, for elections on March 5, 1983. As Fraser is being granted the dissolution, Bill Hayden resigns as leader of the Australian Labor Party, and in the subsequent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 Films
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the true Internet). * January 24 – Twenty-five members of the Red Brigades are sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1978 murder of Italian politician Aldo Moro. * January 25 ** High-ranking Nazism, Nazi war crime, war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia. ** IRAS is launched from Vandenberg AFB, to conduct the world's first all-sky infrared survey from space. February * February 2 – Giovanni Vigliotto goes on trial on charges of polygamy involving 105 women. * February 3 – Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Fraser is granted a double dissolution of both houses of parliament, for 1983 Australian federal election, elections on March 5, 1983. As Fraser is being granted the dissolution, Bill Hayden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artisan Entertainment
Artisan Entertainment (formerly known as U.S.A. Home Video, International Video Entertainment (IVE) and LIVE Entertainment) was an American film studio and home video company. It was considered one of the largest mini-major film studios until it was purchased by later mini-major film studio Lions Gate Entertainment in 2003. At the time of its acquisition, Artisan had a library of thousands of films developed through acquisition, original production, and production and distribution agreements. Its headquarters and private screening room were located in Santa Monica, California. It also had an office in Tribeca in Manhattan, New York.Company Profile " Artisan Entertainment. April 8, 2003. Retrieved on September 3, 2011. The company owned the home video rights to the film libraries of < ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Murney
Christopher Murney (born July 20, 1943) is an American actor and voice artist. Early life and education Murney was born in Narragansett, Rhode Island. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Rhode Island and a Master of Fine Arts in theatre from Pennsylvania State University. Career Murney has worked on the stage, in television series, and in film. In television, he appeared as Buck Miller in 1994 and in 2001 on the soap opera '' One Life to Live'', as Buddy in 1977 ''The San Pedro Beach Bums'', voiced Union soldier, diarist and fellow Rhode Islander Elisha Hunt Rhodes in the PBS mini-series '' The Civil War'' (1990), and starred as Mackie Bloom in the first three seasons of ''Remember WENN''. In the movies, Murney has appeared in such films as 1977's '' Slap Shot'' as Tommy Hanrahan, 1985's ''The Last Dragon'' as Eddie Arcadian, 1986's ''Maximum Overdrive'', 1987's '' The Secret of My Success'', 1989's ''Last Exit to Brooklyn'', 1990's '' Loose Cannons'', and in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivy Austin
Ivy Austin (born Ivy Lynn Epstein; January 19, 1958 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actress, singer, and voice-over artist, known for her performances on Garrison Keillor's ''A Prairie Home Companion'' and her ''Sesame Street'' voices. She also starred on Broadway as ''Raggedy Ann''. Biography Early life and education Ivy Austin is an alumna of NYC’s High School of Performing Arts, has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from Colgate University, and a Master of Science degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Manhattan College. Career Austin's stage career began with national tours of ''Hair'' (as Crissy) in 1976 and ''They're Playing Our Song'' (Alter Ego) in 1979. She made her New York City Opera debut in 1982's ''Candide'' (Pink Sheep) and remained on the guest artist roster through 1989. Other NYCO credits include '' Naughty Marietta'' (Lisette), ''The Merry Widow'' (Zozo), ''The Music Man'' (Ethel Toffelmier), ''The New Moon'', ''The Desert Song'', ''South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sally Struthers
Sally Anne Struthers (born July 28, 1947) is an American actress and activist. She played Gloria Stivic, the daughter of Archie and Edith Bunker (played by Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton) on ''All in the Family'', for which she won two Emmy awards, and Babette on ''Gilmore Girls''. She was also the voice of Charlene Sinclair on the ABC sitcom ''Dinosaurs'' and Rebecca Cunningham on the Disney animated series '' TaleSpin''. Early life Sally Anne Struthers was born July 28, 1947, in Portland, Oregon, the second of two daughters born to Margaret Caroline (née Jernes) and Robert Alden Struthers, a surgeon. She has an older sister, Sue. Her maternal grandparents were Norwegian immigrants. Her father abandoned the family when Struthers was approximately nine years old, after which she was raised by her single mother in the Concordia neighborhood of northeast Portland. Her mother, who supported herself and her two daughters working at Bonneville Power Administration, suffer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miami Herald
The ''Miami Herald'' is an American daily newspaper owned by the McClatchy Company and headquartered in Doral, Florida, a city in western Miami-Dade County and the Miami metropolitan area, several miles west of Downtown Miami.Contact Us " ''Miami Herald''. Retrieved January 24, 2014. "The Miami Herald 3511 NW 91 Ave. Miami, FL 33172" - While the address says "Miami, FL", the location is actually in Doral. Se this map of Miami-Dade County municipalities an the City of Doral land ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
