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The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal
''The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal'' is a 1979 American made-for-television drama film directed by Mel Stuart and starring David Dukes, Tovah Feldshuh, Lauren Frost, Stacey Nelkin, Tom Bosley and Ted Wass. It premiered on NBC on January 30, 1979. The film chronicles the March 25, 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in which 146 garment workers died and which spurred the growth of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. The film was nominated for three Emmy awards, and won for Outstanding Achievement in Hairstyling. Plot On Friday, March 24, 1911 the Triangle factory workers, who labored on the eighth, ninth and tenth floor of a supposedly fire-safe building, are shown working in unsafe conditions on the eighth floor. A hanging light above four sewing machines keeps going out, and the electrical wires are smoking. A seamstress stands up, taps on the metal light shade, and the light comes back on, but Mr. Feldman, a foreman, yells at her for not working. Lou, one of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mel Brez
Mel Brez (September 19, 1936 – November 18, 2020) was an American television soap opera writer. Positions held '' The Doctors'' * Head Writer: October 3, 1977 - April 10, 1978 (with Ethel Brez) '' Another World'' * Script Writer: 1974, 1995 ''As the World Turns'' * Co-Head Writer: 1997 * Associate Head Writer: 1997, 1998 ''Days of Our Lives'' * Associate Head Writer: 1993 - 1994 '' One Life to Live'' * Associate Head Writer: 1985 - 1992 ''Passions'' * Associate Head Writer: 1999 - 2002 Awards and nominations Daytime Emmy Award *Nomination, 2002, Best Writing, ''Passions'' *Nomination, 2001, Best Writing, ''Passions'' *Nomination, 1994, Best Writing, ''Days of our Lives'' *Nomination, 1992, Best Writing, ''One Life to Live'' *Nomination, 1990, Best Writing, ''One Life to Live'' *Win, 1987, Best Writing, ''One Life to Live'' Writers Guild of America Award The Writers Guild of America Awards is an award for film, television, and radio writing including both fiction and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauren Frost
Lauren Allison Frost (born May 25, 1985) is an American actress and singer who is best known for her recurring role as Ruby Mendel in the hit Disney Channel Original Series ''Even Stevens'' and the follow-up Disney Channel Original Movie ''The Even Stevens Movie''. Early life She attended Downers Grove South High School for her first year before moving to California. Career She co-starred in the Disney Channel original series ''Even Stevens'' as Ren's best friend Ruby, from 2001 to 2003. She also co-starred in the follow-up film ''The Even Stevens Movie''. She also is the star of a TV series called ''Web Girl'' as Casey Collins. Lauren Frost is an actress and singer-songwriter, who performed nationally and internationally with Barbra Streisand in Ms. Streisand's Timeless concert Tours since 1999/12/31. Lauren portrayed and sang as "Young Barbra" in the live Timeless concerts, and on the Emmy-winning Fox TV Special and Grammy-nominated CD Recordings. Currently, Lauren is cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 Drama Films
Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ''Chiquitita'' to commemorate the event. ** The United States and the People's Republic of China establish full diplomatic relations. ** Following a deal agreed during 1978, French carmaker Peugeot completes a takeover of American manufacturer Chrysler's European operations, which are based in Britain's former Rootes Group factories, as well as the former Simca factories in France. * January 7 – Cambodian–Vietnamese War: The People's Army of Vietnam and Vietnamese-backed Cambodian insurgents announce the fall of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and the collapse of the Pol Pot regime. Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge retreat west to an area along the Thai border, ending large-scale fighting. * January 8 – Whiddy Island Disaster: The French tanker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 Films
The year 1979 in film involved many significant events. Highest-grossing films United States and Canada The top ten 1979 released films by North American gross are as follows: International Major events * March 2 – Buena Vista release their first film since the advent of U.S. movie ratings to not be G-rated, '' Take Down''. * March 5 – Production begins on '' The Empire Strikes Back''. * March – Frank Price becomes president of Columbia Pictures. * May 25 – '' Alien'', a landmark of the science fiction genre, is released. * May 29 - Mary Pickford, a silent screen legend and Hollywood pioneer who was, at the height of her career, the most famous woman in the world, dies of a stroke. * May 31 – '' The Muppet Movie'', Jim Henson's Muppets' first foray into the world of feature-length motion pictures, is released in United Kingdom. * June 11 – John Wayne, a famous Western movie actor, dies at the age of 72 from stomach cancer. * June 29 – '' Moonraker'', t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 Television Films
Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ''Chiquitita'' to commemorate the event. ** The United States and the People's Republic of China establish full Sino-American relations, diplomatic relations. ** Following a deal agreed during 1978, France, French carmaker Peugeot completes a takeover of American manufacturer Chrysler's Chrysler Europe, European operations, which are based in United Kingdom, Britain's former Rootes Group factories, as well as the former Simca factories in France. * January 7 – Cambodian–Vietnamese War: The People's Army of Vietnam and Vietnamese-backed Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation, Cambodian insurgents announce the fall of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and the collapse of the Pol Pot regime. Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge retreat west to an area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Firefighting Films
The following criteria qualify a film for inclusion on this list: * Primary plot of film regards firefighting or related fire/rescue service work in general. * Primary plot of the film involves firefighters or their personal lives as affected by their firefighting. * Noteworthy attention is given to firefighting activities. This list includes documentaries and TV series. Fiction * ''15 Minutes'' (2001) * ''911'' (TV 2018) * ''The 119'' (TV 1987) (unaired) * ''A Dangerous Summer'' (A.K.A. ''Flash Fire''; 1981) * ''Ablaze'' (2019) * ''Ablaze'' (2001) * ''The Accidental Husband'' (2008) * ''Always'' (1989) * ''As the Light Goes Out'' (2014) * ''Backdraft'' (1991) * ''Bad Day on the Block'' (1997) * ''The Bells Go Down'' (1943) * '' Blue Smoke'' (2007) * '' Burning Flame'' (2009) * '' Chicago Fire'' (TV 2012) * '' City on Fire'' (1979) * '' Code Red'' (TV 1981) * ''Collateral Damage'' (2002) * ''Emergency!'' (TV 1972) * '' Emergency: The Convention'' (TV 1979) * '' Emergency: Grea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Rae
Charlotte Rae Lubotsky (April 22, 1926 – August 5, 2018) was an American character actress and singer whose career spanned six decades. Rae was known for her portrayal of Edna Garrett in the sitcoms '' Diff'rent Strokes'' and its spin-off, '' The Facts of Life'' (in which she had the starring role from 1979 to 1986). She received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy in 1982. She also appeared in two ''Facts of Life'' television films: ''The Facts of Life Goes to Paris'' in 1982 and '' The Facts of Life Reunion'' in 2001. She voiced the character of "Nanny" in '' 101 Dalmatians: The Series'' and Aunt Pristine Figg in '' Tom and Jerry: The Movie''. She also appeared as Gammy Hart in '' Girl Meets World''. In 2015, she returned to film in the feature film '' Ricki and the Flash'', with Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, and Rick Springfield. In November 2015, Rae released her autobiography, ''The Facts of My Life'', which was co-written with her son, Larry S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanie Zimbalist
Stephanie Zimbalist (born October 8, 1956) is an American actress best known for her role as Laura Holt in the NBC detective series '' Remington Steele''. Background Stephanie Zimbalist was born in New York City, the daughter of Loranda Stephanie (née Spalding) and actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr., who helmed the television series ''77 Sunset Strip'' and '' The FBI'' as well as theatrical films. The family soon moved to Los Angeles, where Stephanie grew up. She was educated at the Marlborough School (Los Angeles) and graduated from Foxcroft School in Middleburg, Virginia. She attended the Juilliard School before commencing her acting career. Zimbalist's paternal grandfather, Efrem Zimbalist, born in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, was a symphony conductor, concert violinist and music teacher at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, and composer. Her paternal grandmother, Alma Gluck, born in Romania, was a leading soprano of her day. Zimbalist's aunt, Marcia Davenport, was a prominent a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janet Margolin
Janet Natalie Margolin (July 25, 1943 – December 17, 1993) was an American theater, television and film actress. Early life Margolin was born in New York City, the daughter of Benjamin and Annette (née Lief) Margolin. Her father was a Russian-born accountant who founded the Nephrosis Foundation, now the Kidney Foundation of New York and her mother was a dental assistant. Her father had many friends and clients who were associated with theater and would often ask her to audition for roles. Until the late 1950s, Margolin aspired to become a doctor, yet was always interested in acting and decided to give it a try following insistence from her father's friends. She attended the High School of Performing Arts and just prior to her graduation, did a screen test for '' Five Finger Exercise'', where she was urged to sign a contract but declined, instead returning to New York. Career Margolin's earliest acting roles were in a commercial for Zest and several instalments in the so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU), whose members were employed in the Clothing#Gender differentiation, women's clothing industry, was once one of the largest trade union, labor unions in the United States, one of the first U.S. unions to have a primarily female membership, and a key player in the labor history of the 1920s and 1930s. The union, generally referred to as the "ILGWU" or the "ILG", merged with the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union in the 1990s to form the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE). UNITE merged with the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union (HERE) in 2004 to create a new union known as UNITE HERE. The two unions that formed UNITE in 1995 represented 250,000 workers between them, down from the ILGWU's peak membership of 450,000 in 1969. Early history The ILGWU was founded on June 1900, June 3, 1900, in New York City by seven local unions, with a few thousand members between them. The u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabbath
In Abrahamic religions, the Sabbath () or Shabbat (from Hebrew ) is a day set aside for rest and worship. According to the Book of Exodus, the Sabbath is a day of rest on the seventh day, commanded by God to be kept as a holy day of rest, as God rested from creation. The practice of observing the Sabbath ( Shabbat) originates in the biblical commandment " Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy". The Sabbath is observed in Judaism, Sabbatarian forms of Christianity (such as many Protestant and Eastern denominations), and Islam. Observances similar to, or descended from, the Sabbath also exist in other religions. The term may be generally used to describe similar weekly observances in other religions. Biblical Sabbath Sabbath (as the verb שָׁבַת֙ ''shabbat'') is first mentioned in the Genesis creation narrative, where the seventh day is set aside as a day of rest (in Hebrew, ''shabbat'') and made holy by God (). Observation and remembrance of Sabbath ( ''shabbat' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gentile
Gentile () is a word that usually means "someone who is not a Jew". Other groups that claim Israelite heritage, notably Mormons, sometimes use the term ''gentile'' to describe outsiders. More rarely, the term is generally used as a synonym for ''heathen'' or '' pagan''. In some translations of the Quran, ''gentile'' is used to translate an Arabic word that refers to non-Jews and/or people not versed in or not able to read scripture. The English word ''gentile'' derives from the Latin word , meaning "of or belonging to the same people or nation" (). Archaic and specialist uses of the word ''gentile'' in English (particularly in linguistics) still carry this meaning of "relating to a people or nation." The development of the word to principally mean "non-Jew" in English is entwined with the history of Bible translations from Hebrew and Greek into Latin and English. Its meaning has also been shaped by Rabbinical Jewish thought and Christian theology which, from the 1st centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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