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George Wallace is a 1997 television film starring Gary Sinise as George Wallace, the former Governor of Alabama. It was directed by John Frankenheimer, who won an Emmy award for it; Sinise and Mare Winningham also won Emmies for their performances. The film was based on the 1996 biography Wallace : The Classic Portrait of Alabama Governor George Wallace by Marshall Frady, who also co-wrote the teleplay.
Frankenheimer's film was highly praised by critics: in addition to the Emmy awards, it received the Golden Globe for Best Miniseries/Motion Picture made for TV. Angelina Jolie also received a Golden Globe for her performance as Wallace's second wife, Cornelia.
George Wallace follows the history of its namesake, commencing in the 1950s when Wallace was a circuit court judge in Barbour County, to his tenure as the most powerful Governor in Alabama's history. The film portrays Wallace as a complex man, detailing his stance on racial segregation in Alabama at the time, which proved popular with his white constituents. It also depicts Wallace's rise as a presidential hopeful—eventually leading to his attempted assassination—and his surprise victory in several states during the 1968 Presidential election. The movie also depicts his symbolic "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door", where Wallace attempted to block black students from entering the University of Alabama.
Actors: George Wallace (actor), George Wallace (writer), Benjamin Hershleder (editor), Christopher S. Pratt (producer),
Genres: Comedy, Documentary,Actors: J.K. Simmons (actor), Gary Sinise (actor), David Schroeder (actor), Philip Baker Hall (actor), Bruce McGill (actor), Madison Mason (actor), Alec Baldwin (actor), Cliff De Young (actor), James Frain (actor), Frederic Forrest (actor), Michael Gambon (actor), Kevin Cooney (actor), Walter Cronkite (actor), Donald Sutherland (actor), Tom Skerritt (actor),
Plot: A portrayal of the Johnson presidency and its spiraling descent into the Vietnam War. Acting on often conflicting advice from his Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara and other advisers, President Johnson finds his domestic policy agenda for the Great Society overtaken by an ever demanding commitment to ending the war. It also depicts his political skills as he crosses swords with political foes such as Bobby Kennedy and Governor George Wallace. Despite support and encouragement from stalwart friends such as Clark Clifford, Johnson realizes his management of the war no longer has the confidence of the American people and announces that he will not seek the nomination of the Democratic party for the the 1968 election.
Keywords: 1960s, air-strike, american-president, anti-war-movement, baby, beagle, black-and-white-scene, black-sheep, bombing, cabinetActors: William Tannen (producer), William Tannen (director), Jack Coddington (editor), Bernard Drayton (actor), Paul Rubenstein (actor), Coyne Maloney (actor), Morty Rednor (actor),
Genres: Fantasy, Short,Actors: Noble Johnson (actor), Don Brodie (actor), Leon Belasco (actor), Henry Brandon (actor), George Chandler (actor), Albert Dekker (actor), Charles Butterworth (actor), Walter Fenner (actor), James Flavin (actor), Preston Foster (actor), Harry Hayden (actor), Louis Jean Heydt (actor), Al Hill (actor), Paul Hurst (actor), Cecil Kellaway (actor),
Plot: The police lieutenant Steve Abbott is engrossed in a baffling murder case. As Steve pieces the clues together, he comes to the sobering conclusion that his own wife Ethel Abbott may be intimately involved in the murder. It even gets worse. Soon Steve himself is accused of the crime.
Keywords: based-on-book, murderActors: Bert Moorhouse (actor), Roger Moore (actor), Lane Chandler (actor), Lee Bowman (actor), E.E. Clive (actor), Irving Bacon (actor), Harry Davenport (actor), Edgar Dearing (actor), Alan Dinehart (actor), Rex Evans (actor), Jonathan Hale (actor), Wally Maher (actor), Torben Meyer (actor), Robert Montgomery (actor), Lee Phelps (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Robert Ellis (writer), Robert Ellis (writer), Andy Clyde (actor), Frank Coghlan Jr. (actor), Gordon De Main (actor), Lester Dorr (actor), Sam Flint (actor), Roger Imhof (actor), Jack W. Johnston (actor), Matty Kemp (actor), Lafe McKee (actor), Robert McKenzie (actor), Roland D. Reed (director), Ann Doran (actress), Ben Alexander (actor),
Plot: Pa Wallace, an ardent member of the Whales, is offered a chance to invest $5,000 in a gold mine by the head of the Whales, Grand Harpoon F. Q. Whitney. Mrs Wallace is opposed but the four Wallace children, Willie, George, Edna and Mary are all for it, on the premise that if Pa makes some easy money, they can continue to loaf. Grandpa, a kindly but meddling old soul also arrives for a visit. Money begins to roll in but not as fast as the children spend it. The bubble bursts when the police arrest Whitney and his accomplice Nordingham as swindlers involved in a pyramid scheme. Stone broke and without the money to pay the mortgage Pa put on the house, the clan moves back to their small, old home. The children come through and knuckle down down to work to help the family recover. Then, Grandpa tells them that the gold mine never existed and the monthly checks had been coming from him, as he was anxious to prove that they weren't just loafers.
Keywords: comeuppance, costume, doorman, family-relationships, father-daughter-relationship, father-son-relationship, fortune-hunter, fraternity, grandfather-granddaughter-relationship, grandfather-grandson-relationshipActors: Carl Laemmle (miscellaneous crew), Tom London (actor), Monte Montague (actor), Charles Murphy (actor), Bobby Nelson (actor), Walter Shumway (actor), Alberta Vaughn (actress), Henry MacRae (producer), Robert F. Hill (director), Ralph Bushman (actor), Sam Perry (composer), Jay McCloskey (writer),
Plot: In order to gain control of a big circus,Butte Morgan ('Tom London' (qv)), manager of the Circus, wants to marry Marie Wallace ('Alberta Vaughn' (qv)), daughter of the circus owner. Marie is in love with Jack Grant ('Ralph Bushman' (qv)), the cowboy star of the Wild West show. Morgan knows no boundaries in his quest for Marie, including a kidnapping and a forced marriage.
Keywords: 10-chapters, 1930s, actor-shares-first-name-with-character, cigarettes, circus, circus-clown, circus-cowboy, circus-manager, circus-owner, circus-wagonActors: Ben F. Wilson (director), Joseph W. Girard (actor), Harris Gordon (actor), Yakima Canutt (actor), George Morgan (writer), George Morgan (writer), Dorothy Wood (actress),
Genres: Western,Actors: Eugene Borden (actor), Leo Delaney (actor), W.E. Lawrence (actor), Walter Miller (actor), Mathilde Brundage (actress), Christy Cabanne (writer), Christy Cabanne (director), Gilbert P. Hamilton (actor), Sue Balfour (actress), Daniel Jarrett (actor), Charles Fang (actor), Belle Bruce (actress), Baby Ivy Ward (actress), Emily Stevens (actress), Millicent Fisher (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Charles Avery (actor), Verner Clarges (actor), John R. Cumpson (actor), Raymond Hatton (actor), Arthur V. Johnson (actor), James Kirkwood (actor), David Miles (actor), Owen Moore (actor), Anthony O'Sullivan (actor), Frank Powell (actor), Herbert Prior (actor), Herbert Prior (actor), Billy Quirk (actor), Mack Sennett (actor), Mack Sennett (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,