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John R. "Johnny" Cash (February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003), was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Although he is primarily remembered as a country music icon, his songs and sound spanned many other genres including rockabilly and rock and roll—especially early in his career—as well as blues, folk, and gospel. This crossover appeal led to Cash being inducted in the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and Gospel Music Hall of Fame.
Cash was known for his deep, distinctive bass-baritone voice; for the "boom-chicka-boom" sound of his Tennessee Three backing band; for his rebelliousness, coupled with an increasingly somber and humble demeanor; for providing free concerts inside prison walls; and for his dark performance clothing, which earned him the nickname "The Man in Black". He traditionally started his concerts by saying, "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash." and usually following it up with his standard "Folsom Prison Blues".
Harold George "Harry" Belafonte, Jr. (born March 1, 1927) is an American singer, songwriter, actor and social activist. He was dubbed the "King of Calypso" for popularizing the Caribbean musical style with an international audience in the 1950s. Belafonte is perhaps best known for singing "The Banana Boat Song", with its signature lyric "Day-O". Throughout his career he has been an advocate for civil rights and humanitarian causes and was a vocal critic of the policies of the George W. Bush Administration.
Born Harold George Bellanfanti, Jr., at Lying-in Hospital, Harlem, New York, Belafonte was the son of Melvine (née Love) – a housekeeper of Jamaican descent – and Harold George Bellanfanti, Sr., a Martiniquan who worked as a chef in the National Guard. From 1932 to 1940, he lived with his grandmother in her native country of Jamaica. When he returned to New York City, he attended George Washington High School after which he joined the Navy and served during World War II. In the 1940s, he was working as a janitor's assistant in NYC when a tenant gave him, as a gratuity, two tickets to see the American Negro Theater. He fell in love with the art form and also met Sidney Poitier. The financially struggling pair regularly purchased a single seat to local plays, trading places in between acts, after informing the other about the progression of the play. At the end of the 1940s, he took classes in acting at the Dramatic Workshop of The New School in New York with the influential German director Erwin Piscator alongside Marlon Brando, Tony Curtis, Walter Matthau, Bea Arthur and Sidney Poitier, while performing with the American Negro Theatre. He subsequently received a Tony Award for his participation in the Broadway revue John Murray Anderson's Almanac.
Fred McDowell (January 12, 1904 – July 3, 1972) known by his stage name; Mississippi Fred McDowell, was an American Hill country blues singer and guitar player.
McDowell was born in Rossville, Tn. His parents, who were farmers, died when McDowell was a youth. He started playing guitar at the age of 14 and played at dances around Rossville. Wanting a change from plowing fields, he moved to Memphis in 1926 where he started to work in the Buck-Eye feed mill where they processed cotton into oil and other products. He also had a number of other jobs and played music for tips. Later in 1928 he moved south into Mississippi to pick cotton. He settled in Como, Mississippi, about 40 miles south of Memphis, in 1940 or 1941, and worked steadily as a farmer, continuing to perform music at dances and picnics. Initially he played slide guitar using a pocket knife and then a slide made from a beef rib bone, later switching to a glass slide for its clearer sound. He played with the slide on his ring finger.
Actors: Linnea Quigley (actress), Tom Gore (actor), Judith O'Dea (actress), Paul Gibson (actor), James Pronath (director), James Pronath (editor), Kyle Berg (producer), James Pronath (writer), James Pronath (producer), Christopher D. Fisher (actor), Steven Grove (composer), Steven Grove (producer), Eliza Farren (actor), Brad Greer (actor), Rusty Cage (actor),
Genres: Sci-Fi,Actors: Frank Pesce (producer), Michelle Page (actress), Carlos Pratts (actor), Danny Chambers (actor), James Zimbardi (actor), James Zimbardi (director), James Zimbardi (producer), Woodrow Hancock (actor), Woodrow Hancock (producer), Woodrow Hancock (director), Marisa Dzintars (actress), Margaret Paul (actress), Jessica Ullo (actor), Joey Jarmillo (actor), James Harvey (actor),
Plot: Watertown is tribute to Frank Sinatra based on his album from 1970 entitled 'Watertown'. We wanted to honor Mr. Sinatra and the writers, by creating this film with a truthful and nostalgic interpretation without it being a period piece. While we set the film in modern day, it is shot in black and white with a classical influence. We are hoping to appeal to Sinatra fans of all generations.
Genres: Drama, Music, Romance, Short,Actors: Lee Simonds (actor), Bryan McKeon (actor), David Coscarelli (producer), David Coscarelli (director), Felicia Terrat (producer), Thomas Avalon (editor), Alex Dempsey (actor),
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Short,Actors: Spicy Mac (director), Raphaello (writer), Spicy Mac (writer), Spicy Mac (costume designer), Raphaello (producer), Dave Vescio (actor), Gerald Webb (actor), Emmanuel Delcour (actor), Kyle Rea (actor), Raphaello (actor), Spicy Mac (producer), Marlene Mc'Cohen (actress), G. Larry Butler (actor), Raphaello (editor), Spicy Mac (editor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Don Cheadle (actor), Martin Lamb (editor), Penélope Middleboe (editor), Christopher Grace (writer), Aidan Hickey (writer), Aidan Hickey (director), John Spillane (composer),
Genres: Animation, Family,Actors: Anna Paquin (actress), Pat Hingle (actor), Laurence Rosenthal (composer), Susan Hegarty (miscellaneous crew), Andy Stahl (actor), Alfre Woodard (actress), Fielder Cook (director), Enrico Colantoni (actor), Lou Criscuolo (actor), Peggy Farrell (costume designer), Paul LaMastra (editor), Joanne Pankow (actress), Sheila Allen (miscellaneous crew), Bass Hampton (miscellaneous crew), David W. Rintels (producer),
Genres: Drama, Romance,Actors: Scott Wilson (actor), Catherine O'Hara (actress), Patrick Swayze (actor), John P. Ryan (actor), Nick Stahl (actor), Burgess Meredith (actor), Oliver Platt (actor), Mike Moroff (actor), Scott Glenn (actor), William H. Macy (actor), Joe Grifasi (actor), Stephen Lang (actor), Jared Harris (actor), Joe Roth (producer), Roger Birnbaum (producer),
Plot: A young boy draws on the inspiration of legendary western characters to find the strength to fight an evil land baron in the old west who wants to steal his family's farm and destroy their idyllic community. When Daniel Hackett sees his father Jonas gravely wounded by the villainous Stiles, his first urge is for his family to flee the danger, and give up their life on a farm which Daniel has come to despise anyway. Going alone to a lake to try to decide what to do, he falls asleep on a boat and wakes to find himself in the wild west, in the company of such "tall tale" legends as Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan, John Henry and Calamity Jane. Together, they battle the same villains Daniel is facing in his "real" world, ending with a heroic confrontation in which the boy stands up to Stiles and his henchmen, and rallies his neighbors to fight back against land grabbers who want to destroy their town.
Keywords: 1900s, angry-mob, axe, axe-throwing, bar-fight, belgian-horse, black-horse, boy, boy-horse-relationship, calamity-janeActors: Delbert Mann (director), Bill Cobbs (actor), Lane Smith (actor), Pearl Bailey (actress), Sherry Hursey (actress), Dwier Brown (actor), Dana Hill (actress), Howard E. Rollins Jr. (actor), Dwight Adair (miscellaneous crew), Karl Messerschmidt (miscellaneous crew), Carson McCullers (writer), Benjamin Bernouy (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Julie Harris (actress), Rhea Mitchell (actress), Gail Bonney (actress), Henry Sylvester (actor), Arthur Franz (actor), Al Ferguson (actor), Wheaton Chambers (actor), Jack Gargan (actor), Hugh Beaumont (actor), Ralph Montgomery (actor), Dickie Moore (actor), Margaret Bert (actress), Gil Perkins (actor), Edward Anhalt (producer), Charles Perry (actor),
Plot: In a small Georgia town, twelve year old tomboy Frankie Addams feels unconnected to the world, a fact troubling to her. Her unconventional views for a twelve year old girl make her an outcast among her peers, which she in turn blames for her situation rather than anything of her own doing. Her only real friend is John Henry, her younger next door neighbor, although she doesn't see him as a friend since she doesn't consider him a peer. As her widowed father is all consumed with running his small business, Frankie is largely left to the care of their housekeeper, Berenice. Berenice tries to provide as much true guidance to Frankie and what Frankie considers her problems, although Berenice has her own troubles looking after her wild foster brother, Honey Camden, her only surviving family. In addition, Frankie largely sees Berenice's advice as the rantings of a large, crazy black woman. Frankie believes that she has finally found her place in life upon the return to town and announcement by her older enlisted brother Jarvis that he is getting married to a woman named Janice. Immediately upon seeing Jarvis and Janice together, she falls in love with "them", believing she can be a "member" of "them" by leaving town with them immediately following the wedding. Frankie even wants to change her name to Jasmine to feel more connected to them as they will all then have a name "Ja__". Two negative situations following the wedding - one in reaction to her finding out that she can't go with Jarvis and Janice - may however put Frankie in the right direction to truly finding her place in life.
Keywords: 1940s, adolescence, adolescent, adult-as-child, african-american, attempted-rape, automobile-accident, bar, based-on-novel, based-on-playActors: Jack Lambert (actor), Frank Austin (actor), Jack Kenny (actor), Ray Bolger (actor), Chet Brandenburg (actor), Rand Brooks (actor), Morris Ankrum (actor), William Hall (actor), Jack Clifford (actor), Tex Cooper (actor), Victor Cox (actor), Vernon Dent (actor), Edward Earle (actor), Preston Foster (actor), Norman Leavitt (actor),
Plot: On a train trip West to become a mail order bride Susan Bradley meets a cheery crew of young women traveling out to open a " Harvey House " restaurant at a remote whistle stop to provide good cooking and wholesome company for railway travellers. When Susan and her bashful suitor find romance daunting, Susan joins the Harvey Girls instead. The saloon across the street with its alluring worldly-wise women offers them tough competition, fair and foul, and Susan catches the eye of the Ned Trent, the distant but intense proprietor of the bar.
Keywords: based-on-novel, burning-building, female-protagonist, gun, love-letter, mail-order-bride, old-west, railway-station, restaurant, saloon