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Coordinates: 51°21′01″N 0°14′55″W / 51.3502°N 0.2486°W / 51.3502; -0.2486
Ewell ( /ˈjuːl/) is a village in the borough of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey, close to the southern boundary of Greater London. It is located 14 miles (22.5 km) south-south-west of Charing Cross and forms part of the suburbia that surrounds Greater London. Despite its growing population it is still referred to as a village by locals and largely maintains a rural character. Ewell is at the head of the Hogsmill river, a tributary of the River Thames, and the spring has likely been considered sacred dating back into pre-history.
Neighbouring towns and villages include Cheam, Chessington, Epsom, Tolworth, Stoneleigh and Worcester Park.
The name Ewell derives from Old English æwell, which means river source or spring. The old Roman road Stane Street deviates from a straight line slightly at Ewell in order to pass by the spring. Ewell is one of a number of settlements founded along the geological line between the chalk of the North Downs to the south, and the clay of the London Basin to the north. The A24 London Road runs from Merton to Ewell along the course of the Roman road, and Stane Street leaves Ewell connecting it towards Leatherhead and Dorking to the south-west. Bronze Age remains have also been found in Ewell and the Romans are likely to have encountered an existing religious site when they first arrived.
Norma Jeane Mortensen Baker (June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962), professionally recognized as Marilyn Monroe, was an American actress, model, and singer, who became a major sex symbol, starring in a number of commercially successful motion pictures during the 1950s and early 1960s.
After spending much of her childhood in foster homes, Monroe began a career as a model, which led to a film contract in 1946 with Twentieth Century-Fox. Her early film appearances were minor, but her performances in The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve (both 1950) drew attention to her. By 1953, Monroe had progressed to a leading role in Niagara (1953), a melodramatic film noir that dwelt on her seductiveness. Her "dumb blonde" persona was used to comic effect in subsequent films such as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) and The Seven Year Itch (1955). Limited by typecasting, Monroe studied at the Actors Studio to broaden her range. Her dramatic performance in Bus Stop (1956) was hailed by critics and garnered a Golden Globe nomination. Her production company, Marilyn Monroe Productions, released The Prince and the Showgirl (1957), for which she received a BAFTA Award nomination and won a David di Donatello award. She received a Golden Globe Award for her performance in Some Like It Hot (1959). Monroe's last completed film was The Misfits, co-starring Clark Gable with screenplay by her then-husband, Arthur Miller.
Actors: Laurel Chadwick (producer), Michael Bee (actor), Clayton Hereth (director), Devin Hassan (actor), Jay William Robin (actor), Phil Nolan (producer), Phil Nolan (producer), Phil Nolan (writer), Phil Nolan (editor), Don Riggs (actor), Carina Lira (actress), Jack Collins (actor), Bess Tassoulas (producer), Tom Saporito (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Short, Thriller,Actors: Marek Vasut (actor), Pavel Kríz (actor), Martin Dejdar (actor), Karel Roden (actor), James Babson (actor), Patrick J. Palmer (producer), Brian Caspe (actor), Stephen Dirkes (composer), Ester Geislerová (actress), Ryan James (actor), Todd Kramer (actor), Lana Likic (actress), Zuzana Hodkova (actress), Jeffrey Brown (producer), Nancy Bishop (actress),
Plot: In 1990, Alan Levy, Editor in Chief of the Prague Post, proclaimed that Prague was the "Left Bank of the 90s," -- the new European haven for American artists, (just as Paris had been the expatriate home of Hemingway, Stein and Miller in the 1920s.) Levy's herald rang out like a clarion call, summoning expatriate North Americans from Nova Scotia to the Golden Gate. Rex-Patriates is a satire that follows the lives of four expatriate Americans, a writer, an entrepreneur, a theater director and a physical artist, who venture to Prague after the fall of communism. Bedazzled by the city's beauty, cheap beer, and liberal lifestyle, they set out to forge an artistic renaissance. But was Prague really a breeding ground for artistic genius? By the mid-90s the expatriates' dreams are foiled and Prague becomes a dark cauldron of failure. The obvious solution would be to leave the city, but there is just one problem,the old crone. It is as Franz Kafka observed: "Prague doesn't let go. This old crone has claws. One has to yield or else."
Keywords: czechoslovakiaActors: Sarah Michelle Gellar (actress), Alan Heim (editor), Raynor Scheine (actor), Alice Drummond (actress), Ann Roth (costume designer), Elmer Bernstein (composer), Bill Fagerbakke (actor), Kevin Conway (actor), Dakin Matthews (actor), Glenn Plummer (actor), Reg E. Cathey (actor), Mike Starr (actor), Chevy Chase (actor), Eric Myers (miscellaneous crew), Al Cerullo (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: When Andy and Elizabeth buy a farm in Vermont, they can't imagine the trouble that awaits them. Andy has quit his job as a sports journalist and is planning to use the peace and quiet of the country to write the Great American Novel. From the moment the movers' truck gets lost with their furniture, though, there's little peace and less quiet. From a manical mailman to a dead body buried in the garden, Andy is distracted by the town and its wacky inhabitants. His effort at a novel is mediocre, at best, and he's threatened by Elizabeth's foray into writing when she attempts a children's book. Can the Farmers survive the townsfolk and each other?
Keywords: antique-shop, baseball, based-on-novel, black-comedy, boat-accident, boulder, children's-book, christmas, city-country-contrast, covered-bridgeActors: Scott Glenn (actor), Farley Granger (actor), Alan Gifford (actor), Vincent Gardenia (actor), Hector Elizondo (actor), Frank Gorshin (actor), Dana Elcar (actor), Jack Betts (actor), Mark Arnold (actor), William Berger (actor), Ralph Dunn (actor), Jackson Beck (actor), Dick Cavett (actor), Bob Hastings (actor), Larry Hagman (actor),
Plot: In the fictional city of Monticello, attorney Mike Karr and his colleagues are involved in solving crimes and intrigue which touch the lives of many citizens. Some such citizens include dowager Geraldine Whitney, the frequently-married Raven Alexander, attorney Adam Drake and his wife, Nicole, attorney Draper Scott and his wife, April, Police Chief Bill Marceau, night club owner Johnny Dallas, physician Dr. Miles Cavanaugh, young Jody Travis and her many boyfriends, and Mike Karr himself, his wife, Nancy, and their daughter, Lorrie. All the usual soap opera devices, including prolonged amnesia, a woman with a split personality, murderous mobsters, usurped identities, and murders with many suspects, are used quite effectively in this long running serial.
Keywords: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, attorney, courtroom, murder, partially-lost-tv-series, soap-opera