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Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti; June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995) was an American singer, film actor, television star and comedian. Martin's hit singles included "Memories Are Made of This", "That's Amore", "Everybody Loves Somebody", "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You", "Sway", "Volare" and "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?". Nicknamed the "King of Cool", he was one of the members of the "Rat Pack" and a major star in four areas of show business: concert stage/night clubs, recordings, motion pictures, and television.
Martin was born in Steubenville, Ohio, to Italian parents, Gaetano and Angela Crocetti (née Barra). His father was from Montesilvano, Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy, and his mother was an Italian of part Neapolitan and part Sicilian ancestry. Martin was the younger of two sons. His brother was named Bill. Martin spoke only Italian until he started school. He attended Grant Elementary School in Steubenville, and took up the drums as a hobby as a teenager. He was the target of much ridicule for his broken English and ultimately dropped out of Steubenville High School in the 10th grade because he thought that he was smarter than his teachers. He delivered bootleg liquor, served as a speakeasy croupier, was a blackjack dealer, worked in a steel mill and boxed as welterweight. He grew up a neighbor to Jimmy the Greek.
Actors: Steve Goldenberg (writer), Jim Wynorski (director), Charlie Laine (actress), Angie Savage (actress), Steve Goldenberg (producer), Chuck Cirino (composer), TJ Cummings (actor), Melessia Hayden (actress), Glori-Anne Gilbert (actress), Frankie Cullen (actor), Billy Chappell (actor), Heather Vandeven (actress), Kylee Nash (actress), H.G. Andrei Smyslov (editor), Roobie Breastnut (composer),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: William James Kelly (actor), Johnny Williams (actor), Brian Anthony Wilson (actor), Mickey Rooney (actor), Gary Gustin (actor), David Born (actor), Gavin Peretti (actor), Lionel Anthony Cook (actor), Vincent Riviezzo (actor), Dan Van Wert (actor), Tommy Lafitte (actor), Keyon Smith (actor), Connie Lamothe (actress), Robert Gulya (composer), Carl Clemons (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Harold Dennis (actor), Lanre Idewu (actor), Janina Gavankar (actress), Mike Phillips (miscellaneous crew), Duane Sharp (actor), Kwame Amoaku (actor), Kurt T. Jones (miscellaneous crew), Vince Green (actor), Elijah Long (actor), Eric Neil Gutierrez (actor), Hakeem Smith (miscellaneous crew), Patrick Yacono (actor), Patrick Yacono (actor), Patrick Yacono (composer), D.A. Bullock (writer),
Plot: Dark Freeman is a 21-year-old University of Chicago student who grew up in the violent South Side neighborhood that surrounds the prestigious campus where he attends on a scholarship. Caught between two disparate worlds, neither of which he feels he belongs to, Dark must discover his true identity... or face a lifetime of feeling like a fake.
Keywords: african-american, chicago-illinois, college, gang-member, independent-film, slumActors: Fidel Castro (actor), Natasha Henstridge (actress), Richard Nixon (actor), Tony Nappo (actor), Cedric Smith (actor), Lisa Shamata (miscellaneous crew), Patrick Williams (composer), Bill Lake (actor), Ardon Bess (actor), Vince Nyuli (miscellaneous crew), Katie Griffin (actress), Martin Doyle (actor), Susan Seidelman (director), William Bast (writer), William Bast (writer),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Mark Moore (miscellaneous crew), Bill Lake (actor), John Stamos (producer), Craig Eldridge (actor), Ernest Troost (composer), Anna Rane (miscellaneous crew), Neil Meron (producer), Tony Nappo (actor), Craig Zadan (producer), Sean Hayes (actor), Aron Tager (actor), Seán Cullen (actor), Vince Nyuli (miscellaneous crew), Pamela Hackwell (miscellaneous crew), Keith Reamer (editor),
Plot: Even at the start of his singing career, Dean Martin is an impressive gentleman, big, tall, handsome, exquisitely dressed, fitting his nightingale voice and naturally classy appeal, even though his womanizing costs him enough in alimony to declare bankruptcy. Jerry Lewis on the other hand is an unsightly schmuck, whose buffoon version of stand-up comedy is an agent's nightmare. When he accepts playing MC in a show with Dean, he tries interacting with him, and they hit gold judging by the audience's reactions. Initially Dean wants to walk off and stay a solo act, but success as a duo is irresistible, and they rocket together, even in Hollywood. However in time they fall out of friendship as their characters and lifestyle clash, and Dean still dreams of solo success.
Keywords: 1940s, 1950s, based-on-book, character-name-in-titleActors: Veronica Cartwright (actress), Dey Young (actress), Dan O'Herlihy (actor), Zeljko Ivanek (actor), Barbara Niven (actress), Deborah Kara Unger (actress), Phil Hawn (actor), Mark Adler (actor), Joe Mantegna (actor), Ray Liotta (actor), John Diehl (actor), Angus Macfadyen (actor), Don Cheadle (actor), Mark Adler (composer), Neal H. Moritz (producer),
Plot: In the 1950's and 1960's Frank Sinatra was the head of the infamous "Rat Pack". He, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop worked and played together. This film dramatizes their volatile relationships with each other and the Kennedys, Marilyn Monroe, mobster Sam Giancano, Judith Cambell and the FBI. Sinatra helps John Kennedy get elected in 1960 with a little help from Giancano. Lawford, married to a Kennedy, is an unhappy go-between. Davis is fighting racism and insecurity. Cambell is sleeping with both Giancano and JFK who is also sleeping with Monroe.
Keywords: 1950s, 1960s, actor, brother, entertainer, fbi, friendship, interracial, interracial-relationship, italian-americanActors: Eric Stoltz (actor), Quentin Tarantino (actor), Emil Sitka (actor), Tim Roth (actor), Paul Calderon (actor), Paul Calderon (actor), Tim Roth (actor), Ving Rhames (actor), Phil LaMarr (actor), Peter Greene (actor), Steve Buscemi (actor), Lawrence Bender (actor), Samuel L. Jackson (actor), John Travolta (actor), Harvey Keitel (actor),
Plot: Jules Winnfield and Vincent Vega are two hitmen who are out to retrieve a suitcase stolen from their employer, mob boss Marsellus Wallace. Wallace has also asked Vincent to take his wife Mia out a few days later when Wallace himself will be out of town. Butch Coolidge is an aging boxer who is paid by Wallace to lose his next fight. The lives of these seemingly unrelated people are woven together comprising of a series of funny, bizarre and uncalled-for incidents.
Keywords: 1970s, 1990s, abdomen-slashed, accidental-killing, accidental-shooting, actor-director, actor-director-writer, actress, adrenaline, african-americanActors: Gina Gershon (actress), John Wesley (actor), Don Stark (actor), Olympia Dukakis (actress), Bob Gunton (actor), Rod Steiger (actor), Brian Markinson (actor), Jeff Corey (actor), Robin Gammell (actor), Joe Grifasi (actor), Jack Betts (actor), Bruce Gray (actor), Joe Santos (actor), Rena Riffel (actress), Marcia Gay Harden (actress),
Genres: Biography, Drama,Actors: Dean Martin (actor), Edward Andrews (actor), Ivan Tors (producer), Arthur O'Connell (actor), Andrew Marton (director), Tab Hunter (actor), Art Arthur (writer), Soupy Sales (actor), Russell Saunders (actor), Louis Quinn (actor), Jack McDermott (actor), Doris Dowling (actress), Erwin Dumbrille (editor), Beverly Adams (actress), Joseph Gannon (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Melvin Byrd, who dreams of being a scientist, is a Cape Kennedy "miniscule molecular particle surveillance monitor" - in short, a janitor. His job is to keep a major rocket project completely dust-free, and this he does with his own hilariously fantastic inventions - including a literal attack on dirt by a "knight on a white horse". In his work, he meets Judy, a chimp involved in a top-secret project, which leads Melvin into the one room strictly off-limits to him. Not until he has entered the project room does Melvin learn that any man entering it will be negatively ionized - making him fly like a bird.
Keywords: aviation, janitorActors: Mack Sennett (producer), Harry McCoy (writer), Patsy O'Leary (actress), Marvin Loback (actor), Andy Clyde (actor), Hampton Del Ruth (writer), Ted Stroback (actor), Marjorie Beebe (actress), Harry Gribbon (actor), Ernie Alexander (actor), Wade Boteler (actor), Fred Kohler Jr. (actor), Kathryn Stanley (actress), Pete Morrison (actor), Earle Rodney (writer),
Genres: Comedy, Short,