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Benjamin Francis Webster (March 27, 1909 – September 20, 1973), a.k.a. "The Brute" or "Frog," was an influential American jazz tenor saxophonist. Webster, born in Kansas City, Missouri, was considered one of the three most important "swing tenors" along with Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young. Known affectionately as "The Brute", he had a tough, raspy, and brutal tone on stomps (with his own distinctive growls), yet on ballads he played with warmth and sentiment. Stylistically he was indebted to alto star Johnny Hodges, who, he said, taught him to play his instrument.
Webster learned to play piano and violin at an early age, before learning to play the saxophone, although he did return to the piano from time to time, even recording on the instrument occasionally. Once Budd Johnson showed him some basics on the saxophone, Webster began to play that instrument in the Young Family Band (which at the time included Lester Young). Kansas City at this point was a melting pot from which emerged some of the biggest names in 1930s jazz, and Webster joined Bennie Moten's legendary 1932 band that included Count Basie, Oran Page and Walter Page. This era has been recreated in Robert Altman's film Kansas City.
Actors: Jim Sweeney (actor), Joy McAvoy (actress), Robert Harrison (actor), Ashley McFarlane (actress), Ross Maxwell (actor), Carmen Pierquaccini (actress), Sean Wilkie (actor), Sean Wilkie (producer), Chris Somerville (producer), Matt McClure (actor), Jennifer Byrne (actress), Rebekah Lamb (actress), Sean Paul Wilkie (editor), Claire Dicarlo (actress), Gareth Hunter (actor),
Plot: On her way to stay at her Grandmother's cabin, which she just inherited, Alex Summers car breaks down and five college kids come to her rescue. To thank them she invites them to stay at the cabin with her. Strange things start to happen and they feel like their being watched and then they find the cellar downstairs with the bench all covered in blood and one by one they start to disappear, dragged down to that room... to the bench.
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Genres: Comedy,Actors: William Beaudine (actor), James Kirkwood (actor), Frank Powell (actor), Henry B. Walthall (actor), Marion Leonard (actress), Frank E. Woods (writer), D.W. Griffith (director),
Plot: On a lake in the woods, a man's boat suddenly capsizes. He nearly drowns, but another man camping nearby sees him and rescues him. After they part, the rescuer meets the first man's wife and, not knowing who she is, he befriends her and begins to spend time with her. It is not long before a tense and very uncomfortable situation develops.
Genres: Drama, Short,Maybe I'm old fashioned, feeling as I do
Maybe I am living in the past
But when I meet the right one
I know that I'll be true
My first love will be the last
When I fall in love it will be forever
Or I'll never fall in love
In a restless world like this is
Love is ended before it began
And too many moonlight kisses
Seem to cool in the warmth of the sun
When I give my heart it will be completely
Or I'll never, never, never give my heart
And the moment I can feel that you feel that way too