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A hobo is a migratory worker or homeless vagabond, especially one who is penniless. The term originated in the Western—probably Northwestern—United States during the last decade of the 19th century. Unlike 'tramps', who work only when they are forced to, and 'bums', who do not work at all, 'hobos' are workers who wander.
The origin of the term is unknown. Etymologist Anatoly Liberman says that the only details certain about its origin is that the word emerged in American English and was first noticed around 1890. Liberman points out that many folk etymologies fail to answer the question: "Why did the word become widely known in California (just there) by the early Nineties (just then)?" Author Todd DePastino has suggested that it may come from the term hoe-boy meaning "farmhand," or a greeting such as Ho, boy!.Bill Bryson suggests in Made in America that it could either come from the railroad greeting, "Ho, beau!" or a syllabic abbreviation of "homeward bound."H. L. Mencken, in his The American Language (4th ed., 1937), wrote:
Actors: Lasco Atkins (producer), Lasco Atkins (director), Lasco Atkins (writer), Matt Waughtel (editor), Matt Waughtel (actor), John Knott (producer), John Knott (writer), John Knott (editor), Danny Baker (actor), Shamal Sharir (actor), King Homeboy (actor), Johnny Murphy (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Jonathan Thomson (actor), Andrew J McGuinness (actor), Jeremy Collins (producer), Jeremy Collins (director), Jeremy Collins (editor), Jeremy Collins (producer), Leo Maloney (actor), Autumn Gillette (actress), Dave Atkinson (actor), Gina Pizzurro (actor), Thomas Copello (actor), Marc Pelletier (actor), Megan Petraitis (actor), Billy Pomerleau (actor), Kevin Belanger (actor),
Plot: Hal has a perfect life; full of loving friends, amazing luck, and not a single concern. But when he becomes infatuated with Dali, the new girl that enters his life, he starts taking everything for granted; upsetting the most important person to Hal's world, the man creating it. Fed up with Hal's lack of appreciation, this creator stops crafting Hal's world, from the glorious atmospheres, to his loving neighbors, to Dali. As his surroundings begin to dissolve around him, Hal can only focus on one thing: the sudden disappearance of Dali.
Keywords: color, control, creator, death, envy, false-reality, human-puppet, love, plot-twist, transformationActors: Joe Hogan (composer), Veronica Fairhurst (actress), Kenny Richards (actor), Kenny Richards (producer), Kenny Richards (director), Kenny Richards (writer), Jennifer Lynn (actress), Jennifer Lynn (miscellaneous crew), Lightning Bear (actor), Lightning Bear (director), David John (actor), Ben Windsor (actor), Cliff Ford (actor), Amanda Elizabeth (actress), Amanda Elizabeth (writer),
Genres: Action, Drama, Music,Actors: Otar Iosseliani (editor), Martine Marignac (producer), Eva Ionesco (actress), Otar Iosseliani (director), Otar Iosseliani (actor), Mathieu Demy (actor), Otar Iosseliani (writer), Mathieu Amalric (actor), Enzo Porcelli (producer), Marie Barré (miscellaneous crew), Philippe Bas (actor), Maurice Tinchant (producer), Lydia Bigard (miscellaneous crew), Lydie Mahias (miscellaneous crew), Amiran Amiranashvili (actor),
Plot: Nicholas is the eldest son of a wealthy suburban family, whose businesswoman mother makes deals from a helicopter and has an affair with her business partner. His cheerful, alcoholic father, on the other hand, is reduced to a prisoner in his room with his devoted dog and electric train set. Unbeknownst to his parents, Nicholas works as a window cleaner and dish washer in a Parisian cafe. He is also in love with the daughter of another cafe's owner, who, however, has an abusive boyfriend. One night, Nicholas sneaks a few drunken drifters into his family wine cellar and his father unexpectedly takes a liking to the stranger.
Keywords: adultery, alcoholic, beggar, bird, businesswoman, cafe, class-differences, dishwasher, dog, explosionActors: Richard Linklater (writer), John Sloss (producer), Lew Temple (actor), Joe Stevens (actor), Dwight Yoakam (actor), Julianna Margulies (actress), Matthew McConaughey (actor), Bo Hopkins (actor), Johnny Carson (actor), Grant James (actor), David Jensen (actor), Ethan Hawke (actor), Vincent D'Onofrio (actor), Anne Carr (miscellaneous crew), Richard Linklater (director),
Plot: Four Newton brothers are a poor farmer family in the 1920s. The oldest of them, Willis, one day realizes that there's no future in the fields and offers his brothers to become a bank robbers. Soon the family agrees. They become very famous robbers, and five years later execute the greatest train robbery in American history.
Keywords: 1910s, 1920s, bank-robber, bank-robbery, based-on-book, based-on-true-story, brother-brother-relationship, canada, character-name-in-title, chicago-illinoisActors: William Bryant (actor), Martin Sheen (actor), Jack Albertson (actor), Buck Young (actor), Peggy Stewart (actress), Stu Phillips (composer), Lesley Ann Warren (actress), Hal Baylor (actor), George Chandler (actor), Michael Ontkean (actor), Robert Donner (actor), Fran Ryan (actress), Eddie Firestone (actor), Noel Black (writer), Kate Harper (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Keenan Wynn (actor), R.G. Armstrong (actor), Mickey Rooney (actor), Wayne Newton (actor), Slim Pickens (actor), Sal Mineo (actor), James Bacon (actor), Butch Patrick (actor), Anthony DiMarco (editor), Gerd Oswald (writer), Gerd Oswald (producer), Gerd Oswald (director), Erin Moran (actress), Joe Conley (actor), Jo Van Fleet (actress),
Plot: Nevada police take into custody drifter Mark Jonah, although he claims he was an innocent hitchhiker, after the crash of a stolen car in which hoodlum Jerry Taggart is killed. Mark escapes and, while sleeping in a field two days later, is awakened when an eight-year-old blind girl, Nina, stumbles over him. Nina leads Mark to three other blind children---Kim, Little Joe and Cathy. The youngster's, sensing Mark's gentleness, take him to their summer camp for blind children. There, he meets Tracy, a girl his own age who is also blind. He is mistaken for the camp's new handyman by Tracy's housekeeper, Nonna, who views him with suspicion, and also meets the other children, Richard, Velma and Pepe. The children learn to love Mark, whom they follow everywhere, as their Pied Piper figure. Led by tough Barney Glover, the police finally catch up to Jonah. But a well-known local character, Wilfred Bashford, clears Mark, who returns to Tracy and his new "family."
Keywords: blind-boy, blind-child, blind-girl, boy, car-crash, character-name-in-title, digit-in-title, drifter, eight-year-old, gentlenessActors: Hooper Atchley (actor), Stanley Blystone (actor), Dick Botiller (actor), Richard Cramer (actor), Harry Davenport (actor), Earl Dwire (actor), Jack Gardner (actor), Pat Gleason (actor), William Gould (actor), Gordon Hart (actor), Al Herman (actor), Max Hoffman Jr. (actor), Frank Lackteen (actor), Carey Loftin (actor), Ernie Adams (actor),
Genres: Action, Drama,Actors: Hanny Schedin (actress), Wiktor Andersson (actor), Erik 'Bullen' Berglund (actor), Lorens Marmstedt (director), Eric Abrahamsson (actor), Aino Taube (actress), Erik Forslund (actor), Carl-Gunnar Wingård (actor), Anna-Lisa Baude (actress), Sickan Carlsson (actress), Ernst Eklund (actor), Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson (actress), Ragnar Falck (actor), Maritta Marke (actress), Adrian Bjurman (editor),
Genres: ,Actors: Victor Adamson (actor), Victor Adamson (actor), Clyde McClary (actor), Victor Adamson (writer), Victor Adamson (director), Fred Allen (editor), Alma Rayford (actress), Charles Force (actor), Fred Caldwell (director), Fred Caldwell (writer), Edward Heim (actor), Tommy Hines (actor),
Genres: Western,