Benjamin "Bob" Clark (August 5, 1939 – April 4, 2007) was an American actor, director, screenwriter and producer best known for directing and writing the script with Jean Shepherd to the 1983 Christmas film A Christmas Story. Although he worked primarily in the United States, from 1973 to 1983 he worked in Canada and was responsible for some of most successful films in Canadian history such as Black Christmas (1974), Murder by Decree (1979), Tribute (1980), and Porky's (1982).
Clark was born in New Orleans, but grew up in Birmingham, Alabama and later moved to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He grew up poor, as his father died during his childhood and his mother was a barmaid. After attending Catawba College majoring in philosophy, Clark won a football scholarship to Hillsdale College in Michigan, where he played quarterback. Eventually he studied theater at the University of Miami, turning down offers to play professional football. He did briefly play semi-pro for the Fort Lauderdale Black Knights.
Actors: Tom Logan (producer), Tom Logan (writer), Tom Logan (director), Bill Jackson (editor), Ed Herring (actor),
Genres: History,Actors: Clint Eastwood (composer), J. Michael Straczynski (writer), Angelina Jolie (actress), Ron Howard (producer), John H. Tobin (actor), Clint Eastwood (producer), John Malkovich (actor), Colm Feore (actor), Riki Lindhome (actress), Brian Grazer (producer), Peter Gerety (actor), Michael McCafferty (actor), Denis O'Hare (actor), Joel Cox (editor), Clint Eastwood (director),
Plot: Los Angeles, 1928. A single mother returns from work to find her nine-year-old son gone. She calls the LAPD to initiate a search. Five months later, a boy is found in Illinois who fits the description; he says he's her son. To fanfare and photos, the LAPD reunite mother and son, but she insists he's not her boy. The cops dismiss her as either a liar or hysterical. When she joins a minister in his public criticism of the police, they in turn use government power to silence and intimidate her. Meanwhile, a cop goes to a dilapidated ranch to find a Canadian lad who's without legal status; the youth tells a grisly tale. There's redress for murder; is there redress for abuse of power?
Keywords: 1920s, 1930s, abuse-of-power, american-flag, audio-montage, axe, axe-murder, bare-chested-male, based-on-true-story, bathActors: Shirley Knight (actress), Mark Arnold (actor), Richard Kiley (actor), Don Murray (actor), Franco Zeffirelli (director), Tom Cruise (actor), James Spader (actor), Robert Altman (actor), Brooke Shields (actress), Ian Ziering (actor), Larry Kaplan (miscellaneous crew), Sioux Richards (miscellaneous crew), Jami Gertz (actress), Anna Berger (actress), Beatrice Straight (actress),
Plot: Two young kids fall in love with each other. But the passion is too consuming for the parents of Jade. The parents try to stop them from seeing each other. But when this doesn't work David burns down the house and is sent away. This doesn't stop him from seeing her. When he gets out he goes to look for her. But in the end the passion for his first love is too strong and she has to leave or this love will kill both of them.
Keywords: adolescent, arson, bare-butt, based-on-novel, coming-of-age, dysfunctional-family, family-relationships, father-daughter-relationship, fireplace, first-loveActors: William Bertram (director), Tom London (actor), Leo D. Maloney (actor), Helen Holmes (actress), Anne Schaefer (actress), Helen Holmes (producer), Jack Connolly (actor), George Rix (writer),
Genres: Western,Actors: Ernest C. Warde (director), John Gilbert (actor), J. Warren Kerrigan (actor), Leatrice Joy (actress), Lois Wilson (actress), Thomas J. Geraghty (writer), Joseph J. Dowling (actor), Arthur Allardt (actor), Clifford Alexander (actor), Elvira Weil (actress), Jess Herring (actor), Credo Fitch Harris (writer),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Doris Pawn (actress), Val Paul (actor), Lynn Reynolds (director), Sydney Ayres (actor), Pat Powers (producer), F. McGrew Willis (writer), May Benson (actress),
Genres: Drama, Short,