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Roberta is a musical from 1933 with music by Jerome Kern, and lyrics and book by Otto Harbach. The musical is based on the novel Gowns by Roberta by Alice Duer Miller. The play features the famous songs "Yesterdays", "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", "Let's Begin", "You're Devastating", "Something Had To Happen" and "The Touch of Your Hand".
The original Broadway production opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on November 18, 1933, and ran for 295 performances. It starred Tamara Drasin (billed as Tamara), Bob Hope, George Murphy, Lyda Roberti, Fred MacMurray, Fay Templeton, Ray Middleton (billed as Raymond E. Middleton), and Sydney Greenstreet. Hope, Murphy, MacMurray and Greenstreet were not yet the Hollywood stars they would soon be, and Middleton was not the Broadway leading man he would become after Annie Get Your Gun.
The play was made into a 1935 film by RKO starring Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, and Randolph Scott. The film omitted "The Touch of Your Hand" (sung by a minor character), "Something Had To Happen", and "You're Devastating" (originally Middleton's big song in the show), but added the Kern songs "I Won't Dance" and "Lovely to Look At", which became so popular that they are now always included in revivals and recordings of Roberta.
Peppino di Capri (born Giuseppe Faiella in Naples, Italy on July 27, 1939) is an Italian popular music singer, songwriter and pianist. His international hits are: "St. Tropez Twist", "Daniela", "Torna piccina", "Roberta", "Melancolía", "Freva", "L'ultimo romantico", "Un grande amore e niente piú", "Nun è peccato" and "Champagne".
Peppino began singing and playing the piano at age 4, entertaining the American army troops stationed on the island of Capri with a repertoire of American standards. After 6 years of classical studies and playing at nightclubs around Capri, Peppino and his group The Rockers released their first single, with the songs Malattia (Illness) and Nun è Peccato (It's not a sin), sung in Napoletano in 1958.
The single was an instant hit, and Peppino spent most of the following year touring. A string of hit singles soon followed, usually alternating between Italian versions of American rock'n'roll and twist songs (with some verses sung in English), and originals in Italian and Napoletano, and Peppino became one of the top acts in the country.
Roberta Miranda, artistic name of Maria Albuquerque Miranda, from João Pessoa, Paraiba, Brazil is a Brazilian singer. She is the third best-selling female artist in Brazil behind Xuxa (33 million) and Maria Bethania (24.3 million), with 14.2 million discs sold so far. She got her start in the music industry singing in the clubs of São Paulo, Brazil. Among her greatest successes are A Majestade O Sabiá (The Majesty the Sabiá Bird), Vá Com Deus (Go with God), and Sol da Minha Vida (Sun of My Life) the disc that sold 750,000 copies in the early 1990s.
She has successfully collaborated with other MPB (Musica Popular Brasileira) acts, such as Roberto Carlos, Chitãozinho e Xororó, Fagner, and others.
Her official site: http://www.robertamiranda.com.br/
Actors: Garin Sparks (miscellaneous crew), Dan Siegelstein (producer), Dan Siegelstein (writer), Dan Siegelstein (director), Chance Hartman (actor), Chance Hartman (producer), Blake Skaggs (editor), J.M. Specht (actor), Chris Cude (miscellaneous crew), Katy Erin Poulter (actor), Brooke Marie Friesen (actress), Stephanie Ard (actor), Jeff Storms (producer), Jeff Storms (writer), Adam Mengesha (actor),
Plot: 'People with Issues' is a short film that follows a day in the life of three mid-20s artists - a comic book writer/illustrator named Darren, two musicians named Aaron and Jack - as they battle to win auctions on eBay, figure out how a band with two guitarists and no drummer can function, and their latest batch of strife from members of the opposite sex
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Short,Actors: Simone Spoladori (writer), Simone Spoladori (producer), Simone Spoladori (editor), Marco Giometti (editor), Alberto Mancioppi (actor), Nina Senicar (producer), Giacomo Zito (actor), Nina Senicar (actress), Riccardo Giudici (director), Riccardo Giudici (producer), Daniele Giulietti (actor), Daniela Bertinetti (actor), Aimee Portioli (composer),
Genres: Short, Thriller,Actors: Ivan Iusco (writer), Ivan Iusco (composer), Ivan Iusco (director), Giorgio Gallo (actor), Mario Bucci (editor), Chiara Celino (actor),
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Genres: Drama, Mystery, Short,Actors: Nicholas J. DeMicco (writer), Nicholas J. DeMicco (producer), Nicholas J. DeMicco (editor), Nicholas J. DeMicco (director), Tiara Montgomery (miscellaneous crew), Zackary Miranda (actor), Zackary Miranda (composer), Alison DeMicco (actor), Daniel Richard Ryan (actor), Christine DeMicco (actor), Paul Simari (actor),
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Genres: Action, Sci-Fi,Actors: Danilo Lima (director), Danilo Lima (editor), Natalia Coelho (writer), Natalia Coelho (actor), Adriano Pequeno (director), Arthur Toyoshima (writer), Arthur Toyoshima (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Randall Sawka (producer), Randall Sawka (director), Randall Sawka (writer), Nina Reed (actress), Tracey Roath (actress), Shaan Rahman (actor), Andrew Wade (actor), Delle Drader (actor),
Plot: Wealthy lawyer Tim Bower badly defeats impoverished lawyer Carol Peterson in the courtroom. Guilt coaxes Tim to invite Carol to a poker party at his home that evening. No-nonsense judge Linda Hendricks and Tim's neurotic friend Bob join the party. This eclectic group finds little time for stacking chips or dealing cards when romance pulls up a chair. Love...love like you've never seen it...makes an appearance.
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Short,Actors: Chiko Mendez (actor), Greg Haberny (editor), Greg Haberny (director), Greg Haberny (producer), Greg Haberny (writer), Greg Haberny (producer), Flora Diaz (actress), Ariel Bonilla (actor), Jose Candelaria (actor), Joleen Grussing (producer), Jorge Rubio Canton (actor), Brett Lindell (editor),
Plot: Santo and Pal left South America in search of the American dream. They were smuggled into Mexico on a "bluff truck". Both took a job in a scrap metal plant in Escobedo, Mexico where they managed to save a bit of money in hopes of making their way into the United States. In Escobedo, there was a figure known as "The Ghost". He was the go to source for those who wished to cross the border. However, there was a price to pay. He was known to be ruthless and would often allow people to give him a down payment to get into America, with a promise to send the remainder, plus interest. Santo and Pal desperately wanted a way into America and sought out "The Ghost". They had enough for a down payment and figured that once in America, they'd get well paying jobs. Smuggled in an airplane parts truck and dumped off at a truck stop near Houston, they hitchhiked and jumped trains eventually making it to the northeast. The film begins in a rundown apartment in Bridgeport, CT where Santo and Pal are awakened by a video camera and gun. X, hired by "The Ghost", takes Santo and Pal hostage and explains that he is there to collect their payment, with interest. Not having the money, Santo and Pal are terrified. X tells them that if they are willing to make a little film, it will help alleviate their debt. In an act of desperation, they agree.
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