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James Nathaniel "Jim" Brown (born February 17, 1936) is an American former professional football player who has also made his mark as an actor. He is best known for his exceptional and record-setting nine-year career as a running back for the NFL Cleveland Browns from 1957 to 1965. In 2002, he was named by Sporting News as the greatest professional football player ever. He is considered to be one of the greatest professional athletes the U.S. has ever produced.
James Nathaniel Brown was born to Theresa (a housekeeper) and Swinton Brown (a professional boxer).
At Manhasset Secondary School, Brown earned 13 letters playing football, lacrosse, baseball, basketball and running track. According to the New York Times:
Mr. Brown credits his self-reliance to having grown up on St. Simons's island, an all-black community off the coast of Georgia where he was raised by his grandmother and where racism did not affect him directly. At the age of 8 he moved to Manhasset, N.Y., where his mother worked as a domestic. It was at Manhasset High School that he became a football star and athletic legend.
LeBron Raymone James (/ləˈbrɒn/; born December 30, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "King James", he was a three-time "Mr. Basketball" of Ohio in high school, and was highly promoted in the national media as a future NBA superstar while a sophomore at St. Vincent – St. Mary High School. He was selected with the number one pick in the 2003 NBA Draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers. Listed as a small forward, James has set numerous youngest player records since joining the league. He was named the NBA Rookie of the Year in 2003–04, was named the NBA Most Valuable Player in 2009, 2010, and 2012 and has been both an All-NBA selection and an All-Star every season since 2005. In 2010, a much-publicized free agency process ended with James signing with the Miami Heat.
James led the Cleveland Cavaliers to consecutive playoff appearances from 2006 through 2010. In 2007, the Cavaliers advanced to the NBA Finals for the first time in franchise history, but lost to the San Antonio Spurs. In 2011, James and the Miami Heat advanced to the NBA Finals but lost to the Dallas Mavericks. James has been a member of the USA national team, winning a bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics and gold at the 2008 Olympics.
Actors: Joe Rooney (actor), Dónal Haughey (actor), George Bracebridge (actor), Aislinn Ní Uallacháin (actor), Des Bird (writer), Des Bird (editor), Len Bird (editor), Mark Coney (actor), Len Bird (writer), Len Bird (director), Des Bird (actor), Des Bird (producer), Len Bird (producer), Mark Sherlock (actor), John Sweeney (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Toby Jones (actor), Penelope Wilton (actress), Gero Brugmann (miscellaneous crew), Sean Cameron Michael (actor), Diana Cilliers (costume designer), Imelda Staunton (actress), Grant Babbitt (miscellaneous crew), Patrick Lyster (actor), Sienna Miller (actress), Genevieve Hofmeyr (producer), Philip Miller (composer), Penny Dyer (miscellaneous crew), Anne Bergstedt Jordanova (miscellaneous crew), Leon Clingman (actor), Adrian Galley (actor),
Plot: When Grace Kelly retires from films to marry Prince Rainier Alfred Hitchcock looks for a similar blonde and finds her in TV model,the little known Tippi Hedren,who will star in his film adaptation of horror story 'The Birds'. Hitchcock is obsessed with Tippi sexually and,when she rebuffs his advances,sadistically puts her through five days of filming where she is attacked and injured by real birds. Hitchcock's wife Alma and his assistant Peggy are appalled but can do nothing. Tippi is resolved that she will not give in to Hitchcock despite the situation giving her nightmares. Hitchcock and Tippi make a second film,'Marnie'. Having admitted that Alma is the only woman he has ever had sex with and that he now finds her cold Hitchcock continues to pursue Tippi, bombarding her with phone calls declaring his love for her yet reminding her that he alone made her famous and she owes him. At this stage Tippi demands that her contract be terminated and an end title states that they never worked together again.
Keywords: 1960s, abuse, actor's-life, actress, animal-trainer, aspiring-actress, assistant-director, automobile, backyard, based-on-biographyActors: Shannon Brown (actor), Shannon Brown (producer), Michael Bachochin (producer), Michael Bachochin (producer), Michael Bachochin (writer), Michael Bachochin (writer), Michael Bachochin (director), Michael Bachochin (writer), Suzette Lippard (actress), Suzette Lippard (producer), Mouzam Makkar (actress), Charles Rasmussen (actor), Kyle Downs (producer), Ruth Kaufman (actress), Gail Hafar (actress),
Plot: Jim Brown is an average-Joe alcoholic turned religious in order to find some deeper meaning to life. Through his altered way of perception, Jim finds himself communicating with 'God' through a television set in his own home. Although, this 'God' has far different plans for Jim and anyone close to him, and none of which include salvation or redemption.
Keywords: independent-filmActors: Pamela B. Green (miscellaneous crew), Ross L. Kulma (miscellaneous crew), Saul Rubinek (actor), Chelcie Ross (actor), Mark Isham (composer), Beau Holden (miscellaneous crew), Charles S. Dutton (actor), Don Kress (actor), Dennis Quaid (actor), Clancy Brown (actor), John Davis (producer), Don Kress (actor), Allan Graf (actor), Jarik Van Sluijs (miscellaneous crew), Allan Graf (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: This biopic focuses on the relationship of Ernie Davis (1939-1963), a gifted African-American athlete, and his coach from 1958 to 1962 at Syracuse University, Ben Schwartzwalder (1909-1993). Schwartzwalder recruits Davis with the help of All-American running back, Jim Brown. The civil rights movement is gaining steam; Davis experiences prejudice on campus, in town, and on the field, sometimes from teammates. How he handles it and how he challenges Schwartzwalder to stand up for his players provide a counterpoint to several great seasons that lead first to a national championship and then to the Heismann Trophy.
Keywords: 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, african-american, american-football, coach, football-movie, nonlinear-timeline, student-athlete, syracuse-universityActors: Eddie Griffin (actor), Antonio Fargas (actor), Eddie Griffin (producer), Eddie Griffin (director), Conan Lee (actor), Marianne Parker (costume designer), Tanjareen Martin (actress), Tanjareen Martin (actress), Tanjareen Martin (actress), Fiona Gubelmann (actress), B.D. Freeman (actor), B.D. Freeman (actor), B.D. Freeman (actor), Ellen Noel English (producer), B.D. Freeman (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Ilona Vas (miscellaneous crew), Dick Elliott (actor), Ted Hecht (actor), Robert 'Buzz' Henry (actor), Russell Hicks (actor), Harry Lauter (actor), Ralph Morgan (actor), Pierre Watkin (actor), Bill Williams (actor), Scott Darling (writer), William Beaudine (director), Otho Lovering (editor), Roy V. Livingston (editor), Jane Nigh (actress), Jeffrey Bernerd (producer),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Elaine Schreyeck (miscellaneous crew), Marcel Dalio (actor), Leslie Dwyer (actor), William Hartnell (actor), Edward Lexy (actor), Edward Rigby (actor), John Salew (actor), Charles Victor (actor), Wylie Watson (actor), George Woodbridge (actor), Irene Handl (actress), Kathleen Harrison (actress), Georges Simenon (writer), Mischa Spoliansky (composer), Lance Comfort (director),
Genres: Crime, Drama,Actors: Sam Newfield (writer), Sam Newfield (director), Ted Toddy (writer), Ted Toddy (producer), Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham (actor), Sidney Easton (actor), Elmer J. McGovern (editor), Percy Verwayen (actor), George Wiltshire (actor), Milton Woods (actor), David Bethea (actor), Bill Dillard (actor), Raymond Allen (actor), John Murray (actor), Rudy Toombs (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Horror,Actors: Roy William Neill (director), Emory Johnson (actor), J. Farrell MacDonald (actor), George Periolat (actor), Margarita Fischer (actress), Frank Clark (actor), Frank Howard Clark (writer), Agnes Christine Johnston (writer), Olga Grey (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle (actor), Nick Cogley (actor), Beatrice Van (actress), Mack Sennett (producer), Henry Lehrman (director),
Plot: The professor does not approve of his daughter's suitor. His disapproval is so marked that it is finally noticed by said swain, Tim Brown, when he is kicked out of the house by the father of his lady love, and he resolves to be careful in the future and not be subjected to further indignities. The Professor has been experimenting with germs, and discovers some new and deadly ones which he exhibits to some of his medical friends. The germs have been raised in a culture of milk, and when the professor escorts his guests to the door the milk bottle and the cup are left on the table. Unfortunately, Tim Brown seized this particular moment to make a call on his lady love, accompanied by his dog, making his entrance through an open window. The dog is thirsty, so he innocently pours more milk into the cup and gives it to the animal. The professor, returning, sees what is taking place, and crying, "The dog is full of deadly germs," runs away. The dog, attracted by the queerly acting, screaming man, runs after him, and soon there is tremendous excitement, half the town running with the Professor, and the others running after him and the dog. After many narrow escapes from the deadly teeth of the dog, the professor finally reaches a place of safety.
Genres: Comedy, Short,