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Scranton is the sixth-largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania behind Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie and Reading. It is the county seat of Lackawanna County in the state's northeastern region and is also the central point for the federal court of the area. With a population of 76,089, it is the largest city in the Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area, with a greater population of about 570,000, also known as the Wyoming Valley.
Scranton is the geographic and cultural center of the Lackawanna River valley, and the largest of the former anthracite coal mining communities in a contiguous quilt-work that also includes Wilkes-Barre, Pittston, and Carbondale. Scranton was incorporated as a borough on February 14, 1856, as a borough in Luzerne County and as a city on April 23, 1866. The city "took its first step toward earning its reputation as the Electric City" when electric lights were introduced at Dickson Locomotive Works in 1880. Six years later, the nation's first streetcars powered exclusively by electricity began operating in the city. Rev. David Spencer, a local Baptist minister, later proclaimed Scranton the "Electric City."
Actors: David Field (actor), Ronald Guttman (actor), Beth Humphreys (miscellaneous crew), Jeff Bleckner (director), Don Davis (composer), Rana Morrison (actress), Charles Martin Smith (actor), Larry Drake (actor), Marshall Napier (actor), Tod Feuerman (editor), Robert Mammone (actor), William Petersen (actor), Terry Lee (miscellaneous crew), David Argue (actor), Matt Day (actor),
Plot: Mysterious things happen at the coast of Graves Point: An empty boat lies at the shore, divers vanish. The sea biologist Dr. Talley thinks he knows the solution of the mystery: In the depth there is a gigantic octopus.
Keywords: architeuthis, based-on-novel, blood, boat, celebration, coastal-town, creature-feature, death, deep-sea-diver, deep-sea-divingActors: Dakin Matthews (actor), Dan Hedaya (actor), Tony Danza (producer), Patrick Williams (composer), Steven Williams (actor), Gene Reynolds (director), Lee Garlington (actress), Tony Danza (actor), Mike Farrell (actor), Gene Reynolds (producer), Ed O'Neill (actor), Skip Schoolnik (editor), David Graf (actor), Michael Crabtree (actor), Al Mancini (actor),
Plot: Jimmy O'Meara loves his daughter more than anything in the world. But when his ex-wife gets involved with a man who's involved with criminals, his world is turned upside down. They have entered the Witness Protection Program and the government attorney who is in charge of the program is being highly uncooperative with Mr. O'Meara's request that he be granted access to his daughter. This starts an intense legal battle.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Jack Roper (actor), Bernard W. Burton (producer), Leon Errol (actor), David Bruce (actor), Harry Tyler (actor), Lyle Talbot (actor), Harry Hayden (actor), Taylor Holmes (actor), John Indrisano (actor), Frank Fenton (actor), Benny Baker (actor), Ian MacDonald (actor), Eddie Gribbon (actor), George O'Hanlon (actor), Hal E. Chester (producer),
Plot: Posing as a down-and-out fighter, "Dutch" Grady ('Greg McClure' (qv)) is hired as a sparring boxer for heavyweight-champion Joe Palooka ('Joe Kirkwood Jr.' (qv)and knocks him out in a training bout. Sports reporter Tom Conway ('David Bruce (I)' (qv)), starts a jeering series on his radio program and in the press for Grady to get a title match with the champion. Knobby Walsh ('Leon Errol' (qv)), Palooka's manager, refuses to make the match until Grady beats other contenders first. But after much criticism affects Palooka's box-office receipts, Knobby agrees to the Palooka-Grady fight for the championship. But, on the eve of the bout, Grady's manager Talmadge ('Lou Lubin' (qv)), Conway and Doctor Benson ('Taylor Holmes' (qv))have Joe drugged, and the Boxing Commissioner vacates his title. Maxine ('Lina Romay (I)' (qv)), a beauty-contest winner, agrees to reveal for $5,000 how Joe was framed. Joe finds her knifed to death when he goes to meet her, and the police think he is the killer.
Keywords: 1940s, actor-shares-first-name-with-character, b-movie, beauty-contest, boxer, boxing, boxing-commissioner, brother, carnival, character-name-in-titleActors: Jack Overman (actor), Frank Reicher (actor), Horace McMahon (actor), Charles Cane (actor), Jack Mower (actor), Frank Mayo (actor), John Hubbard (actor), Leon Errol (actor), John Indrisano (actor), Cy Kendall (actor), Paul Bryar (actor), Bill McLean (actor), Eddie Gribbon (actor), Michael Mark (actor), Dewey Robinson (actor),
Plot: Joe Palooka goes blind during a fight. An operation restores his vision, but he's told not to fight for a year. His trainer Knobby has picked up another fighter, but gangsters are pressing him to fix fights. Joe decides to risk his eyesight to save Knobby's honor.
Keywords: 1940s, actor-shares-first-name-with-character, based-on-comic-strip, blindness, bookie, boxing, brother-sister-relationship, character-name-in-title, comeback, deceptionActors: Ulysses Davis (director), George Kunkel (actor), George Stanley (actor), Gayne Whitman (actor), Myrtle Gonzalez (actress), Patricia Palmer (actress), William MacLeod Raine (writer), Donald Clark (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,