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Shirley Temple Black (née Temple; April 23, 1928 – February 10, 2014) was an American film and television actress, singer, dancer, and public servant, most famous as Hollywood's number-one box-office star from 1935 through 1938. As an adult, she entered politics and became a diplomat, serving as United States Ambassador to Ghana and later to Czechoslovakia, and as Chief of Protocol of the United States.
Temple began her film career in 1932 at the age of three. In 1934, she found international fame in Bright Eyes, a feature film designed specifically for her talents. She received a special Juvenile Academy Award in February 1935 for her outstanding contribution as a juvenile performer to motion pictures during 1934, and film hits such as Curly Top and Heidi followed year after year during the mid-to-late 1930s. Licensed merchandise that capitalized on her wholesome image included dolls, dishes, and clothing. Her box-office popularity waned as she reached adolescence. She appeared in a few films of varying quality in her mid-to-late teens, and retired completely from films in 1950 at the age of 22. She was the top box-office draw in Hollywood for four years in a row (1935–38) in a Motion Picture Herald poll.
Larry King (born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger, November 19, 1933) is an American television and radio host, actor, voice actor and comedian whose work has been recognized with awards including two Peabodys and 10 Cable ACE Awards.
He began as a local Florida journalist and radio interviewer in the 1950s and 1960s and became prominent as an all-night national radio broadcaster starting in 1978. From 1985 to 2010, he hosted the nightly interview television program Larry King Live on CNN. He currently hosts Larry King Now on Hulu and RT America during the week, and on Thursdays he hosts Politicking with Larry King, a weekly political talk show which airs in the evening on the same two channels.
King was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Jennie (Gitlitz), a garment worker who was born in Vilnius, Lithuania, and Aaron Zeiger, a restaurant owner and defense-plant worker who was born in Kolomyia, Ukraine. Both parents were Orthodox Jews.
King was educated at Lafayette High School, a public high school in the Brooklyn area of New York City. His father died at 44 of a heart attack and his mother had to go on welfare to support her two sons. King was greatly affected by his father's death, and he lost interest in school. After graduating from high school, he worked to help support his mother and did not go to college or university. From an early age, however, he had wanted to go into radio.
Actors: Richard Nixon (actor), Ken Howard (actor), David Hill (actor), Dermot Mulroney (actor), Lyndon Johnson (actor), Josh Lucas (actor), David Clennon (actor), Damon Herriman (actor), Robert Armstrong (actor), Martin Luther King (actor), Josh Hamilton (actor), Jack Donner (actor), Leonardo DiCaprio (actor), Stephen Root (actor), Denis O'Hare (actor),
Plot: Biopic of J. Edgar Hoover told by Hoover as he recalls his career for a biography. Early in his career, Hoover fixated on Communists, anarchists and any other revolutionary taking action against the U.S. government. He slowly builds the agency's reputation, becoming the sole arbiter of who gets hired and fired. One of his hires is Clyde Tolson who is quickly promoted to Assistant Director and would be Hoover's confidant and companion for the rest of Hoover's life. Hoover's memories have him playing a greater role in the many high profile cases the FBI was involved in - the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, the arrest of bank robbers like John Dillinger - and also show him to be quite adept at manipulating the various politicians he's worked with over his career, thanks in large part to his secret files.
Keywords: 1920s, 1930s, 1960s, 1970s, airplane, alvin-karpis, ambition, anarchist, anti-communism, archival-footageActors: Diego Luna (actor), Werner Herzog (actor), Harmony Korine (director), James Fox (actor), Harmony Korine (writer), Harmony Korine (producer), Samantha Morton (actress), Denis Lavant (actor), Valdís Óskarsdóttir (editor), James Flynn (producer), David Blaine (actor), Sylvia Parker (miscellaneous crew), Manuel Pouet (miscellaneous crew), Agnès B. (producer), Glynn Henderson (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Melissa Joan Hart (producer), Colin Friels (actor), Shirley Temple (writer), Nicholas Hammond (actor), Ben Mendelsohn (actor), Mark Mitchell (actor), Frank Gallacher (actor), Steven Vidler (actor), Connie Britton (actress), Randall Berger (actor), Jerome Ehlers (actor), Bruce Shapiro (miscellaneous crew), Bruce Shapiro (actor), Joe Wiesenfeld (writer), Hinton Battle (actor),
Genres: Biography, Drama, Family,Actors: Melissa Joan Hart (producer), Colin Friels (actor), Shirley Temple (writer), Nicholas Hammond (actor), Ben Mendelsohn (actor), Mark Mitchell (actor), Frank Gallacher (actor), Steven Vidler (actor), Connie Britton (actress), Randall Berger (actor), Jerome Ehlers (actor), Bruce Shapiro (miscellaneous crew), Bruce Shapiro (actor), Joe Wiesenfeld (writer), Hinton Battle (actor),
Genres: Biography, Drama, Family,Actors: Burt Bacharach (actor), John Frankenheimer (actor), Dennis Hopper (actor), Rich Cowan (producer), Benny Carter (actor), Diana Krall (actress), Andrew Hulme (editor), Julian Benedikt (writer), Julian Benedikt (director), Chico Hamilton (actor), Peggy Moffitt (actress), Cassandra Wilson (actress), Vidal Sassoon (actor), Christopher M. Allan (writer), Richard Gates (actor),
Plot: "Jazz Seen" is an exploration of the life of William Claxton, whose photographs turned the world of jazz on its keen and perceptive ear. Various jazz artists, photographers, and actors recount memories they had with Claxton and explore his work, while parts of his life are re-enacted by actors.
Keywords: independent-film, jazz-music, jazz-score, new-york-cityActors: Scott Beehner (actor), Monty Arnold (actor), Gabriel Gornell (actor), Gabriel Gornell (producer), Kris Isacsson (producer), Gren Wells (actress), Kris Isacsson (actor), Kris Isacsson (director), Kris Isacsson (editor), Karen O'Hara (actress), Lukas Hassel (actor), Matt Gunn (actor), Matt Gunn (writer), Ali Durlin (actress), Matt Gunn (producer),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Enric Majó (actor), Jesús Garay (actor), Rosa Morata (actress), Antoni Padrós (writer), Antoni Padrós (director), José María Aragonés (editor), Dolors Ducastella (actress), Feliu Formosa (actor), Walter Cots (actor), Marissa Josa (actress), Albert López (actor), Josep Molins (actor), Josep Maria Casanovas (actor), Fernando Huici (writer), Helena Vila (actress),
Genres: Musical,Actors: John Glen (editor), George Martin (composer), Michael Caine (producer), Leopoldo Trieste (actor), Giulio Donnini (actor), Lionel Stander (actor), Ave Ninchi (actress), Cyrus Elias (actor), Michael Caine (actor), Luciano Pigozzi (actor), Dennis Price (actor), Mickey Rooney (actor), Janet Agren (actress), Doreen Dearnaley (miscellaneous crew), Claudio M. Cutry (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Michael King is a seedy writer of sleazy pulp genre novels under a half dozen sensational pseudonyms whose ambition is to dictate 10,000 words per minute to stenographers a la Earle Stanley Gardner. He's recruited by the agent of Preston Gilbert, a quirky ex-Hollywood star currently living reclusively in exile in Malta, to help him write his biography. Despite being pursued by an enigmatic hit man, Gilbert has a large entourage of eccentrics and remains an inveterate practical joker. After Gilbert is eventually murdered by an apparent priest, King tries to stay alive himself while interacting with a variety of idiosyncratic characters including an ersatz princess, a henpecked clairvoyant, and a cross-dressing hit man.
Keywords: actor, author, bathtub, beach, billiards, british-expatriate, broken-leg, bus, car-accident, cemeteryActors: Jack King (director), Clarence Nash (actor), Sara Berner (actress), Sara Berner (actress), Sara Berner (actress), Sara Berner (actress), Sara Berner (actress), Sara Berner (actress), Walt Disney (producer), Billy Bletcher (actor), Oliver Wallace (composer), Harry Reeves (writer),
Plot: Autograph hound Donald, despite the security guard, manages to get signatures from 'Greta Garbo' (qv), 'Mickey Rooney', 'Sonja Henie' (qv), The Ritz Brothers, and 'Shirley Temple' (qv) before he's recognized and everyone wants his autograph.
Keywords: 1930s, anthropomorphic-animal, anthropomorphism, celebrity-caricature, obsessed-fan, reference-to-the-marx-brothers, revolving-doorI'm not a king
But I've got more than a king
Because this whole world
Seems to be a comedy to me
I may be broke
But I take life as a joke
And if you want to
Make each day a holiday
Try my way
Look at the funny side
And have your fun
Stay by your honey's side
And laugh you son of a gun
It doesn't cost a thing
To buy the sun
You haven't lost a thing
So laugh you son of a gun
I don't mean a snigger
heh heh heh
I don't mean a giggle
hee hee hee
I don't mean a chuckle
No no no no
What I mean is ho ho ho ho
Look at the funny side
For when you're done
Its all a buggy ride