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Ginger Rogers (born Virginia Katherine McMath; July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995) was an American actress, dancer, and singer. She was known for dance films in which she was partnered with Fred Astaire and she appeared in films and on stage, as well as on radio and television throughout much of the 20th century.
Born in Independence, Missouri, and raised in Kansas City, Rogers and her family moved to Fort Worth, Texas, when she was nine. After winning a dance contest that launched a successful vaudeville career, she gained recognition as a Broadway actress for her debut stage role in Girl Crazy. This success led to a contract with Paramount Pictures, which ended after five films.
Rogers's first successful film role was a supporting role in 42nd Street (1933). Throughout the 1930s, Rogers made ten films with Fred Astaire, among which were some of her biggest successes, such as Swing Time (1936) and Top Hat (1935). After two commercial failures with Astaire, Rogers began to branch out into dramatic films and comedies. Her acting was well received by critics and audiences, and she became one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1940s. Her performance in Kitty Foyle (1940) won her the Academy Award for Best Actress.
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: Joseph McConnell (director), Joseph McConnell (writer), Joseph McConnell (producer), Joseph McConnell (actor), John Migdal (actor), Sam Masotto (actor), Hunter Schlesinger (actor), Hunter Schlesinger (actor), Mike Hoffmann (actor), Gina Musumeci (actress), Grace Matias (actress), Leech Ernowetz (composer), Sander Folsom (actor), Robert Weba (actor), Nicholas Greco (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi,Actors: Melvyn Hayes (actor), Wilfrid Hyde-White (actor), Bruce Boa (actor), Keenan Wynn (actor), Peter Cushing (actor), Oliver Reed (actor), Sylvaine Charlet (actress), George Fowler (writer), Peter Curran (writer), Peter Curran (director), Peter Curran (editor), Hilary Pritchard (actress), Bruce Kenny (actor), Elizabeth Curran (producer), David Kawandami (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Jack Haley (actor), Brooks Benedict (actor), Cary Grant (actor), Franklyn Farnum (actor), Fritz Feld (actor), Bobby Barber (actor), Sam Ash (actor), Tom Coleman (actor), Sammy Blum (actor), Herbert Evans (actor), Eddie Borden (actor), Earle S. Dewey (actor), Eddie Dunn (actor), Neely Edwards (actor), Sam Harris (actor),
Plot: This Broadway revue is about two love affairs. The romance between the comedienne Joan Mason and Jack Evans of Boston is easily disturbed by Jack's cynical sister, Clara Belle Evans, who is against their relationship. The romance between the wealthy British Jill Martin and Tom McGrath, the assistant to the impresario George White Brodway is a love hate relationship. Gene Krupa and his band keep, together with the virtuoso organist Ethel Smith, both couples dancing a lot.
Keywords: 1940s, actor-shares-first-and-last-name-with-character, actor-shares-first-name-with-character, actor-shares-last-name-with-character, archive-footage, backstage, band-member, bandleader, broadway-manhattan-new-york-city, burlesqueActors: James Conaty (actor), D'Arcy Corrigan (actor), Scotty Beckett (actor), Charles Arnt (actor), Wally Albright (actor), George Chesebro (actor), Charles Brinley (actor), Don Brodie (actor), Ralph Brooks (actor), Georgie Billings (actor), Granville Bates (actor), Tommy Bupp (actor), Wade Boteler (actor), Tom Chatterton (actor), William B. Davidson (actor),
Genres: Comedy,