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James Allen Whitmore, Jr. (October 1, 1921 – February 6, 2009) was an American film, theatre and television actor. During his lengthy career, Whitmore won a Tony Award, a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award, and was nominated for two Academy Awards.
Born in White Plains, New York to Florence Belle (née Crane) and James Allen Whitmore, Sr., a park commission official, Whitmore attended Amherst Central High School in Snyder, New York for three years, before transferring to the Choate School in Wallingford, Connecticut, on a football scholarship. He went on to study at Yale University, also on a football scholarship, but he had to quit playing football after severely injuring his knees. After giving up football, he turned to the Yale Dramatic Society and began acting. While at Yale he was a member of Skull and Bones, and was among the founders of the Yale radio station (the student-run WOCD-AM, later renamed WYBC-AM). Whitmore planned on becoming a lawyer and was a Government major at Yale. When World War II broke out, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserves while finishing his degree. He graduated from Yale University in 1944, then served in the United States Marine Corps in the South Pacific, and emerged from the Marines as a Lieutenant.
Barack Hussein Obama II (US i/bəˈrɑːk huːˈseɪn oʊˈbɑːmə/; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician serving as the 44th President of the United States, the first African American to hold the office. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he served as president of the Harvard Law Review. He was a community organizer in Chicago before earning his law degree. He worked as a civil rights attorney and taught constitutional law at University of Chicago Law School between 1992 and 2004. He served three terms representing the 13th District in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004, and ran unsuccessfully in the Democratic primary for the United States House of Representatives in 2000 against incumbent Bobby Rush.
In 2004, Obama received national attention during his campaign to represent Illinois in the United States Senate with his victory in the March Democratic Party primary, his keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in July, and his election to the Senate in November. He began his presidential campaign in 2007 and, after a close primary campaign against Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2008, he won sufficient delegates in the Democratic Party primaries to receive the presidential nomination. He then defeated Republican nominee John McCain in the general election, and was inaugurated as president on January 20, 2009. Nine months after his inauguration, Obama was named the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
Aaron Copland (/ˌærən ˈkoʊplənd/; November 14, 1900 – December 2, 1990) was an American composer, composition teacher, writer, and later in his career a conductor of his own and other American music. Instrumental in forging a distinctly American style of composition, in his later years he was often referred to as "the Dean of American Composers" and is best known to the public for the works he wrote in the 1930s and 1940s in a deliberately accessible style often referred to as "populist" and which the composer labeled his "vernacular" style. Works in this vein include the ballets Appalachian Spring, Billy the Kid and Rodeo, his Fanfare for the Common Man and Third Symphony. The open, slowly changing harmonies of many of his works are archetypical of what many people consider to be the sound of American music, evoking the vast American landscape and pioneer spirit. In addition to his ballets and orchestral works, he produced music in many other genres including chamber music, vocal works, opera and film scores.
Actors: JD Charisma (actor), Graham Lee (writer), Graham Lee (actor), Graham Lee (director), Graham Lee (editor), Rajiv Khilnani (actor), Shelly Kudrose (actress), Cynthia Gaedy Davidson (actress), Matthew Pinna (editor), Matthew Pinna (actor), Mmtb (producer), Matthew Pinna (writer), Shelly Russell (actress), James Lee Davidson (actor),
Genres: Short,Actors: Jon Osbeck (writer), Jon Osbeck (director), Jon Osbeck (actor), Jason Morris (actor), Dino Tripodis (producer), Dino Tripodis (actor), Dino Tripodis (producer), Kevin McClatchy (actor), Marc Wiskemann (editor), Richard Napoli (actor), Marc Wiskemann (director), T.J. Cooley (actor), Neal Havener (composer), Neal Havener (actor), Amanda Howell (actress),
Genres: Drama, News, War,Actors: Kim Hamilton (writer), Kim Hamilton (director), Kim Hamilton (actress), Ken Henderson (miscellaneous crew), Ken Henderson (actor), Ken Henderson (producer), Ken Henderson (producer), Ken Henderson (writer), Ken Henderson (composer), Ken Henderson (director), Ken Henderson (editor), Travis Nettles (producer), Travis Nettles (writer), Travis Nettles (actor), Travis Nettles (producer),
Plot: 201 Belmont is a gorgeous house in a beautiful neighborhood and whose owner, Robert Teuer, is in need of a house sitter. Sophie and Dylan have been married and living with her parents for the past 6 months. It looks like a perfect match. When the young couple move into the house it seems like paradise for a while until a ghost from the past begins to try to warn them of eminent danger. Also their every move seems to be watched by a large sinister man and a camera happy neighbor. Twist and turns lead down a deadly path as Dillon and Sophie try to unravel the mystery surrounding the disappearance of Robert Teuer's wife and the mishaps of the present.
Keywords: killer, landlord, murder, tenantActors: Mark Rydell (producer), Maggie Wagner (actress), Mark Moses (actor), Andrew Prine (actor), Mark Rydell (actor), Gary Sievers (actor), Michael Moriarty (actor), Edward Herrmann (actor), Charles Dierkop (actor), Phil Hawn (actor), Barry Primus (actor), David Proval (actor), James Franco (actor), Yvonne Blake (costume designer), John Frizzell (composer),
Plot: A biopic about the actor James Dean, whose stardom of the ultimate teenage rebel as well as the premature death made him a legend. His roles are depicted having much in common with his personal life, most notably the difficult relationship with his father.
Keywords: 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, acting, acting-class, actor, actors-studio-new-york-city, actress, audition, aunt-nephew-relationshipActors: Amy Irving (actress), Gerald W. Abrams (producer), Jayne Meadows (actress), Billy Goldenberg (composer), Stephen McHattie (actor), Dane Clark (actor), John A. Martinelli (editor), Michael Brandon (actor), Brooke Adams (actress), Candy Clark (actress), Meg Foster (actress), Katherine Helmond (actress), Robert Butler (director), William Bast (producer), William Bast (writer),
Genres: Biography, Drama,Actors: Cecil M. Hepworth (director), Evan Thomas (actor), Arthur M. Cullin (actor), Louis Willoughby (director), Eric Maturin (actor), S.J. Warmington (actor), Constance Worth (actress), David Falcke (producer), Maude Zimbla (actress), Norman MacDonald (writer), Micheline Colleen (actress),
Genres: Drama, Romance,Actors: Edward Coxen (actor), George Field (actor), Charles Newton (actor), Winifred Greenwood (actress), Charles Bartlett (director),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: J. Warren Kerrigan (actor), Jack Richardson (actor), Pauline Bush (actress), Jessalyn Van Trump (actress), Allan Dwan (director),
Plot: John Huxley, with his young wife, and Bob Blake, private secretary, came to the Western mine to inspect their holdings. Mrs. Huxley cared nothing for her aged husband, and showed it. She became interested in James Whitmore, when she saw James kissing his little sweetheart, Mary Jacobs. She made violent love to him, when she found he did not care for her. She also sought out little Mary Jacobs, told her fortune by cards, and predicted much unhappiness unless she married Bob Blake. Bob was also interested in Mary, and made love to her. Mrs. Huxley had arranged with Bob to bring Mary to a hedge, close by where Mary could see her lovers treachery. James submitted to the hug and kiss with much disgust in his heart. Mrs. Huxley and Bob, standing together on the hillside, were plotting how they might further wreck the little romance. Suddenly a warning shout came from James, who had just lighted a fuse. In another instant there was a terrific crash, a swirl of smoke carrying giant upwards with it, and they found the buried remains of the faithless wife and her private secretary.
Genres: Drama, Short, Western,