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Donald David Dixon Ronald O’Connor (August 28, 1925 – September 27, 2003) was an American dancer, singer, and actor who came to fame in a series of movies in which he co-starred alternately with Gloria Jean, Peggy Ryan, and Francis the Talking Mule.
He is best known today for his role as Gene Kelly's friend and colleague Cosmo Brown in Singin' in the Rain (1952).
Though he considered Danville, Illinois to be his home town, O’Connor was born in St. Elizabeth Hospital in Chicago. His parents, Effie Irene (née Crane) and John Edward "Chuck" O'Connor, were vaudeville entertainers. His father's family was from County Cork, Ireland. When O'Connor was only a few years old, he and his sister Arlene were in a car crash outside a theater in Hartford, Connecticut; O'Connor survived, but his sister was killed. Several weeks later, his father died of a heart attack while dancing on stage in Brockton, Massachusetts. O'Connor at the time was being held in the arms of the theater manager, Mr. Morris Simms.
Actors: Scout Tafoya (producer), Scout Tafoya (editor), Scout Tafoya (director), Scout Tafoya (writer), Morgan Gish (producer), Toby Venable (producer), Lina Pearson (actress), Rachel Thompson (producer), Jack Farrell (actor), Stephie Ulm (actress), Alex Heim (actress), Jill Steelman (producer), Patricia Steelman (producer), Ben Tafoya (producer), Dennis Tafoya (producer),
Plot: After the plague kills everyone they know, seven camp counselors quarantined themselves at the Quaker camp where they've spent every summer of their lives. Three months later, their sanity hangs by a thread. When something happens to upset the balance they've spent months establishing, they question their religious beliefs, their friendships and trust in each other, and whether there's something worse than the plague watching them from the woods.
Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery,Actors: Tirf Alexius (actor), Danny Glenn (actor), Rujanee Mahakanjana (editor), Rujanee Mahakanjana (producer), Rujanee Mahakanjana (writer), Rujanee Mahakanjana (director), Alex Kazhinsky (actor), Petrucia Finkler (actress), Denise Smolarek (actress), Stephanie Dzieglo (editor), Erik Deerly (composer), Fiey Lertsburapa (actor), Chutikorn Meanan (actor), Jennifer Eng (producer),
Plot: Practicing in psychotherapy in Chicago for 8 years, Mit Raitrakul, a psychologist who believes in a Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, begins to have an unusual-yet -familiar dreamlike experience of parallel reality. He discovers himself in this other reality as a transvestite bathroom janitor working at an unknown train station, and running into familiar characters.
Genres: Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi,Actors: Bryan Royston (actor), Bryan Royston (actor), Michael Denk (composer), Michael Denk (actor), David M. Warner (actor), David M. Warner (miscellaneous crew), Alejandro C. Contreras (miscellaneous crew), Vance Hetherington (miscellaneous crew), Alejandro C. Contreras (writer), Vance Hetherington (actor), Aaron Williams (actor), Alejandro C. Contreras (producer), Michael Eauslin (actor), Michael Eauslin (actor), Paul Andrew O'Connor (actor),
Plot: A veteran of the war in Afghanistan, Francis is now back home with his fiancé, Chloe. He experiences severe psychotic episodes and symptoms of dissociation, and as a result is treated with electroshock therapy. During his treatment, he experiences fragments of his past through the eyes of his alter ego Michael Wolf (Paul O'Connor). In these hallucinations, Michael has a conflict with his father, is reacquainted with his buddies, and must fight for the well-being of his friends and his love, Chloe. As the treatment continues, Francis' fantasy begins to loop, although the situations and characters become progressively darker and grittier. Francis awakens at the end of his electroshock therapy. However, he remains forever lost in the world of his alter-ego Michael Wolf.
Keywords: independent-film, multiple-personality, psychosis, ptsd, war-in-afghanistan, wisconsinActors: Noni Buencamino (actor), Ara Mina (actress), Coco Martin (actor), Joem Bascon (actor), Sid Lucero (actor), Smokey Manaloto (actor), Andoy Ranay (director), Jodi Sta. Maria (actress), Ina Feleo (actress), Arlene Muhlach (actress), Roxanne Guinoo (actress), Erich Gonzales (actress), Chokoleit (actor), Carla Humphries (actress), Marc Abaya (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Austin Nordell (producer), Austin Nordell (editor), Austin Nordell (director), Brenton Covington (actor), Jose Rosete (actor), Austin Nordell (writer), Kimber Leigh (actress), Kimber Leigh (producer), Aaron Burckle (actor), Patrick Adam (actor), Klor Rowland (actor), Eric Zaklukiewicz (actor), Gloria Jean Robertson (actress), Douglas L. Cook (actor), Caitlin Thompson (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Jim Turner (actor), Daryl Haney (actor), Mason Adams (actor), Daryl Haney (writer), Daryl Haney (producer), Wings Hauser (actor), Juliet Landau (actress), Barbara Pilavin (actress), Billy Maddox (actor), Harry Bromley Davenport (producer), Harry Bromley Davenport (director), Harry Bromley Davenport (actor), Lionel Mark Smith (actor), Kieran Mulroney (actor), Bette Ford (actress),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Shravan Rathod (composer), Anjan Srivastav (actor), Raveena Tandon (actress), Ajay Devgn (actor), Ramesh Goyal (actor), Deep Dhillon (actor), Babbanlal Yadav (actor), Shafi Inamdar (actor), Satyendra Kapoor (actor), Shakti Kapoor (actor), Alok Nath (actor), Amrish Puri (actor), Dinesh Hingoo (actor), Raju Khan (miscellaneous crew), Nadeem Saifi (composer),
Plot: Prashant Verma works as a reporter with "Navkranti", which is owned and operated by Pandey. Everyday Prashant witnesses the regression within Bombay city, and watches silently and helplessly as gangsters take over the lives of ordinary citizens, with the police force - which is now synonymous with oppression itself, and a protector of the rights of criminals, gangsters who have links to politicians - being nothing but a mere paper tigers. One day he witnesses a murder of a drunk named Monto, which is written off as an accident by the police and the file is closed. He decides that he has had enough of being a by-stander, he approaches Police Commissioner Anand Deshmukh, and informs him of that he knows that Bharat Acharya has killed Monto. Thereafter, Prashant's orderly middle-classed life is turned upside down - he loses his job; his sister, Shalini is abducted, raped, traumatized to such an extent that she becomes numb with shock and subsequently kills herself. And now a shattered and devastated Prashant must decide to avenge this or re-locate to another city and try to put his life together again. But will the forces of oppression, headed by Tau and the police itself permit Prashant to lead a normal life ever again?
Genres: Action,Actors: Odette Khan (actress), Dexter Doria (actress), Suzanne Gonzales (actress), Rosemarie Gil (actress), Liz Alindogan (actress), Augusto Victa (actor), Gloria Diaz (actress), Tommy Abuel (actor), Manjo del Mundo (actor), Ronaldo Valdez (actor), Ramon D'Salva (actor), Ernie Ortega (actor), Eddie Arenas (actor), Johnny Vicar (actor), Maria Isabel Lopez (actress),
Genres: Drama, Romance,Actors: Mireille Darc (actress), Anouk Ferjac (actress), Renée Saint-Cyr (actress), Jacqueline Doyen (actress), Amidou (actor), Henri Garcin (actor), Micheline Luccioni (actress), Maurice Biraud (actor), Marcel Gassouk (actor), André Pousse (actor), Paul Préboist (actor), Jean Luisi (actor), Henri Cogan (actor), Dominique Zardi (actor), Michel Audiard (writer),
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama,Actors: Carl Laemmle (miscellaneous crew), King Baggot (actor), Edmund Breese (actor), John Harron (actor), Wilbur Mack (actor), John Wray (actor), Betty Compson (actress), Gene Towne (writer), Gene Towne (writer), Heinz Roemheld (composer), William James Craft (director), Claud Allister (actor), Harry W. Lieb (editor),
Genres: Crime, Drama,(Song of gratitude to St. Francis of Assisi)
My patron saint's a man who went
from town to town and paid no rent
The things he owned besides his soul
were shoes a gown and a begging bowl.
What struck me first when I was young
was how he never got bit or stung
though bears and snakes he did befriend
real bears and snakes not just pretend.
I knew this wasn't easy stuff
because I tried it myself enough
but bears and snakes they ran from me
though dogs and cats came willingly.
Deep within the wooded calm
he sang a song a simple psalm
";Make me an instrument of thy peace
Let love be sown and hatred cease";.Now me I live beyond my means
in the city of lost and broken dreams
with too many pairs of shoes
that take me round and round the blues.
And the price of things is never low
or else it isn't worth the go
and taking time turns out to give
the time it takes to really live.
You may not know who you are
until you get hit by a star
like I did and lived to say
it happened on my saint's feast day.
So I'm still here where I belong
and many years have come and gone
since that dance, since that kiss, Francis