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In architecture, a hall is a relatively large space enclosed by a roof and walls. In the Iron Age, a mead hall was such a simple building and was the residence of a lord and his retainers. Later, rooms were partitioned from it, and the space next to the front door became the entrance hall. Today, the (entrance) hall of a house is the space next to the front door or vestibule leading to the rooms directly and/or indirectly. Where the hall inside the front door of a house is elongated, it may be called a passage, corridor (from Spanish corredor used in El Escorial and 100 years later in Castle Howard) or hallway.
The term hall is often used to designate a British or Irish country house such as a hall house, or specifically a Wealden hall house, and manor houses.
In later medieval Europe, the main room of a castle or manor house was the great hall. In a medieval building, the hall was where the fire was kept. With time, its functions as dormitory, kitchen, parlour and so on were divided off to separate rooms or, in the case of the kitchen, a separate building.
Daryl Franklin Hohl, professionally known as Daryl Hall (born October 11, 1946), is an American rock, R&B and soul singer, keyboardist, guitarist, songwriter and producer, best known as the co-founder and lead vocalist of Hall & Oates (with guitarist and songwriter John Oates).
In the 1970s and early 1980s, Hall scored several Billboard chart hits and is regarded as one of the best soul singers of his generation. Guitarist Robert Fripp, who collaborated with him in the late 1970s and early 1980s, has written, "Daryl's pipes were a wonder. I have never worked with a more able singer." Since late 2007, he has hosted the web television series, Live from Daryl's House. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2004.
Daryl Franklin Hohl was born in Pottstown, a Pennsylvania borough 40 miles (64 km) from Philadelphia. His parents each had a background in music: his father was a professional singer and his mother was a vocal coach. He is of German descent. He started recording while still a student at Owen J. Roberts High School, from which he graduated in 1965. In college at Temple University in Philadelphia, he majored in music, while continuing to record, working with Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff as both an artist and a session musician. During his first semester at Temple, in the fall of 1965, he and four other white Temple University students formed the vocal harmony group the Temptones. They were popular additions to the largely black Philly soul scene, defeating both The Ambassadors and The Delfonics in a contest at the Uptown Theater. The Temptones recorded a handful of singles for Arctic Records, produced by Jimmy Bishop. While performing at the Uptown theatre, Hall formed creative affiliations with such artists as Smokey Robinson, The Temptations, and many other top soul singers of the 1960s.
Daryl Hall and John Oates, known more commonly as Hall & Oates, are an American musical duo from Philadelphia.
Daryl Hall is generally the lead vocalist of the pairing, and also plays a wide range of musical instruments. John Oates also plays a range of instruments, but primarily plays electric guitar and provides backing vocals as well as occasional leads. The two also write most of the songs they perform, either separately or in collaboration. They achieved their greatest fame from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s with a fusion of rock and roll and rhythm and blues, which they dubbed "rock and soul". Critics Stephen Thomas Erlewine and J. Scott McClintock write, "at their best, Hall & Oates' songs were filled with strong hooks and melodies that adhered to soul traditions without being a slave to them by incorporating elements of new wave." While much of their reputation is due to the sustained pop-chart run in the 1980s, they continue to record and tour, and remain respected by various artists for their ability to cross stylistic boundaries.
John William Oates (born April 7, 1948) is an American rock, R&B and soul guitarist, musician, songwriter and producer best known as half of the rock and soul duo, Hall & Oates (with Daryl Hall).
Although Oates's main role in the duo was guitarist, he also co-wrote many of the Top 10 songs that they recorded, including (with Hall): "Sara Smile" (the song refers to Hall's then-girlfriend, Sara Allen), "She's Gone", and "Out of Touch", as well as (with Allen & Hall): "You Make My Dreams", "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)", "Maneater", and "Adult Education". He also sang lead vocals on several more singles in the Hot 100, such as "How Does It Feel to Be Back", "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" (a remake of the 1965 song performed by The Righteous Brothers that was written by Phil Spector, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil), on which Oates shared lead vocals with Hall, and "Possession Obsession" (with Allen & Hall). Oates also co-wrote and sang backup on the song "Electric Blue", recorded by the band Icehouse, which was a Billboard Top Ten hit. He also co-wrote, produced and sang duet with the Canadian group The Parachute Club on the 1987 song "Love is Fire" which was a Top 30 hit in Canada.
The Script is an Irish pop rock band formed in 2001. The band comprises guitarist and vocalist Danny O'Donoghue, guitarist and vocalist Mark Sheehan and drummer Glen Power. Based in London after signing to Sony Label Group imprint Phonogenic, the band released its eponymous debut album, The Script, in August 2008, featuring the hit songs "The Man Who Can't Be Moved" and "Breakeven (Falling to Pieces)". The album peaked at number one in Ireland and the UK. Their next three albums, Science & Faith (2010), #3 (2012) and No Sound Without Silence (2014), all topped the album charts in Ireland and the UK, while Science & Faith reached number three in the US. Hit singles from the albums include "For the First Time", "Nothing", "Hall of Fame" and "Superheroes".
The Script's music has been featured in popular television programmes such as 90210, Ghost Whisperer, The Hills, Waterloo Road, EastEnders, Made in Chelsea and The Vampire Diaries. Frontman Danny O'Donoghue was also a coach on The Voice UK for seasons 1 and 2, before leaving the show in order to focus more on the band. The band has won three Meteor Ireland Music Awards, two World Music Awards and have received two Brit Award nominations.
Actors: Jesús Guzmán (actor), Juan Lombardero (actor), Gabriel Latorre (actor), Emma Caballero (actress), Mauro Muñiz (actor), Juan Rueda (actor), Elena Furiase (actress), Juanjo Díaz Polo (writer), Chus Pereiro (actress), Juanjo Díaz Polo (actor), Pablo Moreno (director), José María Rueda (actor), Jerónimo Salas (actor), Chema Coloma (actor), César Diéguez (actor),
Plot: August 1936, the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. 51 members of the Claretian community of Barbastro (Huesca) are martyred, die for their faith. The film recounts the last weeks of his life, since they are held until they are finally shot. During that time, they perform various writings they talk about their situation, of his fellow captives, people who saw them. These writings have been the basic testimony used to narrate this real fact in film version
Genres: Drama, History,Actors: Mike Groner (miscellaneous crew), James Duval (actor), Mark Robert Ellis (miscellaneous crew), Kent Hamilton (miscellaneous crew), Nicole Flowers (miscellaneous crew), Joan Scheckel (miscellaneous crew), Carol A. Compton (miscellaneous crew), Mark Robert Ellis (actor), Christine Lahti (actress), Todd Grossman (producer), Kurt Russell (actor), George Furla (producer), Paul Giorgi (miscellaneous crew), Margaret J. Orlando (miscellaneous crew), Melanie Lynskey (actress),
Plot: On the game winning play of the biggest game of his life, the best High School Football player in the nation injures his knee and destroys his dreams of a college and professional career. But fifteen years later, he receives the opportunity of a lifetime: the chance to go back and change history.
Keywords: back-in-time, band, bank, barn, championship, cheerleader, classroom, coach, college, cropsActors: Grace Su (actress), Roger Fan (actor), Robert Covarrubias (actor), Phil Nee (writer), John Fukuda (producer), John Fukuda (actor), Karin Anna Cheung (actress), Judy Jean Kwon (actress), J. Stephen Brady (actor), Eric Koyanagi (director), Eric Koyanagi (editor), Lisa Tamashiro (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Carlos Conceição (actor), Karlheinz Stockhausen (composer), Vasco Monteiro (director), Vasco Monteiro (editor), Vasco Monteiro (writer), Paulo Jorge Barata (actor), Paulo Jorge Barata (producer), Maria João Marques (miscellaneous crew), Frederico Falcão (actor),
Plot: David is lost, both in time and in space. He's despairing, maybe going insane. Hopeless. Constantly watched by a scientist with mysterious purposes, David's only companion is HALL - the ship's damaged computer brain. But is HALL a friend or foe? Is there a way out?
Genres: Sci-Fi, Short,Actors: Noah Wyle (actor), Doris Roberts (actress), Dennis Farina (actor), Aaron Lustig (actor), John Ingle (actor), Joanna Kerns (actress), Robert Urich (actor), Dakin Matthews (actor), Gordon Clapp (actor), Guy Boyd (actor), William Forsythe (actor), Johnny Galecki (actor), Kevin Dunn (actor), Laurence Rosenthal (composer), John Gay (writer),
Plot: Joe McGinnis' best-seller is brought to tv. Set in the town of Toms River, New Jersey, an insurance salesman claims his wife was attacked and killed at a deserted picnic area. However police investigation casts suspicion on the man and the ultimate trial puts his three sons in doubt of their father's innocence.
Keywords: based-on-book, based-on-novel, murder-for-hire, two-part-tv-movieActors: Wendy Crewson (actress), Norman S. Powell (miscellaneous crew), Steven Hilliard Stern (director), Susan Strasberg (actress), Tom Hanks (actor), Anne Francis (actress), Lloyd Bochner (actor), Tom Harvey (actor), Clark Johnson (actor), Chris Wiggins (actor), Peter Donat (actor), Vera Miles (actress), Murray Hamilton (actor), James O'Regan (actor), Louise Sorel (actress),
Plot: Bound together by a desire to play "Mazes and Monsters," Robbie and his four college classmates decide to move the board game into the local legendary cavern. Robbie starts having visions for real, and the line between reality and fantasy fuse into a harrowing adventure.
Keywords: based-on-novel, cavern, college, dungeons-and-dragons, manhattan-new-york-city, mental-illness, new-york-city, quest, role-playing, role-playing-gameActors: Lynton Brent (actor), Frank LaRue (actor), Johnny Mack Brown (actor), Ralph Bucko (actor), Victor Adamson (actor), Steve Clark (actor), Tex Cooper (actor), Victor Cox (actor), Dick Dickinson (actor), Chick Hannan (actor), Raymond Hatton (actor), Jack Hendricks (actor), Riley Hill (actor), John Ince (actor), Kenneth MacDonald (actor),
Plot: U.S. Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie halts a runaway stage and finds the driver dead and his helper badly wounded, and the stage robbed of a gold shipment. John Corbett, owner of the saloon and secret leader of the outlaw gang, tries to induce the mine owners to help him get the express company franchise, insisting that he can stop the holdups. To mislead them, he pretends sympathy for Jane Burns, current holder of the franchise. Nevada's pal and fellow Marshal, Sandy Hopkins, arrives in town incognito, shows antagonism toward Nevada, wins Corbett's support and is made sheriff. Ned Turner, Jane's sweetheart and stage guard, urges her to keep the franchise and, when Nevada offers to drive the stage, they win permission from the mine owners to try one more trip over the unused Lost Trail.
Keywords: b-movie, b-western, bar, bartender, brawl, closet, crook, daughter, dead-man, deputyActors: Gene Alsace (actor), Hooper Atchley (actor), Silver Tip Baker (actor), Chuck Baldra (actor), Don 'Red' Barry (actor), Noah Beery (actor), William 'Billy' Benedict (actor), Ed Brady (actor), Lynton Brent (actor), Roy Brent (actor), Roy Bucko (actor), Bob Burns (actor), Fred Burns (actor), Budd Buster (actor), Bob Card (actor),
Plot: Mesquite banker Calvin Drake plans to profit from the Santa Fe Railroad's acquisition of right-of-way by gaining control of the land in the territory. In the ensuing war of intimidation against the ranchers, Ira Withers is killed and Red Ryder and his father, Colonel Tom Ryder, form an organization to drive the gunmen and outlaws out of the territory. Colonel Ryder is killed by One-Eye Chapin and Red vows vengeance. Sheriff Dade is in league with the Drake faction, including Ace Hanlon. The Duchess, Red's aunt, is about to lose her ranch. Red learns of a plan to dynamite a dam providing the water supply, and saves Beth Andrews, daughter of the former sheriff, Luke Andrews who was also murdered by Drake's men.
Keywords: 1880s, aunt, b-western, boy-sidekick, burning-jail, character-name-in-title, cliffhanger, color-in-title, crooked-banker, crooked-sheriffActors: Ted Adams (actor), William Boyd (actor), Frank Campeau (actor), James Ellison (actor), Franklyn Farnum (actor), Willie Fung (actor), George 'Gabby' Hayes (actor), Sid Jordan (actor), Jim Mason (actor), Wally West (actor), Harry Sherman (producer), Clarence E. Mulford (writer), Doris Schroeder (writer), Howard Bretherton (director), Adolph Zukor (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: An evil ranch foreman tries to provoke a range war by playing two cattlemen against each other while helping a gang to rustle the cattle. Each cattleman blames the other for missing cattle. With the help of Bill Cassidy (Hop-along, because of an earlier bullet wound) and Johnny Nelson, the warring cattlemen join forces to do in the outlaws.
Keywords: based-on-novel, character-name-in-title, feud, frame-up, gunshot-wound, hopalong-cassidy, lynching, murder, party, ranchActors: George Bellamy (actor), Walter Byron (actor), Alf Goddard (actor), Wyndham Standing (actor), Eliot Stannard (writer), Thomas Bentley (director), Juliette Compton (actress), Bertram Burleigh (actor), Estelle Brody (actress), Vesta Sylva (actress), Wellington Briggs (actor), Pan (writer),
Genres: Drama,