Wes Bentley

biography:
Wesley Cook "Wes" Bentley (born September 4, 1978) is an American film actor known for his roles as Ricky Fitts in American Beauty (1999) and Seneca Crane in The Hunger Games (2012). Bentley was one of four subjects in the documentary My Big Break (2009), which covered his fame after American Beauty and struggles with substance abuse. Rebuilding his career, he starred in the premier of Venus in Fur by David Ives in the off-Broadway production in 2010, whose run was extended.

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Blade Runner: Black Lotus

overview: Los Angeles 2032. A young woman wakes up with no memories, and possessing deadly skills. The only clues to her mystery are a locked data device and a tattoo of a black lotus. Putting together the pieces, she must hunt down the people responsible for her brutal and bloody past to find the truth of her lost identity.

character: Niander Wallace Jr. (voice)

original_name: Blade Runner: Black Lotus

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American Horror Story

overview: An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum, a witch coven, a freak show, a hotel, a farmhouse in Roanoke, a cult, the apocalypse and a summer camp.

character: Det. John Lowe

original_name: American Horror Story

character: Dylan

Yellowstone

overview: Follow the violent world of the Dutton family, who controls the largest contiguous ranch in the United States. Led by their patriarch John Dutton, the family defends their property against constant attack by land developers, an Indian reservation, and America’s first National Park.

character: Jamie Dutton

original_name: Yellowstone

The Kelly Clarkson Show

overview: Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well as emerging new talent and everyday people who are beacons of hope in their communities.

original_name: The Kelly Clarkson Show

American Horror Story

character: Edward Mordrake

The Talk

overview: A panel of well-known news and entertainment personalities discussing current events, pop culture, contemporary issues, family, celebrity and the trending topics of the day.

original_name: The Talk

Deutsch

biography:
Wes Bentley ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler, der sehr bekannt durch seine Rolle des facettenreichen Ricky Fitts in dem Oscar-prämierten Film American Beauty geworden ist. Er ist seit 2010 mit der Produzentin Jacqui Swedberg verheiratet und hat mit ihr einen Sohn namens Charles.

Geboren am 4. September 1978 als Wesley Cook Bentley in Jonesboro, Arkansas, machte der Schauspieler seine ersten schauspielerischen Gehversuche auf Kleinkunstbühnen in Little Rock, bevor er an die renommierte Juliard-Schauspielschule nach New York wechselte. Dort studierte er lediglich fünf Monate, und verdiente zwischenzeitlich seinen Lebensunterhalt als Kellner in einem Restaurant auf Long Island. Zufällig entdeckte ihn der Regisseur Simon Aeby dort für seinen ersten Spielfilm, den Psychothriller Three Below Zero – Drei unter Null.

Nach seinem Filmdebüt mit einer kleineren Rolle in der Toni Morrison-Verfilmung Menschenkind, fiel Wes Bentley 1999 einem breiten Publikum durch seine tiefgründige Rolle des Ricky Fitts, einem vermeintlichen Musterschüler, der nebenbei mit Drogen dealt und seinen voyeuristischen Neigungen durch Videoaufnahmen von Nachbarn frönt, in Sam Mendes’ American Beauty auf. Neben diversen Nominierungen erhielt er dafür einen Chicago Film Critics Association Award, den NBR Award, den Online Film Critics Society Award und einen Screen Actors Guild Award.

Sein vielfältiges Schauspieltalent stellte Wes Bentley in der Folge durch Rollen wie dem jungen britischen Offizier Jack Durrance in Shekhar Kapurs Die Vier Federn, als zielstrebiger Eisenbahningenieur während des Goldrauschs in Kalifornien 1849 in Das Reich und die Herrlichkeit oder auch des Dämons „Blackheart“ in Ghost Rider unter Beweis. Überzeugen konnte er auch als psychopathischer Parkwächter in P2 – Schreie im Parkhaus sowie in Jonah Hex. Ab März 2012 ist er als die Figur Seneca Crane in der Romanverfilmung Die Tribute von Panem – The Hunger Games zu sehen.

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Français

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Pусский

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普通话

韦斯·本特利

biography: 韦斯利·库克“韦斯”·本特利（生于 1978 年 9 月 4 日）是一位美国电影演员，以在《美国丽人》（1999 年）中饰演瑞奇·菲茨和在《饥饿游戏》（2012 年）中饰演塞内卡·克兰而闻名。本特利是纪录片《我的大突破》（2009 年）的四个主题之一，该纪录片涵盖了他在《美国丽人》之后的成名以及与药物滥用的斗争。2010年，他重新重建了自己的职业生涯，出演了大卫·艾夫斯（David Ives）在非百老汇制作的《穿皮草的维纳斯》（Venus in Fur）的首映式，该剧的演出时间延长了。

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普通话

魏斯·班特利

biography: 韋斯利·庫克“韋斯”·班特利（生於 1978 年 9 月 4 日）是一位美國電影演員，以在《美麗有罪》（1999 年）中飾演瑞奇·菲茨和在《飢餓遊戲》（2012 年）中飾演塞內卡·克蘭而聞名。班特利是紀錄片《我的大突破》（2009 年）的四個主題之一，該紀錄片涵蓋了他在《美麗有罪》之後的成名以及與藥物濫用的鬥爭。2010 年，他重新重建了自己的職業生涯，出演了大衞·艾夫斯（David Ives）在非百老匯製作的《穿皮草的維納斯》（Venus in Fur）的首映式，該劇的演出時間延長了。

日本語

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Srpski

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български език

Уес Бентли

biography:
Уес Бентли е американски актьор, роден на 4 септември 1978 г. в Джоунсбъро, Арканзас. Той става световноизвестен в края на 90-те години, преминава през тежък личен период на зависимост и успява да възроди кариерата си в Холивуд.  Ролята му на вглъбения тийнейджър Рики Фитс в „Американски прелести“ (1999) му носи номинация за наградата BAFTA.  Ранната слава води до сериозни проблеми с наркотиците, които забавят развитието му в индустрията за почти десетилетие. През 2010 г. той успешно се връща към актьорството, първо на сцена, а след това и в блокбъстъри като „Игрите на глада“ (в ролята на Сенека Крейн) и „Интерстелар“.  Познат е с участията си в сериала „Зловеща семейна история“, но днес е най-известен с ключовата роля на Джейми Дътън в хитовия уестърн сериал „Йелоустоун“.  Завършва училище в Арканзас и за кратко посещава престижната школа Juilliard в Ню Йорк, преди да я напусне за да преследва кариера.

От 2010 г. е женен за продуцентката Джаки Суедбърг, с която имат две деца.

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وس بنتلی

title: American Beauty

overview: Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.

character: Ricky Fitts

original_title: American Beauty

title: The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games

overview: A feature length, eight part documentary that covers everything from pre-production to adapting the source novel to casting to shooting to post and marketing. This is an amazing in-depth piece and it's notable how many women were involved in this production, from several Lionsgate executives to novelist Suzanne Collins herself. Jennifer Lawrence talks about her "hypocrisy" in not wanting to do a big budget blockbuster after having devoted herself to indies (despite X-Men, which she seems to discount somewhat). There's also a nice sequence on the strength and weight training the actors went through and the stunts that are so notable in the film, as well as having to dance around the violence implicit in the story due to the planned PG-13 rating the filmmakers were aiming for.

character: Self - Seneca Crane

title: Ghost Rider

overview: In order to save his dying father, young stunt cyclist Johnny Blaze sells his soul to Mephistopheles and sadly parts from the pure-hearted Roxanne Simpson, the love of his life. Years later, Johnny's path crosses again with Roxanne, now a go-getting reporter, and also with Mephistopheles, who offers to release Johnny's soul if Johnny becomes the fabled, fiery 'Ghost Rider'.

character: Blackheart / Black King

original_title: Ghost Rider

title: Carving Out Our Name

overview: A desperate filmmaker with no budget, stars or crew begins to film his aspiring actor roommates and ends up with the only Hollywood success story caught on camera as it really happened.

original_title: Carving Out Our Name

title: The Ungodly

overview: When struggling filmmaker inadvertently records a notorious serial killer in the middle of a murderous act, he decides to use the footage to blackmail the madman into being the subject of a disturbing new documentary.

character: Mickey Gravatski

original_title: The Ungodly

title: The Four Feathers

overview: A young British officer resigns his post when he learns of his regiment's plan to ship out to the Sudan for the conflict with the Mahdi. His friends and fiancée send him four white feathers as symbols of what they view as his cowardice. To redeem his honor, he disguises himself as an Arab and secretly saves their lives.

character: Jack Durrance

original_title: The Four Feathers

title: P2

overview: A businesswoman finds herself locked with a unhinged security guard in a parking garage after getting stuck working late on Christmas Eve.

character: Thomas

title: Soul Survivors

overview: A college freshman involved in a fatal car crash discovers she may not have survived after all when she becomes caught between the worlds of the living and the dead.

character: Matt

original_title: Soul Survivors

title: The Game of Their Lives

overview: During the 1950 World Cup, the hastily assembled U.S. soccer team enters as heavy underdogs when matched up against the highest-ranked team in competition — England.

character: Walter Bahr

original_title: The Game of Their Lives

title: Weirdsville

overview: Dexter and Royce, two stoners in the small town of Weedsville, attempt to cover up the overdose of Royce's girlfriend Matilda. What leads from an old drive-in being perfect place to ditch her turns into the accidental discovery of a Satanic cult, who brings Mattie back from the dead after their ritual is botched. Along with the two's dealer Omar on their tail, how will these buddies and their slightly-off lady-on-board deal with the dangers of drug debt and demon-worshipping magic?

character: Royce

original_title: Weirdsville

title: The Tomb

overview: Successful writer and scholar Jonathan Merrick falls under the spell of the irresistible, bewitchingly beautiful Ligeia. She's fighting a fatal illness and she will stop at nothing to defeat death, her one true enemy.

character: Jonathan

original_title: The Tomb

title: The Claim

overview: A prospector sells his wife and daughter to another gold miner for the rights to a gold mine. Twenty years later, the prospector is a wealthy man who owns much of the old west town named Kingdom Come. But changes are brewing and his past is coming back to haunt him. A surveyor and his crew scouts the town as a location for a new railroad line and a young woman suddenly appears in the town and is evidently the man's daughter.

character: Donald Dalglish

original_title: The Claim

title: There Be Dragons

overview: Arising out of the horror of the Spanish Civil War, a candidate for canonization is investigated by a journalist who discovers his own estranged father had a deep, dark and devastating connection to the saint's life.While researching the life of Josemaria Escriva, the controversial founder of Opus Dei, the young journalist Robert uncovers hidden stories of his estranged father Manolo, and is taken on a journey through the dark, terrible secrets of his family’s past.

character: Manolo

original_title: There Be Dragons

title: The Last Word

overview: An odd-but-gifted poet, Evan Merck makes his living writing suicide notes for the soon-to-be departed. So when he meets Charlotte, the free-spirited sister of his latest client, Evan has no choice but to lie about his relationship to her late, lamented brother.

character: Evan

original_title: The Last Word

title: The White River Kid

overview: Two con men are traveling through the American South when they are held hostage by a serial killer who is running from the authorities.

title: The Hunger Games

overview: In a dystopian society where the Capitol forces each district to send two young tributes to fight to the death in a televised spectacle, a girl volunteers to take her sister’s place, setting the stage for a struggle of survival and defiance.

title: Dolan's Cadillac

overview: Robinson, a once peaceful, law-abiding school teacher, has turned into an obsessed vengeance machine, intent on killing the man who murdered his wife - ruthless Las Vegas mob boss James Dolan. But to do so, Robinson must infiltrate the dangerous underworld, and devise a diabolical plan that will bury Dolan once and for all.

title: Rites of Passage

overview: Anthropology students and their professor experience terror when they visit a sacred burial ground.

title: Lovelace

overview: Story of Linda Lovelace, who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her coercive husband, before taking control of her life.

title: Gone

overview: Jill Conway is trying to rebuild her life after escaping a terrifying kidnapping. Though she is having a difficult time, she takes small steps toward normalcy by starting a new job and inviting her sister, Molly, to move in with her. Returning home from work one morning, Jill discovers that Molly has vanished, and she is certain that the same man who previously abducted her has returned for revenge.

title: Hirokin: The Last Samurai

overview: In a planet where humans must scavenge the post-apocalyptic barren wasteland, Hirokin – a reluctant warrior with a dark past – sets off on mission to fulfill his destiny. Having fought to the death to save his wife and son from the planets evil dictator – Griffin – and his elite army of hunters, the lone warrior is left for dead in the vast desert. Armed with his samurai blade, Hirokin is forced to choose between avenging the murder of his family and fighting for the freedom his people. In a twist of fate and with a small rebellion by his side Hirokin s vision finally becomes clear.

title: Hidden Moon

overview: After a mysterious, beautiful Latin woman named Miranda makes a dramatic appearance at the funeral of a man, shocking his affluent Southern California family, Victor, the man's son, heads to Mexico to find out the truth about the nature of her relationship with his dead father. He finds Miranda in the city of Guanajuato living with another man, Tobias. When Victor confronts Miranda, she denies meeting his father and says they will never hear from her again. If Miranda is telling the truth, what exactly was she doing at Victor's father's funeral? Who is the man that she is living with now? Their confrontation is the beginning of a chain of events where the protagonists will have to solve the dilemma that happens when true love comes twice at the same time.

title: Interstellar

overview: The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

title: Stars in Shorts

overview: Seven short films, all of which feature name actors, including Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh, Colin Firth, Lily Tomlin, Keira Knightley, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and more.

title: The Better Angels

overview: At an isolated log cabin in the harsh wilderness of Indiana circa 1817, the rhythms of love, tragedy, and the daily hardships of life on the developing frontier shaped one of our nation’s greatest heroes: Abraham Lincoln. Abe is a thoughtful and quiet boy who spends his days at the side of his beloved mother while learning to work the land from his stern father. When illness takes his mother, Abe's new guardian angel comes in the form of his new stepmother, who sees the potential in the boy and pushes for his further education.

title: Pioneer

overview: Pioneer is set in the early '80s, at the beginning of the Norwegian Oil Boom. Enormous oil and gas deposits are discovered in the North Sea and the authorities aim to bring the oil ashore through a pipeline from depths of 500 meters. A professional diver, Petter, obsessed with reaching the bottom of the Norwegian Sea has the discipline, strength and courage to take on the world's most dangerous mission. But a sudden, tragic accident changes everything. Petter is sent on a perilous journey where he loses sight of who's pulling the strings. Gradually he realizes that he is in way over his head and that his life is at stake.

title: After the Fall

overview: Bill Scanlin loses his job and embarks on a life of crime. As Bill stays ahead of the law, he discovers that sometimes the only thing worse than getting caught is getting away with it.

title: After-School Special

overview: A man and a woman have an awkward encounter at an indoor playground.

title: Broken Vows

overview: On her bachelorette-party weekend with friends in New Orleans, Tara falls for the darkly-sexy bartender Patrick. Waking in his bed the next morning, Tara instantly regrets her unfaithfulness and flies back home to her fiancé. But her secret flame becomes a full-on fire when Patrick shows up at her house and begins stalking her every move. He spirals into madness and delusion, determined to have Tara no matter what the cost.

title: Welcome to Me

overview: A year in the life of Alice Klieg, a woman with Borderline personality disorder who wins the Mega Millions lottery, quits her meds and buys her own talk show.

title: Knight of Cups

overview: Rick is a screenwriter living in Los Angeles. While successful in his career, his life feels empty. Haunted and confused, he finds temporary solace in the decadent Hollywood excess that defines his existence. Women provide a distraction to his daily pain, and every encounter brings him closer to finding his place in the world.

title: Pete's Dragon

overview: For years, old wood carver Mr. Meacham has delighted local children with his tales of the fierce dragon that resides deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. To his daughter, Grace, who works as a forest ranger, these stories are little more than tall tales... until she meets Pete, a mysterious 10-year-old with no family and no home who claims to live in the woods with a giant, green dragon named Elliott. And from Pete's descriptions, Elliott seems remarkably similar to the dragon from Mr. Meacham's stories. With the help of Natalie, an 11-year-old girl whose father Jack owns the local lumber mill, Grace sets out to determine where Pete came from, where he belongs, and the truth about this dragon.

title: 3 Nights in the Desert

overview: Three former band mates enter a cave after hearing it has the power to give them what they need. As unsettling desires rise to the surface, they all wonder if the cave has real power.

title: We Are Your Friends

overview: Young Cole Carter dreams of hitting the big time as a Hollywood disc jockey, spending his days and nights hanging with buddies and working on the one track that will set the world on fire. Opportunity comes knocking when he meets James Reed, a charismatic DJ who takes the 23-year-old under his wing. Soon, his seemingly clear path to success gets complicated when he starts falling for his mentor's girlfriend, jeopardizing his new friendship and the future he seems destined to fulfill.

title: Final Girl

overview: Veronica, the new girl in town, is lured into the woods by a group of senior boys looking to make her a victim. But the boys don't know that Veronica's been trained to handle herself in surprisingly lethal ways.

title: Amnesiac

overview: The story of a man who wakes up in bed suffering from memory loss after being in an accident, only to begin to suspect that his wife may not be his real wife and that a web of lies and deceit deepen inside the house where he soon finds himself a prisoner.

title: Underworld: Awakening

overview: Having escaped years of imprisonment, vampire warrioress Selene finds herself in a changed world where humans have discovered the existence of both Vampire and Lycan clans and are conducting an all-out war to eradicate both immortal species. Now Selene must battle the humans and a frightening new breed of super Lycans to ensure the death dealers' survival.

title: Cesar Chavez

overview: A biography of the civil-rights activist and labor organizer Cesar Chavez.  Chronicling the birth of a modern American labour movement, Cesar Chavez tells the story of the famed civil rights leader and labour organiser torn between his duties as a husband and father and his commitment to securing a living wage for farm workers. Passionate but soft-spoken, Chavez embraced non-violence as he battled greed and prejudice in his struggle to bring dignity to working people.

title: Jonah Hex

overview: Gunslinger Jonah Hex is appointed by President Ulysses Grant to track down terrorist Quentin Turnbull, a former Confederate officer determined on unleashing hell on earth. Jonah not only secures freedom by accepting this task, he also gets revenge on the man who slew his wife and child.

title: The Best of Enemies

overview: Centers on the unlikely relationship between Ann Atwater, an outspoken civil rights activist, and C.P. Ellis, a local Ku Klux Klan leader who reluctantly co-chaired a community summit, battling over the desegregation of schools in Durham, North Carolina during the racially-charged summer of 1971. The incredible events that unfolded would change Durham and the lives of Atwater and Ellis forever.

title: The Greims

title: Mission: Impossible - Fallout

overview: When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfill his original briefing, the CIA begin to question his loyalty and his motives. The IMF team find themselves in a race against time, hunted by assassins while trying to prevent a global catastrophe.

title: Open

overview: Modern, provocative exploration of human sexuality and relationships.

title: Three Below Zero

overview: People are trapped in the basement of a New York apartment building on the hottest day of the summer.

title: Beloved

overview: After Paul D. finds his old slave friend Sethe in Ohio and moves in with her and her daughter Denver, a strange girl comes along by the name of "Beloved". Sethe and Denver take her in and then strange things start to happen...

title: My Big Break

overview: A documentary that captures celebrity in the making and the unsettling effects of fame on five friends who share a house in Hollywood.

title: American Beauty: Look Closer...

overview: A promotional short documentary on the making of the film American Beauty, directed by Sam Mendes and written by Alan Ball.

title: The Time Being

overview: A struggling young artist accepts a series of bizarre commissions from an eccentric, dying millionaire who may be trying to either help further his career or destroy his life.

title: Spirit of Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider

overview: This is a three-part documentary (i.e. Spirit of Vengeance, Spirit of Adventure and Spirit of Execution) which mixes behind the scenes materials and interviews.

title: American Beauty

title: Ghost Rider

title: Carving Out Our Name

title: The Ungodly

title: The Four Feathers

title: P2

title: Soul Survivors

title: The Game of Their Lives

title: Weirdsville

title: The Tomb

title: The Claim

title: There Be Dragons

title: The Last Word

title: The White River Kid

title: The Hunger Games

title: Dolan's Cadillac

title: Rites of Passage

title: Lovelace

title: Gone

title: Hirokin: The Last Samurai

title: Hidden Moon

title: Interstellar

title: Stars in Shorts

title: The Better Angels

title: Pioneer

title: After the Fall

title: After-School Special

title: Broken Vows

title: Welcome to Me

title: Knight of Cups

title: Pete's Dragon

title: 3 Nights in the Desert

title: We Are Your Friends

title: Final Girl

title: Amnesiac

title: Underworld: Awakening

title: Cesar Chavez

title: Jonah Hex

title: The Best of Enemies

title: The Greims

title: Mission: Impossible - Fallout

title: Open

title: Three Below Zero

title: Beloved

title: My Big Break

title: American Beauty: Look Closer...

title: The Time Being

title: Spirit of Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider


William Holden

biography: William Holden was an American actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1953 and the Emmy Award for Best Actor in 1974. One of the biggest box office draws of the 1950s, he was named one of the "Top 10 Stars of the Year" six times (1954–1958, 1961) and appeared on the American Film Institute's AFI's 100 Years…100 Stars list as #25.

The Colgate Comedy Hour

overview: The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many notable comedians and entertainers of the era, including Eddie Cantor, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Fred Allen, Donald O'Connor, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante, Ray Bolger, Gordon MacRae, Ben Blue, Robert Paige, Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster, Broadway dancer Wayne Lamb and Spike Jones and His City Slickers.

character: Self

original_name: The Colgate Comedy Hour

I Love Lucy

overview: Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana where he works, and make life comically frantic in the apartment building they share with landlords Fred and Ethel Mertz, who also happen to be their best friends.

character: William Holden

original_name: I Love Lucy

The Steve Allen Show

character: Self - Set of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'

original_name: The Steve Allen Show

The Oscars

overview: An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.

original_name: The Oscars

The Mike Douglas Show

overview: The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.

original_name: The Mike Douglas Show

The Jack Benny Program

overview: Laugh along with funnyman Jack Benny as he brings his underplayed humor to TV along with regular performers from his radio show days.

original_name: The Jack Benny Program

The Ed Sullivan Show

overview:
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows.

In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

original_name: The Ed Sullivan Show

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

overview: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

original_name: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Dick Cavett Show

overview: The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.

character: Self - Guest

original_name: The Dick Cavett Show

What's My Line?

overview: Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.

original_name: What's My Line?

The Blue Knight

overview: Bumper Morgan is a 20-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department who is scheduled to retire in a week. Before he leaves, he must work on the murder of a prostitute in one of LA's far corners. Along the way, he must grapple with vicious thugs, his fellow officers who feel mixed about his retiring, and his woman who wants him to leave the streets.

character: Bumper Morgan

original_name: The Blue Knight

English

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Pусский

Уильям Холден

biography:
Американский актёр.

Настоящее имя — Уильям Франклин Бидл младший.

Уильям Холден учился в колледже в Пасадине, когда на него обратили внимание сотрудники студии «Paramount Pictures». Сыграв первую значимую роль — боксёра Джо Бонапарте — в фильме «Золотой мальчик» в 1939, он стал «звездой». Затем последовали роли в картинах «Бульвар Сансет», «Сабрина», «Мост через реку Квай», «Париж, когда там жара», «Ад в поднебесье» и др.

Когда управляющий открыл квартиру Уильяма Холдена 16 ноября 1981 года, он обнаружил тело актёра в луже крови. Положение тела и окружающих предметов указывало, что Холден поскользнулся на коврике и ударился правым виском об угол ночного столика. Актёр был мертв уже несколько дней. По мнению некоторых специалистов, смерть Уильяма Холдена наступила 12 ноября 1981 года. Перед смертью он пытался остановить кровотечение бумажными салфетками и был слишком пьян, чтобы позвать на помощь. Телевизор работал, рядом с телом лежал сценарий, на столе стояла пустая литровая бутылка водки. Его тело было сожжено, а пепел развеян над океаном. Такова была его последняя воля.

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William Franklin Beedle Jr., dit William Holden, est un acteur américain né le 17 avril 1918 à O'Fallon dans l'Illinois (États-Unis) et mort le 12 novembre 1981 à Santa Monica en Californie (États-Unis).

Il fut l'une des plus grandes stars de Hollywood dans les années 1950 et 1960, alternant les rôles marquants dans des films devenus des classiques, parmi lesquels Boulevard du crépuscule, Stalag 17, Les Ponts de Toko-Ri, Sabrina, Le Pont de la rivière Kwaï ou La Horde sauvage. Il tourna avec les plus grandes stars de l'époque: John Wayne, Alec Guinness, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Sellers, Gloria Swanson, Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Deborah Kerr ou encore Barbara Stanwyck.

Beau séducteur à la beauté frappante et au physique athlétique, il fut un acteur emblématique de cette période faste de Hollywood. Il est classé par l'American Film Institute (AFI) 25e «star de Légende».

Né dans l'Illinois, aîné de trois enfants, William Holden est le fils d'une institutrice, Mary Blanche, et d'un chimiste industriel, William Franklin Beedle Sr. La famille déménage à South Pasadena, en Californie, quand il a trois ans. Diplômé de l'école South Pasadena, il entre au collège communautaire Pasadena Junior pour continuer ses études scientifiques et participe à des pièces radiophoniques pour une radio locale. Contrairement à la légende, il n'a pas étudié à la Pasadena Playhouse et n'a pas été repéré dans une pièce de théâtre qu'il y jouait.

Il part ensuite à New York avec un ami, abandonnant ses études. Il débute à Broadway grâce à Robert Ben Ali qui lui fait jouer à vingt ans un personnage qui en a soixante de plus dans sa pièce Manya. Holden est alors repéré par Milton Lewis, un chasseur de talents au service de la puissante Paramount Pictures, qui lui offre un contrat pour six mois. En 1939, il interprète un violoniste devenu boxeur aux côtés de Barbara Stanwyck dans L'Esclave aux mains d'or. Ce rôle de tout premier plan le fait remarquer mais il n'enchaîne ensuite que des rôles dans des productions mineures de la Paramount et de Columbia Pictures. Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, il sert comme lieutenant dans la First Motion Picture Unit, une unité de l'armée de l'air destinée à la production de films d'instruction. En 1941, il épouse l'actrice Brenda Marshall et devient père de deux enfants: Peter (né en 1943) et Scott (né en 1946). Ils divorceront en 1971.

William Holden renoue avec le succès en 1950 grâce à Billy Wilder qui l'engage pour le légendaire Boulevard du crépuscule aux côtés de la mythique Gloria Swanson. Son rôle, à contre-emploi, de scénariste malchanceux lui vaut une nomination à l'Oscar du meilleur acteur. Le film est aujourd'hui classé parmi les plus grands films de l'histoire du cinéma. Il s'impose en star populaire l'année suivante dans Comment l'esprit vient aux femmes avec Judy Holliday. Deux ans plus tard, fort de sa nouvelle renommée, il tourne dans Stalag 17 du même réalisateur. Cette fois, c'est la consécration et il obtient l'Oscar du meilleur acteur. Sa popularité grandit, notamment auprès des femmes. Il est élu «Star masculine la plus populaire de l'année» par les lecteurs du magazine Photoplay en 1954 et 1955. ...

Source: Article "William Holden" de Wikipédia en français, soumis à la licence CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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biography:
William Holden (* 17. April 1918 als William Francis Beedle junior in O’Fallon, Illinois; † 12. November 1981 in Santa Monica, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Filmschauspieler, der 1954 mit dem Oscar als Bester Hauptdarsteller für seine Rolle im Film Stalag 17 ausgezeichnet wurde. Er spielte Hauptrollen in Filmklassikern wie Boulevard der Dämmerung, Die Brücke am Kwai und The Wild Bunch. Das American Film Institute wählte ihn 1999 auf Platz 25 der größten männlichen Leinwandlegenden des US-amerikanischen Films.  Die ersten Auftritte hatte Holden 1938 als Statist, doch bereits 1939 stieg er durch die Rolle des Joe Bonaparte in der Verfilmung von Clifford Odets’ Drama Golden Boy zu einem Star auf. In den folgenden Jahren war Holden in Filmen meist als „Junge von nebenan“ zu sehen. Er übernahm nur selten Rollen, die mehr verlangten, als Heldenmut zu zeigen oder eine romantische Zuneigung zu dem jeweiligen weiblichen Star; eine Ausnahme war der Western Arizona, der ihn 1940 an der Seite von Jean Arthur zeigte. Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg konnte Holden unter anderem 1947 mit der Komödie Dear Ruth neue Fans gewinnen. Ein Jahr später war Holden neben Robert Mitchum in Rachel and the Stranger als Farmer zu sehen, der für 50 Dollar Loretta Young auf einem Sklavenmarkt kauft und sich am Ende in sie verliebt. Der Film war ein großer finanzieller Erfolg, und Holden wurde dadurch bei Paramount neben Sterling Hayden zu einem gefragten Darsteller in romantischen Komödien.

Seinen endgültigen Durchbruch hatte Holden jedoch erst 1950. In Die ist nicht von gestern spielte er neben Judy Holliday und in Billy Wilders Boulevard der Dämmerung an der Seite von Gloria Swanson. 1954 gewann er den Oscar für seine Rolle als zynischer Kriegsgefangener und Geschäftemacher J.J. Sefton in dem Film Stalag 17, bei dem Wilder ebenfalls Regie führte. Im Jahr darauf war Holden an der Seite von Audrey Hepburn in Sabrina zu sehen, bei der erneut Wilder für die Regie verantwortlich war. Erfolge wie Picknick (1955), in dem er als sexuell aggressiver Herumtreiber eine ganze Stadt in Aufruhr versetzt und am Ende mit Kim Novak durchbrennt, oder Ein Mädchen vom Lande (1954), der ihn als Verehrer von Grace Kelly zeigt, die jedoch ihren alkoholkranken Ehemann, gespielt von Bing Crosby, nicht verlassen kann, machten Holden zu einem der großen Stars jener Dekade. Bis Mitte der 1960er Jahre war sein Name regelmäßig unter den zehn kassenträchtigsten Stars des Jahres zu finden.

Zu seinen wichtigsten späteren Filmen gehört der Western The Wild Bunch (1969) von Sam Peckinpah. Seine letzten künstlerisch anspruchsvollen Rollen spielte er 1973 in dem Film Breezy unter der Regie von Clint Eastwood und 1976 in der Fernsehsatire Network von Sidney Lumet, in der er den Nachrichtenchef eines Fernsehsenders darstellte, der vergeblich gegen eine rücksichtslose Kommerzialisierung des Fernsehens ankämpft. 1981 hatte Holden seinen letzten Filmauftritt in Blake Edwards’ Hollywood-Satire S.O.B. – Hollywoods letzter Heuler.

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biography: William Holden, nascido William Franklin Beedle Jr., (O'Fallon, Illinois, 17 de abril de 1918 — Santa Mônica, Califórnia, 16 de novembro de 1981) foi um ator norte-americano, sendo um dos atores de maior bilheteira do cinema da década de 1950. Foi casado com a atriz Brenda Marshall durante trinta anos e teve com ela dois filhos: Peter e Scott. Nos últimos anos de sua vida viajou em missões ecológicas e culturais para África, sempre acompanhado da atriz Stefanie Powers, estrela da série de televisão "Casal 20". Tinha a mania da higiene, chegando a tomar quatro banhos por dia.

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biography: William Holden, nascut William Franklin Beedle Jr. (O'Fallon, Illionois, 17 d'abril de 1918 - Santa Monica, Califòrnia, 12 de novembre de 1981), va ser un actor estatunidenc. Va ser una de les grans estrelles de Hollywood dels anys 50 i 60, alternant papers destacats en pel·lícules que s'havien convertit en clàssics. Guapo seductor amb un físic atlètic, va ser un actor emblemàtic d'aquesta pròspera època de Hollywood. Després va marxar a Nova York amb un amic, abandonant els estudis. Va debutar a Broadway gràcies a Robert Ben Ali, que el va fer interpretar als vint anys un personatge que en tenia seixanta més gran a la seva obra Manya. Holden va ser descobert llavors per Milton Lewis, un buscador de talents al servei de la poderosa Paramount Pictures, que li va oferir un contracte de sis mesos.  La seva darrera pel·lícula, l'any següent, va ser "S.O.B." de Blake Edwards, on va aparèixer al costat d'una sèrie d'estrelles, inclosa Julie Andrews.

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biography: 威廉·霍尔顿（William Holden，1918年4月17日-1981年11月12日）是美国演员。霍尔顿于 1953 年获得奥斯卡最佳男主角奖，并于 1974 年获得艾美奖最佳男主角奖。作为 1950 年代最大的票房吸引力之一，他六次被评为“年度十大明星”之一（1954-1958 年、1961 年），并出现在美国电影协会的 AFI 的 100 年......100 颗星列为 #25。

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威廉·荷頓

biography: 威廉·荷頓（William Holden，1918 年 4 月 17 日 - 1981 年 11 月 12 日）是美國演員。荷頓於 1953 年獲得奧斯卡最佳男主角獎，並於 1974 年獲得艾美獎最佳男主角獎。作為 1950 年代最大的票房吸引力之一，他六次被評為“年度十大明星”之一（1954-1958 年、1961 年），並出現在美國電影協會的 AFI 的 100 年. . . . . . 100 顆星列為 #25。

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biography: William Holden (17 aprile 1918 – 12 novembre 1981) è stato un attore americano. Vinse l'Oscar come miglior attore nel 1953 e l'Emmy come miglior attore nel 1974. Uno dei maggiori successi al botteghino degli anni '50, fu nominato sei volte tra le "Top 10 Stars of the Year" (1954–1958, 1961) e apparve nell'edizione AFI's 100 Years... dell'American Film Institute. La lista 100 Stelle è la #25.

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title: The Wild Bunch

overview: An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.

character: Pike Bishop

original_title: The Wild Bunch

title: Sunset Boulevard

overview: A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.

character: Joe Gillis

original_title: Sunset Boulevard

title: Stalag 17

overview: After two American prisoners are killed by guards in the act of escaping from a German POW camp in World War II, barracks black marketeer J.J. Sefton is suspected of being an informer.

character: Sgt. J.J. Sefton

original_title: Stalag 17

title: The Bridge on the River Kwai

overview: The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson, the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.

character: Cmdr. Shears

original_title: The Bridge on the River Kwai

title: The Country Girl

overview: An actor on the skids is given one more chance to regain his stardom, as well as his self-respect, yet his alcoholism may prevent that from happening.

character: Bernie Dodd

original_title: The Country Girl

title: Damien - Omen II

overview: Since the sudden and suspicious deaths of his parents, young Damien has been in the charge of his wealthy aunt and uncle and enrolled in a military school. Widely feared to be the Antichrist, he relentlessly plots to seize control of his uncle's business empire — and the world.

character: Richard Thorn

original_title: Damien - Omen II

title: Network

overview: When veteran anchorman Howard Beale is forced to retire his 25-year post because of his age, he announces to viewers that he will kill himself during his farewell broadcast. Network executives rethink their decision when his fanatical tirade results in a spike in ratings.

character: Max Schumacher

original_title: Network

title: The Towering Inferno

overview: At the opening party of a colossal—but poorly constructed—skyscraper, a massive fire breaks out, threatening to destroy the tower and everyone in it.

character: Jim Duncan

original_title: The Towering Inferno

title: Paris When It Sizzles

overview: Hollywood producer Alexander Meyerheimer has hired drunken writer Richard Benson to write his latest movie. Benson has been in Paris supposedly working on the script for months, but instead has spent the time living it up. Benson now has just two days to the deadline and thus hires a temporary secretary, Gabrielle Simpson, to help him finish on time.

character: Richard Benson

original_title: Paris When It Sizzles

title: Sabrina

overview: After two years in Paris, chauffeur's daughter Sabrina returns home elegantly transformed and immediately catches the attention of David, the playboy son of her father's rich employers. David woos and wins Sabrina, who has always been in love with him, however their romance is threatened by David's serious older brother Linus, who runs the family business and is relying on David to marry an heiress in order for a crucial merger to take place.

character: David Larrabee

original_title: Sabrina

title: Our Town

overview: Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. We see birth, life and death in this small community.

title: The Devil's Brigade

overview: At the onset of World War II, American Lt. Col. Robert Frederick  is put in charge of a unit called the 1st Special Service Force, composed of elite Canadian commandos and undisciplined American soldiers. With Maj. Alan Crown leading the Canadians and Maj. Cliff Bricker the acting head of the American contingent, there is initial tension -- but the team comes together when given a daunting mission that few would dare to attempt.

title: Born Yesterday

overview: Uncouth, loud-mouth junkyard tycoon Harry Brock descends upon Washington D.C. to buy himself a congressman or two, bringing with him his mistress, ex-showgirl Billie Dawn.

title: The Making of 'Network'

overview: An engrossing feature-length documentary about the making of Sidney Lumet's classic film "Network."

title: Casino Royale

overview: Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan - that every agent will be named 'James Bond'. One of the Bonds, whose real name is Evelyn Tremble is sent to take on Le Chiffre in a game of baccarat, but all the Bonds get more than they can handle.

title: S.O.B.

overview: A movie producer who made a huge flop tries to salvage his career by revamping his film as an erotic production, where its family-friendly star takes her top off.

title: Breezy

overview: A free-spirited young woman, Breezy, hitches a ride with an aging real estate salesman, Frank. Sensing that she just wants to use him he tries to have nothing to do with her. She's not that easy to shake, however, and over time a bond forms between them.

title: Arizona

overview: Phoebe Titus is a tough, swaggering pioneer woman, but her ways become decidedly more feminine when she falls for California bound Peter Muncie. But Peter won't be distracted from his journey and Phoebe is left alone and plenty busy with villains Jefferson Carteret and Lazarus Ward plotting at every turn to destroy her freighting company. She has not seen the last of Peter, however.

title: The Bridges at Toko-Ri

overview: A U.S. Navy pilot and his squad are assigned to bomb a group of heavily defended bridges deep behind enemy lines during the Korean War.

title: Wild Rovers

overview: Ross Bodine and Frank Post are cowhands on Walt Buckman's R-Bar-R ranch. Bodine is older and broods a bit about how he will get along when he's too old to cowboy. Post is young and rambunctious and ambitious for a better life than wrangling cows. When one of their fellow cowboys is killed in a corral accident, Post suggests a way into a better life for himself and his friend: robbing a bank. Bodine reluctantly joins in the plan and the two contrive to rob the local bank. They make good their escape initially, but Walt Buckman and his two sons, John and Paul, are incensed at this betrayal by their own trusted employees. John and Paul set out to bring Bodine and Post to justice.

title: Alvarez Kelly

overview: In 1864, during the American Civil War, Mexican cattleman Alvarez Kelly supplies the Union with cattle until unexpected circumstances force him to change his customers.

title: The Counterfeit Traitor

overview: Blacklisted in modern day WW2, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies, by means of infiltrating and surveying Nazi Germany.

title: The Proud and Profane

overview: In this romantic drama, beautiful Red Cross volunteer Lee Ashley arrives on the South Pacific island of New Caledonia to learn more about the circumstances surrounding the death of her husband, Howard, in the Battle of Guadalcanal. There, Ashley falls for the gruff, seductive Marine Lt. Col. Colin Buck, but struggle and tragedy follow when the widow learns about the reality of Buck's life back home.

title: Executive Suite

overview: When the head of a large manufacturing firm dies suddenly from a stroke, his vice-presidents vie to see who will replace him.

title: The Man from Colorado

overview: Two friends return home after their discharge from the army after the Civil War. However, one of them has had deep-rooted psychological damage due to his experiences during the war, and as his behavior becomes more erratic--and violent--his friend desperately tries to find a way to help him.

title: Union Station

overview: Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union Station. Police, train station security and a witness try to piece together the crime and get back the blind daughter of a rich business man.

title: The Turning Point

overview: Special prosecutor John Conroy hopes to combat organized crime in his city and appoints his cop father Matt as chief investigator. John doesn't understand why Matt is reluctant, but cynical reporter Jerry McKibbon thinks he knows: he's seen Matt with mob lieutenant Harrigan. Jerry's friendship with John is tested by the question of what to do about Matt, and by his attraction to John's girl Amanda. Meanwhile, the threatened racketeers adopt increasingly violent means of defense.

title: Rachel and the Stranger

overview: A widowed farmer takes an indentured servant as his new wife, but the arrival of a passing stranger threatens their burgeoning relationship.

title: The Dark Past

overview: A gang hold a family hostage in their own home. The leader of the escaped cons is bothered by a recurring dream that the doctor of the house may be able to analyze.

title: Miss Grant Takes Richmond

overview: A bookie uses a phony real estate business as a front for his betting parlor. To further keep up the sham, he hires dim-witted Ellen Grant as his secretary figuring she won't suspect any criminal goings-on. When Ellen learns of some friends who are about to lose their homes, she unwittingly drafts her boss into developing a new low-cost housing development.

title: Golden Boy

overview: Despite his talent as a musician, a city boy decides to become a boxer. He's successful as a fighter — much to the dismay of his father. When gangsters try to buy a piece of him, he begins to have second thoughts.

title: The Dean Martin Christmas Show

overview: A Classic Holiday Celebration with Dean and Friends.

title: When Time Ran Out...

overview: An active volcano threatens a south Pacific island resort and its guests as a power struggle ensues between the property's developer and a drilling foreman.

title: The Horse Soldiers

overview: A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail supply center. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes instant antipathy between him and the commander. The secret plan for the mission is overheard by a southern belle who must be taken along to assure her silence.

title: Picnic

overview: Labor Day in a small Kansas farm town. Hal, a burly and resolute drifter, jumps off a dusty freight train car with the purpose of visiting Alan, a former college classmate and son of the richest man in town.

title: The Earthling

overview: Recently diagnosed with a terminal illness, a man returns home to Australia to die in the wilderness. His plans become complicated when he comes across a young boy whose parents have been killed and decides to take him under his wing.

title: Open Season

overview: Three Vietnam vets have become so conditioned to violence that they have developed psychotic tendencies. They kidnap people, brutalize them, then turn them loose and hunt them like animals. However the father of one of their earlier victims is plotting a vicious revenge against them.

title: The Fleet's In

overview: Shy sailor Casey Kirby suddenly becomes known as a sea wolf when his picture is taken with a famous actress. Things get complicated when bets are placed on his prowess with the ladies.

title: The Moon Is Blue

overview: Two aging playboys are both after the same attractive young woman, but she fends them off by claiming that she plans to remain a virgin until her wedding night. Both men determine to find a way around her objections.

title: 21 Hours at Munich

overview: A dramatization of the incident in 1972 when Arab terrorists broke into the Olympic compound in Munich and murdered 11 Israeli athletes.

title: Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

overview: A widowed doctor of both Chinese and European descent falls in love with a married American correspondent in Hong Kong during China's Communist revolution.

title: Fedora

overview: Down-on-his-luck Hollywood producer Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler attempts to lure Fedora, a famous but reclusive film actress, out of retirement, only to discover the horrifying truth behind her success.

title: Escape from Fort Bravo

overview: A Southern belle frees a Rebel officer and his men from a Union captain's Arizona fort.

title: The Christmas Tree

overview: A French-American millionaire, his girlfriend and his war buddy try to grant his dying son's every wish.

title: Texas

overview: Two Virginians are heading for a new life in Texas when they witness a stagecoach being held up. They decide to rob the robbers and make off with the loot. To escape a posse, they split up and don't see each other again for a long time. When they do meet up again, they find themselves on different sides of the law. This leads to the increasing estrangement of the two men, who once thought of themselves as brothers.

title: Ashanti

overview: Dr. Anansa Linderby is kidnapped in a medical mission in Africa by a slave trader. From this moment, her husband will do anything to recover her and to punish the bad guys, but that will be not an easy task.

title: The Lion

overview: Young Tina lives with her mother and stepfather on a wildlife reserve in Kenya. While her stepfather believes this is a wonderful environment for her to grow up in, her mother becomes increasingly concerned by her behaviour. These concerns are reinforced when it is revealed that her daughter's best friend in the whole world is a fully grown lion. Worried that her daughter may be turning into a savage, she sends for her former husband, Tina's biological father, in the hope that he can take her back to civilization (in this case rural Connecticut). But it seems as though Tina's mother wants something more than a civilized upbringing for her daughter.

title: The 7th Dawn

overview: Political and personal intrigues surround a group of characters in Malaya, after the close of the Second World War.

title: The Remarkable Andrew

overview: When Andrew Long, hyper-efficient small town accountant, finds a $1240 discrepancy in the city budget, his superiors try to explain it away. When he insists on pursuing the matter, he's in danger of being blamed himself. In his trouble, the spirit of Andrew Jackson, whom he idolizes, visits him, and in turn, summons much high-powered talent from American history...which only Andrew can see.

title: Meet the Stewarts

overview: A young, newlywed couple learns to make their marriage work—on a budget.

title: The Key

overview: In wartime England, circa 1941, poorly-armed tugs are sent into "U-Boat Alley" to rescue damaged Allied ships. An American named David Ross arrives to captain one of these tugs. He's given a key by a fellow tugboat-man -- a key to an apartment and its pretty female resident. Should something happen to the friend, Ross can use the key.

title: Young and Willing

overview: A group of young stage hopefuls tries to persuade a theatrical producer to give them their big chance at stardom.

title: Dear Wife

overview: In this sequel to Dear Ruth, teenaged Miriam starts a political campaign to nominate Bill Seacroft, her brother-in-law, for state senator in opposition to the local political machine. Unknown to Miriam, said machine nominates her father, Judge Wilkins. As support grows for Bill, the presence of rival candidates under one roof poses problems, especially for Ruth, wife to Bill and daughter of the judge.

title: Dear Ruth

overview: Lt. William Seacroft, on leave from the Italian front, arrives at the New York home of Ruth Wilkins, with whom he has been corresponding. Unknown to both Ruth and Bill, Ruth's younger sister, Miriam, has been writing the letters and signing Ruth's name as part of a program to keep up soldiers' morale. Although Ruth has just gotten engaged to a coworker, she agrees to see Bill and pretend she wrote the letters.

title: Force of Arms

overview: During the winter of 1943, the German Army halted the American advance in the mountains of Italy; back-and-forth combat decimates Joe Peterson's platoon. On leave in Naples, Joe meets WAC lieutenant Eleanor MacKay; initially cool, she begins to melt during a bombing raid. Their romance develops despite Joe's periodic returns to the front. But whether he'll come back in the end becomes more than doubtful.

title: The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'

original_title: The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'

title: The Revengers

overview: The life of peaceful rancher John Benedict is torn apart when his family is massacred by a gang of marauding outlaws and his farm is destroyed. He assembles a team of mean, lawless convicts to act as his posse as he pursues the gang responsible for the deaths of his loved ones.

title: Submarine Command

overview: Submarine commander Ken White is forced to suddenly submerge, leaving his captain and another crew member to die outside the sub during WW II. Subsequent years of meaningless navy ground assignments and the animosity of a former sailor, leave White (now a captain) feeling guilty and empty. His life spirals downward and his wife is about to leave him. Suddenly, he is forced into a dangerous rescue situation at the start of the Koren War.... reassigned to the same submarine where all of his problems began.

title: Satan Never Sleeps

overview: A priest arrives at a mission-post in China accompanied by a young native girl who has joined him along the way. His job is to relieve the existing priest, who is now too old and weak to continue with the upkeep of the church. However, Communist soldiers arrive at the mission and seize it as a command post. Their leader rapes the native girl and impregnates her, only later to realize that Communism is no good for him. In the end, the foursome flee to the border, but are pursued by Communist forces along the way.

title: Variety Girl

overview: Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business charity) are woven into a framework about two hopeful young ladies who come to Hollywood, exchange identities, and cause comic confusion (with slapstick interludes) throughout the Paramount studio.

title: I Wanted Wings

overview: Told in flashback, this drama follows the training and personal lives of three recruits in the Army Air Corps: a wealthy playboy, a college jock, and an auto mechanic. Love interest is supplied by a female photographer and a sultry blonde.

title: Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

overview: A deliciously scandalous portrait of unsung Hollywood legend Scotty Bowers, whose bestselling memoir chronicled his decades spent as sexual procurer to the stars.

original_title: Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

title: Streets of Laredo

overview: Texas, 1878: cheerful outlaw-buddies Jim, Lorn and Wahoo rescue spunky orphan Rannie Carter from rustling racketeers, then are forced to separate. Lorn goes on to bigger and better robberies, while Jim and Wahoo are (at first reluctantly) maneuvered into joining the Texas Rangers. For friendship's sake, the three try to keep out of direct conflict, but a showdown begins to look inevitable. And Rannie, now grown into lovely young womanhood, must choose between Lorn and Jim

title: Forever Female

overview: An aging actress has a hard time admitting she is too old to play the ingenue role anymore.

title: Toward the Unknown

overview: Tortured into a false confession while a POW in Korea, Major Lincoln Bond returns to active service as a test pilot. Determined to clear his name, Bond battles a hard-nosed base commander, prejudiced officers and his own insecurities.

title: The Blue Knight

overview: Bumper Morgan is a veteran Los Angeles Police Department street cop. He is due to retire after 20 years on the job, but is not letting up on the criminal element on his beat.

title: Boots Malone

overview: An agent for horse jockeys faces his greatest challenge.

title: Those Were the Days!

overview: At a family gathering, an elderly man reflects on the follies of his youth during his freshman year at college.

title: Father Is a Bachelor

overview: Johnny Rutledge is a drifter who comes to and discovers a cabin in the forest where five kids: January, February, March, April, and May are living without parents. Their parents died a while ago, and they want to keep that secret from the townspeople, especially the young school teacher, Prudence Millett, to avoid being sent to a children's home and eventual separation. Johnny moves in with the kids and poses as their uncle to take care of them while romancing Prudence. But in order to keep the children, he has to get married.

title: Apartment for Peggy

overview: Professor Henry Barnes decides he's lived long enough and contemplates suicide. His attitude is changed by Peggy Taylor, a chipper young mother-to-be who charms him into renting out his attic as an apartment for her and her husband Jason, a former GI struggling to finish college.

title: The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant

overview: A behind-the-scenes look at the building of the bridge in the film The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and the preparations for its destruction.

title: Blaze of Noon

overview: In this aerial melodrama, four brothers working as stunt pilots for a flying circus leave their jobs to become mail pilots. Because their job requires that they constantly travel, they are advised to not settle down with wives and kids. Still, one pilot falls in love and marries. Unfortunately, the woman dislikes his brothers and constantly worries that he will be killed during a flight. Her fears are not unfounded and much tragedy ensues as the story unfolds.

title: The Girl on The Roof

overview: A comedy of manners, the film centers on virtuous actress Patty O'Neill, who meets playboy architect Donald Gresham on the observation deck of the Empire State Building and accepts his invitation to join him for drinks and dinner in his apartment. There she meets Donald's upstairs neighbors, his ex-fiancée Cynthia and her father, roguish David Slader. Both men are determined to bed the young woman, but they quickly discover Patty is more interested in engaging in spirited discussions about the pressing moral and sexual issues of the day than surrendering her virginity to either one of them. After resisting their amorous advances throughout the night, Patty leaves and returns to the Empire State Building, where Donald finds her and proposes marriage.

title: Mr. Yunioshi:  An Asian Perspective

overview: Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective provides some insightful commentary of how far we've come concerning Asian characterizations in Hollywood movies from earlier eras.

title: William Holden: The Golden Boy

overview: It was said of him that in more than 70 films, he never once gave a bad performance.

title: Edith Head: The Paramount Years

overview: A tribute to the legendary costume designer Edith Head during her years providing costumes for the films of Paramount studio which includes Sunset Boulevard, Roman Holiday and many others during her distinguished career that lasted more than six decades and earned her eight Academy Awards wins in between more than 30 nominations.

title: Audrey Hepburn: Remembered

overview: Audrey Hepburn was one of the movies' best-loved stars, blessed with beauty, talent, an elegant sophistication and an enduring aura of youthful innocence. As Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF, she spoke for the world's suffering children and families, earning an affection and admiration that only increased with news of her untimely death. From the star herself we learn of her career and the family and friendships that were her priority.

title: Grace Kelly: The American Princess

overview: A biography of American actress Grace Kelly from her early days as an aspiring actress to her death as Princess of Monaco.

title: Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

overview: Born Ruby Stevens, she was orphaned when she was four. A chance audition led to a chorus job. By 17 she was a Ziegfeld Girl. At 20 she earned excellent reviews for a bit part in a Broadway play — and she had a new name: Barbara Stanwyck.

original_title: Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

title: Sally's Beauty Spot

overview: A large black mole above an Asian woman's breast serves as a metaphor for cultural and racial difference in this engaging experimental film. Off-screen women's voices and scenes from THE WORLD OF SUZIE WONG parallel and counterpoint Sally's own interracial relationships and emerging self-awareness. A provocative and stylish meditation on Asian femininity.

title: Million Dollar Legs

overview: At Middleton College, controlled by rich donor Melton, only paying sports are allowed. But Freddie Frye, conniving student body president, has to get a letter in some sport to win back his girl Susie; he schemes to revive crew boat racing. Sinking boats, no money, and his own waistline stand in his way. Can they win the big race with State University?

character: Graduate Who Says 'Thank You' (uncredited)

title: Sad?

overview: Set in the mid sixties and shot with more black than white, ‘SAD?’ is a dark ten minute film that explores the time that we spend alone watching television, and the good and sad effects it can have on you. The film has a timeless, forgotten feel about it, a study of a world and time detached from the norm, a life filled with both laughter and loneliness, escapism and escapees...

title: Prison Farm

overview: Shirley Ross plays an innocent young girl convicted for complicity in a crime committed by her boy friend (Lloyd Nolan). The male crook is sentence to six months on a prison farm populated by both men and women (segregated, of course). Ross is also incarcerated, suffering the cruelties of the sadistic male and female guards (including J. Carroll Naish and future "Ma Kettle" Marjorie Main!)

title: Escape to Athena

overview: During the World War II, the prisoners of a German camp in a Greek island are trying to escape. They not only want their freedom, but also seek an ineffable treasure hidden in a monastery at the summit of the island's mountain.

title: You Can Change The World

overview: Comedian Jack Benny has his butler, Rochester, call several of his celebrity friends over to the house. Benny introduces them to a Catholic priest, who speaks to them about doing a film for a group called the Christophers. The Christophers are an organization that wants to use different mediums such radio, TV, and film to inspire young people to change the world for the better by pursuing careers in public service like teaching and government work. The priest gives the celebrities a history lesson about the founding of the U.S. and God's role in it, and he asks for their help.

title: Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

overview: Actress Sally Field looks at the dramatic life and successful career of the superb actress Barbara Stanwyck (1907-90), a Hollywood legend.

title: The World of Suzie Wong

overview: A Hong Kong prostitute tries modeling and falls for the artist who's painting her.

title: Reconnaissance Pilot

overview: Documentary/training film depicting the duties of a pilot in the Pacific Theatre of the Second World War as he flies reconnaissance missions over enemy-held islands.

title: Wings Up

overview: Clark Gable stars in this propaganda short about the Officers Candidate School of the Army Air Forces.

title: Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

overview: This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of work includes such memorable films as Anatomy of a Murder, Exodus, Laura, Forever Amber, Advise and Consent, In Harm's Way, The Moon Is Blue, The Man with the Golden Arm, and many other movies made from the '30s through the '70s. Interviews with actors Frank Sinatra, Vincent Price, James Stewart, Michael Caine, and others who worked with the flamboyant and sometimes control-obsessed director add information and insight to the story.

character: Donald Gresham (archive footage) (uncredited)

title: Invisible Stripes

overview: A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.

title: Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

overview: An account of the life and work of American film director Sam Peckinpah (1925-84), a tortured artist whose genius and inner demons changed the Western genre forever.

original_title: Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

title: Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess

overview: In 1956, actress and Hollywood star Grace Kelly (1929-82), then at the height of her film career, unexpectedly dropped everything to marry Prince Rainier III of Monaco. Jinx, an American journalist and friend of the future princess, accompanied her on her journey to the wedding and covered the sensational event.

title: Lykke og krone

overview: Depicts the royal houses of Europe (Norwegian, British, Belgian and Dutch) as well as Iran and the Principality of Monaco.

title: Bob Hope's World of Comedy

overview: Bob's favorite memories and funniest moments on TV  The biggest Stars! ... The biggest laughs!  On DVD for the first time, this special 90 minute collection proves that laughter is the universal language with a sidesplitting salute to slapstick, satire, sketch comedy and zingers. Featuring Bob's funniest moments on television, this tribute includes a virtual who's who of legendary entertainers like Bing Crosby, Jackie Gleason, Roy Rogers, Ingrid Bergman, Bob Newhart, Lucille Ball, Ann-Margret, Jack Benny, Angie Dickinson, Steve Allen, Johnny Carson, Danny Thomas, Don Rickles, Milton Berle, Redd Foxx, Dorothy Lamour, Frank Sinatra, John Wayne, Dyan Cannon, Debbie Reynolds, Lassie and more.

title: ...On Seeing Film

overview: A co-production of Columbia Pictures and USC’s Department of Cinema, this 1958 educational short hosted by William Holden explores the art of adaptation through behind-the-scenes footage of the production of David Lean's The Bridge on the River Kwai.

title: The Fabulous Allan Carr

overview: Armed with a limitless Rolodex and a Benedict Canyon enclave with its own disco, Allan Carr threw the Hollywood parties that defined the 1970s. A producer, manager, and marketing genius, Carr built his bombastic reputation amid a series of successes including the mega-hit musical film "Grease," until it all came crashing down after he produced the 1989 Academy Awards, a notorious debacle.

title: Regie: Billy Wilder

title: 100 Years at the Movies

overview: Commemorates the centennial of American movies with a montage of clips and music scores from the most important movies of the century.

title: The Wild Bunch

title: Sunset Boulevard

title: Stalag 17

title: The Bridge on the River Kwai

title: The Country Girl

title: Damien - Omen II

title: Network

title: The Towering Inferno

title: Paris When It Sizzles

title: Sabrina

title: Our Town

title: The Devil's Brigade

title: Born Yesterday

title: The Making of 'Network'

title: Casino Royale

title: S.O.B.

title: Breezy

title: Arizona

title: The Bridges at Toko-Ri

title: Wild Rovers

title: Alvarez Kelly

title: The Counterfeit Traitor

title: The Proud and Profane

title: Executive Suite

title: The Man from Colorado

title: Union Station

title: The Turning Point

title: Rachel and the Stranger

title: The Dark Past

title: Miss Grant Takes Richmond

title: Golden Boy

title: The Dean Martin Christmas Show

title: When Time Ran Out...

title: The Horse Soldiers

title: Picnic

title: The Earthling

title: Open Season

title: The Fleet's In

title: The Moon Is Blue

title: 21 Hours at Munich

title: Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

title: Fedora

title: Escape from Fort Bravo

title: The Christmas Tree

title: Texas

title: Ashanti

title: The Lion

title: The 7th Dawn

title: The Remarkable Andrew

title: Meet the Stewarts

title: The Key

title: Young and Willing

title: Dear Wife

title: Dear Ruth

title: Force of Arms

title: The Revengers

title: Submarine Command

title: Satan Never Sleeps

title: Variety Girl

title: I Wanted Wings

title: Streets of Laredo

title: Forever Female

title: Toward the Unknown

title: The Blue Knight

title: Boots Malone

title: Those Were the Days!

title: Father Is a Bachelor

title: Apartment for Peggy

title: The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant

title: Blaze of Noon

title: The Girl on The Roof

title: Mr. Yunioshi:  An Asian Perspective

title: William Holden: The Golden Boy

title: Edith Head: The Paramount Years

title: Audrey Hepburn: Remembered

title: Grace Kelly: The American Princess

title: Sally's Beauty Spot

title: Million Dollar Legs

title: Sad?

title: Prison Farm

title: Escape to Athena

title: You Can Change The World

title: Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

title: The World of Suzie Wong

title: Reconnaissance Pilot

title: Wings Up

title: Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

title: Invisible Stripes

title: Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess

title: Lykke og krone

title: Bob Hope's World of Comedy

title: ...On Seeing Film

title: The Fabulous Allan Carr

title: Regie: Billy Wilder

title: 100 Years at the Movies