Porter Hall

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Clifford Porter Hall (September 19, 1888 – October 6, 1953) was an American character actor known for appearing in a number of films in the 1930s and 1940s. Hall played movie villains or comedic incompetent characters.  Hall was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and began his career touring as a stage actor with roles in productions of The Great Gatsby and Naked in 1926. Hall made his film debut in the 1931 drama Secrets of a Secretary. He made his last onscreen appearance in the 1954 film Return to Treasure Island, which was released after his death.

He was probably best remembered for four roles: a senator in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, an atheist in Going My Way, the nervous, ill-tempered Granville Sawyer, who administers a psychological test to Kris Kringle in Miracle on 34th Street, and a train passenger who encounters a man (Fred MacMurray) who has just committed a murder in Double Indemnity.

On October 6, 1953, Hall died of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California at the age of 65. His interment was at Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery. Hall had two children, David and Sarah Jane.

Four Star Playhouse

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Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company; Bristol-Myers became an alternate sponsor when it became a weekly series in the fall of 1953. The original premise was that Charles Boyer, Ida Lupino, David Niven, and Dick Powell would take turns starring in episodes. However, several other performers took the lead from time to time, including Ronald Colman and Joan Fontaine.

Blake Edwards was among the writers and directors who contributed to the series. Edwards created the recurring character of illegal gambling house operator Willie Dante for Dick Powell to play on this series. The character was later revamped and spun off in his own series starring Howard Duff, then-husband of Lupino.

The pilot for Meet McGraw, starring Frank Lovejoy, aired here, as did another episode in which Lovejoy recreated his role of Chicago newspaper reporter Randy Stone, from the radio drama Nightbeat.

character: J. R. Martin

original_name: Four Star Playhouse

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biography:
Clifford Porter Hall (* 19. September 1888 in Cincinnati, Ohio; † 6. Oktober 1953 in Los Angeles, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Film- und Theaterschauspieler.  1931 hatte der 43-jährige seinen ersten Filmauftritt in der Komödie Secrets of a Secretary mit Claudette Colbert. Seinen endgültigen Durchbruch beim Film hatte er vier Jahre später mit der Krimikomödie Der dünne Mann. In den nächsten zwei Jahrzehnten folgten 80 Filme, die ihn zu einem bekannten Charakterdarsteller machten. Hall spielte fortan meistens übermäßig ernste, geizige oder unhöfliche Persönlichkeiten, manchmal sogar den Filmschurken. So war eine seiner bekanntesten Rollen der humorlose Arzt Granville Sawyer im Filmklassiker Das Wunder von Manhattan, der den Weihnachtsmann in die Psychiatrie einweisen will. Privat galt Hall im Gegensatz zu seinen Rollen als freundliche Persönlichkeit. Ein weiterer Widerspruch zu seinem richtigen Leben war auch seine Darstellung eines kaltherzigen Atheisten in Der Weg zum Glück, für die er bei Kritikern großes Lob fand. Im tatsächlichen Leben war er nämlich Diakon in seiner Kirchengemeinde.

Der eher schmächtige Schauspieler mit dem kleinen Kinn und den durchdringenden Augen drehte mit zahlreichen der berühmten Regisseure Hollywoods. Darunter etwa Billy Wilder, bei dem Hall in Frau ohne Gewissen (1944, als Zugpassagier und zufälliger Mordzeuge) und Reporter des Satans (1951, als Chefredakteur einer Lokalzeitung) jeweils wichtige Nebenrollen übernahm. Auch Preston Sturges ließ Hall in seinen Komödien Sullivans Reisen (1941) und Sensation in Morgan’s Creek (1944) in komödiantischen Rollen auftreten. Weitere Regisseure mit denen Hall drehte, waren beispielsweise Frank Capra bei Mr. Smith geht nach Washington (1939), Howard Hawks bei Sein Mädchen für besondere Fälle (1940) und Cecil B. DeMille bei Die Unbesiegten (1947).

Sein letzter Film Return to Treasure Island wurde nach seinem Tod veröffentlicht.

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biography: Clifford Porter Hall (Cincinnati, Ohio, 19 de setembre de 1888 - Los Angeles, Califòrnia, 6 d’octubre de 1953) va ser un actor de personatges nord-americà conegut per haver aparegut en diverses pel·lícules dels anys 1930 i 1940. Hall normalment interpretava a malvats o personatges còmics incompetents.

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title: Double Indemnity

overview: An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.

character: Mr. Jackson

original_title: Double Indemnity

title: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

overview: After the death of a United States Senator, the idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. The naive and earnest new senator soon finds himself battling political corruption.

character: Senator Monroe

original_title: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

title: His Girl Friday

overview: Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife. She’s threatening to quit and settle down with a new beau, but, as Walter knows, she has a weakness: she can’t resist a juicy scoop.

character: Murphy

original_title: His Girl Friday

title: The Thin Man

overview: A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.

character: Herbert MacCaulay

original_title: The Thin Man

title: The Princess Comes Across

overview: A Swedish princess boards an ocean liner in Europe en route to an acting career in America and finds herself getting inconveniently attached to a bandleader returning home. To complicate matters, a blackmailer on board apparently knows she is not who she claims to be - and he has his sights set on other passengers with secrets of their own. In the meantime an escaped killer has stowed away under someone else's identity, and is killing again to cover his tracks; five international police detectives on board are heading the investigation to find him. When evidence points to the princess and bandleader, they must find the killer themselves - before he finds them.

character: Darcy

original_title: The Princess Comes Across

title: Miracle on 34th Street

overview: Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgiving Day parade. His portrayal is so complete that many begin to question if he truly is Santa Claus, while others question his sanity.

character: Granville Sawyer

original_title: Miracle on 34th Street

title: Ace in the Hole

overview: An arrogant reporter exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career.

character: Jacob Q. Boot

original_title: Ace in the Hole

title: Holiday for Sinners

overview: Three old friends reunite during Mardi Gras and try to forget their problems.

character: Louie

original_title: Holiday for Sinners

title: Satan Met a Lady

overview: In the second screen version of The Maltese Falcon, a detective is caught between a lying seductress and a lady jewel thief.

character: Milton Ames

original_title: Satan Met a Lady

title: Dark Command

overview: When transplanted Texan Bob Seton arrives in Lawrence, Kansas he finds much to like about the place, especially Mary McCloud, daughter of the local banker. Politics is in the air however. It's just prior to the civil war and there is already a sharp division in the Territory as to whether it will remain slave-free. When he gets the opportunity to run for marshal, Seton finds himself running against the respected local schoolteacher, William Cantrell. Not is what it seems however. While acting as the upstanding citizen in public, Cantrell is dangerously ambitious and is prepared to do anything to make his mark, and his fortune, on the Territory. When he loses the race for marshal, he forms a group of raiders who run guns into the territory and rob and terrorize settlers throughout the territory. Eventually donning Confederate uniforms, it is left to Seton and the good citizens of Lawrence to face Cantrell and his raiders in one final clash.

character: Angus McCloud

original_title: Dark Command

title: Make Way for Tomorrow

overview: An elderly couple are forced to separate themselves from each other after their children refuse to take both into one house.

character: Harvey Chase

original_title: Make Way for Tomorrow

title: The Great Moment

overview: The biography of Dr. W.T. Morgan, a 19th century Boston dentist, during his quest to have anesthesia, in the form of ether, accepted by the public and the medical and dental establishment.

character: President Franklin Pierce

original_title: The Great Moment

title: The Mark of the Whistler

overview: A drifter claims the money in an old bank account. Soon he finds himself the target of two men who turn out to be the sons of the man's old partner, who is now in prison because of a conflict with him over the money in that account.

character: Joe Sorsby

original_title: The Mark of the Whistler

title: The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

overview: A small-town girl with a soft spot for American soldiers wakes up the morning after a wild farewell party for the troops to find that she married someone she can't remember.

character: Jacob Woodson, Justice of the Peace

original_title: The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

title: Bulldog Drummond Escapes

overview: Drummond manages to save a woman from jumping in front of his car but she runs away with his car. He traces her and she asks him to help her out of a dangerous situation.

character: Norman Merridew

original_title: Bulldog Drummond Escapes

title: Sullivan's Travels

overview: Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise and sets off on a journey, aiming to "know trouble" first-hand. When all he finds is a train ride back to Hollywood and a beautiful blonde companion, he redoubles his efforts, managing to land himself in more trouble than he bargained for when he loses his memory and ends up a prisoner on a chain gang.

character: Mr. Hadrian

original_title: Sullivan's Travels

title: The Petrified Forest

overview: Gabby, the waitress in an isolated Arizona diner, dreams of a bigger and better life. One day penniless intellectual Alan drifts into the joint and the two strike up a rapport. Soon enough, notorious killer Duke Mantee takes the diner's inhabitants hostage. Surrounded by miles of desert, the patrons and staff are forced to sit tight with Mantee and his gang overnight.

character: Jason Maple

original_title: The Petrified Forest

title: Going My Way

overview: Youthful Father Chuck O'Malley led a colorful life of sports, song, and romance before joining the Roman Catholic clergy. After being appointed to a run-down New York parish, O'Malley's worldly knowledge helps him connect with a gang of boys looking for direction, eventually winning over the aging, conventional Parish priest.

character: Mr. Belknap

original_title: Going My Way

title: Intruder in the Dust

overview: Rural Mississippi in the 1940s: Lucas Beauchamp, a local black man with a reputation of not kowtowing to whites, is found standing over the body of a dead white man, holding a pistol that has recently been fired. Quickly arrested for murder and jailed, Beauchamp insists he's innocent and asks the town's most prominent lawyer, Gavin Stevens, to defend him, but Stevens refuses. When a local boy whom Beauchamp has helped in the past and who believes him to be innocent hears talk of a mob taking Beauchamp out of jail and lynching him, he pleads with Stevens to defend Beauchamp at trial and prove his innocence.

character: Nub Gowrie

original_title: Intruder in the Dust

title: Unconquered

overview: England, 1763. After being convicted of a crime, the young and beautiful Abigail Hale agrees, to escape the gallows, to serve fourteen years as a slave in the colony of Virginia, whose inhabitants begin to hear and fear the sinister song of the threatening drums of war that resound in the wild Ohio valley.

character: Leach

original_title: Unconquered

title: Singapore

overview: After the war, Matt Gordon returns to Singapore to retrieve a fortune in smuggled pearls. Arrived, he reminisces in flashback about his prewar fiancée, alluring Linda, and her disappearance during the Japanese attack. But now Linda resurfaces...with amnesia and married to rich planter Van Leyden. Meanwhile, sinister fence Mauribus schemes to get Matt's pearls.

character: Mr. Bellows

original_title: Singapore

title: The Story of Louis Pasteur

overview: A true story about Louis Pasteur, who revolutionized medicine by proving that much disease is caused by microbes, that sanitation is paramount and that at least some diseases can be cured by vaccinations.

character: Dr. Rossignol

original_title: The Story of Louis Pasteur

title: Blood on the Sun

overview: Nick Condon, an American journalist in 20s Tokyo, publishes the Japanese master plan for world domination. Reaction from the understandably upset Japanese provides the action, but this is overshadowed by the propaganda of the time.

character: Arthur Bickett

original_title: Blood on the Sun

title: Vice Squad

overview: A Los Angeles police captain ties the case of a slain policeman to a bank robbery, all in a day.

character: Jack Hartrampf

original_title: Vice Squad

title: Week-End at the Waldorf

overview: Anything can happen during a weekend at New York's Waldorf-Astoria: a glamorous movie star meets a world-weary war correspondent and mistakes him for a jewel thief; a soldier learns that without an operation he'll die and so looks for one last romance with a beautiful but ambitious stenographer; a cub reporter tries to get the goods on a shady man's dealing with a foreign potentate.

character: Stevens

original_title: Week-End at the Waldorf

title: Secrets of a Secretary

overview: Society girl becomes a social secretary when her father dies penniless. From a story by Charles Brackett.

title: This Way Please

overview: A famous singer and matinée idol helps a pretty young theater usher in her dreams of becoming a singer, but when her career begins to take off and she becomes engaged to a wealthy young man, he realizes he's fallen for her and plots to break up her impending marriage.

title: Butch Minds the Baby

overview: Aloysius 'Butch' Grogan leads a life of criminal activities motivated to provide for a widow and her child. He's on lookout for a gang of safe crackers when he has to also look after the baby of one of the criminals.

title: Murder, He Says

overview: Pete Marshall is sent as a replacement to the mountain district town of Plainville when a public opinion surveyor who went there goes missing. Visiting the hillbilly family of Mamie Fleagle, Pete begins to suspect that she and her two sons have murdered the surveyor. Pete also believes that Mamie is slowly poisoning wealthy Grandma Fleagle, who has put a vital clue to her fortune in a nonsensical embroidered sampler.

title: Wells Fargo

overview: In the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company, will secure an important contract if he delivers fresh oysters to Buffalo from New York City. When he rescues Justine Pryor and her mother, who are stranded in a broken wagon on his route, he doesn't let them slow him down and gives the ladies an exhilirating ride into Buffalo. He arrives in time to obtain the contract and is then sent by company president Henry Wells to St. Louis to establish a branch office.

title: The General Died at Dawn

overview: China, 1930s, during the ravaging civil war. General Pen entrusts O'Hara, an intrepid American adventurer, with the mission of providing a large sum of money to Mr. Wu with the task of buying weapons in Shanghai to help end General Yang's tyranny that keeps an entire province under his ruthless iron boot.

title: Return to Treasure Island

overview: There's something to be said for finishing what you've started. That's why the gentile Captain Long John Silver is heading back to Treasure Island to see if he can unearth the cache of riches buried there by his colleague, Captain Flint. At the same time, he also hopes to bring to safety the governor's daughter and a young boy abducted by El Toro.

title: True Confession

overview: A writer takes a job as a secretary because her scrupulous husband isn't bringing in the dough as an attorney. When her new employer is murdered, she can't seem to make up her mind as to whether she "dunnit" or not.

title: They Shall Have Music

overview: The future is bleak for a troubled boy from a broken home in the slums. He runs away when his step father breaks his violin, ending up sleeping in the basement of a music school for poor children.

title: Bulldog Drummond's Peril

overview: Drummond's wedding with Phyllis is interrupted when the inspector guarding their gifts is killed. He tries to trace the killers and uncovers the mystery of diamond counterfeiters.

title: The Case of the Lucky Legs

overview: A con man who stages phony "lucky legs" beauty contests and leaves town with the money is found with a surgical knife in his heart by Mason.

title: Stolen Heaven

overview: Two attractive jewel thieves, one female (Olympe Bradna), one male (Gene Raymond) escape together after their latest escapade and hide out in the home of an aged concert pianist (Lewis Stone). To cover their tracks and keep the old man from turning them in, the thieves pretend to arrange his comeback concert. The artifice becomes reality, the pianist makes a triumphant return, and the thieves reform. This 1938 film is not a remake of 1932's Stolen Heaven, which wove an entirely different story about a suicide pact.

title: A Stranger in Town

overview: In the small town of Crownport local attorney Bill Adams is trying to break up the ring of corrupt town officials by running for mayor. The cards seemed stacked against him when he gets help from a visiting hunter who, unknown to Adams and the rest of the town, is actually vacationing supreme court justice John Josephus Grant.

title: Too Many Parents

overview: Boys are sent to military school in order to get them out of the way of their too-busy-to-bother parents or guardians. Lonely young Philip Stewart writes himself letters his father should be writing. When his hoax is discovered, Philip attempts suicide.

title: Chicken Every Sunday

overview: A woman takes in boarders to support her husband's harebrained financial schemes.

title: Snowed Under

overview: Alan Tanner's new play opens in a week, but he just can't finish the third act. He's retreated to a snowbound cottage to work, but blonde neighbor Pat Quinn wants to play. Producer Arthur Layton sends Alice, Alan's first ex-wife, to help him stick to business. But then Daisy, his second ex-wife, shows up wanting her alimony. Stranded with two ex-wives, a girlfriend, and a jug of applejack, Alan still has to finish his play!

title: Standing Room Only

overview: During WWII, an executive and his secretary arrive in Washington, DC on business but, because of the housing shortage, are unable to find hotel rooms. In desperation, they pretend to be married and hire themselves out as a butler and maid in order to secure lodgings. Comedy.

title: The Arkansas Traveler

overview: The Arkansas Traveler, an itinerant printer, returns to a small town to help save The Daily Record, a newspaper started by Mr. Allen, an old friend who is now deceased.

title: Men with Wings

overview: Reporter Nicholas Ranson is jubilant when, on 17 Dec 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright take their first airplane flight. Back home in Underwood, Maryland, however, his uncle Hiram F. Jenkins, owner and editor of the local newspaper, refuses to print the story. Nicholas quits and continues to work on his own airplane, with the devoted help of his little daughter Peggy. Peggy is actually the first in her family to fly when her friends, Patrick Falconer and Scott Barnes, induce her to get inside a large kite they have made, and run with it in a field until she is airborne. The kite is caught in a tree, however, and Peggy gets a black eye. Later, Nicholas dies when his experimental airplane crashes, leaving his wife and children alone. By Peggy's adulthood, planes are capable of flying at an altitude of 11,000 feet, and speeds of nearly 100 m.p.h. Peggy continues her father's obsession with flight by helping Scott and Pat to build a plane.

title: Kiss and Tell

overview: Film adaptation of the Broadway hit, about the comic mayhem that erupts in a small town when a 15-year old high-schooler (Shirley Temple) is wrongly suspected of being pregnant.

title: Tom Sawyer, Detective

overview: The further adventures of Twain's most beloved fictional characters of Tom Sawyer and his friend, Huckleberry Finn.

title: Souls at Sea

overview: Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor and Powdah save lives during a sea tragedy in this story about the slave trade on the high seas during 1842.

title: Murder in the Private Car

overview: Ruth Raymond works on the telephone switchboard of a large NYC office building. One day, a private detective informs her that she is actually the daughter of railroad tycoon Luke Carson, and that she had been kidnapped as a baby 14 years ago by Luke's vindictive brother Elwood, and placed with strangers.

title: Pony Express

overview: Buffalo Bill and Wild Bill Hickok join forces to establish a mail route that can get mail from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, in ten days. Along the way they must battle bad weather, hostile Indians and outlaws intent on robbing the mail and shutting down the entire operation.

title: Dangerous to Know

overview: Racketeer Steve Recka, art patron and political power-maker, rules his town and Madame Lan Ying, his beautiful friend and hostess (read:mistress), with an iron hand. He meets Margaret Van Kase, a socialite not impressed by his power nor his wealth, having no money herself, and Steve makes frantic efforts to win her and turns away from the loyal Lin Yang.

title: The Plainsman

overview: Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, and Buffalo Bill go up against Indians and a gunrunner.

title: That Wonderful Urge

overview: When an heiress finds out that the friendly young man she's met at Sun Valley is really an investigative reporter, she ruins his career by falsely claiming they're married.

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: 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: Henry Goes Arizona

overview: A New Yorker moves West when he inherits an Arizona ranch.

title: Grand Jury Secrets

overview: A newspaper reporter gets involved with shady stock promoters when he listens in on a jury room session.

title: The Desperadoes

overview: Popular mailcoach driver Uncle Willie is in fact in league with the town's crooked banker. They plan to have the bank robbed after emptying it, and when Willie's choice for this doesn't show in time, he gets some local boys to do it. When his man does turn up he decides to stick around, as he is pals with the sheriff and also takes a shine to Willie's daughter Allison. This gives the bad men several new problems.

title: The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

overview: Saloon-bar singer Freddie gets very angry whenever boyfriend Blackie seems to be playing around. She always packs a six-shooter, so this is bad news for anything that happens to be in the way. As this is usually the local judge's rear-end, Freddie and friend Conchita are soon hiding out teaching school in the middle of nowhere.

title: Wild Money

overview: A tightwad accountant for a newspaper becomes friends with a reporter. The bookkeeper goes on vacation, and while there he learns of a kidnapping conspiracy. He quickly phones the paper and they order him to follow up on the story and stay off the phone so the reporter (whom he secretly has a crush on) can use it.

title: The Parson of Panamint

overview: As he looks over the dusty, deserted remains of the western "boom town" of Panamint, grizzled old prospector Chuckawalla Bill Redfield recalls the town's glory days. Looming large in Chuckawalla's reminiscences is the day that young and apparently mild-mannerd minister Philip Pharo rode into town. In his own gentle but forceful fashion, Pharo managed to bring the town's lawless element into line, mollify the local bluenoses, and win the heart of likeable dance-hall girl Mary Mallory.

title: Trail of the Vigilantes

overview: A reporter goes undercover to break up an outlaw gang.

title: The Woman of the Town

overview: Bat Masterson, who after failing to secure a job as a newspaper reporter becomes marshal of Dodge City. Preferring socializing to peacekeeping, Masterson falls in love with Dora Hand, the obligatory golden-hearted chorus girl whose concern for the welfare of her fellow citizens at time reaches Madonna-like dimensions. When Dora is shot down cattle baron King Kennedy, Masterson begins taking his job seriously. After taking care of Kennedy, Masterson determines to enshrine the memory of Dora, whose efforts to clean up Dodge City were largely ignored by the "decent" townsfolk.

title: King of Gamblers

overview: Working for a slick restaurateur who has fallen for her, a down-on-life songstress falls instead for a crusading crime reporter, unaware that her employer is the secret head of the city's major gambling machine racket and has a penchant for murdering anyone who gets in his way.

title: And Sudden Death

overview: An heiress with a penchant for speeding runs afoul of a traffic cop. Romance develops between the two, but it's soon complicated when he believes she is responsible for killing someone due to reckless driving.

title: Bring on the Girls

overview: A millionaire joins the Navy hoping to find a girl who'll marry him for himself, not for his money. A beautiful gold-digger who works at a resort hotel sets out to get him.

title: The Half-Breed

overview: An Apache of mixed blood tries to make peace between Indians and whites.

title: The Cheat

overview: Elsa Carlyle is impulsive and a gambler. Though loved by her husband Jeff, she's spoiled and selfish, concerned with social standing. Meanwhile, Jeff wants to stop spending while he completes business deals that could make them rich. One night, on a hunch, she bets and loses big at a casino, and then she doubles her problems with more impulsive decisions. Hardy Livingstone, a wealthy Casanova just back from the Orient, makes a play for her. Elsa dallies with Hardy, but soon, his insistence and her dire financial affairs seem destined to lead to adultery. Who's the cheat?

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: Scandal Street

overview: Joe McKnight temporarily leaves his fiancée, Nora Langdon, for an expedition in a South American jungle. Nora gets a position as librarian in the small town of Midberg, where she boards with the Smith family. Nora is befriended by her next-door neighbor Austin Brown, who, unknown to his wife, is engaged in a moneymaking scheme with James Wilson.

title: King of Alcatraz

overview: A convict who has just escaped from Alcatraz Prison takes over a passenger ship. Two of the ship's crew hatch a plot to overpower him and rescue the ship's passengers.

title: Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police

overview: Captain Drummond and his girlfriend want to marry but a hidden treasure in the house in which they want to celebrate their marriage is complicating the situation involving a series of deaths and an elusive murderer.

title: You Gotta Stay Happy

overview: Indecisive heiress Dee Dee Dillwood is pushed into marrying her sixth fiancée, but unable to face the wedding night, she flees into the adjacent hotel room of commercial pilot Marvin Payne, who just wants to sleep. She then persuades him to take her to California.

title: Let's Make a Million

overview: A wealthy mama's boy finds himself the victim of con artists involved in an oil stocks racket.

title: Mr. and Mrs. North

overview: Married sleuths (Gracie Allen, William Post Jr.) find a corpse in their closet and round up suspects.

title: Carbine Williams

overview: David Marshall Williams is sent to a prison farm where he works in the tool shop and eventually develops the precursor of the famous M-1 Carbine automatic rifle used in World War II.

title: Double Indemnity

title: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

title: His Girl Friday

title: The Thin Man

title: The Princess Comes Across

title: Miracle on 34th Street

title: Ace in the Hole

title: Holiday for Sinners

title: Satan Met a Lady

title: Dark Command

title: Make Way for Tomorrow

title: The Great Moment

title: The Mark of the Whistler

title: The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

title: Bulldog Drummond Escapes

title: Sullivan's Travels

title: The Petrified Forest

title: Going My Way

title: Intruder in the Dust

title: Unconquered

title: Singapore

title: The Story of Louis Pasteur

title: Blood on the Sun

title: Vice Squad

title: Week-End at the Waldorf

title: Secrets of a Secretary

title: This Way Please

title: Butch Minds the Baby

title: Murder, He Says

title: Wells Fargo

title: The General Died at Dawn

title: Return to Treasure Island

title: True Confession

title: They Shall Have Music

title: Bulldog Drummond's Peril

title: The Case of the Lucky Legs

title: Stolen Heaven

title: A Stranger in Town

title: Too Many Parents

title: Chicken Every Sunday

title: Snowed Under

title: Standing Room Only

title: The Arkansas Traveler

title: Men with Wings

title: Kiss and Tell

title: Tom Sawyer, Detective

title: Souls at Sea

title: Murder in the Private Car

title: Pony Express

title: Dangerous to Know

title: The Plainsman

title: That Wonderful Urge

title: Arizona

title: Prison Farm

title: Henry Goes Arizona

title: Grand Jury Secrets

title: The Desperadoes

title: The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

title: Wild Money

title: The Parson of Panamint

title: Trail of the Vigilantes

title: The Woman of the Town

title: King of Gamblers

title: And Sudden Death

title: Bring on the Girls

title: The Half-Breed

title: The Cheat

title: The Remarkable Andrew

title: Scandal Street

title: King of Alcatraz

title: Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police

title: You Gotta Stay Happy

title: Let's Make a Million

title: Mr. and Mrs. North

title: Carbine Williams


Leah Remini

biography:
Leah Marie Remini (born June 15, 1970, height 5' 3" (1,60 m)) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Carrie Heffernan on the CBS hit sitcom The King of Queens from 1998 to 2007. Prior to The King of Queens, she was known for her six episode stint as Stacey Carosi in 1991 on the NBC sitcom Saved by the Bell. She was also one of the co-hosts on the CBS network daytime talk show/series The Talk, before being fired in 2011.

Leah Remini was born in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York City to private-school teacher Vicki Marshall and George Remini, who owned an asbestos-removal company. Her mother is of Austrian Jewish background and her father was Sicilian. Remini has an older sister, Nicole Remini (born 1969), who was her assistant on The King of Queens. She also has four half-sisters, including Christina (born 1969). Remini moved to Los Angeles, California, at age 13 with her mother to pursue an acting career.

Remini met Puerto Rican salsa musician Angelo Pagán in 1996 at a Cuban restaurant. Pagan has three sons from previous relationships. In January 2003, Remini announced their engagement; they were married on July 19, 2003. On June 16, 2004, the day after her 34th birthday, Remini gave birth to daughter Sofia Bella, who weighed 6 lb/7.4 oz.

Cheers

overview: The story about a blue-collar Boston bar run by former sports star Sam Malone and the quirky and wonderful people who worked and drank there.

character: Serafina Tortelli

original_name: Cheers

original_language: en

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

overview: The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to just Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres.

character: Self

original_name: The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Who's the Boss?

overview: A former professional baseball player, along with his preteen daughter, moves into New York advertising executive Angela Bower's house to be both a housekeeper and a father figure to her young son. Tony 's laid-back personality contrasts with Angela's type-A behavior.

original_name: Who's the Boss?

Friends

overview: Six young people from New York City, on their own and struggling to survive in the real world, find the companionship, comfort and support they get from each other to be the perfect antidote to the pressures of life.

character: Lydia

original_name: Friends

Living Dolls

overview: Living Dolls is an American situation comedy featured on the fall 1989 schedule of ABC. It was a spin-off created by a writer from Who's the Boss? and featuring characters introduced during an episode of that show. The show is notable as the acting debut of Halle Berry. Both Who's the Boss? and Living Dolls were produced by ELP Communications through Columbia Pictures Television and ABC.

character: Charlie Briscoe

original_name: Living Dolls

The View

overview: ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.

original_name: The View

E! True Hollywood Story

overview: E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows and also well-known public figures. Among the topics covered on the program include salacious re-tellings of Hollywood secrets, show-biz scandals, celebrity murders and mysteries, porn-star biographies, and "where-are-they-now?" investigations of former child stars. It frequently features in-depth interviews, actual courtroom footage, and dramatic reenactments. When aired on the E! network, episodes will be updated to reflect the current life or status of the subject.

original_name: E! True Hollywood Story

Tamron Hall

overview: Former news host and journalist Tamron Hall discusses all things topical and engages those she interviews in thorough meaningful and entertaining conversations.

character: Self - Guest

original_name: Tamron Hall

People Puzzler

overview: Three lucky contestants put their pop culture knowledge to the test to complete iconic, People Puzzler crosswords. The player with the most points at the end of three rounds wins the game and goes on to play the "Fast Puzzle Round" for an enormous cash prize.

character: Self - Host

original_name: People Puzzler

The Commish

overview: Tony Scali is a former Brooklyn cop now the Police Commissioner of a small upstate city. But for Scali, this is no desk job. He's a tough yet compassionate boss, a loving husband and father, and a hands-on law enforcer with an unorthodox style of bending the rules. From parenthood to politics, from sex crimes to murder cases, one man takes it day-to-day with offbeat humor and street- smart skill.

original_name: The Commish

The King of Queens

overview: Life’s good for deliveryman Doug Heffernan, until his newly widowed father-in-law, Arthur, moves in with him and his wife Carrie. Doug is no longer the king of his domain, and instead of having a big screen television in his recently renovated basement, he now has a crazy old man.

character: Carrie Heffernan

original_name: The King of Queens

MADtv

overview: MADtv is an American sketch comedy television series originally inspired by Mad magazine. The one-hour show aired Saturday nights on Fox.

original_name: MADtv

Diagnosis: Murder

overview: Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.

character: Agnes Benedetto

original_name: Diagnosis: Murder

First Time Out

overview: First Time Out is an American situation comedy that aired on the The WB Television Network. Originally holding the working title Girlfriends and described as a "Latino Living Single", the series first aired on September 10, 1995 and last aired on December 17, 1995.

character: Dominique Costellano

original_name: First Time Out

Fired Up

overview: Fired Up is a short-lived 1997–1998 situation comedy airing on NBC. It lasted for two seasons and 28 episodes. The series, the first from Grammnet Productions, starred Sharon Lawrence and Leah Remini. The series was about a self-centered promotions executive and her mouthy assistant. The pair got fired from their jobs, and instead of getting other jobs, they teamed up to create a business as equal partners.

character: Terry Reynolds

original_name: Fired Up

Saved by the Bell

overview: Lovable schemer Zack Morris leads his pals on adventures at California's Bayside High School. The friends navigate relationships, final exams, school dances, breakups and more while frequently frustrating their principal, Mr. Richard Belding, who does his best to keep them in check.

character: Stacey Carosi

original_name: Saved by the Bell

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

overview: Craig Kilborn hosted this zany talk show, which followed David Letterman's show, from 1999 until 2004. Kilborn left The Daily Show in 1999 to be this show's host after Tom Synder retired. The segment "5 Questions" was carried over from when he was on The Daily Show. Kilborn was frequently beaten in the ratings by his NBC timeslot rival, Conan O'Brien. Kilborn left The Late Late Show to pursue new opportunities.

original_name: The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

The Man in the Family

overview: The Man in the Family is an American sitcom television series that aired from June 19 until July 31, 1991.

character: Tina Bavasso

original_name: The Man in the Family

Normal Life

overview: Normal Life is an American sitcom television series that aired from March 21 until July 18, 1990.

character: Carol

original_name: Normal Life

Family Tools

overview: When it comes to his career, Jack Shea always screws things up. But now that he's taking over his father's Mr. Jiffy Fix business, he's got another shot at nailing it.

character: Terry McCormick

original_name: Family Tools

Renegade

overview: Framed for murder, Detective Reno Raines becomes a fugitive bounty hunter who fights crime while trying to clear his name. His troubles began after he testified about police corruption, leading Lt. Donald Dixon to set him up.

original_name: Renegade

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

Intimate Portrait

overview:
Intimate Portrait is a biographical television series on the Lifetime Television cable network focusing on different celebrities, which includes interviews with each subject.

Among the people profiled were Grace Kelly, Natalie Wood, Carly Simon, Jackie Kennedy, Katharine Hepburn, Carol Burnett, Tanya Tucker, and Marla Maples.

original_name: Intimate Portrait

RuPaul's Drag Race

overview: Join RuPaul, the world's most famous drag queen, as the host, mentor and judge for the ultimate in drag queen competitions. The top drag queens in the U.S. will vie for drag stardom as RuPaul, in full glamazon drag, will reign supreme in all judging and eliminations while helping guide the contestants as they prepare for each challenge.

character: Self - Guest Judge

original_name: RuPaul's Drag Race

Dancing with the Stars

overview: The competition sees celebrities perform choreographed dance routines which are judged by a panel of renowned ballroom experts and voted on by viewers. Enjoy sizzling salsas, sambas and spray-tans as they vie for the coveted Mirrorball Trophy.

original_name: Dancing with the Stars

Hollywood Squares

overview: On September 14, 1998, a Hollywood Squares revival debuted with Tom Bergeron as its host. In addition to her production duties, Whoopi Goldberg served as the permanent center square, with series head writer Bruce Vilanch, Gilbert Gottfried, Martin Mull, and Caroline Rhea as regular panelists and Brad Garrett, Bobcat Goldthwait, Jeffrey Tambor, George Wallace, Kathy Griffin and various others as semi-regular panelists. Shadoe Stevens returned to announce, although he was not given a square on the panel as he had been when John Davidson was host.

character: Self - Panelist

original_name: Hollywood Squares

overview: Leah Remini, along with high level former Scientology executives and Church members, explores individual accounts from ex-Church members and their families through meetings and interviews with Leah. Each episode features stories from former members whose lives have been affected by the Church's harmful practices, even well after they left the organization.

character: Herself - Host

original_name: Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath

Dancing with the Stars

character: Self - Contestant

character: Self - Guest Host

Chelsea

overview: It's not her first talk show, but it is a first of its kind. Ideas, people and places that fascinate her, all in her unique style.

original_name: Chelsea

Kevin Can Wait

overview: A newly retired police officer looks forward to spending more quality time with his wife and three kids only to discover he faces much tougher challenges at home than he ever did on the streets.

character: Vanessa Cellucci

original_name: Kevin Can Wait

The Wendy Williams Show

overview: Radio personality Wendy Williams is the host to her own live syndicated talk show. Wendy injects her television series with the same style that characterizes her radio show, and divides on-air time between probing celebrity interviews and advice-giving to audience members.

original_name: The Wendy Williams Show

Match Game

overview: A modern reboot of the classic 70s game show that features two contestants attempting to match the answers of six celebrities in a game of fill-in-the-blank.

original_name: Match Game

So You Think You Can Dance

overview: Dancers selected in open auditions across America take part in a rigorous competition designed to best display their talents, training and personalities to a panel of judges and viewers as they strive to win votes and avoid elimination.

original_name: So You Think You Can Dance

The Reichen Show

overview: A list of celebrity interviews and sensational topics.

original_name: The Reichen Show

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

overview: Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.

Milo Murphy's Law

overview: Milo Murphy is the personification of Murphy’s Law where anything that can go wrong will go wrong. Suffering from Extreme Hereditary Murphy’s Law condition (EHML), Milo always looks to make the best of the cards he’s been dealt and his endless optimism and enthusiasm can turn any catastrophe into a wild adventure. Together, he and his friends will learn that it’s all about a positive attitude and not to sweat the big stuff… and it’s all big stuff.

RuPaul

overview: The RuPaul Show is more than just a talk show… It’s a movement! The all new RuPaul Show is building a community of people who want to spread love and joy through the world… and have a lot of fun doing it. From celebrity guests to the latest trends, and stunning makeover transformations to the life hacks and hot tips you need to hear— the RuPaul Show is your television destination for love and positivity! Join the movement!

The Masked Singer

overview: Celebrities compete in a singing competition with one major twist: each singer is shrouded from head to toe in an elaborate costume, complete with full face mask to conceal his or her identity. One singer will be eliminated each week, ultimately revealing his or her true identity.

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

overview: Some of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of creating critically acclaimed series and performances.

Real Time with Bill Maher

overview: Each week Bill Maher surrounds himself with a panel of guests which include politicians, actors, comedians, musicians and the like to discuss what's going on in the world.

Fat Actress

overview: Kirstie Alley's semi-autobiographical tale describes her struggles as a former television star with weight loss, getting roles, and finding love.

The Exes

overview: A sitcom about three divorced men sharing an apartment across the hall from their female divorce attorney, who is also their landlord.

Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side

overview: The place to catch up on all things Celebrity Big Brother UK! Join Rylan Clark-Neal for the best mix of exclusive clips, news and reactions from the house, plus celebrity guests and live debates in the studio.

Blossom

overview: Blossom Russo is a highly intelligent and spunky teenager. The youngest of three, she lives with her divorced musician father, Nick, eldest brother and recovering substance abuser Anthony, and decidedly not-so-bright middle brother Joey. Along for the ride is Blossom's ditzy best friend, Six, who sometimes shows flashes of great perception.

Deutsch

biography:
Leah Marie Remini ist eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin österreichisch-italienischer Abstammung. Sie wurde durch ihre Rolle als Carrie Heffernan in der Sitcom King of Queens bekannt.

Ihren Einstieg in die Filmszene begann mit einem Werbespot für Motoröl. Erstmals im Fernsehen zu sehen war sie in der Serie Ganz große Klasse, die 1991 auf dem Fernsehsender ProSieben ausgestrahlt wurde. Dann folgte eine Rolle in Wer ist hier der Boss?, aus der ein Spin-off unter dem Titel Living Dolls entwickelt wurde, in dem sie eine Hauptrolle innehatte. Außerdem spielte sie in der Spelling-Soap California High School und der Sitcom Daddy schafft uns alle mit. Neben Gastauftritten in Diagnose: Mord, New York Cops – NYPD Blue und Friends verkörperte Remini im Sitcom-Klassiker Cheers auch Rhea Perlmans rebellische Tochter Sarafina. Im Kino war sie in einer Nebenrolle im Film Old School – Wir lassen absolut nichts anbrennen zu sehen, in der NBC-Serie Kreativ sein ist alles in der Rolle der Terri Reynolds, Sharon Lawrence' unverwüstlicher Geschäftspartnerin.

Ihren Durchbruch hatte Remini dann mit der Fernsehserie King of Queens. Dort verkörperte sie Carrie, die Ehefrau von Doug Heffernan, welche die beiden Hauptrollen der Serie waren. Die Sitcom lief von 1998 bis 2007 und gehörte in Deutschland zu den erfolgreichsten ihrer Art. Zwischen 2010 und 2011 moderierte Remini zusammen mit Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Holly Robinson Peete, Sharon Osbourne und Marissa Jaret Winokur die Talkshow The Talk auf CBS, die sie nach der ersten Staffel wieder verließ, nachdem ihr Vertrag nicht verlängert wurde.

Magyar

biography:
Leah Marie Remini (Brooklyn, 1970. június 15. –) amerikai színésznő, aktivista.

1970. június 15-én született a New York-i Brooklynban, Vicki Marshall és George Remini gyermekeként, akiknek egy azbesztmentesítéssel foglalkozó cégük volt. Édesanyja osztrák zsidó származású, míg édesapja szicíliai olasz felmenőkkel rendelkezik. Remini Bensonhurstben nőtt fel.

Remini római katolikusnak lett megkeresztelve és gyerekkorában a katolikus hitben nevelkedett. Amikor Remini nyolcéves volt, édesanyja belépett a Szcientológiai Egyházba, és Remini ezt követően szcientológusként nevelkedett. Reminit és nővérét, Nicole-t elvitték a Szcientológia Paramilitáris Szervezetéhez, ahol milliárdos szerződéseket kellett aláírniuk, majd a szállásért és ellátásért kellett dolgozniuk.

Polski

biography:
Leah Marie Remini (ur. 15 czerwca 1970, wzrost 5' 3" (1,60 m)) jest amerykańską aktorką. Najbardziej znana jest z roli Carrie Heffernan w hicie CBS sitcomie Diabli nadali w latach 1998-2007. Przed Diabli nadali była znana z sześcioodcinkowego występu jako Stacey Carosi w 1991 roku w sitcomie NBC Byle do dzwonka. Była również jedną ze współprowadzących dziennego talk-show/serialu CBS Network The Talk, zanim została zwolniona w 2011 roku.

Leah Remini urodziła się w Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, Nowy Jork, jako córka nauczycielki szkoły prywatnej Vicki Marshall i George'a Remini, który był właścicielem firmy zajmującej się usuwaniem azbestu. Jej matka jest pochodzenia austriacko-żydowskiego, a jej ojciec był Sycylijczykiem. Remini ma starszą siostrę, Nicole Remini (ur. 1969), która była jej asystentką w Diabli nadali. Ma również cztery przyrodnie siostry, w tym Christinę (urodzoną w 1969 r.). Remini przeprowadziła się do Los Angeles w Kalifornii w wieku 13 lat z matką, aby kontynuować karierę aktorską.

Remini poznała portorykańskiego muzyka salsy Angelo Pagána w 1996 r. w kubańskiej restauracji. Pagan ma trzech synów z poprzednich związków. W styczniu 2003 r. Remini ogłosiła zaręczyny; pobrali się 19 lipca 2003 r. 16 czerwca 2004 r., dzień po swoich 34. urodzinach, Remini urodziła córkę Sofię Bellę, która ważyła 2,93kg.

Türkçe

biography:
Leah Marie Remini, 15 Haziran 1970 tarihinde Brooklyn, New York, ABD'de dünyaya gelmiştir. İtalyan kökenli bir baba ve Avusturya-Yahudi kökenli bir annenin kızı olan Remini, çocukluk yıllarını Brooklyn'de geçirdikten sonra 13 yaşındayken oyunculuk hayallerinin peşinden gitmek üzere annesiyle birlikte Los Angeles'a taşındı. Kariyerinin ilk yıllarında televizyon dünyasında tutunmaya çalışan genç oyuncu; 1980'lerin sonu ve 1990'ların başında "Who's the Boss?", "Saved by the Bell" ve efsanevi sitcom "Friends" gibi popüler dizilerde konuk oyuncu olarak yer alarak dikkatleri üzerine çekmeye başladı. Ayrıca "Living Dolls" ve "Fired Up" gibi kısa ömürlü serilerde de ana kadroda yer alarak komedi türündeki yeteneğini geliştirdi.

Onu küresel çapta tanınan bir televizyon yıldızına dönüştüren ve kariyerinin tartışmasız en ikonik rolü olan yapım, 1998 ile 2007 yılları arasında dokuz sezon boyunca yayınlanan hit komedi dizisi "The King of Queens" oldu. Kevin James ile başrolü paylaştığı bu dizide canlandırdığı sert, açık sözlü, zeki ve eğlenceli eş Carrie Heffernan karakteriyle milyonların sevgisini kazandı ve Amerikan sit-com tarihinin en akılda kalıcı kadın karakterlerinden birine imza attı. Dizi yayınlandığı süre boyunca büyük reyting başarıları elde ederken, Remini'nin komedi zamanlaması ve doğal oyunculuğu eleştirmenlerden tam not aldı. Dizi yıllarında ayrıca hit komedi filmi "Old School"da (2003) da rol aldı.

"The King of Queens" sonrası dönemde televizyon kariyerini aktif bir şekilde sürdüren Remini, gündüz kuşağı programı "The Talk"un (2010-2011) orijinal sunucularından biri oldu ve "The Exes" (2014) dizisinde yer aldı. 2017-2018 yıllarında "Kevin Can Wait" dizisinin kadrosuna katılarak eski partneri Kevin James ile ekranlarda tekrar bir araya geldi ve hayranlarına nostaljik anlar yaşattı. Başarılı sit-com kariyerinin yanı sıra "Mad Families" (2017) ve yakın arkadaşı Jennifer Lopez ile başrolü paylaştığı romantik komedi "Second Act" (2018) gibi filmlerde rol aldı. Yakın dönemde ise yarışma programı "People Puzzler"ın (2021-günümüz) sunuculuğunu üstlenmiş ve efsanevi dans yarışması "So You Think You Can Dance"in (2022) jüri koltuğunda oturmuştur.

Oyunculuk kariyerinin ötesinde Remini, çocukluğundan beri üyesi olduğu Scientology Tarikatı'ndan 2013 yılında olaylı bir şekilde ayrılması ve ardından başlattığı ifşa hareketleriyle tüm dünyanın dikkatini çekti. Yaşadıklarını anlattığı "Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology" (2015) adlı anı kitabı New York Times çok satanlar listesine girdi. Bu kitabın ardından yapımcılığını ve sunuculuğunu üstlendiği, eski üyelerin yaşadığı istismarları gözler önüne seren "Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath" (2016-2019) adlı çığır açıcı belgesel serisine imza attı. Küresel bir etki yaratan bu cesur proje, televizyon dünyasının en prestijli ödülü olan Emmy Ödülü'nü üç kez kazanarak onun sadece yetenekli bir komedi aktrisi değil, aynı zamanda korkusuz bir yapımcı ve aktivist olduğunu kanıtladı.

title: Old School

overview: Three friends attempt to recapture their glory days by opening up a fraternity near their alma mater.

title: Glory Daze

overview: Jack, a soon-to-be graduate, finds he's having a difficult time letting go of the college life -- and decides maybe he doesn't have to. Also questioning whether there's life after college are Jack's roommates: Rob, who fears domestication; comic-strip artist Mickey, who's shy around girls; intellectual party animal Slosh; and perpetual student Dennis.

title: Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks

overview: The 24th Phantom, the 'Ghost Who Walks,' battles crimes in the future of 2040. Animated Phantom feature that released in 1994 at the same time as the series, and includes the first five episodes of the series edited into a "movie" and released it on VHS and DVD.

title: Follow Your Heart

overview: When an eight year old girl loses her mother to cancer, her mother's last wish is for her to fall in love and find that special magical person. Twenty years later, she is alone, fired, and broke. When she and a friend decide to relocate to LA to start anew, she becomes attracted to their bus driver. Her friend, however, thinks she should go for someone more secure and established. The question arises: does one marry for love or money?

title: VH1 Inside Out: Leah Remini's Wedding Special

overview: A look into the life and times of actress Leah Remini as her wedding approaches and afterward they attempt to have a baby.

title: Getting Up and Going Home

overview: A middle-aged lawyer struggles to face his inner demons as he finds himself embroiled in affairs with three separate women.

title: The Clapper

overview: Eddie Krumble works as a paid audience member for infomercials and experiences a whirlwind of overnight fame after a late-night talk show host publicizes his frequent infomercial appearances.

title: Mad Families

overview: Three families compete for a camping spot during a busy Fourth of July holiday weekend.

title: Star Witness

overview: A fictionalized account of a possible mob connection to Grace Kelly's death.

title: Second Act

overview: Value Shop assistant manager Maya Vargas wants only one thing for her 43rd birthday -- a promotion. While her résumé may not scream upper management, her track record certainly does; she is an innovator who listens to her customers and delivers results. When she loses the job to a college-educated candidate, Maya sets out to prove to Madison Avenue that street smarts are as valuable as book smarts -- and it's never too late for a second act.

title: Handsome: A Netflix Mystery Movie

overview: LA homicide detective Gene Handsome's knack for solving mysteries is matched only by his inability to make sense of his own problems.

title: Flight Risk

overview: A pilot transports a U.S. Marshal accompanying a government witness to a trial in New York. As they cross the Alaskan wilderness, tensions soar and trust is tested, as not everyone on board is who they seem.

title: The Mother, the Menacer, and Me

overview: Hopelessly stuck in a dead-end job and forced to move in with his disapproving mother-in-law, Eddie Mathews sets out to make his Hollywood dream come true -- urged on by his imaginary villainous companion, who wants to be brought to life.

title: Old School

title: Glory Daze

title: Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks

title: Follow Your Heart

title: Getting Up and Going Home

title: The Clapper

title: Mad Families

title: Star Witness

title: Second Act

title: Handsome: A Netflix Mystery Movie

title: Flight Risk

title: The Mother, the Menacer, and Me