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Thursday, October 28, 2010
RIP James MacArthur
Forever remembered as the second in command on Hawaii Five-O, he also had a prosperous stage career before and after the long running program. MacArthur joined the classic tropical cop show after the pilot was created when test audiences didn't like the original. The producer remembered MacArthur from his work on Hang 'Em High and brought him in as a replacement. An avid golfer and traveler, he once drove all the way from London to Malawi, Africa.
Read on for the official press release:
Today the world mourns the loss of internationally-known actor, family man, and humble human being, James Gordon MacArthur. He passed on October 28th 2010 at the age of 72 with his family by his side.
James was born on December 8, 1937 in Los Angeles, California and raised in a theatre atmosphere by his parents, the First Lady of the American stage, Helen Hayes and noted playwright Charles MacArthur residing at their home, "Pretty Penny", on the bank of the Hudson River in Nyack, New York.
As an actor, James had three strong separate careers, Live Stage, Movies and Television. In 1955 prior to his senior year at the Solebury School, James appeared in the TV play, "Deal a Blow". After graduation and before going to Harvard, he went to Hollywood to make the film version of it, renamed "The Young Stranger" which earned him a nomination in the Most Promising Newcomer category at the 1958 BAFTA awards. During summer breaks from Harvard he made "The Light in the Forest" and "Third Man on the Mountain" for Walt Disney. In 1959 and 1960, he made both "Kidnapped" and "Swiss Family Robinson" for Disney and made his Broadway debut playing Aaron Jablonski opposite Jane Fonda in "Invitation to a March" which won him the 1961 Theatre World Award for Best New Actor. He then appeared in "Under the Yum Yum Tree", "The Moon Is Blue", "John Loves Mary", "Barefoot in the Park" and "Murder at the Howard Johnson's" before returning to Hollywood to star in such movies as "The Interns", "Spencer's Mountain", "The Truth About Spring" with Haley Mills, and "Cry of Battle". In 1963, he was a runner up in the Golden Laurel Awards in the "Top New Male Personality" category. He then was a member of the all-star cast which included Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan, Dana Andrews, George Montgomery, Charles Bronson and Telly Savalas in "The Battle of the Bulge".
In 1968 producer Leonard Freeman remembered the actor who did a cameo in the Clint Eastwood movie "Hang 'em High" as the traveling preacher who came on the set, requiring only one take which was excellent. He called James, and cast him as Detective Dan Williams of Hawaii 5-0, who will be forever tied to the phrase "Book 'em Dano!".
After 11 years as Detective Dan Williams, he returned to the live stage in "The Hasty Hearst" with Caroline Lagerfelt", "The Front Page", a play written by his father Charles MacArthur, "A Bed full of Foreigners" in several locals and then played Mortimer in the national tour of "Arsenic and Old Lace" with Jean Stapleton, Marion Ross, and Larry Storch.
MacArthur loved life and all that it had to offer. He was adventurous and a world traveler. In the early 1970s he spent six months driving his Land Rover from London, England to Malawi, Africa with friend, Stan Hattie. He also enjoyed sharing his love for travel with his family taking them on numerous vacations to many exotic locations. James was an avid tennis player and enjoyed skiing, fishing, and hiking. He was a skilled flamenco guitarist and a consummate reader. His passion for playing golf led him to meet and fall in love with his wife, LPGA tour player and teacher, "H.B." Duntz. Throughout his life James developed a long list of friendships and stories to tell along the way. He had a great sense of humor and loved to laugh. He was witty and charming always enjoying a good time. He was often the recipient of practical jokes; however, one could always tell when he was the instigator of a few good ones of his own by that famous little crinkle at the side of his mouth and the twinkle in his eye. He was never one to be lost for words.
MacArthur was deeply honored to speak at the Library of Congress. He also was the Master of Ceremonies at Dan Quayle's Inaugural Ball. He was most supportive of the theatre through the Helen Hayes Awards in Washington, DC serving as a Board member, participant in the Annual Charity Auction and as the presenter of the Charles MacArthur Award for Best Screenplay at the annual Washington Theatre Awards.
In 2001, James was honored with his own star along the Walk of Fame in Palm Springs, California. In 2003, the fourth annual Film in Hawaii Award was bestowed upon him and Hawaii Five-O. The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences honored James with a Gold Circle Award for 50 years of outstanding contributions to the medium in 2008. He was a true master of his craft.
His retirement was as busy as his career spending time with his family, who meant the world to him. He leaves behind his wife of over 25 years, Helen Beth (H.B. Duntz), four children: Charles P. MacArthur (Jenny), Mary McClure (Kevin), Juliette Rappaport (Kurt), James D. MacArthur and seven grandchildren; Ruby Johnstone, Riley Kea MacArthur, Ford and Daisy McClure, Jake, Luke, and Julia Rappaport.
MacARTHUR, James
Born: 12/8/1937, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Died: 10/28/2010, Florida, U.S.A.
James MacArthur's westerns - actor:
Light in the Forest - 1958 (Johnny Butler/True Son)
Wagon Train (TV) - 1959, 1962 (waiter, Dick Pederson)
The Virginian (TV) - 1965 (Johnny Bradford)
Ride Beyond Vengeance - 1966 (census taker)
Branded (TV) - 1966 (Lt. Laurence)
Gunsmoke (TV) - 1966 (David McGovern)
Hondo (TV) - 1967 (Judd Barton)
Bonanza (TV) - 1967 (Jason 'Jase' Fredericks)
Death Valley Days (TV) - 1967, 1968 (Kit Carson)
Hang 'Em High - 1969 (preacher)
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RIP John Crawford
Crawford was spotted by a Warner Bros. scout while attending the U. of Washington's School of Drama and though he failed a screen test he joined RKO as a laborer.
He followed that up by working at Circle Theater in Los Angeles building sets and persuaded the producers to cast him in some of its plays. Soon Columbia signed him to act in its westerns.
He moved to bigger roles in such films as 1958's "Orders to Kill" and "The Key" in the U.K. On his return to the U.S. he wascast in 1970s action pics including "The Enforcer," "Towering Inferno" and "The Poseidon Adventure."
Crawford had recurring arcs in iconic TV shows of the era from "The Waltons" to "Swiss Family Robinson" and "Gunsmoke." He last appeared on TV in 1986's "Hardcastle and McCormick."
In 2009, "My Rodeo Years: Memoir of a Bronc Rider's Path to Hollywood Fame" was published, with Crawford sharing writing credits with stuntman Yakima Canutt.
Survivors include his longtime companion, Ann Wakefield; four daughters; and two grandchildren.
CRAWFORD, John (Cleve Richardson)
Born: 9/13/1920, Colfax, Washington, U.S.A.
Died: 9/21/2010, Newbury Park, California, U.S.A.
John Crawford's westerns - actor screenwriter:
Sons of Adventure - 1948 (George Norton)
Adventures of Frank and Jesse James - 1948 (Amos Ramsey)
Dangers of the Canadian Mounted - 1948 (Danton)
Ghost of Zorro - 1949 (Agent Mulvaney)
The James Brothers of Missouri - 1949 (Mr. Chason)
Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (TV) - 1951, 1953, 1958 (King Bradshaw, MacLaren, Johnny Hendricks)
Raton Pass - 1951 (Sam)
Man in the Saddle - 1951 (Isham rider)
Northwest Territrory - 1951 (LeBeau)
The Roy Rogers Show (TV) - 1952 (Frank Latimore, Jim)
Old Oklahoma Plains - 1952 (Chuck Ramsey)
Son of Geronimo: Apache Avenger - 1952 (Ace Devlin)
Star of Texas - 1953 (Texas Ranger Stockton)
Marshal of Cedar Rock - 1953 (Peters)
Rebel City - 1953 (Spencer)
The Lone Ranger (TV) - Gig Austin, Deputy Phil Watts, Otto)
Conquest of Cochise - 1953 (Capt. Bill Lawson)
Hopalong Cassidy (TV) - 1952, 1953 (Ross, Frank Dale, Sid Michael)
Battle of Rogue River - 1954 (Capt. Richard Hillman)
The Cisco Kid (TV) - 1954 (Sheriff Al White, Sheriff Todd)
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (TV) - 1956 (Johnny Thor)
Sheriff of Cochise (TV) - 1956 (Larry Turner)
Circus Boy (TV) - 1956 (Matt)
Gunsmoke (TV) - 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974 (Hod Scurlock, Loy Bishop, Les Torbet, Hall Biggs, drunk, Yates, Pinto, Amos Strange, Norman Wilson, Frank Blanchard, Hugh Eaton, Muller)
Wagon Train (TV) - 1961 (stranger)
Daniel Boone (TV) - 1965, 1966 (Jeremy Cain, Tolliver, Press Boker)
Duel at Diablo - 1966 (Clay Dean)
Return of the Gunfighter - 1967 (Butch Cassidy)
Hondo (TV) - 1967 (Gar Harker)
The Big Valley (TV) - 1967, 1968 (Jim Stone, Gandy)
The Wild Wild West (TV) - 1968 Professor Philip Colecast)
The Guns of Will Sonnett (TV) - 1969 (Charlie)
Bonanza (TV) - 1970 (Burton Roberts)
The Ballad of Cable Hogue - 1970 [screenwriter]
J. W. Coop - 1971 (rancher)
Nichols (TV) - 1972 (Sgt. Kessler)
The McMahons (TV) - 1976 (Hale Crowley)
Desperate Women (TV) - 1978
How the West Was Won (TV) - 1979 (Marshal Towne)
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again - 1979 (Capt. Sherick)
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
RIP Lisa Blount
By Gwen Moritz, Amanda Morgan and Lance Turner
Lisa Blount, the Oscar-winning Fayetteville native and actress most famous as Debra Winger's best friend in the film "An Officer and a Gentleman," has died. She was 53.
Blount's mother found her in her Little Rock home on Wednesday. The cause of death is not known.
Blount was married to actor and screenwriter Ray McKinnon, who appeared on HBO's "Deadwood" and most recently as a high school football coach in the Sandra Bullock film, "The Blind Side." She and McKinnon won a 2002 best short feature Oscar for the film "The Accountant."
McKinnon had been out of town this week.
On Sept. 9, Blount was inducted into the Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame.
After living 28 years in Los Angeles, Blount and McKinnon had recently moved back to Arkansas. One reason: to make great Southern movies.
"They think the accents are right, but we all know different," she told Little Rock Soiree in a June 2009 cover story.
The immersion in Arkansas culture and community allowed them both to step away from the spotlight a bit and focus on their writing and producing.
"You can only rely on memories for so long. You need life experiences that are current if you're going to tell stories about what you know," she said. "This is where we need to be."
BLOUNT, Lisa
Born: 7/1/1957, Fayetteville, Arkansas, U.S.A.
Died: 10/27/2010, Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.A.
Lisa Blount's western - actress:
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (TV) - 1982 (Talley)
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010
RIP Lamont Johnson
Lamont Johnson, an Emmy-winning director who was honored for his work on the TV programs "Gore Vidal's Lincoln" and "Wallenberg: A Hero's Story" during a wide-ranging career in television, film and theater, died of congestive heart failure at his Monterey home Sunday, his son, Chris, said. He was 88.
Johnson, known for his sensitive treatment of controversial subjects in made-for-TV movies, dealt with interracial romance in "My Sweet Charlie" (1970), homosexuality in "That Certain Summer" (1972), blacklisting in "Fear on Trial" (1975) and the civil rights movement in "Crisis at Central High" (1981).
"I find a great many things that never make it to the big screen because they're controversial wind up on television, and done with a considerable amount of daring," Johnson told the Miami Herald in 1992. "That seems surprising in a medium that's supposed to be timid or anxious."
He also made his mark with stories about World War II, including "The Execution of Private Slovik," a 1974 TV movie starring Martin Sheen as an American soldier executed for desertion. "Wallenberg," a 1985 miniseries starring Richard Chamberlain, told the dramatic story of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who helped save the lives of an estimated 100,000 Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust and disappeared after the Soviet Red Army took control after the fall of Nazi Germany.
In addition to the Emmys, Johnson won Directors Guild of America awards for "My Sweet Charlie" and "That Certain Summer" as well as the 1988 TV movie "Gore Vidal's Lincoln" and a 1964 episode of "Profiles in Courage," based on President Kennedy's book.
He directed a short list of feature films, including "The Last American Hero" (1973) with Jeff Bridges playing stock car driver Junior Johnson.
Lamont Johnson got his start in the business as an actor. Born Sept. 30, 1922, in Stockton, he grew up in Pasadena and attended Pasadena City College, where he performed in radio dramas. He also studied acting at the Pasadena Playhouse and worked as an announcer on local radio. He attended UCLA in the early 1940s before World War II.
Health issues kept him from serving in the military, but he joined the USO and performed for Allied troops in Europe during the war. He married USO actress Toni Merrill, whom he had met at Pasadena City College, in Paris in 1945.
After the war, Johnson began directing plays in Southern California. He then moved on to the new medium of television, starting with "Matinee Theatre" in 1955. He directed episodes of such series as "Have Gun - Will Travel," "Peter Gunn" and "Twilight Zone" before finding his specialty with TV movies and miniseries.
Besides his son Chris of Pebble Beach, Johnson is survived by a daughter, Carolyn Bueno of Valencia; three grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
JOHNSON, Lamont (Ernest Lamont Johnson, Jr.)
Born: 9/30/922, Stockton, California, U.S.A.
Died: 10/24/2010, Monterey, California, U.S.A.
Lamont Johnson's westerns - director, actor:
Have Gun - Will Travel (TV) - 1958, 1959 [director]
Johnny Ringo (TV) - 1959 [director]
The Rifleman (TV) - 1959, 1961, [director]
Destry - 1964 [director]
The Big Valley (TV) - 1966 (Anson Cross)
Gunsmoke (TV) - 1967 (Stoner)
Cimarron Strip (TV) - 1967 [director]
A Gunfight - 1971 [director]
Cattle Annie and Little Britches - 1981 [director]
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Monday, October 25, 2010
RIP Bob Courtney
Born in Dorset, England, he started studying accounting when he left school but with his musical background he was quickly drafted into service with the RAF Entertainment section when he volunteered for national service., He toured many of the World War II battlegrounds in Italy, Greece, Austria and North Africa, entertaining the troops. He arrived in South Africa in 1946, joining the SABC radio the following year as a presenter, producer and quiz master. He originated and presented programmes such as Greet the Bride, Welcome Little Stranger, Stop the Music and Eyegene Jackpot. His program on Radio Today, The Voice of Entertainment, started in 1996 and is still on air. Courtney was a foundation member of the SA National Theatre and performed in a number of stage plays, as well as writing the music and lyrics for shows such as "Dial M for Murder". He also appeared in several SA movies, as well as those made by foreign companies in this country and starred alongside movie greats such as Jacqueline Bissett and Vincent Price. Besides broadcasting, he wass still singing, playing the piano and entertaining guests at corporate functions.
COURTNEY, Bob (Robert Courtney)
Born: 10/25/1923, Dorset, England, U.K.
Died: 10/23/2010, South Africa
Bob Courtney's western - actor:
The Jackals - 1967 (Dandy)
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RIP Geoffrey Foot
By Tony Sloman
Monday, 25 October 2010
Geoff Foot was among the last of a disappearing breed: the gentleman editor, a man whose passion for cinema and whose knowledge of film technique immeasurably aided every picture he worked on, so informed and so subtle was his contribution to both film art and film artifice, that, like many editors, although highly regarded within the film industry, his name and achievements were little known to the picture-going public.
Film historians always had difficulty (and still do) attributing the creative contribution of a film's editor. It is a skill honed by regularity of employment, allied to an instinctive intelligence and an awareness of the infinite possibilities of the medium.
Geoffrey Foot was born in Putney, south-west London, in 1915; his mother, Edith, was a teacher and his father was Evelyn Foot, night editor of the Daily Herald. The young Foot was always interested in film, and on his leaving Latimer School, his father put him in contact with Bill Lott at Ealing Studios, who offered him a job in the camera department. After just a few months, Foot "went upstairs" as second assistant to editor Thorold Dickinson, working on the Gracie Fields vehicle Sing as We Go (1934).
As assistant in the cutting rooms at Ealing, Foot worked on a variety of productions, including both French and English versions of Marcel Pagnol's Topaze (1935) and on The Beloved Vagabond (1936) starring Maurice Chevalier and Margaret Lockwood. Working with editor Dickinson on the turgid Mozart biopic Whom the Gods Love (1936), Foot realised that it was possible to speed up the pace of the film by eliminating tedious transitional shots, utilising direct cutting to actors, and he also suggested eliminating the then-customary time-passing dissolves. It was a technique that Foot would perfect as an editor, most notably in his work for David Lean in Madeleine (1950), and on Johnny Nobody (1961), with director Nigel Patrick.
After Ealing, Foot assisted on Alexander Korda's The Divorce of Lady X (1938), and then followed a series of films for Mayflower, the company formed by actor Charles Laughton and producer Erich Pommer: Vessel of Wrath (1938), St Martin's Lane (1938), and Jamaica Inn (1939), the last directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
When war broke out, Foot joined the Crown Film Unit, and made his solo debut as editor in 1940 on the short film Spring Offensive. Then he was contacted by his old boss Thorold Dickinson, now at the Army Kinematograph Service, for whom Foot directed documentaries about a new recoil-less gun and radar training.
Demobbed in 1947, Foot was offered what was to be his feature-editing debut, Take My Life (1947), directed by Ronald Neame, which was a critical success. Foot next took associate editor credit on the melodrama Blanche Fury (1948).
Ronnie Neame had started directing The Passionate Friends (1949) and had invited Foot to edit the film, but Neame fell out with its star Ann Todd, and resigned after two weeks of shooting. Neame's replacement was David Lean, who Foot had known and admired as an editor. Lean then offered Foot his next film Madeleine (1950), which also starred Todd, who by then Lean had married. But despite constant re-shoots and retakes, both Foot and Lean knew the film didn't quite gel. Nevertheless, Lean's next film was to remain one of Foot and Lean's finest achievements, 1952's The Sound Barrier, an Oscar-winning example of British cinema at its finest.
A couple of well-received British comedies, The Galloping Major (1951) and Innocents in Paris (1953), plus the Lean films, led to Foot being offered the prestigious Walt Disney epic Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue (1953) and Foot took his new bride Bettie along to the Highland location, the first of many such location holidays.
Rank was having production difficulties on a new film featuring a comedian they hoped to turn into a star, and Foot was brought on to Norman Wisdom's Trouble in Store (1953), as second editor, and helped to turn the film into one of Rank's top earners. Offered Wisdom's second feature, One Good Turn (1954), Foot ended up directing much second unit material. The Wisdom films were immensely successful, and led to Foot editing two St Trinian's features.
Walt Disney was so impressed by Foot's work on Rob Roy that he invited Foot to direct two of his theatrical short series People and Places, and Foot enjoyed directorial credit on Wales and Scotland (both 1958).
In 1959 Foot commenced a singular relationship with Irving Allen and Albert R Broccoli's Warwick productions, which was to lead to Foot editing what was to become a career highlight, The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960), which was made necessarily quickly in advance of a rival Oscar Wilde film.
Foot was told by producer Allen that "I've got to have it out in nine weeks," and it was Foot who ensured that that was indeed the case, simultaneously editing, scoring, and sound mixing as soon as director Ken Hughes had completed filming sequences. Composer Ron Goodwin was recording music even before scenes were filmed, and Foot edited the score accordingly. Director Hughes finally saw his own film first completed at the London press screening: the production was an all-round triumph, and paved the way for a distinguished editing career for Foot on international features.
Foot's films included star vehicles for such as Lana Turner in Another Time, Another Place (co-starring the young Sean Connery, 1958), and Susan Hayward in Stolen Hours (1963), plus the epics The Long Ships (1964) and Genghis Khan (1965), on both of which Foot re-arranged the music scores. He also guided Peter Sellers in Sellers' sole directorial outing, a re-make of Mr Topaze, in 1961.
In 1967 Foot was hired as supervising editor on producer-star Patrick McGoohan's ground-breaking television series The Prisoner. Althoughcredited on only four episodes, Foot was responsible for the overall cutting style and editing pace of the whole short-lived series, in particular editing down the first episode ("Arrival") from a 90-minute version to a television hour, and most notably editing and supervising the shoot and scoring of the cult series' remarkable main title sequence and prologue.
Throughout the 1970s Foot continued editing, working on features by directors such as John Hough and Richard Sarafian, and the very successful "Confessions" series (1975, 1976, 1977). In 1980 he was temporarily felled by a heart attack, but he returned to Disney with Hough directing Bette Davis in The Watcher in the Woods (1980) and concluded his career with the Disney TV special The Black Arrow in 1985, also directed by Hough.
"I got out of the swim," avowed the co-founder of the Guild of British Film Editors, whose GBFE membership card bore the newly assigned No 3. "The youngsters came in, and quite rightly so – the business has got to progress."
FOOT, Geoffrey Macadam
Born: 5/19/1915, Putney, Lndon, England, U.K.
Died: 9/9/2010, London, England, U.K.
Geoffrey Foot's westerns - film editor:
The Desperados - 1969
Man in the Wilderness - 1971
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Sunday, October 24, 2010
RIP Chao-Li Chi
April 5, 1927 - October 16, 2010
Philosopher, Teacher, Actor, and Father.
Chao-Li Chi, born in Shansi Province, China, passed away peacefully at home in Granada Hills, CA. His family arrived in New York City in 1939 as a result of the Japanese invasion of China.
Chao-Li received his B.A. from St. John's College, his first Masters degree from New York University, and his second Masters from The New School for Social Research. He passed on his learning throughout his life, both informally at his home and formally, teaching university extension courses in philosophy, the Tao te Ching, and the I Ching. He moved to Los Angeles in 1975 and established the Taoist Sanctuary. He is credited with being one of the first people to introduce Taoism to America. He practiced what he taught, and lived by the Daoist philosophy of modest behavior, humbleness in your heart, and an honorable career for the purpose of service, guidance and encouragement to others.
Chao-Li's performance career began with the East and West Association, under the direction of Pearl S. Buck. He was a featured performer in Maya Deren's 1948 avant-garde short film, Meditation on Violence. He was a regular member of Mara and her dance troupe, and it was while on an engagement in 1967 with Mara that he went to Dayton, OH, and subsequently became the Dance Director of the Living Arts Program and developed its' Dance Department. He was a practitioner of modern dance, Judo, Ai Ki Do, Tai Chi, Ballet, and fencing. His Broadway credits include the original Rogers and Hammerstein's "Flower Drum Song", travelling through 48 states with their National Tour.
As an actor, Chao-Li is perhaps best known for his role as "Chao Li" in the television show Falcon Crest (1981-1990), becoming one of the first native Chinese actors to break into Hollywood. He has appeared in over 51 movies or television programs, including Big Trouble in Little China, M*A*S*H*, The Joy Luck Club, The Nutty Professor, and, most recently, The Prestige, Wedding Crashers, and Pushing Daisies.
Every Saturday morning for almost 30 years he taught Tai Chi in the beautiful courtyard of the Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena, continuing his tradition of teaching Tai Chi that began back in New York in 1948. His students, many of whom studied with him for years, also learned Qi Gung and the Tao te Ching under his tutelage. He also taught Tai Chi at The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute (LA) and Cal State LA.
He is survived by his widow, daughter, and step-son. He was returned to the Heavens on October 21, 2010. There will be a private memorial service. In lieu of flowers memorials may be sent to the Pacific Asia Museum (46 N. Los Robles Ave, Pasadena, CA 91101).
CHI, Chao-Li
Born: 4/5/1927, Shansi Proviince, China
Died: 10/16/2010, Granada Hills, California, U.S.A.
Chao-Li Chi's western - actor:
How the West Was Won (TV) - 1979 (storekeeper)
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Friday, October 22, 2010
RIP Robert Paynter
Directed by Landis and shot by Paynter on 35mm stock, the video is a 14-minute dance extravaganza that features a scarlet-clad Jackson eventually metamorphosing into a ghoul.
By 2006, nine million copies of the video had been sold, and in 2009 it was the first music video to be inducted into America's National Film Registry of the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant.
Robert William Paynter was born on March 12 1928 in south London and educated at Mercer's School, Holborn, and, during wartime evacuation, Collier's School, Horsham, the town where he later settled.
In the early 1950s he began working for the Central Office of Information's Colonial Film Unit (CFU), making several visits to east Africa. On one trip he was appointed personal cameraman to the Emperor Haile Selassie, the last monarch to rule Ethiopia. Another assignment was to help film the Queen's Coronation, his vantage point being high in the roof space of Westminster Abbey.
Moving to become a trainee cameraman with British Transport Films (BTF), Paynter worked alongside contemporaries including David Watkin, who went on to win an Oscar for his cinematography on Out Of Africa (1985), and Billy Williams, who would win an Oscar for On Golden Pond (1981).
Paynter made several shorts for BTF, including Snow Drift at Bleath Gill (1955), depicting the rescue of a goods train trapped by blizzards on the Yorkshire moors. Critics admired Paynter's enduring head-on image of a snowplough charging at full speed into a huge drift, the locomotive spouting smoke and debris in all directions as the lineside workers cheered on the crew.
From the late 1950s and throughout the ensuing decade, Paynter was the cameraman for dozens of television commercials for ITV, promoting brands such as Kellogg's, Mars, Guinness and Oxo, for which he shot several campaigns in his own home.
His career in feature films began with Michael Winner's Hannibal Brooks (1969). Winner's regular cameraman had declared himself too old to be climbing mountains in Austria with heavy equipment, and Paynter was recommended to succeed him.
He remained with Winner throughout the 1970s, on pictures including Lawman (1971); Scorpio (1973) and The Big Sleep (1978). When Marlon Brando starred in Winner's The Nightcomers (1971) he was particularly impressed by Paynter's ability to set and light a shot professionally and at speed. "I never knew you could make films so quickly," the actor remarked.
In the 1980s Paynter worked with John Landis on the comedy-horror An American Werewolf In London (1981); the Eddie Murphy comedy Trading Places (1983); and Spies Like Us (1985). For the director Richard Lester, Paynter also shot Superman II and Superman III (1980 and 1983).
In 1989 he showed off the art of the cinematographer (who oversees the technical side of cameras, film and lenses to achieve the general visual effect required by the director) in When The Whales Came. The film stars Paul Scofield and Helen Mirren, with Paynter employing much soft-focus camerawork to evoke the idyllic island of Bryher in 1914.
His other credits included Strike It Rich (1990), written and directed by James Scott and based on a Graham Greene novella, Loser Takes All (1957). Starring Robert Lindsay as a London accountant who falls for a pretty American (Molly Ringwald), the film gave Paynter an opportunity to vary his palette from the drabness of 1950s London to the garish picture postcard colours of Monte Carlo.
Robert Paynter was admired by his colleagues on both sides of the camera. After a career crafting film shoots, he appeared this year in front of the camera in John Landis's latest film, Burke & Hare, playing a doctor at the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh in 1828.
He married, in 1950, Marjorie Dawson, who died in 2001. Their son and a daughter survive him; another daughter predeceased him earlier this year.
PAYNTER, Robert William
Born: 3/12/1928, London, England, U.K.
Died: 10/20/2010, Isel of Wight, England, U.K.
Robert Paynter's westerns - cinematographer:
Lawman - 1971
Chato's Land - 1972
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Thursday, October 21, 2010
RIP Peter M. Jamison
He worked on 'Point Break,' 'Beverly Hillbillies'
By RACHEL ABRAMS
Production designer Peter M. Jamison, whose credits included "Point Break" and "The Beverly Hillbillies," died Oct. 15 of complications from heart disease in Venice, Calif. He was 66.
Jamison, who worked on more than three dozen films, got his start with a grant from AFI, eventually apprenticing with production designer Jack Fisk on "Trouble in Paradise." He moved up to becoming the sole art director on Roger Corman's "Big Bad Mama" before getting steady work as an art director and production designer over the next three decades. His production designer credits included the laffers "Continental Divide," "Weekend at Bernie's" and "Swing Shift."
As an art director, the Oregon-born filmmaker worked on pics including "Mulholland Dr.," and "The Big Red One."
He recently produced the feature "Bob's New Suit" for Rowan Pictures.
There were no immediate survivors.
JAMISON, Peter M.
Born: 1944, U.S.A.'
Died: 10/15/2010, Venice, California, U.S.A.
Peter M. Jamison's western - production deisgner:
Cowboy Up - 2001
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RIP Corrine Comacho/Michaels
Credited as Corinne Michaels, she had a recurring role on "Rockford Files" from 1974-79. On "Bionic Woman" she had a brief but telling part as a Fembot in the two-part episode "Kill Oscar."
The New Jersey native, born Gloria Angelina Katharina Alletto, moved with her parents to Los Angeles at age 5. She started out modeling and then switched to acting with a part in 1967's "The Wild Wild West" as Artie's date.
She studied piano as a child at the Conservatory of Music and Arts and in high school, she began writing music and modeling.
She followed that up with small parts on "Bewitched," "I Dream of Jeannie," and "The Flying Nun." Later she landed longer parts in such series as "Mannix" and "Medical Center," as Dr. Jeanne Bartlett for 15 episodes.
Feature credits include 1969's "Marlowe," starring James Garner and Bruce Lee.
For the next three decades she would appear in iconic TV shows from "MASH" to "Little House on the Prairie" "Magnum" and "The Waltons." She also had year long part in the soap "Days of Our Lives."
But in 1996, Camacho's focus shifted from acting and she moved to New Mexico to build and run a hospice center, before moving to Oregon in 2001, reinventing herself as a life coach and teaching children's music. In 2006, she released an album titled "Love Notes & Lullabies" that she self-distributed. Survivors include a son, Chris Camacho; daughter, Gabrielle Yasenchak; and two grandchildren.
COMACHO, Corrine (aka Corrine Michaels) (Gloria Angelina Katharina Alletto)
Born: 3/2/1942, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Died: 9/15/1910, Beaverton, Oregon, U.S.A.
Corrine Comancho's westerns - actress:
The Wild Wild West (TV) - 1967 (Artie's date)
Little House on the Prairie (TV) - 1977, 1982 (Eloise Taylor, Grace Snider Edwards)
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010
RIP Tom Bosley
He had been battling a staph infection when he passed away from lung cancer at his Palm Springs home, according to reports.
Bosley's death comes just days after that of another beloved TV parent. Barbara Billingsley, who played mom June Cleaver on 'Leave It to Beaver," died this past weekend.
Bosley also starred in the "Father Dowling Mysteries" series in the late '90s, but he was best knows as Richie and Joanie Cunningham's dad, and Arthur "The Fonz" Fonzarelli's landlord, on "Happy Days," which aired from 1974-84.
The show depicted middle-class life in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the 1950s just as rock and roll was taking hold of the American consciousness.
Bosley's character was typically the calm at the center of the storm, often dispensing his reasonable advice rom the comfort of his easy chair in the Cunninghams' living room.
BOSLEY, Tom (Thomas Edward Bosley)
Born: 10/1/1927, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Died: 10/19/2010, Palm Springs, California, U.S.A.
Tom Bosley's westerns - actor:
The Bang Bang Kid - 1967 (Merriweather P. Newberry)
Bonanza (TV) - 1968, 1969 (Titus Simpson, Hiram Peabody)
The Virginian (TV) - 1969 (Nat Trumbull)
Walker, Texas Ranger (TV) - 2000 (minister)
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RIP Francesco Scardamaglia
SCARDAMAGLIA, Francesco
Born: 2/23/1945, Varese, Lombardy, Italy
Died: 10/17/2010, Rome, Lazio, Italy
Francesco Scardamaglia's westerns - screenwriter:
The Moment to Kill - 1968
The Wild and the Dirty - 1968
Kill Them All and Come Back Alive - 1968
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Monday, October 18, 2010
RIP Johnny Sheffield
By DENNIS MCLELLAN
Los Angeles Times
Johnny Sheffield, the former child actor who played Boy in the "Tarzan" movie series starring Johnny Weissmuller in the late 1930s and '40s and later starred in the "Bomba, the Jungle Boy" film series, has died. He was 79.
Sheffield died Friday of a heart attack at his home in Chula Vista, near San Diego, about four hours after he fell off a ladder while pruning a palm tree, said his wife, Patty.
"He was a jungle boy to the end," she said, noting that her husband of 51 years wasn't too high in the tree when he fell, but "sometimes he was way up there."
The son of British actor Reginald Sheffield, Johnny Sheffield was 7 when his father saw an advertisement in the Hollywood Reporter that asked, "Do you have a Tarzan Jr. in your backyard?"
The curly-haired Sheffield beat out more than 300 other youngsters for the role of Boy in the 1939 movie "Tarzan Finds a Son!," in which Tarzan and Jane (Maureen O'Sullivan) wind up adopting the young child whose parents were killed in a plane crash in the jungle.
1. Sheffield, who had appeared in "On Borrowed Time" on Broadway in 1938, recalled in a 1997 Los Angeles Times interview that there were two parts in testing for the role of Boy.
"The first was just talking to Weissmuller, and that was no problem," he said. The second part was a swimming test, which for young Sheffield presented something of a problem: He couldn't swim.
The swimming test with Weissmuller, the winner of five Olympic gold medals in swimming, was held at the Hollywood Athletic Club.
"He jumped into the deep end of the swimming pool," Sheffield told the Times in 1997. "He knew I couldn't swim. He said, 'Jump in.' I jumped in the deep end and he took my arm and set me on his knee. He said, 'You're doing fine. Hold your breath, we're going under.'
"We (later) did a lot of those scenes like that in the movies, where I was holding on to him underwater and swimming. We got out of the pool, toweled off and he said, 'This kid can swim fine.'"
From 1939 to 1947, Johnny Sheffield played the leather loincloth-clad Boy in eight Tarzan films, including "Tarzan's Secret Treasure" and "Tarzan and the Amazons."
Weissmuller was always "kind and tender toward me," Sheffield told The Associated Press in 1984, shortly after the actor he called Big John died at age 79.
"He was like a father to me," Sheffield said. "He was always looking out for me. We worked with a lot of live animals and a lot of times, when they got tired, the animals would get feisty.
"There was this one big chimp who got pretty mad one day and was about to bite me while we were on the set. But Big John stuck his leg between me and the chimp, and he was the one who was bitten."
Sheffield attended school on the MGM lot while making the "Tarzan" films and went to public school when he was not.
"You can imagine what it was like at school: Here comes the son of Tarzan!," he said in a 1997 interview with the San Jose Mercury News. "I had to learn how to take care of myself. This is a lot of pressure on a kid when he's trying to figure out who he is and where he's going in life."
After appearing in his final "Tarzan" film, "Tarzan and the Huntress," in 1947, Sheffield landed the starring role in the 1949 film "Bomba, the Jungle Boy," the first in a dozen low-budget "Bomba" movies made at Monogram Pictures.
"I loved it because I was now the star," he told the San Jose Mercury News in 1997. "We filmed them all on a sound stage, but I was amazed at the production quality we got in them."
But as Sheffield said in the 1984 AP interview, "I wasn't into the crowds and adulation. You got to love it to be in that business."
After "Lord of the Jungle," the final "Bomba" movie in the series, was released in 1955, he left the film business.
Sheffield, who was born in Pasadena, Calif., on April 11, 1931, earned a degree in business from the University of California, Los Angeles, and moved to Yuma, Ariz., where he worked for a large company that farmed various crops.
He later went into the real estate business in Malibu and Carmel, then spent many years working for a corporation that imported lobsters from Baja California and became a contractor whose projects included restoring a couple of buildings in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter.
Despite being out of the limelight for decades, Sheffield continued to receive fan mail.
"The mail always says, 'Hey, we want to thank you a lot for some good times at the movie show,'" he said in the 1997 Times interview. "They watched the movies, went home and put up a rope and started swinging."
Besides his wife, Sheffield is survived by his sons, Patrick and Stewart; his daughter, Regina; his brother, William, and a grandson.
SHEFFIELD, Johhny (John Matthew Sheffield Cassan)
Born 4/11/1931, Pasadena, California, U.S.A.
Died: 10/15/2010, Chula Vista, California, U.S.A.
John Sheffield's western - actor:
Lucky Cisco Kid - 1940 (Tommy Lawrence)
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Saturday, October 16, 2010
RIP Barbara Billingsley
Published: October 16, 2010
The actress who some believe to have personified the quintessential TV mom has died. Barbara Billingsley, star of Leave It to Beaver, passed away early this morning at the age of 94. The exact cause of death is not known but she had been in poor health for some time.
Born in Los Angeles to Robert Collyer Combes, a police chief, and Lillian A. Combes, she was the youngest of three children. Billingsleyfs parents divorced while she was still a child and she fell in love with drama in school.
After spending a year at a Los Angeles junior college, Billingsley went to Broadway as part of the Straw Hat revue. It quickly closed but she stayed in New York and worked as a fashion model. In 1945, she landed a contract with MGM and appeared in a number of small roles in movies until the mid-1950s. Those led her to be cast in several TV programs of the day.
In 1957, Billingsley was signed to play June Cleaver, the mother on the Leave It to Beaver sitcom, and received top billing over Tony Dow, Hugh Beaumont, and Jerry Mathers. The show initially aired on CBS but, after one season, moved to ABC and ran for five more years. The series ended on its own terms and was one of the few of that era to have a series finale. In the last episode, June is cleaning and comes across a photo album. The Cleaver clan ends up recounting experiences theyfve had together via clips from earlier episodes.
After that, Billingsley was typecast as the perfect mother and found it difficult to land other roles for several years. She guest-starred on a number of shows over the years, sometimes in her Leave It to Beaver persona. Billingsley also voiced the gNannyh caretaker of the Muppet Babies characters on that animated series for 107 episodes. Billingsley found new notariety by playing the gjive ladyh in the first Airplane! movie.
In 1983, she joined most of the original Beaver cast for the Still the Beaver reunion movie on CBS. That led to a whole new Beaver sitcom called The New Leave It to Beaver. That lasted for 104 episodes and Billingsleyfs character was now an active widowed grandmother who became a member of the Mayfield City Council.
One of Billingselyfs last on-screen roles was in a cameo as Aunt Martha in 1997Œs Leave It to Beaver feature film. Other original TV castmembers, Ken Osmond and Frank Bank, had small roles as well.
Billingsley was married three times and her last husband died in 1981. She is survived by two sons, several grandchildren, and generations of grateful TV viewers.
BILLINGSLEY, Barbara (Barbara Lillian Combes)
Born: 12/22/1915, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Died: 10/16/2010, Santa Monica, California, U.S.A.
Barbara Billingsley's westerns - actress:
The Sea of Grass - 1947 (bridesmaid)
The Valiant Hombre - 1948 (Linda Mason)
Inside Straight - 1951 (Miss Meadson)
Oh! Susanna - 1951 (Mrs. Lark)
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RIP Shannon Christie
October 12, 2010
Our loving mother, actress and friend passed away on Oct. 12, 2010. She will be remembered for her zeal for life and beautiful smile. Survived by daughter Michelle, son in law Brian and grandson Jack. She will be laid to rest next to her daughter Kim. Pierce Brothers Valley Oak.
CHRISTIE, Shannon
Born: 9/21/1934, U.S.A.
Died: 10/12/2010 Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Shannon Christie's westerns - actress:
Alias Smith and Jones (TV) - 1971 (Florence)
Bonanza (TV) - 1972 (Mary Elizabeth)
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Friday, October 15, 2010
RIP Simon McCorkindale
'Falcon Crest' player suffered from liver, bowel cancer
By Mimi Turner
Oct 15, 2010, 02:51 PM ET
LONDON – "Falcon Crest" actor and longtime British star Simon MacCorkindale has died at the age of 58 after a long struggle with cancer, his agent Max Clifford said Friday.
MacCorkindale, who played British lawyer Greg Reardon in the eighties soap -- which also starred Jane Wyman, Lorenzo Lamas and Mel Ferrer -- also appeared in "Death On The Nile" and spent six years on the British medical drama "Casualty."
The actor died Thursday night surrounded by his family in a private Harley Street clinic.
He had been diagnosed with bowel cancer four years ago, which had later spread to his liver.
His wife, the actress Susan George, said he had fought valiantly against the ravages of the disease.
"He fought it with such strength, courage and belief. Last night, he lost this battle, and he died peacefully in my arms..to me, he was simply the best of everything, and I loved him with all my heart."
MacCORKINDALE, Simon
Born: 2/12/1952, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, U.K.
Died: 10/14/2010, London, England. U.K.
Simon MacCorkindale's western - actor, producer:
Queen of Swords (TV) - 2001 (Cpt. Charles Wentworth)
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RIP Nils Hallberg
Hallberg appeared, during his nearly 60-year career, in 105 films and about forty plays. Hallberg was 89 years.
His breakthrough came when he was a 13-year-old and starred in the film "Donald Anderson Skans" in 1934. Through the years he appeared as Tim in "Hemsöborna" in 1955 and Tom in Arne Mattsson's "Love's bread" in 1953. Hallberg left films during the '70s and then worked in the theater.
He passed away peacefully with family around him. It was quiet and nice, "said his son, the comedian Messiah Hallberg. He is survived by wife, three children and four grandchildren.
HALLBERG, Nils
Born: 9/18/1921, Stockholm, Sweden
Died: 10/8/2010, Stockholm, Sweden
Nils Hallberg's western - actor:
Wild West Story - 1964 (barber)
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Thursday, October 14, 2010
RIP Jiri Krizan
PRAGUE (AP) -- Jiri Krizan, a Czech screenwriter who served as an adviser to President Vaclav Havel, has died. He was 68.
Jan Krystof, a regional manager of the TOP 09 party, says Krizan died of a heart attack on Wednesday in the eastern village of Branky.
Born Oct. 26, 1941, Krizan was not allowed by the communist regime to study until 1960s. His father was executed following a political trial in 1951.
Krizan wrote screenplays to more than a dozen movies, including "Shadows of a Hot Summer," which was directed by Frantisek Vlacil and won the top award at the 1978 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
After the 1989 collapse of communism, Krizan became Havel's adviser and served as deputy interior minister from 1992 until 1995, when he returned to screenwriting.
KRIZAN, Jiri
Born: 10/26/1941, Valašské Meziříčí, Protectorate of Bohemia and MoraviaDied: 10/13/2010, Branky, Czechoslovakia
Jiri Krizan's westerns - screenwriter:
The Claim at Deaf Creek - 1972
A Canyon Full of Gold - 1972
David Sandel's Last Shot - 1972
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
RIP Alberto Lardani
LARDANI, Alberto
Born: 19??, Italy
Died: 10/11/2010, Italy
Alberto Lardani's western - film editor:
Run, Man, Run - 1968
Opening Credit for "Run, Man, Run" link: http://www.watchthetitles.com/articles/0043-Run_Man_Run
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RIP Michael Hugo
Born in France in 1930, Hugo fought with the French Resistance during World War II and served in the French Army in the 1950s. He started his film career in the camera department soon after and during the early 1960s in Gaul. By the late 1960s, Hugo transplanted to Hollywood and in 1967 began work on the skein "Mission: Impossible."
He served as director of photography on 19 episodes of "The Streets of San Francisco," and in the 1980s he worked for eight years on "Dynasty" as d.p. and helmed two episodes, which aired in 1986. He returned to shoot "Dynasty: The Reunion" in 1991 and lensed "Melrose Place" in 1992-96.
In 1978, he was nominated for a primetime Emmy award for cinematography in the miniseries "The Awakening Land," starring William H. Macy, Jane Seymour and Elizabeth Montgomery.
Hugo, also lensed several feature films including 1969's "The April Fools," starring Jack Lemmon; and "Number One," with Charlton Heston; plus 1971's "Bless the Beasts and the Children."
Later in his career, in 2001, Hugo joined the U. of Nevada Las Vegas' department of film as a professor, where he often led field trips to Los Angeles and spent weekends at student film shoots.
He was a member of the American Society of Cinematographers.
Survivors include his wife, Gloria; a daughter and two sons; plus two grandchildren.
HUGO, Michael
Born: 1930, France
Died: 10/12/2010, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A.
Michael Hugo's westerns - cinematographer:
Mrs. Sundance (TV) - 1974
The Mountain Men - 1980
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Tuesday, October 12, 2010
RIP Angelo Infanti
Italian actor Angelo Infanti, 71, died today in the hospital in Tivoli, of a heart attack. Infanti became sick at his home in Zagarolo, a small town near Rome, where he was born February 16, 1939.
Infanti was known for his roles in the first films of Carlo Verdone: "Borotalco" in 1981 and "White, Red and Verdone", 1982. He also starred for Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather" as the killer Fabrizio, for Luchino Visconti "The Leopard" and Marco Ferreri "Story of Piera" he was also linked to the series "Black Emanuelle" by Joe D'Amato. With Bud Spencer he three films: "Big Foot", "Big Foot in Egypt", and "Soldier of Fortune". Since the 90s he was primarily devoted to television drama, among others participating in Terence Hill's "Don Matteo" and "Seafarers". Among the recent film "Il seme della discordia" directed by Pappi Corsicato, "Ex" by Fausto Britt and "Letters to Juliet" by Gary Winick.
INFANTI, Angelo
Born: 2/16/1939, Zagarolo, Lazio, Italy
Died: 10/12/2010, Tivoli, Lazio, Italy
Angelo Infanti's westerns - actor:
$4.00 for Vengeance - 1966 (Haller)
Ballad of a Pistolero - 1967 (Blackie)
A Man Called Sledge - 1970 (prisoner)
Judge Roy Bean - 1971 (Buck Carson)
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RIP Manuel Alexandre
Spanish actor Manuel Alexandre, who appeared in over 300 movies in secondary roles in a career spanning over seven decades, died of cancer Tuesday at a Madrid hospital, his family said. He was 92.
Regarded as one of the last representatives of a golden age in Spanish cinema, he appeared in many famous comedies including "Bienvenido, Mr. Marshall" ("Welcome Mr. Marshall") in 1953 and "Amanece, Que no es poco" ("Dawn Breaks, Which Is A Lot") in 1988.
He also made a name for himself in theatre and television. His last major role was in the 2008 television mini-series "20-N" where he played Francisco Franco during the right-wing dictator's last days.
"I think that in this profession luck is decisive. It also plays a role in other areas of life," Alexandre said in an interview he granted in 2007.
The actor never married or had children. A wake will be held for him on Wednesday at Madrid's Teatro Espanol before he is cremated at the Spanish capital's Almudena cemetery.
ALEXANDRE, Manuel (Manuel Alexandre Abarca)
Born: 11/11/1917, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Died: 10/12/2010, Slamanca, Castile and Leon, Spain
Manuel Alexandre's westerns - actor:
Zorro the Avenger - 1962 (Abarca)
A Few Bullets More - 1967 (Viejo)
Trinity Sees Red - 1970 (Agustin)
Reurn of El Coyote - 1998 (Julian)
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Sunday, October 10, 2010
RIP Basil Keys
He was the 1st assistant director on The Upturned Glass (1947), Dancing with Crime (1947), Morning Departure (1950), Albert RN (1953), The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954), Reach for the Sky (1955), Seven Waves Away (1957) and Night of the Demon (1957). As a production manager he worked on Third Man on the Mountain (19590), Naked Prey (1966) and Here We Go Around the Mulberry Bush (1967) and as an associate producer he worked on Carry on Regardless (1962), Paranoiac (1963), Zulu (1964), Catch Us If You Can (1965) and O' Lucky Man (1972).
KEYS, Basil
Born: 19??, U.K.
Died: 2010, U.K.
Basil Keys' western - production manager.
The Trap - 1966
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Saturday, October 9, 2010
RIP William W. Norton
The action-movie specialist's best-known script was for 1968's 'The Scalphunters,' starring Burt Lancaster. But the former Communist later rededicated himself to leftist ideals and smuggled arms for rebels in Northern Ireland.
William W. ("Bill") Norton, a successful screenwriter whose post- Hollywood life took a turn as dramatic as the fast-paced action movies he once wrote when he became a gunrunner for rebels in Northern Ireland, died Oct. 1 in Santa Barbara. He was 85.
The cause of death was a heart aneurysm, said his son, television director Bill L. Norton.
Norton was best known for writing "The Scalphunters" (1968), a comedy-western directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Burt Lancaster and Ossie Davis. He went on write several movies for actor Burt Reynolds, including "Sam Whiskey" (1969), "White Lightning" (1973) and "Gator" (1976).
NORTON, William W. (William Wallace Norton Jr.)
Born: 9/24/1925, Ogden Utah, U.S.A.
Died: 10/1/2010, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.
William W. Norton's westerns - screenwriter:
The Big Valley (TV) - 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969
The Scalphunters - 1968
Sam Whiskey - 1969
The Hunting Party - 1971
September Gun (TV) - 1983
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Thursday, October 7, 2010
RIP Roy Ward Baker
Baker's early career, from 1934 to 1939, was spent working for Gainsborough Pictures, a British film production company based in Islington, North London, famous for its prestige productions. His first jobs were menial - making tea for crew members, for example - but by 1938 he had risen through the ranks to work as assistant director on Alfred Hitchcock's "The Lady Vanishes".
He served in the army during World War II, until transferring to the Army Kinematograph Unit in 1943 in order to make better use of skills developed in his pre-war career producing documentaries and teaching materials for troops. One of his superiors at the time was novelist Eric Ambler. It was he who gave Baker his first big break directing "The October Man", from an Ambler screenplay, in 1947. Ambler also adapted Walter Lord's "A Night to Remember" for Baker's 1958 screen version.
During the early 1950s, Baker worked for three years in Hollywood where he directed Marilyn Monroe in "Don't Bother to Knock" (1952) and Robert Ryan in 3D film noir "Inferno" (1953). He returned to the UK for the latter part of the decade, but defected to television in the early 1960s.
He directed episodes of "The Avengers", "The Saint" and "The Champions" - all adventure series created with an eye on the American market. The low-budget ethic of television production made him well-suited to his next career move into cheaply produced but lavish-looking British horror films. He directed, amongst others, "Quatermass and the Pit" (1967) "The Vampire Lovers" (1970) and "Scars of Dracula" (1970) for "Hammer, and Asylum" (1972) for Amicus.
In the latter part of the 1970s he returned to television, and throughout the 1980s continued to work on shows such as "Minder". He retired in 1992.
BAKER, Roy Ward (Roy Horace Baker)
Born: 12/19/1916, London, England, U.K.
Died: 10/5/2010, London, England, U.K.
Roy Baker's western - director:
The Singer Not the Song - 1961
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Monday, October 4, 2010
RIP Anabel Shaw
Published in San Francisco Chronicle on October 3, 2010
SHAW, Anabel (Marjorie Henshaw)
Born: 6/24/1921, Oakland, California, U.S.A.
Died: 7/16/2010, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.
Anabel Shaws' westerns - actress:
At Gunpoint - 1955 (Mrs. Ann Clark)
26 Men (TV) - 1958
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Saturday, October 2, 2010
RIP Oscar Avogadro
AVOGADRO, Oscar
Born: 8/9/1951, Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Died: 9/30/2010, Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Oscar Avogadro's western - screenwriter:
Coco Bill (TV) - 1997 [screenwriter]
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Friday, October 1, 2010
RIP Stephen J. Cannell
Cannell died Thursday night at his home in Pasadena from complications of melanoma, according to his family. He was 69.
"Aside from being a legendary television producer and prolific writer, Stephen was also a devoted husband, loving father and grandfather, and a loyal friend,' according to a family statement."
Mr. Cannell is survived by his high school sweetheart and wife of 46 years, Marcia, their three children, Tawnia, Chelsea and Cody, and three grandchildren.
Stephen was the pillar of strength within his family and he touched everyone he met. He will be most deeply missed.'
The family requested that in lieu of flowers, donations be made in his memory to the American Cancer Society or International Dyslexia Association.
Cannell, who suffered from dyslexia most of his life, wrote hundreds of episodes of dozens of television shows, beginning with "Ironside,' "Columbo' and "Adam-12' in the early 1970s.
But he became a force in Hollywood after creating the character of Jim Rockford while writing for a series called "Toma.'
"The Rockford Files,' starring James Garner, ran for 122 episodes.
He also created and wrote memorable series including "Baretta,' "The Greatest American Hero,' "Hardcastle and McCormick,' "21 Jump Street,' "The A-Team' and "Wiseguy.'
CANNELL, Stephen Joseph
Born: 2/5/1941, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Died: 9/30/2010, Pasadena, California, U.S.A.
Stephe J. Cannell's western - actor:
Posse - 1993 (Jimmy Love)
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RIP Mickey Freeman
FREEMAN, Mickey (Irving Freeman)
Born: 2/12/1917
Died: 9/21/2010, New York City, New York, U.S.A.
Mickey Freeman's western - actor:
Lancer (TV) - 1968 (Toogie)
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text: DIY, Gifts DIY Slippers With Interchangeable Fabric Flowers Continuing with our theme of handmade gifts, I wanted to share this easy DIY for glamming up a pair of slippers for the holidays with some easy interchangeable fabric flowers that I created to dress-up a pair of slippers. Supplies List Slippers Large Circle Punch or Cup/Jar that you can trace to create your circles Fabric Quarters or Scrap Fabric 1 Piece of Felt Decorative Buttons Hot Glue Gun & Glue Sticks 3/4″ Circle Heavy-Duty Magnets OR you can use Velcro circle dots (reinforced with hot glue) Directions: 1. Begin by cutting out nine circles of your fabric for each flower. For a pair of shoes, you will need eighteen of these circles in total. I used a large circle punch and created my template out of scrap card stock, but you could also trace a cup to create your own template. 2. Next cut out two smaller circles of felt. I just freehanded these. You will be using these as the base of your fabric flowers. 3. For these fabric flowers, we are going to make the flower more flat than we did in my flower clips that I have a tutorial for, so they will lay nice and flat on your slippers. Begin by folding your circle in half and then half again. Add a dab of glue on the bottom and secure it to your flower. Repeat this process three more times and it will fill the base of the flower. 4. Add another layer on top of the flower, folding them as I shared above, and weaving them between the layers of the flower until it is full. If you like the look of it with just eight petals, that is okay too. You just want to make sure that the flower is filled out entirely. 5. Add a dab of glue to your button and secure it to the top of the flower. Repeat all of these steps again to make the second one for the second shoe. 6. You can secure your fabric flowers directly on to your slippers (suggested if you are committed to your flowers), or you can add a magnet OR Velcro dots (in the sewing supplies of your craft shop) to the top of these and then secure a magnet/Velcro dot to the back of the flowers to make these interchangeable. If making an interchangeable set with magnets, be sure to test your magnets to make sure they are attracting and select heavy-duty magnets that will really hold these flowers to your slippers. I absolutely love these slippers and loved them so much I may have kept them for myself and now have to run out and get supplies to make more of them! If you like this project, I know you will love these 54 handmade gifts to give, my yarn ball ornaments to give for the holidays, these adorable knitted coffee cup sweaters, and our easy burlap wreath for gift-giving! Published December 09, 2013 by: Amy Allen Clark is the founder of MomAdvice.com. You can read all about her here.

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We think it's among a handful of the most "happening" research organization in the world if you are interested in doing research with significant impact on science (especially BioHealth) or social, human, and economic development using the latest in semantic-empowered computing. We have probably the largest academic research group on Web 3.0, Semantic Web, and semantic computing, exploiting social big data, sensor/IoT big data, health big data, and biomedical big data. Our faculty members come from Computer Science (with expertise in bioinformatics, text processing/IR, knowledge representation and reasoning, machine learning, natural language processing, data mining, network science, cloud computing and privacy, visualization, etc.), the College of Engineering and Computer Science, the Boonshoft School of Medicine, and the College of Science & Mathematics (cognitive science and biomedical sciences).
A significant majority of our work is multidisciplinary, with an emphasis on working with real-world data, developing robust, well-engineered tools, services, and solutions and achieving real-world impact—all while making theoretical and fundamental progress in core disciplines. Kno.e.sis research has coined the terms and led corresponding research themes in Smart Data, Citizen Sensing, Semantic Sensor Web, Semantic Perception, Physical-Cyber-Social Systems, Semantic-Cognitive-Perceptual Computing, and Computing for Human Experience.
Kno.e.sis' most important outcome are its world-class graduates who are second to none. Our graduates routinely compete against their peers from top 20 universities, and win. Here are two concrete measures of our quality:
- The list of the top organizations in World Wide Web. Wright State University routinely features among the top 10 organizations in the field of World Wide Web (WWW) based on 10-year impact. This is particularly significant since work in this field started at Wright State with the establishment of the Kno.e.sis Center in 2007.
- 11 out of 18 PhDs advised by Prof. Sheth have over 1,000 citations each, and 3 advisees have over 5,000 citations! Even seasoned researchers would envy our graduates' citation record!
Our educational philosophy is "learning how to learn." We prepare students for long-term success that goes beyond good technical skills. Training encompasses communication, presentation, leadership, and teamwork. Most of our work is done in small teams. Our students are very successful. Advisees of faculty in the center have been employed in research universities (e.g., NCSU, Case WRU, and George Mason University), major companies (e.g., Accenture Labs, IBM, Yahoo, Microsoft, and SAP) and start-ups. Several are now successful high-tech area entrepreneurs. We have an excellent alumni network. Practically all students do internships at top institutions including IBM Research (Almaden, TJ Watson, and Bangalore), HP Research, National Library of Medicine, Oracle, and Amazon. Faculty have prior experience in starting successful companies as well as R&D in large established companies, and several are actively engaged with companies as co-founders, advisors, and consultants.
With nearly 20,000 students from all 50 states and 64 countries, Wright State offers an inclusive, diverse learning community to prepare students to succeed in today's global economy. Our commitment to diversity and inclusion is a driving force behind all of our strategic initiatives.
Our Ohio Centers of Excellence, coupled with the ongoing success of the Wright State Research Institute, are transforming the Dayton and West Central Ohio regions. Current and future collaborations in business, industry, and government will stimulate our economy by creating high-paying jobs. Our world-class faculty and staff mentor students, preparing them for the workforce of tomorrow.
Kno.e.sis has exceptional resources. The third floor of the new Joshi Research Center is dedicated primarily to the activities of the Kno.e.sis Center and the LexisNexis Ohio Eminent Scholar, Dr. Amit Sheth. Our computing resources include a major cluster of 864 CPUs, 17 TB main memory, 18 TB SSD, and 435 TB of disk space, supporting computing that uses Hadoop and Spark-supported big data processing.
An additional virtualization environment and project-specific computing is hosted on multiple racks of Linux and Windows servers. We also have access to the Ohio Super Computing Grid and the world-class Appenzeller Visualization lab. The Center also has Web and video conferencing and multiple conference rooms.
The Ohio Eminent Scholar position was established by an $11 million state award to fund a Wright Center of Innovation for Advanced Data Management and Analysis. Our research is well-funded with federal (NSF, NIH, AFRL, etc.) and state money. All PhD students are funded.
We are still growing; the CSE department seeks to recruit young faculty for two open positions that will expand and strengthen the Center's expertise and scholarship. The Center may be recruiting post-docs and software engineers (contact the director). Highly motivated students should check out instructions for prospective students and contact relevant faculty (be sure to check faculty member's web pages and his/her Quora account first).
Prospective Graduate Students
Interested students should look at the information on graduate studies in computer science for general information, including application forms. Prospective graduate students are also encouraged to refer this additional valuable information. GTA, GRA, and Fellowships are also available; the Kno.e.sis Center currently has around forty-eight GRAs, and all PhD students are currently funded. Students interested in GRA support should study the department's research information, as well as the Kno.e.sis website (including, its projects, funding, and faculty pages). Once you identify your specific area of interest (and only then) you may write to respective faculty leading that research.
Prospective Undergraduate Students
The Kno.e.sis Center currently has funding for two undergrads who would like to engage in and support our research related to Web technologies. For more information contact Tonya Davis, Kno.e.sis Administrative Coordinator.
Undergraduates are encouraged to meet with faculty members to investigate additional opportunities.
International Summer Interns
Kno.e.sis Center hosts a couple of summer interns each year to engage with our researchers and undertake independent projects. In general, the program seeks students who meet all or most of the following criteria:
- have completed the third year in a four-year bachelor's degree program
- are in the top 25% of their class
- are from one of the top 10% of universities in their country (universities whose admissions are based on national exams or competition)
- want to pursue graduate studies in the US and will apply for admission to a PhD program starting one academic year after the summer internship
- are interested in one of the areas in which Kno.e.sis excels
- can demonstrate strong programming expertise in Java or C++
- have been exposed to basic Web technologies
- have participated in technical or scientific extracurricular activities such as research projects and competitions
- have shown an excellent work ethic
We invite interested students to study our Web site thoroughly and then to write a letter expressing their interest, with a link to their Web site, to Prof. Sheth and e-mail to Tonya Davis.
Some of the past summer internship details are available at the past visitors page.
U.S. Summer Interns
We certainly welcome US undergrads in their third year with an interest in pursuing graduate studies with a focus in our areas of expertise. Contact Prof. Sheth via Tonya Davis. For more information contact Tonya Davis, Kno.e.sis Administrative Coordinator. We generally do not host summer interns unless a student is already engage in a collaboration with a faculty or his/her group.
The Community and Region
Learn more about the vibrant sports, cultural and intellectual life in Dayton by starting at Active Dayton. In a few clicks, you'll reach the resources you want. ActiveDayton pools resources (newspaper, television, radio). It's also complete and comprehensive. There's breadth and depth close to the action.
If you already live in the immediate area, you've heard about the new RiverScape
Park downtown, but have you actually seen the permanent sculpture inspired by the aluminum can pop-top? It's in the sculpture garden showcasing local
inventors and Video Transcript inventions. You can go there any day, or do it in conjunction with a special RiverScape event.
- If you live a little further away—Cincinnati, Columbus, Indianapolis, Cleveland, Detroit, and Louisville—you may have come to the Erwin J. Nutter Center on the Wright State campus to see a group on a national tour or to cheer at a Dayton Bombers hockey game. Would you also be interested in live entertainment at the local clubs? Or a Dayton Dragons minor league baseball game for a fun time close to the action?
- Or maybe you're from a large metro area—Chicago, DC, Atlanta or St. Louis—and you've only been to the Dayton International Airport when you were passing through? Make Dayton your DESTINATION instead!! You can drive here in a day.
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Housing and rental costs are key factors that determine cost of living this article gives comparative idea on the relative cost in this area. Cost of living is reasonable in the Dayton area, according to students in the program. "Housing can eat up two thirds of a graduate student's budget," an article about grad school in a recent education issue of US News cautions prospective students to be prepared. Although specific stipends and costs varied, it is clear that even with subsidized university housing, government welfare programs, long commutes, and shared housing, much of one's income disappears on basic costs. Childcare only adds to the burden. The bright note in the article? A shared (two-person) "deluxe two-bedroom [apartment] for a mere $325 a month" in Dayton, Ohio. The cost in 2007 is still only approximately $350/month. "Can you afford the rent?" by Margaret Loftus, usnews.com, September 25, 2001.
Faculty Excellence
In addition to his duties as the Lexis-Nexis Ohio Eminent Scholar for Advanced Data Management and Analysis, Amit Sheth serves as the executive director of the Ohio Center of Excellence in Knowledge-Enabled Computing (Kno.e.sis). Kno.e.sis has one of the largest academic research groups in Semantic Web/Web 3.0 that is pioneering new techniques in knowledge- and semantic-enabled computing. The Center has 15 faculty members led by Sheth, supports 45 researchers (mainly PH.D. students), and directs research in nine labs. "Dr. Sheth's research accomplishments are extraordinary," said Thomas Sudkamp, associate provost for undergraduate studies and the University College. "His publications span a wide variety of research topics including information integration, metadata, workflow management, semantic web and knowledge services, and services science" he has made significant contributions in all of these areas. His extensive list of publications includes coauthoring two books, co-editing six more, one of which is the most cited paper in query processing using multiple ontologies. But what truly sets Sheth apart is the guidance and leadership he provides to his students, helping them establish themselves as the next generation of leaders in their field. "A true teacher and mentor, Dr. Sheth takes greater pride in the accomplishments of his students than obtaining personal recognition," said Sudkamp. Bor Jang, former dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science, said of Sheth, "He is the quintessential professor who has consistently excelled in all areas of academic endeavor. In terms of publishing, academics, leadership, and economic impact, he is without peer at Wright State University."
Financial Assistantship
Kno.e.sis usually has around 50 funded students. Most PhD students are fully funded from the start, usually as a GRA. Fellowships are available for outstanding applicants. Most US MS and several undergrad students are funded too. International MS students almost never get funding at the start of their MS studies, but some are funded if they get involved in funded research. For International MS students, is best to take a course with a faculty you hope to be funded by, and demonstrate your readiness to engage in research to improve your chances for funding.
Students are advised to thoroughly review this web site including faculty web pages, carefully read instructions provided for prospective students by the faculty whose research areas match your interests, and then contact that faculty. Communicating with the current students and alumni may also be valuable. For International PhD applicants, completing the application by early February improves the chances of funding for a fall start. Admissions are granted year-round and some faculty may be open to a summer or spring start.
Major Themes: Physical-Cyber-Social Systems, Semantic-Cognitive-Perceptual Computing.
Computer Science Areas: bioinformatics, text processing/IR, knowledge representation/reasoning, machine learning, natural language processing, data mining, network science, cloud computing and privacy, semantic web, visualization.


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Today's Arab News has a humorous column about Saudi women driving. This is a good sign - when people start to find the humor in the situation, change will likely come soon. It seems healthy to me that writers and thinkers are beginning to poke fun at themselves over this social quandry. The author is Dr. Khalid Alnowaisir, an attorney and columnist.
Eureka...the solution for women to drive cars
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It's a funny thing about seasonality. We tend to associate that with the abundance of summer and fall, when Nature spoils us with an
embarrassment of riches. Winter is a crueler time, stoic and practically begging for the hearty dishes that fill and nourish us. But even now there's a seasonality uniquely of the moment that makes lighter dishes and tastes possible and welcome.
I'm thinking about Meyer lemons a lot these days. I hope they won't become a year round thing; foods should be savoured for their fleeting appearance, valued because they are that much more uncommon. And there's something about these sunny lemons that makes me think of the Mediterranean: of lazy afternoons, warmth and indolence. I'm thinking of myself sitting at a café table for one, the mysterious woman with the fabulous hat and Jackie O shades, delicately eating a light and tasty fish dish that's drenched with lemons, olives, fennel. I'm thinking I just might make this for dinner again tonight.
serves two
1 lb halibut fillet
2 Meyer lemons, thinly sliced
1 fennel bulb, trimmed and thinly sliced, fronds reserved*
½ to ¾ c assorted good quality Mediterranean olives
2½ c olive oil
Fine sea salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
A good finishing salt, such as Maldon (optional)
Poaching firm fleshed fish in olive oil and cooking in a low heat oven is a wonderful way to prepare halibut. Surprising, the oil doesn't absorb into the fish at all.
1. Preheat the oven to 250F°. Rinse and pat the fish dry and season with salt and pepper. Use a light hand with the salt; the olives will add to the dish's saltiness. Set aside.
2. Line a shallow glass baking dish with fennel fronds. Top with a layer of the lemons and then a layer of fennel slices. Place the fish on top.
You can't have too many fronds at the bottom of the dish; supplement with the celery-like stalks in a pinch
3. Sprinkle the olives on top and around the fish. Add another layer of lemons and fennel slices. Carefully pour the olive oil into the dish until the fish is almost completely submerged.
Don't worry about the olive brine getting into the dish
Note the the oil is not covering the lemons and fennel, but is covering the fish
4. Bake in the middle rack of the oven for one hour, or until the fish is flaky. To serve, remove the fish from the dish with a slotted spoon and divide amongst two plates. Garnish with the lemon and fennel slices and the olives. Add a pinch of Maldon salt to finish the dish, if desired. Just be careful about the overall saltiness of the dish.
5. Pour a glass of Alsatian Pinot Gris, don your most fabulous hat and dream of the Mediterranean while you eat.
*Regarding fennel fronds. I got lucky when I went to Fiesta Farms for the fennel; Serge in produce was just trimming a big crate of fennel for restocking. If you can sweetly wheedle a bag of the discarded frond tops, they make an excellent lining for fish dishes, as I've used them here, or to stuff into whole salmon. If you really want to capitalise on an unexpected bounty of fronds, mince and measure the feathery greens into three tbsp portions and freeze in little baggies to have ready to make Fennel-Olive Oil Quick Bread.


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IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH, as opposed to the MYTHS, FALSE RELIGIOUS BELIEFS and LIES about SEX, feel free to visit : http://sexed4every1.blogspot.com/Due to numerous requests for uncensored VIDEO CLIPS of pinoy PENE, I have inserted some more video clips below.
Before reading my post about Filipino Erotica, can you guess from which Filipino erotic movie the scene below was taken from?
WARNING: The video below is UNCENSORED and contains male and female full frontal nudity and sex. It also features a former beauty queen who became a mainstream actress. Don't watch it if you're easily offended by sexually graphic scenes. (As if you won't ...LOL)
It's a controversial film (with a very interesting plot) and it was shown abroad which explains why I found English subtitles for it and understood the dialogues. I'm from Geneva, Switzerland but I frequently visit Manila and Cebu so I'm very familiar with Filipino culture.
If you want to have the entire movie with ENGLISH SUBTITLES without having to download a huge file from torrents or if you want more video clips like this, simply contact my friend through SKYPE: coolmultilingual or through YM: cmultilingual
And now, my ARTICLE about EROTICA in Philippine Cinema.
EROTICA and PORNOGRAPHY in Philippine Cinema
The Philippine government currently prohibit PORNOGRAPHY --- although you can see people in local markets in the Metro openly buying and selling pirated PORN DVDs. For instance, if you go to Quiapo, you'll most likely be approached by guys who'll convince you to buy 'DVD-DVD', which they pronounce 'di-Bi-di', di-Bi-di'
Some BOLD actors such as the one in the clip above succeed in penetrating the showbiz mainstream. Most of them fail, though.
The girl's name is Anna Marie Guttierez, a very good sexy actress in the 80's.
Do you recognize the guy in the video clip above? CLUE: He's now a prominent politician somewhere in Luzon.
Only EROTIC movies are allowed to be shown in cinema which must always go through the MTRCB, which censors and cuts scenes deemed too explicit for public viewing, before they are shown in mainstream movie houses.
Do you recognize the PENE STARS in the video clip above?
However, during the mid-80's, 'pornographic scenes' in films were tolerated and movies which feature full frontal nudity and hardcore stuff such as oral sex and penetration were shown in mainstream cinema. These movies were often called 'PENE' films.
Here is an alphabetical list of notable erotic movies which contained a lot of very 'sexplicit' scenes. Some of the films in the list below contained hardcore 'PENE' stuff similar to old Danish movies or Brazilian pornochanchada films with thematic plot but contained pornographic scenes.
LEGEND: *LT = loose translation
TRIVIAL NOTE: My native languages are French and German so please bear with my loose translation. I also speak Filipino (but not yet very fluent) because I have spent more than 10 years in Manila.
Alapaap (1984) { LT: Sky } MAIN CAST: Ed Villapol, Eva Rosa Palma, Isadora, Mark Gil, Michael De Mesa, Tanya Gomez, William Martinez DIRECTOR: Tata Esteban
Alexandra (1985) MAIN CAST: Angela Perez, Jaime Fabregas, Liza Lorena, Roy Alvarez, Tony Carreon, Val Sotto ; DIRECTOR: Elwood Perez
Alindog (1986) { LT : Sexual Assets}
MAIN CAST: Greggy Liwag, Avon Cortez, Dick Israel,Ben Morro, Odette Khan, Bobby Benitez and Lampel Cojuangco ; DIRECTOR : Kaka
Ang Walang Malay (1986) { LT: The Unconscious OR The Naive One}
MAIN CAST: Vida Verde, George Estregan, Robert Lee, Ada Alberto/ Introducing Farrah Floro/ DIRECTOR : Ronnie San Juan
Araaayyyy!!! (1986) { LT: Ouuuuchhhh!!! } MAIN CAST : Patrick dela Rosa, Janice Jurado/ Introducing Paola Berenguer; DIRECTOR : Cezar Abella
Bed Sins (1985) MAIN CAST: Sarsi Emmanuelle, Liza Lorena, Al Tantay, Joel Torre, Patrick dela Rosa, Rafael Roces, Brandy Ayala/ DIRECTOR: Mario O'Hara
Boatman (1985)- MAIN CAST: Sarsi Emmanuelle, Suzana Love, Josephine Manuel and Ronnie Lazaro/ DIRECTOR: Tikoy Aguiluz
Brown Emmanuelle (1982) Myrna Castillo, Girl Guerrero ; introducing the 14-year old Pepsi Paloma DIRECTOR: Celso Ad Castillo
Clarizza (1986) { LT: name of the female lead }
MAIN CAST : Luis Gonzales, Liza Lorena, Lito Pimentel and Sarsi Emmanuelle/ with Lucita Soriano, Roxan Recto, Gil Guerrero ; DIRECTOR : CBT & RDG
Company of Women (1985) MAIN CAST: Ariel Moral, Aya Fernando, Becky Misa, Irma Alegre, Miz Alindogan, Mark Gil, Tani Cinco, Zelda Soler DIRECTOR: Mel Chionglo
Desperada (1986) {LT: Desperate Woman} MAIN CAST : Vida Verde, Greggy Liwag, Elsa Enrile, George Estrgan, Dick Israel, Amanda Amores, Mark Joseph DIRECTOR: Francis Posadas
Di Maghilom ang Sugat (1986){ LT: The Wound Won't Heal} MAIN CAST: Anna Marie Gutierrez, Cristina Crisol, Maureen Mauricio and Gino Antonio DIRECTOR: W. Pascual
Dingding Lang ang Pagitan (1986) { LT: Only a Wall Separating Us } MAIN CAST :Maria Isabel Lopez, Orestes Ojeda, Albert Eugenio and Olivia Ortiz/ DIRECTOR: Ruben S. Abalos
Disgrasyada (1979) { LT: Disgraceful } MAIN CAST: Johnny Wilson, Rio Locsin, Rolly Quizon, Ronald Corveau, Subas Hererro DIRECTOR: Elwood Perez
Donselya (1986) { LT: name of the female lead} MAIN CAST: Cristina Crisol, Zandro Zamora, Perla Bautista, Val Iglesia/ Introducing Lolita Lamar; DIRECTOR: Arsenio 'Boots' Bautista
Flesh Avenue (1986) MAIN CAST: Jacklyn Jose, Liza Lorena, Ronnie Lazaro, Odette Khan, Dick Israel and Julio Diaz/Introducing Lola/ DIRECTOR: Tata Esteban
Halik sa Pisngi ng Langit (1986) { LT: A Kiss on Heaven Cheeks } MAIN CAST : Ronaldo Valdez, Greggy Liwag, Mark Joseph and Lala Montelibano/ Introducing Didith Romero/ DIRECTOR: Efren C. Pinon
Hanguin Mo Ako Sa Putik (1984) { LT: Remove me from Mud} STARRING : Stella Strada
Hapdi (1986) { LT: Pain } MAIN CAST: Ernie Garcia, Olivia Ortiz, Gino Antonio, Maureen Mauricio and Maria Montes/ with Raoul Aragonn, Robert Talabis, Nick Lizaso, Robert talby DIRECTOR: Joey del Rosario
Hayok (1986) { LT: Lustful/Lascivious } MAIN CAST: Maria Isabel Lopez, George Estregan, Susan Bautista, Manny Luna, Albert Eugenio, Maureen Mauricio DIRECTOR: Anthony Taylor
Hubad na Pangarap (1987) { LT: Naked Dream } MAIN CAST: Anna Marie Guttierez, Julio Diaz, Lola, Michael de Mesa DIRECTOR: Abbo de la Cruz
Hubo sa Dilim (1985) {LT: Naked in the Dark} MAIN CAST: Maria Isabel Lopez, Chanda Romero, Michael de Mesa, Lito Gruet, Isadora, Tony Carrion, Jaime Fabregas/ DIRECTOR: Tata Esteban
Huwag Pamarisan: Kulasisi (1986) {LT: Do not be like this Mistress} MAIN CAST: Maria Isabel Lopez and Anna Marie Gutierrez/ with Raoul aragonn, Jun Santiago, Tani Cinco, Emil Sandoval DIRECTOR : Nilo Saez
Isla (1984) {Island} MAIN CAST: Maria Isabel Lopez/ DIRECTOR: Celso Ad Castillo
Kapirasong Dangal (1986) {LT: A smidgen of dignity}
MAIN CAST: Maria Isabel Lopez, Raoul Aragonn, Dick Israel, Tani Cinco, Gino Antonio, Emily Loren, Mina Mirasol, Elsa Enrile, Mishelle Zobel and Dante Rivero ; DIRECTOR: Nilo Saez
Katorse (1980) { LT: Fourteen (years old) } MAIN CAST: Alfie Anido, Celia Rodriquez, Dina Bonnevie, Gabby Concepcion, Lucita Soriano DIRECTOR: Joey Gosiengfiao
Kiri (1986) { LT: Akward } MAIN CAST : George Estregan, Patrick dela Rosa, Mark Joseph, Dick Israel and Lampel Cojuangco. DIRECTOR : Francis 'Jun' Posadas
Kirot (1983) { LT: Pain } MAIN CAST: Dennis Roldan, Edgar Mande, and Stella Strada/ with Raoul Aragon, Perla Bautista, Joonee Gamboa, Dexter Doria/ DIRECTOR: by Arsenio 'Boots' Bautista
Macho Dancer (1988) MAIN CAST: Allan Paule, Daniel Fernando, Jacklyn Jose DIRECTOR: Lino Brocka
Magkayakap sa Magdamag (1986) {LT: Embracing each other all night long}
MAIN CAST : Alona Alegre, Olivia Ortiz and Anna Marie Gutierrez/ with Al Tantay, George Estregan, Orestes Ojeda, Emil Sandoval DIRECTOR : Nilo Saez
Materyales Fuertes (1986){LT: Luxurious}
MAIN CAST: Myrna Castillo, Mishelle Zobel and Lola/ with George Estregan, Dick Israel, Mark Joseph, Bobby Benitez & Toots Papa ; DIRECTOR : Tata Esteban
Mga Nakaw na Sandali (1986) { LT : Stolen Moments } MAIN CAST: Maria Isabel Lopez, Al Tantay, Liz Alindogan, Ronaldo Valdez and Stela Suarez, Jr. DIRECTOR: Nilo Saez
Nagaapoy na Gabi {LT : Burning Night } MAIN CAST : Maureen Mauricio, Zandro Zamora, Nick Romano, Scarlet Suarez, Eddie del Mar, Jr., Lito Anzures and Kristal Kristobal / Directed by Tito Sanchez(1986)
Paraisong Gubat (1986) { LT: Jungle Paradise } MAIN CAST: Cristina Crisol, Azenith Briones, Josephine Manuel, Lito Gruet and Tanya Gomez ; DIRECTOR : Tito Sanchez
Private Show (1986) MAIN CAST: Jaclyn Jose, Gino Antonio and Leopoldo Salcedo ; DIRECTOR : Sixto Kayko (aka- Chito Rono)
Puri (1984) { TL: Purity/Virginity } MAIN CAST: Dennis Roldan, Jaime Fabregas, Joey Hipolito, Leonard Urso, Lorli Villanueva, Stella Strada, Tani Cinco DIRECTOR : Elwood Perez
Room 69 (1985) MAIN CAST: Irma Alegre, Pepsi Paloma, Emily Loren, Myra Manibog, Glenda Araneta, Lito Gruet, Raul Calma and Sarsi Emmanuelle ; DIRECTOR : Artemio Marquez
Sabik, Kasalanan Ba? (1986) {LT: Sex-starved, Is it a sin?}
MAIN CAST: George Estregan, Daria Ramirez, Tani Cinco, Maureen Mauricio, Gino Antonio and Joy Sumilang ; DIRECTOR: Lito De Guzman
Scorpio Nights (1985) MAIN CAST: Anna Marie Guttierrez, Daniel Fernando, Orestes Ojeda DIRECTOR: Peque Gallaga
Selos (1987) { LT: Jealousy } MAIN CAST: Amanda Amores, Bobby Benitez, Cherrie Madrigal, Ronald Nepomuceno
Sensual (1986) MAIN CAST: Charito Solis, Chanda Romero, Lito Gruet and Barbra Benitez/ DIRECTOR: Marilou Diaz-Abaya
Sex Education (1984) MAIN CAST: Edgar Mande, Rey 'PJ' Abellana, Lito Pimentel, Greggy Liwag and Stella Strada/ with Melinda Mendez, Manjo del Mundo/ DIRECTOR: Mike Relon Makiling
Shame (1983)- MAIN CAST: Robert Arevalo, Patrick dela Rosa and Claudia Zobel/ DIRECTOR: Elwood Perez
Silip (1986) {LT: Peek / Peep }
MAIN CAST : Maria Isabel Lopez, Mark Anthony, Sarsi Emmanuel DIRECTOR: Elwood Perez
Snake Sisters (1984) MAIN CAST: Sarsi Emmanuelle, Coca Nicolas, Pepsi Paloma/ DIRECTOR: Celso Ad Castillo
Stop: Abortion (1986) MAIN CAST: Greggy Liwag, Mishelle Zobel, Didith Romero, Delia Razon, Anthony East and Lampel Cojuangco ; DIRECTOR: Leonardo Q. Belen
Sumagad sa Laman, Tumagos sa Buto (1986) {LT: It Penetrated the Flesh and the Bone}
MAIN CAST: Cristina Crisol, Maureen Mauricio, Jenny Varga and Rowena Ruiz/ with Ramon Zamora, George Estregan, Charlie Davao DIRECTOR: Henry Rufino
Takaw Tukso (1986) { LT: Tempation-Hungry } MAIN CAST: Anna Marie Gutierrez, Gino Antonio, Julio Diaz and Jaclyn Jose / DIRECTOR: W. Pascual
Tubog sa Ginto (1980) { official translation: The Gilt } MAIN CAST: Eddie Garcia, Hilda Koronel, Jay Ilagan, Lolita Rodriguez, Luis Gonzales, Mario O'Hara, Marissa Delgado, Veronica Palileo DIRECTOR: Lino Brocka
Tukso sa Mundo (1986) { LT : Temptation in the World } MAIN CAST: Daniel Fernando, Tani Cinco, Mishelle Zobel, Didith Romero and Maureen Mauricio ; DIRECTOR: Eduardo Palmos
Unang Gabi (1986) { First Night } MAIN CAST: Maria Isabel Lopez, Vida Verde, George Estregan, Cristina Crisol and Orestes Ojeda/ DIRECTOR: Anthony Taylor
Unfaithful Wife (1986) MAIN CAST: Michael de Mesa, Joel Torre and Anna Marie Gutierrez/ Directed byPeque Gallaga
Virgin Forest (1985) MAIN CAST: Stars Sarsi Emmanuelle, Miguel Rodriguez/ Introducing Abel Jurado/ DIRECTOR: Peque Gallaga
Virgin People (1983) MAIN CAST: Janet Bordon, Myrna Castillo, Pepsi Paloma/ Directed by Celso Ad Castillo
White Slavery (1985) MAIN CAST: Sarsi Emmanuelle, Emily Loren, Jacklyn Jose, Patrick dela Rosa, Ricky Davao/ DIRECTOR: Lino Brocka
Sex-oriented films also paved the way for highly respected actresses such as Alma Moreno and Jacklyn Jose just like Hollywood's Demi Moore and Sharon Stone.
If you're Filipino, you'll surely recognize a lot of the 'bold stars' below who have 'graduated' from doing sex-oriented films and have catapulted themselves into well-respected and award-winning artists in the Philippines.
However, most sexy stars and particularly the 'bomba' stars who joined the 'PENE-bandwagon' during this era who gained fame and notoriety in the mid-80's faded out of the limelight after a few years of prominence in Philippine cinema.
It's very interesting that the so-called PENE movies proliferated during the time of the newly installed revolutionary government of President Cory Aquino in the mid-80's. In fact, in 1986 alone, more than 30 erotic movies which are called 'BOLD' or 'BOMBA' films by locals were shown in mainstream cinemas. Most of these bold flicks not only featured lots of frontal nudity but actual sex scenes called 'PENE' short for penetration. Did the political turmoil and brouhaha surrounding the new administration caused such tolerance by a very conservative country?
PENE SCENES FROM 80's FILMS:
Currently, PORN is illegal in the Philippines but is somehow tolerated as you can see people OPENLY buying and selling pirated copies of foreign PORN movies and also a few underground Filipino PORN which usually feature sex scandals of locals recorded on video. Celebrity sex scandals such as the Jojo Veloso scandal from way back then and the most recent Doctor Hayden Kho sex scandal featuring popular mainstream actresses Katrina Halili and Maricar Reyes are some of the most controversial sex scandals that made headlines nationwide.
The uncensored video clip below is a sample of Filipino porn on the internet which is probably made by foreigners.
A recent Indie film, 'Serbis' by Brillante Mendoza featured very explicit scenes such as frontal nudity of the female lead, oral sex between a shemale and a guy as well as an erect penis of the male lead, Coco Martin. The film received praise from Hollywood actor Sean Penn the first time it was shown at Cannes.
Here's a sample of an underground porn film with an all-Filipino Cast:
If you're gay, just ignore the pechays and if you're lesbian, just ignore the okras.
If you have problems downloading or would like to request for something funsxy, feel free to contact my friend through SKYPE: coolmultilingual or YM: cmultilingual.
P.S.: There's this humorous film starring Eddie Garcia and some old comedians which was a sex-comedy that I'm sure every Filipino would find interesting.
Batuta ni Drakula (1971) { LT: Dracula's Baton [ MAIN CAST: Eddie Garcia, Panchito, Marilou Ver, Vina Morena, Vicky Sandoval, Pugak, Jerry Pons/ Directed by Luis San Juan
CULTURAL NOTE: 'Batuta' is a sort of euphemism for the Tagalog term for 'cock /schlong' which in the Tagalog language is 'burat'. The lead star of this funny film became known as 'Manoy' which is another euphemism for the male private part.
If you are interested in funsxy Filipino LGBT films such as the films below, feel free to visit: http://funsxylgbt.blogspot.com/
The video clip below contains sexplicit language which is kinda funny.
Can you guess from which award-winning sexplicit film the clip above was taken from?
The horny girl is played by the 'sexcellent' actress Anna Marie Guttierez while the guy's name, whose 'titi' she missed a lot is Daniel Fernando who boldly showed his erect manhood in the uncensored version of this film.


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At a glance, they look like unrelated events unfolding thousands of miles apart and yet, they're both windows into Canada's passive partnership with the US in the war on terror.
On Tuesday, the release of a previously classified video shows a Canadian teenager accused of killing a US soldier in Afghanistan sobbing during an interrogation by Canadian intelligence officials in Guantánamo Bay.
Meanwhile, in British Columbia, protesters gathered at the Canada-US border to dispute a federal court's decision the day before to deport Robin Long, a 25-year-old US Army deserter who fled to Canada in 2005, refusing to fight an "illegal war of aggression" in Iraq.
In a country that provided refuge to an estimated 90 percent of some 100,000 deserters and draft dodgers who went into exile during the Vietnam War, it's an unprecedented decision – though perhaps not unexpected, given the political temper of the times in Canada.
"These two events are intimately connected," explains Michael Byers, a political science professor at the University of British Columbia. "They are a sad legacy of our alignment with the Bush administration in the post-9/11 world. Both reflect a desire of the Canadian government to choose its relationship with the Bush administration over human rights."
He adds that while the former Liberal government had worked to accommodate some of its closest ally's preferences since 9/11, the Conservative government of Stephen Harper is following in lock step with US foreign-policy goals.
The lawyers for 21-year-old Omar Khadr released the video of his Guantánamo interrogation hoping to pressure Ottawa into lobbying Washington for the repatriation of Mr. Khadr, still not convicted after six years in detention. He is the only Western detainee left at Guantánamo.
"It's time for Canada to stand up to the United States," says Nathan Whitling, one of Mr. Khadr's lawyers. "Canada is not a puppet to the United States or the Bush administration."
The Canadian government has firmly maintained its stance, however. In a written statement to the Monitor, Eugénie Cormier-Lassonde, spokesperson for Canada's department of foreign affairs, says Khadr faces "serious charges ... includ[ing] murder, attempted murder, conspiracy, material support for terrorism, and spying, all in violation of the laws of war."
Khadr, born in Toronto and raised by Islamic fundamentalist parents, was sent to Guantánamo at age 15 after being captured in Afghanistan and deemed an "enemy combatant." The Pentagon alleges that Khadr threw a grenade that killed a US soldier during an attack on a suspected Al Qaeda compound. According to an in-depth Rolling Stone profile citing US government information, Khadr and his family had lived in Osama bin Laden's compound in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, before going to fight with the Taliban against US forces.
The case has divided Canadians. Some decry the notion that he should be returned to Canada because of his alleged links to terrorism. However, human rights advocates and legal groups around the world have been pushing for Khadr's release, arguing that he is a "child soldier," and raising concerns about the implications of this case on human rights around the world.
Foreign affairs critic Wayne Marston of the New Democratic Party says Khadr should be given a chance to salvage the rest of his life. "He was an immature juvenile," explains Mr. Marston. "He was following the lead of his father. In many ways, he was simply acting as a dutiful son." [Editor's note: The original version misstated the name of Mr. Marston's party.]
While Khadr awaits a fall trial in Guantánamo, Mr. Long, the US Army deserter, was quietly deported to Fort Knox, Ky., Tuesday morning. He's believed to be the first resister to the US war effort in Iraq to be sent out of Canada.
"It's immoral," says Sarah Bjorknas, coordinator of the Vancouver War Resisters Support Program, whose group has been contacted by some 50 deserters. "This is about protecting international human rights. It's a terrible precedent and we'll be working to make certain it doesn't happen again."
Ms. Bjorknas says she believes the move is particularly troubling because, having been a vocal opponent to the Iraq war, Long will be treated harshly by the American military.
Long joined the US Army in 2003 believing the war in Iraq was justified. But he changed his mind during training, troubled that no weapons of mass destruction had been found in Iraq and by images of the mistreatment of Abu Ghraib detainees in 2004. He filed a refugee claim in 2005 – the only way deserters can stay in Canada, a change since the Vietnam days – arguing that he would suffer irreparable harm if sent back to the US.
In her ruling, Federal Court of Canada Justice Anne Mactavish disagreed. She said that according to the evidence before her, between 2002 and 2006 about 94 percent of US deserters were not prosecuted or jailed. She cleared the way for Long's deportation late Monday, dismissing further appeals to stay in Canada.


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Dear Developer,
I recently relocated from Seoul to Taiwan. I can't find Taiwan as a country, but Hong Kong and Macau, who are not countries.
Besides that I wish Amiga OS 4.x could support Asian languages for display and input. If you need a translator, I volunteer
I want to use my Amiga as a full working station and not depend on Linux.