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To land a sportswriting job on a national magazine run by a chauvinistic editor, an aspiring female reporter convincingly disguises herself as a man to get the inside story.
Starring Thea Vidale, this series marked the first time an African American female comedienne was the star of a self-named series.
A young college boy finds himself entangled in a deadly scheme when he meets up with an unbalanced heiress with murder on her mind. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide
Terror strikes with a knock on the door...
This charming comedy follows the quest of a young girl to find her unknown father through the vivid streets of New York. The film begins in Brooklyn as 17-year old Sam again asks her mother about her estranged father and again receives no answers. The determined girl then sneaks a look into her mother's 1976 datebook to look for clues. She finds two potential fathers and so writes each of them a letter of introduction. One of the men is a Latino trumpet player. He is also a womanizer. The other is Anglo, owns an art gallery, is very wealthy, and gay. Both of them are delighted at the prospect of having a daughter. Sam must now find a balance between her mom and two dads. The two disparate men teach her much about the diversity of life outside of Brooklyn. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
A brainy girl turns bimbo and a football star turns brainy in order to attract each other's attention.
Alana, a teen-aged girl from the year 3000, finds herself trapped in 1990 with a criminal from the year 2500.
MOVIE REVIEW
A Christmas 1979 TV-movie offering based on the semi-autobiographical book written in 1973 by Pete Hammill. Gary Frank plays the Hammill counterpart, a Brooklyn-born sailor about to be shipped off to the Korean War. Frank decides to use his 3-day pass to discover if his girl friend really loves him, if he can communicate at last with his troublesome parents, and if he can get his own life together before being sent into battle. Julie Harris plays Frank's mother, while Glenn Ford portrays Frank's pugnacious, one-legged Irish dad. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Gideon Oliver is an anthropology professor at Columbia University who (aided by his daughter/assistant Zina) uses his knowledge of other cultures to solve crimes.
The world we create is the world we live in...
Sophie Ware is a musician who returns to run the family farm after her father's death.
This is a tale about two children who are put in a foster home.
A destitute young horse jockey and gambler resorts to debt-collecting for a racketeer..JPG)
Story of a family in the (then) future of 1999, and how the son's invention of pro-hockey armor affects the rest of the family. Written by the great Gerald DiPego..JPG)
The story of Paul Gaugin (1848-1903), the Parisian stockbroker who left his job, his wife and his five children for the life of an artist in Tahiti, was superbly fictionalized in Somerset Maugham's "The Moon and Sixpence". "Gaugin the Savage" is the same story with no names changed, told in two wearisome hours. David Carradine is the right age for Gaugin, and certainly does well in conveying the man's callous self-absorption. But we never quite see the inner fire that would compel a man to totally kick over the traces at age 35 and devote the remaining 20 years of his life to art and debauchery. This made-for-TV movie is at its best when showcasing Gaugin's fiercely brilliant paintings. Otherwise, "Gaugin the Savage" is as shallow as its advertising campaign, which showed a goateed David Carradine standing in the middle of Tahitian garden with both fists clenched--more closely resembling a disgruntled magician rather than a brilliant artist. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
A nearly wordless visual narrative intercuts two main stories and a couple of minor ones. Directed by Derek Jarman.
The spectacle behind the spectacle..JPG)
With live performances from Billy and the Beaters and a Tangerine Dream score.
It's not science fiction. It's something else.
The life of Gaby Brimer, a girl physically handicapped, who finally gets her goals of study and triumph.
An outlaw gang hanged by a posse in the late 1880s comes back from the grave to terrorize the descendants of the posse's leader.
Two policeman are sent on a routine assignment to serve an eviction notice.
Forgotten by time...Awakened by science...An ancient warrior faces the battle of his life.
Scott and Kate are married and so in love. Scott is over 60 years old, while Kate is at least thirty years younger..JPG)
The Devil is a woman! She is on the run and being pursued by God's "chaser", (who is an ex-lover coincidently).
A soldier-of-fortune steals some Russian nerve gas from Afghanistan, and brings it to the U.S. to be analyzed.
A writer moves into a Malibu beach house, and comes up against the ghost of an actress who supposedly had committed suicide there 30 years previous, but in actuality had been murdered by her boyfriend.
An examination of the classic rock album, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", and the year of its debut, 1967.
With a now-familiar format of going behind the scenes to look at certain processes and industries. Very entertaining, apparently based on a series of books by a gentleman named William Poundstone.
Daily goings-on at an "upscale" tabloid magazine. Morgan Brittany & David Birney starred as competing reporters. It had the typical Spelling trademarks, lots of drama, lots of guest stars and lots of relationship problems.
Remake of a classic, mostly falls flat. Surprisingly B-A-D.
Kate is a high-powered, workaholic executive who discreetly takes time off from her work to live with her artist friend Holly..JPG)
A Shanghai cop who is a master of martial arts fights crime with the Los Angeles Police Department..JPG)
Sam Gavin decides to relocate his family from Houston, Texas to a sheep station in Australia to protect his eleven children from the "destructive influences" of modern American society. Because of business obligations, he fails to join them and, more or less, abandons his wife, Liz, to the hardships of her new surroundings.
The theme music was composed by Wendy Haas-Mull, with lyrics by Martin Mull. In the show Martin Crane is a commentator for a local Seattle TV station. His spot - "Domestic Life" - is about the humorous side of family life. Cliff Hamilton and Jane Funkabo are his co-workers on the news. His own family includes wife Candy, 15 year old daughter Didi and his 10 year old businessman son Harold..JPG)
Trevor Hale is attractive, witty, uncommonly intelligent - and he may be Cupid, the Greco-Roman god of erotic love.
Jeannie uses her magic powers to thwart her sister, Jeannie II, who has designs on Major Nelson.
A cop and his wife adopt three young boys with parents who were either cops and/or killed in the line of duty.
Marriage counselor Susan DeRuzza winds up sharing office space with divorce attorney Jack Harold and sparks fly..JPG)
From Hollywood, California. This is the movie premiere of the Judy Garland rendition of "A Star is Born". With a stage literally on Hollywood Boulevard directly in front of the world famous Pantages Theatre, many of the old-school stars come to the mic to expound on the greatness of Hollywood in general. A special segment showcases 4 young starlets of the day, most notable being Paula Raymond. A stunning beauty and a special friend across time, rest in peace Paula.
