This book is the first and only one of its kind! Every episode (!) of every comedy series from the beginning of television to the 1980 season is listed. Titles, dates, writer, director, producer, music, syndication credits, and background information are provided on each series. Title, writer and director credits, guest stars and a small plotline are given for each episode of the series. There is an exhaustive index to all names. This reference book will help you find the answers to every question quickly from the details about the famous I love Lucy episode when Ricky is born to what actor played the uncle on Petticoat Junction.
Although his rise was comparatively slow, Owens established himself in the public affection with his characterizations of Dr. Pangloss, Caleb Plummer, Paul Pry, Aminadab Sleek, and Timothy Toodle, many of which Burton had popularized ...
His collaborator and longtime friend Kay Thompson described him as “a darling man,” and Michael Morrison, another friend and the business partner of gay actor William Haines, commented that “all sorts of people were drawn to him.
Connoisseurs of fantasy, science fiction, and horror have long recognized the important contributions of thousands of French authors, filmmakers, and artists. The volume is divided into two parts. Part I...
As a 12-year-old, Richard Eyer costarred with Robby the Robot. In Robinson Crusoe on Mars, Paul Mantees costar was a monkey named Barney who received billing as "Mona, the Woolly...
Whether you’re seeking movie gifts or something for the history buffs in your life, this comprehensive guide to animation and cartoons has it all. In this one-of-a-kind definitive history of...
Musical Theater Synopses: An Index is a supplement to Jeanette Marie Drone's successful earlier book, Index to Opera, Operetta and Musical Comedy Synopses in Collections and Periodicals (Scarecrow 1978). The...
Film Noir is a uniquely American genre that has stylistic links to the German expressionist cinema of the 1920s and thematic links to the hard-boiled crime fiction that emerged in...
Studios. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, photos, a bibliography, and over 200 cross-referenced dictionary entries on animators, directors, studios, techniques, films, and some of the best-known characters.
Twenty horror and science fiction moviemakers--both in front of and behind the camera--reminisce about some of their great (and not so great!) films. Merry Anders, Charles Bennett, Ben Chapman, Herman...
Dolores Fuller loaned Ed Wood her angora sweater, but didnt fully realize he was a transvestite until Glen or Glenda was released. Tom Hennesy played the title role in Clint...