Stage, Film, & Television Flashcards
Jennifer Love Hewitt as title psychic Melinda Gordon
2005-2010
THE GHOST WHISPERER
Lifetime film & series
Jennifer Love Hewitt as a “spa” worker
2012-2013
THE CLIENT LIST
British cartoon series about a rodent secret agent with an eye patch
1981-1992
2015-2019
DANGER MOUSE
Villainous spinoff of Danger Mouse
1988-1993
COUNT DUCKULA
1999 film
Based on David Guterson’s novel about Japanese-Americans & internment camps set in the Pacific Northwest
Stars Ethan Hawke
SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS
1985 film starring William Hurt (who won an Oscar for it)
Based on Manuel Puig’s novel
Set in a South American prison
KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN
1974 road trip film starring Art Carney & a cat as the title duo
Art Carney won best actor Oscar for it
HARRY & TONTO
1983 film starring Susan Sarandon
Also stars David Bowie & Catherine Deneuve as vampires
THE HUNGER
TikTok influencer
Acting debut in 2021’s “He’s All That”
ADDISON RAE
Played FDR on stage in “Sunrise at Campobello” (1958) & won a Tony for best actor for it
Played the same role in the same-named film (1960)
RALPH BELLAMY
Ontario Mohawk actor
Played Tonto
JAY SILVERHEELS
Played the Lone Ranger on film & television
CLAYTON MOORE
Character that debuted on radio in 1933 on WXYZ, Detroit
Television series 1949-57
Various films, including one in 2013 with Armie Hammer & Johnny Depp
Theme song: “William Tell Overture” (Rossini)
Answer to the question “Who was that masked man?”
Played by Clayton Moore on TV
THE LONE RANGER
TV sidekick of the 50s
Catchphrase “kemo sabe”
Played by Jay Silverheels
TONTO
The Lone Ranger’s horse
“Hi-ho!” or “Hi-yo!”
SILVER
Tonto’s horse on “The Lone Ranger”
SCOUT
Played “I Dream of Jeannie” title role
Memoir “Jeannie Out of the Bottle” (2011)
BARBARA EDEN
Astronaut Captain Tony Nelson on “I Dream of Jeannie” (1960s)
J. R. Ewing on “Dallas” (1980s)
Son of theatre star Mary Martin
LARRY HAGMAN
Originated Nellie (South Pacific) & Maria (Sound of Music) on stage
1955 Tony for “Peter Pan” (the 1st for playing someone of another gender)
MARY MARTIN
Played Addison Montgomery on “Grey’s Anatomy,” then spunoff to lead “Private Practice”
KATE WALSH
1980 film about title pair Dummar (Paul le Mat), a gas station operator, & his (fraudulent) will from Hughes (Jason Robards)
Also stars Mary Steenburgen
MELVIN & HOWARD
1965-1970 sitcom
Pilot: “The Lady in the Bottle”
Set in Cocoa Beach, Florida
Stars Barbara Eden (title role) and Larry Hagman (astronaut Captain Tony Nelson)
I DREAM OF JEANNIE
1939 film starring Robert Donat
1969 remake starring Peter O’Toole
Both adapted from James Hilton’s 1934 novel about a British teacher
GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS
(MR. CHIPPING)
1986 film starring Meryl Streep & Jack Nicholson
Based on Nora Ephron’s 1983 autobiographical novel based on her marriage to Carl Bernstein
HEARTBURN
2006 film starring Anne Hathaway as Andrea, Meryl Streep as Miranda Priestly, Emily Blunt, & Stanley Tucci
Based on Lauren Weisburger’s 2003 novel
Set at “Runway” magazine
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Directed “Meet Me in St. Louis” (1944), where he met Judy Garland, whom he would later marry
Father of Liza
Also directed “An American in Paris” (1951) & “Gigi” (1958)
VINCENTE MINNELLI
Made 1913’s “The Squaw Man”, called Hollywood’s first feature
Famed for Biblical epics like “The Ten Commandments” (1923 & 1956)
“The Greatest Show on Earth” (1952)
Uncle of choreographer Agnes
Name of a Golden Globe award
CECIL B. DE MILLE
MGM’s “Boy Wonder”
Produced “A Night at the Opera” (1935)
Name of an Academy Awards “memorial award”
Inspiration for Fitzgerald’s “The Last Tycoon”
IRVING G. THALBERG
Dashiell Hammett in “Julia” (1977)
Ben Bradlee in “All the President’s Men” (1976)
Howard Hughes in “Melvin & Howard” (1980)
Married & divorced Lauren Bacall
JASON ROBARDS
Japanese actor
Worked with Kurosawa on 16 films
Played Lord Yoshi Toranaga in 1980’s “Shogun” miniseries
TOSHIRO MIFUNE
Played Laverne DeFazio (Laverne & Shirley)
Director of “Big”, “Awakenings”, & “A League of Their Own”
Sister of Garry
PENNY MARSHALL
1975 film starring Robert Redford as a barnstorming pilot
THE GREAT WALDO PEPPER
1990 film directed by Penny Marshall, starring Robin Williams as a doctor & Robert De Niro as a patient
Catatonic patients come out of their comas thanks to L-DOPA treatment
Based on Oliver Sacks’ 1973 memoir
AWAKENINGS
1954 film starring Dorothy Dandridge & Harry Belafonte
Based on Bizet’s opera
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein
Set at a boxing arena with a black cast
Dandridge received the first Best Actress nomination for a black actress
CARMEN JONES
British director
“Mahler” (1974, about the composer)
“Lisztomania” (1975, starring Roger Daltrey as the title composer)
“Tommy” (1975, The Who operetta)
“Valentino” (1977, about Rudolph)
“Gothic” (1986, horror)
KEN RUSSELL
American ballet choreographer
“Fancy Free” (1943), about sailors
“West Side Story” (1957, stage)
For the 1961 film, shared the “Best Director” Oscar with Robert Wise
Worked with the NYC Ballet
JEROME ROBBINS
Japanese director
“Throne of Blood” (1957), a Macbeth adaptation
“The Hidden Fortress” (1958)
“Ran” (1985), a King Lear adaptation
AKIRA KUROSAWA
1950 Akira Kurosawa film about differing accounts of a murder
RASHOMON
1954 Akira Kurosawa film about title warriors defending a village
“Numerical” title
SEVEN SAMURAI
First black actress to receive an Academy Award nomination (for Carmen Jones in 1955)
Played by Halle Berry in “Introducing ____ ____” (1999 TV movie)
DOROTHY DANDRIDGE
Puerto Rican actor
Emmys for “The Muppet Show” & “The Rockford Files”
The Electric Company’s “Carmela” (“Hey you guys!”) - Grammy
“West Side Story” (1961) - Oscar
“The Ritz” (1972) - Tony
Voiced Carmen Sandiego in 1990s cartoon
2017 version of “One Day At a Time”
RITA MORENO
Played J. J. Evans on “Good Times”
“Dy-no-mite!”
Name sounds like a corrupt New York mayor
JIMMIE WALKER
Daughter of Judy Garland & director Vincente
Sally Bowles in “Cabaret” (1972 Fosse film)
Married & divorced David Guest
“____ With a Z” (1972 Fosse concert film)
LIZA MINNELLI
Played Almira Gulch & the Wicked Witch of the West in 1939
“I’ll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too!”
MARGARET HAMILTON
American stand-up & actor
“Fluffy”
Speedy Gonzalez in “Space Jam: Legacy”
Stars as a teacher in a Netflix sitcom
GABRIEL IGLESIAS
(series “MR. IGLESIAS”)
Melinda Gordon of “Ghost Whisperer”
Lifetime’s “The Client List”
“I Know What You Did Last Summer” (1997)
“9-1-1”
JENNIFER LOVE HEWITT
French actress, nee “Dorleac”
“Beauty” of Truffaut & Polanski
Polanski’s “Repulsion” (1965)
“The Hunger” (1983)
“Indochine” (1992)
CATHERINE DENEUVE
Family high-wire & tightrope act
Famed for 7-person pyramid
Founded by Karl
Nik is a currently famous member
FLYING WALLENDAS
Born Joe Yule, Jr.
American child actor
8 spouses, the first of which was Ava Gardner
Since 1937, played Andy Hardy in 16 films (in 3 of them, opposite Judy Garland as Betsy Booth)
Whitey Marsh opposite Spencer Tracy’s Father Flanagan in “Boys Town” (1938)
MICKEY ROONEY
Played lawyer Miranda Hobbes
Ran for NY governor in 2018
2017 Tony for “The Little Foxes”
Eleanor Roosevelt in “Warm Springs”
CYNTHIA NIXON
Born Frances Ethel Gumm
“Meet Me in St. Louis” (1944) star; she & director Vincente Minnelli later married & had a daughter before separating
“Summer Stock”
“A Star is Born” (1954)
“The Wizard of Oz” (1939)
Mother of Lorna & Joey Luft
JUDY GARLAND
1948 musical film starring Judy Garland & Fred Astaire
Music by Irving Berlin
Lyrics mention a “bonnet… with frills up on it”
EASTER PARADE
1944 musical film starring Judy Garland
Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Songs:
“The Trolley Song”
“The Boy Next Door”
“Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”,
MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS
Born Margarita Carmen Cansino
“The Love Goddess”
“Gilda” (1946), most famous role
“Salome”
“Charlie Chan in Egypt”
“The Lady from Shanghai”, directed by Orson Welles (who also co-starred with her); shortly after release, the two divorced
Made 2 films with Fred Astaire
RITA HAYWORTH
Author:
“I Feel Bad About My Neck” (2006), essays
“Heartburn” (1983), about her marriage to Carl Bernstein
Screenwriter:
“Silkwood” (1983)
“Heartburn” (1986)
“When Harry Met Sally” (1989)
NORA EPHRON
Screenwriter & director:
“Sleepless in Seattle” (1993)
“You’ve Got Mail” (1998)
“Bewitched” (2005)
“Julie & Julia” (2009)
Younger sisters Delia, Amy, & Hallie write as well
NORA EPHRON
Stage musical & film based on Christopher Isherwood’s “Berlin Stories”, set in the 1930s
Characters: Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli); Master of Ceremonies, aka Emcee (Joel Grey)
“Wilkommen” (opening number, Emcee & co)
“Tomorrow Belongs to Me”
“Money” or “The Money Song”
“Maybe This Time” (Sally)
“Cabaret” (Sally)
Film won 8 Oscars (not best picture though), including Best Director for Bob Fosse
CABARET
Played the Master of Ceremonies, aka Emcee, in both the stage & film versions of “Cabaret”
Won a Tony & an Oscar for the same role
JOEL GREY
Venue at which the musical Cabaret is set
KIT KAT KLUB
American actor
“You Can’t Take It With You”
“Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” (1939)
“The Shop Around the Corner”
“The Philadelphia Story”
“Harvey”
JAMES “JIMMY” STEWART
American actor
“It’s a Wonderful Life” (1946), as George Bailey
“The Greatest Show on Earth” as Buttons the Clown
“The Glenn Miller Story” in the title role
JAMES “JIMMY” STEWART
American actor
“Bell, Book, & Candle”
“Anatomy of a Murder”
“Vertigo”
“Rear Window”
“The Man Who Knew Too Much”
“The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance”
JAMES “JIMMY” STEWART
1976 film about Washington Post breaking Watergate
Dustin Hoffman as Carl Bernstein
Robert Redford as Bob Woodward
Jason Robards as Ben Bradlee (won Supporting Actor Oscar)
“Follow the money.”
ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN
American actress
“The World According to Garp” (1982, with Robin Williams)
“The Big Chill” (1983, with Kevin Kline)
“Jagged Edge” (1985, with Jeff Bridges)
“Dangerous Liaisons” (1988, with Malkovich & Pfeiffer)
“Air Force One” (1997, with Harrison Ford)
GLENN CLOSE
American actress
Lawyer Patty Hewes on “Damages” (2007-2012) - won 2 Emmys
Mona Simpson, Homer’s mother on “The Simpsons”
Nora Desmond in “Sunset Boulevard” on Broadway (1994 & 2017)
Nova Prime in “Guardians of the Galaxy” (2014)
GLENN CLOSE
American actress
8 oscar nominations, no wins
Title roles:
“Sarah, Plain & Tall” (1991, Hallmark)
“Albert Nobbs” (2011)
GLENN CLOSE
American actress
Alex Forrest in “Fatal Attraction” (1987)
- “I’m not going to be ignored, Dan.”
Sunny Von Bulow in “Reversal of Fortune” (1990)
Cruella De Vil in “101 Dalmatians” (1996, live action)
GLENN CLOSE
American actor & director
Played the Sundance Kid to Paul Newman’s Butch Cassidy in 1969
Co-starred with him again in “The Sting” (1973)
Purchased & named Sundance Resort, Utah (1968)
Helped found Sundance Film Festival (1978) in Utah
ROBERT REDFORD
American director of
“Ordinary People” (1980) - won Best Director Oscar
“A River Runs Through It” (1992)
“Quiz Show” (1994)
“The Horse Whisperer” (1998) - also starred in
ROBERT REDFORD
American actor whose title roles include:
“Jeremiah Johnson” (1972), a mountain man
“The Great Gatsby” (1974)
“The Great Waldo Pepper” (1975), a barnstorming pilot
“3 Days of the Condor” (1975), a CIA agent
“The Natural” (1984), baseball player Roy Hobbs
ROBERT REDFORD
American actor
“Barefoot in the Park” (1967) with Jane Fonda
“All the President’s Men” (1976) with Dustin Hoffman
“Out of Africa” (1985) with Meryl Streep
“All is Lost” (2013) with literally nobody else
ROBERT REDFORD
American actress
Lois Lane in 2006’s “Superman Returns”
In “Straw Dogs” (2011) with James Marsden
“Blue Crush” (2002) based on the Orlean novel “Life’s Swell”
KATE BOSWORTH
NYC “Revue” from 1907-31
Started by Florenz Jr.
Stars included Will Rogers & Fanny Brice
ZIEGFELD FOLLIES
Zigfeld Follies headliner
Married & divorced gambler Nicky Arnstein
Portrayed by Streisand in “Funny Girl” (1964) (film 1968) & in “Funny Lady” (1975)
Star of the “Baby Snooks Show” on radio
FANNY BRICE
Two films in which Barbara Streisand portrays Fanny Brice
FUNNY GIRL (1968)
FUNNY LADY (1975)
1972 musical about Charlemagne’s son
Directed by Bob Fosse
PIPPIN
John Steinbeck novel
1939 film based on the play, with Burgess Meredith & Lon Chaney Jr.
1992 film based on the novel, with Gary Sinise & John Malkovich (directed by Sinise)
OF MICE AND MEN
1950 Frank Loesser musical based on Damon Runyon stories, especially “Idylls of Miss Sarah Brown”
Other characters include Miss Adelaide, Nicely-Nicely, and Nathan Detroit (from whom Nathan Lane took his stage name)
“Luck Be a Lady”
“Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat”
“Oldest Established (Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York)”
GUYS AND DOLLS
1946 film (& play, & televised play) by Robert Sherwood
Stars Humphrey Bogart as gangster Duke Mantee
Also stars Bette Davis & Leslie Howard
Named for & set in a national park
THE PETRIFIED FOREST
1942 animated Disney film
Characters include Faline (love interest), Flower (a skunk), & Thumper (a rabbit), although the latter two do not appear in the original novel by Felix Salten
“Little April Shower” (song)
BAMBI
1964 musical film with Catherine Deneuve
UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG
2011 fantasy film with Henry Cavill as Greek hero Theseus
IMMORTALS
1988 Scorsese film based on a Nikos Kazantzakis novel
THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST
1985 spy film
Timothy Hutton as Chris Boyce
Sean Penn as Andrew Lee
Real life friends & spies
THE FALCON & THE SNOWMAN
2010 film that won Best Picture Oscar
Colin Firth as George VI
Helena Bonham Carter, Geoffrey Rush
Timothy Spall as Churchill
THE KING’S SPEECH
1980 film that won Best Picture Oscar
Directed by Robert Redford
Based on 1976 Judith Guest novel about a dysfunctional family
Mary Tyler Moore, Donald Sutherland
Timothy Hutton - youngest Supporting Actor Oscar
ORDINARY PEOPLE
“The Beast”
English “occultist” & magician
ALEISTER CROWLEY
Last names Fischbacher & Horn
Used white lions & tigers in their act at the Mirage in Vegas
In 2003, the latter was attacked by a tiger named Mantacore, an event that effectively ended their career
Both now dead.
German-born
SIGFRIED & ROY
Stage name of Christopher Sarantakos
Star of reality series “Mindfreak” (2005-2010)
CRISS ANGEL
Sleight of hand artist known for his “52 Assistants”
Act includes throwing cards at watermelons
RICKY JAY
French director
Married B. Bardot & J. Fonda
Wrote the memoir “Bardot, Deneuve, Fonda”
ROGER VADIM
American director
“The Rock” (1996)
“Armageddon” (1998)
“Pearl Harbor” (2001)
“Transformers” series
MICHAEL BAY
Armenian executive
Built MGM Grand in Vegas
Bought MGM in 1979, sold it in 2005
KIRK KERKORIAN
American actress of “American Pie” & the “Sharknado” series
TARA REID
1981 film
Best Picture Oscar
About Harold Abrahams, Jewish English runner who wins gold at 1924 Paris Olympics
Vangelis’ won Oscar for Best Score (& had a #1 hit)
CHARIOTS OF FIRE
1964 film based on a Kazantzakis novel
Anthony Quinn as the title peasant, for which he was Oscar-nominated
ZORBA THE GREEK
1988 film set in Connecticut
Julia Roberts’ breakout role, working at title eatery
Debut of Matt Damon in a bit part
MYSTIC PIZZA
Chicago Tribune critic
TV Partner of Roger “At the Movies” - “Two thumbs up!”
Died in 1999
Art institute of Chicago has a film school in his name
GENE SISKEL
Celebrity gossip blogger
Mario Lavandeira
Began as “PageSixSixSix(dot)com”
PEREZ HILTON
Star of “The Simple Life” with friend Paris Hilton
Adopted daughter of singer Lionel
Mother of Harlow
NICOLE RICHIE
1980 Best Supporting Actor (youngest) for Ordinary People
Son of actor Jim
Divorced Debra Winger
Directed The Cars’ “Drive” video
“Taps”
“Leverage” (series)
“American Crime” (series)
TIMOTHY HUTTON
Reporter Tim O’hara in “My Favorite Martian” (1963-66)
Magazine publisher Tom Corbett in “The Courtship of Eddie’s Father” (1969-72) (title character)
Dr. David Banner in “The Incredible Hulk”
BILL BIXBY
Television actress
“The Big Valley” (1960s)
Kristle Carrington on “Dynasty” (1980s) - character ended up in a coma when she left
LINDA EVANS
Former Giants defensive end
“Live with Kelly & ____” (2012-16)
Good Morning America
$100,000 (Hundred thousand dollar) Pyramid
MICHAEL STRAHAN
TNT series from 2008-2012
Crook vengeance
Starred Timothy Hutton
LEVERAGE
2015-2017 on ABC
Anthology series
Regina King, Felicity Huffman, Timothy Hutton
AMERICAN CRIME
(not American Crime Story, that is something else)
2003-2007
Friends Paris Hilton & Nicole Richie
Reality series
THE SIMPLE LIFE
1959 biblical film with Yul Brynner & Gina Lollobrigida as the title King & Queen
SOLOMON & SHEBA
Awards for advertising
Named for muse of history
CLIO AWARDS
Award for worst films of the year
A metallic fruit
GOLDEN RASPBERRIES
“RAZZIES”
1933’s Best Picture Oscar
Based on Noel Coward’s 1931 play
About an English family
CAVALCADE
1986 film based on Jean M. Auel novel
Darryl Hannah as Cro-Magnon girl Ayla
CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR
2007 Oscar for Best Picture, Adapted screenplay & Best director (Coen Brothers), & Best Supporting Actor (Javier Bardem, as coin-flipping hitman Anton Chigurh)
Josh Brolin & Tommy Lee Jones
Set in West Texas in the 1980s
Based on a Cormac McCarthy novel
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
American actress
“Hitch” (2005)
“The Place Beyond the Pines” (2012)
“Lost River” (2014)
Partner of Ryan Gosling
EVA MENDES
American actor
“Tuskegee Airmen” (1995)
“Snowdogs” (2005)
O.J. Simpson in “American Crime Story”
CUBA GOODING JR.
American actor
Arizona Cardinals player Rod Tidwell in “Jerry Maguire” (1996) for which he won a supporting actor Oscar
CUBA GOODING JR.
American actor
“Boyz n the Hood” (1991)
Title character in “Radio” (2003)
CUBA GOODING JR.
American businessman
“Shark Tank” (2011-present)
Owner of Dallas Mavericks
Sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo in 1999
MARK CUBAN
Rocky’s dog in the films
Shares name with a famous linebacker
BUTKUS
Speed Racer’s car
MACH 5
Nostradamus “Bull” Shannon was the bailiff on this TV series
NIGHT COURT
Caitrione Balfe & Sam Heughan
as Claire & Jamie
Set in 18th century Scotland
Began in 2014
OUTLANDER
Lawrence Fishburne played Dr. Raymond Langston on this series
CSI
Andy Griffith as title Georgian lawyer Ben
1986-1995
MATLOCK
American series 1963-70
Set at Shady Rest Hotel
Spun off Green Acres in 1965
PETTICOAT JUNCTION
2003 film
Julia Roberts teaches art history at Wellesley in 1953
Also stars K. Dunst, J. Stiles, & M. Gyllenhaal
MONA LISA SMILE
1959 film
Cary Grant as Lt. Sherman
with Tony Curtis
Set on a WWII sub
Later a TV series
OPERATION PETTICOAT
1970 film based on a 1968 Vidal novel
Starring Raquel Welch as title character
MYRA BRECKINRIDGE
1974 Warren Beatty film
Journalist investigates mysterious assassinations
THE PARALLAX VIEW
American redhead prop comic
Performed at Vegas’ Luxor
Vegetable name
CARROT TOP
British director
Married Kate Winslet (2003-2011)
Won Oscar for debut film “American Beauty” (1999)
“Road to Perdition” (2002)
“Revolutionary Road” (2008)
“Jarhead”
“Skyfall” (2012) & “SPECTRE” (2015)
“1917” (2019) about WWI
SAM MENDES
Daisy Duke in 2005
Ex-wife of Nick Lachey, “Newlyweds” (2003-2005)
Dated Tony Romo (“Yoko Romo”)
Older sister of Ashlee
JESSICA SIMPSON
Celia on “7th Heaven”
2004 single “Pieces of Me”
Spouse of Pete Wentz (2008-2011) with whom she had Bronx Mowgli
Younger sister of Jessica
ASHLEE SIMPSON
1977-78 series based on a 1959 film
John Astin as Lt. Sherman on a WWII sub
OPERATION PETTICOAT
1957 film based on 1952 Pierre Boulle novel
About British POWs in Japanese camp in Thailand working on the Burma railway
7 Oscars, including picture, director (David Lean), and actor (Alec Guinness)
“Colonel Bogey March”
THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI
1961 film with a title from Wordsworth
Teen romance set in 1928 Kansas
Natalie Wood (Oscar-nominated) & Warren Beatty
Screenplay by William Inge (Oscar-winning)
SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS
French mime (1923-2007)
ne Mangel
Character “Bip the Clown”
Only spoken line in 1976 film “Silent Movie”
Friend of Michael Jackson
Played by Jesse Eisenberg in “Resistance” (2020)
MARCEL MARCEAU
2007 Wes Anderson film
Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman
Train in India
THE DARJEELING LIMITED
2015 film about trans artist Lili Elbe, played by Eddie Redmayne
Alicia Vikander won best supporting actress Oscar
THE DANISH GIRL
2011 French film about 1920s Hollywood
Black & white and mostly silent
Jean Dujardin (best actor Oscar)
Berenice Bejo
Best picture Oscar
THE ARTIST
Swedish actress
“Ex Machina” (2014) robot
Supportung actress Oscar for 2015’s “The Danish Girl”
Lara Croft in 2018’s “Tomb Raider”
ALICIA VIKANDER
2013 Woody Allen film
Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin
BLUE JASMINE
1977-86 series produced by Aaron Spelling
Set on the Pacific Princess
THE LOVE BOAT
Tv series
Gavin MacLeod as Captain Stubing
Ted Lange as Isaac the bartender
Lauren Tewes as cruise director Julie McCoy
Fred Grandy as yeoman purser Gopher
THE LOVE BOAT
1962 biopic of inmate Robert Stroud
Though he was only allowed birds at Leavenworth
BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ
1979 film based on a true story
Clint Eastwood as Frank Morris
Danny Glover’s film debut
ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ
1996 film
FBI chemist (Cage) and SAS captain (Connery) must help SEALs infiltrate Alcatraz
THE ROCK
2012 series
Guards and inmates of the title institution disappear in the 1960s and reappear today
ALCATRAZ
Large-screen film format
Introduced in 1970
IMAX
2002 surfing film starring Kate Bosworth
BLUE CRUSH
She played Pam on The Office
JENNA FISCHER
1979-85 series
John Schneider & Tom Wopat as Bo & Luke
Antagonists Boss Hogg & Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane
Theme song is Waylon Jennings’ “Good Ol’ Boys”
THE DUKES OF HAZZARD
1969 Dodge Charger belonging to the Dukes
GENERAL LEE
2005 film based on a series
Johnny Knoxville as Luke
Jessica Simpson as Daisy
THE DUKES OF HAZZARD
1934 screwball comedy
Clark Gable & Claudette Colbert hitchhike
Directed by Frank Capra
All 3 won Oscars (plus screenplay and best picture, the “Big 5”)
IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
1979 divorce drama
Ted (Dustin Hoffman) - best actor Oscar
Joanna (Meryl Streep) - supporting actress Oscar
Best picture Oscar
Billy (Justin Henry) - nominated for supporting
KRAMER VS. KRAMER
1985 Brat Pack film
Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy
Theme song by John Parr subtitled “(Man in Motion)”
ST. ELMO’S FIRE
1971-2006 series
Celebrated hip hop, soul, and R&B
Created and hosted by Don Cornelius until 1993
SOUL TRAIN
Creator of Soul Train
Host from 1971-1993
DON CORNELIUS
Indian-born American model
“Top Chef” host since 2006
Creator & host of “Taste the Nation”
Married to Salman Rushdie, 2004-2007
PADMA LAKSHMI
Brazilian supermodel
Married NFL QB Tom Brady (2009-2022)
GISELE BUNDCHEN
American actor
Murray Slaughter on “Mary Tyler Moore Show”
Captain Stubing on “The Love Boat”
GAVIN MacLEOD
1996 toy based on a Sesame Street character
TICKLE ME ELMO
1955 musical
Based on “The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant” by D. Wallop, itself based on “Faust”
Where Verdon met Fosse
Numbers include “Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, MO” & “Whatever Lola Wants”
DAMN YANKEES
LA Laker
Won an Oscar for his 2017 short film “Dear Basketball”
KOBE BRYANT
TV network since 1980
Originally ran films & fine arts content
Now largely reality TV like Top Chef & Real Housewives
BRAVO
2005 TV movie
Based on a Zora Neale Hurston novel
Produced by Oprah
Starring Halle Berry
THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD
SNL cast member
Lead of “I Love That For You”
VANESSA BAYER
2016-2021 Sy-Fy series
Based on a comic
About descendant of lawman Wyatt
WYNONNA EARP
Soviet ballet dancer
Defected to U.S. in 1961
“Lord of Dance”
Dance partner of Margot Fonteyn
RUDOLF NUREYEV
2012 film
Bradley Cooper as Pat, a bipolar Eagles fan (Oscar-nominated)
Jennifer Lawrence as Tiffany, a widow (Oscar-winning)
SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
2013 documentary about the Egyptian protests at Tahrir
THE SQUARE
American director
“Sex, Lies, & Videotape” (1989)
“Out of Sight”
Oscar-nominated for both “Traffic” (which won) and “Erin Brockovich” for 2000
“Che” (2008)
Ocean’s trilogy
“The Good German”
STEVEN SODERBERGH
1982 film set in Indonesia, 1965
Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver
Linda Hunt won a supporting Oscar for playing Billy Kwan
THE YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY
1963 epic set in Rome and Egypt
Elizabeth Taylor in title role
Richard Burton as love interest
CLEOPATRA
2019 Ari Aster horror film
Set in Sweden
Florence Pugh becomes the May Queen
MIDSOMMAR
Played agent Phil Coulson in The Avengers and Agents of SHIELD
CLARK GREGG
1990-1996 series
About a wealthy California family and their nephew from Pennsylvania
Phil, Viv, Hillary, Carlton, Ashley
Butler Geoffrey
Stars Will Smith
THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR
Cartoon Network franchise
Boy transforms into aliens via his Omnitrix
“Alien Force”
“Omniverse”
BEN 10
Canadian musician
Part of SNL band
Letterman’s bandleader & sidekick
PAUL SHAFFER
From Greek, “viewing on both sides”
Typically oval/circular and open-air
e.g. Colosseum, Hollywood Bowl
AMPHITHEATER
Tony-winning musical about Nigerian musician Kuti
FELA!
American actor
“Bad Boys” (1995) with Martin Lawrence
“Pursuit of Happyness” (2006) & “After Earth” (2013) with his son
WILL SMITH
American actor
Married actress Jada Pinkett in 1997
Kids Jaden (1998) & Willow (2000)
WILL SMITH
American actor
Title character in:
“Legend of Bagger Vance” (2000)
“King Richard” (2021) - Oscar
“Hancock” (2008)
WILL SMITH
American actor
Title character in:
“Hitch” (2005)
“Wild Wild West” (1999)
“Ali” (2001) - & was pallbearer at his funeral
WILL SMITH
American actor
“Gemini Man” (2019) - clones
“I Am Legend” (2007) - zombies
“I, Robot (2004) - robots
“Independence Day” (1996) - aliens
WILL SMITH
American actor
Agent J in “Men in Black”
Genie in “Aladdin” (2019)
IRS agent in “7 Pounds”
WILL SMITH
Actor
Died 2014
Art Howe in “Moneyball”
“Doubt”
Villain in “Mission Impossible 3”
“Capote” (2005) - Oscar
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN
English actress
Solitaire in “Live & Let Die” (1973)
Maria Callas in 1988’s “Onassis” miniseries
“Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman” (1993-98)
Heterochromia
JANE SEYMOUR
American actor
“Home Alone” 1 & 2
“Uncle Buck” (1989) with John Candy
“My Girl” with Anna Chlumsky
MACAULAY CULKIN
1999 Sofia Coppola film
Kirsten Dunst
Based on Jeffrey Eugenides’ 1993 novel
THE VIRGIN SUICIDES
2008 film based on a 2001 Philippa Gregory novel
Natalie Portman as Anne
Scarlett Johansson as Mary
Eric Bana as Henry
THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL
1969 film based on a 1948 play by Maxwell Anderson
Genevieve Bujold as Anne Boleyn
Richard Burton as Henry VIII
ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS
1948 play by Maxwell Anderson
Aadapted into a 1969 film
Rex Harrison won a Tony as Henry VIII
ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS
1986 film
Chris Lambert as Connor Macleod
Sean Connery
Sequel “The Quickening”
Also a TV series with Adrian Paul as Duncan Macleod
HIGHLANDER
1959 Hitchcock film
Cary Grant as Roger Thornhill, mistaken for a spy
Eva Marie Saint
Everyone wants the microfilm
Crop duster attack
Climax at Rushmore
NORTH BY NORTHWEST
1979 Polanski film
Adapted from Thomas Hardy
TESS
1980 British gangster film
Bob Hoskins & Helen Mirren
THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY
1946 film
Henry Fonda as Wyatt Earp
MY DARLING CLEMENTINE
1957 film
Burt Lancaster as Wyatt Earp
Kirk Douglas as Doc Holliday
GUNFIGHT AT THE O.K. CORRAL
1994 film
Kevin Costner in title role
Dennis Quaid as Doc Holliday
WYATT EARP
1993 film
Kurt Russell as Wyatt Earp
Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday
TOMBSTONE
TV series
Gale Harold as Wyatt Earp, 2006
DEADWOOD
American actress
Lana in “Risky Business” (1983)
REBECCA DE MORNAY
American actress
Gloria in “Madagascar”
Podcast “Red Table Talk”
Created & produced “All of Us” (2003-07)
2nd wife of Will Smith
Kids Jayden & Willow
JADA PINKETT SMITH
American actor
“Runaway Train” (1985)
Brother of Julia
Father of Emma
ERIC ROBERTS
American actress
“Miracle on 34th Street”
“Rebel Without a Cause” with James Dean
“Splendor in the Grass” with Warren Beatty
“West Side Story” lead
“Brainstorm” (1983) - last role
Died in 1981 off the boat “Splendour”
NATALIE WOOD
Actor
Gus Fring on “Breaking Bad”
GIANCARLO ESPOSITO
Actor
Perseus in “Clash of the Titans” (1981)
“LA Law”
“Mad Men”
Married to Lisa Rinna
HARRY HAMLIN
Married to Harry Hamlin
One of the “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills”
LISA RINNA
Actress
Married Freddy, Bruce Willis (1987-2000), & Ashton Kutcher (2005-2013)
3 children with Willis - Rumer, Scout, & Tallulah
DEMI MOORE
Actress
“St. Elmo’s Fire” (1985)
“Striptease” (1996)
“The Scarlet Letter” (1995)
“The Seventh Sign” (1988)
DEMI MOORE
Actress
“Ghost” (1990)
“An Indecent Proposal” (1993)
“Hunchback of Notre Dame” (1996) as Esmeralda
“G.I. Jane” (1997) as title SEAL
DEMI MOORE
1996 documentary about the West Memphis Three, 3 teens on trial for satanic murders in West Memphis, Arkansas
PARADISE LOST
2001 Robert Altman mystery
Written by Julian Fellowes
Michael Gambon, Maggie Smith, Clive Owen as valet
GOSFORD PARK
1997 film in which Al Pacino plays Satan/”John Milton” and Keanu Reeves plays lawyer Kevin
THE DEVIL’S ADVOCATE
1990 film about a WWII B-17 bomber
Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz, Harry Connick Jr.’s film debut, Sean Astin
MEMPHIS BELLE
2015 Denis Villeneuve film
Emily Blunt (FBI) & Benicio del Toro (assassin)
Title from Spanish, means “Hitman”
2018 sequel is called “Day of the Soldado”
SICARIO
2004 film about racism in LA
Directed & co-written by Paul Haggis (best screenplay Oscar)
Sandra Bullock, Matt Dillon, Don Cheadle
CRASH
1947 romance film
Rex Harrison as Captain Gregg
Gene Tierney as Lucy
THE GHOST & MRS. MUIR
1981 biopic of John Reed (played by Warren Beatty)
Best Director Oscar for Beatty
Includes Diane Keaton, & Jack Nicholson as Eugene O’Neill
REDS
1990-93 series
Stephen Fry as title valet & Hugh Laurie as Bertie
Based on the P.G. Wodehouse novels
JEEVES & WOOSTER
2013-2015 NBC horror series by Bryan Fuller
Hugh Dancy as Will Graham
Mads Mikkelsen in title role
Laurence Fishburne & Gillian Anderson
Based on novels by Thomas Harris
HANNIBAL
Character played by Phil Silvers
Later Steve Martin in a 1996 film
SGT. (ERNIE) BILKO
Portrayed Sgt. Bilko on his self-titled “Show” (1955-59)
Series previously called “You’ll Never Get Rich”
PHIL SILVERS (SHOW)
Bull terrier mascot of Budweiser
“Original party animal”
SPUDS MACKENZIE
American actress
Played Florence the maid on “The Jeffersons”
MARLA GIBBS
2010-2011 cop series
Set in Tennessee
Stars Jason Lee
MEMPHIS BEAT
English writer
“Gosford Park” (2001 film)
“Downton Abbey” (all episodes)
JULIAN FELLOWES
Creator & host, “America’s Next Top Model”
1st black model on cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue
Proponent of “smizing”
YA novel “Modelland” (2010) is based on her experience
Featured on Kobe Bryant’s “K.O.B.E.”
Self-named talk show, 2005-2010
Host of “Dancing With the Stars” since 2020
TYRA BANKS
Controversial American comedian of the 1960s
Faced obscenity charges in 1964 (later pardoned posthumously by Pataki, 2003)
Died of overdose in 1966
Portrayed by Dustin Hoffman in Fosse’s “Lenny” (1974) & Luke Kirby in “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
Subject of Bob Dylan song
LENNY BRUCE
1994 film
Shirley MacLaine as title First Lady
Nic Cage as Secret Service agent Doug Chesnic
GUARDING TESS
1973 film based on 1969 book
Script edited by Dalton Trumbo
Steve McQueen as Henri Charriere, who escaped Devil’s Island
Named for his butterfly tattoo
PAPILLON
2017 film
Charlie Hunnam as Henri Charriere
PAPILLON
1988 film
Bounty hunter Robert De Niro must get accountant Charles Grodin, “The Duke”, to LA
MIDNIGHT RUN
Black American dancer from St. Louis
Danced in Paris’ Folies-Bergere in the 1920s
Part of French resistance in WWII
Became French citizen in 1937
Subject of Alexander Calder’s wire sculptures
JOSEPHINE BAKER
British actor
Gigolo Joe in “AI: Artificial Intelligence” (2001)
“Sky Captain & the World of Tomorrow” (2004)
“Alfie” (2004)
Young Dumbledore in “Fantastic Beasts”
JUDE LAW
British actor
“Road to Perdition” (2002)
“Cold Mountain” (2003)
Dr. Watson to Robert Downey Jr.’s Sherlock (2009 & 2011)
“The Young Pope” (2016 series)
JUDE LAW
Group of 1950s & 60s Vegas entertainers
Included Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Bogart & Bacall, Peter Lawford
Films include “Ocean’s 11” (196) and “Robin & the 7 Hoods” (1964)
RAT PACK
Creator of “The Twilight Zone” (1959-64)
Creator & host of “The Night Galery” (1970-73)
Co-wrote “Planet of the Apes” (1968) script
WWII vet, fought in the Philippines
ROD SERLING
Pre-film device for animation
From Greek, “life turning”
Spinning cylinder with slots in the side
ZOETROPE
1996 film directed by Anthony Minghella (Best Director Oscar)
Oscar for Best Picture
Oscar for Supporting Actress, Juliette Binoche as Hana
Ralph Fiennes as Almasy (nominated for Best Actor)
Adaptation of Michael Ondaatje’s 1992 novel
THE ENGLISH PATIENT
1946 film co-written by William Faulkner
Humphrey Bogart as Philip Marlowe
Lauren Bacall as Vivian Rutledge
Based on Raymond Chandler’s first novel
THE BIG SLEEP
1960 epic film
Screenplay by Dalton Trumbo
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Starring Kirk Douglas
Peter Ustinov won Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
About a Roman slave leading a rebellion
Famous “I am…” scene
SPARTACUS
2010 film based on a TV series
Liam Neeson as Hannibal
Bradley Cooper as Face
Sharlto Copley as Murdock
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson as B.A.
THE A-TEAM
1944 film based on a 1943 book recounting the Doolittle Raid
Spencer Tracy as Jimmy Doolittle
30 SECONDS OVER TOKYO
2016 Kenneth Lonergan film
Set in Massachusetts
Stars Casey Affleck & Michelle Williams
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA
1988 film
Edward James Olmos as LA calculus teacher Jaime Escalante
STAND & DELIVER
NBC series (1983-87)
George Peppard as Hannibal
Dirk Benedict as Face
Dwight Schultz as Murdock
Mr. T as B.A.
THE A-TEAM
Series from whence come these quotes:
“I love it when a plan comes together.” - Hannibal
“…sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit. […] If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire…”
THE A-TEAM
1955-84 children’s series
Bob Keeshan in title role
“Lumpy” Brannum as Mr. Green Jeans
Mr. Bunny Rabbit (puppet)
Tom Terrific & Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog (cartoon)
Lamb Chop’s TV debut
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
Series beginning in 2018
Set in Montana
About the Dutton family
Stars Kevin Costner
Has spinoffs including “1883” and “1923”
YELLOWSTONE
1946 Disney film
Won Oscar for Best Song, “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah”
Based on Joel Chandler Harris’ “Uncle Remus” stories
Set on a plantation
SONG OF THE SOUTH
2020 Robert Downey Jr. film
Based on Hugh Lofting’s novels
DOLITTLE
1967 Rex Harrison film
Oscar for Best Song, “Talk to the Animals”
DOCTOR DOLITTLE
Actor who played Dr. Dolittle in 1998 & 2001
EDDIE MURPHY
2021 spinoff of “Yellowstone”
Sam Elliott, Faith Hill, & Tim McGraw
1883
2022 spinoff of “Yellowstone”
Helen Mirren
Harrison Ford
1923
2010-2016 series set in Boston
Angie Harmon as detective Jane
Sasha Alexander as medical examiner Maura
Based on Tess Gerritsen’s novels
RIZZOLI & ISLES
1981-86 series
Lee Majors as Colt Seavers, stuntman/bounty hunter
THE FALL GUY
1984-96 CBS series set in Cabot Cove, Maine
Angela Lansbury as author Jessica Fletcher
MURDER, SHE WROTE
Alien species from same-named planet
Have a signature “mind meld” & “nerve pinch”
“Live long & prosper” accompanies their salute
Their mating season is Pon Farr
VULCANS
Dutch-born Real Housewife of Beverly Hills
Mother of models Gigi & Bella
YOLANDA HADID
Played Cher’s mom in “Moonstruck” (1987) - best supporting actress Oscar
“Steel Magnolias” (1989)
Cousin of Massachusetts governor Michael
OLYMPIA DUKAKIS
Director of documentaries “The Thin Blue Line” (1988) and “The Unknown Known” (2013, about Donald Rumsfeld)
ERROL MORRIS
Godfather of Jennifer Aniston
Blofeld in “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” (1969)
Kojak (1973-78)
ARISTOTELIS “TELLY” SAVALAS
Mystery series set at Neptune High School
VERONICA MARS
1972 film based on 1969 Paul Gallico novel about a capsized ocean liner
Song “The Morning After” won Oscar
THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE
2006 film based on 1969 Paul Gallico novel & 1972 film about capsized ocean liner
POSEIDON
1999 film based on Tom Perotta’s 1998 novel about high school student Tracy Flick
Stars Reese Witherspoon as Flick, and Matthew Broderick as her teacher
ELECTION
2006 film based on 2005 Tom Perotta novel
Stars Kate Winslet as unhappy wife Sarah
LITTLE CHILDREN
2004 biopic
Kevin Kline as Cole Porter
DE-LOVELY
1946 musical biopic
Cary Grant as Cole Porter
NIGHT AND DAY
1986 film
Brian Cox as Hannibal Lecter
William Petersen as Will Graham
Based on 1981 Thomas Harris novel “Red Dragon”
MANHUNTER
1991 film based on 1988 Thomas Harris novel
Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter
Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling
Won the “Big 5” Oscars - Film, Director, Actor, Actress, (Adapted) Screenplay
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
2002 film based on 1981 Thomas Harris novel
Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter
Edward Norton as Will Graham
RED DRAGON
2007 film based on 2006 Thomas Harris novel
Gaspard Ulliel as title character
HANNIBAL RISING
Fictional tech company from “Silicon Valley”
Named for a character of Hamelin
PIED PIPER
One of the “Little Rascals”/”Our Gang”
Black
Catchphrase “o-tay!”
BUCKWHEAT
Dancing frog with a top hat and cane
Appears in WB’s “Merrie Melodies”
“Hello my baby…”
MICHIGAN J. FROG
Canadian actor
Kicking Bird in “Dances With Wolves” (1990) - nominated for best supporting actor Oscar
GRAHAM GREENE
American actor
Starred with Julie Delpy in Linklater’s “Before Sunrise” (1995) & sequels
“Gattaca” (1997)
“Snow Falling on Cedars” (1999)
“Training Day” (2001)
“The Purge (2013)
Wrote novel “Ash Wednesday” (2002)
Ex-spouse of Uma Thurman
ETHAN HAWKE
1974 Mel Brooks cowboy film
Cleavon Little as Sheriff Bart
Gene Wilder as Waco Kid
Harvey Korman as Hedley Lamarr
Alex Karras as Mongo
Madeline Kahn as Lili von Shtupp
BLAZING SADDLES
Radio & TV western series
Hosted by Ronald Reagan (1964-66)
Named for a National Park in California
DEATH VALLEY DAYS
NBC series 1981-87
Co-created by Steven Bochco
Daniel J. Travanti as Captain Frank Furillo
“Let’s be careful out there.”
HILL STREET BLUES
Played single mother Ann Romano on One Day at a Time (1975-1984)
BONNIE FRANKLIN
Won 8 Emmys for portrayal of Luke Spencer on General Hospital
ANTHONY GEARY
1971 Sam Peckinpah thriller film
Dustin Hoffman
STRAW DOGS
2011 remake of a 1971 Peckinpah thriller
Stars James Marsden & Kate Bosworth
STRAW DOGS
1949 film written by Graham Greene
Orson Welles as villain Harry Lime gives Swiss cuckoo clock speech
Ferris wheel scene
Zither score by Anton Karas
THE THIRD MAN
1999 film based on Susanna Kaysen memoir of time in mental hospital
Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie
GIRL, INTERRUPTED
1st woman to win Best Director Oscar (for “The Hurt Locker,” 2008)
“Point Break” (1991)
“Zero Dark Thirty” (2012)
Ex-spouse of James Cameron
KATHRYN BIGELOW
British director
“The English Patient” (1996)
“The Talented Mr. Ripley” (1999)
“Cold Mountain” (2008)
ANTHONY MINGHELLA
Canadian director
“Piranha 2: The Spawning” (1982)
“Terminator”(1984) & “T2: Judgment Day” (1991)
“Aliens” (1986)
“The Abyss” (1989)
“True Lies” (1994)
“Titanic” (1997)
“Avatar” (2009)
Ex-spouse of Kathryn Bigelow & Linda Hamilton
Visited Challenger Deep in 2012
JAMES CAMERON
Luigi in “Super Mario Bros.” (1993)
Chi Chi in “To Wong Foo…” (1995)
Clown in “Spawn” (1997)
Toulouse-Lautrec in “Moulin Rouge!” (2001)
Sid the Sloth in “Ice Age” series
Bruno in “Encanto” (2021)
JOHN LEGUIZAMO
Lambda Lambda Lambda and Alpha Beta are frats in this 1984 film
REVENGE OF THE NERDS
1967 film with Faye Dunaway & Warren Beatty
“We rob banks.”
Features song “Foggy Mountain Breakdown”
Tagline: “They’re young, they’re in love, & they kill people”
BONNIE & CLYDE
1955 romance film
Won Best Picture Oscar & Palme D’Or
Directed by Delbert Mann
Ernest Borgnine as title character
Betsy Blair as Clara
MARTY
2001 war film
Directed by Michael Bay
Stars J. Hartnett, B. Affleck, J. Garner
PEARL HARBOR
1985 film
Stars Helena Bonham Carter
Based on Forster novel
A ROOM WITH A VIEW
