George Reeves - Biography - IMDb. George Reeves was born George Keefer Brewer in Woolstock, Iowa, to Helen Roberta (Lescher) and Donald C. He was of German, English, and Scottish descent. Reeves was raised in Pasadena, California, and educated at Pasadena Junior College. He was a skilled amateur boxer and musician. He interned as an actor at the famed Pasadena Playhouse, and was discovered there. He was cast as Brent Tarleton in Gone with the Wind (1. Over the next ten years he was contracted to Warners, Fox and Paramount. He achieved near- stardom as the male lead in So Proudly We Hail! 18th Street is considered the largest gang in Los Angeles, California, and is a strong armed transnational Latino criminal gang. It is estimated that there are. Although they are two completely separate people, these accomplished teens share a body and have just two arms and legs between them. Born in 1990, the girls have. 100 Greatest Guy Movies Ever Made (part 1, ranked) Slap Shot (1977) Why is this the ultimate Guy Movie? Because Paul Newman and the rest of the Charleston Chiefs. While in the Army Air Corps he appeared on Broadway in . Career difficulties after the war led him to move to New York for live television. It was television where he achieved the kind of fame that had eluded him in films, as he was cast in the lead of the now- iconic Adventures of Superman (1. He got a few film roles, but he was mostly typecast as Superman, and other acting jobs soon dried up. His career had slid to the point where he was considering an attempt at exhibition wrestling when he committed suicide by shooting himself. Controversy still surrounds his death, due mainly to the fact of his longtime affair with Toni Lanier (aka Toni Mannix), the wife of MGM executive E. J. Many of Reeves' friends and colleagues didn't believe that he had committed suicide but that his death was related to the Mannix situation. Billy Elliot is a British film about a young yorkshire boy in the 1970s, who wants to be a ballet dancer. Directed by Stephen Dadlry, the film. George Reeves was born George Keefer Brewer in Woolstock, Iowa, to Helen Roberta (Lescher) and Donald C. He was of German, English, and. Six years after KiDULTHOOD, Sam Peel is released from jail for killing Trife, he realizes that life is no easier on the outside than it was on the inside and he's. Vos vidéos en toute liberté.However, no credible evidence has ever been produced to support that contention.- IMDb Mini Biography By. Jim Beaver < jumbblejim@prodigy. Superman (Franchise) - TV Tropes! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound! This amazing stranger from the planet Krypton! The man of steel —(gong ring)— Superman!! It's the description for SUPERMAN! The Last Son of Krypton. The Big. Blue Boy Scout. The definitive. Flying Brick. The Big Good of The DC Universe. The. Superhero. While not quite the first superhero, he is certainly the Trope Codifier (and . Has been published continuously by DC Comicsfor nearly 8. He first appeared in Action Comics #1 (June, 1. On the technologically advanced planet of Krypton, scientist Jor- El discovers that his planet will soon be destroyed by natural disasters. No one will believe him, however, and in a desperate attempt to save what can be saved, Jor- El builds a small rocket vessel to carry his infant son, Kal- El, to a different planet — Earth. Because Kryptonians are Human Aliens, the boy can blend in without being seen as alien. As Krypton explodes, baby Kal- El is sent to Earth. He lands outside of the rural town of Smallville, a small town in Kansas (although it wasn't too clear originally — see Wikipedia for a full list of canonical locations). The baby is adopted by Jonathan and Martha Kent, who name the boy Clark, give him a loving home and teach him right from wrong. However, Clark turns out to be different from humans after all. Kryptonians had evolved to absorb and store solar energy and to tolerate high- gravity environments that would immobilize or even kill weaker species. While on Krypton, which was fifteen times as massive as Earth and orbited a relatively low- heat Red Giant (or in some versions Red Dwarf), their physical abilities were about identical to humans. When exposed to Earth's lower gravity and the rays of its much younger, brighter yellow Sun, Clark learns that the surplus of energy gives him incredible powers, which increase as he grows up. Deciding to use his power for good, Clark puts on some spandex (or indestructible Kryptonian uber- cloth, Depending on the Writer) and fights crime as Superman! His powers include Super Strength (to the point where he can push planets), Super Speed (several times faster than light speed), Flight, X- Ray Vision, Heat Vision, Super Breath, Freeze Breath, Nigh- Invulnerability (surviving supernova explosions and black holes), Super Senses, and possibly others, depending on the interpretation. When not fighting evil, he masquerades as a mild- mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, The Daily Planet; this career helps him find disasters and emergencies that much sooner and does not require him to closely account for his whereabouts to his employers. Naturally, the Clark Kent/Superman dichotomy—most particularly, the question of which is the . In the Golden and the Silver Age, Clark Kent was little more than a fa. After Crisis on Infinite Earths, this idea was reversed. In some versions, both are essential parts of who he is; others, particularly Alan Moore, see both as masks worn by Kal- El to interact with humanity. Both sides also tend to be a lot more psychologically/emotionally vulnerable than you'd expect. Given his powers, and the usual stereotypes about strength of his level, it would be easy to mistake him for a simplistic oaf; but Supes is actually quite a complex guy. Aside from fighting crime, much of Clark's personal life is explored in relation to his supporting cast from the Daily Planet, his hometown of Smallville, and his beloved home city of Metropolis. Possibly the most famous supporting cast of any superhero, it consists of a large number of changing characters, the fixtures of which are: his doting parents Jonathan and Martha (aka . However, in some interpretations, she would eventually fall for Clark, not Superman, before learning they were the same person and marrying him/them. In other takes, Superman has been a bachelor or dated/married different characters (in the New 5. Wonder Woman). Originally created by Jerry Siegel (writer) and Joe Shuster (artist), two sons of Jewish immigrants who, after several tries, finally got him published in Action Comics #1, where he immediately took off; imitations of him pretty much created The Golden Age of Comic Books. This wasn't their first attempt at the character they had in mind. Ironically, the first character they called . In truth, the character probably inspired the Ultra- Humanite, and the story's title . Superman was an immediate success not only in the comics but in the wider culture. In The Thirties and The '4. Max and Dave Fleischer. It was in the latter adaptation that Superman received his most iconic superpower, that of flight. The phenomenal success and appeal of the character filtered into the wider lexicon to such an extent, that Superman has arguably become a major folk character, idiomatic of someone who can literally do anything and embody any Wish Fulfillment one years for. Many aspects of the Superman mythos has fallen into the common lexicon. Kryptonite has arguably displaced Achilles' Heel, and the name of one of his supervillains has become a synonym for genius: brainiac. On the Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism, he and the series he stars in almost universally tends toward the idealistic side, being the iconic Cape. Along with Batman and Wonder Woman, he's one of the Big Three of The DCU. He has also been a member of the Justice League of America on and off (mostly on) since its founding. In DC/Marvel crossover events, his counterpart/opponent is normally The Incredible Hulk as Hulk is one of the few Marvel characters who's a physical match for him. See also Supergirl, his Distaff Counterpart, and Krypto the Superdog, his Kryptonian dog. Renamed Adventures of Superman between the Byrne reboot of the late 8. Superman title created after the Byrne reboot was canceled). World's Finest Comics: Featured regular teamups with Batman. Superboy: Featured young Clark's adventures as Superboy. Adventure Comics: Featured various Superboy or other Superman family member stories. DC Comics Presents: Featured teamups with assorted DC characters. The Superman Adventures: A Superman comic book series in the universe and style of Superman: The Animated Series, it featured mostly done- in- one, tightly focused and exciting Superman stories that stayed away from the grimmer Dark Age tone, endless crossovers and Continuity Lockout of the main Superman series. Superman/Batman: The post- Crisis successor of World's Finest Comics. Batman/Superman: The post- Flashpoint Batman teamup series. Superman/Wonder Woman: A post- Flashpoint series focusing on teamups between the titular couple as well as their relationship. Superman Family Adventures: An all- ages comic book about Superman, his cousins Superboy and Supergirl, and their pets Krypto and Streaky. Despite being published around the time of the New 5. Silver Age Superman with a new belt. Superman (Rebirth): A book launched with DC Rebirth, starring the pre- Flashpoint Superman, his wife Lois, and half- Kryptonian son Jonathan. The series also includes an explanation for why Superman himself is not a member of the armed forces during World War 2. Notable for transforming the Golden Age Superman from the rough and tumble vigilante and social justice version of the character into the more familiar well- known hero and public servant who is admired by everyone. The Supergirl From Krypton: Supergirl's origin story. The Pre- Crisis story was published in Action Comics #2. The updated Post- Crisis origin was published in Superman/Batman #8- 1. A Kryptonite meteor that lands in Gotham is revealed to have contained Superman's cousin, Kara Zor- El, and the evil New God Darkseid targets her as a potential powerful minion. This arc introduced Kara Zor- El to Post- Crisis continuity. Kryptonite Nevermore: Unofficially titled The Sandman Saga, and regarded as the first Bronze Age storyline for Superman, it sees all the Kryptonite on Earth destroyed and Superman's off the charts Silver Age power levels scaled way back to much more manageable levels. Demon Spawn: Adventure Comics #4. Linda Danvers's stressful routine of dealing with bullying co- workers and a lousy boss at her work gets disrupted when a mysterious Amazon called Nightflame, wielding a sword with terrible energy powers appears in San Francisco through a portal, raises havoc, and demands that Supergirl be brought to her. Who - or what- is Nightflame and where she comes from? Krypton No More: As Superman is under tremendous stress and on the verge of a mental collapse, Supergirl tells him that they are both mutants from Earth, and Krypton never existed. Let My People Grow!: Superman Volume 1 #3. Superman and Supergirl finally manage to enlarge Kandor after a battle against Brainiac. War World: DC Comics Presents Vol 1 #2. Superman and Supergirl must work together to destroy Warworld, a star- sized weapon- satellite after galactic conqueror Mongul manipulates Superman into stealing and handing over the control key. First appearance of Mongul and Warworld. The Living Legends Of Superman: Superman Volume 1 #4. An anthology of stories based on the premise on how future history would view Superman when he is gone. The Jungle Line: As well known as Superman And Swamp Thing, written by Alan Moore and published in DC Comics Presents vol. Superman is infected by alien spores that start killing him. After spending most of the issue desperately trying to cure himself, he runs from Metropolis, staggers through the woods and collapses. As he struggles with a terrible fever, Swamp Thing comes across him. For the Man Who Has Everything: Mongul incapacitates Superman by attaching a plant that grants an image of the innermost desires to the host. Adapted on Justice League Unlimited (and more loosely on the Supergirl TV show). The Man of Steel: Contains Superman's revised origin, due to the Continuity Reboot brought about by the Crisis on Infinite Earths storyline. Murder of a President . James Garfield. Kathryn Erbe .. Lucretia Garfield. Will Janowitz .. Charles Guiteau. Associate Director. Arle Bordas. Production Designer. Akeime Mitterlehner. Interview Cinematographer. Stephen Mc. Carthy. Associate Producers. Talleah Bridges Mc. Mahon. Stacey Holman. Featured Casting. Elissa Meyers, C. S. A. Doctor Willard Bliss. Adam Le. Fevre .. Chester Arthur. Sean Mahon .. Roscoe Conkling. John Hutton .. James Blaine. Daniel Pearce .. Silas Boynton. Jay Deyonker .. Alexander Graham Bell. Daniel Rowland .. Harry Garfield. Ladislav Gergel .. Jim Garfield. Joe Weintraub .. Joseph Stanley Brown. Daniel Brown .. James Norton, Reporter. Ted Otis .. Reporter. Featured Extras. Nadia Silva .. Nurse. Karina Rchichev .. Mollie Garfield. Logan Hillier .. Reyburn. Robert Polo .. Robert Todd Lincoln. Lee Davison .. Purvis. Barbora Mudrova .. Sarah White. Josef Karas .. Conkling’s Valet. Harry Thompson .. Hotel Page. Josef Gurunz .. Jail Photographer. Brian Caspe .. Jail Guard 2. Patrik Plesinger .. Hotel Room Man. Howie Lotker .. Reporter. Ronald Prokes .. Fifth Avenue Hotel Man. Michael Pitthan .. Bigwig 1. Michael Cella .. Fifth Avenue Woman. John Comer .. Fifth Avenue Player. David Bowles .. Waiter. Extras. Alexandra Cisarova. Alzbeta Bartosova. Barbora Machova. Bretislav Tosner. Daniel Kubiczek. Dasa Tonnerova. Dusan Zavodny. Emanuel Svoboda. Frantisek Suska. Hana Havlickova. Helena Dragounova. Ivan Ducho. Klein. Daily Transcription. Musicians. Tom Phillips, keyboards. Ian Greitzer, clarinet. Andrew Price, oboe. Kathleen Boyd, flute. Jodi Hagen, violin. Donna Jerome, viola. Michael Curry, cello. Recorded at Music Consultant Studios, Boston, MAEngineer: Tom Phillips. Music Consultant. Rena C. Kosersky. Music“In Bright Mansions”As performed by the Fisk Jubilee Singers. Courtesy of Curb Records Inc./Fisk University. Telegram Voiceovers. Cristina Doikos. Robert Petkoff. Anne Bobby. Soraya Butler. Jason Carvell. Mike Shapiro. Locations. The Endicott Estate, Dedham, MASlapy Chateau, Slapy, Czech Republic. Ke Karlovu, Albertov, Czech Republic. Lichoceves, Czech Republic. Lee Library, Brigham Young University. Brooklyn Historical Society. Chautauqua Institution Archives, Oliver Archives Center. Chicago History Museum. Corbis. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film. Vanishing Georgia Collection, Georgia Archives. Getty Images. Georgetown University Library Booth Family Center for Special Collections. Hiram College Archives. Lake County Historical Society, Inc. Museum of the City of New York. The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations. Ohio History Connection. Oneida Community Mansion House. Pond. 5Robin Stanford Collection. Stanley B. Burns, MD and The Burns Archive. State Archives of Florida. U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center. University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections. The Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio. White House Historical Association, White House Collection. For American Experience. Post Production Supervisor. Vanessa Ruiz. Promo Editor. Glenn Fukushima. Senior Producer, Digital Content and Strategy. Molly Jacobs. Production Assistant, Digital Media. Katharine Duffy. Production Manager. Nancy Sherman. Contracts & Rights Manager. Susana Fernandes. Production Coordinator. Lauren Noyes. Production Secretary. Julianna Newmeyer. Legal. Jay Fialkov. Janice Flood. Scott Kardel. Marketing Account Manager. Chika Offurum. Publicity. Mary Lugo. Cara White. Series Designer. Colin Mahoney. Additional Design. Sawyer Studios. Title Graphics. Elias Mallette. Post Production. Spencer Gentry. John Jenkins. Paul Sanni. Series Theme. Joel Goodman. Coordinating Producer. Susan Mottau. Series Producers. Susan Bellows. Lauren Prestileo. Managing Director. James E. Dunford. Senior Producer. Sharon Grimberg. Executive Producer. Mark Samels. An Apograph Productions Inc. Garfield, This morning while reading one of the many accounts of our dear President's heroism.. I was so overcome that I thought I would write and tell you how very, very much I felt for you. I have not offered a single prayer since our President was first shot but that was for his recovery. My papa and mama do not know that I have written this but I felt I must do it. Our Dear President has gone from our love, to the love of God and his angels. Narrator: James Garfield had been in office just 2. Already many Americans had come to see in his youth, brilliance and kindness the makings of a truly great president. But now he was dead, brought down by an assassin, and - - some believed - - his own doctors. Candice Millard, Author, Destiny of the Republic: Garfield is on the floor of the station. So someone finds an old horsehair and hay mattress, and they put the President on that, and take him to a room upstairs. James Blaine (John Hutton): Doctors, what do you need? Dr. Purvis (Lee Davison): Blankets. James Blaine (John Hutton): You! Go! Candice Millard, Author, Destiny of the Republic: Garfield's first concern was for his wife Lucretia. James Blaine (John Hutton): Sir, what can I do? James Garfield (Shuler Hensley): Lucretia - - tell her I'm all right. Candice Millard, Author, Destiny of the Republic: He wanted to make sure that when she heard about this she heard it from him. James Blaine (John Hutton): Don't you worry. I'll send a telegram. Dr. Doctor Willard Bliss (James Eckhouse): Let me through please! I know the man! James Blaine (John Hutton): Let him in! Nancy Tomes, Historian: Within minutes 1. Dr. Doctor Willard Bliss (James Eckhouse): Gently, easy. Flesh wound on the right arm. Entry wound in the back. Nancy Tomes, Historian: They didn't know the exact track of the bullet. They couldn't tell how much damage it had done. Dr. Doctor Willard Bliss (James Eckhouse): I'm worried about his liver. President, I have to probe for the bullet. This is going to be painful. Hold him steady gentlemen. I've done that hundreds of times - - I've never seen a man hold that steady. James Garfield (Shuler Hensley): Did you get it? Dr. Doctor Willard Bliss (James Eckhouse): No. Try to relax. James Garfield (Shuler Hensley): Lucretia. Narrator: James Garfield wasn't born to greatness, but to trouble and hardship. Just before his second birthday, a wildfire threatened the family's homestead on the Ohio frontier. James's father saved the farm, but died soon afterward. His mother had little time for grief. Within days of the funeral, she was working in the fields. James would grow up at the raw edge of poverty. Mary Lintern, Garfield National Historic Site: As he got older he absolutely detested his station in life. He had to face the scorn and the pity of people in the community. When he was sixteen he hired himself out to a local farmer and the farmer's daughter takes a liking to Garfield, and the father says to Garfield that no daughter of his is going to be seen with the likes of a poor boy like him. Narrator: . I lament sorely that I was born poor. And he got this idea that he was going to sail the high seas. Narrator: . The blue expanse seemed a region of enchantment. Although James dreamed of the high seas, he had to settle for work as a crewman on the Ohio and Erie Canal. Candice Millard, Author, Destiny of the Republic: He was on the canal one night and everyone else was asleep. He slips and he falls into the water. And he's desperately thrashing because he can't swim and he feels the, this rope. And he's pulling at it but he knows that he hadn't tied it to anything on the boat. But miraculously it hooks and he's able to pull himself up onto the boat. To his mind, God had wanted to save him for a purpose, and he was supposed to do something larger with his life. Narrator: James's seafaring dreams were cut short. Six weeks after setting out, he returned home, deathly ill with malaria. While he was recovering, his mother, desperate to set her son on a better path, handed him her life savings. Eliza Garfield's $1. As James later recalled, . He had coarse clothing, he had bushy hair, he was a confirmed rustic. But he had a lot going for him too at the same time. He was very charismatic, a tall man, broad shoulders, piercing blue eyes and he was extremely intelligent. Narrator: The Western Reserve Eclectic Institute transformed Garfield from a rough canal man into a passionate and determined student. When the money ran out, he paid his way by working as a janitor and carpenter around the school. As James's horizons widened, his ambitions grew. And he got to a point where he was smarter than some of his teachers. Candice Millard, Author, Destiny of the Republic: He was such an extraordinary student, that by his second year, instead of working as the janitor, they made him a professor of literature, mathematics and ancient languages. Narrator: Among the students assigned to Garfield's Greek literature class was Lucretia Rudolph, the daughter of one of the school's benefactors. One day, when the students gathered for a photograph, James seized the opportunity. Candice Millard, Author, Destiny of the Republic: Just before it was about to be taken, James whispered something to the photographer and he's able to slip in right next to Lucretia and she's sort of surprised that he would take such liberties but that was the kind of man he was. Narrator: For James and Lucretia, love didn't come easily. Although James proposed within six months of their class photo, both had lingering doubts. Mary Lintern, Garfield National Historic Site: They were emotionally incompatible. Garfield was very expressive. And Lucretia was just too shy to be openly affectionate with him. When they would come together, she would be very stiff and formal. Kathryn Allamong Jacob, Historian: He writes to her saying, . They need to talk about things together. And she reserves the right to be critical of him, and he has to listen, he has to hear her out. They are both still filled with doubt and uncertainty. Narrator: Despite their apprehensions, Lucretia and James were married on November 1.
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