Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Fame - A Musical Drama Series

Award-winning musical drama series Fame created by Christopher Gore and was based on 1980 film with the same title, story about the students and faculty of New York City High School of Performing Arts and all their hardships, efforts, sacrifices to reach the fame and their dreams.


Performing Arts students Bruno Martelli, Coco Hernandez, Danny Amatullo, Montgomery MacNeil, Leroy Johnson, Julie Miller, Doris Schwartz, Christopher Donlon and others possesses their dreams, they love to dance, play music, perform and act, they are young and energetic. With the guidance of Lydia Grant, Elizabeth Sherwood, Benjamin Shorofsky, Principal Bob Dyenforth and other faculty members, they all share the journey of hardships and circumstances, the kids give their best, finishing Art School and become rich and famous.


Fame after canceled for two seasons on NBC, still continued another 4 seasons of performance and journey in total of 136 sixty-minute episodes aired from January 1982 to May 1987.



The Students:
  • Valerie Landsburg as Doris Schwartz
  • Lori Singer as Julie Miller
  • Elisa Heinsohn as Jillian Beckett
  • Loretta Chandler as Dusty Tyler
  • Olivia Barash as Maxie Sharp
  • Erica Gimpel as Coco Hernandez
  • Jesse Borrego as Jesse Velasquez
  • Carlo Imperato as Danny Amatullo
  • Billy Hufsey as Christopher Donlon
  • P.R. Paul as Montgomery MacNeil
  • Michael Cerveris as Ian Ware
  • Gene Anthony Ray as Leroy Johnson
  • Lee Curreri as Bruno Martelli
The Faculty:
  • Debbie Allen as Lydia Grant
  • Ann Nelson as Mrs. Berg
  • Carol Mayo Jenkins as Elizabeth Sherwood
  • Michael Thoma as Greg Crandall
  • Albert Hague as Benjamin Shorofsky
  • Graham Jarvis as The Principal, Bob Dyrenforth
  • Morgan Stevens as David Reardon
  • Ken Swofford as Quentin Morloch
  • Eric Pierpoint as Paul Seger

Sunday, August 5, 2007

The Adventures of Robin Hood

The popular long running action adventure tv series The Adventures of Robin Hood some episodes written by blacklisted writers Ring Lardner, Jr. and Ian McLellan Hunter under different pen names. The show featured Robin of Locksley with his fellow group of Sherwood Forest freedom fighters and their journey protecting England while King Richard away on a crusade, they're fighting against evil Prince John.

While King Richard the Lionheart was out crusades battle in the Holy Land, evil Prince John scheming to usurp the throne but nobleman Robin of Locksley with his loyalty to the King stepped up and outlawed Prince John, Robin was well-known hero in England.

The Adventures of Robin Hood completed 4 black and white seasons with total 143 episodes aired from September 1955 to September 1958.


Casts:

  • Richard Greene as Robin Hood
  • Victor Woolf as Derwent
  • Archie Duncan as Little John
  • Alexander Gauge as Friar Tuck
  • Alan Wheatley as Sheriff of Nottingham
  • Paul Eddington as Will Scarlett