Barbara Hamilton Movies
Albert Franklin (Haley Joel Osment) is the son of stage magician Lorraine Franklin, and has learned to do a few magic tricks of his own. However, when his mother dies and he is sent to live with his aunt Harriet (Whoopi Goldberg), it becomes clear that for him the boundary between stage magic and the real kind is just a bit fuzzy. This is fortunate, because the young man needs a friend. The friend magically appears in the form of a spirit (Gerard Depardieu) calling himself "Bogus," who helps him figure out how to meet the challenge of relating to his very preoccupied aunt. She is more concerned with keeping her restaurant supply company afloat than she is with her new ward. Things change when she, too, catches a glimpse of the spirit. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Whoopi Goldberg, Gérard Depardieu, (more)
In this campy, nostalgic comedy based on a popular TV series from the early '60s, the two bungling cops Toody and Muldoon are assigned to guard a key witness who is planning to testify against a crime lord. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- David Johansen, John C. McGinley, (more)
- 1981
Inspired by Johnny Hart's urbane comic strip B.C., this half-hour animated special features the special talents of radio comedians Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding. The plot finds those two hip cavemen, Peter and Wiley, trying to merchandise some trees and rocks for the Yuletide season. They enjoy success beyond their wildest dreams when they claim that the "presents" were brought by a character they've invented, a fella called Santa Claus. Ultimately, however, the prehistoric pair learns the true meaning of Christmas. B.C.: A Special Christmas was first syndicated in 1981. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bob Elliott, Ray Goulding, (more)
- 1979
- PG
Adam (George Segal) is an English instructor at a U.S. college who hopes to win a professorship and tenure. Tricia (Glenda Jackson) is an English divorcee. They both wind up on a French ski slope at exactly the wrong time, and in the resulting collision, break one another's legs. While they are slinging ever-wittier insults at each other, they are also falling in love. They soon wed, with Tricia joining Adam back in the States. There, it becomes clear that Tricia was not cut out to be a dutiful, meek professor's wife. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- George Segal, Glenda Jackson, (more)
The story of Anne Shirley continues in this BBC produced adaptation of author L.M. Montgomery's sequel to her beloved novel Anne of Green Gables. As Anne Shirley (Kim Braden) matures into adulthood, she faces a whole new set of challenges when she takes a teaching job at a nearby schoolhouse. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Kim Braden, Barbara Hamilton, (more)
- 1973
Debuting October 4, 1973, the Canadian sitcom Delilah starred Terry Tweed as the title character, the first female barber in a small conservative town. Much of the humor was dispensed by the series' large cast of supporting characters, among them local newspaper editor T.J. (Eric House) and Delilah's opinionated family members. It was a one-joke effort, and as such wore extremely thin after only a few weeks. The 13th and final half-hour installment of Delilah was seen over the CBC network on January 3, 1974. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1961
Neither fish nor fowl, this docudrama is an odd combination of ostensible statistics and dramatic fiction. Using the much-touted first Kinsey Report on sexual behavior as a resource, director Arch Oboler has strung together five different vignettes on the topics of premarital relations ("Honeymoon"), infidelity ("Homecoming"), divorce ("The Divorcee"), mid-life promiscuity in men ("Average Man"), and abortion ("Baby"). The setting is a seminar given by a college professor (Leo G. Carroll), and the vignettes are introduced as remembrances of people listening to the discussions in the seminar. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Hilda Brawner, William Traylor, (more)
- 1960
In this romance, a young girl runs away from boarding school with the hope that her boyfriend will marry her. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1954
Every baby boomer worth his salt is familiar with the classic NBC puppet series Howdy Doody, which ran from 1947 to 1960. But how many of those "boomers" outside the continental United States are aware that a second version of Howdy Doody existed, this one produced in the Toronto, Ontario studios of the CBC. Telecast three times a week beginning November 15, 1954, the Canadian Howdy Doody bore a few similarities to the American original, with its own Clarabell the clown (played by veteran voice-over artist Alfie Scopp) and the familiar puppet lineup of Howdy and Heidi Doody, Mayor Phineas T. Bluster, Dilly Dally, the Flubadub, and Captain Scuttlebutt. What set this version apart was its uniquely Canadian setting (the "great north woods," courtesy of a studio backdrop) and such above-the-border characters as Papa La Touke and Princess Haida (human) and Percival the Parrot (marionette). And instead of the American version's Buffalo Bob Smith, the Canadian Howdy Doody was emceed by a quasi-Mountie character named Timber Tom -- who, at one juncture, was portrayed by future Star Trek stalwart James Doohan. The CBC edition of Howdy Doody was telecast until June 26, 1959; the American version remained on the air only one year longer. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- James Doohan, Peter Mews, (more)
- 1950
In this comedy, set in a nightclub, a butler plays a baronet, and a maid portrays a lady. Romance ensues. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1950
A bored cabaret chanteuse decides to descend into the world of crime for some much needed excitement in this outing. Along the way she and her partner learn about a conspiracy to steal valuable art and sell it outside the country. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
A Song is Born is a musical remake of the 1941 comedy Ball of Fire, with the same producer (Sam Goldwyn) and director (Howard Hawks) at the helm. It will be recalled that the original film, co-scripted by Billy Wilder, was an amusing spin on "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," wherein seven pedantic professors, working on a dictionary of slang, "adopted" an authority on the subject, breezy burlesque dancer Sugarpuss O'Shea. In the remake, the septet of scholars are working on an encyclopedia of music, but they're held up on the subject of "swing." When nightclub singer Honey Swanson (Virginia Mayo), escaping from her gangster suitor Tony Crow (Steve Cochran), takes refuge in the professors' home, she offers to introduce them to the world of popular music. This proves to be quite a tuneful undertaking, since two of the professors are played by Danny Kaye and Benny Goodman! The tang and zest of original plotline has been muted to the point of harmlessness, but the film is saved by the presence of Goodman, his fellow bandleaders Charlie Barnet, Tommy Dorsey and Mel Powell, and specialty performers Louis Armstrong, Lionel Hampton and Buck & Bubbles. A Song is Born was Danny Kaye's final starring vehicle for Sam Goldwyn. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, (more)
