Paula Laurence Movies
- 1994
The undernourished body of an 82-year-old woman is found in her shabby apartment. Detectives Briscoe (Jerry Orbach) and Logan (Chris Noth) are determined to prove that the woman died of criminal neglect and indifference. But who was truly responsible: the old lady's housekeeper, Maria Gonzalez (Denise Hernandez), or her granddaughter, Laura Bauer (Julie Dretzin)? Veteran character actress Jan Miner, best known as "Madge the Manicurist" in a series of popular detergent commercials, wraps up the acting honors in this episode. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1993
Nehemiah Persoff guest stars as elderly Jewish tailor David Steinmetz, who willingly confesses "I killed the woman I love" when police find the body of his invalid wife in their apartment. Steinmetz insists that his wife begged him to help her commit suicide, but the facts do not bear this out. And then Stone (Michael Moriarty) unearths evidence that Steinmetz, who claims to have been a Holocaust survivor, may actually have been a Nazi collaborator. The climax of the story brings Stone into open conflict with Steinmetz's fiercely protective daughter (Diane Venora). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Michael J. Fox stars as Doug Ireland in this romantic comedy about a brash concierge at a swanky New York hotel who always makes it a point to go out of his way for the hotel guests. But Doug doesn't want to be a concierge forever. What he would really like to do is build a swanky hotel of his own, and all he needs is $3 million to do it. When haughty and patronizing tycoon Christian Hanover (Anthony Higgins) comes to the hotel for a rendezvous with his mistress Andy Hart (Gabrielle Anwar), Doug sees the opportunity to convince Christian to invest the $3 million in his dream of a hotel. So, Doug willingly agrees to baby-sit Andy when Christian has to leave her to see his wife. But the more time he spends with Andy, the more affectionate he feels toward her, until finally he has fallen in love with her. Now Doug must make a choice concerning what he really wants -- his dream of a hotel or the love of Andy. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Michael J. Fox, Gabrielle Anwar, (more)
Can an independent, contemporary woman find happiness with a guy who sells pickles? Isabelle Grossman (Amy Irving) is an attractive, intelligent Jewish woman in her early 30s. She has a good job and a nice apartment on the Upper West Side, and she values her independence; she often visits her grandmother Bubbie (Reiz Bozyk), who lives on the Lower East Side and wants Isabelle to meet a nice Jewish man and settle down. Bubbie goes so far as to obtain the services of Hannah Mandelbaum (Sylvia Miles), a matchmaker who finds the "perfect" man for Isabelle: a pickle salesman named Sam Posner (Peter Riegert). Isabelle thinks Sam is a nice enough guy, but she has a hard time imagining herself spending her life with the pickle man, and she isn't sure if she wants to pursue the relationship. However, Sam is taken with Isabelle and goes out of his way to change her mind. Crossing Delancy was directed by Joan Micklin Silver, whose breakthrough film Hester Street also examined Jewish culture on the Lower East Side, albeit from the vantage point of the 1890s. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Amy Irving, Reizl Bozyk, (more)
- 1979
- R
Set in the Caribbean, Firepower is one of those "celebrity salads," featuring a glittering all-star cast. Sophia Loren heads the ensemble as Adele, the widow of a murdered chemist. Believing that a multimillionaire industrialist is the culprit, Adele determines that she can expect no help from the authorities. Thus she engages the services of retired professional assassin Jerry Fanori (James Coburn), who in turn enlists the aid of troubleshooter Catlett (O.J. Simpson). Watch for Jake LaMotta, the ex-prizefighter whose life was dramatized in Raging Bull, in a supporting part. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sophia Loren, James Coburn, (more)
- 1970
Though as yet unaware that Cyrus Longworth (Christopher Pennock) and John Yaeger are the same person, Horace Gladstone (John Harkins) is reluctant to sell any more chemicals to Cyrus. In the basement of Collinwood, Angelique (Lara Parker) finds the skeletal remains of Dameon Edwards. This episode originally aired on May 1, 1970. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1970
Still posing as Alexis, Angelique (Lara Parker) frightens her Aunt Hannah (Paula Laurence) into cooperating with her without question. Appearing in a dream, the ghost of Dameon (Jered Holmes) predicts that Quentin (David Selby) will die at the end of a hangman's noose. This episode was first telecast on April 30, 1970. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1970
Having placed Quentin (David Selby) under her spell, Angelique (Lara Parker) slashes the portrait of Quentin's wife, Maggie. Cyrus (Christopher Pennock) tries to put his "other" life as John Yaeger behind him, but it is not quite that easy. This episode first aired on May 14, 1970. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1970
Barnabas (Jonathan Frid) tries to leave Parallel Time, but is prevented by Quentin (David Selby), who suspects that Barnabas is the same vampire whom the people in "real time" constantly talk about. Angelique (Lara Parker) places a spell on Quentin, compelling him to ask Maggie's forgiveness -- all part of her scheme to destroy Maggie and Quentin's marriage. This episode originally aired on May 13, 1970. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1970
For a brief moment, the lives of the "real world" David Collins (David Henesy) and Amy Jennings (Denise Nickerson) threaten to intersect with those of their parallel-time counterparts, Daniel and Amy Collins. The parallel versions of the youngsters happen upon a portrait of Barnabas Collins, whose presence has been kept secret by William H. Loomis. In Parallel Time, the revived Angelique (Lara Parker), determined to find the person responsible for her death, continues to pose as her twin sister, Alexis. This episode initially aired on April 29, 1970. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1955
Irregularly scheduled on NBC from 1954-1957, Producers' Showcase was a series of lavish, full-color, 90-minute specials, bringing the best of Broadway to the 21-inch screen. One of the more memorable presentations in this anthology was director Vincent Donahue's live staging of Clare Boothe Luce's brilliantly vitriolic 1936 stage comedy, The Women, which had previously been filmed by MGM in 1939. Boasting a stellar all-female cast, The Women centers around the tactics used by the supposedly demure Mary Haines (here played by Ruth Hussey) to win back her husband from predatory shopgirl Crystal Allen (Shelley Winters). Meanwhile, Mary's so-called friends gossip, bicker, and "diss" with bitchy abandon, both in New York and on a Reno "divorce ranch." Mary Boland, who played the much-married Countess DeLage in the 1939 movie, repeats her role in the TV version, while Paulette Goddard, who portrayed mercenary chorus dancer Miriam in the film, is here ironically cast as the malicious Sylvia Fowler, whose husband is stolen away by Miriam (played on this occasion by Valerie Bettis). The Women was adapted for television by Sumner Locke Elliot. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Shelley Winters, Paulette Goddard, (more)
