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Willie Gilbert is a Story American born on 24 february 1916 at Cleveland (USA)
Willie Gilbert (24 February 1916 – 2 December 1980) was an American author and playwright.
Born William Gomberg in Cleveland, Ohio, Gilbert's proclivity for creating gags emerged as the humor writer for the Glenville High School Torch on which he worked alongside future playwright Jerome Lawrence and the creators of Superman, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.
After earning a BS in education he moved to New York City to pursue a career as a comedian. There he discovered that his physician, Jack Weinstock, had a skill for writing, and soon the two were contributing sketch comedy to night-club performers including Kaye Ballard and Eileen Barton, and then to the Broadway review Tickets Please. They worked extensively in early television, particularly the children's programs Howdy Doody and Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, although they also sold material to such mainstream performers as Jackie Gleason. They achieved their first Broadway success as co-authors of the book for How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying in 1962, for which they shared in two Tony Awards.
Later, Gilbert and Weinstock wrote the books for Hot Spot, which starred Judy Holliday, and Catch Me If You Can, a murder mystery based on a French play by Robert Thomas. Weinstock died in 1969, as the team was writing another Broadway musical, The Candy Store.
In the 1970s, Gilbert returned to children's television, writing gags for Yogi Bear, Scooby Doo and other Hanna-Barbera characters. Gilbert died in New York City.
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Birth name William Gomberg
Nationality USA
Birth 24 february 1916 at Cleveland (USA)
Death 2 december 1980 (at 64 years) at New York City (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 24 february 1916 at Cleveland (USA)
Death 2 december 1980 (at 64 years) at New York City (USA)
Born William Gomberg in Cleveland, Ohio, Gilbert's proclivity for creating gags emerged as the humor writer for the Glenville High School Torch on which he worked alongside future playwright Jerome Lawrence and the creators of Superman, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.
After earning a BS in education he moved to New York City to pursue a career as a comedian. There he discovered that his physician, Jack Weinstock, had a skill for writing, and soon the two were contributing sketch comedy to night-club performers including Kaye Ballard and Eileen Barton, and then to the Broadway review Tickets Please. They worked extensively in early television, particularly the children's programs Howdy Doody and Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, although they also sold material to such mainstream performers as Jackie Gleason. They achieved their first Broadway success as co-authors of the book for How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying in 1962, for which they shared in two Tony Awards.
Later, Gilbert and Weinstock wrote the books for Hot Spot, which starred Judy Holliday, and Catch Me If You Can, a murder mystery based on a French play by Robert Thomas. Weinstock died in 1969, as the team was writing another Broadway musical, The Candy Store.
In the 1970s, Gilbert returned to children's television, writing gags for Yogi Bear, Scooby Doo and other Hanna-Barbera characters. Gilbert died in New York City.
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Yogi's First Christmas (1980)
Directed by Hawley Pratt, Ray Patterson
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Christmas films, Children's films
Actors Daws Butler, Don Messick, John Stephenson, Janet Waldo, Marilyn Schreffler, Hal Smith
Roles Story
Rating70%
Yogi and his little pal, Boo Boo, are usually hibernating during the Christmas season, but this year they are awakened when Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy come to Jellystone Lodge for the holiday. They are joined by Ranger Smith, hotel manager Mr. Dingwell, Otto the chef, and lodge owner Sophie Throckmorton and her spoiled brat of a nephew, Snively. The gang is obsessed with keeping Mrs. Throckmorton happy to keep her from closing down the lodge, which has become unpopular due to activity caused by Herman the Hermit, a grumpy Christmas-hating hermit who just wants to be left alone.
Sweet Savior (1971)
, 1h32Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Troy Donahue, Lloyd Kaufman
Roles Writer
Rating42%
Dans le New York de la fin des années soixante, Moon, un gourou violent et illuminé, prépare ses disciples à la nuit du jugement. Inspiré d'un fait divers réel, ce film retrace cette nuit de cauchemar où tous les membres d'une congrégation furent massacrés au cours d'une orgie de sexe et de sang.
, 2h1Directed by David Swift
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Robert Morse, Michele Lee, Rudy Vallée, Anthony 'Scooter' Teague, Maureen Arthur, Ruth Kobart
Roles Book
Rating71%
J. Pierpont Finch buys a book, How to Succeed in Business, describing in step-by-step fashion how to rise in the business world. The ambitious young window cleaner follows its advice carefully. He joins the "World-Wide Wicket Company" and begins work in the mailroom. Soon, thanks to the ethically-questionable advice in the book, he rises to Vice-President in Charge of Advertising, making sure that each person above him gets either fired or moved or transferred within the company.