Jean Shepherd
Also Known As: J. Shepherd, Jean Shepard
Biography: Raised in Hammond, Indiana, Jean Shepherd went on to work in the steel mills and was a veteran of the Army Signal Corps before entering the arts. In the 1950s, he began a long career as a radio personality telling stories of his youth, commenting on current topics and performing silly songs.
Department: Writing
Place of Birth: South Side, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Adult: No
Birthday: July 26, 1921
Age: 103 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: October 16, 1999
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A Christmas Story
Overview: The comic mishaps and adventures of a young boy named Ralph, trying to convince his parents, teachers, and Santa that a Red Ryder B.B. gun really is the perfect Christmas gift for the 1940s.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-11-18
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Lenny Bruce: Without Tears
Overview: The outrageous, groundbreaking comic Lenny Bruce, whose iconoclastic material in a conservative era got him into tragic trouble, is profiled by a close friend, Fred Baker, who prefers to remember the laughs Lenny Bruce's memory evokes instead of the tears. By presenting Bruce's landmark skits on the Steve Allen Show, his failed TV pilot episode and a candid interview with Nat Hentoff, Bruce's genius and anguish show through the dramatic and tragic trajectory of his career from aspiring artist to hunted "lawbreaker".
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss
Overview: From Jean Shepherd (A Christmas Story) comes the story of 14 year old Ralphie's first job, and the family vacation the family is planning to a rustic fishing cabin on Lake Michigan. Originally made for the Disney Channel, this film is a delightful family comedy.
Genres: Comedy Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-08-05
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Babe Ruth
Overview: As its title implies, this video attempts to go beyond the public persona of one of major league baseball's greatest stars. Accepting Ruth as a larger-than-life figure, this 59-minute video doesn't attempt to rationalize, apologize, or analyze his behavior. Rather, it endeavors to present an unbiased account of the life of George Herman Ruth, contradictions and all.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-08-16
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Inquest
Overview: A woman is suspected of killing her husband after a revolver is found in her attic. A coroner is determined to prove that she did it, but thanks to the assistance of a quick-witted lawyer she is eventually found innocent.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-01
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The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski (a Tale of Gothic Love)
Overview: A comedy written and Narrated by Jean Shepherd. The story involves several different events such as Ralph's first serious romance with his new neighbor, Randy playing a turkey in the school Thanksgiving Day play, The Old Man setting his sights on a yellow buick and the High School basketball rival game of the season.
Genres: Comedy Romance Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-02-11
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Village Sunday
Overview: Personal impressions in Greenwich Village, New York.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-06-01
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Light Fantastic
Overview: In this romantic drama, a plain, lonely secretary wins three dance lessons. Her handsome instructor tells her that she is quite talented and cons her into signing a long-term contract. She soon finds herself in love with him, and an affair begins. The normally cold-hearted instructor is surprised when he finds himself genuinely returning her affections. Trouble ensues when she dances with another instructor who gives her exactly the same sales pitch.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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It Runs in the Family
Overview: It is now summer in the Parker family; and the usual amount of numerous events are happening in their separate lives. Ralphie is searching for the perfect top to use to beat the school bully with, the Old Man is in battle with their hillbilly neighbors, the Bumpus, while eagerly awaiting the discovery of the perfect fishing spot, and the Mother is attempting to collect all of the pieces of a glass china set at a local movie theater.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-23
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The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters
Overview: An adult Ralphie Parker narrates several humorous stories about his teen years in an Indiana steel town.
Genres: Comedy Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-03-16
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Tiki Tiki
Overview: Canadian filmmaker Gerald Potterton utilizes extensive footage from the Soviet adventure film Dr. Abolit in his Tiki Tiki. Abolit boards a rocket with two monkeys and blasts off into space, bent on rescuing a group of monkey kids from extraterrestrial bandits. Framing the live-action storyline are a few animated cartoon sequences involving the efforts of a producer to sell his concept to an apelike movie mogul. This device works as effectively here as it did thirty years earlier in W.C. Fields' Never Give a Sucker an Even Break. As a payoff, the studio boss is revealed to be King Kong, who sees a lot of potential in a story about heroic simians. (allmovie.com)
Genres: Comedy Animation Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-09-25
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The Phantom of the Open Hearth
Overview: This comedy/drama was written by Jean Shepherd, who appears at the beginning and the end and narrates it through voiceover. It tells the story of several events as they occur through the eyes of Ralph, a high-school-aged boy. Ralph is anticipating the upcoming prom and is working up the courage to invite Daphne Bigelow, a beautiful and popular student who does not seem aware of his existence.
Genres: Comedy Family Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-12-23
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Shadows
Overview: The relationship between Lelia, a light-skinned black woman, and Tony, a white man is put in jeopardy when Tony meets Lelia’s darker-skinned jazz singer brother, Hugh, and discovers that her racial heritage is not what he thought it was.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-10-14
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