Joe Silver
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Joe Silver was an American stage, television, film and radio actor. He was known for his distinctive deep voice.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois
Adult: No
Birthday: September 28, 1922
Age: 102 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: February 27, 1989
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Shivers
Overview: When the residents of a luxury apartment complex outside Montreal are infiltrated by parasites and transformed into violent, sex-crazed maniacs, it's up to Dr. Roger St. Luc to contain the outbreak from spreading to the city.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-05-16
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You Light Up My Life
Overview: Laurie has been in show business since she was a child. Her dream is to be a singer, songwriter and actress. Her father wants her to be a comedian like him and Laurie only tries because it pleases her father. But she is a lousy comedian. She auditions for everything and is engaged to Ken, but Ken does not understand her needs. She has a one night stand with Chris, only to later find that he is a director. She has many emotions that have not yet been addressed and she must face them before she can get on with her life.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-08-31
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Rabid
Overview: After undergoing radical surgery for injuries from a motorcycle accident, a young woman develops a retractable, vampiric stinger in her armpit and a thirst for human blood—the only nourishment that will now sustain her.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-04-08
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The American Nightmare
Overview: An examination into the nature of 1960's-70's horror films, the involved artists, and how they reflected contemporary society.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-11
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The Woody Allen Special
Overview: A Woody Allen special for CBS, in 1969.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-09-21
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Illusions
Overview: An American fashion designer is told that her husband has been killed in an air crash near France. However, she starts to believe that everything is not as it appears.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-18
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Move
Overview: A young playwright who writes porno novels to overcome a writer's block, lives the fantasies of one of his books, while trying to move with his wife from one apartment into a larger one.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-07-31
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The Gig
Overview: Six amateur musicians accept an offer to play a 2-week gig in the Catskills. When the bass player suddenly falls ill, they recruit a genuine pro to fill in. As they embark on the opportunity of a lifetime, dreams and reality begin to collide.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-11-25
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Mr. Nice Guy
Overview: A hitman by the name of Mr. Nice Guy is about to be married and his fiancee doesn't know his true profession. On top of that, his future father-in-law has a contract out on him. A zany mafia comedy!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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Creepshow 2
Overview: Three macabre tales from the latest issue of a boy's favorite comic book, dealing with a vengeful wooden Native American, a monstrous blob in a lake, and an undying hitchhiker.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-05-01
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Rhinoceros
Overview: A boozing young man in love with his co-worker finds that everyone around him, even his pompous and condescending best friend, is changing into a rhinoceros.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-21
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Santa's Space Ship
Overview: Mabel Beaton's marionettes star in this short about Santa trading in his reindeer for a rocket ship
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-12-24
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Gnomes
Overview: A family of gnomes preparing for the wedding of their eldest son must engage in a battle of wits with an enemy family of vicious trolls.
Genres: Animation Fantasy Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-11-11
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Deathtrap
Overview: A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-03-19
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A Bridge Grows in Brooklyn
Overview: Hard Hat trains Fall Guy how to build a bridge, but keeps getting distracted by a flower with a mind of its own.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-10-01
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Keep the Cool, Baby
Overview: Mr. Spider picks up the milk and the morning news. Now he needs something to eat for breakfast. The hungry spider is hoping to make his breakfast from the various visitors in his web, but oh, boy, is he in for a big surprise! He traps a honeybee in his web; the irate bee threatens him with a sting and gets away. Next, he gets a British wasp. The wasp thinks that he wants to have breakfast and a spot of tea with him. No tea, no wasp. Next, a little moth... only the moth snares the spider in his own web and takes it home to his mother for breakfast... Features a cool jazz music score and a wild visual design.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-11-09
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The Crash of Flight 401
Overview: True story recounting the crash of Eastern Airlines, Flight 401, which crashed in the Everglades while on approach to Miami in December 1972. Accurate in many respects, the movie goes through the events leading up to the crash, the crash itself, and the rescue effort afterwards.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-10-29
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Diary of a Bachelor
Overview: A wealthy young woman about to marry a noted playboy comes across his diary, and as she reads it, she begins to discover that her intended husband isn't quite what he seems to be.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-09-04
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The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Overview: The younger son of a working-class Jewish family in Montreal, Duddy Kravitz yearns to make a name for himself in society. This film chronicles his short and dubious rise to power, as well as his changing relationships with family and friends. Along the way the film explores the themes of anti-semitism and the responsibilities which come with adulthood.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-04-11
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Boardwalk
Overview: In this drama, David Rosen and his wife Becky have lived in the same Coney Island neighborhood for nearly all their married life. But the area is not what it used to be, and a gang leader named Strut has decided to make Coney Island his new turf. Strut begins shaking down the merchants in the area, demanding payment for "protection" and using violence to deal with anyone who gets in his way. David refuses to give Strut protection money for the restaurant he owns, and as a result his diner is soon firebombed, while many of his neighbors are attacked and his synagogue is desecrated.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-11-14
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Almost You
Overview: Alex and Erica Boyer are a young couple in crisis. Alex, despite his loving wife, beautiful home and high-paying job, feels trapped. When Erica has an accident that leaves her temporarily confined to a wheelchair and requiring the services of a private nurse, the beautiful Lisa enters the Boyers' lives. A complicated situation develops as Alex sees Lisa as the cure for his own problems as well as his wife's.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-29
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Starstruck
Overview: The story, set in the twenty-second century, follows the adventures of the McCallister family, owners of McCallister's Midway Inn, a hotel-restaurant-saloon on an orbiting way station somewhere between Earth and Pluto.
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-06-09
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Magic Sticks
Overview: Felix is a down-and-out young drummer who obtains a pair of magic drumsticks from a street vendor. He soon finds out the sticks are able to make native New Yorkers dance uncontrollably.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-06-05
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Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure
Overview: Raggedy Ann and Andy, along with other toys, reside in the nursery of a little girl named Marcella. During Marcella's seventh birthday, Babette, from France, is introduced as the new doll from a large package. Meanwhile, the lecherous Captain Contagious kidnaps Babette in his pirate ship and escapes from the nursery. Ann and Andy must explore and find Babette in the Deep Deep Woods to save her.
Genres: Animation Adventure Music Family Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-12-25
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Switching Channels
Overview: A television news chief courts his anchorwoman ex-wife with an eleventh-hour story.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-03-05
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Klute
Overview: A high-priced call girl is forced to depend on a reluctant private eye when she is stalked by a psychopath.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-06-23
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