
Billy Curtis
Oyuncu · 1909 – 1988 · Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Billy Curtis (June 27, 1909 - November 9, 1988) was an American film and television actor. He was a dwarf who had a 50-year career in a variety of roles. He was born on 27 June 1909 in Springfield, Massachusetts, and died November 9, 1988 in Dayton, Nevada, of a heart attack. According to the IMDb site, his birth name was Luigi Curto, and his height was 4 feet 2 inches (1.27 m). The bulk of his work was in the western and science fiction genres. One of his early jobs was as one of the Munchkins in The Wizard of Oz. He also appeared in Adventures of Superman in the 1950s. Most notably, Curtis worked in westerns, including the Clint Eastwood feature, High Plains Drifter in which he featured as Mordecai, a friendly dwarf sympathetic to Eastwood, he also appeared in the 1938 Musical/Western The Terror of Tiny Town. This film is, as far as is known, the world's only Western with an all-dwarf cast. Many of the actors in Tinytown were part of a performing troupe called Singer's Midgets, who also played Munchkins in The Wizard of Oz, released in 1939. He also had a starring role in American International Pictures' 1973 release, Little Cigars, about a gang of "midgets" on a crime spree.
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Film7.6MaceraFantastikHalası ve amcasıyla çiftliklerinde mutlu bir yaşantısı olan Dorothy, sevimli köpeği Toto komşusu tarafından elinden alınmak istenince evden kaçar. Pişman olup geri dönmeye çalıştığı sırada bir hortuma yakalanır ve kendisini Oz'un renkli dünyasında bulur. Üzerine düştüğü ev, Doğu'nun Kötü Cadısı'na aittir. Onu öldüren Dorothy, birden bire Oz'un en ünlü şahsiyeti haline gelir. Kardeşini öldüren Dorothy'den intikam almak isteyen Batı'nın Kötü Cadısı, genç kızın peşine düşer. Cadıdan kaçan Dorothy, Oz Büyücüsü'nün yardımını istemek için onun yaşadığı Zümrüt Şehri'ne gider.Dorothy, yolda 3 yeni arkadaş edinir. Kalpsiz Teneke Adam, beyinsiz Korkuluk ve korkak Aslan, uzun yolculuklarında Dorothy'e yardım eder ve onu korurlar. Yolculuğu başarıyla atlatmaları, kahramanlarımızın dileklerinin olmasını sağlayacaktır.
Film7.7Bilim KurguMaceraBir grup astronot, çok uzun bir yolculuğun sonunda uyanarak, bilinmeyen bir gezegene iniş yapar. Burada konuşmayı bilmeyen ilkel mağara insanları ile, konuşan, avlanan, adeta insanla yer değiştirerek medeniyet kurmuş maymunlar yaşamaktadır. Grup dağılır, astronotlardan George Taylor, insan avcısı maymunlar tarafından esir edilir. Üzerlerinde deney yapılacaktır ki, maymunlardan Dr. Zaius, esir Taylor'ın konuşulanları anlayan, 'maymunlar kadar zeki' bir insan olduğunu fark eder. Bu durumun yerleşik inançlara ters düşüp evrim kuramını altüst edeceğini düşünen tutucu doktor, olan biteni görmezden gelir. O esnada devreye idealist ve sempatik Cornelius ile Dr. Zira girerek Taylor'ı korumaya çalışırlar. Diğer arkadaşlarını bulmak ve esaretten kurtulmak isteyen Taylor, çıkan bir kargaşadan faydalanarak güzel Nova'yla beraber kaçmaya başlar.
Film7.3WesternDramBir serseri, çölün sisleri içinden çıkarak eskiden polis müdürlüğü yapan bir kasabalının, ölümüne kırbaçlandığı Lago’ya gelir. Kasabalılar eyalet hapishanesinden yeni serbest bırakılan ve şiddetli bir intikam için kasabaya geri dönmek üzere olan üç kanun kaçağına karşı durması için ona yalvarırlar.
Film7.0KomediRomantikDolly Levi, cimri ve "tanınmış, evlenmemiş yarım milyoner" Horace Vandergelder'ı görmek için Yonkers, New York'a seyahat eden güçlü iradeli bir çöpçatandır. Bunu yaparken; Horace'ın yeğenini, yeğeninin müstakbel eşini ve Horace'ın iki tezgahtarını New York City'ye gitmeye ikna eder.
Film7.9RomantikDramChaplin'in Amerika' daki son filmi müzikhol komedyenlerinin dramını anlatıyor. Chaplin bir gün bir balerini intihar etmek üzereyken kurtarıyor ve ona destek oluyor. İki ortak komedyenin arasındaki sorunlarda böylece açığa çıkıyor. "Sahne Işıkları" dönemin sessiz sinemadan gelme iki ünlü ismini de bir araya getirmesi açısından önemli: Charlie Chaplin ve onun ortağını oynayan Buster Keaton.
Film6.6DramSavaş1956 yapımı yönetmen William Wyler'in savaşı sorgulayan filmi. Quakerlar'ın yaşadığı kasabadaki kiliseye gelen subay, dini inançları nedeniyle savaşa gitmeyi reddeden erkeklerle konuşur ve onları savaşa katılmaya çağırır.Bütün ülkeye yayılan savaş yakında kasabalarını da etkileyecektir. Jessamyn West'in aynı adlı romanından uyarlanan filmde Cooper ve Dorothy McGuire anne baba rolünde çok başarılı.6 dalda Oscar'a aday olan Cannes Film Festivali'nde En iyi Film Ödülü almıştır. Film kan dökmeyeceksin, beraber yaşayalım isimleriyle de bilinir.
Friendly Persuasion
1956 · 145 votes
Film6.9GerilimGizemUçak fabrikasında çalışan Barry Kane, fabrikasını sabote etmek ve bir iş arkadaşının ölümüne yol açmakla suçlanıyor. Aslında, kimsenin şüphelenmeyeceği Amerikalı hayırsever Charles Tobin'in başını çektiği, akıllı bir Nazi casus şebekesi suçu onun üzerine yıkıyor. Kane, gerçek sabotajcının peşinde Los Angeles'tan New York'a tüm ülkeyi katediyor. Tabii ki bu arada polis de onun takip ediyor. Yolda yanına Patricia Martin adında isteksiz bir "yol arkadaşı" da alıyor. Kız önceleri Kane'e tepeden bakıyor ve onu ilk fırsatta yetkililere teslim etmek istiyor ama yavaş yavaş genç adamın masum olduğunu anlıyor.
Film7.5Bilim KurguMaceraTuhaf bir sis bulutuna maruz kalan Scott Carey küçülmeye başlar. Kafası karışık doktorlarla ve de durumdan hiç hoşlanmayan kedisiyle yaşadığı enteresan maceralar sonucunda kendisini yanlışlıkla evinin bodrumuna kilitlenmiş halde bulur. Bundan sonra yaşamı, bir hayatta kalma savaşına dönüşür. Boyunun yarattığı engellere karşı tek silahı, kıvrak zekasıdır.
Film6.2KomediSuçSet in Prohibition era Chicago, bootlegger Robbo and his cronies refuse to pay the greedy Guy Gisborne a cut of their profits after Guy shoots mob boss Big Jim and takes over. When Big Jim's daughter, Marian, gives Robbo a large sum, believing he has avenged her father's death, the gangster donates to an orphanage, cementing his reputation as a softhearted hood.
Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964 · 76 votes
Film6.0DramSuçA dictatorial film director hires an unknown actress to play the lead role in a planned movie biography of a late, great Hollywood star.
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968 · 31 votes
Film5.3Bilim KurguAksiyonReporters Clark Kent and Lois Lane arrive in the small town of Silsby to witness the drilling of the world's deepest oil well. The drill, however, has penetrated the underground home of a race of small, furry people who then come to the surface at night to look around. The fact that they glow in the dark scares the townfolk, who form a mob, led by the vicious Luke Benson, intent on killing the strange people. Only Superman has a chance to prevent this tragedy.
Superman and the Mole Men
1951 · 79 votes
Film6.5KomediSuçA prudish married couple feel put upon by the swingers living in their apartment building. One night, by accident, they discover a way to both rid themselves of the “perverts” down the hall and simultaneously realize their dream of opening a restaurant.
Eating Raoul
1982 · 154 votes
Film5.4KomediIn this comic take on big-business wheelings and dealings, an ambitious senator's son moves up the corporate ladder through undeserved promotions. But against his better judgment, he falls for a woman (the chairman's daughter, no less) who's leading a protest against the company's shady business practices.
Head Office
1985 · 35 votes
Film5.9TV MovieDramRetired cop Mike Halligan decides to show his grandson, who has never seen snow before, what a real white Christmas in New York is like. But a sudden fatal heart attack derails those plans, and Halligan makes a deal with the Archangel of Heaven to return to Earth for a week until Christmas in order to give his grandson the seasonal glories of New York City.
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
1984 · 8 votes
Film6.4KomediRomantikTwo ex-soldiers return from overseas--one of them having smuggled into the country a French orphan girl he has become attached to. They wind up running into their old sergeant--who hates them--and getting involved with a race-car builder who's trying to find backers for a new midget racer he's building.
Buck Privates Come Home
1947 · 32 votes
Film7.2MüzikKomediOlsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together a young couple in love, while breaking the fourth wall every step of the way.
Hellzapoppin'
1941 · 112 votes
Film6.8DramThe turbulent life and professional career of vaudeville actor and silent screen horror star Lon Chaney (1883-1930), the man of a thousand faces; bearer of many personal misfortunes that even his great success could not mitigate.
Man of a Thousand Faces
1957 · 45 votes
Film7.3RomantikMaceraShalimar, an Egyptian princess, striving to rid her country of its Bedouin conquerors, forms an alliance with Prince Haidi, son of the Caliph of Bagdad. She practices her intrigues both at the court and, disguised as a dancing girl, in the market place.
Princess of the Nile
1954 · 11 votes
Film7.0KomediDramShowgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself once again out of work. She meets a wealthy playboy who hires her to be his family's new maid. Maisie soon finds herself trying to mend the family's many problems.
Maisie Was a Lady
1941 · 5 votes
Film6.1GizemKorkuThe daughter of a dead magician who accidentally killed his wife, her mother, while performing a guillotine trick must spend the night in his house in order to collect her inheritance. Is the house haunted or is it all magic?
Two on a Guillotine
1965 · 37 votes
Film6.4FantastikRomantikPamuk Prenses, kötü üvey annesinden kaçmalıdır. Sevimli yedi cüceler tarafından alınır. Kötü kraliçe rakibinden kurtulabilecek mi?
Film7.0BelgeselParty, enterianment, and Behind the scenes
Backstage Party
1961 · 1 votes
Film3.9KomediBroad satire and buffoonery presented as a series of movie trailers. Among the titles and subjects are: "The Howard Huge Story", "Skate-boarders from Hell", "The Invasion of the Penis Snatchers", Woody Allen (pre-Mia), movie trailer come-ons, Charlie Chaplin, war movies, Billy Jack. The source of the title is presented about an hour into the film.
Loose Shoes
1978 · 21 votes
Film6.1KomediDramAn account of the rise and fall of a silent film comic, Billy Bright. The movie begins with his funeral, as he speaks from beyond the grave in a bitter tone about his fate, and takes us through his fame, as he ruins it with womanizing and drink, and his fall, as a lonely, bitter old man unable to reconcile his life's disappointments. The movie is based loosely on the life of Buster Keaton.
The Comic
1969 · 12 votes
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Dizi6.9DramPembe DiziThe domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a cul-de-sac in a small California community.
Knots Landing
1979 · 47 votes
Dizi8.0Bilim Kurgu ve FantastikDramStar Trek: The Original Series ilk kez ABD'de 8 Eylül 1966 Cuma günü NBC televizyonunda yayınlandı. Dizi William Shatner tarafından oynanan Kaptan Kirk'ün kumandasındaki Atılgan Yıldız Gemisi'nin mürettabatını ve onların "daha önce hiç kimsenin gitmediği yerlere cesurca gitmek" olan 5 yıllık görevi'nin hikâyelerini anlatmaktadır. Sadece 3 sezon sonunda dizi yayından kaldırıldı ve son bölüm 3 Haziran 1969'da gösterildi. Tekrarların gösterimini takriben bir kültürel fenomen haline geldi. İlk başta sadece Uzay Yolu olarak bilinmesine rağmen daha sonraki yıllarda Star Trek: Original Series ya da Klasik Trek (Classic Trek) olarak anıldı.
Star Trek
1966 · 1.6K votes
Dizi8.0KomediBilim Kurgu ve FantastikMaxwell Smart, a hilariously inept and maladroit secret agent for CONTROL, battles the nefarious—though equally incompetent—KAOS.
Get Smart
1965 · 448 votes
Dizi7.8Bilim Kurgu ve FantastikKomediSamantha Stephens is a seemingly normal suburban housewife who also happens to be a genuine witch, with all the requisite magical powers. Her husband Darrin insists that Samantha keep her witchcraft under wraps, but situations invariably require her to indulge her powers while keeping her bothersome mother Endora at bay.
Bewitched
1964 · 764 votes
Dizi7.3Bilim Kurgu ve FantastikKomediWealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually crime fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion leads to the Batcave, where Police Commissioner Gordon often calls with the latest emergency threatening Gotham City. Racing to the scene of the crime in the Batmobile, Batman and Robin must (with the help of their trusty Bat-utility-belt) thwart the efforts of a variety of master criminals, including The Riddler, The Joker, Catwoman, and The Penguin.
Batman
1966 · 617 votes
Dizi7.7Bilim Kurgu ve FantastikDramThis 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original anthology series. Each episode tells a tale (sometimes two or three) rooted in horror or suspense, often with a surprising twist at the end. Episodes usually feature elements of drama and comedy.
Dizi6.9KomediAileJed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells his land to the O.K. Oil Company and at the urging of cousin Pearl, moves his family to a 35-room mansion in Beverly Hills, California.
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962 · 139 votes
Dizi6.7WesternAksiyon ve MaceraGunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.
Gunsmoke
1955 · 119 votes
Dizi7.0KomediAileThe Bob Hope Show hosted by Bob Hope, debuted on April 9, 1950. During the 1952-1953 season, NBC rotated with other variety shows in a Sunday night block known as "The Colgate Comedy Hour" (Sept. 1950 to Dec. 1955). Also known as, "The Chevy Show with Bob Hope." When the first special debuted in October of 1950 it was the most expensive television program made up to that point - costing an astronomical $1,500 a minute to produce. Bob Hope had his own television show and radio show at the same time. For the next three seasons, The Bob Hope Show was broadcast once a month on Tuesday nights, giving Milton Berle a week off. Bob ended his radio show in April, 1956. Bob Hope also had another show by a similar name, "The Bob Hope Show (All Star Revue)". In addition, he performed in "Specials" for many years. It is the longest running variety program in television's history with a record of 45 years of televised entertainment.
The Bob Hope Show
1950 · 5 votes
Dizi7.1KomediAileBest friends, roommates, and polar opposites, Laverne DeFazio and Shirley Feeney work together at the Shotz Brewery in Milwaukee and keep each other's spirits up at home.
Laverne & Shirley
1976 · 75 votes
Dizi6.7KomediLucille Ball's third network sitcom, following I Love Lucy (1951–57) and The Lucy Show (1962–68).
Here's Lucy
1968 · 31 votes
Dizi6.1Aksiyon ve MaceraDramAdventures in Paradise is an American television series created by James Michener which ran on ABC from 1959 until 1962, starring Gardner McKay as Adam Troy, the captain of the schooner Tiki III, which sailed the South Pacific looking for passengers and adventure. USA Network aired reruns of this series between 1984 and 1988. The plots deal with the romantic and detective stories of Korean War veteran Troy. The supporting cast, varying from season to season, features George Tobias, Guy Stockwell, and Linda Lawson.
Adventures in Paradise
1959 · 7 votes
Dizi8.1DramAileA live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982 · 24 votes
Dizi7.0Aksiyon ve MaceraBilim Kurgu ve Fantastik20th-century astronaut Buck Rogers awakens in the 25th century after a freak accident puts him in suspended animation for 500 years. Upon returning to Earth and discovering the planet is recovering from a nuclear war, Buck uses his combat skills and ingenuity to protect Earth and fight evil throughout the galaxy alongside starfighter pilot Colonel Wilma Deering and robot companion Twiki.
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979 · 146 votes
Dizi6.7Aksiyon ve MaceraBilim Kurgu ve FantastikIt's a bird! It's a plane! It's a syndicated TV adaptation of the beloved DC Comics superhero! You know the drill: When he isn't fighting for truth, justice and the American way, the man in tights dons a suit and glasses for his secret identity as Daily Planet newspaper reporter Clark Kent, who works alongside friends Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen for gruff boss Perry White.
Adventures of Superman
1952 · 63 votes
Dizi6.5KomediAileMicky, Mike, Peter, and Davy are four young men in mid-1960s LA, members of a struggling country-folk-rock band looking for their big break amid madcap encounters with a variety of people straight out of TV and movie central casting, with full knowledge that their existence is part of a weekly television series.
The Monkees
1966 · 56 votes
Dizi7.2SuçDramStu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of an office located at 77 Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, California, right next door to a snazzy restaurant where Kookie works as a valet. The finger-snapping, slang-talking Kookie occasionally helps Stu and Jeff with their cases, and eventually becomes a full-fledged member of the detective agency. Rex Randolph and J.R. Hale also join the firm, and Suzanne is their leggy secretary.
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · 26 votes
Dizi6.5BelgeselThis Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally hosted by its producer, Ralph Edwards from 1952 to 1961. In the show, the host surprises a guest, and proceeds to take them through their life in front of an audience, including special guest appearances by colleagues, friends and family. Edwards revived the show in 1971-72, while Joseph Campanella hosted a version in 1983. Edwards returned for some specials in the late 1980s, before his death in 2005. The show originated as a radio show on NBC Radio airing from 1948 to 1952.
This Is Your Life
1952 · 13 votes
Dizi7.8SuçDram87th Precinct is an American crime drama starring Robert Lansing, Gena Rowlands, and Ron Harper, which aired on NBC on Monday evenings during the 1961–1962 television season.
87th Precinct
1961 · 5 votes
Dizi6.5AileBilim Kurgu ve FantastikShirley Temple's Storybook is an American children's anthology series hosted and narrated by actress Shirley Temple. The series features adaptations of fairy tales like Mother Goose and other family-oriented stories performed by well-known actors, although one episode, an adaptation of The House of the Seven Gables, was meant for older youngsters. Temple's three children made their acting debuts in the last episode of the first season, "Mother Goose".
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958 · 6 votes
Dizi6.2WesternThe Cisco Kid is a half-hour American Western television series starring Duncan Renaldo in the title role, The Cisco Kid, and Leo Carrillo as the jovial sidekick, Pancho. Cisco and Pancho were technically desperados, wanted for unspecified crimes, but instead viewed by the poor as Robin Hood figures who assisted the downtrodden when law enforcement officers proved corrupt or unwilling to help. It was also the first television series to be filmed in color, although few viewers saw it in color until the 1960s.
The Cisco Kid
1950 · 11 votes
- Dizi7.5Dram
Johnny Slate successfully manages his circus as it moves from town to town.
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963 · 2 votes
Dizi6.3DramSuçTightrope is an American crime drama series that aired on CBS from September 1959 to September 1960, under the alternate sponsorship of the J.B. Williams Company, and American Tobacco. Produced by Russell Rouse and Clarence Greene in association with Screen Gems, the series stars Mike Connors as an undercover agent named "Nick" who was assigned to infiltrate criminal gangs. The show was to have originally been titled Undercover Man but it was changed before going to air.
Tightrope
1959 · 3 votes
Dizi6.0KomediAksiyon ve MaceraMonster Squad is a television series that aired Saturday mornings on NBC from 1976-1977 that is unrelated to the later movie of the same name. The series stars Fred Grandy as Walt, a criminology student working as a night watchman at "Fred's Wax Museum". To pass the time, Walt built a prototype "Crime Computer" hidden in a large stone sarcophagus near an exhibit of legendary monsters. When Walt plugged in his computer, "oscillating vibrations" brought to life the wax statues of Dracula, the Wolfman who here was named "Bruce W. Wolf", and Frankenstein's Monster who was referred to as "Frank N. Stein" in the credits. The monsters, wanting to make up for the misdeeds of their pasts, became superhero crimefighters who used their unique abilities to challenge and defeat various supervillains. In most episodes, Walt would send the monsters out to investigate crimes and fight the villains while monitoring the activities from the wax museum via the Crime Computer, presumably because his job required him to be at the wax museum at all times. However, Walt would sometimes join the climactic battle with his comrades in some episodes and come to the rescue when needed.
Monster Squad
1976 · 5 votes