Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith was an English stage, film, and television actor. After varied work in the theatre, he achieved star status with his role in the film Brief Encounter (1945), followed by The Third Man (1949). He is also known for his roles in Golden Salamander (1950), The Clouded Yellow (1951), Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968), Battle of Britain (1969), Lola (1969), Ryan's Daughter (1970), Superman (1978), Windwalker (1981), and Gandhi (1982). For his performance in Sons and Lovers (1960) he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
The Royal Hawaiian Hotel is a beachfront luxury hotel located in Waikiki in Honolulu, Hawaii, on the island of Oahu. It is part of The Luxury Collection brand of Marriott International. One of the first hotels established in Waikiki, the Royal Hawaiian is considered one of the most luxurious and famous hotels in Hawaiian tourism, and in its 90-year history has been host to numerous celebrities and world dignitaries. The bright pink hue of its concrete stucco façade with its Spanish/Moorish styled architecture and prominent location on the wide sandy beach have earned it the alliterative nickname of "The Pink Palace of the Pacific".
Harmony Gold USA, Inc. is an American film and television production company. It was founded in 1983 by Egyptian-born Frank Agrama and is managed by his daughter, Jehan F. Agrama.
Worldvision Enterprises, Inc. was an American television program and home video distributor established in 1954 as ABC Film Syndication, the domestic and overseas program distribution arm of the ABC Television Network. They primarily licensed programs from independent producers, rather than producing their own content.
Tandem Productions, Inc. was a film and television production company that was founded in 1958 by television director Bud Yorkin and television writer/producer Norman Lear.
Reed P. Smoot A.S.C. is a United States cinematographer associated with many successful IMAX documentaries and theme park rides. He also did the cinematography for The Great American Cowboy, which won the 1973 Academy Award for best documentary feature.
Daniel Shor is an American actor, director, writer, and teacher with a career spanning over 40 years. His most recognized roles include Enoch Emery in John Huston's Wise Blood, Ram in Tron (1982) and Billy the Kid in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989).
Levi Jackson Wilderness Road Park is a former state park located just south of London, Kentucky in Laurel County. It is now a city park under the auspices of the city of London, KY. The park encompasses 896 acres (363 ha) and includes a section of the Wilderness Road that early settlers used to reach Kentucky. The park is named for Levi Jackson, an early Kentucky pioneer. It serves as both a recreational and historic park.
The Adventures of the Wilderness Family is a 1975 family film directed by Stewart Raffill and starring Robert Logan, George Buck Flower and Susan Damante-Shaw. The film had two sequels: The Further Adventures of the Wilderness Family and Mountain Family Robinson (1979). The filming location was the Gunnison National Forest in the state of Colorado.
Sacred Ground is a 1983 American Western film directed by Charles B. Pierce and starring Tim McIntire, L. Q. Jones and Jack Elam. The film was shot in several outdoor locations in Oregon.
Fred Wolf Films is an American animation studio founded in the 1960s by Fred Wolf and Jimmy Murakami. It was founded as MW (Murakami-Wolf). The studio produced The Point, the first U.S. animated special to air in prime time. It was also responsible for Free to Be… You and Me, the Puff the Magic Dragon specials, and television series such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Toxic Crusaders, Alvin and The Chipmunks, James Bond Jr., The New Adventures of Speed Racer, and Sarah Ferguson's Budgie the Little Helicopter.
Burbank Animation Studios was an Australian film animation production company, formerly named Burbank Films Australia.
Wonder of It All is a 1974 nature documentary film directed by Arthur R. Dubs and produced by Pacific International Enterprises.
Richard Arthur Northwood "Dick" Bonnycastle is a Canadian businessman who is the former owner and publisher of Harlequin Enterprises, the world's largest publisher of romantic fiction, as well as an owner of Thoroughbred racehorses Harlequin Ranches. He is part of the Bonnycastle family founded in Canada by British military officer, Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle.
Sunn Classic Pictures, also known as Sunn International Pictures, Schick Sunn Classic Pictures, and Taft International Pictures was an independent U.S.-based film distributor, founded in 1971. The company was notable for family films and documentaries, and was purchased by Taft Broadcasting in 1980.
Australian Western, also known as meat pie Western or kangaroo Western, is a broad genre of Western-style films or TV series set in the Australian outback or "the bush". Films about bushrangers are included in this genre. Some films categorised as meat-pie or Australian Westerns also fulfil the criteria for other genres, such as drama, revisionist Western, crime or thriller. A sub-genre of the Australian Western, the Northern, has been coined by the makers of High Ground (2020), to describe a film set in the Northern Territory that accurately depicts historical events in a fictionalised form, that has aspects of a thriller.
Discotek Media is an American entertainment company based in Altamonte Springs, Florida focused on licensing Japanese anime, films, and television series. Discotek releases are distributed by Alternative Distribution Alliance, a division of the Warner Music Group.
Manson International was an independent American film production company and distributor. The name was derived from the founders' surnames. Initially a distributor of foreign films, it became one of the pioneer film sales agencies in the country.
