The Mambo Kings is a 1992 musical drama film based on the 1989 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos. The film was directed and produced by Arne Glimcher, and stars Armand Assante, Antonio Banderas, Cathy Moriarty and Maruschka Detmers. Set in the early 1950s, the story follows Cesar (Assante) and Nestor Castillo (Banderas), brothers and aspiring musicians who find success and stardom after fleeing from Havana, Cuba to New York City to escape danger. The film marks Glimcher's directing debut, and features Banderas in his first English-language role.
Shari Lynn Belafonte is an American actress, model and singer. The daughter of the late singer and actor Harry Belafonte, she began her career as a fashion model before making her big screen debut appearing in the 1982 drama film If You Could See What I Hear. She is best known for her role as Julie Gillette in the ABC drama series Hotel from 1983 to 1988. She later went to star in the Canadian science fiction series Beyond Reality (1991–1993). Belafonte also released two studio albums in the 1980s, and acted on stage in later years.
Catherine Mary Stewart is a Canadian actress. Her film roles include The Apple, Night of the Comet, The Last Starfighter and Weekend at Bernie's. She was also the original Kayla Brady in Days of Our Lives.
Sir Harry Oakes, 1st Baronet was a British gold mine owner, entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist. He earned his fortune in Canada and moved to the Bahamas in the 1930s for tax purposes. Though American by birth, he became a British citizen and was granted the hereditary title of baronet in 1939.
The International Best Dressed Hall of Fame List was founded by fashionista Eleanor Lambert in 1940 as an attempt to boost the reputation of American fashion at the time. The American magazine Vanity Fair is currently in charge of the List after Lambert left the responsibility to "four friends at Vanity Fair" in 2002, a year before her death.
Paradise Alley is a 1978 American sports drama film written, directed by, and starring Sylvester Stallone. The film tells the story of three Italian American brothers in Hell's Kitchen in the 1940s who become involved in professional wrestling. Kevin Conway, Anne Archer, Joe Spinell, Armand Assante, Lee Canalito, Frank McRae, Joyce Ingalls, and Tom Waits co-star in the film.
Stuart Zagnit is an American voice, film and television actor. He has worked in Broadway, off-Broadway, regional and national tours, television, films, commercials, and voice-overs. Zagnit has worked as a voice actor for 4Kids Entertainment, DuArt Film and Video, and TAJ Productions.
On the Beach is a 2000 apocalyptic drama television film directed by Russell Mulcahy and starring Armand Assante, Bryan Brown, and Rachel Ward. It aired on Showtime on 28 May 2000.
Robert Harmon is an American film and television director. He is best known for the 1986 horror film The Hitcher, starring Rutger Hauer, as well as for films like They and Nowhere to Run.
James Leasor was a prolific British author who wrote historical books and thrillers. A number of Leasor's works were made into films, including his 1978 book Boarding Party, the story of a secret incident from the Second World War, which became The Sea Wolves (1980) starring Gregory Peck, Roger Moore and David Niven.
Sharpshooter is a 2007 American action television film starring James Remar, Bruce Boxleitner, Mario Van Peebles and Catherine Mary Stewart. It was written by Steven H. Berman and directed by Armand Mastroianni. It was first shown in the United Kingdom on Sky Three on October 11, 2007, and aired in the United States on Spike TV on January 27, 2008.
Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson have been depicted in popular culture, both biographical and fictional, following his abdication in 1936 and their marriage the following year.
Alfred de Marigny was a French Mauritian acquitted of the murder of his father-in-law, Sir Harry Oakes.
Shadows in Paradise is a 2010 American action film directed and written by producer, director, and writer J. Stephen Maunder and starring Mark Dacascos, Armand Assante, Tom Sizemore, and Sofya Skya.
Jack the Ripper is a 1988 Anglo-American co-production by Thames Television and CBS television film drama based on the notorious Jack the Ripper murder spree in Victorian London. It was first broadcast on ITV.
One Eyed King is an ensemble crime drama detailing the trials and tribulations of several characters living together in the same Hell's Kitchen neighborhood. Starring Armand Assante, William Baldwin, Jim Breuer, Bruno Kirby, Chazz Palminteri, and Jason Gedrick, the film had its premiere at the 2001 Boston Film Festival.
Harvey Hart was a Canadian television and film director and a television producer.
Animal Behavior is a 1989 comedy film directed by Jenny Bowen and Kjehl Rasmussen and starring Karen Allen, Armand Assante, and Holly Hunter.
Kids vs Monsters is a 2015 American fantasy comedy film that was directed by Sultan Saeed Al Darmaki and is his directorial debut. The film was released on video on demand on September 29, 2015.
Diamond Cartel is an adventure film produced and shot in Kazakhstan, directed by Salamat Mukhammed-Ali and written by Magamet Bachaev, Dauren Mussa and Salamat Mukhammed-Ali. The film is also known by the title The Whole World at Our Feet. The film was released in 2015. The film is available on Netflix streaming as of October, 2017.
