In 1983, who was best known for producing A Christmas Story?
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Bob Clark Benjamin "Bob" Clark (August 5, 1939 – April 4, 2007) was an American actor, director, screenwriter and producer best known for directing and writing the script with Jean Shepherd to the 1983 Christmas film "A Christmas Story". Although he worked primarily in the United States, from 1973 to 1983 he worked in Canada and was responsible for some of the most successful films in Canadian film history such as "Black Christmas" (1974), "Murder by Decree" (1979), "Tribute" (1980), and "Porky's" (1982).
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A Christmas Story A Christmas Story is a 1983 American Metrocolor Christmas comedy film directed by Bob Clark, and based on Jean Shepherd's semi-fictional anecdotes in his 1966 book "", with some elements from his 1971 book "Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories". Now a Christmas season classic in the United States, it is shown numerous times on television, usually on the networks owned by the Turner Broadcasting System. Since 1997, a marathon of the film titled "24 Hours of "A Christmas Story"" has aired annually on TNT and/or TBS, comprising twelve consecutive airings of the film on both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day each year.
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Ghost Story (1981 film) Ghost Story is a 1981 American horror film directed by John Irvin and based on the 1979 book of the same name by Peter Straub. It stars Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., John Houseman and Craig Wasson (in a dual role). It was the last film to feature Astaire, Fairbanks, and Douglas (who died four months before the film's release), and the first film to feature Michael O'Neill. The film was shot in Woodstock, Vermont, Saratoga Springs, New York and at Stetson University in DeLand, Florida.
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Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (TV program) Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas is a TV special that is based on the children's story of the same name and was produced by The Jim Henson Company.
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Christmas in the Stars Christmas in the Stars: Star Wars Christmas Album is a record album produced in 1980 by RSO Records. It features recordings of "Star Wars"-themed Christmas songs and stories about a droid factory where the robots make toys year-round for "S. Claus".
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Frankenweenie (1984 film) Frankenweenie is a 1984 Tim Burton-directed short film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and co-written by Burton with Leonard Ripps. It is both a parody and homage to the 1931 film "Frankenstein" based on Mary Shelley's novel of the same name. It was filmed in 1983. 28 years later, Burton decided to work on a stop-motion 2012 remake of that film.
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Elmo Saves Christmas Elmo Saves Christmas is a 60-minute television special and home video that was released and aired on PBS on December 2, 1996. In the story, Elmo learns that Christmas can't occur every day. It was shot at "Sesame Street"'s usual home: the Kaufman Astoria Studios in New York City. It was based on a short story, "Christmas Every Day" by William Dean Howells.
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A Christmas Calendar A Christmas Calendar is a 1987 PBS holiday special hosted and narrated by Loretta Swit. The program was co-produced for PBS by Deutsche Welle and Oregon Public Broadcasting.
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The Junky's Christmas The Junky's Christmas is a story by William S. Burroughs. It appears in the 1989 collection "Interzone" and on the 1993 album "Spare Ass Annie and Other Tales". It was also made into a 1993 short claymation film directed by Nick Donkin and Melodie McDaniel. The film was produced by Francis Ford Coppola and was released by Koch Vision on DVD in North America on November 21, 2006. Burroughs' reading of the story recorded for "Spare Ass Annie" serves as the narration of the film, while Burroughs appears in live-action footage at the beginning and end of the film.
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Christmas in the City Christmas in the City is a 2013 American Christmas and holiday season film written by Barbara Kymlicka, directed by Marita Grabiak, starring Ashley Williams, Jon Prescott, and Ashanti and distributed by Lifetime Network
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Lawrence Lane Lawrence Lane is a theatrical producer who is best known as one of the original producers of Harvey Fierstein's "Torch Song Trilogy". Lane, who served as Managing Director for The Glines, produced the play in 1978 with his lover John Glines, who served as the company's Artistic Director. The show was moved to Broadway with the help of producers Kenneth Weissman and Martin Markinson. The show opened at the Little Theatre, now the Helen Hayes, on June 10, 1982, and ran through May 19, 1985. The production won the 1983 Tony Award for Best Play and the 1983 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play.
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Eric Christmas Eric Cuthbert Christmas (19 March 1916 – 22 July 2000) was a British stage and screen actor, with over 40 films and numerous television roles to his credit. He was well known for his role as Mr. Carter, the principal of Angel Beach High School, in the 1982 hit comedy "Porky's", the 1983 sequel "" and the 1985 sequel "Porky's Revenge!". He was also well known for his sporadic role as Reverend Diddymoe in the NBC sitcom, "Amen".
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Perry Lafferty Perry Francis Lafferty (October 3, 1917 – August 25, 2005) was an American television producer and network television executive who produced several television programs, including the CBS programs "All in the Family", "M*A*S*H", "Maude" and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". With NBC, he produced the 1985 television movie "An Early Frost", one of the first dramatic films to deal with the subject of HIV/AIDS.
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Twice Upon a Time (1983 film) Twice Upon a Time is a 1983 American animated fantasy comedy film directed by John Korty and Charles Swenson. It is the first animated film produced by George Lucas. The movie uses a form of cutout animation which the filmmakers called "Lumage", involving prefabricated cut-out plastic pieces that the animators moved on a light table.
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Tony Waddington (songwriter) Anthony Brandon "Tony" Waddington (born 1 January 1943) is an English film producer, songwriter, screenplay writer, record producer, and creative media executive. He became well known, with Wayne Bickerton, as writer and producer of a series of UK chart hits in the 1970s for The Rubettes. He also received an Ivor Novello Award as 'Songwriter of the Year'.
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Tim Story (composer) Tim Story (born 1957) is an American keyboardist, composer, and record producer. Story has performed on more than 20 solo and collaborative albums and in soundtracks for film and television.
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Christmas Eve with Johnny Mathis Christmas Eve with Johnny Mathis is a Christmas album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released in September 1986 by Columbia Records. This was Mathis's fourth holiday-themed LP and focused exclusively on secular material.
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Fielder Cook Fielder Cook (March 9, 1923 – June 20, 2003) was an American television and film director, producer, and writer whose 1971 television movie "The Homecoming: A Christmas Story" spawned the series "The Waltons".
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In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash is a novel by American humorist Jean Shepherd first published in October 1966. A best-seller at the time of its publication, it is considered Shepherd's most important published work. Portions of the work were adapted into the 1983 movie "A Christmas Story" (which was also narrated by Shepherd) and into the 1994 film "It Runs in the Family".
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Lyle Moraine Lyle Moraine (February 7, 1914 – February 13, 1988) is best known for writing "Christmas Island" (1946), a song recorded by The Andrews Sisters, Leon Redbone, Jimmy Buffett, Bob Atcher, Bob Dylan, and Petty Booka among others. He was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and died in Glendale, California.
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The Swan Princess Christmas The Swan Princess Christmas is a 2012 American computer-animated family/fantasy film directed by Richard Rich, produced by Crest Animation Productions and Nest Family Entertainment. It is the fourth film in "The Swan Princess" series, and follows the adventures of Odette and Derek celebrating their first Christmas together. While the three previous films in the series were animated using traditional 2D hand-drawn animation, "The Swan Princess Christmas" was created entirely with 3D CGI animation.
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Martha Foley Martha Foley (1897–1977) cofounded "Story" magazine in 1931 with her husband Whit Burnett. She achieved some celebrity by introducing notable authors through the magazine such as J. D. Salinger, Tennessee Williams and Richard Wright. In 1941 she became the series editor for The Best American Short Stories series.