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Tokofsky began his connection with the film business as an agent, and by the 1960s had become a studio executive at Columbia Pictures. [2] In 1966, he was a vice-president of Columbia. [3] He then produced films for the studio. [4] Harrison Ford had an early onscreen role as a bellhop in Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966), on which Tokofsky ...
The film simply shows a few weeks in the life of a person Mulcher calls "a real nut". Mulcher breaks into hysterical laughter as the story begins. Stanley the hotel bellhop finds himself in one ridiculous situation after another (by a series of blackout gags) while working at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida. Stanley does not ...
[5] [1] The actual title used, Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round appears in the film as the novel being written by Coburn's character under the pseudonym of "Henry Silverstein". Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round was later used as the title of a book of short stories written by Japanese author Haruki Murakami and first published in 1985.
Richard Rust (July 13, 1938 – November 9, 1994) was an American actor of stage, television, and film. He is perhaps best remembered for his role in the cult classic horror film Homicidal as an ill-fated bellhop who is persuaded by a mysterious woman to marry her for a cash payment. Rust, with his intense eyes, was a familiar presence in many ...
According to one anecdote, Tokofsky told Ford that when actor Tony Curtis delivered a bag of groceries, he could tell that Curtis was a movie star whereas Ford wasn't; Ford immediately retorted that if Curtis was truly a talented actor, he would've delivered them like a bellhop. Ford was apparently fired soon after.
Tim Roth plays Ted, the bellhop and main character in the frame story, whose first night on the job consists of four very different encounters with various hotel guests. Four Rooms was released in the United States on December 25, 1995, by Miramax Films. The film received mixed reviews from critics who praised the segments directed by Rodriguez ...
Title Director Cast Genre Note Cast a Giant Shadow: Melville Shavelson: Kirk Douglas, Senta Berger, Yul Brynner, Frank Sinatra, Angie Dickinson, John Wayne: Action: Warner Bros. ...
Oliver Burgess Meredith (November 16, 1907 – September 9, 1997) [1] [2] was an American actor and filmmaker whose career encompassed radio, theater, film, and television. Active for more than six decades, Meredith has been called "a virtuosic actor" and "one of the most accomplished actors of the century".