• Melvin and Howard (stylized as Melvin (and Howard)) is a 1980 American comedy-drama film directed by Jonathan Demme. The screenplay by Bo Goldman was...
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    acclaim for her role in Time After Time (1979) and Jonathan Demme's comedy-drama film Melvin and Howard (1980), for which she received the Golden Globe...
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  • forgery. Dummar's story was later adapted into Jonathan Demme's film Melvin and Howard in 1980, in which he was portrayed by actor Paul Le Mat. A 2005 reinvestigation...
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    after Hughes' death and based on Noah Dietrich's book Howard: The Amazing Mr. Hughes. Tommy Lee Jones plays Hughes. Melvin and Howard (1980), directed by...
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  • hit Aloha, Bobby and Rose (1975). He also is known for his work in the Jonathan Demme films Handle with Care (1977) and Melvin and Howard (1980). He won...
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    for his casually humanist films such as Melvin and Howard (1980), Swing Shift (1984), Something Wild (1986), and Married to the Mob (1988). His 1991 psychological...
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    Melvin Howard Tormé (September 13, 1925 – June 5, 1999), nicknamed "the Velvet Fog", was an American musician, singer, composer, arranger, drummer, actor...
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    President's Men (1976), and Dashiell Hammett in Julia (1977). He was Oscar-nominated for playing Howard Hughes in Melvin and Howard (1980). His other notable...
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  • hoaxer and subject of film Melvin and Howard Melvin N. Johnson, American academic administrator Melvin Purvis (1903–1960), American FBI agent Melvin Storer...
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  • She appeared in the films Dog Day Afternoon, Melvin and Howard, and Honkytonk Man, among other film and television projects. Born in New York City, Peretz...
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    Rick Lenz (category 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights)
    actor, author and playwright. Lenz is known for his performances in the films Cactus Flower (1969), The Shootist (1976), and Melvin and Howard (1980). Lenz...
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    York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-05-21. Ebert, Roger. "Melvin and Howard movie review (1981) | Roger Ebert". www.rogerebert.com. Retrieved...
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    Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and Melvin and Howard (1980). He also wrote The Rose (1979), Shoot the Moon (1982), Scent of a Woman (1992), and Meet Joe Black (1998)...
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  • (1963) and The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel (1977). Kehoe appeared in several Academy Award-winning films, including Jonathan Demme's Melvin and Howard (1980)...
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    later had a key supporting role in the 1980 cult film Melvin and Howard about the Melvin Dummar-Howard Hughes Mormon Will controversy. Pollard also starred...
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  • Deadly Sin, and Jonathan Demme's Melvin and Howard''. In 1981, Spinell had a supporting role in the Sylvester Stallone action film Nighthawks, and Richard...
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  • changed him and made him more mature." Throughout his career, Alda played in seven films, including the Oscar-winning Melvin and Howard, Homeboy, Hot...
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    was the father and namesake of Howard Hughes (Howard Robard Hughes Jr.) the American business tycoon and founder of Hughes Aircraft. Howard Robard Hughes...
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  • with three awards, The Empire Strikes Back, Fame, Melvin and Howard, and Raging Bull with two, and Coal Miner's Daughter, The Dollar Bottom, The Fly,...
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    Sunshine Christmas (1977), Melvin and Howard (1980) and Strange Behavior (1980), and television series such as The Family Holvak and Sunshine. Most of her...
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  • The Untouchables, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Into the Wild, and Melvin and Howard. Linson was an executive producer on the long-running FX television...
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  • was founded in 1953 by Howard Hughes, an American business magnate, investor, record-setting pilot, engineer, film director, and philanthropist, known...
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    Blues Brothers". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 27, 2016. "Melvin and Howard". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 27, 2016. "Wacko". Turner...
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    celebrity guests in an episode of the BBC's Masterchef. Beginning with Melvin and Howard (1980), she changed the spelling of her last name to "Beswicke", but...
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    Actress is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It has been awarded since the 9th Academy Awards to an...
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    American Film Institute. July 11, 1980. Retrieved May 20, 2024. "Melvin and Howard (1980)". American Film Institute. September 26, 1980. Retrieved May...
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    hit, and Howard Hughes, owner of RKO, admitted that he never saw it. When she asked to be lent out for roles in Born Yesterday (also 1950) and A Place...
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  • Howard Melvin Fast (November 11, 1914 – March 12, 2003) was an American novelist and television writer. Fast also wrote under the pen names E.V. Cunningham...
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    Award-winning film Melvin and Howard (1980) and with Cheech and Chong in their 1981 film Cheech and Chong's Nice Dreams. She also worked for the third and final time...
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  • including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. The top ten 1980 released films by box...
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