Don Ameche (May 31, 1908 – December 6, 1993) was an Academy Award winning American actor. Ameche was born Dominic Felix Amici in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the son of Barbara, who was of Irish and German descent, and Felix Ameche, an immigrant from Italy whose original surname was "Amici." He had three brothers, Omberto (Bert), James (Jim Ameche), and Louis and three sisters, Jane, Elizabeth and Catherine. Ameche attended Marquette University, Loras...
Billy Ray is in the Duke's office. He's gotten Randolph to countermand Mortim...
Billy Ray looks around the car and considers the whiskey and cigars they've g...
Unbeknown to them Billy Ray over hears the Duke's entire conversation, They b...
Mortimer looks up from the check signings and gives Louis a disapproving glan...
Standing on the floor of the Commodities Exchange in New York, Louis and Bill...
While Billy Ray bathes, Mortimer and Randolph discuss his not too distant fut...
Mortimer and Randolph watch as the police escort Billy Ray out of the Heritag...
On the floor of the Exchange, Mortimer shouts at the President while Randolph...
Billy Ray juggles a vase and drops it on the floor. it shatters. Randolph, Mo...
Randolph is obsessed by the article he's reading weighing the effects of gene...
After clutching his chest for several minutes, Randolph collapses to the floo...
At the Heritage Club Ezra serves each of the Dukes a glass of milk.
Billy Ray throws the stolen food and drugs Louis bought into his office in th...
After serving the Dukes a glass of milk at the Heritage Club, Ezra, when he t...
In the office of Duke and Duke, the brothers have laid out a table with coffe...
Billy Ray is hiding in the bathroom smoking one of the joints that Louis plan...
Billy Ray cautions the Dukes against a buying pork bellies too soon. When the...
Louis brings the payroll checks to the Dukes for their signatures.
After Winthrope leaves the Dukes they disagree on whether or not they are luc...
As Billy Ray exits the police station the Duke brothers drive up in their car.
On the floor of the Exchange, Mortimer is close to having a nervous breakdown...
The Dukes discuss the effect of environment vs. the effect of genetics as the...
A criminally under-worshipped film from the 1980s, Lost in America exists both as a comedic cautionary tale for all those who seek to embrace their inner Thoreau and the notion that well-fed boredom can be toppled by a mindless divorce from the swaddle cloth of society. Co-written, directed and starring Albert Brooks, Lost in America [...]
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Over the last few weeks, we’ve seen some large sea changes on Mad Men, so many changes that we seemed due for a break. Last night’s episode, “The Crash” was a break in more ways than one and an unanticipated jaunt through the back alleys of show creator Matthew Weiner’s mind. The Stalker We’ve never [...]
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As I said back when we looked at Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, JJ Abrams’ Star Trek is not my Star Trek, but like Khan, it is a franchise saving spectacle from the mind of an interloper. It’s another film that twists the nethers of purists while serving as a gateway drug to the uninitiated. Sure, [...]
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We knew that changes would come when Don and Ted merged SCDP and CGC, but while this week’s episode did show off some of those anticipated growing pains and redundancies, we also got a chance to pivot back to Don’s consuming love affair with his neighbor Sylvia. The Treehouse. Like a shoebox filled with valuable [...]
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Every week, we’ll take a look at the biggest stories in entertainment news, sports, politics, news news, and pop culture, and we’re going to present them to you here on THE WEEKLY WIND-UP PODCAST in about 15 minutes. Good deal right? Yes, your choice for sound clips is filling you in on all the news [...]
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