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Charles Hoffman

Born September 28, 1911 · San Francisco, California, USA

Died April 8, 1972 · aged 60

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Charles Hoffman (September 28, 1911, San Francisco, California – April 8, 1972, Los Angeles, California) was a film and television writer and film producer. His writing credits include That Hagen Girl (1947), The Blue Gardenia (1953), and the 1960s television series Batman and The Green Hornet.

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The Green HornetThe Green Hornet · 1974
The Green Hornet
★ 6.71974
MovieActionComedy
After the superstardom and early death of Bruce Lee, 20th Century Fox decided to cobble together a couple of theatrical feature films from this property, of which this 1974 effort is the first. The bulk of the film consists of four episodes crudely spliced together. Scattered throughout are bizarrely irrelevant fight scenes from other episodes, which make the already disjointed plotting quite surreal. The television image was cropped to make a widescreen film, which means the tops of heads and hats are lopped off the frame with alarming regularity.
Night and DayNight and Day · 1946
Night and Day
★ 6.01946
MovieDramaMusic
When his first stage show fails, songwriter Cole Porter goes off to fight in WWI until, injured, he lands in a hospital. He impresses nurse Linda Lee with his creativity, but their budding romance must wait as Cole heads home. Back in New York, he mounts a series of popular shows, and when his work brings him back to Europe, he eventually marries Linda. But success doesn't spare him from marital complications or bad news about a beloved relative.
The Blue GardeniaThe Blue Gardenia · 1953
The Blue Gardenia
★ 6.51953
MovieCrimeMystery
Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while attempting to resist his advances.
The West Point StoryThe West Point Story · 1950
The West Point Story
★ 5.81950
MovieMusicComedy
A Broadway director helps the West Point cadets put on a show, aided by two lovely ladies and assorted complications.
The Second Greatest SexThe Second Greatest Sex · 1955
The Second Greatest Sex
★ 7.81955
MovieWesternComedy
In 1880, Osawkie, Kansas is feuding with rival town Mandaroon over which will be county seat, keeping the town's men away from home most of the time. The last straw is when Matt Davis feels compelled to go on a new foray on his wedding night; his bride Liza (just call her Lysistrata) takes teacher Cassie's advice and organizes a marital strike to make the men-folk stop their nonsense.
The SpoilersThe Spoilers · 1955
The Spoilers
★ 5.11955
MovieAdventureWestern
In 1899 Alaska, miners have to protect themselves from a phony legal team trying to steal their gold claims.
Never Say GoodbyeNever Say Goodbye · 1956
Never Say Goodbye
★ 6.21956
MovieDramaRomance
In present-day U.S., Dr. Michael Parker, a prominent surgeon, unexpectedly runs into his German-born wife whom he thought was dead. Victor, an artist and his "dead" wife's now boyfriend, berates Dr. Parker for "killing" her. The bulk of the story flashes back to Austria during World War II as we learn how Dr. Parker met and married his wife, and the one mistake that may have cost him his family.
The Voice of the TurtleThe Voice of the Turtle · 1947
The Voice of the Turtle
★ 6.81947
MovieComedyRomance
An aspiring Broadway actress falls in love with a soldier on leave during a weekend in New York City.

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Surfside 6Surfside 6 · 1960
Surfside 6
★ 6.31960
SeriesDrama
Surfside 6 was an ABC television series which aired from 1960 to 1962. The show centered on a Miami Beach detective agency set on a houseboat and featured Troy Donahue as Sandy Winfield II; Van Williams as Kenny Madison; and Lee Patterson as Dave Thorne. Diane McBain co-starred as socialite Daphne Dutton, whose yacht was berthed next to their houseboat. Margarita Sierra also had a supporting role as Cha Cha O'Brien, an entertainer who worked at The Boom Boom Room, a popular Miami Beach hangout at the Fontainebleau Hotel, directly across the street from Surfside 6. Surfside 6 was in fact a real address in Miami Beach, where an unrelated houseboat was moored at the time; it can also be seen in the sweeping aerial establishing shot of the Fontainebleu in 1964's Goldfinger.

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A Man Called ShenandoahA Man Called Shenandoah · 1965
A Man Called Shenandoah
★ 6.91965
SeriesWestern
A Man Called Shenandoah is an American Western series that aired Monday evenings on ABC-TV from September 13, 1965 to September 5, 1966. It was produced by MGM Television. Some of the location work for the 34 half-hour black and white episodes were filmed in California's High Sierras and Mojave Desert. When reruns aired on Turner Network Television in the 1990s, Only 29 of the 34 episodes were rebroadcast. The missing 5 did not survive. The series starred Robert Horton, who had costarred on Wagon Train from 1957 to 1962. He left that series, vowing to never do another television western, but agreed to star in A Man Called Shenandoah because he felt the show would be a great opportunity for him as an actor.

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