#Robyn Douglass

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Robyn Douglass as 'Jamie', in Galactica 1980.

[lobbycards]

Conquest of the Earth, Mexican lobby card. 1980

[nerds-yearbook]

In 1980, the Colonial Fleet (from Battlestar Galatica) found Earth and proceeded to covertly protect Earth from the Cylons (Galatica 1980, TV)

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Birthdays 2.7

Beer Birthdays

Susannah Oland (1818)

George Wiedemann (1833)

Morton Coutts (1904)

John Hickenlooper (1952)

Jeff O'Neil (1974)

Tom Acitelli (1977)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Eubie Blake; jazz musician, songwriter (1883)

Charles Dickens; writer (1812)

Sinclair Lewis; writer (1885)

Thomas More; writer (1478)

Pete Postlethwaite; actor (1945)

Famous Birthdays

Alfred Adler; psychologist (1880)

Thomas Andrews; Irish shipbuilder and Titanic designer (1873)

Eric Temple Bell; Scotish mathematician (1883)

Eddie Bracken; actor and singer (1915)

Oscar Brand; folk singer (1920)

Garth Brooks; country singer (1962)

Buster Crabbe; swimmer, actor (1908)

King Curtis; saxophonist (1934)

John Deere; farm machinery manufacturer (1804)

Frederick Douglass; writer, abolitionist (1817)

Russell Drysdale; English-Australian painter (1912)

Joe English; rock musician (1949)

Miguel Ferrer; actor (1955)

Eric Foner; historian (1943)

Karen Joy Fowler; author (1950)

Margaret Fownes-Luttrell; English painter (1726)

Henry Fuseli; Swiss-English painter (1741)

Jason Gedrick; actor (1965)

Godfrey Hardy; mathematician (1877)

Bill Hoest; cartoonist (1926)

Eddie Izzard; comedian (1962)

Thomas Killigrew; English playwright (1612)

Earl King; singer, songwriter (1934)

Ashton Kutcher; actor (1978)

Robyn Lively, American actress (1972)

Jock Mahoney; actor and stuntman (1919)

Bernard Maybeck; architect (1862)

Erkki Melartin; Finnish composer (1875)

Sam J. Miller; author (1979)

Paul Nizan, French philosopher (1905)

Emo Philips; comedian (1956)

Chris Rock; comedian, actor (1965)

James Spader; actor (1960)

Matthew Stafford; football player (1988)

Gay Talese; writer (1932)

Isaiah Thomas; basketball player (1989)

Laura Ingalls Wilder; writer (1867)

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Robyn Douglass from Galactica 1980

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Another day, another movie. Tonight we've got Golden Gate from 1981. Cast (with many familiar faces): Perry King - Jordan Kingsley Jean Simmons - Jane Kingsley Richard Kiley - Thomas J. Kingsley Robyn Douglass - Candy Martin Mary Crosby - Natalie Kingsley John Saxon - Monty Sager Melanie Griffith - Karen Peter Donat - Richard Bryne and many more

Story: A prodigal son comes finally home after a distressed call from his mother. However, eight years have changed a boy into a man and father. Jordan returns in the arms of his Mom and sister with his young son, only to find out that the newspaper run by his family is about to take over by a man named Sager. Even his own father is not happy to see him, not letting go of the past when the son walked out from San Francisco to go to New York. Thomas J. uses anyone to get his son committed. After some trouble with his wife who left him, he comes back and tries his best to please everyone. The only help he has is his old love Candy who is about to marry, and a young lady named Claire. Finding a good story about natural fuel and Sager's involvement here, the family disput grows and Sager does everything to get Natalie in his core but she remains loyal to her brother. At the last board meeting, father and son are ready to disput when the mother Jane uses her power to get all to her son. Now the father walks out. 

There’s a trailer on Youtube from my source (truetvmovies.net). The movie is not bad and well, the main reason can be seen!

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[redbishop37]

Robyn Douglass.

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[therealmrpositive]

Galactica 1980 (1980)

In today's review, I shield 80s America from the threat of murderous Toasters. As I attempt a #positive review of the classic sci-fi spinoff Galactica 1980 #LorneGreene #HerbJeffersonJr #KentMcCord #BarryVanDyke #RobynDouglass #JeremyBrett #RichardLynch

As modern culture is currently proving, there is great difficulty in letting go of a good story. If a show has a hint of a vague conclusion, it can still be continued. In 1979, Battlestar Galactica’s eager fans were teased that the final remnants of humanity had found the fabled Earth. After an unprecedented campaign proved the show’s value, the network gave it one final chance in continuing the…

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 2.7

Beer Birthdays

Susannah Oland (1818)

George Wiedemann (1833)

Morton Coutts (1904)

John Hickenlooper (1952)

Jeff O'Neil (1974)

Tom Acitelli (1977)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Eubie Blake; jazz musician, songwriter (1883)

Charles Dickens; writer (1812)

Sinclair Lewis; writer (1885)

Thomas More; writer (1478)

Pete Postlethwaite; actor (1945)

Famous Birthdays

Alfred Adler; psychologist (1880)

Thomas Andrews; Irish shipbuilder and Titanic designer (1873)

Eric Temple Bell; Scotish mathematician (1883)

Eddie Bracken; actor and singer (1915)

Oscar Brand; folk singer (1920)

Garth Brooks; country singer (1962)

Buster Crabbe; swimmer, actor (1908)

King Curtis; saxophonist (1934)

John Deere; farm machinery manufacturer (1804)

Frederick Douglass; writer, abolitionist (1817)

Russell Drysdale; English-Australian painter (1912)

Joe English; rock musician (1949)

Miguel Ferrer; actor (1955)

Eric Foner; historian (1943)

Karen Joy Fowler; author (1950)

Margaret Fownes-Luttrell; English painter (1726)

Henry Fuseli; Swiss-English painter (1741)

Jason Gedrick; actor (1965)

Godfrey Hardy; mathematician (1877)

Bill Hoest; cartoonist (1926)

Eddie Izzard; comedian (1962)

Thomas Killigrew; English playwright (1612)

Earl King; singer, songwriter (1934)

Ashton Kutcher; actor (1978)

Robyn Lively, American actress (1972)

Jock Mahoney; actor and stuntman (1919)

Bernard Maybeck; architect (1862)

Erkki Melartin; Finnish composer (1875)

Sam J. Miller; author (1979)

Paul Nizan, French philosopher (1905)

Emo Philips; comedian (1956)

Chris Rock; comedian, actor (1965)

James Spader; actor (1960)

Matthew Stafford; football player (1988)

Gay Talese; writer (1932)

Isaiah Thomas; basketball player (1989)

Laura Ingalls Wilder; writer (1867)

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CALIFICACIÓN PERSONAL: 5 / 10

Título Original: Partners

Año: 1982

Duración: 98 min

País: Estados Unidos

Director: James Burrows

Guion: Francis Veber

Música: Georges Delerue

Fotografía: Victor J. Kemper

Reparto: Ryan O'Neal, John Hurt, Kenneth McMillan, Robyn Douglass, Jay Robinson, Rick Jason, Denise Galik, Joseph R. Sicari, Michael McGuire, James Remar, Jennifer Ashley, Darrell Larson, Tony March, Seamon Glass, Steven Reisch, Carl Kraines, Bob Ozman, Carol Williard, Gene Ross, Douglas Bruce, Craig Shreeve, Gregory Hodal, Iris Klein, Bob Bigelow, John Garber, Sherrie Lessard, Ed McCready, Jackie Millines, Ray Saunders, Luis Torres

Productora: Paramount Pictures, Aaron Russo Productions

Género: Comedy, Crime

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084477/

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A sweet slice of life

Title: “Breaking Away”

Release date: July 13, 1979

Starring: Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Jackie Earle Haley, Daniel Stern, Paul Dooley, Barbara Barrie, Robyn Douglass, Hart Bochner, Amy Wright

Directed by: Peter Yates

Run time: 1 hour, 40 minutes

Rated: PG

What it’s about: Four male friends growing up in Bloomington, Ind., in the late 1970s try to decide what to do after high school while clashing with Indiana University students, leading to a showdown in the school’s annual Little 500 bicycle race.

How I saw it: The pivotal, definitive moment in the sweet, optimistic 1979 underdog coming-of-age story “Breaking Away” is both enlightening and heartbreaking. The scene’s emotions will ring familiar to anyone who has lost their innocence or helped someone cope with such an important life change. It is 1 minute and 37 seconds of movie magic in a film full of charmingly observant moments.

First, a little background. “Breaking Away” is the story of Dave Stohler (Dennis Christopher), a 19-year-old “townie” in Bloomington, Ind., home of Indiana University. He and his friends – Mike, the tough-guy high school jock; Cyril, the gangly, nerdy cut-up; and Moocher, the short guy with a chip on his shoulder – spend most of their time together and ponder life after high school. They also clash with IU students, who look down on the native “cutters,” so named because their families have worked in the limestone quarries in the Bloomington area.

Dave is a champion cyclist and, much to the chagrin of his father, Ray (Paul Dooley), has adopted the personality of an Italian cyclist, listening to Italian opera records, speaking the language and even shaving his legs. Dave goes so far as to convince a beautiful sorority house resident, Katherine (Robyn Douglass), that he is an Italian exchange student and has a large and loving family back in the home country. A romance blossoms between the two based on Dave’s deception.

Dave is ecstatic when he learns a group of Italian bicycle racers will be competing in nearby Indianapolis, and he enters the road race. The Italians easily break free from the pack, but Dave eventually catches up. For a moment, he is riding alongside men he has idolized. But then the turning moment: One of the Italian riders takes his bicycle tire pump and jams it into Dave’s front spokes, sending him and his bike into a ditch. His buddies drive the battered and bruised (and disheartened) Dave home. He is not the same person he was when the bike race began. He is a cutter, not a wannabe Italian cyclist.

Fortunately for Dave, he has supportive parents (he is an only child, at least for the moment). Ray Stohler is typical of fathers of his generation – caring, but gruff. He is about 50, overweight (and with a penchant for fried foods) and stopped working as a stonecutter because of a heart condition. He is tough on his son, and he doesn’t know what make of him. Dave’s mother, Evelyn (played beautifully by Barbara Barrie), is a homemaker who has given up on her dreams of world travel, though she carries a passport just in case she needs it to write a check at the local grocery. She mostly tries to get her husband to eat right and is a calming influence when her husband is exasperated with their son.

After his crash, Dave walks into the family’s living room. Ray Stohler has recovered from a nervous breakdown brought on when Dave, working at his father’s used car lot, gave a customer a refund for a broken-down car. Ray immediately knows something is up when his son addresses him as “dad” instead of “papa.” Ray starts getting worked up again about nightmares of handing out refunds to all his customers, and Dave, now seated on a coffee table, apologizes to his father and says quietly, “Everybody cheats. I just didn’t know.” His father, still puzzled about what is taking place, says matter-of-factly, “Well, now you know.” A sobbing Dave hugs his dad, who at first does not know how to reciprocate. “I didn’t want you to be this miserable,” Ray says. “A little bit’s all I ask for.” The elder Stohler pats his son on the back and asks his wife to again say just the right words. But she can’t; her eyes are puddles of tears, and the scene ends with her offering a sad smile that seems to say her husband has done well and that her son, despite his heartbreak, is going to be OK.

Like in the rest of the movie, the dialogue here is spot-on. Steve Tesich, who attended IU in the 1960s after moving to East Chicago, Ind., with his family from his native Yugoslavia, earned an Oscar for the screenplay, and deservedly so. The conversations in “Breaking Away” seem so natural; at no point does it seem like actors imitating small-town Hoosiers. Credit also goes to British director Peter Yates. Great, comfortable performances abound (especially among Dave and his buddies), and Yates keeps the movie moving at a properly leisurely but steady pace. “Breaking Away” also is genuinely funny, and Yates and Tesich strike the perfect balance between laughs and sentimentality.

After learning his hard life lesson, Dave and pals decide to take up the school president’s offer to compete in IU’s annual Little 500 bicycle race – an effort to resolve the differences between students and townies after a brawl between them broke out at the student union. This is an underdog story, so everyone knows what is going to happen at the end of the climactic race scene. That it is predictable matters little. When the expected outcome arrives, it’s a stand-up-and-cheer moment, whether you are seeing it for the first time or 10th time.

Younger viewers won’t recognize the world of 40 years ago. No one stares into a phone; no one takes photos of themselves. No computers are to be found. The Stohlers don’t even watch TV; they listen to records and radios. The fashion is decidedly 1970s, right down to the bushy hair, short shorts and white tube socks. The under-35 set might also be shocked by what they see. “Breaking Away” offers almost nothing as far as diversity. Cyril briefly imitates a Native American, and he yells at young coeds from Mike’s car and wonders out loud about the relationship between college and the size of women’s breasts. A stereotypically gay man, dressed in a pink shirt, makes a joke about (bowling) balls. And feminists might wonder how Evelyn could be content cooking and cleaning up after her guys; she doesn’t seem to have a life outside of home.    

But the late 1970s were a different time, and whether they seem better or worse likely depends on your age and perspective. Though “Breaking Away” might seem dated four decades later, its coming-of-age themes and sense of optimism are timeless and will resonate with all ages.

My score: 93 out of 100

Should you see it? Yes. “Breaking Away” is the kind of movie that will leave you feeling happier and more hopeful than you did before you started watching it.

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mellyora221b

On The Bruce: If you're looking for novels I can recommend The Bruce Trilogy by Nigel Tranter and The Bruce by John Barbour. Also the novel series by Robyn Young. Non-fiction I can recommend The Great Scot by Duncan A. Bruce and Robert Bruce & The Community Of The Realm Of Scotland. There's also a new biography by Dr. Fiona Watson called Traitor Outlaw King, but so far only the first part is available. But it's really good! Look also out for The Black Douglas by Crocket.

Ahh, thank you! We did visit Bothwell Castle while in Scotland, home of the Black Douglasses, so that last-mentioned book would be another great one I hadn’t even considered. This is a fantastic reading list, I so appreciate it!