Norman Taviss

Norman Taviss

Movies for Norman Taviss...

Hog Wild
Title: Hog Wild
Character: Henry Curd
Released: June 1, 1980
Type: Movie
A boy, expelled from military school, returns home to his fathers disappointment. He discovers that a motorcycle gang has been terrorizing his high school, and falls in love with the girlfriend of the gang's leader. He battles the gang, and wins both the admiration of his father and the love of the girl.
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Blackout
Title: Blackout
Released: August 25, 1978
Type: Movie
A black comedy of violent criminals who terrorize apartment dwellers during New York's 1977 power blackout.
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Lies My Father Told Me
Title: Lies My Father Told Me
Released: September 26, 1975
Type: Movie
A Jewish boy grows up in 1920s Montreal with a grandfather who tells stories and a father who won't work.
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The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Title: The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Character: Grandfather Farber
Released: April 11, 1974
Type: Movie
The younger son of a working-class Jewish family in Montreal, Duddy Kravitz yearns to make a name for himself in society. This film chronicles his short and dubious rise to power, as well as his changing relationships with family and friends. Along the way the film explores the themes of anti-semitism and the responsibilities which come with adulthood.
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Sins of the Fathers
Title: Sins of the Fathers
Character: Shorty
Released: April 25, 1948
Type: Movie
A dramatized story about a town where illegal activities are allowed to thrive, some of the politicians are dishonest, and a doctor and couple of colleagues try to help townspeople see that public health measures, especially those that might control syphilis, are necessary. Two of the most influential men in town oppose clean-up and public health efforts until their young adult children contract syphilis. Spliced into the dramatic film are segments of other educational films, including animated segments, that describe the symptoms and risks of syphilis. A butcher named Tony is excited about the birth of his first child, but the child is born dead because of a maternal syphilis infection.