Les Podewell

Les Podewell

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Groundhog Day
Title: Groundhog Day
Character: Old Man
Released: February 11, 1993
Type: Movie
A narcissistic TV weatherman, along with his attractive-but-distant producer, and his mawkish cameraman, is sent to report on Groundhog Day in the small town of Punxsutawney, where he finds himself repeating the same day over and over.
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Equinox
Title: Equinox
Character: Jerome Hamner
Released: September 18, 1992
Type: Movie
Henry Petosa and Freddy Ace are twins who were separated being babies, and they do not know each other. Henry was adopted by a honest man, while Freddy becomes a gangster. Henry is very shy and has a lot of mental troubles. The film melts the two stories by a young writer who discovers that they were sons of an european noble and they own a large inheritance.
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Only the Lonely
Title: Only the Lonely
Character: Jack
Released: May 24, 1991
Type: Movie
Danny Muldoon, a Chicago policeman, still lives with his overbearing mother Rose. He meets and falls in love with Theresa Luna , whose father owns the local funeral parlour. Naturally, his mother objects to the relationship, and Danny and Theresa must either overcome her objections or give up the romance.
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Dream Breakers
Title: Dream Breakers
Character: Elevator Starter
Released: September 2, 1989
Type: Movie
A movie about a Chicago family -- a building contractor and his two sons who have opposing ideologies. One brother works for a power-hungry builder with underworld connections; the younger son, a priest in one of the city's poor parishes, is fighting the forces for which his brother works.
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Code of Silence
Title: Code of Silence
Character: Coroner
Released: May 3, 1985
Type: Movie
A Chicago cop is caught in the middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take an irresponsible cop down.
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Heart of Steel
Title: Heart of Steel
Character: Eddie
Released: December 4, 1983
Type: Movie
A steel factory that employs most of the town shuts down, leaving a man desperate to keep his family and friends together while alcohol consumes him in this depressing drama.
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Will: G. Gordon Liddy
Title: Will: G. Gordon Liddy
Released: January 10, 1982
Type: Movie
Based on the autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy who spent 54 months in prison following the Watergate scandal.
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Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter
Title: Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter
Character: Tom Nash
Released: December 10, 1979
Type: Movie
Starring Dan O Herlihy as Mark Twain, this PBS special was created by renowned Twain scholars.
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Gaily, Gaily
Title: Gaily, Gaily
Character: Minister
Released: December 16, 1969
Type: Movie
After runaway Ben Young is robbed and left on his own, he is taken in by Lil, the head of a Chicago brothel. Acting as a surrogate mother for Ben, who thinks she runs a boardinghouse, Lil gets him a job with Francis Sullivan at the local newspaper. As Ben is exposed to the workings of the big city, he realizes the extent of government corruption and sets out on the daunting task of reforming Chicago politics, finding several allies along the way.
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Mr. B Natural
Title: Mr. B Natural
Character: Mr. Turner
Released: January 1, 1956
Type: Movie
A young boy is sitting in a room one day, bored, when suddenly a leotard-clad woman calling herself Mr. B Natural appears in his room. Mr. B Natural describes to the boy the wonder and beauty of music, and tells him that if he learns to play an instrument, he can be "a happy king!" The boy decides to take Mr. B Natural's advice.
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Are You Popular?
Title: Are You Popular?
Character: Mr. Ames (as Lester Podewell)
Released: January 1, 1947
Type: Movie
The issue of popularity, specifically amongst the high school set, is dramatized.