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  Gary Westfahl's Bio-Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Film: Lorenzo Semple, Jr.
Semple began his career in 1951 by contributing stories to The Saturday Evening Post, Argosy, and Ladies Home Journal, but soon was focusing more on playwriting, with two lightweight Broadway shows—Tonight in Samarkand (1955) and The Golden Fleecing (1959)—to his modest credit.
By writing most of the series' early episodes, Semple indelibly set the tone for the program's campy combination of exciting adventures for the kids and knowing wisecracks for their parents, and one must acknowledge that the results, at least initially, were strikingly entertaining, even brilliant.
This is an important point in explaining Semple's later failures in filmmaking, as actors in two-hour movies would not enjoy the same sustained opportunity to overcome the mind-numbing effects of the often incessant frivolity in his plots and dialogue.
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Perkins is her perfect match; his shy, eager-to-be-manipulated psychopath may have echoes of Norman Bates, but only echoes; Perkins was too good an actor at this stage of his career to waste this opportunity by simply repeating himself.
Both actors are helped by Lorenzo Semple Jr.'s darkly ironic screenplay, which provides both meaty characters and a compelling storyline.
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  Terminator jr, invacare - Action 1/18 Sam Hornish Jr. #4 Terminator 3 2003 Dallara Chevy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27)
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 Thunderball -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27)
In the 1980s, McClory sold the license to make one James Bond film based on the source material for Thunderball to Jack Schwartzman.
Schwartzman was key for receiving backing from (additional info and facts about Warner Bros.) Warner Bros. and for hiring Lorenzo Semple Jr.
Together, Schwartzman and McClory produced the (additional info and facts about 1983) 1983 film (additional info and facts about Never Say Never Again) Never Say Never Again, a remake of Thunderball that starred Sean Connery as James Bond, in a much-publicized return to the role after a 12-year hiatus.
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