Airport 1975 - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Airport 1975: Encyclopedia Ii - Airport 1975 - Trivia
Columbia Airlines is the name of a fictional airline used in the film. The plane used in the film was an American Airlines Boeing 747, re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charlton Heston: Encyclopedia - Charlton Heston
Charlton Heston (born John Charles Carter on October 4, 1923, although the year is usually given as 1924), is an American film actor note...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Guy: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Guy - History
Family Guy - Creation. While studying at the Rhode Island School of Design, Seth MacFarlane created a short film entitled The Life of L...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Airport Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Airport Film - Further Comment And Plot Outline Airport 1970
The one actor appearing in all four films is George Kennedy in the key role of airline mechanic Joe Patroni, although the sequels seem to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charlton Heston: Encyclopedia Ii - Charlton Heston - Early Career
Heston was born in Evanston, Illinois to Lilla Charlton and Russell Whitford Carter. Before he was 10 his parents divorced. Some years la...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Helen Reddy: Encyclopedia Ii - Helen Reddy - 1970s Success
Alongside her friend (and fellow Australian expatriate) Olivia Newton-John, Reddy became one of the most successful female recording arti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Airplane!: Encyclopedia Ii - Airplane! - Plot Synopsis
The plot of Airplane! is a well-travelled one. The story of an in-flight medical emergency, caused by food poisoning, started as the CBC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Washington Dulles International Airport: Encyclopedia Ii - Washington Dulles International Airport - Terminals
The signature Dulles main terminal houses ticketing, baggage claim, the Z gates, and other support facilities. From here passengers can t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Kennedy: Encyclopedia Ii - George Kennedy - Biography
Kennedy was born into a show business family and made his stage debut at the age of two; he then became a radio performer. He put aside s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Washington Dulles International Airport: Encyclopedia Ii - Washington Dulles International Airport - Terminals
The signature Dulles main terminal houses ticketing, baggage claim, the Z gates, and other support facilities. From here passengers can t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gloria Swanson: Encyclopedia Ii - Gloria Swanson - Marriages
To understand the Swanson at the height of her fame and popularity, one only needs to read this oft-repeated telegram she sent to her stu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Virginia Gregg: Encyclopedia Ii - Virginia Gregg - Filmography
... aka Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious ... See also:Virginia Gregg, Virginia Gregg - Filmography, Virginia Gregg - External link   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Airplane!: Encyclopedia Ii - Airplane! - Gag-based Comedies
Airplane! is one of the most famous and acclaimed examples of a genre of similar gag-based comedies that defy logic, reason, and the "fou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gloria Swanson: Encyclopedia Ii - Gloria Swanson - Comeback In Sunset Boulevard
After several other former silent screen actresses (including Mary Pickford, Pola Negri and Mae West) turned down the role, Swanson starr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Washington Dulles International Airport: Encyclopedia Ii - Washington Dulles International Airport - History And Background
At the end of World War II, growth in aviation and in the Washington metropolitan area led Congress to pass the Washington Airport Act of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gloria Swanson: Encyclopedia Ii - Gloria Swanson - Silent Films
Her film debut was in 1914 as an extra in The Song of Soul, but by four years later she was a star in Teddy at the Throttle. She played i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Airport Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Airport Film - Trivia
Trans Global Airlines has been seen in many other Universal Studios productions, such as the television program Emergency!, when a fictio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Helen Reddy: Encyclopedia Ii - Helen Reddy - Early Years
Reddy was born into a well-known Australian show business family—her parents, well-known performers on the Australian vaudeville circui...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Guy: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Guy - Characters
The show revolves around the adventures of Peter Griffin and his family. Peter is an incompetent blue-collar worker, and a bumbling, drun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Guy: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Guy - Structural And Comedic Approach
The characters live and work in fictional Quahog, Rhode Island (pronounced "KOH-hog", IPA /'kəʊhɑg/), a hyperrealistic and intensely s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Washington Dulles International Airport: Encyclopedia Ii - Washington Dulles International Airport - History And Background
At the end of World War II, growth in aviation and in the Washington metropolitan area led Congress to pass the Washington Airport Act of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charlton Heston: Encyclopedia Ii - Charlton Heston - Off Screen
Heston was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1998, and it went into remission the next year following a course of radiation treatment. In...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charlton Heston: Encyclopedia Ii - Charlton Heston - Film Career
Heston felt the time had come to move to Hollywood and break into film. In 1950, he earned recognition for his appearance in his first pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Guy: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Guy - Episodes
In keeping with the humorous tone of the series, most episode titles of Family Guy are parodies of popular television shows, movies, and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Guy: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Guy - Opening Song
Its music composed by Walter Murphy, the familiar theme music of the show begins as a parody of the opening theme of All in the Family, w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Guy: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Guy - Other Peers And Critics
Clerks. director Kevin Smith and David Mandel, co-producer on Smith's short-lived Clerks animated series, have gone on record as Family G...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Guy: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Guy - Dvds
Family Guy - Region 1. Season Releases Best of Releases Other releases Family Guy - Region 2. Season Releases Best of Releases Other...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Guy: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Guy - Family Guy Vs. The Simpsons
Family Guy and Seth MacFarlane in particular have been frequent targets of the Simpsons, and vice versa. The Simpsons has included many j...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Guy: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Guy - Controversy
Being a largely adult-oriented program, Family Guy has become a lightning rod of controversy for its brusque approach to comedy, which de...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Guy: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Guy - Pop Culture References
Family Guy often includes references to pop culture. The following television series and movies, and even a video game, have been referen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Helen Reddy: Encyclopedia Ii - Helen Reddy - Film And Theatre
Reddy has also worked extensively both on stage and the screen, with roles in movies such as Airport 1975 and Walt Disney's Pete's Dragon...   » Read the article