Decimals: What’s the Point? (film)

Decimals: What’s the Point? (film) Educational film; released in September 1985. The look and sound of a music video are used to illustrate the basics of the decimal system.

Deep Rising (film)

Deep Rising (film) Somewhere in the South China Sea, horrific, lethal and unstoppable creatures have emerged from the bottomless depths and attacked the world’s most lavish luxury cruise ship, the Argonautica, on its maiden voyage. With indescribable strength and deadly precision, these inhuman forces have transformed the vessel into a horrific death trap. For the …

Debt (television)

Debt (television) Half-hour television series on Lifetime, debuting on June 3, 1996, and ending on July 3, 1998. A game show in which contestants had a chance to pay off their credit cards and other loans by answering questions. Hosted by Wink Martindale.

Deceptive Detective, The (television)

Deceptive Detective, The (television) Television show; episode two of Michael O’Hara IV.

De Carlo, Yvonne

De Carlo, Yvonne (1922-2007) Actress; appeared in Oscar (Aunt Rosa), and on television in The Barefoot Executive (Norma).

Death: How Can You Live with It? (film)

Death: How Can You Live with It? (film) Educational film using sequences from Napoleon and Samantha. In the Questions!/Answers? series, released in 1976. A boy learns to accept the death of his grandfather.

Deceived (film)

Deceived (film) After six happily married years, Adrienne Saunders thinks she has it all. But after a bizarre tragedy in which her husband, Jack, is apparently killed, she is faced with a series of perplexing mysteries about the man she loved and thought she knew. She discovers a web of deceit along with some shocking …

Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan (television)

Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan (television) Two-hour television movie; aired on CBS on May 9, 1995. A crime reporter for the Miami Herald, Edna Buchanan, is on the beat to find out who killed alleged mobster Johnny Cresta, who had been attempting to bring legalized gambling to town. Directed by Joyce …

Dead Poets Society (film)

Dead Poets Society (film) John Keating, a dedicated English teacher, returns to his alma mater, a stuffy Eastern boys’ prep school. The administration frowns upon his teaching methods, which encourage the students not to learn by rote, but to think and feel for themselves. He awakens such passion in one group of students that they …

Dead Presidents (film)

Dead Presidents (film) Young African American buddies, returned from the war in Vietnam, find things changed at home. Their neighborhood is disintegrating, ravaged by drugs and chronic poverty. To try to save themselves, they turn to acquiring dead presidents—cold, hard cash—by any means necessary, even if they end up paying with their lives. General release …