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Director and producer Ron Howard says he’s honored to be able to comment on the life of his “American Graffiti” and “Happy Days” co-star Cindy Williams, who died Wednesday at age 75 ...
The film begat “Happy Days” and “Grease,” all of which ... parade was shunned by local media In his review of “American Graffiti” at the time, Enquirer film critic Roger Grooms wrote ...
“American Graffiti,” despite a title that didn ... he couldn’t find work for years after playing the Fonz on ‘Happy Days.’ He says he was typecast. The success of “American Graffiti ...
“Happy Days” premiered on Jan. 15 ... on the heels of the 1950s nostalgia craze generated by the movie “American Graffiti.“ The show revolved around the all-American, middle-class ...
The success of "American Graffiti" led to him getting cast on "Happy Days," one of the most successful shows of the 70s. It was on air for 11 seasons from 1974 to 1984, with Howard playing the ...
Of course, American Graffiti became much more than "any other ... Howard appeared in other films and a hit TV series (Happy Days) before switching to make movies on the other side of the camera ...
“Happy Days” was a nostalgic look back at 1950s ... after the success of the 1973 George Lucas throwback movie “American Graffiti,” which took place in 1962 and also featured Howard.
“Happy Days” was nostalgic because the teenagers ... and the movies “The Lords of Flatbush” and “American Graffiti.” The ’70s also went through a brief phase of longing for the ...
When Garry Marshall's "Happy Days" premiered on ABC in 1974, the sitcom caught a ride on a wave of Baby Boomer nostalgia generated by George Lucas' "American Graffiti" the previous year.