James E. Myers
Acting
Biography
James E. Myers was a larger-than-life figure who wore many hats during a long career in showbiz: composer, producer, musician and actor. Myers, under his nom de plume Jimmy DeKnight, will forever be remembered as the co-writer of "Rock Around the Clock," which gave Bill Haley and the Comets their 25 million-copy-selling hit and kickstarting the rock and roll era. There is debate over whether Myers actually wrote "Rock Around the Clock," or whether most of the work was actually done by co-writer Max Freedman. But Myers deserves credit for promoting the song and helping to make it the hit it became. In later years, Myers operated a Rock Around the Clock Museum out of his home and wrote an autobiography about his time serving in the Second World War, called Hell in a Foxhole.
Known For
Detective John Shaft travels incognito to Ethiopia, then France, to bust a human trafficking ring.
Shaft in Africa
The early years of rock and roll are revisited in a night club setting, with table conversations, old film clips, and stage performances by the stars.
Dick Clark's Good Old Days Part II
Two vice cops get entangled in a web of prostitution, blackmail and murder.
The Hang Up
During the Prohibition era, Steve Desmond runs the biggest bootleg liquor distribution operation of Chicago's east side, while dealing with rival Fats Percelli and Temperance Union reformers raiding speakeasies, plus plenty of sex and violence.
The Fabulous Bastard from Chicago
A young divorcée confesses her sexual adventures and fantasies during a psychodrama session at a party. Soon the party begins to resemble some of the "adventures" she was talking about.
The Divorcee
Two young hitch-hikers on a spree of revenge.
Ride, Mister?
Low budget softcore farce where two men cross-dress to go into a women's prison.
Caught in the Can
A fake documentary about the early adult film industry.
Refinements in Love
Chubby middle-aged slob Homer lives at home with his overbearing shrew of a mother and has a job as an editor at a studio that makes porn movies. A relic of primitive hardcore comedy with an unexpected leading man.
Homer, the Late Comer
Four men rob a gas station and a shot is fired so they return to their home where their four women have been waiting and licking on each other. Pretty soon the eight are all having sex but then things take a dark turn.