Pia Zadora
Pia Zadora( born Pia Alfreda Schipani, May 4, 1953) is an American actress and singer.
After working as a child actress on Broadway, in regional theater, and in the film" Santa Claus Conquers the Martians"( 1964), she came to national attention in 1981 when, following her starring role in the highly criticized" Butterfly", she won a Golden Globe Award as New Star of the Year while simultaneously winning the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress and the Worst New Star for the same performance.
When in the 1980s Zadora's film career failed to achieve critical success, she switched her focus to music.
As a singer, Zadora has released several albums featuring popular standards, often backed by a symphonic orchestra.
She was nominated for a Grammy in 1984.
Landline (film)
Landline is a 2017 American comedy film written and directed by Gillian Robespierre and co-written by Elisabeth Holm.
The film stars Jenny Slate, Edie Falco, Abby Quinn, John Turturro, Jay Duplass and Finn Wittrock, and follows sisters in 1990s New York City who think their father is having an affair.
It had its world premiere at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2017, and was released by Amazon Studios on July 21, 2017.
Gillian Robespierre
Gillian Robespierre( June 29, 1978) is an American director and writer, known for writing and directing the films" Obvious Child" and" Landline".
Vincent Beck
Vincent Beck (August 15, 1924 - July 24, 1984) was an American character actor with a deep voice who began his career as a stage actor.
He was a prolific film and television actor who acted in films such as "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" in 1964, "The Spy in the Green Hat " in 1967, "The Scorpio Letters" in 1967, "The Pink Jungle" in 1968 and in the same year, "The Bamboo Saucer".
He also was in "Vigilante" in 1983.
He also appeared in at least 26 different television shows which included "The MonkeesGet SmartDaniel BooneThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.BonanzaThe Time Tunnel", and "Lost In Space".
Movie Mania
Movie Mania was a 24- hour movie network that catered to fans of the B movie genre and was targeted at a male audience.
Carriage was limited to a small number of cable companies, as well as being available via the C- Band 4DTV system( Galaxy 23, VCN 800).
The channel was organized into smooth eight- hour blocks, so the same movie was generally shown three times per day.
Genres shown on the channel were" Premier TheatreAction TheatreComedy CornerHorror FeatureClassic Cinema" and" M2 Movie" as well as M2 Specials.
Movies ranged from the well- known,( ex." Night of the Living Dead"), to cult films( ex." Santa Claus Conquers the Martians") to new movies.
Nicholas Webster
Nicholas Webster( July 24, 1912 – August 12, 2006) was an American film and television director.
Chiefly remembered for his CBS program" The Violent World of Sam Huff"( 1960; featuring the first use of a wireless microphone on television); the ABC Close Up documentary" Walk in My Shoes"( 1961), nominated for an Emmy as the best television program of the year, it was the first time the story of African Americans was told in their own words on television;" Purlie Victorious"( 1963; also known as" Gone Are the Days!"), the film version of Ossie Davis' acclaimed stage play starring Davis, Ruby Dee, and Alan Alda in his first film role); and the feature film" Santa Claus Conquers the Martians"( 1964), a children's favorite for more than 40 years and noteworthy to trivia buffs as Pia Zadora's first film.
It was originally reviewed as" a children's film adults wo n't mind sitting through", though it was later listed by the Medved brothers as one of the 50 worst films of all time, thus ensuring its ongoing cult status); and the ABC special" Ridin' the Rails: The Great American Train Story"( 1974), which featured Johnny Cash.
The program was recently re-released by Rhino Records.
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians is a 1964 American science fiction comedy film directed by Nicholas Webster, produced and written by Paul L. Jacobson, based on a story by Glenville Mareth, that stars John Call as Santa Claus.
It also features an eight- year- old Pia Zadora as one of the Martian children.
The film also marks the first documented appearance of Mrs. Claus in a motion picture( Doris Rich plays the role), coming three weeks before the television special" Rudolph the Red- Nosed Reindeer", which also featured Mrs. Claus.
The film regularly appears on lists of the worst films ever made, is regularly featured in the" bottom 100" list on the Internet Movie Database, and was featured in an episode of the syndicated series of the" Canned Film Festival" of 1986.
" Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" took on newfound fame in the 1990s after being featured on an episode of the comedy series" Mystery Science Theater 3000".
That episode became a holiday staple on the Comedy Central cable channel in the years following its premiere of 1991.
It has since found new life again, as it has been the subject of new riffing by Cinematic Titanic and RiffTrax, both productions of former" MST3K" writers and performers.
The film was also featured on" Elvira's Movie Macabre".
To this day this movie according to certain websites remains one of the worst movies on screen.
Santa Claus, Arizona
Santa Claus( also known as Santa Claus Acres) is a populated place in Mohave County, Arizona, United States.
Originating in 1937, Santa Claus lies approximately northwest of Kingman, Arizona, along U.S. Route 93 between mile markers 57 and 58, immediately north of Hermit Drive and just south of both Grasshopper Junction, Arizona, and the Junk Art of Chloride, a group of metal statues in Chloride, Arizona, that include a flamingo made out of a motorcycle gas tank.
Characterized in 1988 as" a little roadside place on the west shoulder of U.S. Route 93," Santa Claus receives traffic from motorists driving between Phoenix, Arizona, and Las Vegas, Nevada, or Hoover Dam.
In connection with its beginnings in 1937, Santa Claus received several attractions and buildings, including the Kit Carson Guest House which was renamed the Santa Claus Inn.
Nina Talbot, a real estate woman and the owner of Santa Claus, made plans to use the Santa theme in a parched desert location to attract buyers for her surrounding, subdivided land.
By 1942, the town of Santa Claus had become a full- fledged tourist spot.
After twelve years operating Santa Claus, Talbot's land resale plans for Santa Claus never materialized, in part because the only inhabitants in the town were the ones working there.
Talbot sold her interest in the town in 1949.
Others made plans during the 1950s to improve Santa Claus, which received publicity through the writings of American novelist and famed science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein and U.S. pioneer restaurant rater Duncan Hines and through 1961 remailing service advertisements offering to postmark letters from Santa Claus, for a small fee.
The popularity of Santa Claus went in decline in the 1970s.
In July 1983, owner Tony Wilcox unsuccessfully offered to sell Santa Claus for$ 95,000, which was reduced to$ 52,500 by 1988.
All remaining operating businesses in the town closed in 1995.
In the 2000s, the town became difficult to locate and the few remaining structures and attractions were weather worn.
What presently remains is several vandalized buildings, a wishing well, and the" Old 1225", a derailed, pink children's train tagged with graffiti that mar the hand- painted renderings of Santa and his elves on the train.
Vincent Beck
Vincent Beck (August 15, 1924 - July 24, 1984) was an American character actor with a deep voice who began his career as a stage actor.
He was a prolific film and television actor who acted in films such as "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" in 1964, "The Spy in the Green Hat " in 1967, "The Scorpio Letters" in 1967, "The Pink Jungle" in 1968 and in the same year, "The Bamboo Saucer".
He also was in "Vigilante" in 1983.
He also appeared in at least 26 different television shows which included "The MonkeesGet SmartDaniel BooneThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.BonanzaThe Time Tunnel", and "Lost In Space".
Pia Zadora
Pia Zadora( born Pia Alfreda Schipani, May 4, 1953) is an American actress and singer.
After working as a child actress on Broadway, in regional theater, and in the film" Santa Claus Conquers the Martians"( 1964), she came to national attention in 1981 when, following her starring role in the highly criticized" Butterfly", she won a Golden Globe Award as New Star of the Year while simultaneously winning the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress and the Worst New Star for the same performance.
When in the 1980s Zadora's film career failed to achieve critical success, she switched her focus to music.
As a singer, Zadora has released several albums featuring popular standards, often backed by a symphonic orchestra.
She was nominated for a Grammy in 1984.

Question: Are the directors of films Santa Claus Conquers The Martians and Landline (Film) both from the same country?
Answer: yes