Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Betty Lou Varnum
Betty Lou Varnum( born May 3, 1931) is an American television personality.
Her parents, Glen and Louise McVay, moved to the small town of Platteville, Wisconsin later that same year.
Her father was a popular local optometrist and sportsman and her mother was a housewife.
The family lived in Platteville during WWII as McVay completed public school.
After the war, McVay moved to Madison and attended the University of Wisconsin – Madison where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology with a minor in English literature.
After graduation, McVay returned to her hometown, Platteville, and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in teaching.
She took a job teaching literature and speech at the high school in Port Washington, Wisconsin.
An acquaintance of McVay's who attended the University of Wisconsin, Platteville and worked at WOI- TV in Ames, Iowa suggested her as a host for a television show.
In late 1954, after being contacted by WOI- TV managers, McVay left her teaching job and went to work in television.
At that time, WOI- TV was owned and operated by Iowa State University and had just signed on the air on February 21, 1950.
It was the first commercial television station in the United States to be owned by a major college.
Although she had never been in a television studio before and had only been on the job for two days, McVay took over as host of “ The Magic Window ”, which would become America's longest- running local children's program.
“ The Magic Window ” ran continuously from 1951 through 1994.
“ Betty Lou and the House with the Magic Window, ” as the show was later titled, was a children's show aimed at kindergarten and preschoolers that took place in the Magic Forest.
McVay and her special friends, “ Gregory Lion ”( a perpetually 4- year- old lion), “ Catrina Crocodile ”( a witch who had changed herself into a beautiful crocodile) and “ Dusty the Unicorn ”( more formally known as “ Stardust Glimmer ”, who was 3000 years old – young for a unicorn), would chat with visitors, teach a clever craft, and watch wholesome cartoons such as “ Felix the Cat ” and “ Tales of the Riverbank, ” a Canadian live- action short about “ Hammy the Hamster ”, “ Roderick the Rat ” and friends.
Although targeted for young children, “ The Magic Window ” would become a favorite of children of all ages as generations grew up with Betty Lou.
In 1959, McVay married James( Red) Varnum, also an employee at WOI- TV.
Red worked as a backstage designer, producer, director and writer and appeared in a number of shows including" The Red Dash" and “ Gravesend Manor ”.
It was rumored that Red was the voice of one of the puppets in “ The Magic Window ”, but neither Betty Lou nor Red ever confirmed this.
She made only one appearance as an actress.
She played Mrs. Vernam on an episode of" The Rifleman".
That episode first aired October 16, 1961; it was Season 4 Episode 3.
She worked on other projects at WOI- TV and became the motive force behind many significant public affairs and entertainment shows.
Among the first in her field, she hosted a local talk show, “ Dimension 5 ”, which ran on Tuesday evenings starting at 10:30 PM and ending when all of the viewer ’s questions were answered and the panel members had expressed their views —often causing the show to run into the early hours of the morning.
“ Dimension 5 ” addressed the controversial topics of the day with shows featuring Medal of Honor Winners, Nobel Prize Winners, The American Indian Movement, Women's Rights, Gay and Lesbian rights and many others.
Betty
Lou also produced and hosted the award- winning “ Status 6 ” which focused on the struggles of the handicapped in Iowa for which she received the McCall ’s Golden Mike Award for Women in Radio and Television.
In the mid-1970s, she conceived of and hosted" Stringers Newscast," a show that featured film shorts and animations produced by the viewing public.
Betty
Lou also hosted the yearly Iowa State Fair and VEISHEA Parades.
Betty
Lou retired in 1994 when WOI- TV was purchased by a commercial company.
During her 40- year career, Betty Lou received endless recognition and awards for her pioneering work in the television industry and as a woman in the early days of local broadcasting.
Betty Lou Keim
Betty Lou Keim (September 27, 1938 – January 27, 2010) was an American film and television actress.
Dana Blankstein
Dana Blankstein- Cohen( born March 3, 1981) is the director of the Israeli Academy of Film and Television.
She is a film director, and an Israeli culture entrepreneur.
John Farrell (businessman)
John Farrell is the director of YouTube in Latin America.
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
Thomas McKay (gunner)
Staff Sergeant Thomas McKay MBE( died 17 November 2005), known as" Tam the Gun", was the District Gunner with 105th Regiment Royal Artillery( Volunteers) from 1979 until 2005.
During that time, McKay was responsible for the daily firing of the One O'Clock Gun at Edinburgh Castle, becoming the longest- serving holder of the post.
McKay was born in Lochgelly, Fife, and grew up in Musselburgh.
He joined 529 Company Royal Army Service Corps, part of the Territorial Army.
The One O'clock Gun is a time signal, given at 1.00 pm Monday to Saturday, and has been operating since 1861.
McKay began firing the gun in July 1979, and during his long service became a recognisable Edinburgh character.
At that time, the gun was a 25- pound Howitzer, although this was replaced with a L118 Light Gun, brought into service on 30 November 2001, with" Tam the Gun" firing the first round.
In 1999, Sergeant McKay was awarded the MBE by the Queen, for his services to the Territorial Army.
Sergeant McKay was instrumental in setting up the One O'Clock Gun exhibition within the castle, obtaining funding from the National Lottery and Historic Scotland.
The exhibition, initially temporary but now permanent, explains the origins of Edinburgh's time signals, first established in the 1840s by Charles Piazzi Smyth, the Astronomer Royal for Scotland.
McKay also floated the idea of sponsorship of the One O'clock Gun, in order to secure its future.
He undertook fundraising work for the Army Benevolent Fund, and in 2002 published a book of anecdotes and history relating to the gun, entitled," What Time Does Edinburgh's One O'clock Gun Fire?", the proceeds of which went towards the fund.
McKay also appeared on BBC Scotland's" Hogmanay Live" programme, firing the gun to mark the New Year.
He continued to fire the gun until his retirement on 27 January 2005.
He died at his home in Dunfermline at the age of 60.
The name" Tam the Gun" was given to a GNER Class 91 locomotive, No. 91122, in June 2006 in honour of Sergeant McKay.
The locomotive was named by his widow in an official ceremony at Edinburgh Waverley.
The name formerly carried on the locomotive was" Double Trigger", and along with the rest of the class, lost the name when National Express East Coast took over the franchise.
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag is a 1992 American screwball comedy film written by Grace Cary Bickley, and directed by Allan Moyle.
The film stars Penelope Ann Miller, Eric Thal, Julianne Moore, William Forsythe, Cathy Moriarty, and Alfre Woodard.
Rock and roll recording pioneer Cordell Jackson played a bit part as "Bathroom Woman".
The film was distributed by Touchstone Pictures for Interscope Communications.
Allan Moyle
Allan Moyle (born 1947 in Shawinigan, Quebec) is a Canadian film director.
He is best known for directing the films
"Pump Up the Volume" (1990) and
"Empire Records" (1995).
Betty Lou Young
Betty Lou Young( May 18, 1919 – July 1, 2010) was a United States writer and conservationist.
Young was born in Minneapolis to Chester Haller, the owner of a lumber warehouse, and his wife Amy, who was a teacher.
While Betty was still a baby, her parents separated, and her mother relocated in Long Beach.
Betty received her undergraduate education at UCLA, and her masters at Smith College in 1942, at which point she met and married the doctor Thomas Young.
Betty Lou Young became deeply involved in her local community of Rustic Canyon, Los Angeles, writing several books about the Pacific Palisades area.
In the 1960s she campaigned to preserve the Santa Monica Mountains against plans for commercial and residential development.
Thomas died in 1994, and Betty Lou in 2010.
They had one son, Thomas R. Young – who collaborated with Betty Lou on some of her books – and two daughters.

Question: What nationality is the director of film The Gun In Betty Lou'S Handbag?
Answer: Canadian