Frisco
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Frisco may refer to:
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in places:
- Frisco, ColoradoFrisco, ColoradoFrisco is a home rule municipality in Summit County, Colorado, United States. The population was 2,443 at the 2000 census. It is a popular town among skiers from around the world...
- Frisco, LouisianaFrisco, LouisianaFrisco is an unincorporated community located in southern Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, United States.-History:The area was once known as Friscoville. The town received its name from the Frisco Gulf Coast Lines' New Orleans-Houston rail line that was built nearby in 1904...
- Frisco, North CarolinaFrisco, North CarolinaFrisco is a small unincorporated community on the barrier island of Hatteras Island, between the villages of Buxton and Hatteras. It is located in Dare County, North Carolina, USA, and was previously named Trent, or Trent Woods, but received a new name with the coming of the post office in 1898...
- Frisco, PennsylvaniaFrisco, PennsylvaniaFrisco is an unincorporated community in Franklin Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located along Pennsylvania Route 288, southeast of Ellwood City. The area was the site of a tube mill during World War I.-Further reading:...
- Frisco, TexasFrisco, TexasFrisco is an affluent city in Collin and Denton Counties in the U.S. state of Texas and a rapidly growing suburb of Dallas. As of the 2010 Census, 116,989 people were living in Frisco up from 33,714 in the previous census. Frisco was the fastest growing city in the United States in 2009, and also...
- Frisco, UtahFrisco, UtahFrisco is a ghost town in Beaver County, Utah, USA. It was an active mining camp from 1879 to 1929.-History:Frisco developed as the post office and commercial center for the San Francisco Mining District, and was the terminus of the Utah Southern Railroad extension from Milford. The Horn Silver...
- Frisco City, AlabamaFrisco City, AlabamaFrisco City is a town in Monroe County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 1,460.-Geography:Frisco City is located at .According to the U.S...
- nickname for San Francisco, CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
in motion pictures:
- Fog Over FriscoFog Over FriscoFog Over Frisco is a 1934 American drama film directed by William Dieterle. The screenplay by Robert N. Lee and Eugene Solow was based on the short story The Five Fragments by George Dyer.-Plot:...
, 1934 motion picture starring Bette Davis and Donald Woods - Frisco JennyFrisco JennyFrisco Jenny is a Pre-Code drama film starring Ruth Chatterton and directed by William A. Wellman.-Plot:In 1906 San Francisco, Frisco Jenny Sandoval , a denizen of the notorious Tenderloin district, wants to marry piano player Dan McAllister , but her saloonkeeper father Jim is adamantly opposed...
, 1932 motion picture starring Ruth Chatterton - Frisco KidFrisco KidFrisco Kid is a 1935 film starring James Cagney and directed by Lloyd Bacon.-Cast:*James Cagney as Bat Morgan*Margaret Lindsay as Jean Barrat*Ricardo Cortez as Paul Morra*Lili Damita as Belle*Donald Woods as Charles Ford...
, 1935 motion picture starring James Cagney - The Frisco KidThe Frisco KidThe Frisco Kid is a 1979 movie directed by Robert Aldrich. The movie is a Western comedy featuring Gene Wilder as Avram Belinski, a Polish rabbi who is traveling to San Francisco, and Harrison Ford as a bank robber who befriends him.-Plot:...
, 1979 motion picture starring Gene Wilder - Hello, Frisco, HelloHello, Frisco, HelloHello, Frisco, Hello is a film starring Alice Faye, John Payne, Lynn Bari, and Jack Oakie. The film was made in Technicolor and released by 20th Century-Fox. This was one of the last musicals made by Faye for Fox, and in later interviews Faye said it was clear Fox was promoting Betty Grable as her...
, 1943 motion picture starring Alice Faye
other:
- St. Louis - San Francisco Railway
- Frisco (drink), a flavoured malt drink produced by Plzeňský Prazdroj
- Frisco BridgeFrisco BridgeThe Frisco Bridge, previously known as the Memphis Bridge, is a cantilevered through truss bridge carrying a rail line across the Mississippi River between West Memphis, Arkansas and Memphis, Tennessee.-Construction:...
- Joe FriscoJoe FriscoJoe Frisco was an American vaudeville performer who first made his name on stage as a jazz dancer, but later incorporated his stuttering voice to his act and became a popular comedian.Born Louis Wilson Joseph...
, American vaudeville performer - Rocky FriscoRocky FriscoBorn Don Roscoe Joseph III in Saint Louis, Missouri on July 26, 1937, Rocky Frisco is the pianist with the J. J. Cale Band.Frisco and Cale both attended Tulsa Central High School in the 1950s, with Frisco graduating in 1955 and Cale in 1956. They played together in Gene Crose's band starting in...
, pianist with the J. J. Cale Band