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auteur
auteur , in film criticism, a director who so dominates the film-making process that it is appropriate to call the director the auteur, or author, of the motion picture. The auteur theory holds that the director is the primary person responsible for the creation of a motion picture and imbues it wit... Read more
Lon Chaney
Lon Chaney , 1883-1930, American film actor, b. Colorado Springs, Colo. Chaney was the son of deaf-mute parents. He made more than 150 silent films. A master of the use of grotesque, distorting makeup, he is best remembered for his work in horror films such as The Phantom of the Opera (1925). His ... Read more
American Film Institute
American Film Institute (AFI), nonprofit organization established in Washington, D.C., in 1967 by the National Endowment for the Arts to preserve and catalog American films and television, to provide work grants for new and established filmmakers, and to increase recognition and understanding of th... Read more
Alan Jay Lerner
Alan Jay Lerner 1918-86, American lyricist and librettist, b. New York City. After two years as a radio scriptwriter, Lerner began an association with the composer Frederick Loewe that resulted in several popular musicals, including Brigadoon (1947, film 1954), Paint Your Wagon (1951, film 1969... Read more
Joshua Logan
Joshua Logan 1908-88, American theatrical and film director and writer, b. Texarkana, Tex. He directed several successes in New York, including Knickerbocker Holiday (1938) and Annie Get Your Gun (1946). Later he was director, producer, and coauthor of Mr. Roberts (1948), South Pacific (194... Read more
William Powell
William Powell 1892-1984, American movie actor, b. Pittsburgh. Powell made his stage debut in 1912. He played the dapper villain in such early films as Sherlock Holmes (1921), Romola (1924), and Beau Geste (1926). In sound films, his sonorous voice and elegant manner made him more popular as ... Read more
Luchino Visconti
Luchino Visconti , 1906-76, Italian film director and writer, b. Milan as Luchino Visconti de Modrone. One of Italy's most acclaimed directors, Visconti has been called the father of neorealism for his early films Ossessione (1942) and La terra trema (1948). His increasingly lavish productions c... Read more
Sir Carol Reed
Sir Carol Reed 1906-76, English film director, b. London. He acted and directed on the stage before turning to films in the mid-1930s. Reed powerfully portrayed characters at the end of their tethers, frequently in a postwar environment, in films such as Odd Man Out (1946), The Fallen Idol (194... Read more
Liv Ullmann
Liv Ullmann 1939-, Norwegian stage and film actress, b. Japan. She is best known for her roles in nine films directed by Ingmar Bergman , e.g., Persona (1966), Shame (1968), Cries and Whispers (1972), and Autumn Sonata (1978). Ullmann began directing with the Danish film Sofie (1992) and... Read more
Robert Bresson
Robert Bresson , 1901-99, French film director and scriptwriter, b. Bromont-Lamottie, France. Bresson's films tend to be austere, unadorned, and concerned more with intellectual and spriritual values than plot or character. He evinced a unique aesthetic and spiritual approach to cinema in the 13 fil... Read more

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Virginia Beach: Recreation
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States ...walk under the waves of the Chesapeake Bay, view the life of a saltwater...moon rock, plus an authentic Chesapeake Bay deadrise workboat. Based...aviation and space exploration films; and a restored 1920 merry...by costumed interpreters, films, and a 5-mile nature trail...
Rita R. Colwell
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...estuaries. They isolated the bacterium from Chesapeake Bay and in ensuing years sought to explain...in aquaculture — a bacterial film formed on surfaces under water attracted...she also produced an award-winning film, Invisible Seas. Her honors included...

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Chesapeake Films.(Johnathon Schaech signs up with the firm)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Daily Variety; 2/3/2006; ; 677 words ; ...Richard Chizmar as a writing team and manage Chesapeake F.ms, the duo's production company. Chesapeake has four pics in the works, including...s "Masters of Horror." Schaech and Chesapeake remain repped by Gersh.
SHOESTRING BUDGET, QUIRKY PLOT DELIVER FILM-MAKER'S MESSAGE.(CHESAPEAKE CLIPPER)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 11/16/1997; 700+ words ; ...But Meadows, who lives in a Chesapeake trailer park, had a dream and...things Meadows wanted to say on film and he hopes there's an audience...Cinema Group, describes his film as cult, avant gard and experimental...serious issues, it's a fun film. There are people being silly...
TV film takes look at convicted Chesapeake bigamist.
Newspaper article from: Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA); 5/13/2007; 573 words ; ...John Hopkins May 13--CHESAPEAKE -- A documentary is scheduled...a 63-year-old former Chesapeake man convicted last year of...marriages are the subject of the film, called "Very Bad Men...the Deep Creek section of Chesapeake when they were married. He...
WINSOR'S COMPOSITION SET TO FILM, WINS AWARD.(CHESAPEAKE CLIPPER)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 3/31/2000; ; 417 words ; ...nationally as an award-winning composer for film. OK, it's not the Oscars. But Winsor recently won a Modern Music Festival 2000 film-scoring competition for creating music for Stacy Steers' animated film, ``Totem.'' The premier of Winsor...
Chesapeake 'Waters' Flows Uneasily
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 4/21/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...Water Act in 1972. The Chesapeake, sick as it is, has...related. The "Frontline" film "Poisoned Waters" is the more conventional of two Chesapeake documentaries debuting...impressionistic film on Chesapeake watermen shot in the 1960s...
SYMPHONY RETURNS FOR A FUN CONCERT ``UNDER THE STARS''.(CHESAPEAKE CLIPPER)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 8/28/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...several extremely well known films, including two of Hollywood...Fine Arts Coordinator for Chesapeake, said the audiences have...Symphony Under the Stars one of Chesapeake's biggest outdoor events...performance by the newly formed Chesapeake Sheriff's Pipe Band, scheduled...
`YUPPIFICATION' IS A GOOD THING, EVEN FOR SUBURBAN OLD GEEZERS.(CHESAPEAKE CLIPPER)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 3/3/1996; 700+ words ; ...wonderful it was that the Chesapeake Fine Arts Commission was sponsoring...Despite the progress of Chesapeake yuppification, though, we...note the use of the word ``films.'' What plays at a ``cinema'' is a ``film,'' not a ``movie...consider to be the happy signs of Chesapeake's new-found ...
APPLAUSE, PLEASE: CHESAPEAKE'S ANNUAL A&E AWARDS.(CHESAPEAKE CLIPPER)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...Elizabeth Griffing is the Chesapeake Central Library's adult...seminars, concerts and film festivals. The Noodles are a young Chesapeake-based country pop band...Hughes and Tyler Cain of Chesapeake, Ben Gugler and Allan Sullivan...
CHESAPEAKE ENTERTAINERS PERFORMING FROM OZ TO BLUEZ.(CHESAPEAKE CLIPPER)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 3/14/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...will be the Tinman. The Chesapeake Munchkins are Chauntee Bell...Anthony Thompson. The featured Chesapeake dancers and singers are Ryan...dance that was cut from the film has been reinstated and the...Soothing harp and flute - Chesapeake resident and classical harpist...
TUNES OF THE TIMES CHESAPEAKE CIVIL WAR DAYS TO GIVE YOU A LOOK - AND A LISTEN - AT THE POPULAR MUSIC OF THE ERA.(CHESAPEAKE CLIPPER)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 9/4/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...Train Time and Songs of the Chesapeake programs. We're really...have performed at several Chesapeake functions and offer a variety...the Peninsula, the war in Chesapeake (or Norfolk Country), uniforms...Anderson, who also chose films for this year's event...