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Rudolph Valentino
Rudolph Valentino , 1895-1926, American film actor, b. Italy as Rodolfo Guglielmi. He emigrated to the United States in 1913 and, after a brief career as a dancer and bit player, was an instant success in the film The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921), largely due to a steamy tango scene. His... Read more
camera
camera lightproof box or container, usually fitted with a lens, which gathers incoming light and concentrates it so that it can be directed toward the film (in an optical camera) or the imaging device (in a digital camera) contained within. Today there are many different types of camera in use, all... Read more
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
Walt Disney
Walt Disney (Walter Elias Disney) , 1901-66, American movie producer and pioneer in animated cartoons, b. Chicago. He grew up in Missouri, in the small town of Marceline and in Kansas City. He moved to Chicago in 1917, where he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts and began (1920) his career as a c... 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
Steve Martin
Steve Martin 1945-, American comedian, actor, and writer, b. Waco, Tex. An Emmy-winning television comedy writer in the late 1960s, he began performing stand-up comedy in the early 70s and became a recurrent guest host on Saturday Night Live beginning in the late 70s. His catchphrases, e.g., "I... 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

Encyclopedia entries related to "Instant film"

Eastman Kodak
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History ...company introduced Kodachrome film, the first commercially successful amateur color film. Kodak's success, however...offer to have Kodak market the instant camera he had invented. Land...plastics, and fibers used in film production, poising itself...
SIC 5043 Photographic Equipment and Supplies
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries ...advanced photo system (APS) film, 5.8 percent processed disposable-camera film, and 2.9 percent processed...80 percent were 35mm print film, excluding disposable cameras...110 with 7.6 percent; instant with 5.5 percent; 35mm SLR...
Rudolph Valentino
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...his failed marriage and minor film roles, Valentino's potential...writer and executive at Metro film studio, suggested casting Valentino as Julio Desnoyers, in a film version of the epic The Four...The role made Valentino an instant star, and saved Metro from...
Ethel Merman
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Crazy in 1930, resulted in her instant rise from secretary and occasional...the closest she came to a film performance was as a bit player...ruin you." Merman became an instant star at the age of twenty...featured role in a Hollywood film. The cast of the film We...
Juzo Itami
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...became known in the world of film under the name Juzo Itami...Ososhiki ("The Funeral"), an instant box-office hit in Japan. The film was a black comedy mocking the...first "noodle Western," the film serves up a delightful stew...
Entertainment Industry
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History ...and usually handle not only film production but also distribution...tend to specialize in specific film genres and have limited distribution...production company type, the film industry continued to prosper...become the world's first "instant" mass medium. As early as...
Susan Sarandon
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Janet in the great classic cult film The Rocky Horror Picture Show...quite possibly her most watched film. Following her divorce from...Post, she compared theater to film. "Movies don't provide any instant gratification at all. Making...
Dosimetry
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security ...NATO in Bosnia. TLDs, unlike film badges, can be re-used...In this design, a thin film of crystalline aluminum oxide...of blue light emitted by the film in response is proportional...TLD, an OSLD can supply an instant readout that can be repeated...
Samuel Goldwyn
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Goldwyn Polish-born American film producer Samuel Goldwyn (born...Squaw Man (1913), was an instant success, as was Carmen (1915...DeMille merged with another film producer in 1916, Goldwyn became...With the highly acclaimed film of Lewis's Dodsworth (1936...
Connery, Sean
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...No, the first James Bond film. Producer Harry Saltzman felt...without a screen test (a short film scene to audition actors for a movie role). Dr. No was an instant success, propelling the little...role. After completing the film, Connery said "never again...

Dictionary entries related to "Instant film"

Baillie, Bruce
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...attended London School of Film Technique, 1959. Military...Francisco, and began first film, On Sundays, 1960; founded...whole American avant-garde film movement. First, his films...clarity, only to dissolve away an instant later. Light itself often becomes...
Bhumika
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Shyam Benegal's fourth film marks a substantial departure...the title of her most famous film, the mega hit musical Sangtye...caused a sensation and became an instant best-seller, being an extraordinarily...lowly status. She joined the film industry as a child actress...
La Bataille du Rail
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...firing squad. Midway through the film an overall dramatic direction...four of the seven trains. The film concludes with the most elaborate...lined up to be shot. At the instant before his death, we are given...themselves. This 85 minute film was fabled; nevertheless it...
La Haine
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Reynaud, B., "Le Hood," in Film Comment (New York), March...Hate may be a French-language film, set in a specific place and...is universal. As such, the film is an explosive, cutting...wasted lives. Hate is an instant classic of its genre, ranking...
Sabu, Selar Shaik
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Flaherty, wrote from India to a friend about a film project called Elephant Boy. At the time they...name was Sabu Dastagir) to help publicize the film, Sabu became an instant star. The film was loosely based on "Toomai of the Elephants...
Days of Heaven
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Almendros Interviewed," in Film Comment (New York), September...Richard Gere," in American Film (Washington, D.C.), October...focus and focus-shifts as an instant signifier of "beauty" (flowers...1960s as the essential art of film, and seemingly a lost art since...
Playtime
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...1973. Siegel, J. E., in Film Heritage (Dayton, Ohio...of the modernist cinema, a film that not only accomplishes the...vision of modern Paris. The film—two hours and 35...France in 1967, and was an instant failure. It was quickly reduced...
Godfrey, Bob
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...series The Do-It-Yourself Film Animation Show (as writer and...co) 1979 Dream Doll (co); Instant Sex 1980 Bio Woman 1985 Polygamous...September 1982. National Film Theatre booklet (London...special award from Yugoslav film-buffs as "The Film Most Likely...
Madsen, Harald, and Carl Schenstrøm
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...1942, Madsen made one final film, Hjältar mot sin...m only) 1921 Tyvepak ; Film, flirt og forlovelse (Lauritzen...They were not the first film comedy team, but they were...public, and they were an instant success
Grimault, Paul
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...an extremely charming short film in 1947, Le Petit Soldat...lomane, a short philosophical film about (as is so usual with...achievement was the feature film The King and the Bird, which he finished in 1980. It was an instant success and he received

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The post-Polaroid age: some still cling to instant film.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 4/10/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...The company makes compatible instant film and has also moved into digital...was discontinued in 2005. Other instant-film artists have been using expired...manufacturing rights to Polaroid's instant-film business. Ilford, a British...
Polaroid Closing Instant Film Factories
News Wire article from: AP Online; 2/8/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...before digital photography rendered instant film obsolete to all but a few nostalgia...year, and I've got to believe instant film has been falling as fast if not...uneconomical to keep producing instant film, Lee said. Privately held Polaroid...
Polaroid nixing instant film
Newspaper article from: Winnipeg Free Press; 2/9/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...before digital photography rendered instant film obsolete to all but a few nostalgia...year, "and I've got to believe instant film has been falling as fast if not...uneconomical to keep producing instant film," Lee said. Privately held Polaroid...
Polaroid calls it quits with instant film
Newspaper article from: Charleston Gazette; 2/9/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...before digital photography rendered instant film obsolete to all but a few nostalgia...year, "and I've got to believe instant film has been falling as fast if not...uneconomical to keep producing instant film," Lee said. Privately held Polaroid...
All-New Polaroid Professional Instant Film Delivers Bright, Well-Saturated Colors With Consistent Performance; -- T690 Film Incorporates New Technologies Offering Robust Performance in a Wide Array of Environmental Conditions --.
PR Newswire; 2/25/2003; 700+ words ; ...accurate colors with the convenience and ease of instant capture. The new instant film -- Polaroid T690 -- will make its U.S. debut...color saturation is unmatched by any other instant film type. -- Flexible Development Time -- Allows...
After 60 years, Polaroid quits instant film business
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 2/8/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...before digital photography rendered instant film obsolete to all but a few nostalgia...year, and I've got to believe instant film has been falling as fast if not...uneconomical to keep producing instant film, Lee said. Privately held Polaroid...
Enthusiasts worry about post-Polaroid era: ; Company announced plans to stop making its popular instant film
Newspaper article from: Charleston Daily Mail; 2/14/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...Polaroid will soon stop producing its instant film, he worried about his mummies...industrial and consumer uses. Polaroid instant film will be available in stores into...another firm will continue making the instant film and keep limited supplies available...
POLAROID TO LAUNCH $20M AD DRIVE FOR INSTANT FILM
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 3/15/1989; ; 700+ words ; ...s highly profitable instant film. An uptick in film sales...estimates sales of consumer instant films also declined slightly...But other analysts say film sales have grown steadily...approach to marketing its instant photography products to...
Company got stuck focusing on instant film.(Business)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 10/13/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...Each sheet in a pack of Polaroid instant film contains what's called a "pod...print develops. So important was instant film to Polaroid's business plan...Managers built careers by selling instant film, or "moving pods," and they...
INSTANT FILM SALES DROP HITS POLAROID
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 7/18/1990; ; 700+ words ; ...sales of its dominant product -- instant film -- Polaroid Corp. of Cambridge...quarter performance to a decline in instant film purchases by retailers. "Despite...increase in worldwide retail sales of instant film, retailers were cautious about...