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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 ...35-millimeter (mm) film, capturing close to 75...have Kodak market the instant camera he had invented...Instamatic camera that used a film cartridge instead of a...eliminating the need to load film in the dark. Within ten...cease production of instant cameras, and recall all...
Juzo Itami
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...He also appeared in Japanese films that got wide distribution...writing and directing his own films. His first screenwriting...Ososhiki ("The Funeral"), an instant box-office hit in Japan. The film was a black comedy mocking...would go on to star in all his films. In directing Ososhiki ...
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 other types of films. Of all rolls processed that year, 80 percent were 35mm print film, excluding disposable cameras...percent; 110 with 7.6 percent; instant with 5.5 percent; 35mm ...
Rudolph Valentino
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...he had appeared in 17 films, including Alimony...failed marriage and minor film roles, Valentino's...role made Valentino an instant star, and saved Metro...first sexually passionate film stars. As silent film expert Richard Koszarski...screen. Instead, his films offered hints of ...
Entertainment Industry
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History ...tend to specialize in specific film genres and have limited distribution...x2013; 1990s, independent films were becoming more and more...production company type, the film industry continued to prosper. Feature films produced in the United States...become the world's first "instant" mass ...
Connery, Sean
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...director of the James Bond films. "Bond, James Bond...the first James Bond film. Producer Harry Saltzman...screen test (a short film scene to audition actors...role). Dr. No was an instant success, propelling...Bond-crazy and the films were a gold mine. Connery...After completing the ...
Ethel Merman
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Crazy in 1930, resulted in her instant rise from secretary and occasional...stage musicals and numerous films and continued to perform into...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 ...
Susan Sarandon
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...quite possibly her most watched film. Following her divorce from...received critical acclaim for both films and was nominated for an Oscar...as illustrated by these two films. In Pretty Baby Sarandon plays...Post, she compared theater to film. "Movies don't provide any instant gratification ...
Peter Richard Henry Sellers
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Boultings, but with two films in 1959, The Mouse That...Americans. In the latter film he played a self-important...management. Both movies were instant hits. The World of Henry...entry in the Cannes Film Festival. He played...Ekland, a rising Swedish film star, in February 1964...first of ...
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...reputation. Among Goldwyn's early films were Jubilo (1919), a drama...With the highly acclaimed ...

Dictionary entries related to "Instant film"

Baillie, Bruce
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...1964. Polt, Harriet, "The Films of Bruce Baillie," in Film Comment (New York), Fall...1967. "Baillie Section" of Film Culture (New York), no...whole American avant-garde film movement. First, his films are generally intensely poetic...only to dissolve away an instant later. Light ...
Grimault, Paul
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Second World War with such films as Le Voleur de paratonnerres...an extremely charming short film in 1947, Le Petit Soldat...doing a number of commercial films, in 1973 he made Le Chien...lomane, a short philosophical film about (as is so usual with...finished in 1980. It was an instant ...
Godfrey, Bob
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...for producing short animated films and advertisements; 1964—formed Bob Godfrey Films; television work includes series The Do-It-Yourself Film Animation Show (as writer...Royal College of Art, 1989. Films as Director (Animation...1979 Dream Doll (co); Instant Sex 1980 Bio Woman 1985 ...
Von Brandenstein, Patrizia
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...categorization. Although not every film she worked on was a success...Dead is always visible: these films, however flawed, catch the eye. Von Brandenstein won some instant notoriety in 1977 as costume...rooftop garden that captured the film's nostalgic tone: they are...dominates Ragtime and later ...
Playtime
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...1979. Johnston, Sheila, in Films and Filming (London), August...of the modernist cinema, a film that not only accomplishes...selling the rights to all his old films to raise the money he needed...vision of modern Paris. The film—two hours and 35...France in 1967, and was an instant ...
Madsen, Harald, and Carl Schenstrøm
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...established as a comic team in Danish films in 1921 and through 1940 they made 46 films, 13 of them outside Denmark...Bi. They were not the first film comedy team, but they were...where only a few of their films were distributed and where...going public, and they were an instant success
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...comparison with dramatic resistance films like Henri Calef's Jericho...lined up to be shot. At the instant before his death, we are given...themselves. This ...
Days of Heaven
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...York), 16 November 1978. Films and Filming (London), December...Richard Gere," in American Film (Washington, D.C...Terrence Malick's two feature films to date, Badlands is perhaps...focus and focus-shifts as an instant signifier of "beauty" (flowers...1960s as the essential art of film, and ...
Bhumika
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Shyam Benegal Production: Blaze Film Enterprises; colour, 35mm...1981. The Directorate of Film Festivals, New Delhi, 1981...1978. Milne, Tom, Monthly Film Bulletin (London), April...caused a sensation and became an instant best-seller, being an extraordinarily...
Sabu, Selar Shaik
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...December 1963 of heart attack. Films as Actor: 1937 Elephant Boy...Leibfred, P. "Sabu," in Films in Review (New York), no...from India to a friend about a film project called Elephant Boy...Dastagir) to help publicize the film, Sabu became an instant star. The film was loosely...

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POLAROID INTRODUCES TWO ENHANCED-QUALITY INSTANT FILMS AND RESTYLED ONESTEP CAMERA AT PHOTO MARKETING ASSOCIATION SHOW
PR Newswire; 2/18/1993; 700+ words ; ...the highest quality instant color professional film in the company's...single lens reflex instant photographic camera and film system designed to...Polaroid supplies instant photographic cameras and films, conventional cameras...
The post-Polaroid age: some still cling to instant film.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 4/10/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...discontinued in 2005. Other instant-film artists have been using expired film or a blend that was temporarily...supplies of most of its films are expected to last...rights to Polaroid's instant-film business. Ilford, a...instant black-and-white films, says a ...
Polaroid Closing Instant Film Factories
News Wire article from: AP Online; 2/8/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...photography rendered instant film obsolete to all but...overall revenue from instant cameras, film and other products peaked...make large-format films for technical and industrial...licensing rights for its instant film, in hopes that another...
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...uneconomical to keep producing instant film," Lee said. Privately held Polaroid...acquire licensing rights for its instant film, in hopes that another firm will...
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 ; ...consistent, high-quality instant images photo after photo...quality, peel-apart film produces vibrant, accurate...capture. The new instant film -- Polaroid T690...professional instant films play an integral part...Polaroid dealers. The film will be sold in both...Polaroid ...
After 60 years, Polaroid quits instant film business
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 2/8/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...photography rendered instant film obsolete to all but...overall revenue from instant cameras, film and other products peaked...make large-format films for technical and industrial...licensing rights for its instant film, in hopes that another...
Polaroid calls it quits with instant film
Newspaper article from: Charleston Gazette; 2/9/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...photography rendered instant film obsolete to all but...overall revenue from instant cameras, film and other products peaked...make large-format films for technical and industrial...licensing rights for its instant film, in hopes that another...
Photography buffs mourning demise of the Polaroid era; Digital technology delivered final blow to instant film camera.(Business)
Newspaper article from: The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario); 3/1/2008; 700+ words ; ...camera. But Polaroid Corp.'s instant film business is doomed, a victim...halting production of instant film, Dolan and thousands of others...photography. It also makes large film sheets for giant cameras used...grained, black-and-white films used by scientists to capture...
POLAROID TO LAUNCH $20M AD DRIVE FOR INSTANT FILM
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 3/15/1989; ; 700+ words ; Instant photography: It's not...highly profitable instant film. An uptick in film sales would go a long way...sales of consumer instant films also declined slightly last...But other analysts say film sales have grown steadily...
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 ; ...stop producing its instant film, he worried about...Howansky likes Polaroid film because he finds...Although Polaroid instant film may seem an...old has enough film for 60 Polaroid shots...business from both instant film and regular...