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Frank Capra
Frank Capra , 1897-1991, American film director, b. Bisaquino, Sicily. One of the preeminent Hollywood directors of the 1930s and 40s, he produced idealistic populist movies that, sometimes amusingly and sometimes sentimentally but nearly always optimistically, celebrate the virtues of the common... Read more |
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Star Wars
Star Wars Star Wars: A New Hope premiered in the spring of 1977, followed by its two sequels:The Empire Strikes Back in 1981 and Return of the Jedi in 1983.* It quickly became apparent that this was a science fiction trilogy unlike any previous movies of this genre, a fact emphasized by the way the... Read more |
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Pauline Kael
Pauline Kael , 1919-2001, American film critic, b. Petaluma, Calif. Possessed of an extensive knowledge of the technical aspects of moviemaking and a feisty, pop-inflected style, Kael was noted for her provocative, passionate, and tough-minded film criticism. An extremely influential figure, she... Read more |
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Gloria Swanson
Gloria Swanson 1899-1983, American movie actress, b. Chicago. Swanson began her film career in 1913, displaying an elegant comedic style in a series of films for director Cecil B. DeMille. Financed by Joseph Kennedy, she produced her own films from 1920 until 1929, including Sadie Thompson (1928)... Read more |
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Vivien Leigh
Vivien Leigh To legions of movie fans, Vivien Leigh (1913-1967) will best be remembered as the defiant and beautiful Scarlett O'Hara, heroine of the 1939 movie classic Gone With the Wind. Leigh had only a brief career on the British stage and screen when she was plucked out of relative... Read more |
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Computer animation
Computer Animation Even a basic understanding of the technology, the complex mathematics (expedited by computer software), and the hours of manpower behind the making of a movie such as Toy Story(1995) or A Bug's Life(1998) could change the way a viewer watches ... Read more |
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Thomas Dixon
Thomas Dixon 1864-1946, American novelist, b. Shelby, N.C., grad. Wake Forest College. A militant Southerner, he is best known for his novel The Clansman (1905), on which the movie The Birth of a Nation (1915) was based.... Read more |
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