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An alien, coming into a colony also became, temporarily a subject of the Crown, and acquired rights both within and beyond the colony, and these latter rights could not be affected by the laws of that colony ( Routledge v Low ( 1868 ) LR 3 HL 100 ; 37 LJ Ch 454 ; 18 LT 874 ; 16 WR 1081, HL ; Reid v Maxwell ( 1886 ) 2 TLR 790 ; Falcon v Famous Players Film Co 2 KB 474 ).
Other independent companies were grouped under the Mutual banner in 1912, and there were also important new entrants, particularly the Jesse Lasky Feature Play Company, and Famous Players, which were both formed in 1913 to take advantage of the fact that films could reproduce the real substance of a stage play ( plus embellishments ), and so the best plays and actors from the legitimate stage could be enticed into films.
In 1914 the Lasky company and Famous Players were amalgamated into Famous Players-Lasky, with distribution of their films handled by the new Paramount Pictures Corporation.
Hawks was the Story Editor at Famous Players ( later Paramount Pictures ) almost two years, and occasionally edited such films as Heritage of the Desert.
In 1912, Adolph Zukor had formed Famous Players in Famous Plays – later Famous Players-Lasky and then Paramount Pictures – one of the first American feature film companies.
" Pickford first demanded ( and received ) these powers in 1916, when she was under contract to Adolph Zukor's Famous Players In Famous Plays ( later Paramount ).
Paramount Pictures can trace its beginning to the creation in May 1912 of the Famous Players Film Company.
With partners Daniel Frohman and Charles Frohman he planned to offer feature-length films that would appeal to the middle class by featuring the leading theatrical players of the time ( leading to the slogan " Famous Players in Famous Plays ").
By mid-1913, Famous Players had completed five films, and Zukor was on his way to success.
Beginning in 1914, both Lasky and Famous Players released their films through a start-up company, Paramount Pictures Corporation, organized early that year by a Utah theatre owner, W. W. Hodkinson, who had bought and merged several smaller firms.
Also, Famous Players and Lasky were privately owned while Paramount was a corporation.
On September 28, 1916, Zukor maneuvered a three-way merger of his Famous Players, the Lasky Company, and Paramount.
The Foundation has recently acquired ownership of the Famous Players Trademark.
Also, in 2007, Paramount sold another one of its " heritage " units, Famous Music, to Sony / ATV Music Publishing ( best known for publishing many songs by The Beatles, and for being co-owned by Michael Jackson ), ending a nearly-eight-decade run as a division of Paramount, being the studio's music publishing arm since the period when the entire company went by the name " Famous Players.
" An additional legacy unit, Famous Players Theaters ( Canada ) was sold in 2005 to its competitor Cineplex Odeon Corporation.
Famous Players produced four more feature length films over the next 15 months.
During this time Valentino began to contemplate not returning to Famous Players, although Jesse Lasky already had his next picture, The Spanish Cavalier, in preparation.
After speaking with Rambova and his lawyer Arthur Butler Graham, Valentino declared a ' One man Strike ' against Famous Players.
In September 1922, he refused to accept paychecks from Famous Players until the dispute was solved, although he owed them money he had spent to pay off Jean Acker.

Famous and won
He was named Folk Singer of the Year at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in 2002, and again in 2005 when he also won the award for Best Traditional Track for ' Famous Flower of Serving Men '.
Thigpen had a long and prolific theater career, and appeared in numerous musicals including Godspell, The Night That Made America Famous, The Magic Show, Working, Tintypes and An American Daughter ( for which she won her Tony Award for her portrayal of Dr. Judith Kaufman in 1997 ).
Hudson's breakthrough was as Penny Lane in Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous ( 2000 ), for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress-Motion Picture.
Famous for having told a newspaper reporter: " I'd rather win the Little Brown Jug than go to heaven ," when he died in 1998, the Little Brown Jug itself, won by Strike Out in 1972, was placed at the head of his casket.
Famous match races include the 1851 match at York between the Epsom Derby winners The Flying Dutchman and Voltigeur ; the 1878 four mile long race in Louisville between the Eastern U. S. colt Ten Broeck and California filly Mollie McCarty that inspired the song Molly and Tenbrooks, the Canadian contest between Man o ' War and Sir Barton in 1920, won by Man O ' War ; Seabiscuit's victory over War Admiral in the 1938 Pimlico Special ; the 1955 race between Nashua and Swaps, the 1966 Pace of the Century between standardbred champs Bret Hanover and Cardigan Bay, and 1975's tragedy-marred contest between colt Foolish Pleasure and filly Ruffian at Belmont Park.
In 1988, she was nominated for a Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Mississippi Burning ; in 1996, she won the Academy award for Best Actress for her performance as police chief Marge Gunderson in Fargo ; in 2000, she earned her second nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her portrayal of an overbearing mother in Almost Famous.
Also for Almost Famous, she won the Best Supporting Actress nomination from the Broadcast Film Critics Association, the Chicago Film Critics Association, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, San Diego Film Critics Society, Southeastern Film Critics Association, and the Florida Film Critics Circle.
Famous winners of the Grand National include Red Rum ( won 3 times, runner up twice ), Mr Frisk ( the last winner to date to be ridden by an amateur jockey and who ran the Grand National in the fastest time ), Aldaniti ( ridden by Bob Champion shortly after he had recovered from cancer ; his story was made into a film ) and Foinavon ( winner at 100 to 1 in 1967 when all other horses fell or refused 8 fences out ; the fence is now named after the winner ).
More than $ 40, 000 in cash prizes were won by Major League Eaters at the 2011 Nathan's Famous Fourth of July Contest.
His New Zealand TV appearances include " Pulp Comedy ", " Laugh Festival Gala ," " Before Stardom ", " Look Who's Famous Now ", Skitz, " Test the Nation " ( which he won three times ), " The Great New Zealand Spelling Bee ", Inside New Zealand, a documentary in which he trained for two months to be a casino croupier ; and a profile in TV's 60 Minutes.
Plothow was an actual tourist who had won a CBC " I'm Famous For A Day " contest, earning him the privilege to appear on the show as himself.
Famous for its high-octane choreography in an abandoned factory, the video won for Best Choreography ( shared by Jackson and choreographer Anthony Thomas ) and was nominated for Best Dance Video at the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards, where Jackson also received the MTV Video Vanguard Award.
In 1989, she won the role of Laurie Parr on the CBS comedy The Famous Teddy Z, co-starring with Jon Cryer and Alex Rocco.
After appearing briefly in Cameron Crowe's Oscar-winning Almost Famous, Baruchel won the role of Steven Karp on Judd Apatow's acclaimed yet short-lived television series Undeclared, where he starred alongside Seth Rogen, Carla Gallo, Charlie Hunnam, and Monica Keena.
It won the " King of Tea " award in China Tea Exhibition 2004 and is sometimes listed as a China Famous Tea.
Fitzpatrick's gained television acclaim in April 2005 when managers Gareth " G " Hawden and Chris Law won The Famous Sarsaparilla taste-off on ITV.
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men has won high praise over the years and is routinely studied in the U. S. as a source of both journalistic and literary innovation.
Famous battles occurred from 1825, until 1862, but the most important one was Rudes battle on 7 April 1862, in which the Serbian and Montenegrin rebels won.
Many Hearts fans at the time were less than happy given Ormond's background but he soon won them over before being sacked in 1980, whereupon he moved to Hibernian as assistant to his old Famous Five colleague Eddie Turnbull.
His more recent work on The Famous Jett Jackson won numerous awards, including the Gemini award for best show in 2002 and led him to be tapped by Disney as Executive Producer and writer for Power Rangers, starting with 2005's Power Rangers: S. P. D.
Famous Dutch film makers and actors that have won a Golden Calf include Rutger Hauer, Louis van Gasteren, Paul Verhoeven, Eddy Terstall, Carice van Houten, Fons Rademakers, Martin Koolhoven, Alex van Warmerdam, Fedja van Huêt, Jean van de Velde, Dick Maas, Marleen Gorris, Ian Kerkhof, Jeroen Krabbé, Monic Hendrickx and Rijk de Gooyer.

Famous and Valentino
After quitting Metro, Valentino took up with Famous Players-Lasky, a studio known for films that were more commercially focused.
Valentino did not back down, and Famous Players realized how much they stood to lose.
When Valentino returned to the United States, it was to an offer from Ritz-Carlton Pictures ( working through Famous Players ), which included $ 7, 500 a week, creative control, and filming in New York.
Valentino made one final movie for Famous Players.
With his contract fulfilled, Valentino was released from Famous Players but still obligated to Ritz-Carlton for four films.
Valentino signed with Famous Players-Lasky in 1921.
Famous regular visitors to Gstaad have included Michael Jackson, Prince Charles and Princess Diana, former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, haute couture designer Valentino Garavani, writer William F. Buckley, Jr., and various members of the House of Cavendish.
The Sheik is a 1921 silent film produced by Famous Players-Lasky, directed by George Melford and starring Rudolph Valentino, Agnes Ayres, and Adolphe Menjou.
Fed up with Metro Pictures, Valentino, without any consultation from his friends or lawyers, signed a contract with Famous Players-Lasky.
Valentino soon left them for Famous Players-Lasky.
While Valentino went on his one-man strike ( preventing him from appearing in film ) Naldi took on several Famous Players-Lasky roles with growing importance including The Ten Commandments ( 1923 ), directed by Cecil B. DeMille.
When Valentino returned and fixed his contract woes she joined him for his final Famous Players-Lasky film, the now lost A Sainted Devil ( 1924 ).
Celebrities such as Mary Pickford, Rudolph Valentino, Gloria Swanson, Clara Bow, Nancy Carroll, Met opera diva Geraldine Farrar and Ruth Chatterton helped to define the Famous Player-Lasky brand.

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