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and Z. evolved into the Cukor-Kondolf Stock Company, a troupe that included Louis Calhern, Ilka Chase, Phyllis Povah, Frank Morgan, Reginald Owen, Elizabeth Patterson and Douglass Montgomery, all of whom would work with Cukor in later years in Hollywood.
IMX utilized the interactive investment technology of Hollywood Stock Exchange to allow web users to invest in real time.
The Hollywood Stock Exchange, a virtual market game established in 1996 and now a division of Cantor Fitzgerald, LP, in which players buy and sell prediction shares of movies, actors, directors, and film-related options, correctly predicted 32 of 2006's 39 big-category Oscar nominees and 7 out of 8 top category winners.
He is known for his film work, which has included roles in British films such as Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels ( 1998 ) and Snatch ( 2000 ), both for Guy Ritchie, as well as Hollywood productions such as Rob Roy ( 1995 ) along with the Alan Moore comic book adaptations From Hell ( 2001 ) and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen ( 2003 ).
The Hollywood Stock Exchange, or HSX, is a web-based, multiplayer game in which players use simulated money to buy and sell " shares " of actors, directors, upcoming films, and film-related options.
The technology that drives the Hollywood Stock Exchange is the Virtual Specialist technology invented by HSX co-founders and the exchange's creators Max Keiser and Michael R. Burns, who were awarded a in 1999 for the invention.
In 2007, players in the Hollywood Stock Exchange correctly predicted 32 of the 39 major-category Oscar nominees and seven out of eight top-category winners.
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She also published two books in the late 1960s, her autobiography Silent Star: Colleen Moore Talks About Her Hollywood ( 1968 ) and How Women Can Make Money in the Stock Market ( 1969 ).
It was based on other very similar games, Popex. com which had been ' trading ' in musicians since 1998, and Hollywood Stock Exchange.
Tuttle created makeup for many of Hollywood ’ s biggest stars, among them Judy Garland (“ Summer Stock ”, 1950 ); Gene Kelly (“ Singin ’ in the Rain ”, 1952 ); Katharine Hepburn (“ Pat and Mike ”, 1952 ) and Esther Williams (“ Million Dollar Mermaid ”, 1952 ).
She also worked for the game Hollywood Stock Exchange ( HSX ).
Alec Baldwin was a frequent guest on short-lived comedy program " Comedy Hell " hosted by Max Keiser who would later go on to invent the Hollywood Stock Exchange and appear as a presenter on both Al-Jazeera English and BBC World News.

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Film companies from all across Canada and Hollywood have used the Exchange District as a backdrop for numerous movies.
It included details of the tapping of the private telephone line connecting Hollywood Barracks to Exchange, as well as the short-circuiting of phone and telegraph wires into Larne after the last train, and the " shorting " of the main rail lines.

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That picture of the American prairie is as indelibly fixed in the memory of those who have studied the conquest of the American continent as any later cinema image of the West made in live-oak canyons near Hollywood.
The principal of the school announced that -- despite the help of private tutors in Hollywood and Philadelphia -- Fabian is a 10-o'clock scholar in English and mathematics.
Almost every film bearing the imprimatur of Hollywood is physically authentic -- in fact, impeccably so.
Yet for much of the globe, Hollywood is just that -- prime, if not sole, source of knowledge.
This may be unfortunate, perhaps, from the standpoint of David Hedison, Providence's contribution to Hollywood, who is appearing by special arrangement with 20th Century-Fox.
This book is a bundle of four previous books ( Ensucklopedia, Huh Huh for Hollywood, The Butt-Files, and Chicken Soup for the Butt ) which are no longer in print separately.
De Palma is often cited as a leading member of the New Hollywood generation of film directors, a distinct pedigree who either emerged from film schools or are overtly cine-literate.
The name " Bollywood " is a portmanteau derived from Bombay ( the former name for Mumbai ) and Hollywood, the center of the American film industry.
Dating back to 1932, " Tollywood " was the earliest Hollywood-inspired name, referring to the Bengali film industry based in Tollygunge, Calcutta, whose name is reminiscent of " Hollywood " and was the center of the cinema of India at the time .< ref name = Sarkar >
This factor is a natural outcome of Hollywood script development which wishes to highlight one or two major characters which can be played by major stars, and thus a good way of marketing the movie is established but that rings false upon examination.
What was once a " Hollywood " effect is now available for under $ 400.
For instance, David Letterman is well known for branching into late night television as a talk show host while honing his skills a stand-up comedian, Barbra Streisand ventured into acting while operating as a singer, or Clint Eastwood, who achieved even greater fame in Hollywood for being a film director and a producer than for his acting credentials.
He is most widely known in Hollywood for having written, directed and starred in several improvisational " mockumentary " films that feature a repertory-like ensemble cast.
In Hollywood movie Transformers when the Defense Purpose electronic communication fails ( mainly due to interference of the villain entities ) an officer tries to place a call back home through commercial network, but fails to get through the typical Indian call center, mainly due to the over-zealous salesmanship of the Indian operator who is more interested in advertising their new package than putting the call through.
Most of his films have been at least partially financed by Telefilm Canada, and Cronenberg is a vocal supporter of government-backed film projects, saying " Every country needs system of government Grant ( money ) | grants in order to have a national cinema in the face of Hollywood ".
While awaiting their food at The Brown Derby, a Hollywood restaurant, Lucy ( Lucille Ball ) and Ethel ( Vivian Vance ) argue over whether a certain portrait on a nearby wall is Shelley Winters or Judy Holliday.
He is often described as a tireless self-promoter and master networker, who married into wealth and befriended Hollywood celebrities, yet who preferred to work by himself.
He is widely acclaimed as one of Hollywood's most innovative and influential film directors and he epitomized the group of filmmakers known as the New Hollywood, that includes Martin Scorsese, Terrence Malick, Robert Altman, Woody Allen, William Friedkin, Philip Kaufman and George Lucas, who emerged in the early 1970s with unconventional ideas that challenged contemporary film-making.
" Apocalypse Nows reputation has grown in time and it is now regarded by many as a masterpiece of the New Hollywood era, and is frequently cited as one of the greatest movies ever made.
# In classical Hollywood cinema, a " montage sequence " is a short segment in a film in which narrative information is presented in a condensed fashion.
Thus began what is now often called " The Golden Age of Hollywood ", which refers roughly to the period beginning with the introduction of sound until the late 1940s.
He cites as examples Hollywood coverage and the use of language in publications like Empire Magazine, as well as blockbuster dominance in multiplexes, but he also notes that this is an industrial matter: " The Full Monty was entirely financed and distributed by one of the US majors, Twentieth Century Fox, The praise went to Britain, but all the film ’ s profits went to America.

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As noted above, however, most of the Hollywood films now considered classic noirs fall into the broad category of the " B movie ".
There were many in Hollywood who considered sound a threat to the industry and hoped it would pass quickly ; McBride notes that " Capra was not one of them.
He was considered one of the most talented writers in Hollywood and was often compared to F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway.
He was considered one of the last remaining directors who insisted on having complete control over all elements of production, making his style unique in Hollywood.
Brando was also considered a sex symbol, one of the earliest in the film industry to achieve widespread attention due to his enigmatic and sexy persona and the reports of his dalliances and relationships with various major Hollywood celebrities.
" Despite fears that too much propaganda could diminish Hollywood ’ s entertainment appeal, reducing its targeted audience and decreasing profits, military enlistment increased and morale was considered to be higher, in part attributed to America's innovative propaganda.
After Tabu, Flaherty was considered finished in Hollywood, and Frances Flaherty contacted John Grierson of the Empire Marketing Board Film Unit in London, who assigned Flaherty to the documentary Industrial Britain ( 1933 ).
Cinemagoers considered the film too " arty ", staying away as they had from Warner's A Midsummer Night Dream a year before: leading to Hollywood abandoning the Bard for over a decade.
For a few years, their marriage was considered the rare Hollywood success.
According to Hollywood legend, Gable was lent to Columbia Pictures, then considered a minor studio, as some kind of " punishment " for refusing a role at his own studio.
Fairbanks was the son of Douglas Fairbanks and the stepson of Mary Pickford, who were considered Hollywood royalty.
Also, legendary actors Anthony Quinn and Anne Bancroft were also advised to anglicize their names, as their respective names, ' Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca ' and ' Anna Maria Louisa Italiano ' were considered too ' ethnic ' for Hollywood and Broadway at the time.
All This and Heaven Too ( 1940 ) was the most financially successful film of Davis's career to that point, while The Letter ( 1940 ) was considered " one of the best pictures of the year " by The Hollywood Reporter, and Davis won admiration for her portrayal of an adulterous killer, a role originated by famed actress Katharine Cornell.
The Telegraph had considered the article too risky to publish, but Lawson thought Cash's idea was as old as Hollywood itself and that his being Jewish would mitigate adverse reactions to publication.
After the close of Funny Face, the Astaires went to Hollywood for a screen test ( now lost ) at Paramount Pictures, but were not considered suitable for films.
Bonnie and Clyde is considered a landmark film, and is regarded as one of the first films of the New Hollywood era, since it broke many cinematic taboos and was popular with the younger generation.
The end of chapter five, where Vultan corners Dale Arden, is considered to be " one of the most erotic bits of film footage turned out by Hollywood after the reins of censorship were tightened in 1934 " according to Stedman.
The film was considered " one of the most intelligent Hollywood films of the 1970s.
Bow's bohemian lifestyle and " dreadful " manners were considered reminders of the Hollywood Elite's uneasy position in high society.
# Many popular British artists like Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Right Said Fred, The Verve, BBMak, James Blunt, All Saints, Billie Piper, and Take That are considered one-hit wonders in the US, although they have many hits in their native UK.
North Augusta was being considered as one of the two possible sites for Hollywood, and many in the town speculate that it was only because of the hotel burning down that California was selected.
Casting director Mary Jo Slater loaded the film with as many Hollywood stars as the production could afford, including a minor appearance by Christian Slater, her son ; Cinefantastique considered the cameo a likely attempt to lure younger audiences.
* October 5-A strike between the set decorators ' union and the studios boils over and became what is now considered Hollywood Black Friday.
He is considered a member of the " Frat Pack ", a generation of leading Hollywood comic actors who emerged in the late 1990s and the 2000s, including Jack Black, Ben Stiller, Steve Carell, Vince Vaughn, and brothers Owen and Luke Wilson.
However, as often as not the " science " in a Hollywood science fiction movie can be considered pseudo-science, relying primarily on atmosphere and quasi-scientific artistic fancy than facts and conventional scientific theory.

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