About 1939, he started to collect autographed cards of film stars.

It stars Jack Warner as an England cricketer playing the last Test of his career, which is the last of an Ashes series ; the film contains cameo appearances from cricketers, including Jim Laker and Denis Compton, who were part of England's 1953 triumph.

Woolfson came up with the idea of making an album based on developments in the film industry, where directors such as Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick were the focal point of the film's promotion, rather than individual film stars.

The film was written by Sam Raimi and his brother Ivan, produced by Robert Tapert, and stars Bruce Campbell and Embeth Davidtz.

Roger Ebert gave the film two out of four stars and wrote, " The movie isn't as funny or entertaining as Evil Dead II, however, maybe because the comic approach seems recycled ".

The cast was young and relatively new, though the stars Sissy Spacek and John Travolta had gained considerable attention for previous work in, respectively, film and episodic sitcoms.

Comedy, unlike other film genres, puts much more focus on individual stars, with many former stand-up comic transitioning to the film industry due to their popularity.

Films in this sub-genre blend comic antics and action where the film stars combine wit and one-liners with a thrilling plot and daring stunts.

In the United Kingdom, film adaptations of stage farces were popular in the early 1930s, while the music hall tradition strongly influenced film comedy into the 1940s with Will Hay and George Formby among the top comedy stars of the time.

A drag queen may imitate famous female film or pop-music stars.

Celebrities may be known around the world ( e. g., pop stars and film actors ), within a specific country ( e. g., a top Australian rugby player ); or within a region ( e. g., a local television news anchor ).

While it ’ s true that the top television and film actors have become movie and television stars, musicians and pop singers that become pop stars, or athletes that become sports stars often become celebrities, the other professionals that play a more peripheral role in the entertainment sphere, such as television, music, and film directors and producers, screenwriters, playwrights, and animators are less likely to attain celebrity status ( albeit there are some exceptions, such as directors Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino and animator Seth MacFarlane ).

Except for one shot of the woman mentioned above sleeping and suddenly waking up, the film is composed entirely of photographs by Jean Chiabaud and stars Davos Hanich as the man, Hélène Chatelain as the woman and filmmaker William Klein as a man from the future.

The film stars Christina Milian ( who previously played cheerleaders in Love Don't Cost a Thing and Man of the House ) and Rachelle Brook Smith, and was released directly to DVD and Blu-ray on September 1, 2009.

Having worked with many Hollywood stars, Cronenberg says that he did not get to make a film with an actor he wanted to work with for a long time, Burt Reynolds.

As a result, she slipped from the list of top box office stars, last appearing in the top ten in 1966 with the hit film The Glass Bottom Boat.

" Leonard Maltin originally rated the film with two stars, but later increased the rating to three stars.

Bowie starred in The Hunger ( 1983 ), a revisionist vampire film, with Catherine Deneuve and Susan Sarandon.

The interconnection between horror and goth was highlighted in its early days by The Hunger, a 1983 vampire film, which starred David Bowie, Catherine Deneuve, and Susan Sarandon.

Since the early 1990s, Alexander has concentrated on film and TV, playing the character Catherine Duke on NewsRadio-a role she left after the start of season 4.

Acclaimed director Michael Haneke named the film his fourth favorite film when he voted for the 2002 Sight and Sound poll ; director Catherine Breillat and film critic Joel David also voted for the film.

After starring in the sequel film La boum 2 ( 1982 ), Marceau focused on more dramatic roles, including Fort Saganne in 1984 with Gérard Depardieu and Catherine Deneuve, Joyeuses Pâques ( Happy Easter ) in 1984, L ' amour braque and Police in 1985, and Descente aux enfers ( Descent Into Hell ) in 1986.

The 1934 film Catherine the Great ( based on the play The Czarina by Lajos Biró and Melchior Lengyel ) stars Flora Robson as Elizabeth.

As Catherine Dorléac, she made her film debut at age thirteen in Les Collégiennes ( 1957 ).

He was portrayed by Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. in the 1934 film The Rise of Catherine the Great and by Sam Jaffe in The Scarlet Empress the same year.

Written by Frank S. Beresford and directed by John B. O ' Brien, the film tells the story of John Henry Jackson ( William B. Davidson ) and Catherine Kimberly ( Virginia Pearson ).

She will star alongside Catherine Keener in the upcoming indie film, Peace, Love and Misunderstanding, to be released in 2012.

The film was directed by William Wyler, with starring performances by Olivia de Havilland as Catherine Sloper, Montgomery Clift as Morris Townsend, and Ralph Richardson as Dr. Sloper.

" The film fades out with Catherine silently ascending the stairs while Morris ' despairing cries echo unanswered through the darkness.

The film was remade for television in 1987 with Tom Conti and Catherine Oxenberg, who is herself a member of a European royal family.

In earlier times Jack Clayton's The Innocents ( 1961 ) brought The Turn of the Screw to vivid life on film, and William Wyler's The Heiress ( 1949 ), adapted from Washington Square, won four Academy Awards, including a Best Actress award for Olivia de Havilland as Catherine Sloper.

* Catherine Breillat ( 1948 ), film maker and novelist

In 1970, Brel appeared in his fourth feature film, Mont-Dragon, directed by Jean Valère and co-starring François Prévost, Paul le Person and Catherine Rouvel, with a screen play by Robert Margerit.

The film is about Léon ( Brel ) and Léonie ( Barbara ), who meet in a convalescent home for state employees in Blankenberge: Catherine ( Danièle Evenou ) is Léonie's friend.

In 1971, Brel appeared in his sixth feature film, Les assassins de l ' ordre ( Law Breakers ), directed by Marcel Carné and co-starring Paola Pitagora, Catherine Rouvel, and Charles Denner.

The same year he played the role as Grigori Potemkin in TV film Catherine The Great, with Mark and Stephen too.

Although he was best known for his original play A Man for All Seasons-a depiction of Sir Thomas More's clash with King Henry VIII over his divorce from Catherine of Aragon-which won awards on the stage and in its film version, most of his writing was screenplays for films or television.

Additional characters in popular culture include " Emily " from the television series Empty Nest, " Donna ," from the television series Judging Amy, " Judy Maxwell ," from the film, What's Up, Doc ?, " Brooke ," from The L Word, Season 4, " Catherine ," the serial bride in the film noir release, Black Widow and " Helen Bishop ", the divorcee neighbor from Mad Men.

Deneuve was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1993 for her performance in Indochine ; she won César Awards for that film and The Last Metro ( 1980 ).

The film that brought Deneuve stardom was Jacques Demy's 1964 musical Les Parapluies de Cherbourg.

In the Polanski film, Deneuve first portrayed the character archetype for which she would be nicknamed the " ice maiden.

Alfred Hitchcock had planned to direct Deneuve in a screen adaptation of the spy novel The Short Night, but by the time the project was ready to go into production, Hitchcock was unable to direct due to his poor health, and plans for the film were scrapped.

In 2001, Deneuve starred in The Musketeer, her fourth and most recent Hollywood film to date.

In 2008, Deneuve appeared in her 100th film, Un conte de Noël.

The 2010 comedy Potiche, which starred Deneuve as a submissive wife who gets to run her husband's umbrella factory, received a BAFTA nomination as Best Foreign film.

During an interview at the Cannes Film Festival with Ali Naderzad, Deneuve was asked which was her own favorite film.

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg () is a 1964 French musical film directed by Jacques Demy, starring Catherine Deneuve and Nino Castelnuovo.

* Mayerling ( 1968 film ), starring Omar Sharif as Crown Prince Rudolf, Catherine Deneuve as Mary.

Roman Polanski's first film in English, the frightening and surrealistic Repulsion ( 1965 ) – with Catherine Deneuve as a young woman who goes increasingly mad.

* Belle de Jour ( film ), a 1967 French film starring Catherine Deneuve

* In the 1982 film The Hunger, the vampire Miriam Blaylock ( Catherine Deneuve ) plays " Le gibet ".

That Man From Rio () is a 1964 adventure film directed by Philippe de Broca and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Françoise Dorléac, the sister of Catherine Deneuve.

Coincidentally, Belmondo would later star with Deneuve in the 1969 film Mississippi Mermaid, also a United Artists film.

The film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and Catherine Deneuve received a nomination for Best Actress-her only to date.

This film presents a lesbian kiss between Catherine Deneuve and Fanny Ardant.

Belle de Jour () is a 1967 French drama film directed by Luis Buñuel and starring Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, and Michel Piccoli.

The film paved the way for Polanski's entry into the cinemas of Western Europe and drew attention to Catherine Deneuve with her performance.