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film and stars
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.

film and Spencer
Sir Charles Spencer " Charlie " Chaplin, KBE ( 16 April 188925 December 1977 ) was an English comic actor, film director and composer best known for his work during the silent film era.
Also considered Spaghetti Westerns is a film genre which combined traditional western ambiance with a Commedia all ' italiana-type comedy ; films including They Call Me Trinity and Trinity Is STILL My Name !, which featured Bud Spencer and Terence Hill, the stage names of Carlo Pedersoli and Mario Girotti.
Although the project had an excellent pedigree with stars Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, the film was not a success, and Capra's eyebrow-raising statement, " I think State of the Union was my most perfect film in handling people and ideas " has few adherents today.
Cagney's next film was Mister Roberts, directed by John Ford and slated to star Spencer Tracy.
Cagney worked with MGM on the Western film Tribute to a Bad Man, a role that had originally been written for Spencer Tracy.
Based on a true story of a teacher arrested for teaching his students evolution also known as the " Scopes Monkey Trial ," Spacey played defense lawyer Henry Drummond, a role that was made famous by actor Spencer Tracy in the 1960 film of the same name.
Inherit the Wind was made into a 1960 film directed by Stanley Kramer, with Spencer Tracy as Drummond and Fredric March as Brady.
He is best known for starring in multiple action and western films ( so-called spaghetti westerns ) together with his longtime film partner Bud Spencer.
Unauthorized film version of " Miss Thompson " with an all-black cast, directed by Spencer Williams.
* December 23 – Spencer Daniels, American film and television actor
* October 8 – Spencer Gordon Bennett, American film producer ( b. 1893 )
* In 1937 as Captains Courageous ( film ), produced by Louis D. Lighton, directed by Victor Fleming and starring Spencer Tracy, Freddie Bartholomew, Lionel Barrymore, Melvyn Douglas, Mickey Rooney, and John Carradine.
The film, which was the top grossing movie of that year, stars Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, and Spencer Tracy.
Upon seeing the film, Mann wrote to Tracy: " Every writer ought to have the experience of having Spencer Tracy do his lines.
Although there have been hundreds of orchestrators in film over the years, the most prominent film orchestrators for the latter half of the 20th century have been Herbert W. Spencer, Edward Powell, ( who worked almost exclusively with Alfred Newman ), and Alexander Courage.
In 1939, a popular film called Stanley and Livingstone was released, with Spencer Tracy as Stanley and Cedric Hardwicke as Livingstone.
Other roles included the doctor who grounds Michael Caine's character in Alfie, the unattainable Margaret Spencer in Peter Cook and Dudley Moore's film Bedazzled, and Hermione Roddice in Ken Russell's Women in Love.
In 1996, Ebert appeared in Pitch, a documentary by Canadian film makers Spencer Rice and Kenny Hotz.
Libeled Lady is a 1936 screwball comedy film starring Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy, and Spencer Tracy, written by George Oppenheimer, Howard Emmett Rogers, Wallace Sullivan, and Maurine Dallas Watkins, and directed by Jack Conway.
Test Pilot is a 1938 film directed by Victor Fleming, starring Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy, and featuring Lionel Barrymore.
The Blood of Jesus is a 1941 American race film written, directed, and starring Spencer Williams.
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is a 1967 American drama film starring Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier and Katharine Hepburn, and featuring Hepburn's niece Katharine Houghton.

film and Tracy
* Bug ( 2006 film ), an adaptation of the Tracy Letts play, directed by William Friedkin
This sound film starred Lee Tracy and Mae Clarke and was an early example of the " fast-talking " sound films that Howard Hawks would later make one of his signatures.
) Tracy and Bogart appeared in their only film together in John Ford's early sound film Up the River ( 1930 ), with both playing inmates.
Other film roles include Alien Nation ( 1988 ), Yentl ( 1983 ), Dick Tracy ( 1990 ), and The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland ( 1999 ).
His compositional efforts have included a number of film scores, notably a set of songs written for Warren Beatty's 1990 film version of Dick Tracy ; one song, " Sooner or Later ( I Always Get My Man )" ( as performed by Madonna ), won Sondheim an Academy Award.
* Five songs for Warren Beatty's film Dick Tracy ( 1990 ), including " Sooner or Later ( I Always Get My Man )", which won the Academy Award for Best Song.
Tracy won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his work in this film.
After a successful film debut in Up the River, Tracy was signed to a contract with Fox Film Corporation.
After two screen tests failed to elicit a response from the studios, Tracy did not consider becoming a film actor: " I had no ambition in that direction and I was perfectly happy on the stage.
Up the River ( 1930 ) marked the film debut of both Tracy and Humphrey Bogart.
William Wilkerson of The Hollywood Reporter wrote: " This sterling performer has finally been given an opportunity to show an ability that has been boxed in by gangster roles ... film has introduced Mr. Tracy as one of the screen's best performers ".
Tracy in Fritz Lang's Fury ( 1936 film ) | Fury ( 1936 ), his first major hit
Fury ( 1936 ) was the first film to prove that Tracy could make a success on his own merit.
Tracy starred alongside Clark Gable in the film, allowing audiences to see him with the top male star in Hollywood.
Howard Barnes of the New York Herald Tribune was not charmed by the story, but wrote that Tracy, " by sheer persuasion of his acting ", made the film worthy.

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