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.

A Funny Thing has enjoyed several Broadway and West End revivals and was made into a successful film starring the original lead of the musical, Zero Mostel.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum was made into a musical film in 1966, directed by Richard Lester, with Zero Mostel and Jack Gilford re-creating their Broadway stage roles, Leon Greene reprising his West End stage role and Phil Silvers starred in an expanded role as " Marcus Lycus ".

* The roleplaying game Spaceship Zero presents itself as being based on a non-existent television show, which is based on a non-existent radio play, all of which are to be adapted into a non-existent film.

Ed Godziszewski of Monster Zero said the film is " by no means a classic " but felt that " for the first time in well over 20 years, a script is presented with some fresh, original ideas and themes.

Ed Godziszewski of Monster Zero said, " Rushed into production but a few months after Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah, this film is unable to hide its hurried nature effects-wise, the film makes up for the story ’ s shortcomings and then some.

He starred opposite Andrew McCarthy, another friend, in Mannequin, and in the film adaptation of Less Than Zero, where he played a drug dealer named Rip.

A song he recorded named " Life Fades Away ", written with friend Glenn Danzig, was featured in the film Less Than Zero.

Zero Theorem was a planned feature film project by Gilliam.

But they soon had another US No. 2 hit with a cover of Simon & Garfunkel's " A Hazy Shade of Winter " from the soundtrack of the film Less Than Zero, and the melancholic " If She Knew What She Wants ", written by Jules Shear, reached the U. S. Top 30 and the German Top 20.

** Zero Mostel, American film and stage actor ( d. 1977 )

A film version starring Zero Mostel was released in 1966 with Gelbart and Shevelove's libretto largely rewritten.

Kazan had requested that Zero Mostel also act in the film, despite Mostel being " blacklisted " as a result of HUAC testimony a few years earlier.

He was one of the three people whom I rescued from the " industry's " blacklist ... For a long time, Zero had not been able to get work in films, but I got him in my film.

The first film — full title: A Rough Sketch for a Proposed Film Dealing with the Powers of Ten and the Relative Size of Things in the Universe — was a prototype and was completed in 1968 ; the second film — Powers of Ten: A Film Dealing with the Relative Size of Things in the Universe and the Effect of Adding Another Zero — was completed in 1977.

The Love of Zero, a 1927 film by Robert Florey

Since its launch in Paris in December 2008, Global Zero ( campaign ) has grown to 300 leaders, including current and former heads of state, national security officials and military commanders, and 400, 000 citizens worldwide ; developed a practical step-by-step plan to eliminate nuclear weapons ; launched an international student campaign with 75 campus chapters in eight countries ; and produced an acclaimed documentary film, Countdown to Zero, in partnership with Lawrence Bender and Participant Media.

Countless other technical lapses such as painting the Japanese Zero fighters green for effect even though Bay knew that was inaccurate, but liked the way the aircraft looked so that audiences could differentiate the " good guys from the bad guys " was another aspect that rankled film critics.

He composed more film music, and two ballets, Miracle in the Gorbals ( 1944 ), and Adam Zero ( 1946 ).

His final film appearance was in 1975 in Daniel Mann's Journey into Fear with Zero Mostel, Joseph Wiseman and Shelley Winters.

Wood starred in the film Day Zero ( 2007 ) and provided the voice of the main character in the award-winning animated musical films Happy Feet and Happy Feet Two.

Downey and James Spader in Less Than Zero ( film ) | Less Than Zero ( 1987 )

" The film industry trade paper Variety magazine wrote, " The film is unmatched in the scenes featuring Mostel and Wilder alone together, and several episodes with other actors are truly rare.

The play was adapted to an urban American setting for a 1973 film ( also called Rhinoceros ) directed by Tom O ' Horgan and starring Zero Mostel as John ( Jean in the play ), Gene Wilder as Stanley ( Berenger ) and Karen Black as Daisy.

* Mastermind ( film ), a 1976 film with Zero Mostel

Silvers declined, and the role went instead to Zero Mostel, who was so successful in the role that he repeated the role in the 1966 film version.

Samuel Joel “ Zero ” Mostel ( February 28, 1915 – September 8, 1977 ) was an American actor of stage and screen, best known for his portrayal of comic characters such as Tevye on stage in Fiddler on the Roof, Pseudolus on stage and on screen in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and Max Bialystock in the original film version of The Producers.

It was not until 1950 that Mostel again acted in movies, for a role in the Oscar winning film Panic in the Streets, at the request of its director, Elia Kazan.

Still bitter and angry over his having been blacklisted, then injured as severely as he was, Mostel channeled his hostility into his role as Bialystock, an approach that Nathan Lane made no attempt to duplicate when he took over the role of Bialystock for the Broadway musical version or the film based on it.

MacDermot's film soundtracks include Cotton Comes to Harlem, a 1970 blaxploitation film starring Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques and Redd Foxx, based on Chester Himes ' novel of the same name ; Rhinoceros ( 1974 ) starring Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder, and directed by original Broadway Hair director Tom O ' Horgan ; and Mistress ( 1992 ).

Film critic Vincent Canby lauded the acting and the cinematography in the film and wrote in his review, " There's not a weak performance in the film, but I especially admired the work of Mr. Cooper, Mr. Tighe, Miss McDonnell, Miss Mette, Mr. Gunton, Mr. Strathairn and Mr. Mostel.

Several people involved in the making of the film – screenwriter Bernstein, director Ritt, and actors Mostel, Herschel Bernardi, and Lloyd Gough – had themselves been blacklisted.

Co-stars include Barbara Bel Geddes ( as Reed's wife Nancy ), Jack Palance ( in his film debut ) and Zero Mostel – the latter two play associates of the victim who had prompted the investigation.

The film is an adaptation of the 2001 Broadway musical, which in turn was based on the 1968 film of the same name starring Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, and Andréas Voutsinas.