Thus the films seen as they came in ( coordinated for the regular sections ), were often out of context.

More than the fans of Pagnol's old films and of their heroic star, the great Raimu, were looking askance at the project.

For example, the 2nd Academy Awards presented on April 3, 1930, recognized films that were released between August 1, 1928 and July 31, 1929.

Until then, foreign-language films were honored with the Special Achievement Award.

Next were films such as The Winds of the Aures ( 1965 ) of Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Patrol To The East ( 1972 ) of Amar Laskri, Prohibited Area of Ahmed Lallem, ( 1972 ), The Opium and the stick of Ahmed Rachedi, or The Battle of Algiers ( 1966 ) which is an Algerian-Italian film selected three times at the Oscars.

These were The Bump, starring Aubrey Smith ; Twice Two ; Five Pound Reward ; and Bookworms Some of these films survive in the archives of the British Film Institute.

The other Rutherford films ( all directed by George Pollock ) were Murder at the Gallop ( 1963 ), based on the 1953 Hercule Poirot novel After the Funeral ( In this film, she is identified as Miss JTV Marple, though there was no indication as to what the extra initials might stand for ); Murder Most Foul ( 1964 ), based on the 1952 Poirot novel Mrs McGinty's Dead ; and Murder Ahoy!

So-called structure zone models were developed to describe the micro structure and ceramics of thin films as a function of the homologous temperature T < sub > h </ sub > that is the ratio of deposition temperature over melting temperature.

Her films of the early and mid 1950s were generally lightweight romantic dramas, some historical, in which she was cast as ingénue or siren, often in varying states of undress.

Her French-language films were dubbed for international release.

Although Douglas was always second billed under Lancaster in these films, their roles were usually more or less the same size with the exceptions of I Walk Alone, in which Douglas played a villain, and in Seven Days in May, where Douglas ' part was larger than Lancaster's but not as dramatic.

The 1997 film Mrs. Brown was also based on events at Balmoral, although in both films substitute locations were used: Blairquhan Castle in The Queen ; and Duns Castle in Mrs Brown.

Chaplin finished editing the picture in December 1930, by which time silent films were an anachronism.

A 1922 image of Charlie Chaplin Studios, where all of Chaplin's films between 1918 and 1952 were produced

Due to the lack of a script, all of his silent films were usually shot in sequence.

However, his next films, The Great Dictator ( 1940 ), a parody on Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini that ended in a dramatic speech criticising the blind following patriotic nationalism, and Monsieur Verdoux ( 1947 ), which criticised war and capitalism, as well as his first European film A King in New York ( 1957 ), which ridiculed the U. S. House Un-American Activities Committee, were more clearly political and caused controversy.

Because the film specifically targeted Western audiences rather than the domestic audiences who were already used to Wuxia films, English subtitles were needed.

Slapstick ( The Three Stooges is an excellent example of this kind of comedy ) was popular in the earliest silent films, since they didn't need sound to be effective, and they were popular with non-English speaking audiences.

The comedian Charlie Chaplin was one of the last silent film hold-outs, and his films during the 1930s were devoid of dialogue, although they did employ sound effects.

Among the leading lights in comedy films of the next decade were Woody Allen and Mel Brooks.

Most British comedy films of the early 1970s were spin-offs of television series, including Dad's Army and On the Buses.

Also popular were the films of John Hughes such as Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

Many cult films were independent films and were not expected by their creators to have mainstream success.

It is somewhat unusual for directors to be credited co-editors, although the Coen Brothers and Robert Rodriguez have both directed and edited nearly all of their films.

Lancaster used make-up veteran Robert Schiffer in 20 credited films.

The first two films in the series are considered horror classics and are credited with spawning the " horror comedy " genre.

Marker is usually credited as director or co-director of all of the films made by SLON.

But the trademarks were kept separate, and films by First National continued to be credited solely to " First National Pictures " until 1936.

" Seattle International Film Festival is credited as being the largest film festival in the USA, regularly showing over 400 films in a month across the city.

These films were primarily produced for the video market and were credited with fueling the " video nasty " era in the United Kingdom.

His pleograph film camera has been patented already before the Lumière brothers ' invention and he is credited as the author of the earliest surviving Polish documentary titled Ślizgawka w Łazienkach ( Skating-rink in the Royal Baths ), as well as the first short narrative films Powrót birbanta ( Rake's return home ) and Przygoda dorożkarza ( Cabman's Adventure ), both created in 1902.

Jaws is often credited as being one of the first films to use traditionally B movie elements such as horror and mild gore in a big-budget Hollywood film.

Impatient Maiden made little impression but The Old Dark House is credited with reinventing the " dark house " subgenre of horror films.

He first gained worldwide fame in the Orson Welles films Citizen Kane ( 1941 ), The Magnificent Ambersons ( 1942 ), and Journey into Fear ( 1943 ), for which Cotten was also credited with the screenplay.

He credited the graphic coverage of violence by San Antonio news outlets as one inspiration for the film and based elements of the plot on serial killer Ed Gein in 1950s Wisconsin ; Gein inspired other horror films such as Psycho ( 1960 ) and The Silence of the Lambs ( 1991 ).

He is often credited with changing the way Asians were presented in American films.

As was customary for Chinese actors during that time ( and for some, until the present-day ), she chose a stage name, which was used in all the plays and films that credited her roles.

The film Mighty Joe Young ( 1949 ), on which O ' Brien is credited as Technical Creator, won an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects in 1950. Credit for the award went to the films producers, RKO Productions, but O ' Brien was also awarded a statue.

Like his subsequent films, this one is credited only to Jeunet, although Caro did some work on the art design.

The spelling " Alan Smithee " became the standard, and the Internet Movie Database lists about two dozen feature films and many more television features and series episodes credited to this name.

He was also art director on most of the early films, editor or co-editor on many of them ( often credited as Franz Walsh, though the spelling varies ), and he acted in nineteen of his own films as well as for other directors.

All You Need Is Cash, directed by SNL film director Gary Weis ( responsible for the programme's short films ), though Idle was credited as co-director.

During the 30s, Curtiz was often credited on four films in a single year, although he was not always the sole director on these projects.

He has a cameo appearance in several films: Around the World in 80 Days ( 2004 ), where he played a hot-air balloon operator ; Superman Returns, where he was credited as a ' Shuttle Engineer ' and appeared alongside his son, Sam, with a Virgin Galactic-style commercial suborbital shuttle at the centre of his storyline.

He is widely credited with assisting many of his compatriots, giving them their starts in the Hong Kong film industry, by casting them in the films he produced, or giving them roles in the production crew.

He is credited with four films from 1972 to 1982 and, after his first appearance with David Letterman, appeared in fifteen other films or television shows.