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.

The success of the film helped establish Burton as a profitable director, and it also proved to be a huge influence on future superhero films, which eschewed the bright, all-American heroism of Richard Donner's Superman for a grimmer, more realistic look and characters with more psychological depth.

The films were all highly profitable.

Prior to this version, the book had inspired a number of now-less-well-known stage and screen adaptations, including a profitable Broadway musical and three silent films.

III, Ann Miller claimed that MGM was on the verge of bankruptcy at the time Broadway Melody of 1936 was made, and it ( along with subsequent Powell films ) became so popular the company became profitable again.

Many of her films were sensational hits, and all but three of her twenty-four Hollywood films were profitable.

Garbo had successfully made the transition to talkies and after three less profitable films, Romance ( 1930 ), Inspiration ( 1931 ), and Susan Lenox ( Her Fall and Rise ) ( 1931 ), she performed two of her most famous roles.

But his films were only marginally profitable for Warner Brothers, and Lubitsch's contract was eventually dissolved by mutual consent, with MGM-Paramount buying out the remainder.

For the feature films Mickey and the Beanstalk, Bongo and Wind in the Willows he condensed them into the package films Fun and Fancy Free and The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad since Walt feared that the low-budget animation would not become profitable.

Released by Paramount Pictures in the United States and Warner Bros. internationally, the film received generally negative reviews from film critics, grossed over $ 39. 7 million at the box office in the United States, and went on to become one of the most profitable slasher films in cinema history.

He was called " The Boy Wonder " for his youth and his extraordinary ability to select the right scripts, choose the right actors, gather the best production staff and make hundreds of very profitable films, including Grand Hotel, China Seas, Camille, Mutiny on the Bounty and The Good Earth.

After experimenting with a few such films, including Mata Hari in 1931, which were profitable, he decided on a multi-star production of another Broadway play, Grand Hotel, later that same year.

All of these films were enormously successful and profitable, and Lloyd would eventually become the highest paid film performer of the 1920s.

Although the genre is often overlooked, parody films are commonly profitable at the box office.

Gangster films make up one of the most profitable segments of the South Korean film industry.

The film was Kramer's last major success, and his subsequent films were not profitable, although many had mixed reviews.

III, MGM was headed for bankruptcy in the late 1930s, but the films of Eleanor Powell, particularly Broadway Melody of 1936, were so popular they made the company profitable again.

All of his films were profitable ; most were also critical successes.

By 1971 the increased popularity of television had taken a heavy toll on the film industry and in order to remain profitable Nikkatsu turned to the production of Roman Porno ( shortened Japanese-English form of " romantic pornography ") and pinku eiga or pink films, which focus on sex, violence, S & M and romance.

The popularity and profitability of DVD sales has added further opportunities for films to recoup losses and eventually become profitable, leading to doubts over the significance of US domestic grosses as a predictor of a film's overall success.

By 2009, the box office draw of torture porn films had mostly been replaced in the U. S. by the profitable trend of remaking or rebooting earlier horror films from decades past with the modernization of such notable titles as: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre ( 2003 ), Dawn of the Dead ( 2004 ), The Amityville Horror ( 2005 ), House of Wax ( 2005 ), The Hills Have Eyes ( 2006 ), Black Christmas ( 2006 ), Halloween ( 2007 ), Funny Games ( 2008 ), My Bloody Valentine 3D ( 2009 ), Friday the 13th ( 2009 ), The Wolfman ( 2010 ), The Crazies ( 2010 ) and A Nightmare on Elm Street ( 2010 ).

The poor production value of many of his films, combined with his expressed lack of concern for the production quality of his films as long as they proved profitable, have led him to be labeled as " The Evil Ed Wood ," despite D ' Amato's apparently amiable nature.