In some programs, treatment is concentrated over a short period of time, while in others, after the initial contact is established, flexible spacing of interviews has been experimentally used with apparent success.

Despite the sheer beauty and spectacle of numerous documentaries, art films, and travelogues, despite the impressive financial success of such a recent development as Cinerama, the movies are at heart a form of fiction, like the play, the novel, or the short story.

In 1927 a short nine-game series took place in Argentina, with the Lions winning all nine encounters ; the tour did however become a financial success for Argentine rugby.

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, who had made a number of very popular short silent films, used the arrival of sound to deepen their well-formed screen characterizations and enhance their visual humour, and went on to great success in talking films.

Featuring characters from a short story written by Bowie, the album achieved US and UK chart success, and yielded three top 40 UK singles.

At that time, numerous influences-including a growing awareness of the unity and fragility of the biosphere following mankind's first steps into outer space ( see, for example, the Blue Marble ), increased public concern over the impact of industrial activity on natural resources and human health ( see, for example, the 1969 Cuyahoga River fire, the increasing strength of the regulatory state, and more broadly the advent and success of environmentalism as a political movement-coalesced to produce a huge new body of law in a relatively short period of time.

However, Sennett enjoyed great success with short comedies starring Bing Crosby ; these films were probably instrumental in Sennett's product being picked up by a major studio, Paramount Pictures.

He is the chairman of the Turkish Film Directors Association and is fluent in English. Although he graduated from the medical faculty of Istanbul University and specialised in physiotherapy, he decided to pursue a career as a director, especially after the success of his short film The Scar.

Most adherents participate for only a short time, and the success in retaining members is limited.

After the success of Lampsi came the short lived To galazio diamandi ( Blue diamond ) and Simphonia siopis ( Omertà ).

This resulted in the Firmin-produced characters looking like they were short in one leg, but the success of the production provided the foundation for Postgate and Firmin to start up their own company solely producing animated children's programmes.

It gained much critical success but fell well short of La Folie in terms of sales and failed to produce another hit after " European Female ".

A Cochrane Collaboration review concluded sclerotherapy was better than surgery in the short term ( 1 year ) for its treatment success, complication rate and cost, but surgery was better after 5 years, although the research is weak.

Seeing the success of how television, in its early years, allowed movie studios to unload a backlog of short films thought unmarketable, the Stooge films seemed perfect for the burgeoning genre.

However, in spite of its initial short term success and critical reaction, as represented by a review in La Gazzetta privilegiata which stated that " A new masterwork has been added to Italian music ..... Belisario not only pleased and delighted, but also conquered, enflamed and ravished the full auditorium ", in the long run, had " Donizetti poured music of the calibre of his Lucia di Lammermoor into the score of Belisario the shortcomings of its wayward plot and dramatic structure would matter less ".

His success as a short story writer was intermittent between periods of terrible poverty and depression.

After the success of Three Colors: Blue, Binoche took a short sabbatical during which she gave birth to her son Raphaël in September 1993.

The European and Japanese tour was a financial success with its short, greatest hits setlist.

Although Campra had obtained critical success he did not have financial security and hence in 1722 he was engaged by the Prince of Conti as maître de musique although this appointment was short lived.

Many computerized wristwatches have been developed, but none have had long-term sales success, because they have awkward user interfaces due to the tiny screens and buttons, and a short battery life.

His regiment became part of the German 1st Light Division under General Erich Hoepner, who had taken part in the plans for the September 1938 German Resistance coup, cut short by Hitler's unexpected diplomatic success in the Munich Agreement.

After the success of the short story in the House of Secrets comic, the original creators were asked to write an ongoing series, depicting a more heroic, more contemporary creature.

After the success of this short but scientifically important mission he was promoted to colonel.

Another influence might be Mark Twain's short story Luck, about an illustrious British general who was actually a blundering fool, but whose mistakes in the Crimean War always ended in success.

The commercial and critical success of this film opened up Western film markets for the first time to the products of the Japanese film industry, which in turn led to international recognition for other Japanese filmmakers.

The film's open portrayal of sexuality and frequent rude humor, as well as the politically and socially relevant asides, made the film an international hit and a major success with critics.

Lerner and Loewe's run of success continued with their next project, a film adaptation of stories from Colette, the Academy Award winning film musical Gigi, starring Leslie Caron, Louis Jourdan and Maurice Chevalier.

The film was produced as part of a production deal with Universal Studios after the financial success of Darkman.

The film was a commercial success, but was highly controversial owing to its portrayal of African American men ( played by white actors in blackface ) as unintelligent and sexually aggressive towards white women, and the portrayal of the Ku Klux Klan ( whose original founding is dramatized ) as a heroic force.

The film, about an immoral teenager in a respectable small-town setting, was an international success.

It repeated this success in the Australian charts and was also featured in the film, Letter to Brezhnev.

Following the success of The Buddy Holly Story in 1978, Haley expressed interest in having his life story committed to film, but this never came to fruition.

Its success ( coupled with some theatrical releases of the film in Europe ) convinced CBS to turn it into a weekly series, which began airing in the Spring of 1978.

Chaplin decided not to release the film in the United States, which also meant that it was financially much less successful than his earlier films, despite moderate commercial success in Europe.

In American film, the most prominent comic actors of the silent era were Charlie Chaplin ( although born in England, his success was principally in the U. S .), Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd.

By the middle of the decade, some of the 1950s generation of American comedians, such as Jerry Lewis, went into decline, while Peter Sellers found success with international audiences in his first American film The Pink Panther.

Following his success on Broadway and on film with The Odd Couple playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon would also be prominent in the 1970s, with films like The Sunshine Boys and California Suite.

One of the major developments of the 1990s was the re-emergence of the romantic comedy film, encouraged by the success of When Harry Met Sally ... in 1989.

A film can be both a major studio release and a cult film, particularly if despite its affiliation with a major studio, it failed to achieve broad success on either the theatrical or home video markets but was championed by a small number of dedicated film fanatics who seek out lesser-known offerings.

An example may be Paul Verhoeven's big budgeted, highly sexualized Showgirls ( 1995 ), initially intended to be a drama film about the rise of a Las Vegas stripper, that flopped both critically and commercially when released theatrically ; afterward, it enjoyed success on the home video market, generating more than $ 100 million from video rentals.

These were followed by another mainstream success as the vampire-next-door in the teen horror film Fright Night ( 1985 ).

" Budgeted at US $ 32 million, the film became a moderate financial success at a worldwide box office total of US $ 40 million.

The film was not a financial success but was praised by critics.

The film garnered critical and commercial success, becoming Day's biggest hit so far.