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Movies and Film: Films Worth Viewing

Films Worth ViewingMovies and FilmFilm Personnel: Gaffers, Grips, and GofersEmployment HistoryUnionsThe Job DescriptionsFilms Worth Viewing Since the decision about what films are produced get…

Major Stakes Races: Late 1996

LATE 1996DateRaceTrackMilesWinnerJockeyPurseNov. 3Yellow Ribbon StakesSanta Anita11/4 (T)Donna ViolaGary Stevens$600,000Nov. 16Hawthorne Gold CupHawthorne11/4Come On FlipChris Emigh300,000Nov…

Irving Thalberg

Name at birth: Irving Grant ThalbergIrving Thalberg was mogul of early Hollywood who died at the age of 37 after making Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer the most profitable and glamorous film studio in the world…

Gershwin, George

(Encyclopedia) Gershwin, GeorgeGershwin, Georgegŭrshˈwĭn [key], 1898–1937, American composer, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., as Jacob Gershwin. Gershwin wrote some of the most original and popular musical works…

Altman, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Altman, Robert, 1925–2006, American film director, b. Kansas City, Mo. One of the most original talents in late-20th-century American filmmaking, he created complex, often loosely…

William Wyler

William Wyler was a German-born Hollywood director who was nominated for 12 Oscars and won three, for Mrs. Miniver (1942), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) and Ben-Hur (1959). He was born in Alsace…

Neil Simon

Name at birth: Marvin Neil SimonThe author of The Odd Couple, Neil Simon was a playwright whose Broadway plays and Hollywood movie adaptations made him one of history's most financially successful…

Movies and Film: Independent Films Today

Independent Films TodayMovies and FilmFilm Financing, Production, and DistributionProduction, Distribution, ExhibitionDistributionExhibition(ists)Stars' BucksIndependent Films TodayForeign FilmsSome…

Reagan, Ronald Wilson

(Encyclopedia) Reagan, Ronald WilsonReagan, Ronald Wilsonrāˈgən [key], 1911–2004, 40th president of the United States (1981–89), b. Tampico, Ill. In 1932, after graduation from Eureka College, he…

Movies and Film: Unions

UnionsMovies and FilmFilm Personnel: Gaffers, Grips, and GofersEmployment HistoryUnionsThe Job DescriptionsFilms Worth Viewing Because we are talking in part about the grunts of the studio system…