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Georges Méliès biography

user — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 00:40:00 +0000

Biography of Georges Méliès, the French magician who created the art of special effects for the movies. He’s best known for his iconic film, “A Trip to the Moon” Biography of Georges Méliès (1868 – 1938) magician and father of motion picture special effects Georges Méliès has the distinction of being one of the few magicians…

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Benny Rubin biography

user — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 13:07:21 +0000

Biography of Benny Rubin, talented character actor remembered for his work on I Love Lucy, The Three Stooges, The Red Skelton Show, and a great many others. Benny Rubin (February 2, 1899 – July 15, 1986) Benny Rubin was an American comedian and character actor. He was born on February 2, 1899, in Boston, Massachusetts.…

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Biography of Humphrey Bogart

user — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 15:55:46 +0000

Biography of Humphrey Bogart, best known for his roles in Casablanca, The River Queen, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 — January 14, 1957) was an Academy Award-winning American actor. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Bogart the Greatest Male Star of All Time. Playing primarily smart, playful and…

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Audrey Meadows biography

user — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 02:17:00 +0000

Audrey Meadows (February 8, 1922 – February 3, 1996) Early life Audrey Meadows Cotter, better known by her stage name of Audrey Meadows, was the daughter of Chinese Missionaries. Her father was Francis Meadows Cotter, an Episcopal missionary. Her mother’s name was Ida Miller Taylor. She was born on February 8, 1922 in New York…

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Ann Miller films

user — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 12:37:17 +0000

A list of the films with the talented Ann Miller – a great dancer, who was able to act well in both comedy and drama roles. 1934 Anne of Green Gables School Girl Uncredited 1935 The Good Fairy Schoolgirl in Orphanage Uncredited 1936 The Devil on Horseback Dancer Uncredited 1937 New Faces of 1937 Herself,…

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Dick Van Dyke biography

user — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 00:22:17 +0000

Richard Wayne Van Dyke (born December 13, 1925) is an American actor, comedian, singer, and dancer, whose entertainment career has spanned seven decades. He first gained recognition on radio and Broadway, then he became known for his role as Rob Petrie on the CBS television sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show, which ran from 1961…

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Houdini 1998

user — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 00:00:52 +0000

Houdini (1998) starring Johnathon Schaech, Stacy Edwards, Mark Ruffalo Recently, I watched the 1998 Houdini TV biography; I was interested to see how it stood up to other Houdini biographies I’ve seen, such as 1950’s Houdini biography with Tony Curtis, or the more recent Houdini with Adrien Brody. In my opinion, both were entertaining fiction, but very poor…

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History Channel’s Houdini

user — Mon, 16 Oct 2017 01:55:44 +0000

Houdini – History Channel biography of Harry Houdini, starring Adrien Brody Something that comes to mind about the History Channel’s Houdini biography, is actually a comic strip. Once, many years ago in the Bloom County comic strip, Opus the penguin was writing a movie review, which read in part: “This bad film just oozed rottenness…

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Harry Houdini biography

user — Sun, 15 Oct 2017 01:41:14 +0000

Biography of Harry Houdini (1874-1926) Houdini means “escape artist or other ingenious person,” according to the dictionary. Harry Houdini epitomizes that, of course, as the man who created the field of escape artistry, as well as becoming the most famous magician of his day, and equally well known for his debunking of fake “psychics.” His story,…

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Houdini, starring Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh

user — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 05:26:37 +0000

Tony Curtis gives a winning performance as the great Houdini. The struggling circus performer who emerged as the world s most captivating magician and escape artist. From his beginnings as a wild man carnival act to the internationally famous feat of escaping from a locked trunk in an ice-jammed river. Houdini captures the amazing life…

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