Claude Rains

On July 1, 1913, a group of automobile enthusiasts and industry officials established the Lincoln Highway Association (LHA) "to procure the establishment of a continuous improved highway from the Atlantic to the Pacific, open to lawful traffic of all description without toll charges." In its time, the Lincoln Highway would become the Nation's premier highway, as well known as U.S. 66 was to be in its day and as well known as I-80 and I-95 are today. The Lincoln Highway also played an important role in the evolution of highways leading ...

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The large and notable cast includes Claude Rains, Jose Ferrer, Donald Pleasence, Martin Landau, Michael Tolan, Ed Wynn, Harold Stone, Michael Ansara, Shelley Winters, Sidney Poitier, Van Heflin, Sal Mineo, Joseph Schildkraut, Dorothy McGuire, Robert Loggia, Frank Silvera, Cyril Delevanti, Mark Lenard, Abraham Sofaer, Nehemiah Persoff, John Wayne, Carroll Baker, Ina Balin, Rodolfo Acosta, Frank DeKova, Marian Seldes, Joseph Sirola, Angela Lansbury, John ...

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Horror film - Early milestones. The horror genre is nearly as old as film itself. The first depictions of supernatural events appear in several of the silent shorts created by film pioneers such as Georges Méliès in the late 1890s, the most notable being his 1896 Le Manoir du Diable (aka "The Devil's Castle") which is sometimes credited as being the first horror film. Another of his horror projects was the 1898 La Caverne maudite< ...

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"Cleopatra" is Greek for "father's glory," and her full name, "Cleopatra Thea Philopator" means "the Goddess Cleopatra, the Beloved of Her Father." She was the third daughter of Ptolemy XII Auletes, a Graeco-Egyptian born in Alexandria, Egypt. She was first briefly co-ruler with her father, Ptolemy XII Auletes and on his death became co-ruler with her brother Ptolemy XIII in the spring of 51 BC. She was at the time the oldest child of Auletes, since two older sisters had died. She also had one younger sister whose name was Arsinoe IV. She wa ...

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Bogart did menial labor, joined the Naval Reserve, and eventually drifted into acting. He liked the late hours that actors kept, and enjoyed the attention that an actor got on stage. Most of all, he enjoyed the challenge of putting on a difficult scene, making the audience believe it. He dug deeply into the characters he portrayed, and found them a welcome escape from his own self. He began his acting career on the Brooklyn stage in 1921, playing a Japanese butler. He never took acting lessons, and had no formal training. An early rev ...

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Grim Fandango was released on CD-ROM only and featured a full voiceover soundtrack. The game was designed by Tim Schafer, creator of Day of the Tentacle, Full Throttle, and, more recently, Psychonauts. The game's title derives from a line of a mournful poem read by one of the characters. Grim Fandango was hailed after its release as the final nail in the coffin of adventure games. The pessimism was attributed to the fact that, despite its high quality, it failed to sell well, thus tarnishing the image of the demand for a ...

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Cleopatra's story has fascinated scores of writers and artists through the centuries. No doubt, much of her appeal lay in her legend as a great seductress who was able to ally herself with two of the most powerful men (Caesar and Antony) of her time. Among the more famous works on her: Cléopâtre by Jules-Émile-Frédéric Massenet Incipit Legenda Cleopatrie Martiris, Egipti Regine from Geoffrey Chaucer's The Legend of Good Women Antony and Cleopatra by William ShakespeareSee also:

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There is often a debate between Egyptologists and Afrocentric historians as to what race Cleopatra belonged to. Egyptologists say that Cleopatra was descended from the Ptolemaic dynasty, a Macedonian family, whose patriach Ptolemy I Soter was once a general for Alexander the Great. Ptolemy I was the son of Arsinoe of Macedonia by either her husband Lagus, a Macedonian nobleman, or her lover Philip II of Macedon. Egyptologists say the Ptolemaic family tree indicates that there was a great deal of interbreeding in the family, and that b ...

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Humphrey Bogart - Attributed. I can't say I ever loved my mother, I admired her. My parents fought. We kids would pull the covers over our ears to keep out the sound of fighting. Our home was kept together for the sake of the children as well as for the sake of propriety. His last words were, "I never should have switched from scotch to martinis." Hum ...

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Cleopatra's story has fascinated scores of writers and artists through the centuries. No doubt, much of her appeal lay in her legend as a great seductress who was able to ally herself with two of the most powerful men (Caesar and Antony) of her time. Among the more famous works on her: Cléopâtre by Jules-Émile-Frédéric Massenet Incipit Legenda Cleopatrie Martiris, Egipti Regine from Geoffrey Chaucer's The Legend of Good Women Antony and Cleopatra by William ShakespeareSee also:

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Born in Dudley, England, the sixth of the seven children of a blast furnaceman and a nurse. He was thought not strong enough to follow his brothers into the local heavy industries and started work as a cobbler. He realised some talent for signwriting and used his additional income to pay for evening classes at the Dudley School of Arts and Crafts. In October 1915, World War I underway, he enlisted for the Army and was commissioned second lieutenant. He was taken a prisoner of war in August 1917 and, while imprisoned, discovered a ...

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James Whale, James Whale - Early life, James Whale - Beginnings in the theatre, James Whale - Hollywood career, James Whale - Filmography

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Horror film - Notable directors. Dario Argento Clive Barker Mario Bava Tod Browning John Carpenter William Castle Larry Cohen Roger Corman Don Coscarelli Wes Craven David Cronenberg Sean S. Cunningham - also producer Ruggero Deodato Terence Fisher Freddie Francis Jesus Franco Lucio Fulci John Gilling Stuart Gordon Frank Henenlotter See also:

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Horror film - Notable directors. Dario Argento Clive Barker Mario Bava Tod Browning John Carpenter William Castle Larry Cohen Roger Corman Don Coscarelli Wes Craven David Cronenberg Sean S. Cunningham - also producer Ruggero Deodato Terence Fisher Freddie Francis Jesus Franco Lucio Fulci John Gilling Stuart Gordon Michael Haneke F ...

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Laconia is located at 43°33'3" North, 71°28'5" West (43.550769, -71.467935)GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 68.8 km² (26.6 mi²). 52.5 km² (20.3 mi²) of it is land and 16.3 km² (6.3 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 23.70% water. Laconia is drained by the Winnipesaukee River. It is bounded in the southwest by Winnisqua ...

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The film has several apparent logical flaws, foremost being the two "letters of transit" which enable anyone to leave for abroad. As mentioned before, it is unclear whether Ugarte says the letters have been signed by Vichy French General Maxime Weygand or then Free French leader General Charles de Gaulle. Weygand had been the Vichy French Delegate for the North-African Colonies until a month before the film is set (and a year after it was written.) De Gaulle was at the time the head of the Free French government, which was considered a rebel ...

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Casablanca won three Oscars: Academy Award for Best Picture — Hal B. Wallis, producer Academy Award for Directing — Michael Curtiz Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay — Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch It was also nominated for another five Oscars: Academy Award for Best Actor — Humphrey Bogart Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor — Claude Rains Academy Award for Best Cinematography, black-and-white — Arthur Edeson Academy Award for Film Editing — Owen Marks Academy Award for O ...

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Roger Ebert has claimed that the film is "probably on more lists of the greatest films of all time than any other single title, including Citizen Kane", because of its wider appeal; while Citizen Kane is "greater", Casablanca is more loved. Behlmer also emphasises the variety in the picture: "it’s a blend of drama, melodrama, comedy [and] intrigue". Ebert says that he has never heard of a negative review of the film, even though individual elements can be criticised (he cites the unrealistic special effects ...

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The character of Marina is unique among Supermarionation characters in that she never speaks, with the exception of the episode 'Raptures of the Deep', when she speaks to Troy Tempest in a dream. However, the character's lips do not move, probably because the puppet had no speech mechanism. In addition to the 39 television episodes, three original "audio adventures" featuring the original voice cast were released on EPs during the show's British run. These were later reissued on tape, and are included on the British DVD box set of the ...

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It was The Wolf Man that introduced the concepts of werewolves being vulnerable to silver (in traditional folklore, it’s more effective against vampires), the werewolf's forced shapeshifting under a full moon, and being marked with a pentagram (a symbol of the occult and of Satanism). These are considered by many as part of the original folklore of the werewolf, even though they were created for the film. Unlike the werewolves of legend, which resemble true wolves, the Wolf Man was a kind of hybrid creature. It stood erect like a hu ...

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Humphrey Bogart plays Rick Blaine, the owner of an upscale cafe/bar/gambling den in the Moroccan city of Casablanca which attracts a mixed clientele of Vichy French and Nazi officials, refugees and thieves. Rick is a bitter and cynical man, but still displays a clear dislike for the fascist part of his clientele. The plot begins when a petty crook, Guillermo Ugarte (Peter Lorre), arrives in Rick's club with "letters of transit". The papers are signed by a French General (the pronunciation is muffled, it may be General Charles de Gaull ...

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Horror film - Notable directors. Dario Argento Clive Barker Mario Bava Tod Browning John Carpenter William Castle Roger Corman Don Coscarelli Wes Craven David Cronenberg Sean S. Cunningham - also producer Ruggero Deodato Terence Fisher Freddie Francis Jesus Franco Lucio Fulci John Gilling Alfred Hitchcock Tobe Hooper Takashi Miike