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Family dynasties are a grand tradition in Hollywood. Below are a list of clans of famous actors, directors, writers, and producers who were related to each other. The criteria for this list is how much talent the combined members of the family had and how many generations the dynasty spanned. 10. The Reitman Dynasty Members: Ivan, [...]
Posted by Orrin Konheim on Monday, January 9, 2012 at 12:01 am
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Contrary to parental warnings, the lack of a high school diploma does not necessarily doom one to minimum wage drudgery. A surprising number of Silver Screen Legends forwent education and began early careers, although not necessarily in acting. Most were not plucked from obscurity, forced to abandon instruction and thrust into the limelight by their [...]
Posted by Suzy Duvall on Friday, December 30, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Education, Movies, People · Tagged Al Pacino, American film directors, Charles Chaplin, Cinema of the United States, Clark Gable, greta garbo, Henry Fonda, highschool dropouts, Humphrey Bogart, Joe DiMaggio, Julie Edwards, Lilies of the Field, Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando, Mary Pickford, Norma Jean Baker, Shirley Temple, Sidney Poitier
Here is a list of 10 great performances achieved by actors and actresses who were 70 years of age or older when their film was released. 10. Gloria Stuart, Titanic, 1997, Age 87 Kate Winslet might have been the budding star that led Titanic to box office glory, but as the elderly version of Rose [...]
Posted by Orrin Konheim on Monday, June 13, 2011 at 12:01 am
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As one of the most influential directors of all time, many of Alfred Hitchcock’s films have become permanent classics of the cinema. Psycho, Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, and The Birds are just some of his most popular titles. Audiences all over the world know his movies, but few people know just how many [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Thursday, June 10, 2010 at 12:01 am
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