Search results
4 days ago · Running just six reels when it was initially released in 1921, and re-edited by Chaplin himself in 1971, the version of The Kid most often available today is just 53 minutes long, yet it tells a complete, delightful story sure to hook its viewers on Chaplin, silent comedy, or silent melodrama. One of the first films to combine both slapstick ...
4 days ago · Mervyn LeRoy (/ l ə ˈ r ɔɪ /; October 15, 1900 – September 13, 1987) was an American film director, producer and actor. In his youth he played juvenile roles in vaudeville and silent film comedies.
- 1928–1968
- 2, including Warner
- October 15, 1900, San Francisco, California, U.S.
- September 13, 1987 (aged 86), Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
3 days ago · Peter Sellers CBE (born Richard Henry Sellers; 8 September 1925 – 24 July 1980) was an English actor and comedian. He first came to prominence performing in the BBC Radio comedy series The Goon Show. Sellers featured on a number of hit comic songs, and became known to a worldwide audience through his many film roles, among them Chief ...
1 day ago · George Washington University ( LLB, LLM) Signature. John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was an American law-enforcement administrator who served as the final Director of the Bureau of Investigation (BOI) and the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). President Calvin Coolidge first appointed Hoover as ...
- Himself (as Director of the Bureau of Investigation)
3 days ago · Master Juba (born 1825?, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.—died 1852, London, England) was known as the “father of tap dance ” and the first African American to get top billing over a white performer in a minstrel show. He invented new techniques of creating rhythm by combining elements of African American vernacular dance, Irish jigs, and ...
5 days ago · Logan was intended to be the final chapter in the Wolverine film trilogy and the final time Hugh Jackman would play the popular X-Men character that began with the 2000 live-action movie. However, nearly a decade after Jackman’s swan song for the Marvel hero, the Australian actor is returning to his iconic role in Deadpool & Wolverine.
3 days ago · Henry Cavill (born May 5, 1983, St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands) is a British actor whose dark curls, square jaw, and muscular build made him the perfect choice to play Superman in the films Man of Steel (2013), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), and Justice League (2017). He soon became known for playing action heroes in such films ...
