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  • [[Category:2000s comedy-drama films]] [[Category:2000s documentary films]]
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  • '''Joanna Lee''' (April 7, 1931 - October 24, 2003) was an [[United States|American]] writer, producer, director and actress. ...e, ''[[The Joker Is Wild]]'' (1957), plus two low-budget [[science fiction films]]. Those two were ''[[The Brain Eaters]]'' (1958) and a film that in later
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  • '''Dwayne Bernard Hickman''' (born May 18, 1934) is an American former actor and television executive at [[Columbia Broadcasting System|CBS ...was too old for such roles. He appeared in minor [[Beach party film|beach films]] and made an unsuccessful [[television pilot]] portraying a schoolteacher.
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  • '''''The Garbage Pail Kids Movie''''' is a 1987 American [[live action]] [[film adaptation]] of the [[Garbage Pail Kids|then-popular ...ely considered to be [[List of films considered the worst|one of the worst films ever made]].
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  • ...nnine Riley''' (born October 1, 1940 in [[Madera, California]], USA) is an American actress. ...The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]'', ''[[The Wild Wild West]]'') and a few feature films such as ''[[The Big Mouth]]'' (1967), ''[[Fever Heat]]'' (1968), ''[[The Co
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  • '''Jerry Van Dyke''' is an American comedian and actor and the younger brother of Dick Van Dyke with whom he ma ...e host of the series, "Picture This," later making supporting roles in the films "McLintock!," "Palm Springs Weekend" and "The Courtship of Eddie's Father.'
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  • ...h [[Shelley Long]] and [[Gary Cole]] reprise their roles from the previous films, the children and Alice were all recast in this film. ...the television movie lacked the creative wit and humor of the two feature films.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/bradyBunchinwhitehous
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  • [[Category:American television films]] [[Category:American films]]
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  • ...ilm|made-for-television]] [[Christmas by medium|Christmas]] [[comedy drama|comedy-drama film]] directed by [[Peter Baldwin (director)|Peter Baldwin]] and starring After the network canceled ''The Bradys'', two theatrical films were made later in the 1990s: ''[[The Brady Bunch Movie]]'' in 1995, and ''
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  • ...ill-ventilated nickelodeons with hard wooden seats were outmoded as longer films became common and larger, more comfortably furnished motion picture theater ...e l'Europe|Odéon]] in Paris. Although it was not the first theater to show films, in 1919 a news article stated that it was the first theater in the world "
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  • |channel = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] ...lm)|film]], that was produced by [[Screen Gems]] Television and aired on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] from September 20, 1963 to April 22, 1966. It wa
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  • '''''Back to the Beach''''' is a 1987 American [[comedy film]] starring [[Frankie Avalon]] and [[Annette Funicello]], dire ...s, homages and in-jokes. All character names are taken from those earlier films.
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  • ...st known for writing [[comedy]], including several [[Abbott and Costello]] films. ...[[Robert Benchley]], and ''Penny Wisdom''. The duo also worked on the 1937 films, ''Decathlon Champions'' and ''Candid Cameramaniacs'' from the [[Pete Smith
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  • {{short description|American actor}} ...lifford Charles Norton''' (March 21, 1918 &ndash; January 25, 2003) was an American [[character actor]] and [[radio]] announcer who appeared in various [[movie
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  • [[Category:1981 television films]] [[Category:American films]]
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  • '''Ivor Francis''' (October 26, 1918 – October 22, 1986) was a Canadian-American [[character actor]] and acting teacher. He is the father of television soap ...1964 in film|1964]] in ''The Devil Walks''. Francis also appeared in such films as ''[[I Love My Wife]]'', ''[[The World's Greatest Athlete]]'', ''[[Superd
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  • ...[[comic book]]s, [[comic strip]]s, [[boardgames]], [[video game]]s, and [[films]] with each episode following a [[dramatic structure|narrative arc]]. On a Many American comic book series are now written in four or six-issue arcs, within a conti
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  • ...e incorporated into other incidental music used during the performance. In films, theme songs are often played during [[credit roll]]s. A ''love theme'' is ...sage of time or a change in location. Stingers were used frequently in the American television series ''[[Friends]]'', as an example, to mark scene changes.<re
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  • ...the [[internet]]. Like other television series, films, including animated films, animated series can be of a wide variety of [[List of genres|genres]] and ...ng morning, like [[saturday-morning cartoon]]s, prime time, like [[List of American prime time animated television series|prime time cartoon]]s, to late night,
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  • ...]] co-founder Mic Neumann that remixes classic [[martial arts film|kung fu films]] with [[popular music]] and [[comic book]] style editing along with [[vide ...umann in 1999. Neumann described the creative process as treating original films like a DJ treats records, sampling the melting pot of music and demixing po
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  • ...York Times]]|title=Strother Martin}}</ref> The line is number 11 on the [[American Film Institute]] list of [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes]]. ...but finished third in the competition.<ref name="FiR">''Strother Martin''. Films in Review, November 1982</ref>
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  • ...rahams and Zucker]] frequently broke the fourth wall, such that with these films, "the fourth wall is so flimsy and so frequently shattered that it might as ...44}}</ref> The same technique is also used, though less frequently, in the American adaptation of ''[[House of Cards (U.S. TV series)|House of Cards]]'' by mai
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  • {{Short description|American actor (1929–1982)}} ...82) was an American actor. Mullaney acted in several television series and films throughout his career.{{Citation needed |date=April 2022}}
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  • '''''The Brady Bunch Movie''''' is a 1995 American [[comedy film]] that parodies the 1969–1974 television series ''[[The Bra <!-- Per WP:FILMPLOT, plot summaries for feature films should be between 400 to 700 words. -->
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  • ...ry a Millionaire" with Betty Grable and "River of No Return." The last two films featured Marilyn Monroe. Willson revealed Calhoun's criminal past publicly
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  • ...agher (1971). "Fred Karno: master of mirth and tears". p. 165. Hale.</ref> American [[vaudeville]] emerged in the 1880s and remained popular until the 1930s, a ...tain producing the influential [[Goon Show]] after the Second World War. [[American cinema]] has produced a great number of globally renowned comedy artists, f
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  • ...rtainment]]. The channel deals primarily in scripted television series and films and was well known in its early years for featuring unconventional and ofte ...ing lineup with a greater focus on hit [[Dramatic programming|dramas]] and films. Canwest executives hoped that the new lineup would make the channel more a
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  • ...Hall of Fame]]. Dorothy Gish was noted as a fine comedian, and many of her films were comedies. ...h's ''[[An Unseen Enemy]]''. Dorothy would go on to star in over 100 short films and features, many of them with Lillian.
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  • ...peared with his comedy partner [[Stan Laurel]] in 107 short films, feature films, and cameo roles.<ref>Rawlngs, Nate. [http://www.time.com/time/specials/pac ...r. He was of paternal [[English American]] descent and maternal [[Scottish American]] descent.
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  • ...eekly show featured rotating episodes of television series based on the WB films, ''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]'' and ''[[Kings Row]]'', as well as an ...nne'' being a success, Warner Bros. ended the ten-minute promotions of new films and replaced ''Warner Bros. Presents'' with an [[anthology series]] titled
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  • {{short description|American comic actress (1908–2001)}} ...oca''' (born '''Emogeane Coca'''; November 18, 1908 – June 2, 2001) was an American comic actress best known for her role opposite [[Sid Caesar]] on ''[[Your S
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  • ...[[horror (genre)|horror]] movie genre || [[Coen brothers]], [[Jim Norton (American comedian)|Jim Norton]], [[Lenny Bruce]], [[Bill Hicks]], [[Frankie Boyle]], |[[Mockumentary]] || A parody using the conventions of documentary style || Films and TV shows: [[FUBAR (film)|Fuba]]<nowiki/>r & [[Fubar 2]], ''[[Borat]]'',
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  • | nationality = American ...ak in the early 1920s, when she ranked among the most popular idols of the American screen.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Basinger|first=Jeanine |title=Silent Stars|pub
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  • ...le from The Boston Globe, which states that Landau was then 61 --->) is an American film and television actor. His career started in the 1950s, with early film ...ng ''[[Space: 1999]],'' Landau appeared in supporting roles in a number of films and TV series, including the TV film ''[[The Harlem Globetrotters on Gillig
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  • '''Lawrence Samuel "Larry" Storch''' (born January 8, 1923) is an American comedian and actor best known for his comic television roles, including voi ...''[[A Fine Mess (film)|A Fine Mess]]'' (1986), as well as the cult sci-fi films ''[[The Monitors (film)|The Monitors]]'' (1969) and ''[[Without Warning (19
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  • ...1=Wilmeth, Don B. |author2=Bigsby, C.W.E. | title=The Cambridge history of American theatre |url=https://archive.org/details/cambridgehistory00wilm_962 |url-ac ...ng for comic effect was a frequently used device in most of the [[Carry On films]]. [[Dustin Hoffman]] and [[Robin Williams]] have each appeared in a hit co
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  • [[Voice acting]] makes an important contribution to many films, television productions and advertisements in the [[United States]]. Voice ...in Williams]] in the 1992 film ''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]'', films have frequently been marketed with well-known names as voice actors, billed
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  • '''George Samuel O'Hanlon''' (November 23, 1912 – February 11, 1989) was an American film and voice actor, comedian, and TV writer.<ref>{{cite news|title= Georg From the early 1940s, O'Hanlon was a character comedian in feature films, usually playing the hero's streetwise, cynical friend. He appeared in feat
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  • '''Tina Louise''' (born '''Tina Blacker'''; February 11, 1934) is an American actress, singer, and author. She began her career on stage during mid-1950s ...ny|ABC-TV]] Movie ''[[Nightmare in Badham County]]''. Her other television films of the period included ''[[Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby]]'' (197
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  • ...n both [[film|movie]]s and [[television]] who appeared in nearly a hundred films.<ref name=obit/> Tucker worked as a [[vaudeville]] [[Straight man (stock ch ...eant Stryker. Graduating to top billing, Tucker starred in numerous action films during the 1950s, including ''[[Rock Island Trail (film)|Rock Island Trail]
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  • ...ally credited as the inventors of the rerun; it was first utilized for the American television series ''[[I Love Lucy]]'' (1951–57) during Ball's pregnancy. ...elevision series.<ref>{{cite book|title=Rerun nation: how repeats invented American television|first=Derek|last=Kompare|publisher=Routledge|year=2005|ISBN=0-41
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  • ...ton Broadcast Services Company|LBS Communications]] (1991–1992)<br />[[All American Television]] (1992–1998)<br />Pearson Television (1998–2001)<br />[[Fre '''''Baywatch''''' is an American [[Action (genre)|action]] [[Dramatic programming|drama series]] about the [
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  • '''John Carroll O'Connor''' (August 2, 1924 – June 21, 2001) was an American [[actor]], [[Television producer|producer]], and [[Television director|dire ...Tube">{{youtube|SXNA4nLoLVI|Carroll O'Connor interview with the Archive of American Television}}</ref> [[New York City|New York]], to Edward Joseph O'Connor,<r
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  • ...Osbourne "Bob" Denver''' (January 9, 1935&nbsp;– September 2, 2005) was an American comedic actor. He is best known for portraying [[Gilligan (Gilligan's Isla ...reer was spent working in television, although he also appeared in several films and on Broadway. He became most identified with the title character he play
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  • ...nt Television''' was the name of the television production division of the American [[film studio]] [[Paramount Pictures]], that was responsible for the produc Desilu Productions was an American production company founded and co-owned by husband and wife [[Desi Arnaz]]
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  • ...Oral Roberts Celebration }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book | title=Oral Roberts: An American Life | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rtz1InGWAmYC&lpg=PA399&pg=PA39 ===Films===
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  • ...es Gilmore "Jim" Backus''' (February 25, 1913 &ndash; July 3, 1989) was an American radio, television, film, and [[Voice acting|voice actor]]. Among his most f ...adio Network]] in 1957 and 1958, when that network changed its name to the American Broadcasting Network (ABN) and tried out a "Live and Lively" format of "Big
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  • ...] and [[Gracie Allen]] (who, unlike their incarnation on television and in films, operated with Burns as the comic), [[Abbott and Costello]], [[Flanagan and ...were beginning to attract worldwide fame more readily through the [[Silent films|silent era]]. However, because of the obvious restrictions, the comedy was
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  • {{Short description|American actress, singer and painter}} ...r 27, 1976 |access-date=August 18, 2011}} </ref> <ref>{{cite web |work=All American Speakers Bureau |title=Eve Plumb |url=https://www.allamericanspeakers.com/s
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  • {{short description|American actor and composer}} '''Frank Denny De Vol''' (September 20, 1911 – October 27, 1999) was an American [[actor]], and using the name '''De Vol''' was an [[arranger]] and [[compos
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  • {{short description|American actor and director}} ...e Brady]], opposite [[Florence Henderson]]'s role as Carol Brady, on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] sitcom ''[[The Brady Bunch]]'', which aired from
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  • | caption = Scotti and [[Carmen Zapata]] in ''[[Love, American Style]]'' in 1973 ...ed many roles, primarily from the late 1930s to the mid-1990s on Broadway, films and later television. He was known as a man of a thousand faces, for his ab
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  • | nationality = American<!--See WP:MOSBIO--> ...ality should be based on "when the person became notable" per WP:MOSBIO--> American film actress and a leading lady in [[Hollywood]] for over two decades, and
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  • ...has a minimal presence on terrestrial radio in the United States. Much of American radio drama is restricted to rebroadcasts or [[podcast]]s of programs from ...io Drama: The Early Years" in Lawrence Lichty and Malachi Topping (eds): ''American Broadcasting'' (New York, Hastings House, 1975).</ref> The success of these
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  • ...film]] and most [[cartoon]]s, and [[documentary]]. Most dramatic feature films, especially from [[Hollywood]] fall fairly comfortably into one of a long l This tradition has had implications for the teaching of writing in American colleges and universities. Combining rhetorical genre theory with [[activit
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  • '''Turner Broadcasting System''' ('''TBS''') is an [[United States|American]] [[basic cable]] and [[satellite television|satellite]] [[television chann ...The channel broadcast a variety of programming during this era, including films, syndicated series, [[Atlanta Braves]] baseball, and [[professional wrestli
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  • | citizenship = British/American ...on company, she co-wrote and co-produced several of her own social-message films, and was the first woman to direct a film noir, ''[[The Hitch-Hiker]]'' in
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  • {{Use American English|date=July 2020}} ...[[Local programming|local]] [[newscast]] and some [[made-for-television]] films), or historical (as in the case of many documentaries and fictional series)
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  • ...yer]]. In its original operating period, the company produced and released films from 1978 until 1999 and was also involved in television production and syn ...he Silence of the Lambs]]'' (1991).<ref name="variety" /> Two other Orion films, ''[[Hannah and Her Sisters]]'' (1986) and ''[[Mississippi Burning]]'' (198
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  • | nationality = American '''Phil Silvers''' (May 11, 1911 – November 1, 1985) was an American entertainer and comedy actor, known as "The King of [[Chutzpah]]". He is be
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  • '''Kenneth Ronald "Ken" Berry''' (born November 3, 1933) is an American sitcom actor, dancer and singer. Berry has appeared in multiple television ...terview |title= Ken Berry |interviewer= Stephen Abramson |work= Archive of American Television| url=http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/ken-berry |l
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  • ...Eden profile|publisher=Biography.com|accessdate=2015-08-24}}</ref>) is an American film, stage, and television actress, and singer, best known for her starrin ...k Hunter?]]'', and ''The Wayward Girl'', and then became a leading lady in films and starred opposite [[Gary Crosby (actor)|Gary Crosby]], [[Barry Coe]], an
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  • '''''The Monkees''''' is an American [[situation comedy]] that aired on [[NBC]] from September 12, 1966 to March ...Oliver!]]'' on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' the night of the Beatles' live American debut). Already appearing in Columbia Pictures productions and recording fo
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  • ...ts important points which have consequences within the story, according to American science fiction writer [[Ansen Dibell]].<ref name="dibell">{{cite book|auth ...ethnicity, region and time period. This can be applied to book, plays, and films. Some philosophers/critics have included Aristotle, Horace, Aelius Donatus,
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  • ...llan Burns]] that aired on [[CBS]] from 1970 to 1977. The program featured American television's first never-married, independent career woman as the central c ...(1977–82). In 2000, Moore and Harper reprised their roles in a two-hour [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] TV-movie, ''[[Mary and Rhoda]]''.
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  • {{short description|American pay television network}} ...s'' and stylized as '''{{larger|e}}<small>P</small>{{larger|ix}}''') is an American [[Pay television|premium]] [[cable television|cable]] and [[satellite telev
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  • ...e/> March 8, 1921<ref name=marriagecertificate/> – January 2, 1990) was an American film, stage, character and television [[actor]] and restaurateur. Hale Jr. ...reprised the role of The Skipper in three ''Gilligan's Island'' television films and two spin-off cartoon series.
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  • {{Use American English|date=July 2020}} ...[[Local programming|local]] [[newscast]] and some [[made-for-television]] films), or historical (as in the case of many documentaries and fictional series)
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  • | nationality = American ...n '''Theodosia Burr Goodman''', July 29, 1885&nbsp;– April 7, 1955) was an American [[silent film]] and stage actress.
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  • {{short description|American actress (1938–2020)}} {{Use American English|date=December 2015}}
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  • ...ound scenery and locations that would be impractical in a theater. Musical films characteristically contain elements reminiscent of theater; performers ofte ...became massive cultural fixtures in the eyes of the American public. These films included, ''[[Top Hat]]'' (1935), ''[[Follow the Fleet]]'', ''[[Swing Time
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  • {{Hatnote|This article is about the American TV series; for the noted Irish regiment in the British Army see the [[Royal '''''The Munsters''''' is an American [[sitcom]] depicting the home life of a family of benign [[monster]]s starr
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  • ...ommercial national [[broadcast network]]s. From 1946 to 1956, these were [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[CBS]], [[NBC]] and [[DuMont Television Networ | [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
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  • | nationality = American ...las Elton Thomas Ullman'''; May 23, 1883 &ndash; December 12, 1939) was an American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer.<ref>Obituary ''[[Variety Obitu
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  • '''''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World''''' is a 1963 American [[epic film|epic]] [[comedy film]], produced and directed by [[Stanley Kram ...2013}}</ref> ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'' featured at #40 in the [[American Film Institute]]'s list [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs|100 Years...100 Laug
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  • ...king which developed in and characterized [[Cinema of the United States|US American cinema]] between 1917 and the early 1960s and eventually became the most po ...drama. Regardless of any merit they had in the proscenium, these narrative films lost both their power and their realism on the cinematic frame. Melodrama a
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  • | network = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] ...sland''''' is an American television series that originally aired on the [[American Broadcasting Company]] network from 1977 to 1984. The series was created by
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  • '''Henry Corden''' (January 6, 1920 – May 19, 2005) was a Canadian-born American actor and voice artist best known for taking over the role of Fred Flintsto ...hted gangster named Specs. Corden thought it would be the first time in 25 films he could wear his glasses and see while he was acting, but the lenses gave
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  • ...ctor who made Winnie the Pooh speak also played country bumpkins in comedy films in the 1930s and '40s. He was 87. - latimes |website=Articles.latimes.com | ...r 22, 1992) was an American actor and voice actor who appeared in over 100 films and 40 television shows. He was also a [[voice actor]] for [[The Walt Disne
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  • ...series of all time, based on the character Dr. [[Frasier Crane]] from the American sitcom ''[[Cheers]]''. The series ran for eleven seasons (the same number a * ''[[Happy Days]]'', a spin-off from ''[[Love, American Style]]'', also spun off multiple shows: ''[[Laverne & Shirley]]'', ''[[Bla
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  • | nationality = [[United Kingdom|British]], [[United States|American]] ...The Dance of the Cuckoos". It was played over the opening credits of their films and has become as emblematic of the duo as their [[bowler hat]]s.
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  • | nationality = American ...t=Maltin |first=Leonard |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1987 |publisher=New American Library |location= |isbn=0-452-25993-2 |page=341 }}</ref>
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  • {{Short description|American television production/distribution studio}} {{Use American English|date=July 2016}}
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  • {{short description|American actor and professional wrestler}} {{Use American English|date=November 2021}}
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  • | nationality = American ...stitute]] (AFI) as among the [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs|top 100 comedy films]], with two of them (''[[Duck Soup (1933 film)|Duck Soup]]'' and ''[[A Nigh
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  • ...m)|Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse]]'', one of the highest-grossing silent films.]] ...corded sound]] (or more generally, no audible [[dialogue]]). Though silent films convey [[narrative]] and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a
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  • ...."<ref name="Brunvand719">{{cite book|last=Brunvand|first=Jan Harold|title=American Folklore : An Encyclopedia Garland Reference Library of the Humanities ; Vo ===Running gags in films===
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  • | citizenship = Canadian<br>American<ref name=calgary/> ...atho/atho.detail.people.aspx?personcode=per0056361 Marie Dressler: ''North American Theatre Online''], alexanderstreet.com; accessed July 27, 2016.</ref> Succe
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  • | citizenship = {{hlist|Canadian|American<ref>{{cite book|title=Photoplay, Volume 18, Issues 2–6|year=1920|publishe ...979), known professionally as '''Mary Pickford''', was a prolific Canadian-American film actress and producer. She was a co-founder of both the [[Pickford-Fair
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  • ...922); his portrayal of Hamlet led to him being called the "greatest living American tragedian".<ref name="BL: Hamlet" /> ...925, Barrymore left the stage for 14 years and instead focused entirely on films. In the [[silent film]] era, he was well received in such pictures as ''[[D
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  • ...s, owned by the [[Lutheran Church Missouri Synod]], for ten short animated films based on the life of [[Christ]]. [[Paramount Pictures]] soon purchased SIB ...M]], until becoming [[MGM Animation/Visual Arts]] for the remainder of the films).<ref name="Bates"/>
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  • ...of prostitution, inflation and other negative influences accompanying the American military bases in Trinidad at the time.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books ...copies. The success of that album inspired hundreds of "Folkies", or the [[American folk music revival]] to imitate the "Belafonte style", but with a more folk
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  • {{short description|American film producer}} | nationality = American
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  • | nationality = American ...Melodies]]'' [[Short film|theatrical cartoon]]s during the [[golden age of American animation]]. He was, in fact, the voice for all of the major male [[Warner
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  • "'''Nightmare at 20,000 Feet'''" is the third episode of the fifth season [[American television]] anthology series ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Tw ...and parodied several times in popular culture, including television shows, films, radio and music:
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  • ...d''' (born '''Frances Ethel Gumm'''; June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969) was an American singer, actress, and vaudevillian. She was renowned for her [[contralto]] v ...ned to [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] as a teenager. She made more than two dozen films with MGM, including nine with [[Mickey Rooney]]. Garland's most famous role
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  • In addition to [[short films]], [[feature films]], [[Television show|television series]], animated GIFs, and other media de ...ations since 1910 and by [[Winsor McCay]] with detailed drawn animation in films such as ''[[Little Nemo (1911 film)|Little Nemo]]'' (1911) and ''[[Gertie t
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  • ...many others. Her career has encompassed radio, theatrical shorts, feature films, television, record albums (particularly with [[Stan Freberg]]), video game ...ce overs for animated cartoons and radio programs and occasionally dubbing films and television. On radio, Foray did the voices of Midnight the Cat and Old
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  • {{About|the American television network|the University of Alabama newspaper|The Crimson White|ot ...CW Television Network''' (commonly referred to as just '''The CW''') is an American [[terrestrial television|broadcast]] television network that is operated by
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  • ...pawned numerous [[Doctor Who spin-offs|spin-offs]], including comic books, films, novels, audio dramas, and the television series ''[[Torchwood]]'' (2006– ...or Who'', because of the way his name is credited in the two Peter Cushing films.{{Citation needed|date=December 2013}}<br />Newman and Lambert's role in or
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  • ...n]] of the singing competition show ''[[American Idol]]'', performs on the American Idols Live! Tour in 2012.]] ...sition from the world of fantasy to the world of underwater reality. ''The American Sportsman'' is produced and directed by Neil Cunningham and hosted by Curt
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  • ...ry 6, 1917&nbsp;– December 18, 2016) was a [[Hungarian Americans|Hungarian-American]] actress and socialite. Her sisters were actresses [[Eva Gabor|Eva]] and [ ...]] in 1936.<ref name=":1">Hischak, Thomas S. ''The Oxford Companion to the American Musical: Theatre, Film, and Television'', New York: Oxford University Press
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  • ...roduced and directed ''[[The Raven (1963 movie)|The Raven]]'' (1963) for [[American International Pictures]]. [[Vincent Price]] headlines a cast of veteran [[c ...early 1960s)|Golden Age of Hollywood]], the term more precisely identified films intended for distribution as the less-publicized bottom half of a [[double
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  • The second season of the American comedy television series ''[[Gilligan's Island]]'' commenced airing in the ...This episode is in effect a satire of the military politics of many Latin American countries during the 1960s, and is series creator Sherwood Schwartz's perso
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  • ...nd a significant share of [[box office]] revenue in a given market. In the American and international markets, the major film studios, often known simply as th ...ome|discretionary income]] is high enough for consumers to afford to watch films). It has been described as "nearly impossible" for a film to reach a broad
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  • American science fiction author and editor [[Lester del Rey]] wrote, "Even the devot ...}}.</ref> In 1926, [[Hugo Gernsback]] published the first [[United States|American]] [[science fiction magazine|science-fiction magazine]], ''[[Amazing Storie
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  • ...n screen.|1908 poster advertising [[Gaumont Film Company|Gaumont]]'s sound films. The [[Chronomégaphone]], designed for large halls, employed compressed ai ...to a [[silent film]]. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades passed before sound motion picture
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  • ...such sources include [[Metacritic]], [[Roger Ebert]]'s list of most-hated films, ''[[The Golden Turkey Awards]]'', ''[[Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide]]'', [[ ...stion'', ''Dope Addict'', ''Doped Youth'', and ''Love Madness'') is a 1936 American [[exploitation film]] and [[propaganda|propaganda work]] revolving around t
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  • ...has made available in major media markets, programs such as those aimed at American bi-cultural Latinos. Such a diverse captive audience presents an occasion f ...yndication|syndicated programs]]. Since the creation of Fox, the number of American television networks has increased, though the amount of programming they pr
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  • | network = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] | preceded_by = ''[[Love, American Style]]''
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  • '''''The Beverly Hillbillies''''' is an American [[sitcom]] originally broadcast on [[CBS]] for nine seasons, from September ...'is'' funny. What can I do?" <ref>Roberts, Jerry ''The Complete History of American Film Criticism'' pp 52-53</ref><ref>''Michael J. Hayde's BETTER LIVING THRO
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  • {{short description|American broadcast television and radio network}} '''CBS''' is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network that serves as the [[Flag
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  • {{Use American English|date=July 2020}} ...istinguish productions originally created for broadcast on television from films developed for presentation in movie theaters.<ref name="Smallscreen">Johnso
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