Lord of the Rings and its Oscars
The Lord of the Rings trilogy may not have won as many Academy Awards as another fantasy film released around the same time: but it has the most Oscars of any fantasy film ever. The Lord of the Rings has more Oscars than any other blockbuster…
572Daniel Day-Lewis — 3 wins, 6 nominations at the Oscars
Daniel Day-Lewis is one of the best actors working in the industry right now. The little Englishman has won 3 Best Actor awards and 6 other nominations at the Oscars, all for playing real people with distinct personalities. His prowess as an…
456Kirk Douglas a Hollywood Movie Legend
Kirk Douglas is a Hollywood movie legend. The actor has been acting in movies and television shows for over 70 years, appearing in more than 170 projects throughout his career. He has worked with some of the most famous directors and actors in…
610The Hollywood Great Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey Bogart captured the imagination of moviegoers in the 1940s and ’50s with his performances in film noir. He created some of the most memorable characters in film history, including a down-on-his-luck detective named Sam Spade who was…
551The Movie Star Spencer Tracy
Spencer Tracy was one of the biggest stars of the silent film era, appearing in over 130 motion pictures before transitioning to talkies. Tracey’s successful transition to sound films was no accident; the actor had a Master Plan for his…
474The Biggest Film Studios Hollywood
Hollywood, is the home of the stars and the studios where they work. For many people around the world, Hollywood is synonymous with film and movie studios. However, that’s a limited understanding of what this district in Los Angeles is all…
880John Wayne had True Grit
John Wayne is arguably the most famous movie star in history. In his long and illustrious career, he has played plenty of heroes and villains, but it’s his almost mythical status as America’s favorite cinematic cowboy that has cemented him…
591The Artist is a Masterpiece of Silent Film
A silent film is a movie that has no audible dialogue. Silent films were common in the early 1900s, before the invention of synchronized sound. The Artist is a silent film released in 2011. It’s a black-and-white drama centered on the final…
508Douglas Fairbanks and Silent Film
The advent of sound film in the late 1920s marked the end of an era for Hollywood actors. Talking pictures meant that stage actors with weak voices, regional accents, or thick foreign accents were no longer suitable for film roles. Stage actors…
487Hooray for Harold Lloyd and Silent Film
Harold Clayton Lloyd was born on April 16, 1893, in Benington, England. He was the youngest of four children in a middle-class family. His parents were Thomas and Alice Lloyd. His father was an estate agent and his mother was a housewife. When…
547Rudolph Valentino Silent Film Heart-throb
Rudolfo Guglielmi, known as Rudolph Valentino, was the first movie star whose fame transcended film. During a time when silent movies were the most popular form of entertainment, he became an icon that even today people remember. He is widely…
534The Biggest Silent Film Star was Charlie Chaplin
As the 1910s came to a close, so did the era of silent films. Now that people understood how movies could tell stories without words, they no longer felt silence was necessary for the film. Instead, they preferred characters who spoke. And yet,…
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