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AFI defines an "American screen legend" as "an actor or a team of actors with a significant screen presence in American feature-length films (films of 40 minutes or more) whose screen debut occurred in or before 1950, or whose screen debut occurred after 1950 but whose death has marked a completed body of work."
This is chronological list of action films released before the 1970s. Often there may be considerable overlap particularly between action and other genres (including horror , comedy , and science fiction films ); the list should attempt to document films which are more closely related to action, even if they bend genres.
John Howard (born John Richard Cox Jr.; April 14, 1913 – February 19, 1995) was an American actor. [1] He is best remembered for his roles in the films Lost Horizon (1937) and The Philadelphia Story (1940).
Northwest Passage (1940) – Western film telling a partly fictionalized version of the real-life St. Francis Raid by Rogers' Rangers, led by Robert Rogers [24] Parole Fixer (1940) – action drama crime film based on the 1938 book called Persons in Hiding, an exposé of corruption within the American parole system [25]
When it comes to the craft of acting, Tom Cruise’s best work belongs to the previous century – with arguably his two finest performances (Eyes Wide Shut and Magnolia) coming in 1999.Over the ...
Alfred Hitchcock made his American debut with the film Rebecca, and made many classics throughout the 1940s. The most successful film of the decade was Samuel Goldwyn's The Best Years of Our Lives; the film was directed by William Wyler, and starred Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo, and Harold Russell.
September – Around 640 motion picture actors, writers and directors are included on the Gottbegnadeten list in Nazi Germany, protecting them from military conscription. November 22 – MGM's musical Meet Me in St. Louis, starring Judy Garland and Margaret O'Brien, premieres. Hugely popular with both audiences and critics, the film is ...
This list of notable actors from the United Kingdom includes performers in film, radio, stage and television This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.