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1931. 1931. Banned in Riverside, California by the city's censor boards due to "notoriety", as its star, Clara Bow, was at that time present in the trial of Daisy DeBoe, a former secretary of hers who had been charged with grand theft auto in Los Angeles. [10] 11 Warner Bros. short films. 1931-1944.
Jimmy Buffett. m. James William Buffett (December 25, 1946 – September 1, 2023) was an American singer-songwriter. [ 10 ] He was known for his tropical rock sound and persona, [ 2 ] which often portrayed a lifestyle described as "island escapism" [ 11 ] and promoted enjoying life and following passions. [ 12 ]
Box office. $5.5 million [ 4 ] Once Upon a Time in America (Italian: C'era una volta in America) is a 1984 epic crime film co-written and directed by Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone, and starring Robert De Niro and James Woods. The film is an Italian–American [ 3 ] venture produced by The Ladd Company, Embassy International Pictures, PSO ...
The Graduate. The Graduate is a 1967 American independent [6] romantic comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols [7] and written by Buck Henry and Calder Willingham, [8] based on the 1963 novel of the same name by Charles Webb, who wrote it shortly after graduating from Williams College. The film tells the story of 21-year-old Benjamin ...
The Quiet American. The Quiet American is a 1955 novel by English author Graham Greene. Narrated in the first person by journalist Thomas Fowler, the novel depicts the breakdown of French colonialism in Vietnam and early American involvement in the Vietnam War. A subplot concerns a love triangle between Fowler, an American CIA agent named Alden ...
t. e. Mickey and Minnie Mouse in Plane Crazy, one of the earliest golden-age shorts. The golden age of American animation was a period in the history of U.S. animation that began with the popularization of sound synchronized cartoons in 1928 and gradually ended in the 1960s when theatrical animated shorts started to lose popularity to the newer ...
Dramatization of Philip Caputo's autobiographical book on his service in Vietnam and his growing disillusionment with the war. 1998 US A Bright Shining Lie: Terry George: Experiences of US Lt. Col. John Paul Vann, military adviser to the South Vietnamese. Based on the book by the same name by Neil Sheehan. 2002 US Path to War: John Frankenheimer
t. e. The cinema of the United States, consisting mainly of major film studios (also known metonymously as Hollywood) along with some independent films, has had a large effect on the global film industry since the early 20th century. The dominant style of American cinema is classical Hollywood cinema, which developed from 1910 to 1962 and is ...