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He had roles on TV in episodes of Ask Mr. Pastry (1961), ITV Television Playhouse, The Pocket Lancer (1961), and Tales of Mystery.He made his film debut with These Are the Damned (1962) and could be seen in Dixon of Dock Green, William, Sergeant Cork, and Drama 61-67.
Ancient Greek Orpheus with a violin (invented in the 16th century) rather than a lyre.A 17th-century painting by Cesare Gennari. An anachronism (from the Greek ἀνά ana, 'against' and χρόνος khronos, 'time') is a chronological inconsistency in some arrangement, especially a juxtaposition of people, events, objects, language terms and customs from different time periods.
Around the World in 80 Days is a 2004 action adventure comedy film directed by Frank Coraci from a script by David N. Titcher, David Benullo and David Goldstein.It is loosely based on Jules Verne's 1873 novel of the same name, and for comedic reasons, intentionally deviated wildly from the novel and included a number of anachronistic elements.
Ancient Fistory is a 1953 American animated short film directed by Seymour Kneitel and starring Jack Mercer in multiple roles (including Popeye). The film was released by Paramount Pictures on January 30, 1953. It was based on a gender-reversed parody of the fairy tale Cinderella and a possible inspiration for the 1960 film Cinderfella starring ...
Free State of Jones: Gary Ross: Period drama: Abolitionism, Civil rights, Free State of Jones: 2016 Captain Fantastic: Matt Ross: Comedy-drama: Intentional community, Self-reliance, Anarcho-primitivism: 2017 Anarchist from Colony: Lee Joon-ik: Biographical period drama: Fumiko Kaneko, Japanese dissidence during the early Shōwa period, Pak Yol ...
Characters, too, can be anachronistic, out of their time, as with the hobbit-become-monster Gollum, who after his five centuries hidden under the Misty Mountains is in the time of the War of the Ring, the end of the Third Age, but who is from an era of the distant past when hobbits still lived by the River Anduin.
Les Misérables is a 1935 American drama film starring Fredric March and Charles Laughton based upon the 1862 Victor Hugo novel of the same name. The movie was adapted by W. P. Lipscomb and directed by Richard Boleslawski. This was the last film for Twentieth Century Pictures before it merged with Fox Film Corporation to form 20th Century Fox.
This invention predates the modern concept of vending machines by nearly 2,000 years, making it seem anachronistic in ancient history. [5] Another example is the hoodie in the form of a woollen or cotton pullover with a hood; although most people likely believe it to be a late 20th-century garment, its existence dates back to much earlier.