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Scared to Death is a 1947 American gothic thriller film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Bela Lugosi, George Zucco, Nat Pendleton and Molly Lamont. [3] The picture was filmed in Cinecolor.
A Journey Around My Room (originally published in French as Voyage autour de ma chambre) is a 1794 book by Xavier de Maistre.It was written to stave off boredom whilst the author was serving a 42-day sentence of confinement to his room for participating in an illegal duel.
Surrounded by his court (strange and mysterious characters), he staves off boredom with alcohol, boxing, women and ballooning. Desiring to acquire the adaptation rights of Alexandre's first novel, film producer Filippi (Karl Zéro) and his actress Laure (Arielle Dombasle) soon arrive in the life of the celebrated author.
The movie, which is loosely based on William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, follows Bea and Ben as they fake a romance to stop their family and friends from trying to get them together ...
Janet Deasey (Amanda Redman): Ian's beautiful wife who grows dissatisfied with her husband's desire to become a comedian and begins an affair to stave off boredom. Hedda Kennedy (Samantha Janus): A beautiful dancer, who is desperately searching for her American husband, believed to be missing in action. She works in various establishments of ...
Heath's interviews generally consist of discovering from individuals reading "substantive works of fiction" why they are reading, rather than using electronic media to stave off boredom. Heath's research found that those who continue reading this type of fiction frequently modeled on the individual enjoying reading first at a young age.
[18] Another bonus is a version of the film sped up 10% "to combat the potential boredom of viewers". [18] [10] There is also a three-minute featurette on the stages of boredom and a four-minute feature on a proposed artificial mountain in an area of the Netherlands to add interest to the region's otherwise flat landscape. [10]
We learn in the novel that Greer, who started writing mysteries while pregnant with Thomas to stave off boredom, recently submitted her next book to her publisher, who gives her two weeks for a ...