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  2. Edgar G. Ulmer - Wikipedia

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    Play full film; runtime 01:07:59. Edgar Georg Ulmer (/ ˈ ʌ l m ər /; September 17, 1904 – September 30, 1972) was an Austrian film director who worked mainly in Hollywood B movies and other low-budget productions, eventually earning the epithet 'The King of PRC', [1] due to his extremely prolific output for the Poverty Row studios.

  3. History of Gaza - Wikipedia

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    The Old Town of Gaza (1862–1863). Picture by Francis Frith The known history of Gaza spans 4,000 years. Gaza was ruled, destroyed and repopulated by various dynasties, empires, and peoples. Originally a Canaanite settlement, it came under the control of the ancient Egyptians for roughly 350 years before being conquered and becoming one of the Philistines' principal cities. Gaza became part ...

  4. Old Yishuv - Wikipedia

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    The vast majority of the settlers were wiped out during the Fourth Crusade; they arrived in 1219, and the few survivors were allowed to live only in Acre. Their descendants blended with the original Jewish residents, called Mustarabim or Maghrebim, but more precisely Mashriqes (Murishkes). [10]

  5. Peter Lorre - Wikipedia

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    In the first of these, Lorre appeared as the anonymous lead in the B-picture Stranger on the Third Floor (1940), reputedly the first film noir. [30] The second RKO film, also in 1940, was You'll Find Out , a musical comedy mystery vehicle for bandleader Kay Kyser in which Lorre spoofed his sinister image alongside horror stars Bela Lugosi and ...

  6. List of film noir titles - Wikipedia

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    Film noir is not a clearly defined genre (see here for details on the characteristics). Therefore, the composition of this list may be controversial. To minimize dispute the films included here should preferably feature a footnote linking to a reliable, published source which states that the mentioned film is considered to be a film noir by an expert in this field, e.g.

  7. Hiam Abbass - Wikipedia

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    Abbass also appears in A Bottle in the Gaza Sea (2011), a French-Israeli film produced by Thierry Binisti. It is based upon the young adult novel Une bouteille dans la mer de Gaza by Valérie Zenatti. She plays the role of Naïm's mother. In 2012, she was named as a member of the Jury for the Main Competition at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. [7]

  8. Gaza Ghetto - Wikipedia

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    Gaza Ghetto: Portrait of a Family, 1948 – 1984 is a documentary film about the life of a Palestinian family living in the Jabalia refugee camp.. The film, created by Joan Mandell, Pea Holmquist, and Pierre Bjorklund in 1984 is believed to be the first documentary ever made in Gaza.

  9. List of cinematic firsts - Wikipedia

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    U2 3D was the first live-action film to be shot, posted, and exhibited entirely in 3D, [124] the first live-action digital 3D film, [125] and the first 3D concert film. [126] Regarding its production, it was the first 3D film shot using a zoom lens , [ 127 ] an aerial camera , [ 128 ] and a multiple-camera setup . [ 125 ]