McCay: The Famous Cartoonist of the N.Y. Herald and His Moving Comics, more commonly known as Little Nemo, is a 1911 silent animated short film by American...
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Tollens' reagent (redirect from Tollens' test)
named after its discoverer, the German chemist Bernhard Tollens. A positive test with Tollens' reagent is indicated by the precipitation of elemental silver...
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The Battle is a 1911 American silent war film directed by D. W. Griffith. The film was set during the American Civil War. It was shot in Fort Lee, New...
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The history of film technology traces the development of techniques for the recording, construction and presentation of motion pictures. When the film...
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Lady Godiva is a 1911 American silent historical drama film directed by J. Stuart Blackton and produced by Vitagraph Studios in Brooklyn, New York. Its...
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biographical drama film directed by Marjane Satrapi, written by Jack Thorne, and starring Rosamund Pike as Marie Curie. The film is based on the 2010 graphic...
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film as an art-form began in 1911 with Ricciotto Canudo's manifest The Birth of the Sixth Art. The Moscow Film School, the oldest film school in the world...
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Essay (redirect from Film essay)
examinations during the Ming and Qing dynasties in China. The eight-legged essay was needed for those test takers in these civil service tests to show their...
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The following is an overview of the events of 2014 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, and a list of films released...
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productions, erotic films were provided by the Pathé brothers from French produced sources. In 1911, Saturn was dissolved by the censorship authorities...
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Franz Reichelt (category Filmed deaths from falls)
dummies from the courtyard of his building at rue Gaillon. None of his tests proved successful. In 1911, a Colonel Lalance wrote to the Aéro-Club de France...
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Gallant Journey (category Films set in 1911)
death in 1911. The chief stunt pilot for the film was Paul Mantz. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. It is also known by the alternative...
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Marathon (disambiguation) (redirect from Marathon (film))
Marathon Motor Works, producers of the Marathon automobile Marathon (automobile), vehicles manufactured by Marathon 1911–1914 Marathon Oil, a US-based oil...
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The Test of Honor (1919) was an American silent film drama produced by Famous Players–Lasky, released by Paramount, directed by John S. Robertson, and...
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pornographic actors that it had tested since 1998, providing estimates of the number of pornographic film actors who have worked in the United States. As of 2011[update]...
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Ned Kelly is a 2003 bushranger film based on Robert Drewe's 1991 novel Our Sunshine. Directed by Gregor Jordan, the film's adapted screenplay was written...
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1911, a cold snap, known as the Great Blue Norther of 11/11/11, affected the Central United States. Many cities broke record highs, going into the 70s...
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Wright Glider (redirect from 1911 glider)
preliminary tests with a kite in 1899. In 1911 Orville conducted tests with a much more sophisticated glider. Neither the kite nor any of the gliders were...
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Cannabis drug testing describes various drug test methodologies for the use of cannabis in medicine, sport, and law. Cannabis use is highly detectable...
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Maureen O'Sullivan (category 1911 births)
Paula O'Sullivan (May 17, 1911 – June 23, 1998) was an Irish actress who played Jane in the Tarzan series of films during the era of Johnny Weissmuller...
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biographical adventure drama film based on the life of T. E. Lawrence and his 1926 book Seven Pillars of Wisdom (also known as Revolt in the Desert). It was directed...
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Wouldn't Grow Up, released in novel form in 1911 as Peter and Wendy, by Scottish author J. M. Barrie, and focuses on the origin story for Peter Pan and Captain...
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Enoch Arden is a two-part 1911 short silent drama film, based on the 1864 Tennyson poem of the same name. It was directed by D. W. Griffith, starred Wilfred...
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the Star does not have the 1911's grip safety. In addition, the thumb safety on the Star BM blocks the hammer, whereas it blocks the motion of the sear...
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Due to the secretive nature of Hollywood accounting, it is not clear which film is the most expensive film ever made. Star Wars: The Force Awakens officially...
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a 1911 American short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Blanche Sweet. Wilfred Lucas as The Doctor Claire McDowell as The Doctor's...
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1912 hand-colored, black-and-white film The Miracle, which was in turn a production of the 1911 pantomime play, The Miracle, written by Karl Vollmöller...
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Butterfly McQueen (category 1911 births)
January 8, 1911 – December 22, 1995) was an American actress. Originally a dancer, McQueen first appeared in films as "Prissy" in Gone with the Wind (1939)...
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Hiram Maxim (category American emigrants to the United Kingdom)
the Maxim gun design, the Vickers machine gun, after Maxim's resignation from the board in 1911 on his 71st birthday, was the standard British machine...
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in 2017. The film shows the life of Marie Curie from 1904 to 1911. Together with her husband Pierre Curie, she researches the isolation of the element...
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