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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Mel_BrooksMel Brooks - Wikipedia

    13 hours ago · Mel Brooks. Melvin James Brooks (né Kaminsky; [1] born June 28, 1926) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. With a career spanning over seven decades, he is known as a writer and director of a variety of successful broad farces and parodies. [2] A recipient of numerous accolades, he is one of 21 entertainers to win the EGOT, which ...

  2. 13 hours ago · The film received positive reviews, especially for its humor, direction, musical score, story, emotional themes, and performances (particularly those of Ford and Connery), and was a financial success, earning over $474 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film of 1989. It also won the Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing ...

  3. 13 hours ago · Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier OM (/ ˈlɒrəns ˈkɜːr əˈlɪvieɪ / LORR-ənss KUR ə-LIV-ee-ay; 22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director. He and his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud made up a trio of male actors who dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century. He also worked in films ...

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › John_GielgudJohn Gielgud - Wikipedia

    13 hours ago · John Gielgud. Gielgud as Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing, 1959. Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM , CH (/ ˈɡiːlɡʊd / GHEEL-guud; 14 April 1904 – 21 May 2000) was an English actor and theatre director whose career spanned eight decades. With Ralph Richardson and Laurence Olivier, he was one of the trinity of actors who dominated the British ...

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Fred_AstaireFred Astaire - Wikipedia

    13 hours ago · Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz, [1] May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987) was an American dancer, actor, singer, musician, choreographer, and presenter, whose career in stage, film, and television spanned 76 years. Widely regarded as the "greatest popular-music dancer of all time," [2] he received numerous accolades, including an Honorary ...

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Sound_filmSound film - Wikipedia

    13 hours ago · The Chronomégaphone, designed for large halls, employed compressed air to amplify the recorded sound. [ 1 ] A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades passed ...

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  8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › PolandPoland - Wikipedia

    13 hours ago · Poland is composed of sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 million people, and the fifth largest EU country by land area, covering a combined area of 312,696 km 2 (120,733 sq mi). The capital and largest city is Warsaw; other major cities include Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź ...

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