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81B-film — ▪ motion picture commercial grade also called B movie, or B picture, cheaply produced, formulaic film initially intended to serve as the second feature on a double bill. During the 1930s and 40s, a period often called the Golden Age of… …
82film festival — ▪ motion picture industry gathering, usually annual, for the purpose of evaluating new or outstanding motion pictures. Sponsored by national or local governments, industry, service organizations, experimental film groups, or individual… …
83Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood — Motion pictures have been a part of the culture of Canada since the beginning. Contents 1 History 2 List of Canadian film pioneers in Hollywood 3 Canadian scene in Hollywood 4 …
84End Poverty in California movement — Short for End Poverty in California, EPIC was an effort for well known muckraking writer and former Socialist Upton Sinclair to implement Socialist reforms through California s Democratic Party during the Great Depression by recruiting supporters …
85performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical. The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …
86Academy Honorary Award — The Academy Honorary Award, instituted in 1948 for the 21st Academy Awards (previously called the Special Award), is given by the discretion of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to celebrate motion… …
87Sound film — …
88literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
89Academy Award — Oscars and The Oscar redirect here. For the film, see The Oscar (film). For other uses of the word Oscar , see Oscar (disambiguation). Academy Award An Academy Award statuette …
90History of film — This article is about the history of cinema. For other uses, see History of photography. Years in film 1870s 1880s 1890s …
