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  1. Cinematography — 2023-10-09 23:41:17
    …1890" death_place="?" }} === Louis Le Prince - 1888 === ~- [[Technology]]: [[Entertainment]]: [[1800s]] The first movie-film was shot in Leeds [[England]] on the 14 October 1888. Louis Le Prince filmed moving motion picture sequences he calle…
    …mp4"></video>"" The first movie footage //Roundhay Garden Scene// 1888. {{Tag ids="Cinema Motion Picture Camera Movie Film "}} …
  2. Bob Hope — 2023-09-26 16:57:28
    …}} [[Entertainment]]== Bob Hope 1903 == Comedian, actor, singer, dancer, athlete, and author. Hope appeared in over 70 films. **Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope** was born at 44 Craigton Road, Eltham, a suburb of South [[London]],** [[England]]**, on …
  3. Stereo — 2023-09-23 15:56:38
    …eo** discs were cut later the same year. His system for cinematic use was completed by 1935. Blumlein made short test films ( "Trains At Hayes Station", which lasts 5 minutes 11 seconds, and, "The Walking & Talking Film"), his original intent…
  4. Mousetrap — 2023-08-31 23:02:31
    …hday present, he wanted a pushbike, but he is probably grateful now. The contract terms of the play stipulate that //no film adaptation can be produced until the West End production has been closed for at least six months.// == Top Author == A…
  5. Olivia Newton John — 2023-04-06 17:15:33
    …vision Song Contest// with the song "**Long Live Love**". Newton-John's career hit new heights when she starred in the film musical **Grease** in 1978. She played the lead role of Sandy. {{Image url="GreaseNewton-John.jpg" class="left" title=…
  6. Plastic — 2022-09-01 08:57:23
    …th="200" }} Today plastic is everywhere we look. Every house is full of items made from some form of plastic. Celluloid film was the basis of the movie industry. Some of the thousands of items made from plastic: Toothbrushes, buckets, bowls, p…
  7. Charlie Chaplin — 2021-08-20 11:11:51
    …music-hall clown in 1906 with Fred Karno's Mumming Birds company. Karno toured the USA in 1913 and his act was seen by film producer Mack Sennett who hired Chaplin for his film studio, Keystone. Charlie's tramp character, probably based on the…
  8. Cary Grant — 2021-08-20 10:57:47
    …lace="" }} == Archibald Alexander Leach == ~-[[Entertainment]]:[[1900s]] Hollywood actor Cary Grant starred in over 70 films. === Bristol England 1904 === Actor Cary was born **'Archie Leach'** on January 18, 1904 at 15 Hughenden Road, Horfie…
    …ant is one of Hollywood's definitive leading men. Cary Grant exuded style, charm and sophistication. Grant performed in films from the 1930s through the 1960s. He starred in several **Hitchcock** films, including the 1959 hit North by Northwest…
  9. James Bond — 2021-08-20 10:49:07
    … The official 007 series is the '''longest running''' and '''most successful movie franchise''' in history. Spanning 26 films over a 50 year period. {{Image url="Drnono.jpg" class="left" title="Promotion for Dr No. Sean Connery as James Bond" …
  10. Ray Milland — 2021-08-20 10:42:20
    … Jones He was a major Hollywood movie Oscar winning lead actor. He is remembered for his part in the Alfred Hitchcock film, Dial M for Murder (1954).…
  11. Stan Laurel — 2021-08-14 21:08:01
    … on the same ship from Britain with the Karno troupe in 1916. Laurel worked briefly alongside Oliver Hardy in a silent film short **The Lucky Dog** (1921). Around the same time he adopted the stage surname of Laurel. Laurel was offered $75 per…
    … week to star in two-reel comedies. After the making of his first film, //Nuts in May//, Universal offered him a contract. {{Image url="StanLaurelBplaque.jpg" class="right" title="Stan Laur…
    …th="300" }} == Pairing == In 1927, Laurel and Oliver Hardy teamed up. Together, the two men began producing many short films and become popular all over the world. {{Image url="LaurelHardy.jpg" class="left" title="Laurel Hardy" width="400" }}…
  12. Vibrator — 2021-08-14 19:48:28
    …ator.jpg" class="left" title="Vintage vibrator" width="200" }} == Media Links == The historical but largely fictional film **//Hysteria//** features a reworked history of the vibrator focusing on Dr. Granville's invention.…
  13. DNA Forensics — 2021-01-22 08:47:52
    … Printing == {{image url="alec-jeffreys2.jpg" class="right" title="Alec Jeffreys Eureka moment" width="280" }} An X-ray film image of a DNA experiment unexpectedly showed both similarities and differences between the DNA of different members of…
  14. Safari Park — 2020-08-17 14:54:27
    …he 6th marquess of introducing game to roam the Longleat estate. The game being lions many came from the making of the film 'Born Free'. The concept of visitors “caged” in their cars, while the lions roam free, eventually gained approval.…
  15. Bungee Jumping — 2020-08-17 13:17:46
    … class="left" title="First Bungee jump 1979" width="250" }} ::cr:: == Tribal Beginnings == David Attenborough and a BBC film crew brought back footage of the "land divers" of Pentecost Island in Vanuatu, young men who jumped from tall wooden pl…
  16. TV Black and White Kiss — 2020-08-17 09:07:45
    …was broadcast in [[England]] on Granada TV in 1962, starring Elizabeth ""MacLennan"" and Lloyd Reckord. {{toc}} British Film Institute found a {{Datediff from="1962"}} year old footage of a one-off play from Granada TV. It is a drama that looks…
  17. Harry Potter — 2018-10-10 17:06:49
    …tal, near a town called **Dursley** (the Muggle family).{{Image url="Harry_Potter.jpg" class="left" title="Harry Potter film promotion" width="300" }} In 1974, the Rowling family moved to **Tutshill** in the Forest of Dean and across the Seve…
  18. Motor Racing Circuit — 2018-05-20 20:38:53
    …eer **Clive Gallop** in the 1920s. They inspired [[James_bond| Ian Fleming]] to write the children's book that became a film and stage musical **Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang**. {{Image url="Chitty1.jpg" class="left" title="Chitty 1 at Brooklands" wi…
  19. Mary Poppins — 2016-05-05 17:16:51
    …n, and into the Banks's household to care for their children. {{image url="mary_poppins.jpg" class="left" }} == Disney Film == The books were adapted by Walt Disney in 1964 into a musical film titled Mary Poppins, starring **Julie Andrews **an…

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