melodrama+or+farce
111Leave Her to Heaven — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel: Todsünde Originaltitel: Leave Her to Heaven Produktionsland: USA Erscheinungsjahr: 1945 Länge: ca. 105 Minuten Originalsprache: Englisch …
112Todsünde (Film) — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel: Todsünde Originaltitel: Leave Her to Heaven Produktionsland: USA Erscheinungsjahr: 1945 Länge: ca. 105 Minuten Originalsprache: Englisch …
113Lombard, Carole — orig. Jane Alice Peters born Oct. 6, 1908, Fort Wayne, Ind., U.S. died Jan. 16, 1942, near Las Vegas, Nev. U.S. film actress. She made her screen debut in A Perfect Crime (1921) and appeared in comedy shorts from 1925. She starred in the classic… …
114Shaw, George Bernard — born July 26, 1856, Dublin, Ire. died Nov. 2, 1950, Ayot St. Lawrence, Hertfordshire, Eng. Irish playwright and critic. After moving to London in 1876, he worked for years as a music and art critic, wrote book and theatre reviews, and was an… …
115Wilder, Billy — orig. Samuel Wilder born June 22, 1906, Sucha, Austria died March 27, 2002, Beverly Hills, Calif., U.S. Austrian born U.S. film director and screenwriter. Working as a reporter in Vienna and Berlin, he wrote screenplays for German films. He fled… …
116American literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the English language in the United States. Like other national literatures, American literature was shaped by the history of the country that produced it. For almost a century and a… …
117Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
118Jacobi, Sir Derek — ▪ British actor born October 22, 1938, Leytonstone, East London, England English actor whose shy, self effacing private demeanour belied his forceful, commanding stage presence. Born into a nontheatrical family his father was a London …
119McCarey, Leo — ▪ American director in full Thomas Leo McCarey born October 3, 1898, Los Angeles, Calif., U.S. died July 5, 1969, Santa Monica, Calif. American movie director, writer, and producer who specialized in light comedy and nostalgia.… …
120Sheridan, Richard Brinsley — ▪ Irish playwright Introduction baptized Nov. 4, 1751, Dublin, Ire. died July 7, 1816, London, Eng. Irish born playwright, impresario, orator, and Whig politician. His plays, notably The School for Scandal (1777), form a link in the history …
