An International Call for Art
August 5th - September 17th, 2011
Nearly 1,500 works of art were entered, from across the United States and as far as from Israel, Taipei, Brazil, and Iran.
A total of... More > 73 works were selected< Less
An International Call for Art
August 5th - September 17th, 2011
Nearly 1,500 works of art were entered, from across the United States and as far as from Israel, Taipei, Brazil, and Iran.
A total of... More > 73 works were selected< Less
If it were not for the vision and enterprise of Darryl F. Zanuck and 20th Century-Fox, chances are none of us would be enjoying widescreen films today. Instead, we’d still be watching movies... More > and TV on the same postage-stamp screen that became standard when movies began to talk in 1927. This survey of Fox’s contributions to the CinemaScope Revolution which that studio started back in 1953, examines no less than 140 key films (with extensive cast and technical credits, plus release details and other background information, including prizes and awards).< Less
If it were not for the vision and enterprise of Darryl F. Zanuck and 20th Century-Fox, chances are none of us would be enjoying widescreen films today. Instead, we’d still be watching movies... More > and TV on the same postage-stamp screen that became standard when movies began to talk in 1927. This survey of Fox’s contributions to the CinemaScope Revolution which that studio started back in 1953, examines no less than 140 key films (with extensive cast and technical credits, plus release details and other background information, including prizes and awards).< Less
A short verse introduces a fairy tale for each hour of the day and night. Includes such tales as: Bearskin -- The Water of Life -- How one Turned his Trouble to Some Account -- How Three Went out... More > into the Wide World -- The Clever Student and the Master of Black Arts -- The Princess Golden Hair and the Great Black Raven -- Cousin Greylegs, the Great Red Fox, and Grandfather Mole -- One Good Turn Deserves Another -- The White Bird -- How the Good Gifts were Used by Two-- How Boots Befooled the King -- The Step-mother -- Master Jacob -- Peterkin and the Little Grey Hare -- Mother Hildegarde -- Which is Best -- The Simpleton and his Little Black Hen -- The Swan Maiden -- The Three Little Pigs and the Ogre -- The Staff and the Fiddle -- How the Princess's Pride was Broken -- How Two Went into Partnership -- King Stork -- The Best that Life has to Give< Less
A short verse introduces a fairy tale for each hour of the day and night. Includes such tales as: Bearskin -- The Water of Life -- How one Turned his Trouble to Some Account -- How Three Went out... More > into the Wide World -- The Clever Student and the Master of Black Arts -- The Princess Golden Hair and the Great Black Raven -- Cousin Greylegs, the Great Red Fox, and Grandfather Mole -- One Good Turn Deserves Another -- The White Bird -- How the Good Gifts were Used by Two-- How Boots Befooled the King -- The Step-mother -- Master Jacob -- Peterkin and the Little Grey Hare -- Mother Hildegarde -- Which is Best -- The Simpleton and his Little Black Hen -- The Swan Maiden -- The Three Little Pigs and the Ogre -- The Staff and the Fiddle -- How the Princess's Pride was Broken -- How Two Went into Partnership -- King Stork -- The Best that Life has to Give< Less
Although the wide-screen revolution that hit cinemas in 1953 was initiated by 20th Century Fox Film Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was quick to follow suit. This book examines many of the films M-G-M... More > produced or financed during the first years of wide-screen movies. Films such as "2001: A Space Odyssey", "Ben Hur" and "Guys and Dolls" are still highly regarded today. Many others are still shown on TCM. A few have been forgotten. But they are all mighty entertaining!< Less
Although the wide-screen revolution that hit cinemas in 1953 was initiated by 20th Century Fox Film Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was quick to follow suit. This book examines many of the films M-G-M... More > produced or financed during the first years of wide-screen movies. Films such as "2001: A Space Odyssey", "Ben Hur" and "Guys and Dolls" are still highly regarded today. Many others are still shown on TCM. A few have been forgotten. But they are all mighty entertaining!< Less
Although the wide-screen revolution that hit cinemas in 1953 was initiated by 20th Century Fox Film Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was quick to follow suit. This book examines many of the films M-G-M... More > produced or financed during the first years of wide-screen movies. Films such as "2001: A Space Odyssey", "Ben Hur" and "Guys and Dolls" are still highly regarded today. Many others are still shown on TCM. A few have been forgotten. But they are all mighty entertaining!< Less
Collection number 3 about the old rabbit Gentleman, Uncle Wiggily and his friends and acquaintances. Another thirty-one stories--one for every day (or night) of even the longest months. Uncle Wiggily... More > has encounters with an eel, a crab, a lobster, a fox, a watermelon, and seeks a fortune as hinted at by an old woman. He finds a whopping fortune of ninteen million, four hundred and thirty-three thousand, eight hundred and sixty-six… well, you'll have to read the story to fine out what his riches are!< Less
