Adolph present well for Ricse

Adolph Zukor, born Cukor Adolf, (January 7, 1873 – June 10, 1976) was a film mogul and
founder of Paramount Pictures in 1912. He was born to a Jewish family in Ricse, Hungary, which
was then a part of the Austro-Hungarian empire.
He retired from Paramount Pictures in 1959 and thereafter assumed Chairman meritus
status, a position he held up until his death at the age of 103 in Los Angeles.

Carl Laemmle (January 17, 1867 – September 24, 1939),

Jewish-German born in Laupheim, Württemberg, Germany, was
a pioneer in American film making and a founder of one of the
original major Hollywood movie studios – Universal in 1912.
Laemmle produced or was otherwise evolvensed in over four
hundred films.

William Fox (January 1, 1879, Tolcsva – May 8, 1952, New York

City) originally Fried Vilmos. His mothers surname was Fuchs
(Fox in German) founded Fox Film Corporation in 1915

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 Warner brothers (born Wanskolaser), Harry (born Hirsz), Albert (born Aaron), Sam
(born Szmul), and Jack (born Itzhak), Jews who emigrated from Poland, Russian Empire to Ontario,
Canada. They founded Warner Bros in 1918.

MGM Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer Inc was founded in 1924 by entrepreneur Marcus Loew with 2
other producers, Samuel Goldwyn and L.B. Mayer.MGM had "more stars than there are in the
heavens"

Samuel Goldwyn (ca. July 1879 – 31 January 1974) was born Schmuel
Gelbfisz in Warsaw in a Polish Jewish family.He changed his name in
Samuel Goldfish and then Samuel Goldwyn

Louis Burt Mayer (born Lazar

Meir July 4, 1884 – October 29, 1957) .Born to a Jewish family
in Minsk, today the capital of Belarus

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Marcus Loew

Harry Cohn (23 July 1891 – 27 February 1958)

Walter Elias Disney (1901-1966) (Irish origin)

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 Neuschwanstein Sleeping Beauty's Castle

Actors, Actresses, Stars

Silent moviestars

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, Jr. KBE (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977), better known as
Charlie Chaplin, was an Academy Award-winning English comedic actor and filmmaker. Chaplin
became one of the most famous actors as well as a notable filmmaker, composer and musician in
the early to mid "Classical Hollywood" era of American cinema.
Chaplin acted in, directed, scripted, produced and eventually scored his own films as one of the
most creative and influential personalities of the silent-film era. His working life in entertainment
spanned over 65 years, from the Victorian stage and the Music Hall in the United Kingdom as a
child performer almost until his death at the age of 88. His high-profile public and private life
encompassed both adulation and controversy. With Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D. W.
Griffith, Chaplin co-founded United Artists in 1919. Chaplin was not just 'big', he was gigantic.
Films The Goldrush-Aranylaz 1925
City Lights Nagyvarosi fények 1931
Modern Times – 1936
The Great Dictator 1940
Limelight 1952

Rudolph Valentino

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Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Piero Filiberto Guglielmi di Valentinad'Antonguolla (1895-1926)

Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman Fairbanks, Sr.,

1883 – 1939

Mary Pickford was born Gladys Louise Smith

1892 – 1979

Lillian Diana
Gish 1893 – 1993

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 Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. (1893- 1971)

Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (1895 –

1966)

The Sound Movie

1927 – 1950 The GOLDEN
AGE OF HOLLYWOOD
The first Sound movie
was „THE JAZZ SINGER” starring
Al Jolson, and distributed by
Warner Brothers

Al Jolson (Asa Yoelson) 1886 –1950

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jewish origin, born in Lithuania,

THE BESTS
Greta Garbo (Greta Lovisa Gustafsson, (1905 Stockholm – 1990 New York)

She is considered the Best Actress in

the History of the Silent Movies (in spite of the fact she acted also in Sound movies) and there
isn’t probably any actress who played her roles with more passion the Garbo. She is considered by a
lot of people the best woman of the 20. Century.Her best movies are: Anna Christie 1930, Mata
Hari 1931, Grand Hotel 1932, Queen Christina 1933, Anna Karenina 1935, Camille (A kaméliás
hölhy) 1936, Ninotchka 1939
After 1941 she gradually withdrew from the entertainment world and moved to a closed life in
New York, refusing to make any public appearances. She was one of the most haunted person by
the paparazzi
Ingrid Bergman
(August 29, 1915 –
August 29, 1982)

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She is also Swedish. She is considered the Best Actress in the History of the Sound Movies.
Humphrey Bogart told that she was the only Lady of Hollywood. She played till the last days of her
life. When she divorced and married with Roberto Rosselini Hollywood did not cast her in any film,
for her „immorality”). But in 1957 she returned with Anastasia and won not just the Oscar, but also
the heart of the public. She won 3 Oscars. Her best films were:
Intermezzo (1937), Casablanca (1942), Gaslight- Gázláng(1945), Joan of Arc (Szent Johannna),
1956 Anastasia(1956), Aimez vous Brahms?(Szereti on Brahms-ot?)1961 , The Visit (Az öreghölgy
látogatása). Murder on Orient Express – Gyilkosság az Orient Expresszen (1974).
Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003)

She is considered the Greatest Actress of Hollywood. She won 4 Oscars. Her best movies are:

1933: Morning Glory, 1940: The Philadelphia Story, 1942: Woman of the Year (Az év
asszonya), 1951: The African Queen, 1967: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (Találd ki, ki jön
ma vacsorára?), 1968: The Lion in Winter (Az oroszlán télen), 1981: On Golden Pond (Aranytó)

Hepburn made her first appearance opposite Spencer Tracy in Woman of the Year (1942). Behind
the scenes the pair fell in love, beginning what would become one of Hollywood's most famous
romances, despite Tracy's marriage to another woman.
Humphrey Bogart
(1899-1957)

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 He was not handsome, or good-looking, but dispite of all these he is
considered The Greatest Male Star of Hollywood. He radiates
selfconfidence, he is the man who knows what he wants. As Rick in
Casablanca, he is also very sensible, being able the sacrifice his
happiness, for the only woman he ever loved. He met the 19 years
old Lauren Bacall, his big love at 45.and they married the next year.
They had 2 children together. This happiness took his career to the
top, winning the Oscar for The African Queen in 1951. His best
movies are: The Maltese Falcon- A Máltai sólyom(1942),
Casablanca(1942), The Big Sleep – A hosszú álom(1946), The
African Queen(1951), Sabrina(1954).

Shirley Temple(1928-)
She is the best child actor of Hollywood, the girl who saved from
financial disaster the Fox Studios. Her best films are: Heidi (1937),
the Little Princess-A kis hercegnõ (1939).

Other stars of the Golden Age.

Vivien Leigh, Lady Olivier (1913 – 1967)

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Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier in Lady Hamilton

Leigh was born Vivian Mary Hartley in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India In 1938 the producers of
„Gone with the Wind” have tried dozens of actresses for the portrayal of Scarlett, but after George
Cukor saw her, in short time she was casted as Scarlett. She won 2 Oscars. Her husband was Sir
Laurence Olivier, but their marriage wasn’t too happy. Her best movies were: Gone with the
Wind(Elfújta a Szél)-1939, Waterloo Bridge(1940), Lady Hamilton(1941), A Streetcar Named
Desire(A vágy villamosa)-1951.
Bette Davis (Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis 1908 – 1989)

Her distinctive eyes were proverbial,

and that made her suitable for
portrayal of complex women in
dramatic situations. She won 2
Oscars. Her best films were: Of
Human Bondage(Emberi kötelékek-
1934), Dangerous-Veszélyes(1935),
Jezebel(1938), The Letter(A levél)-
1940, Little Foxes(Kis rókák)-1941,
What ever Happened with Baby Jane
(Mi történt Baby Janel?-1962)
Marlene Dietrich(1901-1992)

Though she was a tipical german actress, she made

just one real famous movie in Germany. She went in Hollywood. She was considered the actress
with the best legs in Hollywood. She usually played the role of the vamp, femme fatal, the
untouchable woman. She hated the nazis, and in the II World War she went on the European Front
to encourage the American Soldiers, singing them near the front lines. Her best films were: Die
blaue Engel(A kék angyal-1930), Morocco(1930), Dishonored(1931), Shanghai Express(1932),

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Scarlet Empress-A vörös cárnõ (1932), Destry rides Again)-Asszonylázadás(1939), Witness for the
Proswcution-A vád tanúja(1957).
Orson Welles(1915-1985)
George Orson Welles (1915 – 1985), better known as Orson Welles, was
an Academy Award-winning American film director, writer, actor and
producer, who worked in film, theatre, television, and radio. Welles was one
of the best dramatic artists of the 20th century. His first two films Citizen
Kane(Az aranypolgár-1941) and The Magnificent Ambersons(Az
Ampersonok dicsõsége és bukása-1942), are considered two of the greatest
ever made. He is also well-known for a radio adaptation of H. G. Wells'
novel The War of the Worlds(A világok háborúja) which, performed in the
style of a news broadcast, caused panic when listeners thought that a real
invasion was in progress. Two man even comited suicide. Other films are
Macbeth(1948), Othello(1952)
Fred Astaire (Frederick Austerlitz 1899-1987) and Ginger Rogers(Virginia Katherine
McMath 1911-1995)
They were the best musical dancer couple in Hollywood.
Astaire was a virtuoso dancer elegant, original and precise. He also
was a singer.
"Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, except
backwards and in high heels.” Katherine Hepburn told: „Fred gave
Ginger class, and Ginger gave Fred sex appeal”

Their best films are: Roberta(1935), Top Hat(1935), Swing

Time(1936), Shall We Dance?(1937)
Ginger won an Oscar alone for „Kitty Foyle:(1940)

John Wayne (Marion Robert Morrison 1907-1979)

He is the american icon of the strong, enduring male symbolizing the

eternal American values. He played in western movies, and movies in
wich he depicts the eternal american hero: Stagecoach(Hatos fogat –
1939), Red River(1948), Fort Apache(1948), Sands of Iwo
Jima(1949), The Quiet Man(A csendes férfi-1952), The Searchers(A
kutatók-1956), The Longest Day(A Leghoszabb Nap-1962), The
Man Who Shot Liberty Valance(Aki megölte Liberty Valancet-1962),
El Dorado(1967), The Shootist(A Mesterlövész-1976)

Carry Grant (Archibald Alec Leach 1904 – 1986)

He was born in England, and was one of Hollywood's most handsome and
charming actors. He was Hitchcock's favourite actor.His best films were:
The Philadelphia Story(1940), Suspicion(Gyanakvó szerelem-1941)
Notorious(Forgószél-1946), The Bishop's Wife(A püspök felesége-1947),
To Catch a Thief(Fogjunk tolvajt-1955), North by Nordwest(Észak-
Északnyugat-1959), Operation petticoat(Fehérnemü hadmüvelet-1959),
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That Touch of Mink(Egy kis ravaszság1962), Charade(Amerikai fogócska-1963). The Academy
Award(Oscar) was denied from him, because he was the first actor who made an independent
production company.

Clark Gable(1901-1960)
Though he was the top male actor of the 30's, and he made a lot of box-
office movies, his best role was Rhett Butler in „Gone with the
Wind(Elfújta a szél -1939).

James Stewart(1908-1997) is the great star of great movies. His best

movies are: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington(Becsületbõl elégtelen-
1939), The Shop Around the Corner(Illatszerbolt-1940- written by
Miklós László), It's a Wonderful Life(Az élet csodaszép-1946), Rear
Window(Hátsó ablak-1954), The Man Who Knew too Much(Az ember
aki túl sokat tudott-1955), Vertigo(Szédülés – 1958), Anatomy of a
Murder(Egy gyilkosság anatómiája – 1959), Cheyenne Autumn
(Cheyenne õsz-1964).
Spencer Tracy(1900-1967).
His hair went grey very soon, so he was casted in a lot of dramas, and become
one of the finest actors in Hollywood. His best partner on the screen and in life
was Katharine Hepburn. His best movies are: Captains Courageous(Bátor
kapitányok – 1937), The Seventh Cross(A hetesik kereszt-1944), The Old Man
and the Sea(Az öreg halász és a tenger-1958), Inherit the Wind(Aki szelet vet-
1960), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (Találd ki, ki jön ma vacsorára?-1968).

Gary Cooper(Frank James Cooper 1901-1961)

He usually plays the role of the silent american, who don't want to
become a hero, but his honesty and dignity put him in situations,
he must be that. Best movies:Morocco(1930), A Farewell to
Arms(Búcsu a fegyverektõl-1932), Mr Deeds Goes to
Town(Váratlan örökség-1936), Meet John Doe(Az utca embere-
1941), For Whom the Bell Tolls(Akiért a Harang Szól-1943),
High Noon(Délidõ-1952)

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When he refused Rhett Butler's role, he is quoted as saying, "Gone with the Wind is going to be the
biggest flop in Hollywood history. I’m glad it’ll be Clark Gable who’s falling flat on his nose, not
me".

Sir Laurence Olivier(1907-1989)

He was famous for his Shakespeare movies, and some other classic roles.
His best films are: Wuthering Heights(Uvöltõ szelek-1939), Rebecca (A
Manderley-ház asszonya-1940), Pride and Prejudice(Büszkeség és
balítélet-1940), That Hamilton Woman (Lady Hamilton-1941),
Hamlet(1948), Richard III(1955), Marathon Man(Maraton életre halálra-
1976)

Gregory Peck(1916-2003)
His best movies:Gentleman's Agreement(Úri becsületszó-1947),
The Paradine Case(A Paradine ügy-1948), Roman Holiday (Római
vakáció- 1953), Moby Dick(1956), To kill a Mockingbird(Ne
bántsátok a feketerigót-1962), The Scarlet and the Black (Bíbor és
fekete - 1983)

Charles Laughton (1899-1962)

He played in great historical movies, was born in England, but died in USA. His great films are:
The Private Life of Henry VIII (VIII Henrik magánélete-1933), Mutiny on Bounty(Lázadás a
Bountyn-1935), Rembrandt(1936), The Hunchback of Notre-Dame(A Notre-Dame-i toronyör-
1939), The Paradine Case(1948), Witness for the Prosecution(A vád tanúja-1957), Spartacus(1960)
Leslie Howard (Leslie Steiner 1893-1943)

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 His father was a Hungarian jew, but is considered the actor who
spoke the best Engllish. He died in 1943 when he was returning
to England from Lisbon on an aircraft that was shot down by a
German Junkers Ju 88 over the Bay of Biscay. His best films
are: Of Human Bondage(Emberi kötelékek-1934), Romeo and
Juliet(1936), Pygmalion(1938), Gone with the Wind(Elfújta a
szél-1939), Intermezzo (1939), Pimpernel Smith(Modern
Pimpernel-1941).

Other famous actors, sex simbols, or actors who made sensational performance in famous
box-office movies of the time.

Ava Gardner(1922-1990)

Norma Shearer as Juliet (1936)

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Rita Hayworth(Margarita Carmen Cansino 1918-1987)
She weared the swimsuit that gave the idea of the bikini)

Sonja Henie(Norwegia-1912-1969)
She is the only skater who won 3 olympic games. She
made some successful films in Hollywood

Johnny Weismüller(Peter Johann

Weißmüller 1904 Szabadfalu -1984)
He won 5 Gold medals at 2 Olympic
Games in swimming (1924-1928). He was
the first swimmer who swam in less then 1
minute the 100m. He became famous in
the role of TARZAN.

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Judy Garland(born Frances Ethel Gumm, (1922 – 1969) played the role of Dorothy in
„Wizard of Oz”

Errol Flynn (Errol Leslie Flynn 1909 – 1959) was the best
ROBIN HOOD

Edward G. Robinson (Emanuel Goldenberg)

(Bucharest 1893-1973) was usually the „gangster”

James Cagney (1899-1986) was usually the „bad guy”

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 Boris Karloff
(William Henry Pratt
1887-1969) in
FRANKENSTEIN

Lugosi Béla (Blaskó Béla Ferenc Dezső)

(Lugos 1882-1956) was DRACULA

Great DIRECTORS
John Ford(John Martin Feeney 1894-1973)

Best movies: Stagecoach(Hatosfogat-1939), The Grapes of Wrath(Érik a

gyümölcs-1940), How Green Was My Valley(Hová lettél drága
völgyünk-1941), My Darling Clementine(1946), The Searchers(A
kutatók-1956) , The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance(Aki megölte
Liberty Valancet-1962), Cheyenne Autumn(1964)

Alfred Hitchcock (England 1899-1980)

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 Is the artist of suspense and uses a very subtle humour in them.
He also appears in most of his films for a few seconds. His
best are: Rebecca(A Manderley -ház aszonya-1940),
Suspicion(Gyanakvó szerelem-1941), Spellbound (Elbüvölve-
1945), Notorious(Forgószél-1946), The paradin Case(A
Paradine ügy-1948), I Confess(Meggyónom-1953), Rear
Window(Hátsó ablak-1954), The Man Who Knew too
Much(Az ember aki túl sokat tudott-1955), Vertigo(Szédülés –
1958), North by Nordwest (Észak Északnyugat -1959),
Psycho(1960), Tha Birds(A madarak-1963), Marnie(1964),
Torn Curtain (Szakadt függöny-1966).
George Cukor(1899-1983)
Romeo and Juliet(1936), The Prisoner of Zenda(A zendai fogoly-1937),
Camille(A Kaméliás hölgy-1937), Gone With the Wind (partialy), The
Philadelphia Story(Philadelphiai történet-1940), Gaslight(Gázláng-1944),
A Star is born(Csillag születik-1954), My Fair Lady(1964),

Willian Wyler (Wilhelm Weiller) (Germany1902-1981)

Jezebel(1938), Wuthering Heights(Üvöltõ szelek-1939),

The letter(A levél-1940), The Little Foxes (Kis rókák-
1941), Carrie(1952), Roman Holiday(Római vakáció
1953), Ben Hur(1959), How to Steal a Million(hogyan
lopjunk el egy milliót-1966), Funny Girl(1968).

Billy Wilder(Samuel Wilder) (Poland1906-2002)

Ninotchka(1939), The Lost weekend(Férfiszenvedély-1945), Sunset
Boulevard(1950), Sabrina(1954), Witness for the Prosecution(A vád tanúja-
1957), Some Like it Hot(van aki forrón szereti-1959), The
Apartment(Legényklakás-1960), One, Two Three(1961-from Molnár
Ferenc's play), Irma la Douce(Irma te édes-1963), The Fortune
Cookie(Sógorom a zugügyvéd-1966), The Front Page(Szenzáció-1974),
buddy Buddy(Haver, haver-1981)

Michael Curtiz (Kertész Kaminer Manó)(Budapest 1886-1962)

He made his first movies in Kolozsvár. Best movies:

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Robin Hood(1938), Casablanca(1942), Mildred Pierce(1945), White Christmas(1954), We're No
Angels(Nem vagyunk mi angyalok-1955), A Breath of Scandal(A botrány szele-1960 Adaptation
from a play of Molnár Ferenc)

King Vidor (King Wallis Vidor 1894-1982)

He directed his first at 19 years old. He is the director with the
longest career up to now(1913-1980)
The Champ (A Bajnok-1931), The Citadel(Réztábla a kapualatt
-1938), The Wizard of Oz (partialy)(Oz a csodák csodája-1939),
War and Peace(Háború és béke-1956)

Sir Alexander Korda(Kellner Sándor László)(Pusztatúrpásztó 1893-London1956)

He made his first movies in Kolozsvár. His best films are:
The Private Life of Henry VIII (VIII Henrik magánélete
-1933), Rembrandt(1936), The Thief of Bagdad (A bagdadi
tolvaj-1940), That Hamilton Woman(Lady Hamilton
-1941), Jungle Book (A Dzsungel könyve-1942). He
produced the movie To Be or Not to Be (Lenni vagy nem
lenni (1942) directed by Ernst Lubitsch

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