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Hollywood






The Hollywood Sign




Did u no?
The huge Hollywood sign that looms
above Los Angeles, Tinseltown's
most noted icon turned 92 in 2015.
Built in 1923, the billboard has become
the symbol of the movie industry.
A struggling actress, Peg Entwistle,
committed suicide in 1932 by throwing
herself from the top of the letter H. The
letters r 50 feet tall+30 feet wide. Inte-
restingly, it was originally an advertise-
ment 4 a property company called
Hollywoodland.

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Beverly Hills
Did u no?
Beverly Hills is surrounded by West Hollywood
to the east with the rest surrounded by the city
of Los Angeles.

It's THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS SUBURB with a
population of 32,700.

It's located just southwest of the Hollywood
Hills where the Hollywood sign is.

quintessentially Hollywood

about Hollywood
"What a grand thing to be loved;
_what a grander thing still to love.

_The heart becomes heroic through

_passion. It is no longer composed

_of anything, but what is pure; it no

_longer rests upon anything, but

_what is elevated and great."

_- Victor Hugo
French playwright
____________of "Les Miserables"


"It's a dry-ice town, baby. Colder than cold."
_- Robert Evans
Paramount movie producer
_____________  commenting on Hollywood

The 3 Stooges
www.threestooges.com


Did u no?
The Three Stooges
appeared in more
movies than any other comedy team
in U.S. film history.

Did u no?
The Three Stooges, "Los Tres Chiflados",
have always been very popular in Mexico.


The Hollywood REPORTER
movie|TV|awards news

www.hollywoodreporter.com

"In two words: im-possible."
_
- Samuel Goldwynmovie mogul
arrow
movies|TV shows
acting schools|famous directors

www.starseeker.com

 
MovieWeb
movie news | trailers | reviews | exclusives
www.movieweb.com

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Did u no?
In Hollywood, parts get improved on
as well as names. Who was Marion
Michael Morrison? Yepper, he was
alias THE BIG GUN, John Wayne.


Hollywood.com
tickets 2 movies in theatres,

Broadway shows, London theatre
www.hollywood.com


Did u no?
Billy Wilder's 1950 film, Sunset
Boulevard, is considered by
many 2b the best film ever made
about Hollywood staring Gloria
Swanson as Norma Desmond,
Erich von Stroheim as her man,
+William Holden as the ill-fated
Joe Gillis, who starts+ends the
flick face down in Norma's pool.


Hollywood Stock Exchange
the entertainment market
www.hsx.com

 
~~~
Hollywood news
"According to a recent interview,
_Jennifer Aniston didN'T sleep with

_Brad Pitt the first nine months they

_dated. When asked about it, Aniston

_said she wanted to, but the line was

_too long."

_- Conan O'Brien


Entertainment Weekly's
www.ew.com
 
access hollywood
www.accesshollywood.com


eTalk (entertainment news)

www.ctv.ca


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Hollywood gossip

Did u no?
Hollywoods' first major celebrity
wedding took place on March 27 1920
between Douglas Fairbanks (Born
Douglas Elton Ulman, known 4 his
role in The Mark of ZorroRobin
Hood, and The Three Musketeers.)
+ Mary Pickford (Born Gladys Mary
Smith, known 4 her role in Rebecca
of Sunnybrook FarmPollyanna,
Poor Little Rich Girl+Coquette.
They co-starred in The Taming of the
Shrew. Interestingly, they called their
place: Pickfair.


celebrity gossip | entertainment news
www.thehollywoodgossip.com


"I used to be Snow White - but I drifted."
_-
Mae West

The Smoking Gun - celebrity gossip
www.thesmokinggun.com

celebrity deaths
www.usatoday.com/celebrity-deaths
people.com/celebrity/celebrity-deaths-2023
www.legacy.com/category/news/celebrity-deaths

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Hollywood paraphernalia

Hollywood memorabilia
wwww.hollywoodmemorabilia.com


entertainment collectibles
www.amazon.com/Entertainment-Collectibles

toys | action figures | collectibles
www.entertainmentearth.com



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famous movie lines
Did u no?
b4 becoming famous in the enter-
tainment industry, they worked as
truck drivers: Stephen J. Cannell,
Robert Conrad, K.D. Lang, Gregory
Peck, Sidney Poitier, Desi Arnaz+
Elvis Presley. (James Cameron
worked both as a truck driver+a
school bus driver b4 becoming a
successful film director of The
Terminator+The Titanic.)

"I'll tell you what, you can get a good
_look at a t-bone by sticking your head

_up a bull's ass, but I'd rather take the

_butcher's word for it."

_- Chris Farley
movieTommy Boy


Did u no?
These r considered 2b
the TOP 10 movie lines:

1. "I'll be back."
___-
The Terminator (1984)
2. "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn."

___-
Gone With the Wind (1939)
3. "Get busy living or get busy dying."

___-
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
4. "Hasta la vista, baby."

___-
Terminator II: Judgment Day (1991)
5. "Well, nobody's perfect!"

___-
Some Like it Hot (1959)
6. "Dave, this conversation can serve

___no purpose anymore. Goodbye."

___-
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
7. "Goodbye, Mr. Bond."

___- Goldfinger (1964)
8. "I've seen things you wouldN'T believe.

___Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of

___Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the

___dark near the Tanhauser gate. All those

___moments will be lost in time like tears

___in the rain... Time to die."

___-
Bladerunner (1982)
9. "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!"

___-
White Heat (1949)
10. "Forget about it!"

___-
Donnie Brasco (1997)

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~~~

Did u no?
The exuberant film dance team of
Fred Astaire+Ginger Rogers was
on the Box Office TOP 10 List 3
times. Astaire+Rogers' films r
considered 2b among the brightest
musicals that MGM released during
the 1930s. This duo made 10 films
2 which many critics feel r the best
musicals Hollywood has ever pro-
duced: Top Hat+Swing Time.


"Miracles happen to those who believe in them."
_
- Bernard BerensonArt Historian

humor
When an actress saw her first strands
of gray hair, she thought she'd dye.
:-D

Did u no?
Only 3 Academy Awards films have
swept all 5 categories in Best Picture,
Best Directing, Best Actor+Actress,
+Best Writing: 1934's It Happened
One Night, 1975's One Flew Over 
the Cuckoo's Nest,+1991's The
Silence of the Lambs.

Academy of Motion Picture Arts+Sciences
www.oscars.org


"I believe in censorship.
_After all, I made a fortune

_out of it."

_-
Mae West

Did u no?
At 1 time if you worked on a film set,
u were called a movie + the film itself
was called a motion picture.


Motion Picture Association of America
www.mpaa.org


"Fall absolutely madly in love with
_anybody. If it's the wrong person,

_all the better; then you'll have some-

_thing to make a movie about."

_- Allison Anders
Hollywood director


American Film Institute
www.afi.com


Did u no?
On July 12, 1912 the 1st foreign film
was screened in the United States. It
was a French film whose English title
was Queen Elizabeth. Its French title
was Les Amours de la reine Elisabeth
which translated means the lovers of
Queen Elizabeth. The abbreviated title
was considered more appropriate 
American audiences by the film dis-
tributers.

The National Film Board of Canada English|French
www.nfb.ca
 
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Walt Disney

COMMENT
It is important to note that there
was NO VIOLENCE in his light-
hearted, poliyanna movies
suited to family viewing.

Did u no?
In 1918, Walt Disney at 16 years
of age lied about his age 2 get
in2 the Red Cross Ambulance
Corps whose age requirement
was 17: he drove an ambulance,
chauffeured officers, played
poker, started smoking+wrote
letters.

Did u no?
Walt Disney's dad  was an Anglo-Irish
Canadian from Bluevale, 50 kilometres
east of the Lake Huron community of
Goderich, Ontario. He left Canada at
the age of 20 when his father bought
a farm in Kansas.


Disney movies
movies.disney.com


~~~

the movie industry
COMMENT
What best represented the health of the U.S. movie industry
then the intergalactic Star Wars series of movies designed
to appeal to THE AMERICAN EGO + its belief in ALIEN LIFE
+ its penchant for WAR. (Ha! Ha!)

I have to say ALL THIS VIOLENCE + belief in imaginary
beings in outerspace, the so-called aliens, disturbing.

VIOLENCE is very much part of THE AMERICAN FABRIC
with 2 mass murders or more per day. THE AMERICANS
ARE ADDICTED TO VIOLENCE: THE ONLY REMEDY is
for the U.S. Gov't to outlaw ALL FORMS OF VIOLENCE
in the entertainment industry including game videos.

It's gotten to the point that AMERICANS ARE AFRAID
TO GO OUT AT NIGHT FEARING FOR THEIR SAFETY.

Then, there's the LYING which starts in The While House
which was underscored by the movie LIar Liar.

Leading up to the Star Wars movies were several decades
of U.S. war movies.

There r, even, "fantasy" Starwars movie versions online
in YouTube format.
- Order 66 Theory
- Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order

Starwars

www.starwars.com


~~~

the Westerns





COMMENT
Country music like Western movies
were also popular in Mexico.

The Mexican cowboy movies, "películas
de vaqueros" were influenced by the
Americans.

And in the realm of country music,
it was vice versa: U.S. coutnry
music was influenced by the
Mexicans, "canciones rancheras".

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adventure movies



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motion picture companies

Did u no?
The Grinch (2000), starring
Jim Carrey, about 90 makeup
artists were employed 2 apply
face prosthetics, wigs+makeup
on the numerous cast members
with each makeup job taking
from 1 to 2 hours 2 complete.

Sony Pictures
www.sonypictures.com

Paramount Pictures

www.paramount.com

Universal Studios
www.universalstudios.com

Warner Brothers

www.warnerbros.com

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the films

Bright Lights Film Journal
www.brightlightsfilm.com

Did u no?
Alfred Hitchcock appeared, no matter
how briefly, in every movie he made.

Did u no?
The film starts out in black+white.
Then, when Dorothy opens the door
in Oz, the movie suddenly switches
2 full color.

Did u no?
The person who played Detective Charlie Chan
was NOT Chinese: he was a Swede, Warner
Oland, a native of Nyby, Sweden, was whose
Sweden name was Johan Verner Ölund.

Detective Charlie Chan
www.charliechan.net

Did u no?
On filmmaking, former talk show
host Arsenio Hall commented:
Making movies is very complicated,
tedious, and tiresome. It is especially
terrible for a comic, because you do a
joke and you turn to the people and ask,
Was it funny? They say: "We'll let you
know in eight months.


"Young black filmmakers do with
_movies what Louis Armstrong and

_Duke Ellington did for music. They

_ennoble the human spirit, NOT push

_it down."

_-
Ossie Davisactor

Did u no?
b4 becoming a box office sensation,
Oscar-winning actor Denzel Washington
worked as a drama instructor.

Did u no?
The wreck of the Titanic was found
on September 1st 1985 at a depth
of about 12,500 feet, 700 kilometers
off the
southeast coast of Newfoundland.

The United States Navy had
commissioned the founder of the
Titanic, Robert Ballard, from Wichita,
Kansas, to carry out a month-long
expedition every year for four years
in search of the Titanic.

Leonardo DiCaprio
simplyleonardodicaprio.com
~~~

the movies

"It was me and five other guys fighting
_for the part and you doN'T want to act

_like you're trying to kiss up, so I didN'T

_do anything and let everyone else screw

_themselves up."

_-
Chris Evansyoung actor


~~~

Did u no?
Arrested 4 vagrancy when a teenager,
actor, Robert Mitchum, served time on
a Georgia chain gang.

~~~

Did u no?
Scotland's Sean Connery, born in
1930, was a milkman+a nude model
b4 finding fame as Her Majesty's 
most famous cinema spy, James 
Bond.


Did u no?
Movie actor, Sean Connery, married
twice on the Rock of Gibratar: it's a
popular spot 4 honeymooners.
visitgibraltar.gi

~~~

Movies
moviefone.com

AllMovie
www.allmovie.com


Yahoo Movies
www.yahoo.com/movies


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going to the movies

Rotten Tomatoes
www.rottentomatoes.com

Roger Ebert's
movie reviews+ratings

www.rogerebert.com

Q: In what year was the movie
__ Smokey+The Bandit released?
A: In 1977 staring Burt Reynolds
__as the Bandit, Sally Field as Carrie,
__his love interest, Jerry Reed as The
__Snowman, his traveling partner+
__Jackie Gleason as Sheriff Buford T.
__Justice who he is trying 2 outsmart.


Movie Reviews - query engine
www.mrqe.com
arrow 
Metacritic
movies+TV+games+music reviews
www.metacritic.com

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Cinema Clock - movie times
www.cinemaclock.com

horaires des films
www.cinemaclock.com

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movie tickets
www.movietickets.com

AMC theatres
www.amctheatres.com

movie search engine multilingual
www.imdb.com/search


"Being called very, very difficult is the
  beginning of success. Until you're

_called very, very difficult you're really

_nobody at all."

_- Bette Davis


International Movie Database (IMDB)
multilingual
ratings|reviews|where 2
watch the best movies+TV
www.imdb.com

The Blues Brothers (1980 movie) multilingual
www.imdb.com



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bloopers






Did u no?
While the television show, Seinfeld,
was set in New York City, the exterior
used 4 the apartment house is actually
in Los Angeles, California.


movie mistakes
www.moviemistakes.com

movie|TV bloopers
www.slipups.com

30 movie mistakes
bestlifeonline.com/major-movie-mistakes

most famous TV/movie mistakes
www.esquire.com/famous-tv-movie-mistakes

103 obvious movie mistakes
www.buzzfeed.com/obvious-movie-mistakes-that-are-so-bad

unforgetable movie mistakes
www.indiewire.com/best-movie-mistakes-ever

24 movie mistakes kept
www.buzzfeed.com/movie-mistakes-kept-in-film

20 funny movie mistakes
www.elitereaders.com/funny-movie-mistakes

mistakes of 100 worst movies
stacker.com/movies/mistakes-100-worst-movies-all-time

10 ridiculous movie mistakes
www.rollingstone.com/10-ridiculous-movie-mistakes

11 ridiculous movie mistakes
www.huffpost.com/favorite-movie-mistakes

15 favorite movie unnoticed mistakes
www.huffpost.com/movie-mistakes

~~~

videos
Did u no?
The term bockbuster was 1st used
during World War II by Allied soldiers
to describe a bomb capable of leveling
an entire city block. After the war the
term became used 4 anything that
caused a major social impact like
highly successful movies+books.


Netflicks Canada
Watch movies|TV shows online
www.netflix.com

FREEVLC Media Player - cross-platform
www.videolan.org

~~~
TV broadcasting

"I must say that I find television very
  educational. The minute somebody

_turns it on, I go to the library and

_read a book."

_- Gruocho Marx

Did u no?
Actor Jamie Farr who played Klinger
on the popular TV series M*A*S*H was
the only member of the television show
cast who actually served as a soldier
in the Korean War.

MTV (Music Television)
reality TV shows | pop culture | music videos
www.mtv.com

Did u no?
Back on October 4th 1957, the TV
program, Leave It To Beaver, 1st
aired across America in black+
white with Beaver, Wally, Ward,
+June.


CBC
www.cbc.ca


CTV
www.ctv.ca


TV Ontario
www.tvo.org

~~~

Did u no?
On September 4th 1964 Gilligan's
Island 1st debuted with Skipper,
Mr. Howell, Lovey Howell, the Pro-
fessor, Gilligan+2 diametrically
opposed femmes fatales: Ginger
+Mary Ann. In all, there were 98
episodes of this very popular
sitcom series.

Bob Denver, Gilligan
bobdenver.com

~~~

Did u no?
On March 30th 1964 when TV
quiz show, What's The Question?
(today's Jeopardy) premiered
on NBC with Art Fleming as
the host.

NBC
www.nbc.com

ABC

abc.com


Fox Broadcasting Company
full episodes | shows | schedules
www.fox.com

Discovery
watch TV online | catch up on full episodes

www.ctv.ca/discovery

~~~

Did u no?
On November 12th 1969 Sesame
Street premiered on TV with such
imaginative characters as Big Bird,
the Cookie Monster, Ernie+Bert,
Oscar, the Grouch+Kermit, the Frog
teaching young children their numbers
+letters so they could read+write.

"I have really never considered myself
_a TV star. I always thought I was a

_neighbor who just came in for a visit."

_-
Fred Rogershost of TV kids' show,
__________  __
Mr. Rogers, 30+ years

"Brace yourself for immediate disintegration."
_- Marvin
the Martian

Did u no?
Rocky+Bullwinkle cartoon show
was presented on television back
in September 29th 1959.


Looney Tunes - kids
www.wbkidsgo.com/looney-tunes


~~~

Did u no?
Elvis Presley made only 1 television
commercial, an ad 4 doughnuts that
ran in 1954.


USA TV Network
shows | episodes | schedules

www.usanetwork.com


PBS: Public Broadcasting Service
www.pbs.org

America's Public Television Stations
www.apts.org


~~~

AMC
watch TV shows|movies online
stream current episodes

www.amc.com

~~~

Picturehouse
www.picturehouse.com

IndieWire
The Voice of Creative Independence
news | film | TV | awards | video | newsletters

www.indiewire.com


"Peace, tranquility, and good will."
_- Bob Dylan
Oscar Awards Night, March 28th, 2001


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film festivals
"You caN'T win with a losing hand."
_- Bob Dylan
Wonder Boy song


Did u no?
The French film noir (pronounfilced:
film "nwahrr") was a film genre of the
1940s-1950s period noted 4 its fata-
listic, pessimistic+cynical mood.
It often dealth melodramatically with
urban crime+corruption. Billy Wilder,
who died in March 2002, directed 2 film
noir classicsDouble Indemnity+
Sunset Boulevard.

TIFF - Toronto International Film Festival
www.tiff.net

Festival Cinemania - Montreal
www.festivalcinemania.com

wikipedia.org/Cinemania_(film_festival)

Festival Cinemania - Montréal
www.festivalcinemania.com

Festival de Cannes

international film festival

www.festival-cannes.com

Festival de Cannes
www.festival-cannes.com

 
Did u no?arrow
While editing his murder mystery
movie, Woody Allen realized that
all the best footage had 2 do with
its romance subplot, so he *eedited*
Annie Hall (1977) as a romantic
comedy.

~~~

Did u no?
Actors Robert Redford, Steve McQueen,
+Paul Newman all turned down a contract
offer of $4 million 4 the starring role in
Superman b4 it was offered 2 little-known
Christopher Reeve who was paid $250,000
4 the part.


Sundance Film Festival 2007
organized by Robert Redford
www.sundance.org

~~~

"It's so hot I'm sweating like Elizabeth Taylor
_after a Mexican meal."
_- Robin Williams
Grammy winner

Ciudad de México International Film Festival
freeway.com/CIUDADDEMEXICOINTERNATIONALFILMFESTIVAL


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movie posters





quizes


watch movies online 4FREE
download videos 4 a monthly or yearly fee
www.liketelevision.com

latest movie poster news
www.impawards.com


movie posters
www.movieposters.com
www.moviepostersetc.com

www.etsy.com/movie_posters
www.temu.com/movie-posters
www.target.com/movie+posters

movie poster databases
www.cinematerial.com
www.movieposterdb.com
 multilingual

largest online store of affordable posters
www.allposters.com

movie posters for sale
www.ebay.com/Movie-Posters

movie posters | film prints
www.posterlounge.com/wall-art/posters/movies

movie posters | lobby cards
vintage movie memorabilia

www.filmposters.com


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vintage

Did u no?
The acronym U.N.C.L.E. on the
1960s TV spy series stood 4 United
Network Command 4 Law Enforcement.

~~~

vinatge culture portal
www.vinmag.com

movie|vintage films posters
www.moviepostershop.com

vintage movie posters
www.emovieposter.com

vintage original movie posters
cinemasterpieces.com

movie|TV|vintage posters
www.moviepostershop.com

vintage movie posters | lobby cards
ca.originalfilmart.com
multilingual

~~~

U.S. late night TV shows
Did u no?
The Laugh-In show regulars were
Arte Johnson, Henry Gibson, Ruth
Buzzy, JoAnne Worley, Lily Tomlin
+Judy Carne.


Comedy Central US
TV Shows | watch shows online

www.cc.com/shows


~~~

The Late Show with Stephen Colber
www.cbs.com/the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert

Late Night with Seth Meyers
www.nbc.com/late-night-with-seth-meyers

The Late Late Show with James Corden

www.cbc.com/latenight/latelate

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