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John Verzi was obsessed with celebrities for years, taking 12,500 photos and gathering 'the greatest autograph collection ever seen.' He kept them all to himself until his death. ....
John Verzi was obsessed with celebrities for years, taking 12,500 photos and gathering 'the greatest autograph collection ever seen.' He kept them all to himself — until his death. ....
The film, often credited as the first profitable moving pictures, fail to withstand the test of time due to its cliched plot and questionable morals, writes Martinez Rosales. ....
The Jazz Singer, American musical film, released in 1927, that was the first feature-length movie with synchronized dialogue. It marked the ascendancy of “talkies” and the end of the silent-film era. (Read Lillian Gish’s 1929 Britannica essay on silent film.) On Yom Kippur, cantor Rabinowitz (played by Warner Oland) looks forward to when his 13-year-old son, Jakie (Robert Gordon), will succeed him at the synagogue. However, after discovering that Jakie is singing in a saloon, the cantor beats him, and Jakie runs away from home. As an adult (Al Jolson), Jakie becomes a jazz singer, performing under the name Jack ....
Using repetition, intertextual play and the formal opportunities afforded by a two-channel installation, Steve McQueen fashions a moving exploration of race, heritage, film, and the intersections between the three. ....