Film & Theater
23 entries in the Film & Theater compendium.
Leni RiefenstahlControversial filmmaker and Nazi propagandistLeonard BernsteinFirst American-born conductor to achieve international acclaim, composer of West Side Story, and a tireless…Lillian GishSilent film star and pioneer of screen acting techniques.Little RichardArchitect of Rock and RollLope de VegaThe Phoenix of Wits: Lope de Vega, master of Spain's Golden Age theatre.Louis de FunèsFrench comic actor known for high-energy performances and expressive face.Luchino ViscontiItalian filmmaker who directed the 1954 historical melodrama Senso, his first color film.Luis BuñuelSpanish-Mexican filmmaker known for surrealist and satirical cinema.Lumière brothersFrench manufacturers of photography equipment, best known for their motion picture system.MadhubalaIndian actress, leading star of Hindi cinema's Golden Age.Marcello MastroianniItalian actor, stars in Ettore Scola's 1985 comedy-drama Macaroni.Marlene DietrichGerman-American actress who played Christine Vole in Witness for the Prosecution (1957).Martin ScorseseAmerican filmmaker and major figure of the New Hollywood era.Marx BrothersAmerican comedy troupe from vaudeville to film.Monty Python1975 British comedy film parodying King Arthur's quest for the Holy Grail.Orson WellesCo-founder of the Mercury Theatre and director of the 1937 stage adaptation of Julius Caesar.Pedro Calderón de la BarcaSpanish Golden Age dramatist and poet, author of La Vida es Sueño.Peter O'TooleEnglish and Irish actor; film stardom in 1962 as T. E. Lawrence; eight competitive Oscar nominations without…Plácido DomingoSpanish tenor, conductor, and administrator of wide renown.Raj KapoorIndian actor and filmmaker, known as The Greatest Showman of Indian Cinema.RajinikanthIndian actor with a career spanning over five decades.Richard PryorAmerican stand-up comedian and actor, regarded as one of the greatest and most influential ever.Robert BressonFrench filmmaker known for ascetic, minimalist cinema.
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