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A snowball is a spherical object made from snow, usually created by scooping snow with the hands, and compacting it into a roughly fist-sized ball. The snowball is often used to engage in games, such as snowball fights. Snowball fights are usually light-hearted and involve throwing snowballs at one's friends or family. The pressure exerted by the hands on the snow is a determinant for the final result. Reduced pressure leads to a light and soft snowball. Compacting humid or "packy" snow, by applying a high pressure produces a harder snowball or iceball, which eventually can be considered harmful during a snowball fight.
A snowball may also be a large ball of snow formed by rolling a smaller snowball on a snow-covered surface. The smaller snowball grows by picking up additional snow as it rolls. The terms "snowball effect", "snowballing" and "Y Gasseg Eira" are named after this process. This technique is often used to create snowmen. Often a snowman can be created using this method of snowballing, to create the sections needed to build the sculpture.
Actors: Chuck D. (actor), Christopher Kaczmarek (actor), Crissy Kolarik (actress), Tony King (actor), Douglas Slygh (actor), Kris Leiter (actor), Christine Magda (actress), David C. Snyder (director), Peter Lawson Jones (actor), Julie Simon (miscellaneous crew), David C. Snyder (editor), David C. Snyder (writer), Michael V. Chastain (actor), Tina Hobbs (producer), Tina Hobbs (actress),
Plot: Swing Lowe Sweet Chariote is an emotionally charged urban drama about a good girl whose best friend is murdered just before graduation. She gets caught up with Ace, a local drug dealer that takes her deeper into the violent futility of the streets.
Keywords: urbanActors: Kelly Divine (actress), Evan Stone (actor), Evan Stone (actor), Allie Haze (actress), Mark Davis (actor), Seth Gamble (actor), Ralph Long (actor), B. Skow (director), David Stanley (writer), B. Skow (producer), Toby Farelle (producer), Chastity Lynn (actress), Barry Scott (actor), Barry Scott (actor), Fletcher Martin (editor),
Genres: Adult, Comedy,Actors: Sean Oliver (miscellaneous crew), Sarah Clifford (miscellaneous crew), Alison Cohen (miscellaneous crew), Maria Bello (actress), Sarah Clifford (miscellaneous crew), Elizabeth Himelstein (miscellaneous crew), Thomas Newman (composer), Lorna Scott (actress), Aaron Eckhart (actor), Toni Collette (actress), Larry Cedar (actor), Alejandro Patino (actor), Ted Hope (producer), Tracy Scott (miscellaneous crew), Carrie Preston (actress),
Plot: Against the backdrop of the first Gulf War, Jasira Maroun is 13, physically well developed but naïve and unable to say no. As puberty arrives, her mother sends her from Syracuse to Houston to her curt, up-tight, Lebanese-born father. Over the next few months, Jasira must navigate her father's strict indifference, her discovery of sexual pleasure, the casual racism of a neighbor boy and her classmates, the sexual advances of the boy's father, the proffered friendship of a pregnant neighbor, and her attraction to Thomas, an African-American classmate whom her father forbids her to see. Things happen to her, but can she take responsibility and control, or is tragedy inevitable?
Keywords: 13-year-old, 1990s, abuse, abusive-parent, american-flag, arab-american, arab-expatriate, arab-slur, arabic-food, babysitterActors: John Duffy (producer), Steven Chesne (composer), Arthur Springer (editor), Francine Lapensée (actress), Nur Nur Cummings (writer), Nur Nur Cummings (director), Nur Nur Cummings (actor), Nur Nur Cummings (editor), Nur Nur Cummings (producer), Trey Alexander (actor), Daniel Tisman (actor), Kirill Davidoff (producer), Justine Slater (actress), Michelle Crosby Jones (actress), Jim DeCicco (actor),
Plot: Only In L.A. is a satirical romantic comedy about 5 people in Los Angeles struggling with their creative ambitions and screwed up relationships. After a string of failed affairs, Raiko, a commercial producer who hates her job, has set out to make a one woman documentary about "Flakey L.A. Relationships". The film follows 5 charmingly neurotic characters through one summer in Los Angeles as they become subjects of Raiko's documentary, attempting to reinvent themselves and their relationships. A playful, comic look at single life in the city of angels, Only In L.A. is a freewheeling fun filled slice of L.A. life. As Raiko says "The odds of finding a successful relationship in Los Angeles are about one in ten thousand!".
Genres: Comedy, Romance,Actors: Donald Kerr (actor), Eddie Laughton (actor), Kirk Alyn (actor), Eddie Bruce (actor), Richard Alexander (actor), Tom Kennedy (actor), Billy Bletcher (actor), Jack Gardner (actor), Jesse Graves (actor), Kit Guard (actor), Harry Barris (actor), Herbert Heyes (actor), Neal Dodd (actor), Eddie Kane (actor), Perc Launders (actor),
Genres: Biography, Drama, Music,Actors: Kenne Duncan (actor), Anthony Havelock-Allan (producer), Bernard Mainwaring (director), Aubrey Fitzgerald (actor), Frank Tickle (actor), Eric Hales (actor), Basil Keys (writer), Sylvia Coleridge (actress), Kathleen Gibson (actress), Tully Comber (actor), Robert Field (actor), Sam Blake (actor), Muriel Johnston (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Guy Usher (actor), Pierre Watkin (actor), Ben Taggart (actor), Sonny Bupp (actor), Jay Eaton (actor), Alexander Pollard (actor), Paddy O'Flynn (actor), Bill Elliott (actor), Robert Greig (actor), Horace B. Carpenter (actor), Warren Hull (actor), Sidney Blackmer (actor), Donald Kerr (actor), Harold Miller (actor), Carleton Young (actor),
Plot: A wealthy woman's wild lifestyle finally drives her husband to take their two children, move out of the house and file for divorce. Positive she'll lose her children unless she shows the judge that she's changed her wild ways, she takes in two poor street kids, a brother and sister. The sister needs an operation or she'll never be able to walk again, and the woman thinks this is the perfect opportunity to show the judge how much she's "changed" so he won't take her children away.
Keywords: based-on-novel, character-name-in-titleActors: Hampton Del Ruth (miscellaneous crew), Dick Sutherland (actor), George Walsh (actor), Freeman Wood (actor), Spencer Bell (actor), Frederick Chapin (writer), Charles McHugh (actor), John Gorman (director), John Gorman (writer), Alyce Mills (actress), Gene Delmont (actor), Ad Wolgast (actor), Billy Papke (actor), Leach Cross (actor), Tommy Ryan (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Frank Alexander (actor), Larry Semon (actor), Spencer Bell (actor), Spencer Bell (actor), Frank Alexander (actor), Spencer Bell (actor), Oliver Hardy (actor), Oliver Hardy (actor), Oliver Hardy (actor), William Hauber (actor), Chester Conklin (actor), Otto Lederer (actor), Charles Murray (actor), Larry Semon (actor), Larry Semon (actor),
Plot: A Toymaker tells a bizarre story about how the Land of Oz was ruled by Prince Kynd, but he was overthrown by Prime Minister Kruel. Dorothy learns from Aunt Em that fat, cruel Uncle Henry is not her uncle, and gives her a note due on her eighteenth birthday, which reveals she is actually Princess Dorothea of Oz, and is supposed to marry Prince Kynd. She, Uncle Henry , and two farmhands are swept to Oz by a tornado. Snowball, a black farmhand soon joins them after a lightning bolt chases him into the sky. They land in Oz, where the farmhands try to avoid capture. Semon becomes a scarecrow, Hardy briefly disguises himself as a Tin Woodman, and Snowball is given a Lion suit by the Wizard, which he uses to scare the Pumperdink guards.
Keywords: actor-shares-first-name-with-character, airplane, based-on-novel, bee, birthday, bribery, cactus, cake, cannon, cattleActors: Esther Ralston (actress), Ken Maynard (actor), Charles Newton (actor), Edward Peil Sr. (actor), Frank Whitson (actor), Frank Howard Clark (writer), Lillian Leighton (actress), Bert Lindley (actor), J. Charles Davis (producer), William F. Moran (actor), Clifford S. Elfelt (director), Clifford S. Elfelt (producer), Olive Trevor (actress), Edythe Flynn (actress), Nancy Zann (actress),
Genres: Western,