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The Gibson Guitar Corporation is a Nashville, Tennessee-based guitar and instrument manufacturer. It was founded in 1902 in Kalamazoo, Michigan by Orville Gibson as "The Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Mfg. Co., Ltd." and was a maker of mandolin instruments. Gibson invented archtop guitars by using the same type of carved, arched tops found on violins. By the 1930s, the company was also making flattop acoustic guitars, as well as one of the first commercially available hollow-body electric guitars, used and popularized by Charlie Christian. It was bought by Chicago Musical Instruments in 1944, which was then acquired by the E.C.L. conglomerate that changed its name to Norlin Inc. This was seen as the beginning of an era of mismanagement.
Gibson sells guitars under a variety of brand names and built one of the world's most iconic guitars, the Gibson Les Paul. Many Gibson instruments are among the most collectible guitars. Gibson was at the forefront of innovation in acoustic guitars, especially in the big band era of the 1930s; the Gibson Super 400 was widely imitated. In the early 1950s, Gibson introduced its first solid-body electric guitar and in 1952 began producing its most popular guitar to date—the Les Paul, designed by Ted McCarty and Les Paul. After being purchased by the Norlin corporation in the late 1960s Gibson's quality and fortunes took a steep decline until early 1986, when the company was acquired by its present owners. Gibson Guitar is a privately held corporation owned by its chief executive officer Henry Juszkiewicz and its president David H. Berryman.
Lester William Polsfuss (June 9, 1915 – August 13, 2009)—known as Les Paul—was an American jazz and country guitarist, songwriter and inventor. He was the inventor of the solid-body electric guitar which made the sound of rock and roll possible. He is credited with many recording innovations. Although he was not the first to use the technique, his early experiments with overdubbing (also known as sound on sound),delay effects such as tape delay, phasing effects and multitrack recording were among the first to attract widespread attention.
His innovative talents extended into his playing style, including licks, trills, chording sequences, fretting techniques and timing, which set him apart from his contemporaries and inspired many guitarists of the present day. He recorded with his wife Mary Ford in the 1950s, and they sold millions of records.
Among his many honors, Paul is one of a handful of artists with a permanent, stand-alone exhibit in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He is prominently named by the music museum on its website as an "architect" and a "key inductee" along with Sam Phillips and Alan Freed.
Actors: Germán Magariños (director), Germán Magariños (actor), Germán Magariños (producer), Germán Magariños (writer), Germán Magariños (editor), Pablo Parés (miscellaneous crew), Esteban Rojas (actor), Lloyd Kaufman (actor), Alejo Rébora (actor), Vic Cicuta (writer), Vic Cicuta (actor), Vic Cicuta (producer), Nicanor Loreti (producer), Leandro De la Torre (producer), Leandro De la Torre (actor),
Genres: Action, Horror,Actors: Michael Damian (writer), Mark Thomas (composer), Michael Damian (producer), Michael Damian (director), Roger Moore (actor), Annie Wilkinson (miscellaneous crew), Brad Krevoy (producer), Mona Coulter (miscellaneous crew), Janeen Damian (producer), Janeen Damian (writer), Miles Richardson (actor), Seth Flaum (editor), Amy Krell (producer), Constantin Florescu (actor), Sorina Dumitru (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Jules Daly is struggling to raise her orphaned niece and nephew (Maggie and Milo) alone, but it isn't easy after getting downsized out of her antique sales job while Milo rebels against the death of his parents through petty theft. With things looking bleak for Christmas, an English butler named Paisley arrives with an invitation for all to come see the kids' emotionally distant grandfather in England. With nothing to hold them back, they go, but the grandfather - Edward Duke of Castlebury - is rather cold over their visit to his castle. So is his other, surviving son Ashton, Prince of Castlebury. Before long, they're all having a good time and looking forward to hosting a Christmas Eve ball, but Jules overhears a conversation from which she draws a wrong conclusion.
Keywords: antique-shop, antiquities, archery, aristocracy, aristocrat, aunt, ballet-dancing, ballroom-dancing, big-screen-television, black-eyeActors: Olivier Baroux (actor), Marina Foïs (actress), Thierry Frémont (actor), Jean-Paul Rouve (actor), Jean-Noël Brouté (actor), Jacques Frantz (actor), Virginie Ledoyen (actress), Alain Chabat (actor), François Cluzet (actor), Lionel Abelanski (actor), Jean-Claude Leguay (actor), Gérard Darmon (actor), Joseph Malerba (actor), Kad Merad (actor), Olivier Baroux (writer),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Maury Sterling (actor), Kristin Minter (actress), Evan Arnold (actor), John Henry Binder (actor), Eric Devlin Taylor (producer), Eric Devlin Taylor (writer), Eric Devlin Taylor (director), Christopher Leirer (actor), Russell Tillit (composer),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Charles Bodycomb (miscellaneous crew), Jon Baker (miscellaneous crew), Louise Hodges (actress), Frances Barber (actress), Jon Baker (miscellaneous crew), Peter Wight (actor), Frank Harper (actor), Danny Webb (actor), Michael Caine (actor), Andy Serkis (actor), Kenneth Cranham (actor), Gary Lewis (actor), Martin Landau (actor), Quentin Pierre (miscellaneous crew), Nosher Powell (actor),
Plot: Billy Simpson is a shady boxing promoter in South London banned from legitimate fights. It's the biggest day of his life, though, because he has a champion on his hands, his 20-year-old son, Eddie. Billy's put all his money on a victory, as have his quarreling daughters. But Eddie is nervous, an odd guy in a cap is hanging about, the licensed promoter Billy has hired to arrange the evening's other fights has hired dogs, the manager of Eddie's opponent looks down scornfully on Billy and on South London, and Scotland Yard wants to Billy in gaol for the death of a club brawler. When the night goes disastrously wrong, Billy tries to find out who double-crossed him.
Keywords: based-on-play, boxing, illegal-game, independent-film, limousine, promoterActors: Byron A. Martin (miscellaneous crew), Randy Kennedy (miscellaneous crew), Daniel T. Cahn (editor), Jaap Broeker (miscellaneous crew), Arnold Vosloo (actor), Bradford May (director), John Novak (actor), Nigel Bennett (actor), Robert G. Tapert (producer), Arnold Vosloo (actor), Jeff Fahey (actor), Rick Parker (actor), Sam Raimi (producer), David Pollison (miscellaneous crew), Randy Miller (composer),
Plot: Darkman, needing money to continue his experiments on synthetic skin, steals a crate of cash from drug lord Peter Rooker, attracting the gangster's attention. Rooker is determined to find the source of Darkman's super strength, and uses his beautiful but evil doctor to lure Darkman into a trap. Thinking that the doctor will restore feeling to his tortured body, he discovers too late that they have taken a sample of his adrenaline, which they will market as a super steroid. As Darkman plans his revenge on Rooker's gang, he slowly begins to care about Rooker's neglected wife and daughter. He must now find a way to help them, and destroy Rooker before he uses the adrenaline to plunge the city into chaos.
Keywords: 1990s, character-name-in-title, decapitation, direct-to-video-sequel-to-theatrical-movie, drug-lord, hero, independent-film, part-of-trilogy, roman-numeral-in-title, scientistActors: Kenji Sahara (actor), Sachio Sakai (actor), Haruo Nakajima (actor), Yutaka Oka (actor), Kô Nishimura (actor), Eitarô Ozawa (actor), Akira Kubo (actor), Masanari Nihei (actor), Ryô Ikebe (actor), Nadao Kirino (actor), Hideyo Amamoto (actor), Akihiko Hirata (actor), Seizaburô Kawazu (actor), Ikio Sawamura (actor), Takamaru Sasaki (actor),
Plot: Japanese disaster film about a giant meteor on a collision course with the Earth. The dubbed American version of this film is missing a giant walrus which appeared briefly in the Japanese version.
Keywords: 1970s, antarctica, astronaut, astronomy, disaster, disaster-film, end-of-the-world, flood, giant-monster, giant-waveActors: Barry Shipman (writer), Roy Barcroft (actor), Jack Tornek (actor), Lee Van Cleef (actor), Henry Wills (actor), Grant Withers (actor), Joseph Kane (director), Mary Treen (actress), Willis Bouchey (actor), Tristram Coffin (actor), Jim Davis (actor), Herman Hack (actor), Chick Hannan (actor), Percy Helton (actor), Victor Jory (actor),
Plot: The coming of the railroad to Cedar City spells the end of the stagecoach as the government gives the mail contract to the fastest means of delivery. McCord loses the stagecoach line gambling with the new buyer, but has enough hidden money to buy a ranch and some cattle. To make more money, he starts a gang to rob the railroad, express offices and steal cattle. But the railroads send out special agent Cameron to end his reign of violence.
Keywords: 1870s, ambush, archive-footage, b-movie, b-western, barfly, bartender, buckboard, cattle, cattle-ranchActors: Siegfried Berisch (actor), Oreste Bilancia (actor), Alf Blütecher (actor), Eva Speyer (actress), Camilla von Hollay (actress), Ida Wüst (actress), Jane Bess (writer), Adolf Lantz (writer), Victor Janson (director), Paul Morgan (actor), Livio Pavanelli (actor), Walter Rilla (actor), Lissy Arna (actress), Ferdinand Hart (actor), Mary Nolan (actress),
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