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A dandy (also known as a beau or gallant) is a man who places particular importance upon physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of Self. Historically, especially in late 18th- and early 19th-century Britain, a dandy, who was self-made, often strove to imitate an aristocratic lifestyle despite coming from a middle-class background.
Though previous manifestations, of Alcibiades, and of the petit-maître and the muscadin have been noted by John C. Prevost, the modern practice of dandyism first appeared in the revolutionary 1790s, both in London and in Paris. The dandy cultivated skeptical reserve, yet to such extremes that the novelist George Meredith, himself no dandy, once defined "cynicism" as "intellectual dandyism"; nevertheless, the Scarlet Pimpernel is one of the great dandies of literature. Some took a more benign view; Thomas Carlyle in his book Sartor Resartus, wrote that a dandy was no more than "a clothes-wearing man". Honoré de Balzac introduced the perfectly worldly and unmoved Henri de Marsay in La fille aux yeux d'or (1835), a part of La Comédie Humaine, who fulfills at first the model of a perfect dandy, until an obsessive love-pursuit unravels him in passionate and murderous jealousy.
The Dandy Warhols are an American alternative rock band formed in Portland, Oregon in 1994. The band was founded by singer-guitarist Courtney Taylor-Taylor and guitarist Peter Holmström, with keyboardist Zia McCabe and drummer Eric Hedford. Hedford left in 1998 and was replaced by Taylor-Taylor's cousin Brent DeBoer. The band's name is a play on the name of American pop artist Andy Warhol.
The band gained popularity after they were signed to Capitol Records and released their major label album debut ...The Dandy Warhols Come Down in 1997, featuring the popular single "Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth". In 2001, the band rose to international attention after their song "Bohemian Like You" was featured in a Vodafone advertisement. The band have released nine studio albums to date.
The band was formed in Portland, Oregon in 1994 by Courtney Taylor-Taylor and Peter Holmström. Soon after, drummer Eric Hedford joined, and following an unsuccessful experiment with Taylor-Taylor's girlfriend on bass guitar, keyboardist Zia McCabe joined the band after Taylor-Taylor saw her working in a coffee house. Taylor-Taylor described the band's beginning as a group of friends who "needed music to drink to". The Dandy Warhols performed in bars throughout Portland and became well known for their nudity-filled live shows. At their first gig in 1994, they were approached by Tim/Kerr Records, who offered to pay for the recording of an album. The result was 1995's Dandys Rule OK, which combined elements of 1960s garage rock and 1990s shoegaze music.
Actors: Vasile Albinet (actor), Gabriel Spahiu (actor), Valentin Popescu (actor), Florin Zamfirescu (actor), Adrian Titieni (actor), Constantin Florescu (actor), Sandu Mihai Gruia (actor), Mihai Niculescu (actor), Radu Banzaru (actor), Dan Astileanu (actor), Ioana Bulca (actress), Petre Lupu (actor), Ovidiu Niculescu (actor), Nae Caranfil (writer), Nae Caranfil (actor),
Plot: In 1911-12, the Romanian movie director Grigore Brezianu and the financial tycoon Leon Popescu made together the 2 hours long movie "Romania's Independence" - an as faithful as possible screen adaptation of the real Independence War that had been fought in 1877. Now, "Restul e tacere" tells us, in a loose and half-fictionalized way, the story of this movie making.
Keywords: actress, alcohol, art, belle-epoque, camera, courage, death, drunkenness, fate, father-son-relationshipActors: DJ Perry (actor), Terry Jernigan (actor), Kera O'Bryon (actress), Tim L. Smith (actor), Dave Hobbs (actor), John Pycior (actor), Greg Cooper (actor), Bill Bishop (actor), Roger Spendlove (producer), Austin Two Feathers (actor), Rebecca Kurtz (producer), Roger Spendlove (director), Roger Spendlove (editor), Alexis Fowler (actress), Preston Janis (producer),
Plot: Gunslinger "Oklahoma Kid" wanders into a shantytown and dispatches the Becker Brothers, who'd tyrannized the poor townsfolk for years. Connor, Claudette, Doc and all the people rejoice in their deliverance. But now OK Kid wants to clean up the saloon, the bordello and more--will they allow his help, or send him packin'?
Genres: Short, Western,Actors: Carmen Maura (actress), Manuela Gourary (actress), Teresa Madruga (actress), Daniel Isoppo (actor), Élodie Bouchez (actress), Élodie Bouchez (actress), Anne Le Ny (actress), Tsilla Chelton (actress), Wojciech Pszoniak (actor), Philippe du Janerand (actor), Orlando Costa (actor), Nicky Marbot (actor), Gérard Depardieu (actor), Alexandre Desplat (composer), António da Cunha Telles (producer),
Plot: Everyone has a secret. Twins Sarah and Gaëlle near 25; for ten years, Sarah has been a fundamentalist Carmelite in a Brazilian convent, and Gaëlle has been in prison for a heinous crime. Sarah comes to the attention of Fr. Joachim, a priest and physician; he can find no cause for her debilitating abdominal pain. When Sarah and he are transferred to Paris, Joachim looks for Gaëlle, now on probation and finding no respite from society's approbation. An enterprising reporter is digging into Gaëlle's life, the mother superior of Sarah's convent hovers over her, and Joachim investigates the phenomenon of twin's symmetry. Is there any release from the past?
Keywords: appendicitis, assumed-identity, babysitter, based-on-novel, birthday-cake, bishop, blood, blood-spatter, brazil, cameraActors: Cyriel Van Gent (actor), Hugo Van Den Berghe (actor), Jef Demedts (director), Hugo Van Den Berghe (actor), Marilou Mermans (actress), Jo De Meyere (actor), Roger Bolders (actor), Chris Boni (actress), Herman Bruggen (actor), Suzanne Juchtmans (actress), Blanka Heirman (actress), Herman Coessens (actor), Herman Coessens (actor), Eddy Asselbergs (actor), Werner Kopers (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Ferry Radax (director), Ferry Radax (producer), Ferry Radax (editor), Konrad Bayer (actor), Konrad Bayer (actor), Ingrid Schuppan (actress), Suzanne Hockenjos (actress), Alberto Jolly (actor),
Genres: Short,Actors: D'Arcy Corrigan (actor), J. Gunnis Davis (actor), E.E. Clive (actor), Norman Ainsley (actor), Harry Allen (actor), Reginald Barlow (actor), Charles Coleman (actor), Robert Adair (actor), Agostino Borgato (actor), Barlowe Borland (actor), Sidney Bracey (actor), Charles Bennett (actor), John Burton (actor), Billy Bevan (actor), Jean De Briac (actor),
Plot: Blake is in love with an aristocratic woman whose husband seriously injures him. Blake's friendship with Lord Nelson provides the basis for Blake's part in the growth of Lloyd's insurance business following the Battle of Trafalgar. Only very slightly based on history.
Keywords: 1770s, 1800s, arrest, artist, attempted-suicide, baccarat, battle-of-trafalgar, beauty, british-seaman, calais-franceActors: John Stuart (actor), Ewald André Dupont (producer), D.A. Clarke-Smith (actor), Syd Crossley (actor), Helen Haye (actress), Dino Galvani (actor), Danny Green (actor), Monty Banks (actor), Madeleine Carroll (actress), Donald Calthrop (actor), John Longden (actor), Ewald André Dupont (director), John Maxwell (producer), Victor Kendall (writer), Francis Lister (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Leonid Kmit (actor), Aleksandr Melnikov (actor), Boris Livanov (actor), Anna Sten (actress), Yevgeni Chervyakov (writer), Yevgeni Chervyakov (director), Emil Gal (actor), Gennadi Michurin (actor), Aleksandr Larikov (actor), Boris Dmokhovsky (actor), Sergei Minin (actor), Mikhail Gipsi (actor), Iona Bij-Brodsky (actor), Pyotr Berezov (actor), Valeri Plotnikov (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Ernie Adams (actor), Nigel Barrie (actor), Richard Barthelmess (actor), Gino Corrado (actor), Edwards Davis (actor), Sidney De Gray (actor), Samuel S. Hinds (actor), Brandon Hurst (actor), Hans Joby (actor), John Miljan (actor), Billie Bennett (actress), Lillie Hayward (writer), Sidney Olcott (director), Gardner James (actor), Tom Miranda (editor),
Plot: Barbanas Barty inherits some money, sets off to London, meets and falls in love with Lady Cleone Meredith, and this does not set well with Sir Mortiner Carnaby, who has eyes on the fair lady himself. Barnaby becomes friend with Viscount Devehon, buys a horse from him and enters it in the big steeplechase. Sir Mortimer takes steps to rid society of the presence of this non-gentleman.
Keywords: 19th-century, brother-brother-relationship, brother-killing-brother, creditor, death-of-brother, debtor, deceit, deception, double-murder, duchessActors: Pierre Labry (actor), René Leprince (director), Jeanne Marie-Laurent (actress), Simone Vaudry (actress), Claude Mérelle (actress), Louis Blanche (actor), Carlos Avril (actor), Anna Lefeuvrier (actress), Noël Darzal (actor), Aimé Simon-Girard (actor), Albert Decoeur (actor), Jacques Guilhène (actor), Cesar-Tullio Terrore (actor), Suzanne Delmas (actress), Jean-Paul de Baere (actor),
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