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A regent, from the Latin regens, "[one] reigning", or regency council is a person or group of persons selected to act as head of state because the ruler is a minor, not present, or debilitated. The period of rule of a regent or regents is referred to as a regency.
In a monarchy, a regent usually governs due to one of these reasons, but may also be elected to rule during the interregnum when the royal line has died out. This was the case in Finland and Hungary, where the royal line was considered extinct in the aftermath of World War I. In Iceland, the regent represented the King of Denmark as sovereign of Iceland until the country became a republic in 1944.
In the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1795), kings were elective, which often led to a fairly long interregnum. In the interim, it was the Lithuanian Roman Catholic Primate (the Archbishop of Vilnius) who served as the regent, termed the "interrex" (Latin: ruler "between kings" as in ancient Rome).
In the small republic of San Marino, the two Captains Regent, or Capitani Reggenti, are elected semi-annually (they serve a six-month term) as joint heads of state and of government.
Actors: Billy Slaughter (actor), Liam Neeson (actor), Gary Grubbs (actor), Zach Selwyn (actor), Barack Obama (actor), Alexander Skarsgård (actor), Griff Furst (actor), Robin Atkin Downes (actor), Tadanobu Asano (actor), Peter MacNicol (actor), Joe Chrest (actor), David Jensen (actor), Peter Berg (actor), Peter Berg (producer), Rihanna (actress),
Plot: Based on the classic Hasbro naval combat game, Battleship is the story of an international fleet of ships who come across an alien armada while on Naval war games exercise. An intense battle is fought on sea, land and air. What do the aliens want?
Keywords: .50-calibre-sniper-rifle, admiral, afghanistan-veteran, air-base, air-strike, aircraft-carrier, alien, alien-contact, alien-invasion, american-flagActors: Charles Bodycomb (miscellaneous crew), John Williams (composer), Brad Pitt (actor), Noëlle Boisson (editor), Enrico Sabbatini (costume designer), Jean-Jacques Annaud (director), Danny Denzongpa (actor), Mako (actor), David Thewlis (actor), Jean-Jacques Annaud (producer), Duncan Fraser (actor), Ingeborga Dapkunaite (actress), Ric Young (actor), Jack W. Haddox (miscellaneous crew), Bennett Fidlow (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: After the death of 11 climbers, Austrian Heinrich Harrer (Brad Pitt) decides to add glory to his country and to the German pride by climbing Nanga Parbat in British India, and leaves his expectant wife behind. Egoist and a loner, he does not get along with others on his team - but must bend to their wishes after bad weather threatens them. Then WWII breaks out, they are arrested and lodged in Dehra Dun's P.O.W. Camp. He attempts to break out in vain several times, but finally does succeed along with Peter Aufschnaiter (David Thewlis), and end up in the holy city of Lhasa - a place banned to foreigners. They are provided food and shelter, and Peter ends up marrying a tailor, Pema Lhaki, while Heinrich befriends the Dalai Lama. He meets regularly to satiate the child's curiosity about the world, including Jack the Ripper and 'yellow hair'; in return he is exposed to teachings of Lord Buddha and even constructs a movie theater, while getting news of the end of the war; his divorce; and his son's refusal to communicate. But nothing will prepare him for the devastation about to descend when Communist China decides to attack, leading to the deaths of over 1 million Tibetans, destruction of over 6000 monasteries, and betrayal from their very own people.
Keywords: 1930s, adventurer, austria, avalanche, based-on-autobiography, based-on-book, bonding, box-office-flop, buddha, buddhismActors: Jan Kuzelka (actor), Nada Konvalinková (actress), Kurt Weinzierl (actor), Werner Abrolat (actor), Stanislav Zindulka (actor), Miroslav Táborský (actor), Ladislav Trojan (actor), Wolf Ackva (actor), Petr Nározný (actor), Uwe Ochsenknecht (actor), Milos Kopecký (actor), Ondrej Vetchý (actor), Rudolf Hrusínský (actor), Max Tidof (actor), Gabriela Wilhelmová (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Fantasy,Actors: John Holland (actor), Harold Gould (actor), Harry Holcombe (actor), Benson Fong (actor), Fritz Feld (actor), William Bakewell (actor), James Gregory (actor), Milton Frome (actor), Raymond Bailey (actor), Joe Flynn (actor), Francis De Sales (actor), Larry J. Blake (actor), John Debney (actor), Tyler McVey (actor), Richard Bakalyan (actor),
Plot: A school laboratory accident mixes one student's vitamin cereal mix with Dexter Riley's chemical experiment. When the kids decide to dispose of the mess to their neighbor's cow, they learn that the cereal gave the cow the super-strength to give a massively vast supply of milk. When they try it out on themselves, they discover that the stuff gives any human superhuman strength for a few minutes. The school sees this as the thing needed to save their school from closure, as the Dean makes a deal with his relative who owns the company that makes the cereal for financial support, unaware that it was Dexter's chemical which was solely responsible for the strength. When her competitor learn of this deal, he hires two criminals to stop it.
Keywords: blue, cereal, college, cow, laboratory, laboratory-accident, medfield-college, milk, potion, schoolActors: John Holland (actor), Harold Gould (actor), Harry Holcombe (actor), Benson Fong (actor), Fritz Feld (actor), William Bakewell (actor), James Gregory (actor), Milton Frome (actor), Raymond Bailey (actor), Joe Flynn (actor), Francis De Sales (actor), Larry J. Blake (actor), John Debney (actor), Tyler McVey (actor), Richard Bakalyan (actor),
Plot: A school laboratory accident mixes one student's vitamin cereal mix with Dexter Riley's chemical experiment. When the kids decide to dispose of the mess to their neighbor's cow, they learn that the cereal gave the cow the super-strength to give a massively vast supply of milk. When they try it out on themselves, they discover that the stuff gives any human superhuman strength for a few minutes. The school sees this as the thing needed to save their school from closure, as the Dean makes a deal with his relative who owns the company that makes the cereal for financial support, unaware that it was Dexter's chemical which was solely responsible for the strength. When her competitor learn of this deal, he hires two criminals to stop it.
Keywords: blue, cereal, college, cow, laboratory, laboratory-accident, medfield-college, milk, potion, schoolActors: John Holland (actor), Harold Gould (actor), Harry Holcombe (actor), Benson Fong (actor), Fritz Feld (actor), William Bakewell (actor), James Gregory (actor), Milton Frome (actor), Raymond Bailey (actor), Joe Flynn (actor), Francis De Sales (actor), Larry J. Blake (actor), John Debney (actor), Tyler McVey (actor), Richard Bakalyan (actor),
Plot: A school laboratory accident mixes one student's vitamin cereal mix with Dexter Riley's chemical experiment. When the kids decide to dispose of the mess to their neighbor's cow, they learn that the cereal gave the cow the super-strength to give a massively vast supply of milk. When they try it out on themselves, they discover that the stuff gives any human superhuman strength for a few minutes. The school sees this as the thing needed to save their school from closure, as the Dean makes a deal with his relative who owns the company that makes the cereal for financial support, unaware that it was Dexter's chemical which was solely responsible for the strength. When her competitor learn of this deal, he hires two criminals to stop it.
Keywords: blue, cereal, college, cow, laboratory, laboratory-accident, medfield-college, milk, potion, schoolActors: Cotton Warburton (editor), Robert Stevenson (director), Connie Gilchrist (actress), Walt Disney (producer), Buddy Baker (composer), Brian Wilson (actor), Harry Antrim (actor), Harry Holcombe (actor), Frank Faylen (actor), Annette Funicello (actress), Leon Ames (actor), Ron Miller (producer), Arthur O'Connell (actor), Leon Tyler (actor), Walt Disney (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Midvale College is in fear of losing it's college football team. The players have grades lower than the norm. Judge Holmesby, the team's biggest fan, is at a loss for what to do. Enter Merlin Jones, a bright college student, and his nephew Stanley, an intelligent chimpanzee. The judge wants Merlin to create an "honest way to cheat". Merlin uses "sleep learning" to help the players pass their exams. This saves the college football program from being banished, but not for long...the college is tempted to receive a $1 million dollar check from a Mr. Astorbilt. The catch is though the college must get rid of football. Judge Holmesby finds Darius Green III, who will pay $10 million dollars to the college if they can get a man to fly under his own power. The task is in Merlin's hands again. Can Merlin win the day and save the football team?
Keywords: beach-boys, chimpanzee, college, college-football, donation, escaped-mental-patient, medfield-college, midvale-college, monkey-actor, rivalActors: Cotton Warburton (editor), Robert Stevenson (director), Connie Gilchrist (actress), Walt Disney (producer), Buddy Baker (composer), Brian Wilson (actor), Harry Antrim (actor), Harry Holcombe (actor), Frank Faylen (actor), Annette Funicello (actress), Leon Ames (actor), Ron Miller (producer), Arthur O'Connell (actor), Leon Tyler (actor), Walt Disney (miscellaneous crew),
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Keywords: beach-boys, chimpanzee, college, college-football, donation, escaped-mental-patient, medfield-college, midvale-college, monkey-actor, rivalActors: Natalie Kalmus (miscellaneous crew), Cliff Edwards (actor), Stuart Holmes (actor), Boyd Irwin (actor), John Payne (actor), George Amy (director), Everett Dodd (editor), Scotty Beckett (actor), Owen Crump (writer), Leah Rhodes (costume designer), Nate Gatzert (writer), Lucile Fairbanks (actress),
Plot: In the small European country of Avania, the King, who is only a child, is more interested in the arriving American cowboy show led by Bill Stevens than he is about affairs of the state. After meeting Bill, the King requests that a rodeo be held at the castle. The two begin a friendship based on Bill seeing in the King what he himself was like when he was a child. When the Regent of Avania abducts the King and his governess Marianne in an elaborate and widespread conspiracy to overthrow the King, Stevens puts on a real live wild west show to save the pair and maintain the monarchy as it should be. In doing so, Bill also hopes to demonstrate a wider perspective of life the American way.
Keywords: 1930s, abduction, action-hero, american, american-indian, arena, b-movie, balcony, boy-king, bullActors: Ward Bond (actor), Herman Bing (actor), Milton Kibbee (actor), Harry Beresford (actor), Berton Churchill (actor), James Donlan (actor), Edward Keane (actor), William Austin (actor), Dick French (actor), Lew Harvey (actor), Sam Hayes (actor), Hugh Herbert (actor), Leyland Hodgson (actor), Arthur Hohl (actor), Sam McDaniel (actor),
Plot: A ruthless coach (Pat O'Brien) creates turmoil at a college by hiring players (Lyle Talbot) and alienating students (Dick Powell). Along the way, the coach loses his wife (Ann Dvorak) to a grandstanding player. Inside look at college football of the 1930s replete with fake grades, non-student players, and the importance of football to a college's reputation.
Keywords: accidental-death, american-football, chemistry, college, ethnic-stereotype, fistfight, football-coach, fund-raising, infidelity, marital-separation