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Wright is an occupational surname originating in England. The term Wright comes from the circa 700 AD Old English word "wryhta" or "wyrhta", meaning worker or shaper of wood. Later it became any occupational worker (for example, a shipwright is a person who builds ships), and is used as a British family name. Wright is also an anglicized version of the Scots Gaelic clan name "MacIntyre" or "Mac an t-Saoir", meaning "Son of the Wright", or Son of the Carpenter". The word Carpentier, now Carpenter was introduced into England in 1066 and slowly replaced the traditional name and meaning of wright. Wright is the thirteenth most common surname in the United Kingdom. Its use as an occupational title continued until the mid-19th century. Its occupational use was often combined with other words such as wheelwright or playwright.
Frank Lloyd Wright (born Frank Lincoln Wright, June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who designed more than 1,000 structures and completed 500 works. Wright believed in designing structures which were in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture. This philosophy was best exemplified by his design for Fallingwater (1935), which has been called "the best all-time work of American architecture". Wright was a leader of the Prairie School movement of architecture and developed the concept of the Usonian home, his unique vision for urban planning in the United States.
His work includes original and innovative examples of many different building types, including offices, churches, schools, skyscrapers, hotels, and museums. Wright also designed many of the interior elements of his buildings, such as the furniture and stained glass. Wright authored 20 books and many articles and was a popular lecturer in the United States and in Europe. His colorful personal life often made headlines, most notably for the 1914 fire and murders at his Taliesin studio. Already well known during his lifetime, Wright was recognized in 1991 by the American Institute of Architects as "the greatest American architect of all time."
The Wright brothers, Orville (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), were two Americans credited with inventing and building the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight, on December 17, 1903. In the two years afterward, the brothers developed their flying machine into the first practical fixed-wing aircraft. Although not the first to build and fly experimental aircraft, the Wright brothers were the first to invent aircraft controls that made fixed-wing powered flight possible.
The brothers' fundamental breakthrough was their invention of three-axis control, which enabled the pilot to steer the aircraft effectively and to maintain its equilibrium. This method became standard and remains standard on fixed-wing aircraft of all kinds. From the beginning of their aeronautical work, the Wright brothers focused on developing a reliable method of pilot control as the key to solving "the flying problem". This approach differed significantly from other experimenters of the time who put more emphasis on developing powerful engines. Using a small homebuilt wind tunnel, the Wrights also collected more accurate data than any before, enabling them to design and build wings and propellers that were more efficient than any before. Their first U.S. patent, 821,393, did not claim invention of a flying machine, but rather, the invention of a system of aerodynamic control that manipulated a flying machine's surfaces.
Actors: Andrew Munro (actor), Daniel Cowley (actor), Dan Kircher (editor), Dan Kircher (director), Dan Kircher (writer), Vasa Tasele (actor), Karlos Wrennall (actor), James Hayday (composer), Dahnu Graham (actor), Shaun Cullen (actor), Roimata Magregor (producer), Jon Dunstan (actor), Roslyn Lusty (miscellaneous crew), Oscar Davies-Kay (actor), Junior Levi (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Mark Byrne (writer), Mark Byrne (director), Mark Byrne (producer), Mark Byrne (actor), Mary Egan (actress), Marvin Kennedy (actor), Marvin Kennedy (composer), Benjamin Quigley (editor), Paul Horning (composer), Donna Byrne (actress), Paul Horning (actor), Brian M. Dean (actor), Peggy Kearns (actress),
Plot: While joy riding along a lonely deserted road, two cars happen upon a mutilated body. Stranded, the group forces deeper into the woods in search of help. Unseen terror draws the group apart with hallucinations of friends and lovers. Soon an invisible menace hunts new prey. One by one the group is dissolved, leaving the last one to ally with the only remaining local for a final, albeit futile, attempt at escape. No warning. No mercy. Because lost and found are worlds apart when you're Out There.
Genres: Horror, Short,Actors: Robert Don (actor), Elias Cecil (actor), Clayton Chaney (actor), Cloe Kromwell (actress), Kyle Jones (writer), Kyle Jones (director), Kyle Jones (editor), Lee Humerian (actor), Ricky Norris (director), Khris Feazell (actor), John Tribken (editor), Zackary Hartley (producer), Matt LoGuidice (actor), Danny Petty (actor),
Genres: Action, Horror, Short,Actors: Marc Zuber (actor), Hugh Whitemore (writer), Patrick Mower (actor), Michael Gwynn (actor), John Normington (actor), Arthur Whybrow (actor), David Askey (director), Rowena Cooper (actress), William Gaunt (actor), Ian Gelder (actor), Derek Fuke (actor), Gerald James (actor), Morris Barry (producer), Paul Haley (actor), John Gould (writer),
Genres: Thriller,Actors: Blair Brown (actress), John Friesen (actor), Linda Goranson (actress), Maureen O'Brien (actress), Paul Bradley (actor), Toby Tarnow (actress), Claude Harz (writer), Paul Craig (actor), Gary McKeehan (actor), Grahame Woods (writer), Jaro Dick (actor), Kenneth Dight (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Annekathrin Bürger (actress), Rudolf Christoph (actor), Horst Drinda (actor), Ezard Haußmann (actor), Wilhelm Koch-Hooge (actor), Norbert Christian (actor), Marga Legal (actress), Peter Sturm (actor), Martin Eckermann (director), Walter Kröter (actor), Rolf Schneider (writer), Eberhard Schäfer (actor), Maxim Valentin (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Val Guest (writer), Dora Bryan (actress), Alfred Roome (producer), Googie Withers (actress), Maurice Denham (actor), Noel Howlett (actor), Sydney Box (producer), Raymond Lovell (actor), Gibb McLaughlin (actor), Mona Washbourne (actress), Guy Middleton (actor), David Horne (actor), Hal Osmond (actor), Anthony Steel (actor), Julie Harris (costume designer),
Genres: Comedy, Romance,Actors: Barbara Everest (actress), René Ray (actress), James Knight (actor), Michael Balcon (producer), John Turnbull (actor), Conrad Veidt (actor), Anna Lee (actress), Sara Allgood (actress), Michael Hogan (writer), Mary Clare (actress), Cathleen Nesbitt (actress), Alma Reville (writer), Frank Cellier (actor), Derek N. Twist (editor), Jack Livesey (actor),
Plot: In a London boarding house, a number of lives exist precariously on the edge of disaster or despair. Stasia, the housemaid, hungers for happiness but is treated like a drudge and constantly threatened with a return to the punishments of her youth. Vivian, a beautiful young girl, loves the architect Chris, but must marry the repugnant Mr. Wright in order to erase her parents' debts. Miss Kite derides all around her out of fear of aging and loss of beauty, while her friend Mr. Larkcom sells mediocre phonograph records though he'd secretly love to be a concert pianist. Into the lives of these and other unhappy residents comes a mysterious stranger, under whose influence they each begin to see the possibility of happiness. But the cynical Mr. Wright prefers to see them in misery and plots to thwart the angelic stranger who lives in the back room of the third floor.
Keywords: based-on-play, remake, supernatural, symbolismActors: Carl Laemmle (miscellaneous crew), Jay Belasco (actor), Jean Hersholt (actor), Walter Hiers (actor), Edgar Kennedy (actor), Enid Bennett (actress), Mathilde Comont (actress), Dorothy Devore (actress), Harold Shumate (writer), Scott Sidney (director), Robert Anderson (actor), James Madison (writer),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Sherman Bainbridge (actor), Rex De Rosselli (actor), Marie Walcamp (actress), Henry MacRae (writer), Henry MacRae (director), Wellington A. Playter (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,