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John Ruskin (8 February 1819 – 20 January 1900) was the leading English art critic of the Victorian era, also an art patron, draughtsman, watercolourist, a prominent social thinker and philanthropist. He wrote on subjects ranging from geology to architecture, myth to ornithology, literature to education, and botany to political economy. His writing styles and literary forms were equally varied. Ruskin penned essays and treatises, poetry and lectures, travel guides and manuals, letters and even a fairy tale. The elaborate style that characterised his earliest writing on art was later superseded by a preference for plainer language designed to communicate his ideas more effectively. In all of his writing, he emphasised the connections between nature, art and society. He also made detailed sketches and paintings of rocks, plants, birds, landscapes, and architectural structures and ornamentation.
He was hugely influential in the latter half of the 19th century up to the First World War. After a period of relative decline, his reputation has steadily improved since the 1960s with the publication of numerous academic studies of his work. Today, his ideas and concerns are widely recognised as having anticipated interest in environmentalism, sustainability and craft.
Actors: Jo Cameron Brown (miscellaneous crew), Derek Jacobi (actor), Julie Walters (actress), Dakota Fanning (actress), Emma Thompson (actress), Randall Balsmeyer (miscellaneous crew), Ruth Myers (costume designer), David Suchet (actor), James Fox (actor), Emma Thompson (writer), Robbie Coltrane (actor), Claudia Cardinale (actress), Gianni Carpentieri (miscellaneous crew), Riccardo Scamarcio (actor), Greg Wise (actor),
Plot: In "Effie Gray" Dakota Fanning plays the title character, Euphemia "Effie" Gray, wife of the 19th century's greatest art historian and critic, John Ruskin (Greg Wise). Ruskin's sexual dysfunction and his wife's sexual innocence and inexperience in the repressed atmosphere of Victorian England are further complicated by Effie's affair with pre-Raphaelite painter Sir John Everett Millais (Tom Sturridge) after Effie poses for the artist and falls in love with him. Author and art historian Lady Elizabeth Eastlake (Emma Thompson, who wrote the screenplay), Effie's friend and champion, encourages her to seek an annulment from her husband. In order to prove non-consummation of the marriage, Effie is forced to undergo a physical examination that confirms her virginity after five years of marriage to Ruskin. During the trial, which creates a scandal and more discussion than the ongoing Crimean War, a doctor (Robbie Coltrane) testifies that the plaintiff is a virgin. The physical examination and embarrassing courtroom testimony about her intimate life induces a psychosomatic paralysis that lasts 10 days. The judge rules in Effie's favor, citing her husband's "incurable impotency." While her internationally renowned husband continues his busy professional and social life, Effie, a spirited, outgoing woman, is ousted from society and forbidden to attend any event where Queen Victoria is present. Her ostracism is alleviated by her marriage to Millais, with whom she will eventually have eight children.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Kevin Jubinville (actor), Neve Campbell (actress), Mark McKinney (actor), Colette Stevenson (actress), Robert Crossman (editor), Allan Magee (producer), Alex Chapple (director), John Gundy (producer), Bill Copeland (actor), Robin Budd (actor), Geny Walters (actress), John Wimbs (actor), Melanie McCraig (producer), Daniel Bossin (actor), Jeff Taylor (actor),
Genres: Biography, Drama, Short,Actors: Jim Broadbent (actor), Clive Merrison (actor), Brand Thumim (editor), Edward Bennett (writer), Edward Bennett (director),
Genres: Documentary,Actors: George Davis (actor), Arnold Korff (actor), André Luguet (actor), Willard Mack (writer), Hal Roach (director), Barbara Leonard (actress), Jules Raucourt (actor), Lillian Savin (actress), Helmut Gorin (actor),
Genres: Western,Actors: Willard Mack (writer), Franco Corsaro (actor), George Davis (actor), Paul Porcasi (actor), Hal Roach (director), Barbara Leonard (actress), Lillian Savin (actress), Marino Bello (actor),
Genres: Western,Actors: George Davis (actor), Robert Elliott (actor), Lew Meehan (actor), Bud Osborne (actor), Gilbert Roland (actor), Margaret Mann (actress), Willard Mack (writer), Richard Schayer (writer), Hal Roach (director), Sammy Lee (miscellaneous crew), Robert Graves (actor), Arnold Korff (actor), Frank Lackteen (actor), Nina Quartero (actress), Barbara Leonard (actress),
Plot: Part of a gold shipment has been stolen and the Sergeant suspects Louis LeBey. When Louis is attracted to newly arrived Nedra Ruskin, Woolie-Woolie becomes jealous and tells the Sergeant where Louis hid the gold. First Louis rescues the Sergeant whose dog team crashes chasing him and then he saves Nedra from an avalanche. When he returns the injured Nedra to the settlement, the Sergeant takes him prisoner.
Keywords: avalanche, canada, canadian-northwest, french-canadian, fugitive, gold, miner, northwest, northwest-mounted-police, rescueActors: Gretchen Lederer (actress), Raymond B. West (director), Charles Ray (actor), Louis Morrison (actor), Ann Little (actress), Fanny Midgley (actress), Gordon Mullen (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Leo Delaney (actor), Harry T. Morey (actor), Earle Williams (actor), Helen Gardner (actress), Julia Swayne Gordon (actress), Eugene Mullin (writer), Van Dyke Brooke (director),
Genres: Drama, Short,