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Noorjehan or Noorjehan (Punjabi, Urdu: نور جہاں) was the adopted stage name for Allah Wasai (September 21, 1926 – December 23, 2000) who was a legendary singer and actress in British India and Pakistan. Her career spanned seven decades. She was renowned as one of the greatest and most influential singers of her time in South Asia and was given the honorific title of Malika-e-Tarannum (Urdu: ملکہ ترنم, English: the queen of melody).
Born in a Punjabi family of musicians, Wasai was pushed by her parents to follow in their musical footsteps and become a singer but she was more interested in acting in films and graced the earliest Pakistani films with her performances. She holds a remarkable record of 10,000 songs to her singing credits in various languages of India and Pakistan including Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi and Sindhi languages. Along with Ahmed Rushdi, she holds the highest record of film songs in the history of Pakistani cinema. She is also considered to be the first female Pakistani film director.
Actors: Evan Krauss (miscellaneous crew), Shrihari Sathe (miscellaneous crew), Richard Goteri (miscellaneous crew), James J. Yi (producer), James J. Yi (producer), Angela Roberts (actress), Dean A. Parker (miscellaneous crew), Dean A. Parker (actor), Mike Batayeh (actor), Roshonda M. Hayes (miscellaneous crew), Jessica Care Moore (actress), Derrick Hanna (miscellaneous crew), Christine Marie (actress), Derrick Hanna (miscellaneous crew), Amy Julia Cheyfitz (costume designer),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Kevin Saunders Hayes (composer), Kevin Saunders Hayes (writer), Kevin Saunders Hayes (editor), Kevin Saunders Hayes (producer), Michael King (editor), Michael King (director), Victoria Levy (actress), Karen Whipple (actress), Victoria Levy (producer), Laura Dickinson (actress), Frank Lawson (actor), Joel Alpers (actor), Nicolas Gruter (actor), Scott Dicken (actor), Greg Whipple (actor),
Plot: Vox Lumiere brings its breathtaking combination of music, dance, theatre and silent film to this thrilling and beautiful retelling of the timeless movie masterpiece The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Vox Lumiere's all-star cast of singers, dancers and musicians bring this classic love story to life. Combining rock opera with silent film.
Keywords: entertainment, performing-arts, theater, tv-filmActors: Robert Dhéry (actor), Bertrand Tavernier (director), Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu (actor), Isabelle Nanty (actress), Nils Tavernier (actor), Maxime Leroux (actor), Julie Delpy (actress), Monique Chaumette (actress), Jean-Claude Adelin (actor), Armand Psenny (editor), Michèle Gleizer (actress), Claude Duneton (actor), Jacqueline Moreau (costume designer), Colo Tavernier (writer), François Hadji-Lazaro (actor),
Plot: Somewhere in France during the Middle Ages. Béatrice is impatient to see her father return from English captivity. She doesn't expect however that the father whom she loves from distance will be the most hateful person who will submit her and her family to abuse and humiliation.
Keywords: 1300s, breast-suckling, buxom, character-name-in-title, crusades, disillusionment, father-daughter-incest, father-daughter-relationship, female-frontal-nudity, female-full-frontal-nudityActors: Michelle Pfeiffer (actress), Gregory Snegoff (actor), John Wood (actor), Rutger Hauer (actor), Benito Stefanelli (actor), Massimo Sarchielli (actor), Venantino Venantini (actor), Omero Capanna (actor), Charles Borromel (actor), Alfred Molina (actor), Giovanni Cianfriglia (actor), Giuseppe Marrocco (actor), Leo McKern (actor), Harvey Bernhard (producer), Matthew Broderick (actor),
Plot: Philipe Gastone, a thief, escapes from the dungeon at Aquila, sparking a manhunt. He is nearly captured when Captain Navarre befriends him. Navarre has been hunted by the Bishop's men for two years, ever since he escaped with the Lady Isabeau who the Bishop has lusted after. Navarre and Isabeau have a curse that the Bishop has placed on them that causes Navarre to be a wolf during the night and Isabeau to be a hawk during the day. Navarre insists that Philipe help him re-enter the city to help him kill the heavily guarded Bishop.
Keywords: andalusian, animal-trap, armor, arrow-in-chest, axe, bareback-riding, battle, battlefield, bear-trap, bell-ringingActors: Roger Hammond (actor), John Savident (actor), Warren Clarke (actor), Victor Hugo (writer), Liz Smith (actress), Wilfred Josephs (composer), Kenneth Haigh (actor), Cedric Messina (producer), Bruce Purchase (actor), Geraldine Stephenson (miscellaneous crew), Hetty Baynes (actress), Tony Caunter (actor), Terence Bayler (actor), Richard Morant (actor), David Rintoul (actor),
Genres: Drama, Romance,Actors: Ichirô Nagai (actor), Takeo Watanabe (composer), Tamio Ôki (actor), Ryuzo Nakanishi (writer), Iemasa Kayumi (actor), Shin'ichi Yukimuro (writer), Kôichi Motohashi (producer), Tsunehisa Itô (writer), Ouida (writer), Toyohiro Andô (writer), Yoshiaki Yoshida (writer), Taeko Nakanishi (actress), Junzô Nakajima (producer), Masashi Amenomori (actor), Yasuo Muramatsu (actor),
Genres: Animation,Actors: Jef Demedts (actor), Jef Demedts (actor), Bert Struys (director), Cyriel Van Gent (actor), Ann Petersen (actress), Marcel Hendrickx (actor), Chris Lomme (actress), Nand Buyl (actor), Joanna Geldof (actress), Vic Moeremans (actor), Ward de Ravet (actor), Alex Cassiers (actor), Raymond Bossaerts (actor), Vera Veroft (actress), Roger Coorens (actor),
Plot: Huoon and Morholt return home to Ardoewaan from the crusades. They learn that their father has died and has left the castle to Huoon (being the elder). Huoon nevertheless decides to share everything with his brother. A conflict between Morholt and a neighboring Lord leads to a duel where Huoon takes his brother's place and gets killed. In order to secure the lands for his own son Gawain Morholt lets Huoon's son Rohalt disappear in the mountains where he's found by a family of shepherds. 20 years later Rohalt has grown and decides to become a knight. He will find himself confronting Morholt for his rightful legacy. Meanwhile the jester Fulco has his suspicions about the death of Huoon and seeks out the truth.
Keywords: castle, historical-fiction, knightActors: Paul Bradley (actor), Charles Judels (actor), Joseph Granby (actor), Edward Arnold (actor), Jimmy Ames (actor), Hugh Herbert (actor), Morris Ankrum (actor), Hobart Cavanaugh (actor), Ronald Colman (actor), Harry Cording (actor), Pedro de Cordoba (actor), James Craig (actor), Dick Botiller (actor), Harry Davenport (actor), Cy Kendall (actor),
Plot: Hafiz, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to royalty and to win the heart of the queen of the castle himself.
Keywords: 1001-nights, arabia, arabian-nights, arrest, assassination-attempt, baghdad-mesopotamia, based-on-play, beggar, caliph, caravanActors: Norman Kerry (actor), Raymond Hatton (actor), Jay Hunt (actor), Brandon Hurst (actor), Nigel De Brulier (actor), John Cossar (actor), Alfred Hollingsworth (actor), Lon Chaney (actor), Harry Holman (actor), Charles Farrell (actor), Al Ferguson (actor), Cesare Gravina (actor), John George (actor), John Gough (actor), Bob Kortman (actor),
Plot: Clopin bought Esmeralda from the gypsies when she was young. Dancing in the square at the festival, Esmeralda is spotted by Jehan, the evil brother of the good archdeacon Claude Frollo. When he sets Quasimodo out to kidnap Esmeralda, Phoebus, Captain of the Guards, rescues her and captures Quasimodo. The courts sentence Quasimodo to be flogged, and the only one who will give him water while he is tied in the square is Esmeralda. After Clopin forces Esmeralda to leave Phoebus at the ball, she sends a note to Phoebus to meet her at Notre-Dame. In the garden, Phoebus is stabbed in the back by Jehan. Esmeralda is accused of stabbing Phoebus, convicted by the courts and sentenced to hang. When Esmeralda again rejects Jehan, he tells her that Phoebus is dead, even though it is not true. Clopin, Phoebus and Quasimodo all try different ways to save Esmeralda.
Keywords: 1400s, 15th-century, attempted-kidnapping, attempted-rape, based-on-novel, battering-ram, beggar, bell, bell-ringing, bellringerActors: Robert Wiene (director), Fritz Kortner (actor), Fern Andra (actress), Elsa Wagner (actress), Erich Pommer (producer), Robert Wiene (writer), Harald Paulsen (actor), Hans Heinrich von Twardowski (actor), John Gottowt (actor), Lothar Müthel (actor), Alexander Moissi (actor), Albert Lind (actor),
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