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Howard Carter (9 May 1874 – 2 March 1939) was an English archaeologist and Egyptologist known for co-discovering the tomb of 14th-century BC pharaoh Tutankhamun.
Howard Carter was born in London, England, the son of Samuel Carter, an artist and Martha Joyce (Sands) Carter. His father trained and developed his artistic talent.
Much of Carter's childhood was spent in the Norfolk market town of Swaffham (probably due to ill-health).
In 1891 Carter was sent out by the Egypt Exploration Fund to assist Percy Newberry in the excavation and recording of Middle Kingdom tombs at Beni Hasan. Although only 17 years old he was innovative in improving the methods of copying tomb decoration. In 1892 he worked under the tutelage of Flinders Petrie for one season at Amarna, the capital founded by the pharaoh Akhenaten. From 1894 to 1899 he then worked with Édouard Naville at Deir el-Bahari, where he recorded the wall reliefs in the temple of Hatshepsut.
In 1899, Carter was appointed the first chief inspector of the Egyptian Antiquities Service (EAS). He supervised a number of excavations at Thebes (now known as Luxor) before he was transferred in 1904 to the Inspectorate of Lower Egypt. Carter resigned from the Antiquities Service in 1905 after an enquiry into an affray (known as the Saqqara Affair) between Egyptian site guards and a group of French tourists in which he sided with the Egyptian personnel.
Actors: Raphaël Biss (director), Steve Purbrick (actor), Ramu Nair (producer), Amy Leyshon (actress), Jon Griffin (actor), Daniel Cripps (writer), Vaia Ikonomou (producer), Gabriel Zepeta Saenz (actor), Gordon Styles (actor), Alex Wing (actor), Gabriel Aflalo (actress), Anne Purbrick (actress), Celia Ramirez (actress), Field Commander Short Shorts (composer), Michael Aflalo (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Anthony Reynolds (actor), George Kennedy (actor), Erin Connarn (miscellaneous crew), Alejandro Patino (actor), Dan Castellaneta (actor), Richard Kind (actor), Diana Terranova (actress), Jay Marks (actor), Adam Baldwin (actor), Gary DeGalla (miscellaneous crew), Raymond O'Connor (actor), Will Alovis (miscellaneous crew), Victor Webster (actor), Ari Halpern (miscellaneous crew), Shannon Garnett (actor),
Plot: In 1923 legendary film director 'Cecil B. DeMille' (qv) finished the epic film _Ten Commandments, The (1923)_. After filming was completed, he bulldozed the sets into the Guadalupe Sand Dunes of the central California coast. Hi reasons for doing so were very mysterious. This story gives an explanation as to why he did it. There was actually a legitimate Egyptian artifact amongst the props but they didn't know which one was trapping the spirit of an Egyptian avenging god. Mysterious murders and accidents while making the film brings things back to the surface today and it starts all over again.
Keywords: boy, cleavage, father-figure, girl-in-panties, monster, panties, ritual, scantily-clad-female, title-spoken-by-character, transformationActors: Giles Watling (actor), Sheena MacBryne (producer), Sheena MacBryne (writer), Richard Craske (director),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Leon Lissek (actor), George Lucas (producer), Laurence Rosenthal (composer), Mohamed Benhmamane (miscellaneous crew), Tony Robinson (actor), Edgar Burcksen (editor), George Lucas (writer), Oliver Ford Davies (actor), Pip Torrens (actor), Rick McCallum (producer), Kevin McNally (actor), Michael Schultz (director), Margaret Tyzack (actress), Ashley Walters (actor), Charlotte Holdich (costume designer),
Plot: When Professor Henry Jones Sr. is invited to give lectures all over the world in May 1908, he takes along his wife and son, and invites his former tutor Miss Helen Seymour to teach Henry Jr. during the trip. Their first stop is Cairo, Egypt. When Junior, who prefers to be called 'Indy' and Miss Seymour visit the pyramids, they are invited by T.E. Lawrence (another former student of hers) to join an archaeological dig. When the mummy disappears and a priceless headpiece is stolen, young Indy gets his first taste of adventure. On their next stop in Tangiers, the family stays with Professor Jones' former class mate Walter Harris. Indy befriends a young slave named Omar who belongs to Emily Keen. The two of them get into trouble when they Indy insists on visiting the market place to see a salted head displayed on a pole. Caught by slave traders, they are end up at an auction from which only Harris can attempt to rescue them.
Genres: Adventure, Family,Actors: Sam Cardon (composer), Omar Sharif (actor), Stephen L. Johnson (editor), John Pielmeier (writer), Tim Kelly (producer), Scott Swofford (producer), Zahi Hawass (miscellaneous crew), Julian Curry (actor), Edwin Escalante (miscellaneous crew), Paula Apsell (producer), Lisa Truitt (producer), Lisa Truitt (producer), Kate Maberly (actress), Bruce Neibaur (writer), Bruce Neibaur (director),
Plot: Egypt is and ever was a place of mystery. Many rumors spread around the great Pyramids of Gizeh (the only one of the seven wonders of the world left), their age ranges - in different theories - between 3,000 and even 12,000 years. Here, an old Egyptian is asked by his granddaughter about those mysteries of which we all heard in one way or the other. The action takes us to Howard Carter, who, after years and years of searching, finally found King Tutankhamen's (Tut-ench-Amun) grave in 1922. This was a major event in archaeology, as this grave was never robbed and therefore in the same condition as it was left (est.) 1339 B.C. We also get to see the Nile's wells and other historic landmarks that make Egypt an important part of world history.
Keywords: imax, independent-film, reenactmentActors: Ronny Coutteure (actor), Adrian Edmondson (actor), Rick McCallum (producer), George Lucas (producer), Sean Patrick Flanery (actor), George Lucas (writer), Tom Courtenay (actor), Pip Torrens (actor), Frederick Treves (actor), Margaret Tyzack (actress), Julia Overton (miscellaneous crew), Jane Bay (miscellaneous crew), Carl Schultz (director), Kathryn Farrar (miscellaneous crew), Anthony Chinn (actor),
Plot: Finds Indy vagabonding around the South Pacific on a treasure hunt for a fabled lost diamond. The war in Europe ends but a new adventure begins for Indy when a mysterious man's dying words, "The eye of the peacock!" send him and Remy on a thrilling treasure hunt for one of Alexander the Great's most prized possessions. Pursued by a dangeroud one-eyes man, Indy follows the trail of the diamond from London to Alexandria to the South Seas, where he has a run-in with a murderous band of Chinese pirates. The shipboard battle that ensues is a spectacular display of swords, guns and flying fists. Marooned by the priates on a remote desert island, Indy is captured by savage headhunters, but before they can turn him into a shrunken head and cannibal stew, he is rescued by anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski, and makes a life-altering decision.
Keywords: 1910s, action-hero, adventure-hero, adventurer, ambush, anthropologist, battle, battlefield, beating, behind-enemy-linesActors: Peter Graham Scott (producer), Harry Andrews (actor), Tom Baker (actor), Raymond Burr (actor), Gil Melle (composer), Eva Marie Saint (actress), Joan Bridge (costume designer), Patrick Dromgoole (producer), Paul Scofield (actor), Wendy Hiller (actress), Philip Leacock (director), Rupert Frazer (actor), Faith Brook (actress), Patricia Routledge (actress), Barbara Murray (actress),
Plot: When archaeologists open up the tomb of the Egyptian pharoah Tutenankamen, they see an inscription that places a curse on anyone who violates the tomb. Soon people who were involved with the excavation begin dying mysteriously.
Keywords: 1920s, ancient-curse, ancient-egypt, apostrophe-in-title, archeologist, aristocrat, based-on-book, burial-ground, character-name-in-title, expeditionActors: Forbes Murray (actor), Stuart Whitman (actor), Gregg Palmer (actor), Frank Gifford (actor), John Harmon (actor), Barney Phillips (actor), Boyd 'Red' Morgan (actor), Douglas Kennedy (actor), Paul Cavanagh (actor), Bill Baldwin (actor), Tony Curtis (actor), Paul Bradley (actor), Paul Bryar (actor), Aaron Rosenberg (producer), Mamie Van Doren (actress),
Plot: Nick Bonelli, quarterback for Mid-State, proves himself an All American in the championship, but his parents die in an auto accident coming to the game. Nick decides to transfer to Sheridan University to pursue his real interest of studying architecture. His decision not to join the football team causes considerable friction for him at his new alma mater, particularly with Howard Carter who sees him as a rival. Romantic interests complicate Nick's life and he must make decisions about his future.
Keywords: american-footballActors: Harry Allen (actor), Gladden James (actor), Cornelius Keefe (actor), Burr McIntosh (actor), Rolfe Sedan (actor), Reginald Sheffield (actor), Arthur Hoerl (writer), Burton L. King (director), De Leon Anthony (editor), Lila Lee (actress), De Leon Anthony (writer), Lon Young (miscellaneous crew), Alice Knowland (actress), Virginia Lee (actress),
Plot: The daughter of a wealthy industrialist wants to take over the company when her father retires, but the father--an old-fashioned sort who doesn't believe that "girls" belong in business--is planning on leaving the company to her wastrel playboy brother. In order to prove to her dad that she can handle the job, she disguises herself as an ordinary "working girl" and gets a job in her dad's plant. There she meets and falls in love with a clerk. She brings the young man home to meet her folks, but during the evening the family safe is robbed, and all signs point to her new boyfriend.
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance,