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A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. (Full article...)
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One Chance is a 2013 British biographical film about opera singer and Britain's Got Talent winner Paul Potts, directed by David Frankel and written by Justin Zackham. It was screened in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. (Portal:Film/Featured content)
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Ernest Borgnine is an American actor of television and the big screen. His career has spanned nearly six decades. He was an unconventional lead in many films of the 1950s, including his Academy Award-winning turn in the 1955 film Marty.
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Season | Episodes | Originally released | ||
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First released | Last released | |||
1 | 19 | May 5, 1934 | December 27, 1936 | |
2 | 24 | January 13, 1937 | December 1, 1939 | |
3 | 23 | January 19, 1940 | November 13, 1942 | |
4 | 21 | January 1, 1943 | November 15, 1945 | |
5 | 25 | January 10, 1946 | December 9, 1948 | |
6 | 24 | February 3, 1949 | December 6, 1951 | |
7 | 22 | January 3, 1952 | November 4, 1954 | |
8 | 32 | January 6, 1955 | June 4, 1959 |
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