Stanley Donen

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Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain

Singin' in the Rain

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Bag end on Bagshot row from the movies Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit in Hobbiton, New Zealand, Australia

You Ought to Be in Pictures: 8 Filming Locations You Can Actually Visit

Tom Cruise as Maverick in Top Gun(1986) directed by Tony Scott.

Can You Guess the Movie by the Scene?

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Panama Canal infographic

Timeline and Map of the Panama Canal

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The 10 Greatest Basketball Players of All Time

Entrants falling and tumbling over while chasing the cheese at the 2016 'Cheese Rolling' held at Cooper's Hill, in the Cotswolds, Brockworth England

7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Festivals

Facsimile of one of William Henry Ireland's forgeries, a primitive self-portrait of William Shakespeare(tinted engraving). Published for Samuel Ireland, Norfolk Street, Strand, December 1, 1795. (W.H. Ireland, forgery)

The Time a Law Clerk Successfully Forged a New Shakespeare Play to Impress His Dad

The Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863. (Civil War, Pennsylvania)

9 Worst Generals in History

The Prado Museum facade at the Diego Velaszquez memorial. Established in 1819, the museum is considered the best collection of Spanish art and one of the world's finest collections of European art. Madrid, Spain

20 Paintings You Have to Visit at the Museo del Prado in Madrid

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What's the Difference Between a Solstice and an Equinox?

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Born	April 13, 1924 • Columbia • South Carolina
Died	February 21, 2019 (aged 94) • New York City • New York
Notable Works	“Bedazzled” • “Charade” • “Damn Yankees” • “Funny Face” • “Indiscreet” • “Movie Movie” • “On the Town” • “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” • “Singin’ in the Rain” • “The Pajama Game” • “Two for the Road”

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Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain

Singin' in the Rain

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Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain

Gene Kelly

American actor, dancer, and director

scene from Footlight Parade

Busby Berkeley

American director

Bob Fosse

Bob Fosse

American choreographer and director

George Balanchine.

George Balanchine

Russian-American choreographer

Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand

American actress, singer, director, producer

Scene from the film Swing Time

Hermes Pan

American choreographer

Mbongeni Ngema

South African playwright, composer, choreographer, and director

Darren Aronofsky

American director

Jesse Lasky

American producer

Master of suspense

Alfred Hitchcock

English-born American director

Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg

American film director and producer

Orson Welles

Orson Welles

American actor, director, and writer

Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese

American director

Filming of The Bad and the Beautiful

Vincente Minnelli

American director

Huston, John; The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

John Huston

American director, writer, and actor

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Frank Capra

American film director

William Wyler

William Wyler

American director

filming of Rio Bravo

Howard Hawks

American director

Billy Wilder

Billy Wilder

American director and producer

Francis Ford Coppola directing The Godfather: Part II

Francis Ford Coppola

American director and screenwriter