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Fine Arts Films, Inc. is a production studio based in Northern England. It was founded in 1955 by animator John David Wilson as a means to preserve the notion of animation as an art form.
Fine Arts Films sought to raise the bar on children's entertainment by creating educational and illuminating shorts, many of which aired all of the country in schools during class. These shorts also aired as part of NBC's show "Exploring" and went on to win the Peabody Award. Wilson additionally has seven Golden Eagle Awards for this work.
Wilson was offered by Australian television to set up shop in Melbourne. He later returned home to the United States to work on his only feature film, “Shinbone Alley”[1], based on the hit Broadway musical of the 1950’s. Shinbone incorporated the talents of some of the original cast, including Eddie Bracken as archie the cockroach and the likes of Carol Channing as mehitabel and John Carradine as Tyrone T. Tattersol]. The film was honored with the Grand Prize Golden Phoenix Award at the 1970 Atlanta Film Festival, besting 900 films, including live action features, for the top spot.
One of the studio's more notable achievements was for the 1960 Seattle World's Fair. The film, “Journey to the Stars”, used cutting-edge technology, and was seen by over seven million people. It was the first 70mm Fulldome presentation, a precursor to IMAX.
Other noteworthy credits include opening titles and many music videos for "The Sonny and Cher Show", the animated opening sequence for “Grease (film)”, an animated trailer for Billy Wilder’s “Irma La Douce”, and the ABC-TV half hour animated special, “Stanley, the Ugly Duckling.” He directed “The Seventh Brother” for Family Films, FOX Network-TV’s “Peter Pan and the Pirates”, Marvel’s “Fraggle Rock”, “Muppet Babies”, “Jem”, and “The Specialists” for MTV.
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History
The company's first production was "Tara, the Stonecutter", which won high praise and many awards including the New York Golden Eagle, the London Film Festival Award, and the Edinburgh Film Festival Award. The next production was the groundbreak animated music special "Petroushka" for NBC's "Sol Hurok Music Hour." It was noted for being the first animated show ever aired on television and for being what could be called the first music video. Stravinsky himself conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic.Fine Arts Films sought to raise the bar on children's entertainment by creating educational and illuminating shorts, many of which aired all of the country in schools during class. These shorts also aired as part of NBC's show "Exploring" and went on to win the Peabody Award. Wilson additionally has seven Golden Eagle Awards for this work.
Wilson was offered by Australian television to set up shop in Melbourne. He later returned home to the United States to work on his only feature film, “Shinbone Alley”[1], based on the hit Broadway musical of the 1950’s. Shinbone incorporated the talents of some of the original cast, including Eddie Bracken as archie the cockroach and the likes of Carol Channing as mehitabel and John Carradine as Tyrone T. Tattersol]. The film was honored with the Grand Prize Golden Phoenix Award at the 1970 Atlanta Film Festival, besting 900 films, including live action features, for the top spot.
One of the studio's more notable achievements was for the 1960 Seattle World's Fair. The film, “Journey to the Stars”, used cutting-edge technology, and was seen by over seven million people. It was the first 70mm Fulldome presentation, a precursor to IMAX.
Other noteworthy credits include opening titles and many music videos for "The Sonny and Cher Show", the animated opening sequence for “Grease (film)”, an animated trailer for Billy Wilder’s “Irma La Douce”, and the ABC-TV half hour animated special, “Stanley, the Ugly Duckling.” He directed “The Seventh Brother” for Family Films, FOX Network-TV’s “Peter Pan and the Pirates”, Marvel’s “Fraggle Rock”, “Muppet Babies”, “Jem”, and “The Specialists” for MTV.
Film Highlights
- ''Journey to the Stars" (film) (shown at The 1962 "Seattle World's Fair") (1952)
- ''Shinbone Alley" (film) (1970)
- ''Grease" (film) (1977)
Television Highlights
- Petrushka_%28ballet%29 (segment on Sol Hurok Music Hour) (1956)
- The Sonny and Cher Show (TV series) (1970-73)
- Carol Burnett Show (TV series) (1972-76)
- COS w/Bill Cosby (TV series) (1974)
- Stanley, the Ugly Duckling (TV show) (1982)
- The Specialists / MTV (TV show) (1992)
- Madeline (TV show) (1994)
Film
- ''Shinbone Alley" (Golden Phoenix)"
- ''Tara, the Stonecutter" (New York Golden Eagle, London Film Festival Award, Edinburgh Film Festival Award)"
Television
- ''Madeline" (ACE Award)"
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Motto
Dieu et mon droit (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem
No official anthem specific to England — the anthem of the United Kingdom is "God Save the Queen".
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Dieu et mon droit (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem
No official anthem specific to England — the anthem of the United Kingdom is "God Save the Queen".
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An animator is an artist who creates multiple images called frames that form an illusion of movement called animation when rapidly displayed. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, video games, and the internet.
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John David Wilson (born August 8, 1919 in Wimbledon, England) is an English artist, animator and producer. He owns his own production studio, Fine Arts Films.
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Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. It is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in a number of ways.
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The Times BFI London Film Festival is the UK's largest public film event, screening 300 films from 60 countries. The festival, the LFF, currently in its 51st year, is held every year by the British Film Institute and currently sponsored by The Times newspaper.
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The Edinburgh International Film Festival or EIFF is part of the Edinburgh Festival, which takes place every August. Established in 1947, it is the longest continually running film festival in the world.
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- For the ballet by Stravinsky, see Petrushka (ballet)
Petrushka (Russian: Петрушка) is a stock character of Russian folk puppetry (rayok
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National Broadcasting Company
Type Broadcast television network
Country United States
Availability United States, also distributed in Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and the Caribbean
Founder David Sarnoff
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Type Broadcast television network
Country United States
Availability United States, also distributed in Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and the Caribbean
Founder David Sarnoff
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Sol Hurok (Solomon Isiaevich Hurok) (April 9, 1888, Ukraine — March 5, 1974, New York City) was a world famous 20th century American impresario.[1] Hurok moved to the United States in 1906 and became a naturalized citizen in 1914.
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The Los Angeles Philharmonic (LAP) is an American orchestra based in Los Angeles, California, United States.
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National Broadcasting Company
Type Broadcast television network
Country United States
Availability United States, also distributed in Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and the Caribbean
Founder David Sarnoff
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Type Broadcast television network
Country United States
Availability United States, also distributed in Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and the Caribbean
Founder David Sarnoff
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Peabody Award
Awarded for Excellence in radio and television broadcasting
Presented by Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia
Country United States
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Awarded for Excellence in radio and television broadcasting
Presented by Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia
Country United States
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Melbourne
Victoria
Location of Melbourne in Australia
Population:
• Density: 3,744,373 (2006 estimate) (2nd)
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Victoria
Location of Melbourne in Australia
Population:
• Density: 3,744,373 (2006 estimate) (2nd)
479.
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Shinbone Alley
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Music George Kleinsinger
Lyrics Joe Darion
Book Joe Darion
Mel Brooks
Based upon Don Marquis's New York Tribune columns
archy and mehitabel
Productions 1957 Broadway
1960 U.S.
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Music George Kleinsinger
Lyrics Joe Darion
Book Joe Darion
Mel Brooks
Based upon Don Marquis's New York Tribune columns
archy and mehitabel
Productions 1957 Broadway
1960 U.S.
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Broadway theatre[1] is the most well known form of professional theatre to the American general public and most lucrative for the performers, technicians and others involved in putting on the shows.
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Musical may refer to:
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- Music, as a noun
- Musical theatre, a live theatrical show on stage where the drama progresses by means of music, song and (often) dance
- Musical film, the film analog of the musical theatre
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Edward Vincent "Eddie" Bracken (February 7 1915 - November 14 2002) was an American actor.
Born in Astoria, New York, he performed in vaudeville at the age of nine, and gained fame on Broadway in the musical Too Many Girls
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Born in Astoria, New York, he performed in vaudeville at the age of nine, and gained fame on Broadway in the musical Too Many Girls
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Carol Channing
Carol Channing in 2000
Birth name Carol Elaine Channing
Born January 31 1921
Seattle, Washington United States
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Carol Channing in 2000
Birth name Carol Elaine Channing
Born January 31 1921
Seattle, Washington United States
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John Carradine
Carradine in The Hurricane (1937)
Birth name Richmond Reed Carradine
Born January 5 1906
New York, New York, United States
Died
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Carradine in The Hurricane (1937)
Birth name Richmond Reed Carradine
Born January 5 1906
New York, New York, United States
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Century 21 Exposition (also known as the Seattle World's Fair) was a World's Fair held in Seattle, Washington in 1962.[1] The fair was open April 21, 1962 to October 21, 1962.
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70 mm film (or 65 mm film) is a wide high-resolution film gauge, of superior quality to standard 35 mm motion picture film format. As used in camera, the film is 65 mm wide; for projection 2.
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Fulldome is used to refer to immersive dome-based video projection environments. The dome, horizontal or tilted, is filled with real-time (interactive) or pre-rendered (linear) computer animations, live capture images, or composited environments.
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IMAX (short for Image Maximum) is a film format created by Canada's IMAX Corporation that has the capacity to display images of far greater size and resolution than conventional film display systems. A standard IMAX screen is 22m wide and 16.1m high (72.6ft x 52.
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The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour was a variety show that ran on CBS in the United States from August 1971 until May 1974.
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Grease is a film directed by Randal Kleiser and based on Jim Jacobs' and Warren Casey's musical, Grease.
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Grease is a film directed by Randal Kleiser and based on Jim Jacobs' and Warren Casey's musical, Grease.
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Billy Wilder
Birth name Samuel Wilder
Born May 22 1906
Sucha, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Sucha Beskidzka, Poland)
Died March 27 2002 (aged 97)
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Birth name Samuel Wilder
Born May 22 1906
Sucha, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Sucha Beskidzka, Poland)
Died March 27 2002 (aged 97)
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Irma La Douce is a 1963 comedy starring Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine.
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Irma La Douce is a 1963 comedy starring Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine.
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ABC are the first three letters in the Latin alphabet. ABC may also refer to the phrase "as easy as ABC", that is something that is fundamentally simple and easy.
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