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1920 In Animation
Events in 1920 in animation. Films released *4 January – ''Farmer Al Falfa Goes A-Hunting'' (United States) *16 January – '' The Great Cheese Robbery'' (United States) *25 January – ''A Frolic with Felix'' (United States) *30 January – Love's Labor Lost (United States) *8 February – ''The Debut of Thomas Cat'' (United States) *22 February – ''Felix the Big Game Hunter'' (United States) *3 March – '' The Best Mouse Loses'' (United States) *7 March – ''Wrecking a Romeo'' (United States) *14 March – ''The Bone of Contention'' (United States) *11 April – ''Felix the Food Controller'' (United States) *18 April – ''Felix the Pinch Hitter'' (United States) *16 May – ''Foxy Felix'' (United States) *4 June – ''Kats Is Kats'' (United States) *6 June – ''A Hungry Hoodoo'' (United States) *12 June – ''Cheating the Piper'' (United States) *13 June – ''The Great Cheese Robbery'' (United States) *3 July – ''The Chinese Honeymoon'' (United States) *18 July – ''F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Cheese Robbery
The Great Cheese Robbery is a silent short animated film made by Bray Productions featuring Krazy Kat. It marks the first Krazy film produced by Bray after the International Film Service (IFS) ended its run in making films in the series. Plot One evening, Krazy Kat pulls a newspaper from a trash barrel and reads of unsolved cheese robberies in town. Moments later he spots a masked Ignatz Mouse heading down the street and follows him. Outside a cheese store, Walter, an ostrich policeman, hears footsteps approaching and, frightened, sticks his head in the ground, allowing Ignatz to enter the store unseen, as does Krazy moments later. Inside, Ignatz devours an entire wheel of cheese and crams another into his bag. Upon hearing a banging on the door, Ignatz hides and Krazy enters, only to be mystified over the empty room. Having been attracted by the racket, Walter comes in, mistakes Krazy for the bandit and arrests him. The next morning Ignatz is highly amused over a newspaper repo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Animated Series
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knut Helle
Knut Helle (19 December 1930 – 27 June 2015) was a Norwegian historian. A professor at the University of Bergen from 1973 to 2000, he specialized in the late medieval history of Norway. He has contributed to several large works. Early life, education and marriage He was born in Larvik as the son of school inspector Hermann Olai Helle (1893–1973) and teacher Berta Marie Malm (1906–1991). He was the older brother of politician Ingvar Lars Helle. The family moved to Hetland when Knut Helle was seventeen years old. He took the examen artium in Stavanger in 1949, and a teacher's education in Kristiansand in 1952. He studied philology in Oslo and Bergen, and graduated with the cand.philol. degree in 1957. His paper ''Omkring Bǫglungasǫgur'', on the Bagler sagas, was printed in 1959. In December 1957 he married Karen Blauuw, who would later become a professor. Helle's marriage to Blauuw was dissolved in 1985. In October 1987 Helle married museum director and professor of mediev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norsk Biografisk Leksikon
is the largest Norwegian biographical encyclopedia. The first edition (NBL1) was issued between 1921 and 1983, including 19 volumes and 5,100 articles. It was published by Aschehoug with economic support from the state. bought the rights to NBL1 from Aschehoug in 1995, and after a pre-project in 1996–97 the work for a new edition began in 1998. The project had economic support from the Fritt Ord Foundation and the Ministry of Culture, and the second edition (NBL2) was launched in the years 1999–2005, including 10 volumes and around 5,700 articles. In 2006 the work for an electronic edition of NBL2 began, with support from the same institutions. In 2009 an Internet The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a '' network of networks'' that consists of private, pub ... edition, with free access, was released by together with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001
The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in Operation Enduring Freedom, multi-national coalition in an United States invasion of Afghanistan, invasion of Afghanistan after the Taliban government did not extradite Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. The invasion ended in December following a transfer of power to the Afghan Interim Administration led by Hamid Karzai. Internal conflicts, political or otherwise, caused shifts in leadership in multiple countries, which included the assassination of Laurent-Désiré Kabila in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Second EDSA Revolution in the Philippines, the Nepalese royal massacre, massacre of the royal family by the crown prince in Nepal, and December 2001 riots in Argentina, civil unrest in Argentina. Other notable political events w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flaklypa Grand Prix
''The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix'' ( no, Flåklypa Grand Prix) is a 1975 Norwegian stop-motion-animated feature film directed by Ivo Caprino. It is based on characters from a series of books by Norwegian cartoonist and author Kjell Aukrust. It is the most widely seen Norwegian film of all time, having sold some 5.5 million tickets since its release to a population which currently numbers just over 5 million. Plot In the village of Flåklypa, ( En. Pinchcliffe), the inventor Reodor Felgen ( En. Theodore Rimspoke) lives with his animal friends Ludvig ( En. Lambert) (a nervous, pessimistic and melancholic hedgehog) and Solan Gundersen ( En. Sonny Duckworth) (a cheerful and optimistic magpie). Reodor works as a bicycle repairman, though he spends most of his time inventing weird Rube Goldberg-like contraptions. One day, the trio discovers that one of Reodor's former assistants, Rudolf Blodstrupmoen ( En. Rudolph Gore-Slimey), has stolen his design for a race car engine and has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivo Caprino
Ivo Caprino (17 February 1920 – 8 February 2001) was a Norwegian film director and writer, best known for his puppet films. His most noted film, '' Flåklypa Grand Prix'' ("Pinchcliffe Grand Prix"), was made in 1975. Early life Caprino was born 17 February 1920 in Oslo, the son of Italian furniture designer Mario Caprino and the artist, Ingeborg "Ingse" Caprino nee Gude, who was a granddaughter of the painter Hans Gude. Ingse Gude was a watercolorist, illustrator, puppet maker, and author, born in Oybin, Saxony. The Caprinos divorced around 1927, and Ingse married the painter Bernhard Folkestad. After his death, she lived with the painter and art critic, Pola Gauguin. Early career In the mid-1940s, Caprino helped his mother design puppets for a puppet theatre, which inspired him to try making a film using his mother's designs. Ivo used the surplus puppets as inspiration for his first animated film, ''Tim and Tøffe'' (1948), the result of their collaboration. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009
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Once Upon A Time
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Procidis
Procidis is a French animation studio, founded by Albert Barillé, which among other things produced the educational series '' Once Upon a Time...'' (''Man'' 1978, ''Space'' 1982, ''Life'' 1987, ''The Americas'' 1992, ''The Discoverers'' 1994, '' The Explorers'' 1997, ''Music'' 2007, and ''Planet Earth'' 2008). Its programs are sold in more than 100 countries. The last series launched that was translated into English was "Les Zooriginaux" (''Wild Instinct''), which was released in 2001 in France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North .... The ''Music'' (Spanish) and ''Planet Earth'' (French) series have not yet been translated into English. References External links Official website French companies established in 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Barillé
Albert Barillé (14 February 1920 – 5 February 2009) was a French television producer, creator, screenwriter, cartoonist, and founder of Procidis. He is the creator of the puppet animated series ''Les Aventures de Colargol'', and the series '' Once Upon a Time...''. He was also an author of medical documentaries, theater pieces, and popularized philosophy. Filmography *''Les Aventures de Colargol'' (1970) *'' Once Upon a Time...'' *'' Once Upon a Time... Man'' (1978) *'' Once Upon a Time... Space'' (1982) *'' Once Upon a Time... Life'' (1987) *'' Once Upon a Time... The Americas'' (1992) *'' Once Upon a Time... The Discoverers'' (1994) *'' Once Upon a Time... The Explorers'' (1997) *'' Once Upon a Time... Planet Earth'' (2008) See also *''Wild Instinct ''Wild Instinct'' (''Les Zooriginaux'' in French) is a 2001 children's television series produced by Procidis about a group of animals living in a zoo. They lead a secret, civilized, sophisticated life when humans do not watc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People (magazine)
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