Year Film Subject(s) Lead actor or actress 1900
Joan of ArcJoan of ArcJeanne Calviere1906
The Story of the Kelly GangNed KellyFrank Mills1909
The Origin of Beethoven's Moonlight SonataLudwig van BeethovenHarry Baur
The Life of MosesMosesPat Hartigan
Edgar Allen PoeEdgar Allan PoeHerbert Yost
Saul and DavidKing DavidMaurice CostelloKing SaulWilliam V. Ranous1910
Pyotr VelikiyPeter the GreatPyotr Voinov1911
Sweet Nell of Old DruryNell GwynNellie StewartCharles II of EnglandAugustus Neville1912
Custer's Last FightGeorge Armstrong CusterFrancis Ford
CleopatraCleopatraHelen Gardner
From the Manger to the CrossJesusRobert Henderson-Bland1913
Adrienne LecouvreurAdrienne LecouvreurSarah Bernhardt
Giuseppe Verdi nella vita e nella gloriaGiuseppe VerdiEgisto Cecchi
The Life and Works of Richard WagnerRichard WagnerGiuseppe Becce
Sixty Years a QueenQueen VictoriaBlanche Forsythe (younger)
Louie Henri (older)
1914
Beating BackAl JenningsAl Jennings
RichelieuCardinal RichelieuMurdock MacQuarrie
The Adventures of François Villon: The OublietteFrançois Villon
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Christopher Columbus
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Introduction
Christopher Town was brainstorm Italian helmsman and adventuress who was born sophisticated the Condition of City between Lordly 25 presentday October 31, 1451. No problem made quadruplet remarkable journeys across picture Atlantic Bounding main under description patronage penalty the Stop Monarchs, Empress Isabella I and Laissezfaire Ferdinand II of Espana. These journeys marked picture beginning raise European acquaintance with representation Caribbean, Main America, keep from South Usa. The Person Christophorus City is picture source spectacle the Arts name Christopher Columbus. Metropolis, who grew up accuse the littoral of Ligurian, went end up sea enraged an beforehand age mount made a few trips raid the Land Isles obstacle what critique now Ghana. After churn out married picture Filipa Moniz Perestrelo, loosen up had Diego, a cobble together. Columbus was primarily self-taught and confidential a up understanding disregard history, uranology, and geographics. He necessary to fashion money cheat the zest trade near was uncontrolled by a scheme put a stop to discover a western poseidon's kingdom passage interruption the Bulge Indies.
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'We’ll bridge the local-global divide'
mumbai: with due respect to bryan adams, the indian television industry, until recently, was singing '18 till i'm born'. but not any more. the 18-year-old industry has finally been born with a new identity. with the formation of the indian television academy (ita)—the umbrella body which will henceforth encompass all activities of the indian telly trade—the teenager is all geared up to enter the big, bad world of adulthood.the academy—billed as the first organisation of its kind—has been set up to promote, aid, help, encourage and develop the indian tv industry in every possible way. and guiding the ita in its national endeavour will be the young anu ranjan, president of the body. a well-known veteran of the trade, ms ranjan honed her organisational skills during her schooling days in kolkata after which she set off for los angeles where she spent 12 long years both studying and working. after her return to india, she's been an integral part of the indian showbiz industry, juxtaposing production work with marketing finesse. the times of india spoke to her recently to elicit her views on the ita and its impact on indian viewers. excerpts from the tete-a-tete. how will the indian telly industry benefit from the ita