Film & Theater 1-24
22 entries in the Film & Theater compendium.
Film & Theater 1-24 — Era Chart
Leni RiefenstahlFilm director who defied Goebbels to record Owens' Olympic triumphs.Leonard BernsteinFirst American-born conductor to achieve international acclaim.Lillian GishSilent film star and pioneer of screen acting techniques.Little RichardDocumentary following the life and career of musician Little Richard.Lope de VegaSpanish playwright, poet, and novelist of the Golden Age.Louis de FunèsFrench comic actor known for high-energy performances and expressive face.Luchino ViscontiItalian filmmaker who directed the 1954 historical melodrama *Senso*, his first color filmLuis BuñuelSpanish-Mexican filmmaker known for surrealist and satirical cinema.Lumière brothersFrench inventors of the Cinématographe and early filmmakers.MadhubalaIndian actress, leading star of Hindi cinema's Golden Age.Marcello MastroianniItalian actor, stars in Ettore Scola's 1985 comedy-drama *Macaroni*.Marlene DietrichGerman-American actress who played Christine Vole in *Witness for the Prosecution* (1957).Martin ScorseseAmerican filmmaker and major figure of the New Hollywood era.Marx BrothersAmerican comedy troupe from vaudeville to film.Monty Python1975 British comedy film parodying King Arthur's quest for the Holy Grail.Orson WellesCo-founder of the Mercury Theatre and director of the 1937 stage adaptation of Julius CaesPedro Calderón de la BarcaSpanish Golden Age dramatist and poet, author of La Vida es Sueño.Peter O'TooleEnglish and Irish actor; film stardom in 1962 as T. E. Lawrence; eight competitive Oscar nPlácido DomingoSpanish tenor, conductor, and administrator of wide renown.Raj KapoorIndian actor and filmmaker, known as The Greatest Showman of Indian Cinema.RajinikanthIndian actor with a career spanning over five decades.Richard PryorAmerican stand-up comedian and actor, regarded as one of the greatest and most influential
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