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La Cenerentola <br/>(Cinderella)

Music:Gioacchino RossiniLibretto:Jacopo FerrettiPremiere:Rome, January 25, 1817 Widely popular in the 19th century but neglected later, this comic retelling of the classic rags-to-riches…

The Slums of Beverly Hills

Director/Writer: Tamara Jenkins Fox Searchlight; R; 91 minutes Release: 8/98 Cast: Natasha Lyonne, Alan Arkin, Marisa Tomei, Kevin Corrigan, Carl Reiner, Rita Moreno, David…

Rush Hour

Director:Brett RatnerWriters:Jim Kouf and Ross LaMannaNew Line; PG-13; 94 minutesRelease:10/98Cast:Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker and Tom Wilkinson Chan's best outing relies as much on comic…

The Lox

We Are the StreetsRuff Ryders/Interscope Far surpassing the lofty quotient of pistol poppin', blunt smokin', robbery, murder, mayhem, and misogyny necessary to maintain their street…

Al Capp

Al Capp(Alfred Gerald Caplin)cartoonistBorn: 9/28/1909Birthplace: New Haven, Connecticut Capp's most famous creation was the comic strip, Li'l Abner (1934–77), which detailed the adventures…

Fred MacMurray

Fred MacMurrayactorBorn: 8/30/1908Birthplace: Kankakee, Illinois Originally a traveling-band saxophonist, MacMurray began work in the silent films of the late 1920s. His long list of film credits,…

Milton Berle Biography

Milton Berle(Milton Berlinger)actorBorn: 7/12/1908Birthplace: Harlem, New York Emmy Award-winning television, film and stage comic actor known as “Mr. Television.” He starred in television's The…

Peter Sellers Biography

Peter SellersactorBorn: 9/8/1925Birthplace: Southsea, England Inimitable, eccentric film actor who starred in the British comic radio series The Goon Show before making his mark as the…

H(erbert) G(eorge) Wells Biography

H(erbert) G(eorge) WellswriterBorn: 9/21/1866Birthplace: Bromley, Kent, England Pioneering writer whose novels The Time Machine (1985), The Invisible Man (1897) and War of the Worlds (1898)…

Fred MacMurray Biography

Fred MacMurrayactorBorn: 8/30/1908Birthplace: Kankakee, Illinois Originally a traveling-band saxophonist, MacMurray began work in the silent films of the late 1920s. His long list of film credits,…