motion pictures
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Yet her fame derives not from directing, but rather from acting in more than 200 motion pictures from the mid-1920s until shortly before her death, at age 67, in 1977.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
Award for outstanding producer of televised or streamed motion pictures “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy” “The Gorge” “John Candy: I Like Me” “Mountainhead” “Nonnas”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026
In the 100 years since, the glamorous building style - evocative of neon-lit jazz bars and the golden age of big motion pictures - rapidly spread around the world.
From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025
Inductees were selected across five categories: motion pictures, television, live theater and live performance, recording and sports entertainment.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2025
The twentieth century held some surprises for us all: the flicker of the motion pictures, the yammer of the radio, the mounting rumble of foreign wars, the jangle of change.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
