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1893–1971, American movie actor, b. Burchard, Kans. Lloyd was famous for his comic portrayals of a wistful innocent with horn-rimmed glasses who blu...
1926–, American comedian, b. Newark, N.J. as Joseph Levitch. Known for his slapstick portrayals replete with facial mugging and sight gags, Lewis te...
(l ´z ) (KEY) , 1909–84, American film director, b. La Crosse, Wis. Among his Hollywood works, many of which dealt with social issues, are The Boy ...
(läng) (KEY) , 1890–1976, German-American film director, b. Vienna. His silent and early sound films, such as Metropolis (1926), are marked by bril...
(lw zhäN lümy r´) (KEY) , 1864–1948, and Auguste Lumière ( güst´) (KEY) , 1862–1954, French inventors, brothers. They invented the Cinémat...
American film comedy team. The duo consisted of Stan Laurel, 1890–1965, b. Ulverson, England, whose real name was Arthur Stanley Jefferson; and Oliv...