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Why do movie theaters serve popcorn?
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How talkies replaced silent films
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Brian Keith
American actor
Leslie Nielsen
Canadian-born actor
Joseph Stein
American librettist
Alan King
American comedian
Richard Matheson
American author and screenwriter
Bea Arthur
American entertainer
George Kennedy
American actor
Ethan Coen
American filmmaker
James Whitmore
American actor
Hema Malini
Indian actress
Peter Boyle
American actor
Vivian Blaine
American actress
Imogene Coca
American actress
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Belgian filmmaker
Ian Bannen
Scottish actor
Charles-Marie Vanel
French actor
Suzanne Pleshette
American actress
Luc Dardenne
Belgian filmmaker
Jesse Lasky
American producer
Mani Kaul
Indian filmmaker

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