query: Steve Buscemi appeared in a 1996 American black comedy.

pos: Steve Buscemi Steven Vincent Buscemi ( -LSB- buːˈsɛmi -RSB- born December 13 , 1957 ) is an American actor and film director . Buscemi has starred and supported in successful Hollywood and indie films , including Parting Glances , New York Stories , Mystery Train , Reservoir Dogs , Desperado , Con Air , Armageddon , The Grey Zone , Ghost World , Big Fish , and The Sopranos . He is also known for his appearances in many films by the Coen brothers : Miller 's Crossing , Barton Fink , The Hudsucker Proxy , Fargo , and The Big Lebowski . Buscemi provides the voice of Randall Boggs in the Monsters , Inc. franchise .   From 2010 to 2014 , he portrayed Enoch `` Nucky '' Thompson in the critically acclaimed series Boardwalk Empire , which earned him two Screen Actors Guild Awards , a Golden Globe , and two nominations for an Emmy Award . He made his directorial debut in 1996 , with Trees Lounge , in which he also starred . Other works include Animal Factory ( 2000 ) , Lonesome Jim ( 2005 ) and Interview ( 2007 ) . He has also directed numerous episodes of TV shows , including Homicide : Life on the Street , The Sopranos , Oz , 30 Rock , and Nurse Jackie . He currently hosts the Emmy Award-winning AOL On comedy talk-show Park Bench .

pos: Trees Lounge Trees Lounge is a 1996 feature film and the debut of Steve Buscemi as writer and director . It was produced by Brad Wyman and Chris Hanley and features a large ensemble cast of actors , including Buscemi , Anthony LaPaglia , Chloë Sevigny , and Samuel L. Jackson . The film 's black humor , based on examination of characters ' self-destructive behavior , has been cited as an influence by The Sopranos creator David Chase , who later hired Buscemi to direct `` Pine Barrens '' and three other episodes of the show , and to star as Tony Soprano 's cousin Tony Blundetto during the show 's fifth season .   It was filmed in Glendale , Queens ; Brooklyn ; and Valley Stream , New York .

neg: Kiss Daddy Goodnight Kiss Daddy Goodnight is a 1987 American neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Peter Ily Huemer . It stars Uma Thurman in her film debut , and Steve Buscemi in a small role .

neg: Layin' Low Layin ' Low is a 1996 film directed by Danny Leiner and stars Jeremy Piven , Louise Lasser and Edie Falco .

neg: True Identity True Identity is a 1991 American comedy film directed by Charles Lane and starring Lenny Henry , Frank Langella and Anne-Marie Johnson . The plot revolves around a black man ( British actor Henry ) , who disguises himself as a white man to escape the mob .

neg: Groundhog Day (film) Groundhog Day is a 1993 American fantasy-comedy film directed by Harold Ramis , starring Bill Murray , Andie MacDowell , and Chris Elliott . It was written by Ramis and Danny Rubin , based on a story by Rubin . Murray plays Phil Connors , an arrogant Pittsburgh TV weatherman who , during an assignment covering the annual Groundhog Day event in Punxsutawney , Pennsylvania , finds himself caught in a time loop , repeating the same day again and again . After indulging in hedonism and committing suicide numerous times , he begins to re-examine his life and priorities .   On its release , Groundhog Day was a modest success and garnered generally positive reviews . It gained stronger appreciation among critics and film historians over time , and is now often listed among the best comedy films ever . It further entered into the public consciousness , where the term `` Groundhog Day '' can represent a situation that seems to repeat over and over in government and military arenas , as well as influencing other entertainment . In 2006 , the film was added to the United States National Film Registry as being deemed `` culturally , historically , or aesthetically significant '' . A stage musical version of the film premiered in 2016 .

neg: Getting In Getting In , also known as Student Body , is a 1994 American comedy film directed by Doug Liman starring Andrew McCarthy and Stephen Mailer .

neg: Summer of Fear (1996 film) Summer of Fear is a 1996 American made-for-television psychological thriller film starring Gregory Harrison , Glynnis O'Connor , Lee Garlington and Corin Nemec which premiered on CBS on April 3 , 1996 . It was written by John Gay and based on the novel Simon Says by Gloria Murphy .

neg: Soul Man (film) Soul Man is a 1986 American comedy film about a white man who temporarily darkens his skin , in order to pretend to be black and qualify for a black-only scholarship at Harvard Law School . The movie was directed by Steve Miner and stars C. Thomas Howell , Rae Dawn Chong , Arye Gross , James Earl Jones , Leslie Nielsen , James B. Sikking , and Julia Louis-Dreyfus .   The title refers to the Sam and Dave song `` Soul Man '' . The original soundtrack includes a version performed by Sam Moore and Lou Reed .

neg: Getting Away with Murder (film) Getting Away with Murder is a 1996 American comedy film written and directed by Harvey Miller . The film stars Dan Aykroyd , Jack Lemmon , Lily Tomlin and Bonnie Hunt .   This was the final project for veteran writer and director Harvey Miller . It received poor reviews and was panned by critics .

neg: List of Canadian films of 1996 This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 1996 :

neg: Spy Hard Spy Hard is a 1996 American spy comedy film parody starring Leslie Nielsen and Nicollette Sheridan , parodying James Bond films and other action films . The introduction to the movie is sung by comedy artist `` Weird Al '' Yankovic . It is the first film to be written by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer . The film 's title is a pun of Die Hard . The film is directed by Rick Friedberg and produced by Doug Draizin and Jeffery Knovitz .   The film was released by Buena Vista Pictures on May 24 , 1996 , receiving generally negative reviews from critics . While many praised Nielsen 's acting and its humor , most found the script , story and its direction lame . The film eventually grossed $ 26 million against a production budget of $ 18 million , making it a relative success .

neg: Striptease (film) Striptease is a 1996 American erotic comedy film directed , produced , and written by Andrew Bergman , and stars Demi Moore , Burt Reynolds and Ving Rhames . The film is based on Carl Hiaasen 's novel of the same name , and is about a stripper who becomes involved in both a child-custody dispute and corrupt politics .   Striptease was generally reviled by critics . It wound up winning several Golden Raspberry Awards , which are given to the worst in cinema . Among these awards given to Striptease was the Award for Worst Picture of 1996 .

neg: Public Enemies (1996 film) Public Enemies is a 1996 film directed by Mark L. Lester . The movie , which centers on the 1930s figure Ma Barker and her criminal sons , was filmed in Guthrie , Oklahoma .

neg: Williamsburg (film) Williamsburg is a 2006 American independent film written , directed , and edited by Brad Saville , as a black and white feature length narrative comedy/drama that provides a satirical look at the lives of seven failing artists in Williamsburg , Brooklyn .

neg: Taxi (1996 film) Taxi is a 1996 Spanish film directed by Carlos Saura , starring Ingrid Rubio and focusing on the emergence of far-right and racist groups in Spain during the 1990s .

neg: Bits and Pieces (1996 film) Bits and Pieces , originally Il cielo è sempre più blu , is a 1996 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Antonello Grimaldi . The title of the film is a reference to a song by Rino Gaetano . The film depicts several short stories set in a single day in Rome .

neg: Rough Magic Rough Magic is a 1995 comedy film directed by Clare Peploe , starring Bridget Fonda and Russell Crowe . It was based on a novel by James Hadley Chase called Miss Shumway Waves a Wand , with the screenplay written by Robert Mundi , William Brookfield , and Clare Peploe .

neg: True Crime (1996 film) True Crime is a 1996 film that was directed and written by Pat Verducci . It starred Alicia Silverstone and Kevin Dillon .

neg: Akintunde Warnock Akintunde Warnock ( born October 23 , 1971 ) , better known as Akintunde or Ak , is a comedian , writer , director and actor from the United States .   Warnock first realised that he wanted to be a comedian whilst he was a pupil at Raymont Junior Academy in Savannah , Georgia . He was a fat child who was bullied and he enjoyed the laughter of his classmates when he mocked his tormentors .   After working as a barber he began a full-time career as a stand-up comedian in 1995 . He travelled the United States performing all over the country , on BET 's Comicview , and in the Turner South series That Comedy Show . He wrote material for the television show It 's Showtime at the Apollo , and comedians Monique and Chris Tucker ,   He became a Christian in 1999 and adapted Atlanta Bishop Eddie Long 's book I Do n't Want Delilah , I Need You into a movie screenplay .   He made a documentary on black comedians called No Joke , which he co-produced with comedian J. Anthony Brown from the Tom Joyner Morning Show . The documentary features life on the road with black comedians such as Steve Harvey , Renaldo Ray and Paul Mooney .   Warnock and his wife , Eunissa , have five children : Akintunde II ( born 1994 ) ; Jaleel ( 1996 ) ; Deja ( 1997 ) ; Khalia ( August 2000 ) ; Elijah Prince ( November 2002 ) . They live in Irmo , South Carolina .

neg: Spree (film) Spree is a 1996 film written and directed by Rustin Thompson . It tells the story of a young woman who falls in love with a drug dealer and the perils that come with it .

neg: Street Trash Street Trash is a 1987 American body horror-black comedy film directed by J. Michael Muro ( credited as Jim Muro ) . It won the Silver Raven at the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film . The film has acquired a status as a cult classic independent horror-comedy and is one of a number of films known as `` melt movies '' .


query: Raggedy Ann was made by Johnny Gruelle.

pos: Raggedy Ann Raggedy Ann is a character created by American writer Johnny Gruelle ( 1880 -- 1938 ) in a series of books he wrote and illustrated for young children . Raggedy Ann is a rag doll with red yarn for hair and has a triangle nose . Johnny Gruelle received US Patent D47789 for his Raggedy Ann doll on September 7 , 1915 . The character was created in 1915 as a doll , and was introduced to the public in the 1918 book Raggedy Ann Stories . When a doll was marketed with the book , the concept had great success . A sequel , Raggedy Andy Stories ( 1920 ) , introduced the character of her brother , Raggedy Andy .

neg: The Cowboy and the Lady (1938 film) The Cowboy and the Lady is a 1938 American western romantic comedy film directed by H.C. Potter , and starring Gary Cooper and Merle Oberon . Written by S.N. Behrman and Sonya Levien , based on a story by Frank R. Adams and veteran film director Leo McCarey , the film is about a beautiful socialite masquerading as a maid who becomes involved with an unpretentious , plain-spoken cowboy who is unaware of her true identity . The Cowboy and the Lady won an Academy Award for Sound Recording ( Thomas Moulton ) , and was nominated for Original Score ( Alfred Newman ) and Original Song ( `` The Cowboy and the Lady '' by Lionel Newman and Arthur Quenzer ) .

neg: Reg Grundy Reginald Roy `` Reg '' Grundy ( 4 August 1923 -- 6 May 2016 ) was an Australian entrepreneur and media mogul , one of the pioneers and most successful of his generation . He was also the creator of many TV hits starting with game shows such as Wheel of Fortune and Blankety Blanks and later soap operas Neighbours , Prisoner , Sons and Daughters , and The Young Doctors .

neg: Johnny Anders John Earl Anders , Jr. , known as Johnny Anders ( born July 14 , 1950 ) , is an automobile body shop owner who engages in the unusual hobby of metal artwork and also serves as the mayor of Stamford in northern Jones County in West Texas . Stamford is north of Abilene and straddles the boundary with Haskell County to the north . Anders was also a member of the Stamford City Council from 1997 until his election as mayor in the spring of 2005 .   Anders was elected in 2005 , when the incumbent , Oscar Armstrong , did not seek another term . On May 12 , 2007 , Anders was reelected to a second two-year term , having defeated opponent Gwen Baker , 336-127 . Texas municipal elections are nonpartisan , and Anders considers himself an Independent . However , in 2006 , he endorsed the Republican Jim Landtroop of Plainview in Hale County , who fell short in a highly publicized bid to succeed the retiring Democrat Pete Laney , a former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives . Landtroop rebounded to win the seat handily in the November 2 , 2010 , general election .   As mayor , Anders in 2006 embraced the `` Reclaiming Stamford '' project , which seeks to rid the community of dilapidated homes , vacant businesses , and overgrown lots . Anders cleaned up his own property , Anders Paint and Body Shop , and then participated in the removal of litter and debris throughout the city . Reclaiming Stamford is the idea of former city councilman Gary Decker and his wife , Connie . The program gets citizens involved in working together to clean up the city . It has been adopted in Breckenridge in Stephens County , Seymour in Baylor County , and Anson , the seat of Jones County .   Mayor Anders successfully pushed for the appointment of the Stamford police chief , instead of the past practice of election . The appointed chief has issued in a year more than $ 60,000 worth of fines , instead of the fewer than $ 1,500 by the past elected chief . Anders said that Stamford had too much drug abuse and other infractions , and the appointed chief has been essential to bringing the crime rate under control .   Anders ' paternal grandfather came to Stamford in a covered wagon in 1928 and went into the automobile business in 1932 . Anders took over the family business on the death of his father , John Anders , Sr. ( 1932 -- 1994 ) . Anders is a native and lifelong Stamford resident who lives no more than a hundred yards from his birthplace . His mother is the former Bonnie Franklin ( born ca. 1934 ) of Odessa , the seat of Ector County in West Texas . Anders dropped out of Stamford High School without graduating with his Class of 1968 but later procured a GED diploma and has taken some college courses in law enforcement . In 1998 , Anders married the former Cindy Albus ( born 1957 ) . He has a son from a previous marriage , John William Anders ( born 1970 ) of Breckenridge , and two stepdaughters , Tammy Lindley of Abilene and Kathryn McKeever . Anders and family are members of St Johns Methodist Church in Stamford .   Anders received statewide recognition in 2007 when he was the focus of a segment of Bob Phillips ' syndicated television series , Texas Country Reporter . Anders , as an avocation , makes model dinosaurs and other unusual items from scrap metal and leftover car parts available at his body shop . His dinosaur exhibit was based on the idea that some large automobiles in the 1960s and 1970s were called `` dinosaurs '' because of their size and use of large amounts of fuel . One of his dinosaur exhibits is in Harmon Park in Stamford ; the other , 22 feet tall , which took two years to construct , is located at Anders ' body shop .

neg: Gentleman Joe Gentleman Joe , The Hansom Cabbie is a farcical musical comedy with music by Walter Slaughter and a libretto by Basil Hood .   The original production of the musical opened at the Prince of Wales 's Theatre on 2 March 1895 and ran for a very successful 391 performances despite a poor notice in The Saturday Review by Bernard Shaw that dismissed the score : `` The music , by Mr. Walter Slaughter , does not contain a single novel , or even passably fresh point , either in melody , harmony or orchestration . '' The show was written as a vehicle for the comedian Arthur Roberts . A short burlesque entitled A Trilby Triflet was introduced as part of Gentleman Joe a week after Looking for Trilby opened at the Haymarket Theatre . The Times newspaper praised Roberts for his imitation of Herbert Beerbohm Tree . The cast of Gentleman Joe also included Kitty Loftus as Emma and W. H. Denny as Pilkington Jones . A second company also presented the show in the British provinces beginning in 1895 .   There was soon a Newark , New Jersey production in late 1895 at Miner 's Theatre and then the production transferred to the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York City in January 1896 . An American production of Gentleman Joe also played at the Bijou Theatre in early 1896 featuring James T. Powers , Clara Wieland , and Flora Irwin . Songs interpolated include `` He Wanted Something to Play With '' ( sung by Powers ) and `` Honey does you love yer man ? '' sung by Flora Irwin in blackface . A few notices of the show indicate that new songs were interpolated with frequency .   Gentleman Joe was Hood 's first full-scale musical comedy , and its success prompted him to leave the military to concentrate on his writing . Hood and Slaughter went on to write several more comedies together , including The French Maid in 1896 and another successful vehicle for Roberts , Dandy Dan , the Lifeguardsman in 1897 . Hood wrote several successful shows with other librettists , and his English versions of Viennese operettas , such as The Merry Widow , were very popular until World War I.

neg: Philip Morris Playhouse Philip Morris Playhouse is a 30-minute old-time radio dramatic anthology series .   The program '' -LSB- g -RSB- enerally ... featured straight and crime drama , '' radio historian John Dunning wrote . He noted that one of the directors was William Spier , who `` had directed Suspense in its salad days and brought to The Philip Morris Playhouse the same slick production '' that was used in Suspense .   Philip Morris Playhouse was broadcast on CBS June 30 , 1939 -- February 18 , 1944 , then returned to the air ( again on CBS ) November 5 , 1948 -- July 29 , 1949 . The 1948 edition replaced a giveaway show , Everybody Wins . Its third and final incarnation on radio was a bit more complicated , as explained on The Digital Deli Too website : The emerging popularity of between three and five other popular playhouse formats of the early 1950s persuaded Philip Morris to resurrect its Philip Morris Playhouse a third time as Phillip Morris Playhouse On Broadway , beginning with its initial CBS run on March 15 , 1951 . Emphasizing Broadway productions , the subsequent series ran over CBS for twenty-six installments , only to jump to NBC on September 11 , 1951 . The series ran on NBC for the remainder of 1951 , jumping back to CBS on January 13 , 1952 . CBS aired the remainder of the canon through September 2 , 1953 .   In 1951 , a trade publication reported that the program 's annual budget was $ 1 million .

neg: Edna Gallmon Cooke Madame Edna Gallmon Cooke ( 1918 - September 4 , 1967 ) was a renowned gospel singer and recording artist from 1949 until her death in 1967 . Personal information about Ms. Cooke is scarce and most of her biographical details have been gleaned from the liner notes of her various albums . Ms. Gallmon Cooke is best known for her recordings of `` Stop Gambler '' and `` Heavy Load '' .   Born in Columbia , South Carolina in 1918 , the daughter of a Baptist preacher , Reverend Eddie J. Gallmon also a former pastor at Bethlehem Baptist Church ( College place ) . Edna Gallmon Cooke was more formally educated and musically trained than most of her gospel peers . As a young adult , she lived and studied in Washington D.C. and Philadelphia , attending Temple University and briefly teaching elementary school . She had contemplated a career in semi-classics and show tunes when she underwent a musical conversion of sorts after hearing gospel singer , Willie Mae Ford Smith in the late 1930s . `` I was shocked . The woman sang with such finesse ... I knew I had to be a gospel singer . '' Shortly after , Ms. Gallmon Cooke joined the Holiness Church and became preeminently consecrated -- with the Holiness Church bestowing the honorific ` Madame ' to her name to announce her devotion .   During the 1940s , Madame Gallmon Cooke toured the Southeast , billed as the `` Sweetheart of the Potomac '' . She performed hymns and gospel songs in the manner of Willie Mae Ford Smith , but her mezzo-soprano could not duplicate Smith 's contralto blasts . Elaborating on that style , Gallmon Cooke returned to familiar sources , popularizing the sermonettes and spirituals her father Eddie Gallmon had performed in the 1920s . Madame Gallmon Cooke became a `` transcendent moaner and a mistress of what note-bending musicologists call melisma and church folks call curlicues , runs and flowers and frills . '' Ms. Cooke began recording in the late 1940s for the Nashboro Recording Label in Nashville , TN usually accompanied by her father 's choir , The Young People 's Choir of the Springfield Baptist Church of Washington , DC . Her later recordings included male vocal groups .   Madame Gallmon Cooke 's commanding switch in styles occurred after her marriage to Barney Parks , Jr. , a former member of The Dixie Hummingbirds and a founder of The Sensational Nightingales . They had met in 1951 when Marie Knight , Rosetta Tharpe 's old partner , organized a tour featuring herself , Cooke , and The Nightingales . Under Park 's management and direction , Madame Edna Gallmon Cooke became a household name in gospel . It is suspected that the name Cooke was from her first marriage which ended because of the death of her husband .   The liner notes to `` Mother Smith and Her Children '' describes Madame Cooke as `` an exquisite stylist , with a sensuous appeal akin to Billie Holiday . She is referred to as rap music 's gospel progenitor ; a penchant for rhymed , spoken chants produced her most famous recordings . ''   Ms. Cooke died in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania on September 4 , 1967 . She was 49 years old .

neg: Johnny Long (musician) Johnny Long ( September 12 , 1914 ( disputed ) -- October 31 , 1972 ) was an American violinist and bandleader , known as `` The Man Who 's Long on Music '' . He was raised on a farm in Newell , North Carolina , currently a subdivision of Charlotte . He started practicing with the violin at the age of six , but injured two fingers on his left hand when he was bitten by a pig . He then learned to use his right hand to play the violin , and continued to do so until his death .

neg: Johnny Mathis discography Johnny Mathis has recorded 71 studio albums , 11 of which achieved sales of 500,000 units and were awarded Gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America . Five of his greatest hits albums also accomplished this , and of these 16 Gold albums , six eventually went Platinum by reaching sales of one million copies . In 1999 , sales figures totaled five million for his first holiday LP , Merry Christmas , and three million for Johnny 's Greatest Hits , a 1958 collection that has been described as the `` original greatest-hits package '' and once held the record for most weeks on Billboard magazine 's album chart with a total of 490 ( three of which were spent at number one ) . His second longest album chart run was the 295 weeks belonging to his Platinum 1959 album Heavenly , which gave him five weeks in the top spot . In a ranking of the top album artists of the last half of the 1950s in terms of Billboard chart performance , he comes in at number two , for the 1960s , number 10 , and for the period from 1955 to 2009 he is at number six .   The recurring appearance of Mathis holiday releases on the various album charts in Billboard began with 1958 's Merry Christmas , which peaked at number three during the four weeks it spent that holiday season on the magazine 's biggest album chart ( now known as the Billboard 200 ) and returned to place at various positions within the top 40 slots there for the next four years . When the magazine first had a separate chart for Christmas albums from 1963 to 1973 , Merry Christmas ranked somewhere in the top 10 on it for another seven years , and on the Top Pop Catalog chart that was created for older titles , it had eight return appearances during the 1990s . His Sounds of Christmas LP spent two weeks at number two on the Christmas Albums chart upon its 1963 release and re-charted for the next five years , and 1969 's Give Me Your Love for Christmas reached number one there during its first of several annual chart showings before achieving Platinum certification . Other notable holiday projects include Home for Christmas , a 1990 home video special that went platinum , and Sending You a Little Christmas , a 2013 release that earned him a Grammy nomination in the category of Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album .   Mathis also recorded 43 songs that reached Billboard magazine 's Hot 100 chart in the United States and another nine that `` bubbled under '' the Hot 100 . Six of these 52 recordings made the top 10 , including 1957 's `` Chances Are '' and the 1978 Deniece Williams duet , `` Too Much , Too Little , Too Late '' , which each spent a week at number one , and 32 of them are also on the list of 50 entries that Mathis had on the magazine 's Easy Listening chart , which was started in 1961 . 19 of those 50 songs made the top 10 on that list , and two of them ( `` I 'm Coming Home '' and `` Too Much , Too Little , Too Late '' ) went on to number one . The Williams duet also spent four weeks at number one on the magazine 's R&B chart and was certified Gold after selling one million copies .   In the UK Mathis spent three weeks at number one on the singles chart in 1976 with `` When a Child Is Born '' and had two compilations reached the top spot on the albums chart : 1977 's The Mathis Collection and 1980 's Tears and Laughter . `` Too Much , Too Little , Too Late '' and `` When a Child Is Born '' both achieved Silver certification for singles by the British Phonographic Industry for sales of 250,000 units in the UK , and the latter eventually reached the 500,000 mark to earn Gold certification . 16 of his LPs met the 60,000 album sales mark in the UK to be certified Silver , with eight of those going on to sell 100,000 copies for Gold certification and one of those eight ( The Johnny Mathis Collection , 1976 ) making it to the 300,000 total necessary for the Platinum award .

neg: Imaginary Johnny Imaginary Johnny is an American indie-rock band , formed in 2003 in Seattle , Washington , by singer-songwriter Stuart Wolferman and later based in Brooklyn , New York .   After releasing the extended-play album Upside of the Downside in 2003 , Wolferman moved to Brooklyn from Seattle , Washington , and began collaborating with new members , including Adam Sylvia on guitar and Marc Alan Goodman on bass , among a rotating group of performance and studio musicians .   The band has released five albums , including Dig ( 2011 ) , with PopMatters saying `` at its best the band has a light , discreet , dreamy , and vaguely ` psychedelic ' charm . ''

neg: Ann Yearsley Ann Yearsley , née Cromartie ( 1753 -- 1806 ) , was an English poet and writer .   Born in Bristol to John and Anne Cromartie ( described as a milkwoman ) , Ann married John Yearsley , a yeoman , in 1774 . A decade later the family were rescued from destitution by the charity of Hannah More and others . More organized subscriptions for Yearsley to publish Poems , on Several Occasions ( 1785 ) . The success of the volume led to a quarrel between More and Yearsley over access to the trust in which profits from the undertaking were held . Yearsley included her account of this quarrel in an ` Autobiographical narrative ' appended to a fourth , 1786 , edition of the poems .   Now supported by Frederick Hervey , 4th Earl of Bristol , Yearsley published Poems , on Various Subjects in 1787 . A Poem on the Inhumanity of the Slave-Trade appeared in 1788 . Her poem was considered by many critics to rival a similar poem written by her ex-patron Hannah More entitled , `` Slavery : A Poem '' .   She turned to drama with Earl Goodwin : an Historical Play ( performed in 1789 ; printed in 1791 ) and to novel-writing with The Royal Captives : a Fragment of Secret History , Copied from an Old Manuscript ( 1795 ) . Her final collection of poetry , The Rural Lyre , appeared in 1796 . She was one of many prominent Bristol women who campaigned against the Bristol slave trade .   Yearsley 's husband died in 1803 ; she died in 1806 at Melksham near Trowbridge , Wiltshire .

neg: Earl Scruggs Earl Eugene Scruggs ( January 6 , 1924 -- March 28 , 2012 ) was an American musician noted for popularizing a three-finger banjo picking style , now called `` Scruggs style '' , that is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music . His three-finger style of playing was radically different from the ways the five-string banjo had been historically played . He popularized the instrument in several genres of music and elevated the banjo from its role as a background rhythm instrument , or a comedian 's prop , into featured solo status .   Scruggs ' career began at age 21 when he was hired to play in a group called `` Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys '' . The name `` bluegrass '' stuck and eventually became the eponym for this entire genre of county music . Despite considerable success with Monroe , performing on the Grand Ole Opry and recording classic hits like `` Blue Moon of Kentucky '' , Scruggs gave notice in 1946 that he was quitting the band because of the exhausting touring schedule . Band member Lester Flatt resigned as well , and Flatt and Scruggs later paired up in a new group they called `` Flatt and Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys '' . Scruggs ' banjo instrumental called `` Foggy Mountain Breakdown '' , released in 1949 , became an enduring hit , and had a rebirth of popularity to a younger generation when it was featured in the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde . The song won two Grammy Awards and in 2005 was selected for the Library of Congress ' National Recording Registry of works of unusual merit .   Flatt and Scruggs brought bluegrass music into mainstream popularity in the early 1960s with their country hit , `` The Ballad of Jed Clampett '' . This song was the theme music for the successful network television sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies and was the first bluegrass recording to reach number one on the Billboard charts . Over their 20-year association , Flatt and Scruggs recorded over 50 albums and 75 single records . The duo broke up in 1969 , chiefly because Scruggs wanted to progress the music to a more modern sound and Flatt was a traditionalist who did not want to change the style because he thought it would alienate a fan base of bluegrass purists . Each of them formed a new band that matched his own vision , but neither of them ever regained the success they achieved as a team .   Scruggs received four Grammy awards , a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and a National Medal of Arts . He became a member of the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and was given a star on the Hollywood walk of fame . In 1985 , Flatt and Scruggs were inducted together into the Country Music Hall of Fame and named number 24 as a duo on CMT 's 40 Greatest Men of Country Music . Scruggs was awarded a National Heritage Fellowship by the National Endowment for the Arts ; the highest honor in the folk and traditional arts in the US . Four works by Scruggs have been placed in the Grammy Hall of Fame . After Scruggs ' death in 2012 at age 88 , the Earl Scruggs Center was founded near his birthplace in Shelby , North Carolina , with the aid of a federal grant and corporate donors . The center is a $ 5.5 million facility which features the musical contributions of Scruggs and serves as an educational center providing classes and field trips for students .

neg: The Enchanted Square The Enchanted Square was a Noveltoon cartoon , produced by Famous Studios and released on May 9 , 1947 . It marks the third appearance of Raggedy Ann in a cartoon . The cartoon was directed by Seymour Kneitel , written by Orestes Calpini and Shane Miller , animated by Calpini and Al Eugster , with scenics by Miller , and music composed by Winston Sharples .

neg: Rob Gilbert Robby Gilbert ( sometimes credited as Rob Gilbert ) is an American animator , illustrator , and cartoonist best known for work in educational and interactive media . His work often explores the relationships and interconnectivity of many artistic disciplines . Gilbert has taught animation , illustration , and game design at several colleges is currently a professor of animation at Lyndon State College in Lyndonville , Vermont .   Gilbert grew up in New York City where he took an early interest in drawing , acting , music , and film . Animation appealed to him as a discipline that involved a synthesis of creative interests and he earned BFA in Media Arts and Animation from the School of Visual Arts . He has worked extensively as an animator for commercial studios , television programming and film . In 1993 he began working with pioneering interactive media companies such as Broderbund Software and Paramount Interactive , where he directed projects that earned several awards including a National Parenting Publications award . In addition , he has illustrated several children 's books . From 1999 to 2009 , he illustrated the monthly comic strip `` The Adventures of Ranger Rick '' for the National Wildlife Federation 's award-winning Ranger Rick Magazine , combining interests in storytelling , drawing , and environmental themes .   Gilbert began teaching animation and game design in Seattle , Washington where he eventually earned a M.Ed in Education and a MFA in Visual Art from the Vermont College of Fine Arts in Montpelier , Vermont .   Children 's books he has illustrated include :   It 's Raining , It 's Pouring , written by Kin Eagle , 1994 . Whispering Coyote Press  Out of the Night , by Lola Schaefer , 1995 . Whispering Coyote Press  Hey Diddle , Diddle , by Kin Eagle , 1996 . Charlesbridge Publishing  Rub A Dub , Dub , by Kin Eagle , 1997 . Charlesbridge Publishing  Humpty Dumpty , by Kin Eagle , 1999 . Charlesbridge Publishing .

neg: Willard Robison Willard Robison ( September 18 , 1894 -- June 24 , 1968 ) was an American vocalist , pianist , and composer of popular songs , born in Shelbina , Missouri . His songs reflect a rural , melancholy theme steeped in Americana and their warm style has drawn comparison to Hoagy Carmichael . Many of his compositions , notably `` A Cottage for Sale '' , `` Round My Old Deserted Farm '' , `` Do n't Smoke in Bed '' , '' ` Taint So , Honey , ` Taint So '' and `` Old Folks '' , have become standards and have been recorded countless times by jazz and pop artists including Peggy Lee , Nina Simone , Nat King Cole , Billy Eckstine , Bing Crosby and Mildred Bailey . `` A Cottage for Sale '' alone has been recorded over 100 times .   In the early 1920s , Robison led and toured with several territory bands in the Southwest . He met Jack Teagarden in this period , whom he befriended . In the late 1920s , Robison organized the Deep River Orchestra , later hosting a radio show entitled The Deep River Hour in the early 1930s .   During the 1920s , Robison recorded extensively for Perfect Records , with scores of vocal recordings accompanying himself on piano ( displaying his rather eccentric stride piano style ) , as well as `` Deep River Orchestra '' recordings using standard stock arrangements ( including many popular and obscure songs ) One recording was his fox trot arrangement of George Gershwin 's Rhapsody In Blue on both sides of Perfect 14825 and Pathe 36644 .   In 1926-1927 , Robison recorded a series of 8 jazz songs under name of American Suite :  `` After Hours '' ( American Suite No. 1 ) ( Perfect 14728/Pathe 36547 ) 10/1/26  `` Piano Tuner 's Dream '' ( American Suite No. 2 ) ( Perfect 14743/Pathe 36562 ) 10/22/26  `` Darby Hicks '' ( American Suite No. 3 ) ( Perfect 14744/Pathe 36563 ) 10/22/26  `` The Music Of A Mountain Stream '' ( American Suite No. 4 ) ( Perfect 14755/Pathe 36574 ) 11/22/26  `` Tampico '' ( American Suite No. 5 ) ( Perfect 14755/Pathe 36574 ) 11/22/26  `` Mobile Mud '' ( American Suite No. 6 ) ( Perfect 14756/Pathe 36575 ) 10/22/26  `` Deep River '' ( American Suite No. 7 ) ( Perfect 14774/Pathe 36593 ) 11/22/26  `` Harlem Blues '' ( American Suite No. 8 ) ( Perfect 14821/Pathe 36640 ) 4/20/27   He recorded for Perfect Records and Pathé Records from 1926 to 1928 . Between 1928 and 1930 , he recorded for Columbia , Harmony ( and associated Diva and Velvet Tone labels ) and Victor . He also recorded a session in 1937 for Master Records .   Jack Teagarden recorded a critically praised album of Robison 's songs in 1962 entitled Think Well of Me . Robison died in Peekskill , New York in 1968 , aged 73 .

neg: Fanny Farmer Fanny Farmer was an American candy manufacturer and retailer .   Fanny Farmer was started in Rochester , New York by Frank O'Connor in 1919 and grew to over 400 stores before being bought and consolidated . O'Connor had previously started the Laura Secord Candy Shops in Toronto , Canada in 1913 . The company was named in honor of culinary expert Fannie Farmer , who had died four years earlier ; she had nothing to do with the candy stores , and her recipes were not being used . `` The spelling of the first name was altered to avoid confusion . '' However , as a marketing device , it suggested reflected glory : high standards of quality .   Fanny Farmer stores shared a look that was similar to that of Fanny May .   John D. Hayes was president of the company for many years , from its earliest years through the 1950s . He was a shrewd businessman , and guided the company through some difficult times . During the Depression , candy sales were dropping until he slashed retail prices , and kept the company in business . During World War II , he self-imposed rationing on company stores in the US , to ensure adequate supplies of candy for the armed forces overseas . He was named 1955 `` Candy Man of the Year '' by the candy industry . He was also blind .   In 1962 , a proxy fight allowed a group of stock market investors from New York City & New England , without experience in the candy industry , to gain control of the Fanny Farmer company . They pushed for continuous expansion of the company , spending heavily to open more retail stores , despite facing increasing retail competition . This expansion by new management financially stressed the company .   In 1992 the Archibald Candy Company acquired the brand `` Fanny Farmer '' and its 200 retail stores in the northeastern United States ) as a sister brand to its own Fannie May candies ( sold primarily in the Midwest and mid-Atlantic United States ) . Alpine Confections purchased both brands in 2004 after Archibald filed for bankruptcy , and merged Fanny Farmer into Fannie May . An errant path of merger and acquisitions , whereby the company became the largest chain of candy retailers in the country but without adequate financing and a viable corporate strategy , was blamed for the bankruptcy .   In its current iteration at 1-800-Flowers , the successor corporation sells Fanny May and Fanny Farmer products .

neg: Patsy Cline discography The discography of Patsy Cline , an American country pop artist , consists of three studio albums , one compilation album , six extended plays , twenty four singles , and seven B-sides . For material released after the artist 's death in 1963 , see Patsy Cline posthumous discography .   After performing in a band in 1954 , Cline was signed by Bill McCall to Four Star Records , based in Pasadena , California . She made her first recording session for the label in June 1955 , releasing her debut single , `` A Church , a Courtroom , and Goodbye '' in July . Cline issued seventeen singles to the country music recording charts between 1955 and 1960 ; however , only one of them was a major hit . After releasing the singles `` Hidin ' Out '' , `` I Love You Honey '' , and `` I 've Loved and Lost Again '' , her first single issued in 1957 , entitled `` Walkin ' After Midnight '' , peaked at # 2 on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Songs list and # 12 on the Top Pop Songs chart . The song 's success spawned Cline 's self-titled debut album , released in August 1957 . Cline 's additional singles between 1958 and 1960 ranged in variations between country , Gospel , and Rockabilly . These songs included such releases as , `` Three Cigarettes ( In an Ashtray ) , '' `` Come On In ( And Make Yourself at Home ) , '' `` Dear God , '' and `` Crazy Dreams . ''   In late 1960 , Cline signed with Four Star 's distributor , Decca . Working with producer Owen Bradley , Cline 's musical style changed from Honky Tonk to the Pop-influenced Nashville Sound . Her first Decca release was 1961 's `` I Fall to Pieces , '' which was recorded during her first session for the label . The single became her first number one single on the Billboard Country Chart , while also reaching # 12 on the Pop chart , and # 6 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks list . Her second self-titled extended play was issued in August and contained the hit ; however , due to a major car accident , Cline could not promote the song . Its follow-up , `` Crazy '' , was released in October and became another crossover hit , reaching # 2 on the Billboard Country and Adult Contemporary chart , and # 9 on the Pop chart . Cline 's second studio album was then issued in November 1961 , entitled Patsy Cline Showcase and containing both hits . In its re-release in 1963 , the album peaked at # 73 on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart .   Cline 's third Decca single , `` She 's Got You '' was released in January 1962 , and became her fourth major hit , reaching number one on Billboard '' 's Country Chart , # 14 on the Billboard Pop Chart , and # 3 on its Adult Contemporary chart . Because an album was not yet released , the extended play also titled , She 's Got You was released in April . She had two other major country hits that year : `` When I Get Thru ' With You '' ( # 10 ) and `` So Wrong '' ( # 14 ) . Her third and final official studio album named , Sentimentally Yours was released in August and contained `` She 's Got You '' , as well as , `` Heartaches '' , which reached # 31 in the United Kingdom . Many of the singles ' B-sides charted on the Country and Pop chart that year , including `` She 's Got You '' 's flip side , `` Strange '' and `` When I Get Thru ' With You '' 's flip , `` Imagine That '' . Cline released her final single during her lifetime in January 1963 entitled , `` Leavin ' on Your Mind . '' The song became a Top 10 hit on the Billboard '' Country Chart , while also reaching # 83 on the Pop chart . Patsy Cline died March 5 , 1963 in a plane crash in Camden , Tennessee .

neg: Johnny Hero Johnny Hero was a clothed , 13 inch tall figure produced by Rosko Industries for Sears as a boy 's doll ( the term action figure had only begun being used with G.I. Joe ) . Johnny Hero was basically a sports figure that could be fitted with various team uniforms ( sold separately ) . The toy was introduced for the 1965 holiday season . At some point Johnny Hero was repackaged as Olympic Hero .   Johnny Hero could be found packaged in a similar long box as GI Joe with minimal graphics and text describing the figure . Johnny 's outfit included a red long-sleeve jogging suit ( the top had `` Johnny Hero '' and the number `` 16 '' ( sixteen ) printed on the front ) ; gold shorts , white socks and white tennis shoes . The body was made of heavy foam , with a plastic head and hands . His right hand projected a metal rod or prong to help hold sports balls and equipment . Several sports team uniforms were made available , including the Washington Redskins and other NFL or AFL teams . Uniforms included plastic helmets and were sewn/printed in team colors .

neg: Little Isabella Little Isabella is a rustic water wheel , situated in Groudle Glen on the Isle of Man , that was originally built in 1893 with the arrival of the Manx Electric Railway to the glen . It has been dubbed the `` Little Isabella '' owing to its alleged resemblance to the Laxey Wheel in nearby Laxey which was opened in 1854 by Lady Isabella , the wife of the then Lieutenant Governor of the island . In its time the wheel has been used for various purposes , including pumping water to the Groudle Hotel ( designed by Hugh Ballie-Scott ) and providing power for the fairy lights that ran through the glen from the entrance to Lhen Coan , terminus of the Groudle Glen Railway . Latterly its function has become entirely aesthetic .   The wheel house was rebuilt in 1954 when the glen was enjoying something of a renaissance as a tourist attraction , and rumours abounded at this time that the wheel house was haunted . The wheel was featured , in a disguised form , in a 1986 episode of the BBC series Lovejoy , in a story that led to buried treasure being discovered in one of the paddles . In 1994 the wheel was refurbished by Laxey Towing Co. Ltd. and re-opened to the fanfare music of Onchan Silver Band . Since this time it has operated sporadically in conjunction with train services on the nearby railway , but , following storms in October 2002 , it was damaged and has subsequently been a purely static exhibit .   Category : Water wheels in the Isle of Man

neg: Good Golly, Miss Molly `` Good Golly , Miss Molly '' is a hit rock 'n' roll song first recorded in 1956 by the American musician Little Richard and released in January 1958 as Specialty single 624 and next in July 1958 on Little Richard .  The song , a 12-bar blues , was written by John Marascalco and producer Robert `` Bumps '' Blackwell . Although it was first recorded by Little Richard , Blackwell produced another version by The Valiants , who imitated the fast first version recorded by Little Richard , not released at this time . Although the Valiants ' version was released first ( in 1957 ) , Little Richard had the hit , reaching # 4 . Like all his early hits , it quickly became a rock 'n' roll standard and has subsequently been covered by hundreds of artists . The song is ranked # 94 on the Rolling Stone magazine 's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time .

neg: The Raggedy Man The Raggedy Man is a poem written by James Whitcomb Riley and first published in 1888 . The poem was the inspiration for the Raggedy Ann doll , and two films of the same name . The poem is one of Riley 's most famous works . It is based on a German tramp employed by his father during his youth .


query: The Nintendo Switch is not made by a company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.

pos: Nintendo Switch The Nintendo Switch is the seventh major home video game console developed by Nintendo . Known in development by its codename NX , it was unveiled in October 2016 and was released worldwide on March 3 , 2017 . Nintendo considers the Switch a `` hybrid '' console ; it is designed primarily as a home console , with the main unit inserted onto a docking station to connect to a television . Alternatively , it can be removed from the dock and used similarly to a tablet computer through its LCD touchscreen , or placed in a standalone tabletop mode visible to several players . The Switch uses Joy-Con wireless controllers , which include standard buttons and a directional joystick for user input , motion sensing , and high-definition tactile feedback . The Joy-Con can attach to both sides of the console to support handheld-style play , connect to a Grip accessory to provide a traditional home console gamepad form , or be used individually in the hand like the Wii Remote and supporting local multiplayer modes . The Switch 's software supports online gaming through standard Internet connectivity , as well as local wireless ad hoc connectivity with other Switch consoles . Switch games and software are available on both physical flash ROM cartridges and digital distribution , and does not use region locking .   The concept of the Switch came about as Nintendo 's reaction to several quarters of financial losses into 2014 , attributed to poor sales of its previous console , the Wii U , and market competition from mobile gaming . Then-Nintendo president Satoru Iwata pushed the company towards mobile gaming and novel hardware . The Switch 's design is aimed at a wider demographic of video game players through the multiple modes of use , while retaining Nintendo 's hardware uniqueness and innovation . Nintendo opted to use more standard electronic components , such as a chipset based on Nvidia 's Tegra line , to make development for the console easier for programmers and more compatible with existing game engines . As the Wii U had struggled to gain external support leaving it with a weak software library , Nintendo preemptively sought the support of many third-party developers and publishers to help build out the Switch 's game library alongside Nintendo 's own first-party titles , including many independent video game studios . Prior to launch , Nintendo had announced that over 100 titles were in development by 70 developers .   The console shipped over 2.74 million units in the first month of its launch , exceeding Nintendo 's initial projection of 2 million units , and making it the fastest-selling home console in its history . Switch sales were highly tied to the critically acclaimed The Legend of Zelda : Breath of the Wild , released alongside the console 's launch worldwide .

pos: Nintendo Nintendo Co. , Ltd. is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics and video game company headquartered in Kyoto , Japan . Nintendo is one of the world 's largest video game companies by market capitalization . Founded on 23 September 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi , it originally produced handmade hanafuda playing cards . By 1963 , the company had tried several small niche businesses , such as cab services and love hotels . The word Nintendo can be roughly translated from Japanese to English as `` leave luck to heaven '' .   Abandoning previous ventures in favor of toys in the 1960s , Nintendo then developed into a video game company in the 1970s , ultimately becoming one of the most influential in the industry and Japan 's third most-valuable company with a market value of over $ 85 billion . From 1992 until 2016 , Nintendo was also the majority shareholder of Major League Baseball 's Seattle Mariners .   , Nintendo has cumulative sales of over 670.43 million hardware units and 4.23 billion software units . The company has created and released some of the best-known and top-selling video game franchises , such as Mario , The Legend of Zelda , and Pokémon .

neg: Pokémon notice is a media franchise managed by The Pokémon Company , a Japanese consortium between Nintendo , Game Freak , and Creatures . The franchise copyright is shared by all three companies , but Nintendo is the sole owner of the trademark . The franchise was created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1995 , and is centered on fictional creatures called `` Pokémon '' , which humans , known as Pokémon Trainers , catch and train to battle each other for sport .   The franchise began as a pair of video games for the original Game Boy that were developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo . It now spans video games , trading card games , animated television shows and movies , comic books , and toys . Pokémon is the second best-selling video game franchise , behind only Nintendo 's Mario franchise and the highest-grossing media franchise of all time . The franchise is also represented in other Nintendo media , such as the Super Smash Bros. series .   Cumulative sales of the video games ( including home console games , such as Hey You , Pikachu ! for the Nintendo 64 ) have reached more than 290 million copies . In November 2005 , 4Kids Entertainment , which had managed the non-game related licensing of Pokémon , announced that it had agreed not to renew the Pokémon representation agreement . The Pokémon Company International ( formerly Pokémon USA Inc. ) , a subsidiary of Japan 's Pokémon Co. , oversees all Pokémon licensing outside of Asia . As of May 2016 , the Pokémon franchise has grossed revenues of ¥ 6.0 trillion worldwide ( equivalent to US$ 50.4 billion ) .   The franchise celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2006 . 2016 marks the 20th anniversary of the release of the original games , with the company celebrating by airing an ad during Super Bowl 50 , issuing re-releases of Pokémon Red , Blue , and Yellow , and completely redesigning the way the newest games are played . The mobile augmented reality game Pokémon Go was released in July 2016 . The first seventh-generation games Pokémon Sun and Moon were released worldwide on November 18 , 2016 . A live-action film adaptation based on Great Detective Pikachu is planned to start production in 2017 . The English slogan for the franchise is `` Got ta Catch 'Em All '' .

neg: MercurySteam MercurySteam Entertainment , S.L. is a game developer based in San Sebastián de los Reyes , Spain . The company makes titles for the major platforms , including PC , Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 . The company was founded by former members of Rebel Act Studios , who previously developed Severance : Blade of Darkness in 2001 . Dave Cox is a producer at Konami who has helped out MercurySteam during the Castlevania : Lords of Shadow trilogy . In 2015 , Nintendo Life reported that MercurySteam had worked on a Metroid prototype for Wii U and 3DS , that was later turned down and possibly retrofitted into a different project .

neg: Hamster Corporation is a Japanese video game publisher , with office located in Setagaya , Tokyo , Japan . The game division of Toshiba-EMI Limited spun off HAMSTER Corporation in November 1999 .   In PlayStation Store of Japan , 120 or more titles is distributed to Arcade Archives , and very many titles are sold . HAMSTER Corporation acquired the rights of Nihon Bussan 's video games in March 2014 and the rights of UPL 's video games in May 2016 .

neg: Sansei Technologies Sansei Technologies , Inc. ( formerly Sansei Yusoki Co. , Ltd. ) is a manufacturing firm based in Osaka , Japan . The company specialises in the manufacturing of amusement rides , stage equipment , and elevators .

neg: Game Boy Micro ( stylized as Game Boy micro ) is a handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo . It was first released in September 2005 as a compact redesign of the Game Boy Advance . The system is the last console in the Game Boy line . Unlike its predecessor , the Game Boy Micro lacks backward compatibility for Game Boy or Game Boy Color games .

neg: Custom Robo Arena Custom Robo Arena , known in Japan as , is a science fiction action role playing game for the Nintendo DS . It is the fifth title in the Custom Robo series . The name was announced on May 9 , 2006 at the E3 convention , and released in Japan on October 19 , 2006 , then later in the United States on March 19 , 2007 . Later , on May 25 , 2007 , it became the first ( and only , so far ) Custom Robo title released in Europe , and on September 20 , 2007 , it also became the first ( and only , so far ) title of the series released in Australia .   In the game , the player participates in Custom Robo tournaments and tries to earn money to buy parts to use to improve their robo . The game is the first in the series that features two-player mode with the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection including voice chat , Multi-Card play , and DS Download Play . Custom Robo Arena also uses a `` Rivals '' list .

neg: Sharp Corporation is a Japanese multinational corporation that designs and manufactures electronic products , headquartered in Sakai-ku , Sakai . Since 2016 it has been an integral part of Taiwan-based Foxconn Group . Sharp employs more than 50,000 people worldwide . The company was founded in September 1912 in Tokyo and takes its name from one of its founder 's first inventions , the Ever-Sharp mechanical pencil , which was invented by Tokuji Hayakawa in 1915 .   As of 2013 , Sharp Corporation is the tenth-largest , by market share , television manufacturer in the world . In Japan it has been a long-time leader . Sharp has at times also been the most popular mobile phone brand in the Japanese market , but is currently third biggest .

neg: Giftpia is a video game that was developed by skip Ltd. for the GameCube . It was released in Japan on April 25 , 2003 . Despite that its last showing at Electronic Entertainment Expo ( E3 ) was in English , Nintendo cancelled the North American localization of GiFTPiA . In English , the game would most likely be better understood as called `` Giftopia '' to represent the two words , gift and utopia .

neg: Neo Geo Pocket Color The Neo Geo Pocket Color ( also stylized as NEOGEOPOCKET COLOR , often abbreviated NGPC ) , is a 16-bit color handheld video game console manufactured by SNK . It is a successor to SNK 's monochrome Neo Geo Pocket handheld which debuted in 1998 in Japan , with the Color being fully backward compatible . The Neo Geo Pocket Color was released on March 16 , 1999 in Japan , August 6 , 1999 in North America , and on October 1 , 1999 in Europe , entering markets all dominated by Nintendo .   After a good sales start in both the U.S. and Japan with 14 launch titles ( a record at the time ) subsequent low retail support in the U.S. , lack of communication with third-party developers by SNK 's American management , the craze about Nintendo 's Pokémon franchise , anticipation of the 32-bit Game Boy Advance , as well as strong competition from Bandai 's WonderSwan in Japan , led to a sales decline in both regions .   Meanwhile , SNK had been in financial trouble for at least a year ; the company soon collapsed , and was purchased by American pachinko manufacturer Aruze in January 2000 . However , Aruze did n't support SNK 's video game business enough , leading to SNK 's original founder and several other employees to leave and form a new company , BrezzaSoft . Eventually on June 13 , 2000 , Aruze decided to quit the North American and European markets , marking the end of SNK 's worldwide operations and the discontinuation of Neo Geo hardware and software there . The Neo Geo Pocket Color ( and other SNK/Neo Geo products ) did however , last until 2001 in Japan . It was SNK 's last video game console , as the company went bankrupt on October 22 , 2001 .   Despite its failure the Neo Geo Pocket Color has been regarded as an influential system . Many highly acclaimed games were released for the system , such as SNK vs. Capcom : The Match of the Millennium , King of Fighters R-2 , and other quality arcade titles derived from SNK 's MVS and AES . It also featured an arcade-style microswitched ` clicky stick ' joystick , which was praised for its accuracy and being well-suited for fighting games . The system 's display and 40-hour battery life were also well received .

neg: Satellaview The is a satellite modem peripheral for Nintendo 's Super Famicom system that was released in Japan in 1995 . Available for pre-release orders beginning February 13 , 1995 , the Satellaview retailed for between ¥ 14,000 and 18,000 ( at the time between USD$ 141 and 182 ) and came bundled with the BS-X Game Pak and an 8M Memory Pak .   The Satellaview system was developed and released by Nintendo to receive signals broadcast from satellite TV station WOWOW 's satellite radio subsidiary , St.GIGA . St.GIGA was responsible for file server management , maintenance , and vocalization for `` SoundLink '' games . Nintendo data broadcasts were given a fixed time slot known as the during which scrambled Satellaview-related data was streamed via radio waves to be unscrambled by St.GIGA 's . As a subscription-based station for ambient and New Age music , St.GIGA listeners were already equipped with `` BS tuners '' prior to St.GIGA 's contract with Nintendo . Satellaview owners who lacked a `` BS tuner '' had to purchase one separately from St.GIGA at a price of ¥ 33,000 , as well as sign up for Nintendo 's and St.GIGA 's monthly joint membership fees . Alternatively , users could rent `` BS tuners '' from St.GIGA for a 6-month period at a price of ¥ 5,400 . Even at this premium price , St.GIGA reported subscriptions peaking at 116,378 households by March 1997 , and dropping to around 46,000 by June 2001 .

neg: Japan Game Awards Japan Game Awards ( 日本ゲーム大賞 , nihon gemu taisho ) is the Japanese Ministry of Economy , Trade and Industry 's awards ceremony for the Japanese video game industry created in 1996 as CESA Awards ( Computer Entertainment Supplier 's Association ) .   In 2006 , the METI launched a five-year plan called `` Game Industry Strategy '' to promote Japan 's domestic industry against increasing foreign developers competition , especially from North America and Europe , as well as South Korea in terms of online gaming .

neg: Barefoot Networks Barefoot Networks is a computer networking company headquartered in Palo Alto , California . The company designs and produces programmable network switch silicon , systems and software .

neg: Silicon Studio Silicon Studio is a Japanese computer graphics technology company and video game developer based in Tokyo . As a technology company , Silicon Studio has produced several products in the 3D computer graphics field , including middleware software , such as a post-processing visual effects library called YEBIS , as well as general real-time graphics engines and game development engines , such as OROCHI and Mizuchi , a physically based rendering engine . As a video game developer , Silicon Studio has worked on different titles for several gaming platforms , most notably , the action-adventure game 3D Dot Game Heroes on the PlayStation 3 , the role-playing video game Bravely Default on the Nintendo 3DS , and Fantasica on the iOS and Android mobile platforms .

neg: Altron is a Japanese video game developer and publisher located in Shinagawa , Tokyo , Japan operating since 1983 . It has developed or published games for the Nintendo 64 , PlayStation , Sega Saturn , Super NES , Genesis , Nintendo Entertainment System , Nintendo DS , Game Boy , Game Boy Color , and Nintendo 3DS video game systems .

neg: NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan ( formerly known as Geneon Universal Entertainment and previously Pioneer LDC -- Pioneer LaserDisc Company , a former subsidiary of Pioneer Corporation ) is a Japanese music , anime and home entertainment production and distribution enterprise headquartered in Akasaka , Minato , Tokyo , Japan . From its days as Geneon Universal Entertainment , Geneon has been involved in the production and distribution of several anime in Japan . Geneon 's North American branch ( founded as Pioneer Entertainment ) specialized in translating and distributing anime and related merchandise , such as soundtracks across the region . Geneon is a portmanteau of the English words , generate and eon . On February 1 , 2009 , Geneon merged with Universal Pictures Japan into Geneon Universal Entertainment . On December 9 , 2013 , the company changed its name to the current NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan . Outside Japan , the majority of NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan 's anime titles are distributed in the Oceanic region by Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia .

neg: Populous DS is a real-time strategy developed by Genki . It was published in Japan by Electronic Arts on February 21 , 2008 , in North America by Xseed Games on November 10 , 2008 , and in Europe by Rising Star Games on February 27 , 2009 for the Nintendo DS .

neg: TBS Television is a television station in Kantō region , wholly owned by Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings . It has a 28-affiliate news network called Japan News Network ( JNN ) .   TBS produced the Takeshi 's Castle game show , which is dubbed and rebroadcast internationally . The channel is also home to Ultraman and the Ultra Series franchise from 1966 onwards -- itself a spinoff to Ultra Q , co-produced and broadcast in the same year -- and its spinoffs , most if not all made by Tsuburaya Productions for the network .   On May 24 2017 , Six major media firms , including TBS , officially announced they will jointly establish a new company in July 2017 to offer paid online video services . TBS Holdings will become the largest shareholder of the new company , Premium Platform Japan , with a 31.5 percent stake . An official from TBS Holdings will become the new company 's president .

neg: Kororinpa is a video game for Nintendo 's Wii video game console . It was released in Japan on December 2 , 2006 as a launch title for the Wii , then in Europe on February 23 , 2007 and North America on March 20 , 2007 .

neg: Japan Amusement Machine and Marketing Association The , abbreviated JAMMA , is a Japanese trade association headquartered in Tokyo .   JAMMA is run by representatives from various arcade video game manufacturers , including Namco Bandai , Sega , Taito , Tecmo , Capcom , Konami and Atlus , among others .   Until 1 April 2012 , JAMMA stood for . The corporation was renamed after they merged with the Nihon Shopping Center Amusement Park Operator 's Association ( NSA ) and the Japan Amusement Park Equipment Association ( JAPEA ) .   Before 2012 , JAMMA had been organizing an annual trade fair called the Amusement Machine Show for many years . In 2013 , they began collaborating with the Amusement Machine Operators ' Union ( AOU ) , who had their own trade show , to promote a new event : the Japan Amusement Expo .

neg: Tatsumi Kimishima is a Japanese businessman , who is the fifth and current president of Nintendo . He was formerly the president of Nintendo of America from January 2002 , succeeding Minoru Arakawa , until Reggie Fils-Aimé took his place in May 2006 . He was promoted to Managing Director of Nintendo on April 2013 . In September 2015 , he was named the fifth President of Nintendo , succeeding Satoru Iwata , who died in July 2015 .


query: Oz the Great and Powerful premiered at the fully restored movie palace at 6838 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood.

pos: Oz the Great and Powerful Oz the Great and Powerful ( working title Brick ) is a 2013 American fantasy adventure film directed by Sam Raimi and produced by Joe Roth , from a screenplay written by David Lindsay-Abaire and Mitchell Kapner . The film stars James Franco as the titular character , Mila Kunis , Rachel Weisz , and Michelle Williams with Zach Braff , Bill Cobbs , Joey King , and Tony Cox in supporting roles . Based on L. Frank Baum 's Oz novels and set 20 years before the events of the original novel , Oz the Great and Powerful is a spiritual prequel to the 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film , The Wizard of Oz . The film tells the story of Oscar Diggs , a deceptive magician who arrives in the Land of Oz and encounters three witches : Theodora , Evanora , and Glinda . Oscar is then enlisted to restore order in Oz , while struggling to resolve conflicts with the witches and himself .   Kapner began developing an origin story for the Wizard of Oz after a lifelong interest of wanting to create one for the character . Walt Disney Pictures commissioned the film 's production in 2009 , with Joe Roth as producer and Grant Curtis , Joshua Donen , Philip Steuer , and Palak Patel serving as executive producers . Raimi was hired to direct the following year . After Robert Downey Jr. and Johnny Depp declined the titular role , Franco was cast in February 2011 , with principal photography commencing five months later . Danny Elfman composed the film 's score .   Oz the Great and Powerful premiered at the El Capitan Theatre on February 14 , 2013 , and with general theatrical release on March 8 , 2013 , through the Disney Digital 3-D , RealD 3D and IMAX 3D formats , as well as in conventional theaters . It grossed over $ 493 million worldwide against a $ 215 million budget and is the thirteenth highest-grossing film of 2013 . The film won the Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Live Action Family Film . Kunis , for her portrayal as the Wicked Witch of the West , won the MTV Movie Award for Best Villain .

pos: El Capitan Theatre El Capitan Theatre is a fully restored movie palace at 6838 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood . The theater and adjacent Hollywood Masonic Temple ( now known as the El Capitan Entertainment Centre ) is operated by Buena Vista Theatres , Inc. , a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Distribution , and as such , serves as the venue for a majority of the The Walt Disney Studios ' film premieres .

neg: Villa Bonita Villa Bonita is an historic apartment building on Hillcrest Road in Hollywood , California . The building is located a short walk from the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue , just north of Franklin Avenue and west of Highland . It was designed by Frank Webster and built in 1929 . It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 based on its architecture .   The seven-floor building was originally built for the cast and crew of director Cecil B. DeMille . Since then , it has housed the likes of Errol Flynn and Francis Ford Coppola .

neg: Samuel Goldwyn Theater The Samuel Goldwyn Theatre is a screening-only movie theater named after filmmaker Samuel Goldwyn .   It is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard , Beverly Hills , California , at headquarters of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) . The Academy uses this theater each January most years to announce the nominations for its Academy Awards .

neg: Columbia Ranch The former Columbia Ranch is located at 411 N. Hollywood Way in Burbank , California and is now called the Warner Bros. . Ranch . It was the backdrop for many of the Columbia Pictures movies and Screen Gems/Columbia Pictures Television shows , including Father Knows Best , The Donna Reed Show , Dennis the Menace , Hazel , Bewitched , Gidget , I Dream of Jeannie , The Monkees , The Flying Nun , Here Come the Brides , The Partridge Family , The Hathaways , Lost Horizon , High Noon , Mr. Deeds Goes to Town , You Were Never Lovelier , The Wild One , and Autumn Leaves . Only the front facades of the houses and buildings were built ; the interiors were always shot at other locations or studios . The streets were constructed and arranged in such a way as to allow shooting at multiple angles to create the illusion of a much larger area , though the lot only spans across about six city blocks .

neg: Queen's Theatre, Long Acre The Queen 's Theatre in London was established in 1867 as a theatre on the site of St Martin 's Hall , a large concert room that had opened in 1850 . It stood on the corner of Long Acre ( formerly Charles Street ) and Endell Street , with entrances in Wilson Street and Long Acre . The site is within the modern Camden , part of Covent Garden .   St Martin 's Hall contained a 3,000-seat main hall and a 500-seat lecture hall . It was used for musical recitals , lectures and political meetings . The Queen 's Theatre , one of the largest in London , had a capacity of 4,000 seats . The theatre closed after barely more than a decade , in 1878 .   The name Queen 's Theatre has been used for other theatres in central London , including the Queen 's Theatre , Dorset Garden ( from 1685 to 1705 ) , Her Majesty 's Theatre ( from 1705 to 1714 ) , Scala Theatre ( during the period 1831 -- 1865 ) and the modern Queen 's Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue ( since 1907 ) .

neg: Academy Film Archive The Academy Film Archive is part of the Academy Foundation , established in 1944 with the purpose of organizing and overseeing the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ' educational and cultural activities , including the preservation of motion picture history . Although the current incarnation of the Academy Film Archive began in 1991 , the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences acquired its first film in 1929 . Located in Hollywood , California at the Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study , the Archive has a diverse range of moving image material . The Archive 's collection comprises 85,000 titles and 190,000 separate items , including early American cinema , a vast collection of documentary films , filmed and taped interviews , amateur and private home movies of Hollywood legends , makeup and sound test reels , and a wide selection of experimental film , as well as Academy Award-winning films , Academy Award-nominated films , and a complete collection of every Academy Awards show since 1949 . Since acquiring the Packard Humanities Institute Collection , the Archive has the world 's largest known trailer collection . The Archive is also concerned with the preservation and restoration of films , as well as new technologies and methods of preservation , restoring over 800 titles of historical and artistic importance .

neg: Studio Tour The Studio Tour ( also known as The Backlot Tour ) is a ride attraction at the Universal Studios Hollywood theme park in California ( USA ) .   The Tour is the signature attraction at the park , and goes into a working movie studio , with various film sets on the lot . In recent years , guests have sat in multi-car trams for the duration of the ride . The Tour lasts about 45 -- 60 minutes and is led by a live tour guide who can be seen throughout the tram on video screens . It travels through the Front Lot , Backlot and various attractions , passing sets and props from movies along the way .   The tour inspired a smaller but similar version at Universal Studios Florida , which was removed in 1995 .

neg: Paramount Theatre (Oakland, California) The Paramount Theatre is a 3,040-seat Art Deco movie theater located at 2025 Broadway in downtown Oakland , California , USA . When it was built in 1931 , it was the largest multi-purpose theater on the West Coast , seating 3476 . Today , the Paramount is the home of the Oakland East Bay Symphony and the Oakland Ballet , it regularly plays host to R&B , jazz , blues , pop , rock , gospel , classical music , as well as ballets , plays , stand-up comedy , lecture series , special events , and screenings of classic movies from Hollywood 's Golden Era .

neg: Empire, Leicester Square The Empire , Leicester Square is a cinema currently operated by Cineworld on the north side of Leicester Square , London .   The Empire was originally built in 1884 as a variety theatre and was rebuilt for films in the 1920s . It is one of several cinemas in and adjoining Leicester Square which are regularly used for film premières and first runs .

neg: Four Seasons Hotel London at Park Lane Four Seasons Hotel London at Park Lane is a luxury 5-star hotel in London , England . It is located near Hyde Park corner in central London . It was built in 1970 as the Inn on the Park London .   The hotel was reopened in 2010 after an extensive two year redevelopment costing an estimated # 125 million . The work included a new floor , Italian restaurant Amaranto , and an interior redesign by Pierre-Yves Rochon .

neg: Land of Oz (theme park) The Land of Oz is currently a private property located in the resort town of Beech Mountain , North Carolina , USA . It was opened in 1970 by Carolina Caribbean Corporation under the guidance of Grover Robbins , who had been successful with Tweetsie Railroad , and designed by Jack Pentes . It was fully operational until 1980 . It now opens for Fridays in June for `` Journey with Dorothy Tours '' and in September for Autumn at Oz - the largest festival in the area . Visitors would start off in Kansas , `` experience '' the tornado which struck Dorothy 's house , and walk down the Yellow Brick Road to visit with the Scarecrow , Tin Woodman , the Cowardly Lion and the Wicked Witch of the West . The Emerald City consisted of gift shops and an ampi-theater that the Magic Moment Show would be staged on every half hour . An artificial balloon ride , a specially modified ski lift installed by Goforth Brothers , allowed visitors to get a bird 's - eye view of the park and mountain scenery before leaving Oz . A small museum showcased props and costumes from the film . These were jointly bought by the park and Debbie Reynolds from MGM .   The musical score sung by the characters on the Yellow Brick Road and at Emerald City was composed by notables Alec Wilder and North Carolina native Loonis McGlohon ( with the exception of E.Y. Harburg and Harold Arlen 's `` Over the Rainbow '' for which rights were obtained to integrate into the Emerald City show ) .   A video and display of The Land of Oz were on exhibit at the Appalachian Cultural Museum , part of Appalachian State University , in Boone , North Carolina but the museum closed and the artifacts were returned to the park .

neg: Where's Wally in Hollywood? Where 's Wally in Hollywood ? was released in 1993 . In the book Wally , Wizard Whitebeard , Wenda , Woof , and Odlaw travel to movie and film sets in Hollywood . The book was re-released as a `` Special Edition '' version in 1997 , moving Wally in each scene .   It is the fourth book in the Where 's Wally ? series .

neg: Sunset Boulevard (film) Sunset Boulevard ( stylized onscreen as SUNSET BLVD. ) is a 1950 American film noir directed and co-written by Billy Wilder , and produced and co-written by Charles Brackett . It was named after the boulevard that runs through Los Angeles and Beverly Hills , California .   The film stars William Holden as Joe Gillis , an unsuccessful screenwriter , and Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond , a faded silent film star who draws him into her fantasy world where she dreams of making a triumphant return to the screen , with Erich von Stroheim as Max Von Mayerling , her devoted servant . Nancy Olson , Fred Clark , Lloyd Gough and Jack Webb play supporting roles . Director Cecil B. DeMille and gossip columnist Hedda Hopper play themselves , and the film includes cameo appearances by leading silent film actors Buster Keaton , H. B. Warner and Anna Q. Nilsson .   Praised by many critics when first released , Sunset Boulevard was nominated for eleven Academy Awards ( including nominations in all four acting categories ) and won three . Deemed `` culturally , historically , or aesthetically significant '' by the U.S. Library of Congress in 1989 , Sunset Boulevard was included in the first group of films selected for preservation in the National Film Registry . In 1998 , it was ranked number twelve on the American Film Institute 's list of the 100 best American films of the 20th century , and in 2007 , it was 16th on their 10th Anniversary list .

neg: Hollywood Sign The Hollywood Sign ( formerly the Hollywoodland Sign ) is a landmark and American cultural icon located in Los Angeles , California . It is situated on Mount Lee , in the Hollywood Hills area of the Santa Monica Mountains . The sign overlooks Hollywood , Los Angeles .   `` HOLLYWOOD '' is spelled out in 45 ft-tall white capital letters and is 350 feet ( 106.7 m ) long . It was originally created in 1923 as an advertisement for a local real estate development , but it garnered increasing recognition after the sign was left up . The sign was a frequent target of pranks and vandalism , but it has since undergone restoration , including the installation of a security system to deter vandalism . The sign is protected and promoted by The Trust For Public Land , a nonprofit organization , while its site and the surrounding land are part of Griffith Park .   From the ground , the contours of the hills give the sign a wavy appearance . When observed at a comparable altitude , the letters appear nearly level .   The sign makes frequent appearances in popular culture , particularly in establishing shots for films and television programs set in or around Hollywood . Signs of similar style , but spelling different words , are frequently seen as parodies .

neg: Radio Recorders Radio Recorders , Inc. located at 7000 Santa Monica Boulevard , was a recording studio based in Los Angeles , California .   Many notable musicians are reported to have been recorded in the studio include Billie Holiday , Charlie Parker , Jimmie Rodgers , Louis Armstrong , Mario Lanza , Elvis Presley , Jimi Hendrix , Frank Zappa , Paul Frees and The Carpenters among others . In its prime , the studio was known as the best recording facility in Los Angeles .   During the forties and fifties , Radio Recorders was responsible for recording countless radio shows , both network and local , for delayed broadcast , not always for California , but for many western states . Telephone lines ran to all the important stations and the networks . Studio C was the nerve center with at least six recording lathes and turntables and an `` on-the-air '' playback turntable protected by a railing so that it would not be bumped while it was playing a program onto the air . The recording lathes were shock mounted in sand to prevent rumble from the street cars on Santa Monica Boulevard . For much of that era , the recordings were made and played back on lacquer coated aluminum discs , before tape recording was introduced . The room could handle several programs at once , 24 hours a day , and quite often a single engineer on duty would have his hands full .   Most of the major labels used Radio Recorders well into the 1960s . Columbia , RCA Victor , Capitol , and Decca ultimately had their own facilities , but Radio Recorders was still the choice of many independent labels and both popular and classical artists , from Stravinsky to Elvis . In addition , most of the jingles were recorded there . In 1962 H.B. Barnum and Bill Aken chose the annex to record their big band version of ` Goody , Goody '' for Governor Goodwin J. ( Goodie ) Knight 's re-election campaign . Additionally in 1962 Bill Aken would record the classic ` Theme For Shock Theater , ' again with engineer Phil Yeend working the board . The main location at 7000 Santa Monica had two large studios and some smaller ones , as well as disc mastering facilities . In 1946 , the company remodeled a warehouse at 1032 North Sycamore Avenue and built a large studio , capable of handling approximately fifty musicians . This studio was known as Radio Recorders Annex , or , within the industry , just `` The Annex . '' The warehouse originally belonged to RCA Victor and `` the Annex '' was a legendary studio that Victor had built in their warehouse back in the ` 30 's .   In 1965 , Radio Recorders ' star engineer , Thorne Nogar , purchased The Annex and started his own independent Annex Studios , which attracted a distinguished clientele as a full service studio , including mastering . For many years , Lawrence Welk pre-recorded the music for his popular television show , becoming the most important client ; in addition , in the 1960s and 1970s Annex mastered for such labels as Uni Records , Dot Records and Ranwood Records , as well as cutting early pressings of Barbra Streisand 's hit single `` The Way We Were . '' The Annex 's location now houses The Record Plant Studios .   In the late 1980 's the studio was reopened as Studio 56 by Paul Shwartz . At that time bands such as Guns & Roses , Sugar Ray , Toni Braxton , Brandy , No Doubt and others recorded there . The documentary `` Standing in the Shadows of Motown '' was also partially filmed there . Kenneth Crouh , Keith Crouch and Leon Sylvers were all house producers there at that time .   In 2002 the studio gained two new partners Pride Hutchison and Michael Dumas . The studio was then brought back to business under its original name Radio Recorders , and they enlisted the help of longtime friends Jordan Winsen and Steve Loiacano as their staff second engineers . Tom O'Brien , who was working for Schwartz , was kept on as chief engineer . In 2004 the property was declared a historic attraction but never achieved official landmark status by the city of Los Angeles . From 2002 to 2008 the studio welcomed many great projects and clients including Natalie Cole , Dwight Yoakum , Lucinda Williams , Lil ' John , Exzihbit , Annie Lennox and many more ... The facility closed again in 2008 a midst a fraud dispute between Hutchison , Dumas and Shwartz , Silent owners seeking to save the building and real estate property flipper David Bennet . In the end the building was sold in bankruptcy court . Shwartz was left broke , betrayed and feeling blindly used . With lack of capital to fight and overturn the courts decision , the silent owners were left with no moves and the legendary Radio Recorders building was gutted and demolished from the inside . The story as it goes from the inside supposedly is :  Schwartz had a partner before Dumas and Hutchison who passed away and with him likely many of the studios strongest contracts .  Under Schwartz mismanagement the studio struggled and subsequently defaulted on all financial obligations . Hutchinson and Dumas than found Schwartz in a vulnerable position and for a total sum if 50-60k each ( 100k ) Schwartz agreed to partner with them . It is unclear whether they were ever added to the deed or if this money ever went to debts . Its also rumored that during the period of their partnership many raves were held in soundstage studio E ( dubbed so for Elvis ) and rampant drug abuse took place and continued among the partners . It is known that methamphetamine was found in the cupboards of the studio kitchen shortly after Schwartz and that his behavior was often erratic . What than takes place is a battle for property rights among all involved both the silent partner and David Bennet claiming they paid Schwartz a sum of money for his rights .  One side is that a late night meeting took place with notary a menial fee was given to Schwartz and he gave his rights . The other side is David Bennet provided compensation to both Dumas and Hutchison in excess of 50k each for their investment as well as 100k to Schwartz in return for all of their rights . The problem for Bennet being a flipper was that currently each studio was occupied by a tenant and this other silent partner was laying claim . He proceeded to systematically attempt to forge alliances under the false premises that all who helped would bennifit either from the sale / that he would n't sell the building and had no intention of gutting it but rather would maintain it as a studio/That he would sell the property atca fair price to a tenant if they helped him and could raise the capital in a small window . . Supposedly this stipulation was met and Bennet than backed out on his agreement . Hutchison and Dumas were the first to go followed by others . All gear by this point including the piano axel rose recorded November rain with was liquidated and only one studio operated in the building . When Bennet backed out of his deal ( or perhaps the money was never actually raised ) the fight for ownership intensified . Reportedly glass doors were shatterd having had the hinge pins pulled from them and orange Xs were spray painted on other wooden doors of vacant rooms when no one was around . While the silent partner and tenant had teamed up . The results were the same radio recorders studios shut its doors September 2009 . Sleepy Brown of Organized Noise would be the last artist to produce a record in the building . Despite Bennett 's best assurances the studios would all be gutted turned into accounting offices sadly only to become owned by a studio company againv . Schwartz sadly would take his own life.Today the space is used for art exhibits .   In 2010 the property was once again sold and is now part of the Siren Production Company .

neg: Cinerama Dome Pacific Theatres 's Cinerama Dome is a movie theater located at 6360 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood , California . Designed to present widescreen Cinerama films , it opened November 7 , 1963 . Today it continues as a leading first run theater . The original developer was Saul Pick .

neg: Tivoli Theatre (Chicago) The Tivoli Theatre was a movie palace in the Woodlawn neighborhood of Chicago , Illinois . It the first of the `` big three '' movie palaces built by the Balaban & Katz theatre chain run by A. J. Balaban , his brother Barney Balaban and their partner Sam Katz , who were also owners of the Rivera Theater ( North Side ) and the Central Park Theater ( West Side ) , that opened on February 16 , 1921 . The opening was a gala affair , complete with music from a 55 piece orchestra . The theater cost $ 2,000,000 to construct ; its lobby was two stories high and was able to hold 3,000 people . About 1924-1925 Milton Charles was the resident organist who recorded for Marsh Laboratories on the Paramount label using the new electric recording system of Orlando R. Marsh with microphones , compared to the more common acoustic method using horns . Charles succeeded Jesse Crawford as a Marsh artist after Crawford went to New York to play at the Paramount Theater and eventually record with Victor Talking Machine Company . The theater , which stood just south of the southeast corner of 63rd Street and Cottage Grove Avenue , closed in 1963 and was demolished shortly thereafter .

neg: Studio City, Los Angeles Studio City is a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles , California , in the San Fernando Valley . It is named after the studio lot that was established in the area by film producer Mack Sennett in 1927 , now known as CBS Studio Center .

neg: Mocambo The Mocambo was a nightclub in West Hollywood , California , at 8588 Sunset Boulevard on the Sunset Strip . It was owned by Charlie Morrison and Felix Young .

neg: Haymarket Theatre (Leicester) The Haymarket Theatre is a theatre in Leicester , England , based in the Haymarket Shopping Centre on Belgrave Gate in Leicester city centre . The Leicester City Council purchased a 99-year lease of the Haymarket Theatre on behalf of the public on 29 September 1974 . The Leicester Theatre Trust operated the theatre from this date then vacated in 2007 in favour of the new Curve Theatre , Leicester on Halford Street . The Metal Tree sculpture by Hubert Dalwood , located at the front of the entrance to the Haymarket Theatre , is the only major piece of abstract sculpture in the city centre .   The Haymarket Theatre was opened by Sir Ralph Richardson and the opening season started with The Recruiting Officer on the 17th October 1973 , Economic Necessity on the 24th of October and Cabaret on the 21st of November . The last show on was Wizard of Oz starring Helena Blackman and Ceri Dupree in 2006 .   On 3 June 2016 plans were announced to re-open the Haymarket Theatre as a performance and training venue .

neg: Major film studio A major film studio is a production and film distributor that releases a substantial number of films annually and consistently commands a significant share of box office revenue in a given market . In the North American , Western , and global markets , the major film studios , often simply known as the majors , are commonly regarded as the six diversified media conglomerates whose various film production and distribution subsidiaries collectively command approximately 80 to 85 percent of U.S. and Canadian box office revenue . The term may also be applied more specifically to the primary motion picture business subsidiary of each respective conglomerate .   The `` Big Six '' majors , whose operations are based in or around the Los Angeles neighborhood of Hollywood , are all centered in film studios active during Hollywood 's Golden Age of the 1930s and 1940s . In three cases -- 20th Century Fox , Warner Bros. , and Paramount -- the studios were one of the `` Big Five '' majors during that era as well . In two cases -- Columbia and Universal -- the studios were also considered majors , but in the next tier down , part of the `` Little Three '' . In the sixth case , Walt Disney Studios was an independent production company during the Golden Age ; it was an important Hollywood entity , but not a major . Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , United Artists , and RKO were majors .   Today , Disney is the only member of the Big Six whose parent entity is still located near Los Angeles ( actually , on Disney 's studio lot and in the same building ) . The five others report to conglomerates headquartered in New York City , Philadelphia , and Tokyo . Of the Big Six , Paramount is the only one still based in Hollywood , and Paramount and Fox are the only ones still located within the Los Angeles city limits , while Disney and Warner Bros. are located in Burbank , Columbia in Culver City , and Universal in the unincorporated area of Universal City .   Most of today 's Big Six control subsidiaries with their own distribution networks that concentrate on arthouse pictures ( e.g. Fox Searchlight Pictures ) or genre films ( e.g. Sony 's Screen Gems ) ; several of these specialty units were shut down or sold off between 2008 and 2010 . The six major studios are contrasted with smaller production and/or distribution companies , which are known as independents or `` indies '' . The leading independent producer/distributors -- Lionsgate Films , The Weinstein Company , and former major studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer -- are sometimes referred to as `` mini-majors '' . From 1998 through 2005 , DreamWorks SKG commanded a large enough market share to arguably qualify it as a seventh major , despite its relatively small output . In 2006 , DreamWorks was acquired by Viacom , Paramount 's corporate parent . In late 2008 , DreamWorks once again became an independent production company ; its films were distributed by Disney 's Touchstone Pictures until 2016 , at which point distribution switched to Universal .   The Big Six major studios are today primarily backers and distributors of films whose actual production is largely handled by independent companies -- either long-running entities or ones created for and dedicated to the making of a specific film . The specialty divisions often simply acquire distribution rights to pictures in which the studio has had no prior involvement . While the majors still do a modicum of true production , their activities are focused more in the areas of development , financing , marketing , and merchandising . Those business functions are still usually performed in or near Los Angeles , even though the runaway production phenomenon means that most films are now mostly or completely shot on location at places outside Los Angeles .   Since the dawn of filmmaking , the U.S. major film studios have dominated both American cinema and the global film industry . U.S. studios have benefited from a strong first-mover advantage in that they were the first to industrialize filmmaking and master the art of mass-producing and distributing high-quality films with broad cross-cultural appeal . Today , the Big Six majors routinely distribute hundreds of films every year into all significant international markets ( that is , where discretionary income is high enough for consumers to afford to watch films ) . It is very rare , if not impossible , for a film to reach a broad international audience on multiple continents and in multiple languages without first being picked up by one of the majors for distribution .