The North Star (also known as Armored Attack in the US) is a 1943 war film produced by Samuel Goldwyn Productions and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures. It was directed by Lewis Milestone, written by Lillian Hellman and featured production design by William Cameron Menzies. The film starred Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, Walter Huston, Walter Brennan and Erich von Stroheim. The music was written by Aaron Copland, the lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and the cinematography was by James Wong Howe. The film also marked the debut of Farley Granger.
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Rosario, una humilde campesina, viaja en bote por el Maule desde Pichamay a Constitución, para ser empleada en una casa de dudosa reputación. En el prostíbulo intentan enseñarle las artimañas del amor tarifado, pero la muchacha se enamora de Juan, un rudo y atractivo pescador. Aparece Don Ramoncito, un peluquero que seduce a la inocente joven con las tentaciones de la ciudad. Charito finalmente sucumbe y abandona la caleta para viajar "río abajo". (Fuente: Julio López Navarro)
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Festivaletteratura 2015 - Mantova

Sismologa storica, finalizza le sue ricerche sull'area mediterranea alle Scienze della Terra e all'Ingegneria. Coordina attività e sito web del Centro di documentazione Eventi Estremi e Disastri ed è autrice del primo manuale di Sismologia Storica e il volume Prevedibile / Imprevedibile. Eventi estremi nel prossimo futuro, Rubbettino, 2015, 1° premio Maiella per la saggistica.

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El patrimonio arquitectónico de muchas ciudades latinoamericanas ha sufrido durante décadas el abandono y el descuido de las autoridades. En algunos países, sin embargo, esa tendencia ha empezado a cambiar e instituciones, organizaciones y ciudadanos están dando un nuevo impulso al concepto de patrimonio.
Por patrimonio no se debe entender solo lo arquitectónico, pues cultura y costumbres son todo parte de lo mismo: las características que definieron a los que nos precedieron.
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Justo en el día del examen de postgrado Ebrahim se encuentra con el Ángel de la Muerte en un mortal accidente de coche. Pero él tiene que volver a la vida con una misión y a raíz de esa misión conoce a una joven llamada Sayeh y todo empieza a cambiar en sus vidas.

Woody Woodpecker is a fictional animated character anthropomorphic woodpecker who appeared in theatrical short films produced by the Walter Lantz Studio and distributed by Universal Pictures during the golden age of American animation

Woody Woodpecker is a fictional animated character anthropomorphic woodpecker who appeared in theatrical short films produced by the Walter Lantz Studio and distributed by Universal Pictures during the golden age of American animation

Buster's handmade boat, The Damfino, is finished and is, of course, too large to get through the basement door. When he drives off with it in tow, the side of his house, then the whole thing, collapses. At the harbor he rides the boat out only to have it sink beneath him. The rest is a series of adventures he and his family have with the restored boat. This funny short has some good subtile gags plus the usual slapstick and gadgets

Psychadelic at times, this unusual and memorable movie version of Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" has some creative details, and although it is one of the more obscure versions of the story, it offers a distinctive look at a couple of its many interesting aspects. The style is deliberately murky, and it has not so much as an inter-title, so that you do need to know at least the basic plot in order to understand what is happening. Check out the Jean Epstein version, too (also 1928)