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ALFRED HITCHCOCK
Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born in London on August 13, 1899. He
went to school and university there and in 1920 he started to work with a
British film company. In 1920 he also married Alma Revelle, his wife for the
next sixty years. They had one daughter.
From 1925 to 1939 he made several films in Britain, including The 39
Steps and The Man Who Knew Too Much.
In 1939 he left Britain because he wanted to work in Hollywood. He lived
in Los Angeles for the rest of his life and made many of his 53 films there. A
lot of people in America and Europe saw his famous films Psycho (1960) and
The Birds (1963).
Queen Elizabeth II made Hitchcock 'Sir Alfred' in 1980. Soon after that,
in May 1980, he died in Los Angeles.
1. Where did Hitchcock go to school and university?
2. What happened in 1920?
3. How many children did he have?
4. What are the names of his famous films between the years 1925-1939?
5. Where did he make most of his films?
6. What are the names of his two famous films?
7. Who made him 'Sir Alfred'?
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CHARLIE CHAPLIN
Charlie Chaplin was born in London in 1889. He first appeared in music
halls and then acted on the London stage. In 1910 he went to the USA with
Fred Karno's company, but he didn't stay with Karno very long. In 1913 he
started to work at the Keystone Company in Hollywood. There he made his
first film, Making A Living, in 1914. In his second film, Kid Auto Races at
Venice (1914), he introduced the little tramp. This character made him
famous.
Chaplin got married several times. He met his last wife, Oona O'Neill in
1942 and married her a year later. Chaplin was then 54 years old and Oona
18. He left the USA in 1952 for political reasons and lived with his family in
Switzerland for the rest of his life. He died in 1977.
1. Where was Charlie Chaplin born?
2. When was he bom?
3. Where did he first appear?
4. Where did he go in 1910?
5. What did he do in 1913?
6. When did he make his first film?
7. What character did he introduce in his second film?
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