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Encyclopedia > Channing Pollock (writer)

Channing Pollock (March 4, 1880 - August 17, 1946) was an American playwright, critic and writer of film scenarios. is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...


When the American distribution rights were secured for the German silent film Metropolis, Pollock was hired to write new English-language intertitles for the film. Unfortunately, Pollock chose to delete an entire subplot from the film, concerning the deceased woman who had been married to two of the main characters. (The movie contains shots of a grave bearing the name HEL -- a common female name in German -- but Pollock felt that American audiences would confuse this with the word 'Hell'.) The commercial failure of the film's American release is considered to be largely due to Pollock's unfortunate decision. Cities with at least a million inhabitants in 2006 A metropolis (in Greek μήτηρ, mētēr = mother and πόλις, pólis = city/town) is a big city[1], in most cases with over half a million inhabitants in the city proper, and with a population of at least one million living...


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The headline of a letter dated June 20, 1906 lists CHANNING POLLOCK as 'Newspaper Representative' for the 'Press Department of Sam S. & Lee Shubert (inc.) LYRIC THEATRE New York.' Howard University is a university located in Washington, D.C., USA. An historically black university, Howard was established in 1867 by congressional order and named for Oliver O. Howard. ... The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about movies, actors, television shows, production crew personnel, and video games. ...



 
 

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