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The syntax is expand_folder_grid('stockpics','*',18,1,1,'111111','ffffff','111111','ffffff',130,5,0,1,200,1);
with the parameters in this order:
* ORIGIN FOLDER ex: splashes_800
* HINT FILTER ex: 'rome' (any file with the word rome in it), or '*' (all files)
* MAX ALLOWED ex: 8
* SHOW FILENAME 0:no 1:yes
* RANDOM SEQUENCE 0:as they come, 1:random 2 up 3 down 4 latest
* MAIN BACKGROUND COLOR (ex ffffff) 0 if not wanted
* MAIN INK COLOR (ex 111111) 0 if not wanted
* MAIN CAPTION BACKGROUND (ex ffffff) 0 if not wanted
* MAIN CAPTION INK COLOR (ex ffffff) 0 if not wanted
* COLUMN WIDTH (ex 150)
* COLUMN COUNT (ex: 6)
* JQLOADED always 0
* PIC_DATA 0:none, 1:yes display associated text if there is any
* CUT_OFF ex:100 after 100 characters, 0:ignore
* EXP_TYPE 0: no border, smaller font, 1: slightly larger font
* GA_LINK 0-1
* GA_MIN_WIDTH 0
Montgomery Clift (1920 – 1966) was an American actor. The New York Times said he was known for his portrayal of "moody, sensitive young men".
He is best remembered for his roles in Red River (1948), The Heiress (1949), A Place in the Sun (1951), From Here to Eternity (1953), Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), and The Misfits (1961).
Along with Marlon Brando and James Dean, Clift was considered one of the original method actors in Hollywood (though Clift distanced himself from the term); he was one of the first actors to be invited to study in the Actors Studio with Lee Strasberg and Elia Kazan.
American film bombshell Rita Hayworth originally trained as a dancer, but she hit stardom as an actress with her appearance in The Strawberry Blonde (1941).
After a few disappointing roles in several mediocre films, Hayworth landed an important role as an unfaithful wife opposite Cary Grant in Only Angels Have Wings (1939). Critical praise came Hayworth's way as did more movie offers.
Just two years after the relatively unknown actress shared the screen with Grant, Hayworth was a star herself. Her stunning, sensual looks greatly helped, and that year Life magazine nicknamed Hayworth "The Great American Love Goddess.
The year she signed with Hal Roach, Goddard began dating Charlie Chaplin, a relationship that received substantial attention from the press. It marked a turning point in Goddard's career when Chaplin cast her as his leading lady in his next box office hit, Modern Times (1936).
Her role as "The Gamin", an orphan girl who runs away from the authorities and becomes The Tramp's companion, was her first credited film appearance and garnered her mainly positive reviews, Frank Nugent of The New York Times describing her as "the fitting recipient of the great Charlot's championship".
Hollywood finally took notice of her talents by nominating her for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her standout performance as a slum girl forced by poverty into prostitution in Dead End (1937), opposite Humphrey Bogart. That same year she did the radio drama "Big Town" with Edward G Robinson, then teamed with he and Bogart again for the slightly hokey but entertaining The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938). Director John Ford tapped her for his first big sound Western film, Stagecoach (1939), the film that made a star of John Wayne. All her abilities to bring complexity to a character showed in her kicked-around dance hall girl "Dallas", one of the great early female roles.
Ruman made his film debut in Lucky Boy (1929). He became a favorite comic foil of the Marx Brothers, appearing in A Night at the Opera (1935), A Day at the Races (1937), and A Night in Casablanca (1946).
His German accent and large stature kept him busy during World War II, playing sinister Nazi characters in a series of wartime thrillers.
During this period, he also appeared in several films by director Ernst Lubitsch, a fellow German émigré, including Ninotchka (1939), portraying a Russian, and in To Be or Not to Be (1942) as the pompous Nazi Colonel "Concentration-Camp Erhardt".
Veronica Lake was an American film, stage, and television actress. Lake was best known for her femme fatale roles in film noirs with Alan Ladd during the 1940s and her peek-a-boo hairstyle.
By the late 1940s, Lake's career began to decline, due in part to her alcoholism.
Sullivan's Travels (1941)
The Glass Key (1942)
The Blue Dahlia (1946) David Niven (1910 – 1983) was an English actor, memoirist and novelist. His many roles included Squadron Leader Peter Carter in A Matter of Life and Death, Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days, and Sir Charles Lytton ("the Phantom") in The Pink Panther. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Separate Tables (1958).
Niven appeared in nearly a hundred films, and many shows for television. He also began writing books, with considerable commercial success. In 1982 he appeared in Blake Edwards' final "Pink Panther" films Trail of the Pink Panther and Curse of the Pink Panther, reprising his role as Sir Charles Lytton.
Sir Reginald "Rex" Harrison (1908 – 1990) was an English actor.
Harrison began his career on the stage in 1924. He made his West End debut in 1936 appearing in the Terence Rattigan play French Without Tears, in what was his breakthrough role. He won his first Tony Award for his performance as Henry VIII in the play Anne of the Thousand Days in 1949. He won his second Tony for the role of Professor Henry Higgins in the stage production of My Fair Lady in 1957.
In addition to his stage career, Harrison also appeared in numerous films. His first starring role was opposite Vivien Leigh in the romantic comedy Storm in a Teacup (1937).
During her career, Monroe's films grossed more than $200 million. Monroe's most notable films include:
'The Asphalt Jungle' (1950)
Monroe's small part in John Huston's crime drama The Asphalt Jungle (1950) was her first movie to garner her a lot of attention.
'All About Eve' (1950)
In 1950, Monroe impressed audiences and critics alike with her performance as Claudia Caswell in All About Eve, starring Bette Davis.
'Niagara' (1953)
In 1953, Monroe delivered a star-making turn in Niagara, as a young married woman out to kill her husband with help from her lover.
James Maitland Stewart was born on May 20, 1908, in Indiana, Pennsylvania, to Elizabeth Ruth (Johnson) and Alexander Maitland Stewart, who owned a hardware store. He was of Scottish, Ulster-Scots, and some English descent. Stewart was educated at a local prep school, Mercersburg Academy, where he was a keen athlete (football and track), musician (singing and accordion playing), and sometime actor.
In 1929, he won a place at Princeton University, where he studied architecture with some success and became further involved with the performing arts as a musician and actor with the University Players.
Shirley MacLaine was the tallest in her ballet classes at the Washington School of Ballet. Just after she graduated from Washington-Lee High School, she packed her bags and headed for New York. While auditioning for Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's "Me and Juliet", the producer kept mispronouncing her name. She then changed her name from Shirley MacLean Beaty to Shirley MacLaine.
She later had a role in "The Pajama Game", as a member of the chorus and understudy to Carol Haney. A few months into the run, Shirley was going to leave the show for the lead role in "Can-Can" but ended up filling in for Haney, who had broken her ankle and could not perform.
Bibi Andersson (1935 – 2019),ionally as Bibi Andersson (Swedish: [ˈbɪ̂bːɪ ˈânːdɛˌʂɔn]), was a Swedish actress who was best known for her frequent collaborations with filmmaker Ingmar Bergman.
Andersson's intense portrayal of a nurse in the film Persona (1966) – in which actress Elizabet Vogler (Liv Ullmann), suffering from a psychosomatic condition, is mostly mute – involved her delivering the majority of the dialogue. For her performance in Persona, she won the award for Best Actress at the 4th Guldbagge Awards. Holden's career took off again in 1950 when Billy Wilder tapped him to play a role in Sunset Boulevard, in which he played a down-at-heel screenwriter taken in by a faded silent film actress (Gloria Swanson). Holden earned his first Best Actor Oscar nomination with the part.
Getting the part was a lucky break for Holden, as the role was initially cast with Montgomery Clift, who backed out of his contract. [ Swanson later said, "Bill Holden was a man I could have fallen in love with. He was perfection on- and off-screen. "[ And Wilder commented "Bill was a complex guy, a totally honorable friend.
Lillian Gish (1893 – 1993) was an American actress, director and screenwriter. Her film acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912, in silent film shorts, to 1987. Gish was called "The First Lady of American Cinema", and is credited with pioneering fundamental film performance techniques.
Gish was a prominent film star from 1912 into the 1920s, being particularly associated with the films of director DW Griffith. This included her leading role in the highest-grossing film of the silent era, Griffith's The Birth of a Nation (1915). At the dawn of the sound era, she returned to the stage and appeared in film infrequently, including well-known roles in the western Duel in the Sun (1946) and the thriller The Night of the Hunter (1955).
Jaffe was a method actor before it was defined and early on sported his signature shock of curly hair that some people would later misinterpret as part of some Harpo Marx characterization.
Jaffe was anything but. His acting talents were considerable, and Hollywood noticed him first for the unusual role of the mad Grand Duke Peter in Josef von Sternberg 's The Scarlet Empress (1934).
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950) Lillian Gish was a prominent film star from 1912 into the 1920s. Particularly associated with the films of director DW Griffith. Including her leading role in the highest-grossing film of the silent era, Griffith's seminal The Birth of a Nation (1915).
At the dawn of the sound era, she returned to the stage. She appeared in film infrequently, including well-known roles in the controversial western Duel in the Sun (1946) and the offbeat thriller The Night of the Hunter (1955).
She also did considerable television work from the early 1950s into the 1980s and closed her career playing opposite Bette Davis in the 1987 film The Whales of August.
