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February 20

Two questions related to movies

I have two questions:

1) What was the most popular movie on or around the date of May 3, 1933? The must-see movie. Like, what was the movie everyone was talking about during that period?

2) Back in 1933, Syd Field's book, Screenplay, was not available to screenwriters or filmmakers back then. What book(s) did they use instead, back then? 98.234.170.206 (talk) 01:52, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

According to our article, 1933 in film, I think it'd be safe to say that King Kong was all the rage, having opened in March of that year. --McDoobAU93 01:56, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

As far as question 2), William Wallace Cook's book "Plotto" was apparently quite influential for aspiring writers of both print and film. Erle Stanley Gardner supposedly spoke its praises, and Alfred Hitchcock himself had a copy special ordered in Britain (it was only published in America), and used it frequently in his early work. Wikipedia has an article neither on the author or the book, which is a bit of a glaring hole, but this recent story from NPR does a good job explaining the influence: [1]. Listen to the audio piece as well. It's pretty good. If I get inspired, I might take a crack at those redlinks as well... --Jayron32 03:53, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Awards show venue

It's understood the Golden Globe Awards ceremony takes place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Since Whitney Houston was found dead at that hotel, will the Golden Globe Awards ceremonies have to be relocated to another venue?24.90.204.234 (talk) 06:03, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Why would it ? I'm pretty sure they don't plan to use her hotel room for the ceremony. Her death appears to be accidental, but any police investigation would be largely confined to that room, in any case. StuRat (talk) 06:05, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Furthermore, the 2012 edition of the Golden Globes already happened a month before Whitney Houston died, and the next ceremony is scheduled to happen in January, 2013. I don't think that anything related to her death will be ongoing by that time, and certainly nothing in the Beverly Hilton... --Jayron32 06:17, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

But I have a feeling Whitney Houston might be mentioned in the "In Memoriam" segment of next year's Golden Globe Awards ceremony. Could that be possible?24.90.204.234 (talk) 07:56, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Possible? Sure, it's possible. Probable? I'd say so but then I'm nobody when it comes to the Golden Globes. And at this point, that's likely all you'll get is "Probably". Dismas|^(talk) 08:14, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

I'd bet money on it. Even knowing that they don't always have an "In Memoriam" segment (they didn't in 2010, apparently), and even knowing such segments sometimes receive as much attention for the names they mysteriously overlook as the names they include. -- Jack of Oz ^{[your turn]} 11:58, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Emmy Nominations

How Do Emmy nominations work? T.R. Knight was nominated for both episodes when all other emmy nominees are nominated for one? [2]Curb Chain (talk) 22:59, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Yes, any entry to one of the acting categories involves submitting only one episode that represents his or here best work (although they are still only credited with just their TV series; the particular episodes they submitted are not officially listed[3]). Luckily the rules for the 57th Primetime Emmy Awards can still be downloaded here. On page 8, it says:

The length of the episode submitted for individual achievement may exceed, by as much as double, the standard running time of the series episodes. If the episode is in two parts, both parts may be selected as long as they do not cumulatively exceed twice the standard running time of the series episodes. (emphasis added)::

Thus Knight was able to submit both parts of the two-part episode "Six Days". Zzyzx11 (talk) 02:37, 21 February 2012 (UTC)