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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , commonly known as the United Kingdom ( UK ) or Britain , is a sovereign country in western ___MASK86___ . Lying off the north - western coast of the European mainland , it includes the island of Great Britain ( the name of which is also loosely applied to the whole country ), the north - eastern part of the island of Ireland , and many smaller islands . Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign statethe Republic of Ireland . Apart from this land border , the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the North Sea to its east , the English Channel to its south and the Celtic Sea to its south - south - west , giving it the 12th - longest coastline in the world . The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland . With an area of , the UK is the 78th - largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th - largest in ___MASK86___ . It is also the 21st - most populous country , with an estimated 65 . 1 million inhabitants . Together , this makes it the fourth most densely populated country in the ___MASK68___ . Forbidden Paradise is a 1924 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players - Lasky and distributed by ___MASK62___ . It was directed by German film director Ernst Lubitsch . The film is based on a 1922 Broadway play , The Czarina , by Edward Sheldon who adapted the Hungarian language book of Melchior Lengyel and Lajos Bíró . The play starred Doris Keane , in one of her last stage roles , about Catherine the Great . Basil Rathbone costarred with Keane . The film starred Pola Negri as Catherine the Great and Rod La Rocque in the Rathbone role . The film marked Clark Gable ' s second film appearance . Catherine II of Russia (" Yekaterina Alekseyevna "), also known as Catherine the Great (" Yekaterina Velikaya ";  ), was the most renowned and the longest - ruling female leader of Russia , reigning from 1762 until her death in 1796 at the age of 67 . Born in Stettin , Pomerania , Prussia as ___MASK77___ Friederike Auguste von Anhalt - Zerbst - Dornburg , she came to power following a " coup d ' état " when her husband , Peter III , was assassinated . Russia was revitalised under her reign , growing larger and stronger than ever and becoming recognised as one of the great powers of Europe . Famous Players - Lasky Corporation was an American motion picture and distribution company created on July 19 , 1916 , from the merger of ___MASK47___ ' s ___MASK73___  originally formed by Zukor as Famous Players in Famous Plays  and Jesse L . Lasky ' s Feature Play Company . A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound , especially with no spoken dialogue . The silent film era lasted from 1895 to 1936 . In silent films for entertainment , the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures , mime and title cards which contain a written indication of the plot or key dialogue . The idea of combining motion pictures with recorded sound is nearly as old as film itself , but because of the technical challenges involved , synchronized dialogue was only made practical in the late 1920s with the perfection of the Audion amplifier tube and the introduction of the ___MASK59___ system . During silent films , a pianist , theatre organist , or , in large cities , even a small orchestra would often play music to accompany the films . Pianists and organists would either play from sheet music or improvise ; an orchestra would play from sheet music . London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom , as well as the most populous city proper in the ___MASK68___ . Standing on the River Thames in the south east of the island of Great Britain , London has been a major settlement for two millennia . It was founded by the Romans , who named it " Londinium ". London ' s ancient core , the City of London , largely retains its medieval boundaries . Since at least the 19th century , " London " has also referred to the metropolis around this core , historically split between Middlesex , Essex , Surrey , Kent , and Hertfordshire , which today largely makes up Greater London , governed by the Mayor of London and the London Assembly . ___MASK62___ Corporation ( known professionally as ___MASK62___ and often referred to simply as Paramount ) is an American film studio based in Hollywood , California , that has been a subsidiary of the American media conglomerate Viacom since 1994 . Paramount is the fifth oldest surviving film studio in the world , the second oldest in the United States , and the sole member of the " Big Six " film studios still located in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Hollywood . In 1916 Zukor contracted 22 actors and actresses and honored each with a star on the logo . These fortunate few would become the first " movie stars ." ___MASK62___ is a member of the Motion Picture Association of America ( MPAA ). Oradea (, : , colloquially also ', former , ') the capital city of Bihor County and Criana region , is one of the important centers of economic , social and cultural development in the western part of Romania , retaining these characteristics throughout history . The city is nestled between the hills that separate and unify in a harmonious way with plain Criana . Located on the banks of Criul Repede River , that divides the city into almost equal halves , it is the gateway to Central and Western ___MASK86___ . The city is located in the north - west of Romania . Edward Brewster ( Ned ) Sheldon ( Chicago , Illinois , February 4 , 1886  April 1 , 1946 , New York City ) was an American dramatist . His plays include " Salvation Nell " ( 1908 ) and " Romance " ( 1913 ), which was made into a motion picture with Greta Garbo . Pomerania is a region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in Central ___MASK86___ , split between Germany and Poland . William Clark Gable ( February 1 , 1901  November 16 , 1960 ) was an American film actor , often referred to as " The King of Hollywood " or just simply as " The King ". Gable began his career as a stage actor and appeared as an extra in silent films between 1924 and 1926 , and progressed to supporting roles with a few films for ___MASK14___ in 1931 . The next year , he landed his first leading Hollywood role and became a leading man in more than 60 motion pictures over the next three decades . Greta Garbo ( born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson 18 September 1905  15 April 1990 ), was a Swedish - born American film actress during the 1920s and 1930s . Garbo was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actress and received an honorary one in 1954 for her " luminous and unforgettable screen performances ." In 1999 , the American Film Institute ranked Garbo fifth on their list of the greatest female stars of Classic Hollywood Cinema , after Katharine Hepburn , Bette Davis , Audrey Hepburn , and ___MASK30___ . ___MASK47___ ( January 7 , 1873  June 10 , 1976 ) was an American film mogul and founder of ___MASK62___ . The ___MASK73___ or Celebrated Players was a film company . It was founded in 1912 by ___MASK47___ in partnership with the Frohman brothers , the powerful New York City theatre impresarios . Discussions to form the company were held at The Lambs , the famous theater club where Charles and ___MASK57___ were members . The company advertised " Famous Players in Famous Plays " and its first release was the French film " Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth " ( 1912 ) starring Sarah Bernhardt and Lou Tellegen . Its first actual production was " The Count of Monte Cristo " ( 1912 , released 1913 ), directed by Edwin S . Porter and starring James O ' Neill , the father of dramatist Eugene O ' Neill . The company established a studio on 26th Street in New York City that today is Chelsea Studios . ___MASK67___ ( September 13 , 1880  January 13 , 1958 ) was an American pioneer motion picture producer . He was a key founder of Paramount Pictures with ___MASK47___ , and father of screenwriter Jesse L . Lasky , Jr . Sir ___MASK36___ ( born Sándor László Kellner , 16 September 1893  23 January 1956 ) was a Hungarian - born British film producer and director . He first worked in Hollywood during the transition to " talkies ", from 1926 to 1930 . The change led to divorce from his first wife , popular Hungarian actress María Corda , who could not make the transition because of her strong accent in English . ___MASK8___ ( January 29 , 1892November 30 , 1947 ) was a German American film director , producer , writer , and actor . His urbane comedies of manners gave him the reputation of being Hollywood ' s most elegant and sophisticated director ; as his prestige grew , his films were promoted as having " the Lubitsch touch ". Lajos Bíró ( born Lajos Blau ) ( 22 August 1880  9 September 1948 ) was a Austro - Hungarian novelist , playwright , and screenwriter who wrote many films from the early 1920s through the late 1940s . He was born in Nagyvárad , Austria - Hungary ( now Oradea , Romania ) and eventually moved to the United Kingdom where he worked as a scenario chief for London Film Productions run by ___MASK36___ , collaborating on many screenplays with Arthur Wimperis . He died in London on 9 September 1948 of a heart attack . He is buried in the northern section of Hampstead Cemetery in north London . Romania is a sovereign state located in Southeastern ___MASK86___ . It borders the Black Sea , Bulgaria , Ukraine , Hungary , Serbia , and Moldova . It has an area of and a temperate - continental climate . With 19 . 94 million inhabitants , the country is the seventh - most - populous member state of the ___MASK68___ . The capital and largest city , Bucharest , with its 1 , 883 , 425 inhabitants is the sixth - largest city in the EU . Leading ___MASK74___ or leading gentleman is an informal term for the actor who is the protagonist or plays a love interest to the leading actress in a film or play . A leading ___MASK74___ is sometimes an all - rounder ; capable of singing , dancing , and acting at a professional level . Viacom , Inc . ( known simply as Viacom ) is an American media conglomerate with interests primarily in cinema and cable television . It is currently the world ' s sixth largest broadcasting and cable company in terms of revenue , behind Comcast , The ___MASK82___ Company , Time Warner , 21st Century Fox and CBS Corporation , respectively . Voting control of Viacom is held by National Amusements , Inc ., a privately owned theater company controlled by the billionaire Sumner Redstone . Redstone also holds via National Amusements a controlling stake in CBS Corporation .