Sentence examples for making a star of from inspiring English sources

Together they wrote the screenplay of Billy Liar, filmed in 1963 with Tom Courtenay as Billy and making a star of Julie Christie.

Escapism rules – Pop Idol launches on ITV in October, making a star of Simon Cowell, and starting a global phenomenon of the rise of "shiny floor" entertainment.

Their Look Back In Anger adaptation was a flop but Saltzman and Woodfall caught the fleeting zeitgeist – and hit paydirt – with Saturday Night And Sunday Morning, making a star of Albert Finney.

Mr. Petrie, a director best known for making a star of Julia Roberts in "Mystic Pizza" (1988), gums his way through an already soft script, carefully effacing whatever hint of political commentary may lie in the screenplay.

His autobiography, Soldier of Orange, published in 1970, became an international bestseller, made him famous, and in 1977 was turned into an award-winning film by the Dutch director Paul Verhoeven, making a star of Rutger Hauer, the Dutch-born actor who played Hazelhoff and became a close friend.

For example, when two triangles are overlapping (i.e., making a star of David pattern with one triangle green and the other red) two legs of one triangle are more likely to go into and out of MIB together than two legs from different triangles [1].

Online TV show 'KateModern' has made a star of Tara Rushton.

It made a star of Bruce Boudreau, the Capitals' coach and serial swearer.

'AMÉLIE' -- A blast of filmmaking energy that makes a star of its lead actress, the winning Audrey Tautou.

"The Public Enemy," which made a star of James Cagney, isn't part of the current collection.

The sweet-toothed Amélie, the most internationally popular French movie ever, made a star of Audrey Tautou.