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Bishop Auckland
Coordinates: 54°39′24″N 1°40′36″W / 54.6566°N 1.6768°W / 54.6566; -1.6768
Bishop Auckland (
/ˈbɪʃəp ˈɔːklənd/) is a market town and civil parish in County Durham in north east England. It is located about 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Darlington and 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Durham at the confluence of the River Wear with its tributary the River Gaunless. According to the 2001 census, Bishop Auckland has a population of 24,392.
Much of the town's early history surrounds the bishops of Durham and the establishment of a hunting lodge, which later became the main residence of the Bishops of Durham. This link with the Bishops of Durham is reflected in the first part of the town's name.
During the Industrial Revolution, the town grew rapidly as coal mining took hold as an important industry. The subsequent decline of the coal mining industry in the late twentieth century has been blamed for a fall in the town's fortunes in other sectors. Today, the largest sector of employment in the town is manufacturing.
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Cumbria
Cumbria ( /ˈkʌmbriə/, locally [ˈkʊmbɾiə]) is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle and the only other major urban area is the town of Barrow-in-Furness on the south-western tip of the county. It consists of six districts, and in 2008 had a population of just under half a million. Cumbria is one of the most sparsely populated counties in the United Kingdom, with 73.4 people per km2 (190/sq mi). In comparison, the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness, in the south, has a population density over twelve times this at 921/km2 (2,385.3/sq mi).
Cumbria, the third largest ceremonial county in England by area, is bounded to the north by the Scottish council areas of Dumfries and Galloway and Scottish Borders, to the west by the Irish Sea, to the south by Lancashire, to the southeast by North Yorkshire, and to the east by County Durham and Northumberland.
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England
England
i/ˈɪŋɡlənd/ is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, while the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separate it from continental Europe. Most of England comprises the central and southern part of the island of Great Britain in the North Atlantic. The country also includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.
The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Palaeolithic period, but it takes its name from the Angles, one of the Germanic tribes who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in AD 927, and since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century, has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world. The English language, the Anglican Church, and English law—the basis for the common law legal systems of many other countries around the world—developed in England, and the country's parliamentary system of government has been widely adopted by other nations. The Industrial Revolution began in 18th-century England, transforming its society into the world's first industrialised nation. England's Royal Society laid the foundations of modern experimental science.
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Glasgow
Coordinates: 55°51′29″N 4°15′32″W / 55.858°N 4.259°W / 55.858; -4.259
Glasgow (i/ˈɡlɑːzɡəʊ/, locally /ˈɡlazɡo/, GLAZ-goh; Scots: Glesga listen (help·info); Scottish Gaelic: Glaschu ([ˈkɫ̪as̪əxu] listen (help·info))) is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's West Central Lowlands.
Glasgow grew from a small rural settlement on the River Clyde to become one of the largest seaports in Britain. Expanding from the medieval bishopric of Glasgow and the later establishment of the University of Glasgow in the 15th century, it became a major centre of the Scottish Enlightenment in the 18th century. From the 18th century the city also grew as one of Britain's main hubs of transatlantic trade with British North America and the British West Indies. With the Industrial Revolution, the city and surrounding region shifted to become one of the world's pre-eminent centres of heavy engineering, most notably in shipbuilding and marine engineering industry, which produced many innovative and famous vessels. Glasgow was known as the "Second City of the British Empire" for much of the Victorian era and Edwardian period. Today it is one of Europe's top ten financial centres and is home to many of Scotland's leading businesses. Glasgow is also ranked as the 57th most liveable city in the world.
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Lancashire
Lancashire ( /ˈlæŋkəʃər/ or, less commonly, /ˈlæŋkəʃɪər/) is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston. Lancashire is sometimes referred to by the abbreviation Lancs, as originally used by the Royal Mail. The population of the county is 1,449,700. People from the county are known as Lancastrians.
The history of Lancashire is thought to have begun with its founding in the 12th century. In the Domesday Book (1086), some of its lands had been treated as part of Yorkshire. The land that lay Inter Ripam et Mersam, "between the Ribble and Mersey", formed part of the returns for Cheshire. Once its initial boundaries were established, it bordered Cumberland, Westmorland, Yorkshire and Cheshire.
Lancashire emerged during the Industrial Revolution as a major commercial and industrial region. The county encompassed several hundred mill towns and collieries. By the 1830s, approximately 85% of all cotton manufactured worldwide was processed in Lancashire.Preston, Accrington, Blackburn, Bolton, Rochdale, Oldham, Chorley, Darwen, Nelson, Colne and Burnley were major cotton mill towns during this time. Blackpool was a major centre for tourism for the inhabitants of Lancashire's mill towns, particularly during wakes week.
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Larry Harmon
Lawrence Weiss (January 2, 1925 – July 3, 2008), better known by the stage name Larry Harmon and as his alter-ego Bozo the Clown, was a Jewish American entertainer.
Harmon was born in Toledo, Ohio and raised in Cleveland. During World War II, he served as a private in the Army. Upon returning, he harbored dreams of becoming a doctor, until he met legendary entertainer Al Jolson. According to Harmon's autobiography, The Man Behind the Nose, Jolson told him, "Being a doctor of medicine is honorable, but you'll touch so many more lives as a doctor of laughter!" Harmon instead attended the University of Southern California, where he majored in theater and performed in the Spirit of Troy marching band.
Harmon was married four times and had four children: film maker Jeff Harmon, and daughters Lori Harmon, Marci Breth-Carabet and Leslie Breth. In 1956, Harmon purchased the licensing rights to the Bozo character from Capitol Records. Harmon marketed the Bozo property aggressively. By the late 1960s, Harmon had licensed local Bozo TV shows in nearly every major U.S. market, and across the world in places as far away as Thailand, Greece and Brazil. Harmon also produced a series of Bozo animated cartoons intended to be shown with the live-action show. Harmon's animation studio also produced eighteen Popeye cartoons in 1960 as part of a larger TV syndication package.
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North Shields
Coordinates: 55°00′35″N 1°26′41″W / 55.0097°N 1.4448°W / 55.0097; -1.4448
North Shields (or locally just Shields) is a town on the north bank of the River Tyne, in the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside, in North East England. It is located eight miles (13 km) east of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Its name derives from Middle English schele meaning 'temporary sheds or huts (used by fishermen)', and still today, the area is synonymous with fishing and other trades associated with seafaring.
Collieries in the town were located at three of the outlying villages now incorporated within the town, namely Preston colliery, which was located where the present cemetery gates are, at Percy Main and New York. Following the demise of fishing, coal-mining and ship-building in the area, several business parks, industrial estates and trading estates were established providing alternative employment. The biggest and of these are The Silverlink and Cobalt. Atmel (previously Siemens) has a plant located at the former, and the latter is home to an Orange call centre. The town's association with the early days of the railways is recognised at the Stephenson Railway Museum near The Silverlink.
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Nottingham
Nottingham (i/ˈnɒtɪŋəm/ NOT-ing-əm) is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and is one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group.
Nottingham is famed for its links with the legend of Robin Hood and, during the Industrial Revolution, obtained worldwide recognition for its lace-making, bicycle and tobacco industries. With origins tracable back to 600 AD, Nottingham was granted its city charter as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Queen Victoria in 1897 and has since been officially titled the City of Nottingham. The city has historically been nicknamed The Queen of the Midlands, being the smaller yet less industrialised regional neighbour to the Midlands biggest city, Birmingham. Nottingham is considered the primary centre of England's East Midlands region, being home to numerous regional headquarters and media stations including the BBC East Midlands and the Regional Government Office.
Whilst Nottingham has always had a tightly-drawn authority boundary, accounting for its relatively small population of 306,700, Nottingham's Urban Area has a population of approximately 670,000; in the 2001 census, it was the eighth largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Eurostat's concept of the Larger Urban Zone listed the area's population at 825,600 as of 2004.
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Stonelaw High School
Stonelaw High School is a non-denominational state high school located in Rutherglen, Scotland near the city of Glasgow.
It was established in August 1970 as a four-year school based in the former Rutherglen Academy building at the corner of Stonelaw Road and Melrose Avenue. Eventually Stonelaw High became a six-year school and was relocated to new premises on Calderwood Road, Rutherglen (1998). The current head teacher is Brenda McLachlan who took over from Brian Cooklin in 2012.
There are around 91 FTE staff members.
Prior to 1970 a selective secondary education system existed in Scotland that involved two grades of secondary schools: Senior Secondaries, like Rutherglen & Hamilton Academies, and Junior Secondaries, like Gallowflat (mentioned below) and Gateside in nearby Cambuslang. At the heart of this selective system was an exam called the 11-Plus taken by all children in the last year of primary school. Those who passed the 11-Plus went to one of the Senior Secondaries (six-year schools) while all others attended one of the Junior Secondaries (four-year schools).
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Ulverston
Coordinates: 54°11′35″N 3°05′24″W / 54.193°N 3.090°W / 54.193; -3.090
Ulverston is a market town and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria in north-west England. Historically part of Lancashire, the town is located in the Furness area, close to the Lake District, and just north of Morecambe Bay and neighboured by Swarthmoor, Pennington and Rosside.
Ulverston's most visible landmark is Hoad Monument, a concrete structure built in 1850 to commemorate statesman and local resident Sir John Barrow. The monument provides scenic views of the surrounding areas, including Morecambe Bay and parts of the Lake District.
Ulverston Canal, which is no longer navigable, is claimed to be the deepest, widest and shortest canal in the United Kingdom at 1¼ miles. The canal was once a vital component of the town's economy.
The town is home to many shops and pubs, some of which are located on the stone sett (paving) main street, Market Street. At the head of the street is the war memorial to local soldiers who died in World War I.
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Baldwin Cooke
Baldwin Cooke, also known as Baldy Cooke ( March 10, 1888 – December 31, 1953), was a comedic American actor. Born in New York, Cooke and his wife, Alice, toured in vaudeville with Stan Laurel, remaining close friends over the years. He appeared in some thirty Laurel and Hardy comedies. Cooke also appeared in the Our Gang series, and supported Charley Chase in 1931's La Señorita de Chicago. His grave is located at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery where Laurel's co-star, Oliver Hardy is interred.
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Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara Stanwyck (July 16, 1907 – January 20, 1990) was an American actress. She was a film and television star, known during her 60-year career as a consummate and versatile professional with a strong screen presence, and a favorite of directors including Cecil B. DeMille, Fritz Lang and Frank Capra. After a short but notable career as a stage actress in the late 1920s, she made 85 films in 38 years in Hollywood, before turning to television.
Stanwyck was nominated for the Academy Award four times, and won three Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe. She was the recipient of honorary lifetime awards from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1981, the American Film Institute in 1987, the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the Golden Globes, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and the Screen Actors Guild. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and is ranked as the eleventh greatest female star of all time by the American Film Institute.
Barbara Stanwyck was born Ruby Catherine Stevens in Brooklyn, New York on July 16, 1907. She was the fifth and youngest child of Catherine Ann (née McPhee) and Byron E. Stevens; the couple were working-class, her father a native of Massachusetts and her mother an immigrant from Nova Scotia, Canada. Stanwyck had English and Scottish ancestry. When she was four, her mother was killed when a drunken stranger pushed her off a moving streetcar. Two weeks after the funeral, Byron Stevens joined a work crew digging the Panama canal and was never seen again. Ruby and her brother Byron were raised by their elder sister Mildred, five years Ruby's senior. When Mildred got a job as a John Cort showgirl, Ruby and Byron were placed in a series of foster homes (as many as four in a year), from which Ruby often ran away.
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Bronson Pinchot
Bronson Alcott Pinchot (born May 20, 1959) is an American actor. He has appeared in several feature films, including Risky Business, Beverly Hills Cop (and reprising his popular supporting role in Beverly Hills Cop III), The First Wives Club, True Romance, Courage Under Fire and It's My Party. Pinchot is probably best known for his role in the ABC family sitcom Perfect Strangers as Balki Bartokomous from the (fictional) Greek-like island of Mypos.
Pinchot was born in Manhattan, the son of Rosina (née Asta), a typist, and Henry Pinchot (originally Poncharavsky), a bookbinder. His mother was Italian-American, and his father, who was of Russian descent, was born in New York and raised in Paris. Pinchot was raised in southern California. After graduating from South Pasadena High School, where he was number one in his class and valedictorian, he went to Yale University on a full scholarship. He was placed in Morse College there and graduated magna cum laude. He began college studying fine art but became interested in acting when he won a role in a college play and was discovered by a casting director which resulted in a role in the feature film Risky Business.
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Buster Keaton
Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) was an American comic actor, filmmaker, producer and writer. He was best known for his silent films, in which his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression, earning him the nickname "The Great Stone Face".
Buster Keaton (his lifelong stage name) was recognized as the seventh-greatest director of all time by Entertainment Weekly. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Keaton the 21st-greatest male star of all time. Critic Roger Ebert wrote of Keaton's "extraordinary period from 1920 to 1929, [when] he worked without interruption on a series of films that make him, arguably, the greatest actor-director in the history of the movies."
Orson Welles stated that Keaton's The General is "the greatest comedy ever made, the greatest Civil War film ever made, and perhaps the greatest film ever made."
A 2002 worldwide poll by Sight & Sound ranked Keaton's The General as the 15th best film of all time. Three other Keaton films received votes in the magazine's survey: Our Hospitality, Sherlock, Jr., and The Navigator.
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Charlie Chaplin
Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBE (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, film director and composer best known for his work during the silent film era. He became the most famous film star in the world before the end of World War I. Chaplin used mime, slapstick and other visual comedy routines, and continued well into the era of the talkies, though his films decreased in frequency from the end of the 1920s. His most famous role was that of The Tramp, which he first played in the Keystone comedy Kid Auto Races at Venice in 1914. From the April 1914 one-reeler Twenty Minutes of Love onwards he was writing and directing most of his films, by 1916 he was also producing them, and from 1918 he was even composing the music for them. With Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D. W. Griffith, he co-founded United Artists in 1919.
Chaplin was one of the most creative and influential personalities of the silent-film era. He was influenced by his predecessor, the French silent film comedian Max Linder, to whom he dedicated one of his films. His working life in entertainment spanned over 75 years, from the Victorian stage and the music hall in the United Kingdom as a child performer, until close to his death at the age of 88. His high-profile public and private life encompassed both adulation and controversy. Chaplin was identified with left-wing politics during the McCarthy era and he was ultimately forced to resettle in Europe from 1952.
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Charlton Heston
Charlton Heston (born John Charles Carter; October 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008) was an American actor of film, theatre and television. Heston is known for heroic roles in films such as The Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, El Cid, and Planet of the Apes. He also is well known for his roles in the films The Greatest Show on Earth and Touch of Evil.
Heston was also known for his political activism. In the 1950s and 1960s he was one of a handful of Hollywood actors to speak openly against racism and was an active supporter of the Civil Rights Movement. Initially a moderate Democrat, he later supported conservative Republican policies and was president of the National Rifle Association from 1998 to 2003.
Heston was born John Charles Carter, the son of Lilla (née Charlton; 1899–1994) and Russell Whitford Carter (1897–1966), a sawmill operator. Most sources state that he was born in Evanston, Illinois. Heston's autobiography, however, and some other sources place his birth in No Man's Land, Illinois, which usually refers to a then-unincorporated area now part of Wilmette, a wealthy northern suburb of Chicago. Heston said in a 1995 interview that he was not very good at remembering addresses or his early childhood.
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Dick Van Dyke
Richard Wayne "Dick" Van Dyke (born December 13, 1925) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer with a career spanning six decades. He is the older brother of Jerry Van Dyke and father of Barry Van Dyke. Van Dyke starred in the films Bye Bye Birdie, Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and in the TV series The Dick Van Dyke Show and Diagnosis: Murder. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Blvd.
Van Dyke was born in West Plains, Missouri, to Loren (nickname "Cookie") and Hazel (born McCord) Van Dyke, but he grew up in Danville, Illinois. He is the older brother of actor Jerry Van Dyke, who is best known for his role on the TV series Coach. His grandson, Shane Van Dyke, is also an actor, and directed Titanic II. He is of Dutch descent on his father's side, and his mother was a descendant of Mayflower passenger Peter Browne from England.
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Eddie Cantor
Eddie Cantor (January 31, 1892 – October 10, 1964), born Edward Israel Iskowitz, was an American "illustrated song" performer, comedian, dancer, singer, actor and songwriter. Familiar to Broadway, radio, movie and early television audiences, this "Apostle of Pep" was regarded almost as a family member by millions because his top-rated radio shows revealed intimate stories and amusing anecdotes about his wife Ida and five daughters. Some of his hits include "Makin' Whoopee," "Ida," "If You Knew Susie," "Ma! He's Makin' Eyes at Me," "Margie" and "How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm (After They've Seen Paree?)" He also wrote a few songs, including "Merrily We Roll Along," the Merrie Melodies Warner Bros. cartoon theme.
His eye-rolling song-and-dance routines eventually led to his nickname, "Banjo Eyes." In 1933, the artist Frederick J. Garner caricatured Cantor with large round eyes resembling the drum-like pot of a banjo. Cantor's eyes became his trademark, often exaggerated in illustrations, and leading to his appearance on Broadway in the musical Banjo Eyes (1941).
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Edgar Bergen
Edgar John Bergen (February 16, 1903 – September 30, 1978) was an American actor and radio performer, best known as a ventriloquist.
Bergen was born Edgar John Berggren in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Swedish immigrants Nilla Svensdotter (née Osberg) and Johan Henriksson Berggren. He grew up in Decatur, Michigan. He taught himself ventriloquism from a pamphlet when he was 11. A few years later, he commissioned Chicago woodcarver Theodore Mack to sculpt a likeness of a rascally Irish newspaperboy he knew. The head went on a dummy named Charlie McCarthy, who became Bergen's lifelong sidekick. At age 16, he went to Chicago, where he attended Lake View High School and worked at a silent movie house. He gave his first public performance at Waveland Avenue Congregational Church which was located on the northeast corner of Waveland and Janssen. He lived across the street from the church. In 1965, he gave that church a generous contribution, a thoughtful letter, and a photograph of himself which had been requested by the minister and was displayed in the church's assembly room which was dedicated to Bergen.
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Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra, /sɨˈnɑːtrə/, (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and film actor.
Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the "bobby soxers", he released his first album, The Voice of Frank Sinatra in 1946. His professional career had stalled by the 1950s, but it was reborn in 1953 after he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in From Here to Eternity.
He signed with Capitol Records in 1953 and released several critically lauded albums (such as In the Wee Small Hours, Songs for Swingin' Lovers, Come Fly with Me, Only the Lonely and Nice 'n' Easy). Sinatra left Capitol to found his own record label, Reprise Records in 1961 (finding success with albums such as Ring-a-Ding-Ding!, Sinatra at the Sands and Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim), toured internationally, was a founding member of the Rat Pack and fraternized with celebrities and statesmen, including John F. Kennedy. Sinatra turned 50 in 1965, recorded the retrospective September of My Years, starred in the Emmy-winning television special Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music, and scored hits with "Strangers in the Night" and "My Way".
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Fred Karno
Frederick John Westcott (26 March 1866 – 18 September 1941), best known by his stage name Fred Karno, was a theatre impresario of the British music hall. Karno is credited with inventing the custard-pie-in-the-face gag. During the 1890s, in order to circumvent stage censorship, Karno developed a form of sketch comedy without dialogue. Cheeky authority-defying playlets such as "Jail Birds" (1896) in which prisoners play tricks on warders and "Early Birds" (1903) where a small man defeats a large ruffian in London's East End can be seen as precursors of movie silent comedy. In fact, among the young comedians who worked for him were Charlie Chaplin and Arthur Jefferson, who later adopted the name of Stan Laurel. These were part of what was known as “Fred Karno's Army”, a phrase still occasionally used in the UK to refer to a chaotic group or organisation. The phrase was also adapted by British soldiers into a trench song in the First World War, as a parody of, or rather to the tune of, the hymn The Church's One Foundation. In the Second World War it was adapted as the Anthem of the Guinea Pig Club, the first line becoming “We are McIndoe's Army …”.
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Gailard Sartain
Gailard Sartain (born September 18, 1946) is an American comedic and serious actor, often playing characters with roots in the South. He is also an accomplished and successful painter and illustrator.
Sartain was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the son of a Tulsa fire chief. He attended Cascia Hall Preparatory School, is a 1963 graduate of Will Rogers High School in Tulsa and was a member of the Epsilon Mu chapter of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity at the University of Tulsa, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. In 1968, Gailard moved to New York City, where he worked as an assistant to illustrator Paul Davis.
Sartain's entry into entertainment was launched in Tulsa. Working originally as a cameraman at a local television station, he gained notoriety through the creation of a late night off-the-wall comedy program entitled The Uncanny Film Festival and Camp Meeting. Dressed as a wizard, wearing a dark blue robe and pointed wizard's cap, Sartain hosted the program as "Dr. Mazeppa Pompazoidi". Other cast members included fellow Tulsans Gary Busey and Jim Millaway. The program was broadcast on the Tulsa CBS affiliate KOTV and later the ABC affiliate KTUL. It featured B-movies, with skits written and performed by Sartain, Busey and company between the movie segments.
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George Stevens
George Stevens (December 18, 1904 – March 8, 1975) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer.
Among his most notable films were Diary of Anne Frank (1959), nominated for Best Director, Giant (1956), winner of Oscar for Best Director, Shane (1953), Oscar nominated, and A Place in the Sun (1951), winner of Oscar for Best Director.
He was born in Oakland, California, and his family included his father Landers Stevens and his mother Georgie Cooper, both stage actors. His uncle was drama critic Ashton Stevens. He also had two brothers, Jack and writer Aston Stevens. He learned about the stage from his parents and worked and toured with them, on his way to filmmaking. He broke into the movie business as a cameraman, working on many Laurel and Hardy short films, such as Night Owls (1930). His first feature film was The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble in 1933.
In 1934 he got his first directing job, the slapstick Kentucky Kernels. His big break came when he directed Katharine Hepburn in Alice Adams in 1935. He went on in the late 1930s to direct several Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire movies, not only with the two actors together, but on their own. In 1940, he directed Carole Lombard in Vigil in the Night, and the film has an alternate ending for European audiences in recognition of World War II, which the US had not yet entered.
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Gregory Peck
Eldred Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American actor.
One of the world's most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1960s, Peck continued to play important roles well into the 1980s. His notable performances include that of Atticus Finch in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird, for which he won an Academy Award. President Lyndon Johnson honored Peck with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969 for his lifetime humanitarian efforts. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Peck among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time, ranking at #12. He was named to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1983.
Eldred Gregory Peck was born in La Jolla, California, the son of Missouri-born Bernice Mae "Bunny" (née Ayres) and Gregory Pearl Peck, who was a chemist and pharmacist. Peck's father was of Irish (maternal) heritage and English (paternal) heritage, and his mother was of Scots (paternal) and English (maternal) ancestry. Peck's father was a Catholic and his mother converted upon marrying his father. Peck's Irish-born paternal grandmother, Catherine Ashe, was related to Thomas Ashe, who took part in the Easter Rising fewer than three weeks after Peck's birth and died while on hunger strike in 1917. Peck's parents divorced by the time he was six years old and he spent the next few years being raised by his maternal grandmother.
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Hal Roach
Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach, Sr. (January 14, 1892 - November 2, 1992) was an American film and television producer and director, and actor from the 1910s to the 1990s.
Hal Roach was born in Elmira, New York, the grandson of Irish Immigrants. A presentation by the great American humorist Mark Twain impressed Roach as a young grade school student.
After an adventurous youth that took him to Alaska, Hal Roach arrived in Hollywood, California in 1912 and began working as an extra in silent films. Upon coming into an inheritance, he began producing short comedies in 1915 with his friend Harold Lloyd, who portrayed a character known as Lonesome Luke.
Also in 1915, Roach married actress Marguerite Nichols. They had two children, Hal, Jr. (1918–1972) and Margaret (1921–1964).
Unable to expand his studios in downtown Los Angeles because of zoning, Roach purchased what became the Hal Roach Studios from Harry Culver in Culver City, California. During the 1920s and 1930s, he employed Lloyd (his top money-maker until his departure in 1923), Will Rogers, Max Davidson, the Our Gang kids, Charley Chase, Harry Langdon, Thelma Todd, ZaSu Pitts, Patsy Kelly and, most famously, Laurel and Hardy. During the 1920s Roach's biggest rival was producer Mack Sennett. In 1925 Roach hired away Sennett's supervising director, F. Richard Jones.
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James Cagney
James Francis Cagney, Jr. (July 17, 1899 – March 30, 1986) was an American actor, first on stage, then in film, where he had his greatest impact. Although he won acclaim and major awards for a wide variety of performances, he is best remembered for playing tough guys. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him eighth among its 50 Greatest American Screen Legends.
In his first professional acting performance, he danced dressed as a woman in the chorus line of the 1919 revue Every Sailor. He spent several years in vaudeville as a hoofer and comedian, until he got his first major acting part in 1925. He secured several other roles, receiving good notices, before landing the lead in the 1929 play Penny Arcade. After rave reviews, Warner Bros. signed him for an initial $500-a-week, three-week contract to reprise his role; this was quickly extended to a seven-year contract.
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James Parrott
James Parrott (August 2, 1897 – May 10, 1939) was an American actor and film director; and the younger brother of film comedian Charley Chase.
James Gibbons Parrott was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Charles and Blanche Thompson Parrott. In 1903, his father died from a heart attack, leaving the family in bad financial shape, which forced them to move in with a relative. Charley Jr. quit school, so he could go to work, in order to support his mother and brother. Eventually the call of the stage beckoned him, and Charley Jr. left home at age 16 to travel the vaudeville circuit as a singer and comedic performer. By the time James had reached his teens, he too, had quit school, and became involved with the street gangs of Baltimore.
Later, Charley's connections in the film industry helped get his younger brother established in movies, and he would appear during the 1920s in a series of relatively successful comedies for producer Hal Roach. He was billed first as "Paul Parrott," then "Jimmie Parrott." Approximately 75 comedies were produced from 1921 to 1923, with titles continuing to be released through Pathé until 1926. Frequent co-stars included Marie Mosquini, Jobyna Ralston, Eddie Baker, and Sunshine Sammy.
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James Stewart
James Maitland "Jimmy" Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an American film and stage actor, known for his distinctive voice and persona. Over the course of his career, he starred in many films widely considered classics and was nominated for five Academy Awards, winning one in competition and receiving one Lifetime Achievement award. He was a major MGM contract star. He also had a noted military career and was a World War II and Vietnam War veteran, who rose to the rank of Brigadier General in the United States Air Force Reserve.
James Maitland Stewart was born on May 20, 1908, in Indiana, Pennsylvania, the son of Elizabeth Ruth (née Jackson) and Alexander Maitland Stewart, who owned a hardware store. Stewart's parents were of Scottish descent and Presbyterians. His maternal ancestors served in the American Revolution, the War of 1812 and the American Civil War. The eldest of three children (he had two younger sisters, Virginia and Mary), he was expected to continue his father's business, which had been in the family for three generations. His mother was an excellent pianist but his father discouraged Stewart's request for lessons. But when his father accepted a gift of an accordion from a guest, young Stewart quickly learned to play the instrument, which became a fixture off-stage during his acting career. As the family grew, music continued to be an important part of family life.
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James W. Horne
James Wesley Horne (December 14, 1881 – June 29, 1942) was an early American actor, screenwriter and film director. He began his career as an actor under director Sidney Olcott at Kalem Studios in 1913 and directed his first film for the company two years later.
During the silent-era Horne specialized in staging thrill scenes for features and serials. On the strength of Horne's work in The Cruise of the Jasper B, Buster Keaton hired him to direct his 1927 comedy College. From there he moved to the Hal Roach studio, where he worked with Roach's leading stars, Laurel and Hardy, Charley Chase, and Our Gang. Horne's Laurel and Hardy comedies Big Business (credited to "J. Wesley Horne") and Way Out West are acclaimed as classics.
Horne also displayed an aptitude for directing Roach's foreign-language versions; the American version might be staged by James Parrott, for example, but the international version would be entrusted to Horne.
Horne left Roach in 1932 during an economic downturn that eliminated many jobs. He was hired by Universal Pictures where, for the next few years, he directed the studio's now-obscure two-reel comedies. When Universal suspended production, Horne worked briefly at Columbia Pictures and returned to Roach in 1935.
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Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis (born March 16, 1926) is an American comedian, actor, singer, film producer, screenwriter and film director. He is best known for his slapstick humor in film, television, stage and radio. He was originally paired up with Dean Martin in 1946, forming the famed comedy team of Martin and Lewis.
In addition to the duo's popular nightclub work, they starred in a successful series of comedy films for Paramount Pictures. Lewis is also known for his charity fund-raising telethons and position as national chairman for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA).
Lewis has won several awards for lifetime achievements from The American Comedy Awards, The Golden Camera, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and The Venice Film Festival, and he has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
In 2005, he received the Governors Award of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Board of Governors, which is the highest Emmy Award presented. On February 22, 2009, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded Lewis the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
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Joe Rock
Joe Rock (25 December 1893 – 5 December 1984) was an American movie producer, director, actor and screenwriter best remembered today for producing a series of 12 two reel comedies starring Stan Laurel in the 1920s.
After infantry service in World War I, Rock began his film career as a comedian in silent films sometimes using the name "Joe Basil"— he had a broad grin and protruding ears, which gave him a comical appearance — but soon found greater success as a producer.
Joe Rock began his career as a stunt double for Mary Pickford, A short-lived career with Vitagraph Studios as a comedian teamed with Earl Montgomery in countless comedy shorts as Hash and Havoc (1916), Stowaways and Strategy (1917), Farms and Fumbles (1918), Harems and Hookum (1919), Zip and Zest (1919), Vamps and Variety (1919), Rubes and Robbers (1919), Cave and Coquettes (1919), Throbs and Thrills (1920), Loafers and Lovers (1920), Sauce and Senoritas (1920) and many more.
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John McCabe (writer)
John McCabe (November 14, 1920 – September 27, 2005), born John Charles McCabe III, was a Shakespearean scholar and author, whose first book was the authorized biography of Laurel and Hardy.
His Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy. first published in 1961, is credited with helping establish the critical reputation of the comedy duo. He also wrote individual books on Stan Laurel (The Comedy World of Stan Laurel) and Oliver Hardy (Babe: The Life of Oliver Hardy). A professor at Lake Superior State University, Dr. McCabe was founder and "Exhausted Ruler" of the international Laurel and Hardy society, the The Sons of the Desert, named after one of the team's films.
Dr. McCabe was known as a show-business biographer. His other books include Cagney by Cagney (1976), the ghostwritten autobiography of James Cagney; George M. Cohan: The Man Who Owned Broadway (1973); Charlie Chaplin (1978), and Cagney (1997), an authorized biography.
His first wife, Peggy Richards, met him while they were both involved in The Catholic Theater of Detroit in the 1940s. Together they produced, directed and acted in numerous summer stock productions in Milford, Pennsylvania. In 1962, John married Vija Zarina, a Latvian dancer/choreographer. She died in 1985. They had three children.
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Katharine Hepburn
Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American actress of film, stage, and television. Known for her headstrong independence and spirited personality, Hepburn's career as a Hollywood leading lady spanned more than 60 years. Her work came in a range of genres, from screwball comedy to literary drama, and she received four Academy Awards for Best Actress—a record for any performer. Hepburn's characters were often strong, sophisticated women with a hidden vulnerability.
Raised in Connecticut by wealthy, progressive parents, Hepburn began to act while studying at Bryn Mawr College. After four years in the theatre, favorable reviews of her work on Broadway brought her to the attention of Hollywood. Her early years in the film industry were marked with success, including an Academy Award for her third picture, Morning Glory (1933), but this was followed by a series of commercial failures. In 1938 she was labeled "box office poison". Hepburn masterminded her own comeback, buying out her contract with RKO Radio Pictures and acquiring the film rights to The Philadelphia Story, which she sold on the condition that she be the star. In the 1940s she was contracted to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where her career focused on an alliance with Spencer Tracy. The screen-partnership spanned 25 years, and produced nine movies.
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Larry Harmon
Lawrence Weiss (January 2, 1925 – July 3, 2008), better known by the stage name Larry Harmon and as his alter-ego Bozo the Clown, was a Jewish American entertainer.
Harmon was born in Toledo, Ohio and raised in Cleveland. During World War II, he served as a private in the Army. Upon returning, he harbored dreams of becoming a doctor, until he met legendary entertainer Al Jolson. According to Harmon's autobiography, The Man Behind the Nose, Jolson told him, "Being a doctor of medicine is honorable, but you'll touch so many more lives as a doctor of laughter!" Harmon instead attended the University of Southern California, where he majored in theater and performed in the Spirit of Troy marching band.
Harmon was married four times and had four children: film maker Jeff Harmon, and daughters Lori Harmon, Marci Breth-Carabet and Leslie Breth. In 1956, Harmon purchased the licensing rights to the Bozo character from Capitol Records. Harmon marketed the Bozo property aggressively. By the late 1960s, Harmon had licensed local Bozo TV shows in nearly every major U.S. market, and across the world in places as far away as Thailand, Greece and Brazil. Harmon also produced a series of Bozo animated cartoons intended to be shown with the live-action show. Harmon's animation studio also produced eighteen Popeye cartoons in 1960 as part of a larger TV syndication package.
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Laurel and Hardy
Laurel and Hardy were one of the most popular and critically acclaimed comedy double acts of the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema. Composed of thin Englishman Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and fat American Oliver Hardy (1892–1957), they became well known during the late 1920s to the mid-1940s for their slapstick comedy, with Laurel playing the clumsy and childlike friend of the pompous Hardy. They made over 100 films together, initially two-reelers (short films) before expanding into feature length films in the 1930s. Their films include Sons of the Desert (1933), the Academy Award winning short film The Music Box (1932), Babes in Toyland (1934), and Way Out West (1937). Hardy's catchphrase "Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into!" is still widely recognized.
Prior to the double act both were established actors with Laurel appearing in over 50 films and Hardy in over 250 films. Although the two comedians first worked together on the film The Lucky Dog (1921), this was a chance pairing and it was not until 1926, when both separately signed contracts with the Hal Roach film studio, that they began appearing in movie shorts together. Laurel and Hardy officially became a team the following year in the silent short film Putting Pants on Philip (1927). The pair remained with the Roach studio until 1940, then appeared in eight "B" comedies for 20th Century Fox and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from 1941 to 1945. After finishing their movie commitments at the end of 1944, they concentrated on stage shows, embarking on a music hall tour of England, Ireland, and Scotland. In 1950 they made their last film, a French/Italian co-production called Atoll K, before retiring from the screen. In total they appeared together in 107 films. They starred in 40 short sound films, 32 short silent films and 23 full-length feature films, and made 12 guest or cameo appearances, including the recently discovered Galaxy of Stars promotional film (1936).
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Leo McCarey
Thomas Leo McCarey (October 3, 1898 – July 5, 1969) was an American film director, screenwriter and producer. During his lifetime he was involved in nearly 200 movies, especially comedies. French director Jean Renoir once said that "Leo McCarey understood people better than any other Hollywood director."
Born in Los Angeles, California, he graduated from the University of Southern California law school and began in the movie business as an assistant director to Tod Browning in 1920, but honed his skills at the Hal Roach Studios for the rest of that decade. Hired by Hal Roach in 1923, McCarey initially wrote gags for the Our Gang series and other studio stars, then produced and directed shorts, including two-reelers with Charley Chase. While at Roach, McCarey cast Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy together and guided development of their onscreen characters, thus creating one of the most enduring comedy teams of all time. He only officially appeared as director of the duo shorts We Faw Down (1928), Liberty (1929) and Wrong Again (1929), but wrote many of the screenplays. By 1929, he was vice-president of production for the entire studio.
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Leroy Shield
Leroy Shield (October 2, 1893 - January 9, 1962) was an American film score and radio composer.
A native of Waseca, Minnesota, Shield was an employee of RCA Victor's National Broadcasting Company, for which he composed and conducted on-air musical pieces. Starting approximately 1922 (seven years before the Victor Talking Machine was bought by RCA and became RCA Victor), Shield was a Victor house musician, conducting and providing piano accompaniment on many hundreds of popular and USF (foreign language and ethnic recordings for issue in the United States) Victor recordings. He also worked as a part-time employee for the Hal Roach film studio, composing countless background themes that became associated with such Roach comedy series as Laurel and Hardy, Our Gang, ZaSu Pitts and Thelma Todd, and Charley Chase. One of his compositions for the 1930 Our Gang 1930 short Teacher's Pet, "Good Old Days," became the theme song of the series. His 1930 song "Beautiful Lady" was used as the theme song for the Pitts and Todd films.
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Lois Neilson
Lois Neilson (September 7, 1895 - July 9, 1990) was an American silent movie actress who became actor and comedian Stan Laurel's first wife.
She was born in Tulare, California. She and Laurel both appeared in Do You Love Your Wife? in 1919.
Neilson and Laurel began sharing her apartment in 1925, and married on August 13, 1926.
Their daughter, also named Lois, was born in 1927. Their son, also named Stanley, was born two months premature in 1930, and lived for nine days. Neilson and Laurel separated that same year, and were divorced in December 1934.
She died in Los Angeles at the age of 94.
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Mae Dahlberg
Mae Dahlberg (b. Charlotte Mae Dahlberg 24 May 1888, Australia, d. 1969, New York), was a music hall and vaudeville performer and actress in several Hollywood silent movies. In 1917, while in California, she met and formed a variety act with Stan Laurel. In 1917 she played in a comedy short, Nuts in May, notable as the screen debut of Stan Laurel (credited as Stan Jefferson). Mae Dahlberg is credited as "Mae Laurel" in several of her films. Though Stan and Mae never married, as professional partners they lived together as common-law husband and wife from 1919 to 1925. Mae maintained that it was she who suggested Stan change his name to Laurel .
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Martha Raye
Martha Raye (August 27, 1916 – October 19, 1994) was an American comic actress and standards singer who performed in movies, and later on television. She was honored in 1969 with an Academy Award as the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award recipient for her volunteer efforts and services to the troops.
Raye's life as a singer and comedic performer began very early in her childhood. She was born at St. James Hospital, in Butte, Montana as Margy Reed, where her Irish immigrant parents, Peter F. Reed and Maybelle Hooper, were performing at a local vaudeville theatre as "Reed and Hooper." Two days after Martha was born, her mother was already back on stage, and Martha first appeared in their act when she was three years old. She performed with her brother, Bud, and soon the two children became such a highlight that the act was renamed "Margie and Bud." Some show business insiders speculated that the Judy Garland song from A Star Is Born, "I was born in a trunk in the Princess Theater in Pocatello, Idaho" was inspired by Raye's beginnings.
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Marvin Hatley
Thomas Marvin Hatley (April 3, 1905 – August 23, 1986), professionally known simply as Marvin Hatley, was an American film composer and musical director, best known for his work for the Hal Roach studio from 1929 until 1940.
Hatley wrote many of the musical cues appearing in the Our Gang, Laurel and Hardy, and Charley Chase films. His most memorable composition is "The Cookoo Song" (also known as "Ku-Ku", or "Dance of the Cookoos"), which serves as Laurel and Hardy's theme song. He was also the "player piano" (performing off-screen) in The Music Box (1932). His work in Laurel and Hardy's films Way Out West and Block-Heads earned him nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Score.
In 1939, Hatley was fired from the Roach studio. At the insistence of Stan Laurel, however, he did return to score one final Laurel & Hardy film, Saps at Sea. Hatley went on to become a lounge pianist, and often remarked that he earned more money in that career than during his days at the Roach studio.
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Oliver Hardy
Oliver Hardy (January 18, 1892 - August 7, 1957) was an American comic actor famous as one half of Laurel and Hardy, the classic double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted nearly 30 years, from 1927 to 1955.
Oliver Hardy was born Norvell Hardy in Harlem, Georgia. His father, Oliver, was a Confederate veteran wounded at the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862. After his demobilization as a recruiting officer for Company K, 16th Georgia Regiment, the elder Oliver Hardy assisted his father in running the vestiges of the family cotton plantation, bought a share in a retail business and was elected full-time Tax Collector for Columbia County. His mother, Emily Norvell, the daughter of Thomas Benjamin Norvell and Mary Freeman, was descended from Captain Hugh Norvell of Williamsburg, Virginia. Her family arrived in Virginia before 1635. Their marriage took place on March 12, 1890; it was the second marriage for the widow Emily, and the third for Oliver. He was of paternal English American descent and maternal Scottish American descent.
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Pearl Bailey
Pearl Mae Bailey (March 29, 1918 – August 17, 1990) was an American actress and singer. After appearing in vaudeville, she made her Broadway debut in St. Louis Woman in 1946. She won a Tony Award for the title role in the all-black production of Hello, Dolly! in 1968. In 1986, she won a Daytime Emmy award for her performance as a fairy godmother in the ABC Afterschool Special, Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale.
Her rendition of "Takes Two to Tango" hit the top ten in 1952.
Bailey was born in Southampton County in southeastern Virginia, to the Reverend Joseph and Ella Mae Ricks Bailey. She was reared in the Bloodfields neighborhood of Newport News, Virginia.
She made her stage-singing debut when she was 15 years old. Her brother Bill Bailey was beginning his own career as a tap dancer, and suggested she enter an amateur contest at Philadelphia’s Pearl Theater. She entered, won first prize, later won a similar contest at Harlem’s famous Apollo Theater, and decided to pursue a career in entertainment.
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Stan Laurel
Arthur Stanley "Stan" Jefferson (16 June 1890 – 23 February 1965), known as Stan Laurel, was an English comic actor, writer and film director, famous as the first half of the comedy team Laurel and Hardy. His film acting career stretched between 1917 and 1951 and included a starring role in the Academy Award winning film The Music Box (1932). In 1961, Laurel was given a Lifetime Achievement Academy Award for his pioneering work in comedy. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Blvd.
Arthur Stanley Jefferson was born in his grandparents' house on 16 June 1890 at 3 Argyle Street, Ulverston, then in Lancashire. He had two brothers and a sister.
His parents, Arthur and Margaret ("Madge") Jefferson, were both active in the theatre and always very busy. In his early years, he spent much time living with his grandmother Sarah Metcalfe. Stan Jefferson attended school at King James I Grammar School, Bishop Auckland, County Durham and the King's School, Tynemouth, before moving with his parents to Glasgow, where he completed his education at Rutherglen Academy. His father managed Glasgow's Metropole Theatre where he began work. At the age of 16, with a natural affinity for the theatre, Jefferson gave his first professional performance on stage at the Panopticon in Glasgow.
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Walter Pidgeon
Walter Davis Pidgeon (September 23, 1897 – September 25, 1984) was a Canadian actor, who starred in many motion pictures, including Mrs. Miniver, The Bad and the Beautiful, Forbidden Planet, Advise & Consent, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Funny Girl and Harry in Your Pocket.
Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Pidgeon was the son of Hannah (née Sanborn), a homemaker, and Caleb Burpee Pidgeon, a merchant who owned a men's clothing store. Pidgeon attended local schools, followed by the University of New Brunswick, where he studied law and drama. His university education was interrupted by World War I, and he enlisted in the 65th Battery, Royal Canadian Field Artillery. Pidgeon never saw combat, however, as he was severely injured in an accident. He was crushed between two gun carriages and spent 17 months in a military hospital. Following the war, he moved to Boston, where he worked as a bank runner, at the same time studying voice at the New England Conservatory of Music. He was a classically trained baritone.
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William Gargan
William Gargan, was an American motion picture, television and radio actor. He was born William Dennis Gargan July 17, 1905 in Brooklyn, New York, USA and died aged 73 on February 17, 1979, on a flight between New York and San Diego.
Gargan played character roles in many Hollywood productions, including two appearances as detective Ellery Queen, but was best known for his role as Detective Martin Kane in the 1949-51 radio-television series, Martin Kane, Private Eye, sponsored by U.S. Tobacco. He also appeared as a private detective in the NBC radio show Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, which ran from 1951 to 1955.
On leaving school, Gargan became a salesman of bootleg whiskey to New York speakeasies and then joined a detective agency. While visiting his brother on a musical comedy stage, he was offered a stage job which he accepted. He began his stage career in Aloma of the South Seas and later his film career in Misleading Lady.
He was cast in a number of stereotypical Irish parts in films playing policemen, priests, reporters, and blustering adventurers.
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We met as two total strangers
As many lovers often do
But who could have ever seen the danger
I didn't know I'd fall in love with you
You are this lonely picker's daydream
Like a wish that's wishing to come true
So Liberty just know I'm waiting
To share this love song with you
But do you think about me when you're lying in his bed
Won't you take the time to explain
Do you ever think you'd rather be with me instead
Or do you only think about me when it rains
We shared some special nights together
We said we'd watch the morning rise
But when the sun was all around us
Wasn't nothing I hadn't seen in your eyes
I try so hard to keep it hidden
But I am hurting deep inside
For every time I've seen you smile
There are two times that I have cried
Now and forever my love will be the same
Don't want to vote for no real change.
The climate's bad, so I'll feel strange.
If it's the work, It's up to you.
You say there's nothing left to do.
Can't be afraid.
Can't be misled.
By the smoke they spit.
And the words they've said.
Don't want to explain myself to you.
What's in minds, corrupted too.
And if there's nothing left to say.
What you claim is on it's way.
Don't want to explain myself to you.
What's in minds, corrupted too.
You say there's nothing left to say.
Our freedom's time is in delay.
Can I have a plan without commercial interest.
Without government lies, or buckets of blood to hide.
Seeking freedom for the right, my peace of mind.
When the left comes up, can never get enough they've lied.
Some refrain from politics.
Pushing thier political points of view.
Some refrain from politics.
SO SHOULD YOU.
Can't be afraid.
You think that's bad.
Political fortune.
You think thats bad.
Can't be afraid.
theres a bus stop with a heart on it
and its waiting for its traveller
come and meet this one way seat
for its heading for eternity
would you like to sit with me and be happy
yes im sure that this ride is for free
CHORUS
hey there you come find your liberty
come with me its for free
hey there you come and ride on this liberty today
leave your baggage for theres no need
to store your treasures in your pocket
you do alright with your nine to five
but you are living with forever
CHORUS
sing with me and be happy
and lets enjoy this ride for free
Liberty wanted to come with me
She'd never been there before
She came close a few times
Now she needed some more
Liberty, let her man go
He didn't give her the stars
She stopped laying beside him
And stayed out late in the bars
Won't you come with me, Liberty?
Won't you come with me?
Liberty was drunk when she met me
I liked the look on her face
Then she took a punch for me
Her gloves were made out of lace
And Liberty came with me
To the places she wanted to go
Every night that she's with me
She always wanted more
Won't you come with me, Liberty
Won't you come with me?
Come with me, Liberty
Come with me, Liberty
You taste of freedom, freedom's your name
Running the cameras on what they are waiting to say
Fixing the picture to who you will gather and pray
Some will protest and some will defy in the night
Some will cry for an ending to come, waiting to let them selves go
Liberty, dying to set yourselves free
In your hour of darkness your fighting for freedom to be
Liberty, hurtling towards victory, from the gutters and gate
Posts your children are coming to see liberty
Controlling you mind, supressing your thoughts and beliefs
Crushing your senses conormities all that is real
Sound the call in the morning you march to the sword
paying prices for what you have done, wanting to let yourself go
Liberty, dying to set yourselves free, standing one and for all
You must sacrifice all that you see.
Liberty, hurtling towards victory
Only god will convince them for one is for all to be free
Liberty yea
Sound the call in the morning you march to the sword
paying prices for what you have done, wanting to let yourself go
Liberty, dying to set yourselves free
In your hour of darkness your fighting for freedom to be
Liberty, hurtling towards victory, from the gutters and gate
Sun is shining, sky is so blue
I'm filled with hope, it's promising
The course my life is taking
Searching of my truth has brought me here
Facing things with confidence
That all will be okay
Past is gone, life goes on
Memories remain, I break the chain
Of misery and pain
Marching to a different drum
Shines my liberty
It's growing stronger every day
I feel it in me
Leading me to a different world
Freedom shows the way
It's there for you and me to find
It's heaven on earth
I'm standing here today and understand
There's no reason to hide anymore
So many things to see, so many things to gain
My life is not in vain
Marching to a different drum
Shines my liberty
It's growing stronger every day
I feel it in me
Leading me to a different world
Freedom shows the way
It's there for you and me to find
It's heaven on earth
Marching to a different drum
Shines my liberty
It's growing stronger every day
I feel it in me
Leading me to a different world
Freedom shows the way
It's there for you and me to find
I'm dreaming of a lifetime's freedom
That stretches all around the world
I'm talking about the biggest creature
I'm talking about the smallest bird
I'm singing out for liberation
I wanna move where I please
I wanna strike a note for freedom
Here's my song of liberty
Well all right
Here's my song
Are you doing all right
Here's my song
Are you ready to fight
To be free
Gonna fight for the right
Liberty
Well you're doing all right
I'm fighting for my children
As my father fought for me
Blood and sweat go hand in hand
Here's my song for liberty
Liberty
Well I'll fight for the right
Liberty
Are you doing all right
Liberty
Well I'll fight for your right
Liberty
I'm living on a crime of passion
A passion that will set me free
I'm ready now to really suffer
To do just as I please
I've got him on my side
I know he'll fight for me
I hear the bells a ringing
They ring for liberty
Liberty
Well can you hear
Liberty
Well can you see
Liberty
Well can you feel
Liberty
You're doing all right
Liberty
Liberty
Liberty
Liberty
I'm looking for a chain reaction
When people start to cheer
I feel my body shaking
As my cause begins to steer
To war's a big solution
To war's the final show
This time is right for action
I know it's time to go
Here's our song
Well you doing all right
Hold me strong
Are you ready to fight
To be free
Then fight for the right
Liberty
Well you're doing all right
All right
There's gonna be revolution
Everything will turn out fine
There's only one solution
Show that banner, show that sign
We're searching for our independence
It belongs to you and me
Sing a song of future freedom
The song of liberty
Liberty
Wanna hear you sing
Liberty
Come on and bring
Liberty
Only love
Liberty
Well sing your song
You're doing all right
All right
Liberty
Let me hear you sing
Liberty
Come on and bring
Liberty
And only love
Liberty
Well sing your song
Roll away the dawn,
Roll away the dawn and let me see,
The land of the free,
Has anything changed at all;
Sweet liberty,
Sweet liberty is in our hands
It's part of the plan,
Or is it a state of mind?
Horses and men,
Horses and men are on the field,
They didn't yield.
Many have fallen here;
Never forget
Never forget what they have done,
The time will come,
When it will change again.
Never forget!
Liberty
Everything is allowed
Society
Sex gathered crowd
It tickles
You just want to play
It tickles
But soon it plays with you
You want to leave but you stay
I see you
You don't want to try
I love you
And I'm not good at good-byes
You say you're not bad
Why should I end up down there?
You say you're not bad
But I can only take what's mine
Say you care
If you want to stay with me at your liberty
If you want to be with me at your liberty
I tell you something to let you understand the way I feel
Just what you mean to me
Thank you for fine times we nearly made it all the way but no
It wasn't meant to be you say we feel the same there ain't no blame
To decide but if a little time could change your mind I'll be here
And you can call me (if you want to stay with me at your liberty)
You can hold me (if you want to be with me at your liberty)
Do you do you do you remember (remember) how lovers ripe on summers heathen night
Would never seem to end and does December (December) come stirring with that finger of desire
(Desire) To feel it once again
You worry 'bout your friends what if they find what's going on (what's going on)
But if you wanna try to make it come alive I'll be here
And you can call me (if you want to stay with me at your liberty)
You can hold me (if you want to be with me at your liberty)
And you can call me (if you want to stay with me at your liberty)
And you can touch me girl (if you want to run to me at your liberty)
Help me out I live in doubt sort me out yeah
Don't make it every night don't wanna be the love of your life (I'll be here)
So if you are inclined to spend a little time I'll be here
And you can call me (if you want to stay with me at your liberty)
You can hold me (if you want to be with me at your liberty)
And you can call me (if you want to stay with me at your liberty)
And you can touch me girl (if you want to run to me at your liberty)
Touch me girl (if you want to stay with me at your liberty)
Help me out (if you want to be with me at your liberty)
Sort me out (if you want to come to me at your liberty)
And you can set me free (if you want to run to me at your liberty)
If you wanna stay with me at your liberty
If you wanna be with me at your liberty
If you wanna stay with me at your liberty
If you wanna run to me at your liberty
NOTE: The lyrics listed here for Liberty
were transcribed and discussed by several
members of the Journey Mailing List.
We hope they are correct, although they
still could contain errors.
See the mountains
With my lady
As the eagle
In the golden sky
Towers over purple majesty
In the mountains
Lives a freedom
There's a river
You can hear it say,
";From the delta flows the Liberty";
As the twilight of evening is broken
Lacy, silvery, starlight unfoldin'
'Round and 'round in a wave of emotion
Rings of love circles back to the spoken
Nothing equals a sea of devotion
Oooo, desire sets the wheels into motion
We all agree
We live to be free
They can't tell us
They can't tell us, how to be
We, we all agree
You individually
We the people
Share the power
Hold the key
The time has come, forever we ride always against our enemies
The night is falling, the stars will arise, nothing to afraid in the fight
For this land...
The Invaders I see, the ships made of steel
Beware of the forces, beware of the beast
There is no place to hide, the field seems a hell, fire is falling from skies
[bridge]
And now... we are living to fight, now... we fight four our rights
We left our homes to follow the light, mankind will always survive
The future we had seen in the hands of a time soon to over
[chorus]
Fly, and reach the skies, somewhere the sun will shine bright on you
For the liberty, liberty, liberty again we'll fight till the end
The cruelness of war we're carrying inside proud of our ancient legacy
Screaming for mercy, my victims will die, we must protect our land
[bridge]
[chorus]
[solo 1(Elbelman)]
[solo 2(Atxondo)]
Hit me!
Going to California, gonna make it happen
Gonna be a big star and downtown gigolo
Fly out to Memphis, something good for my soul
Havis always knew just how and where to go (Come on!)
Little darling
I need some liberty in my soul
Let\'s make it happen
I\'m gonna try everything that I know
Little darling
I need some liberty in my soul
Let\'s make it happen
I wanna give you everything that I know (Oh yeah!)
Another misty morning, rock \'n\' roll Seattle
We always have a good time here so we give \'em more
Laid up in Bargo, sit and watch the sun go
Thinking how I\'m going to satisfy my libido (Do it!)
Little darling
I need some liberty in my soul
Let\'s make it happen
I\'m gonna try everything that I know
Little darling
I need some liberty in my soul
Let\'s make it happen
I wanna give you everything that I know
Doo doo doo doo...
I need some liberty...
(Come on)
I got bills to pay (Hungry)
Out the door to work out something
Now I\'m on my way (And fear every day)
Is getting harder lately in the jungle
Little darling
I need some liberty in my soul
Let\'s make it happen
I\'m gonna try everything that I know
Little darling
I need some liberty in my soul
Let\'s make it happen
I wanna give you everything that I know
I need some freedom in my soul
Come on and show me what you know
I need some liberty
Saw a bird with a tear in his eye
Walking to New Orleans, my oh my
Hey, now, bird, wouldn't you rather die
Than walk this world when you're born to fly?
If I was the sun, I'd look for shade
If I was a bed, I would stay unmade
If I was a river I'd run uphill
If you call me you know I will
If you call me you know I will
Ooo, freedom, ooo, liberty
Ooo, leave me alone
To find my own way home
To find my own way home
Say what I mean and I don't give a damn
I do believe and I am who I am
Hey now mama come and take my hand
Whole lotta shakin' all over this land
If I was an eagle, I'd dress like a duck
Crawl like a lizard and honk like a truck
If I get a notion I'll climb this tree
Or chop it down and you can't stop me
Chop it down and you can't stop me
Ooo, freedom, ooo, liberty
Ooo, leave me alone
To find my own way home
To find my own way home
Went to the well but the water was dry
Dipped my bucket in the clear blue sky
Looked in the bottom and what did I see?
The whole damned world looking back at me
If I was a bottle I'd spill for love
Sake of mercy I'd kill for love
If I was a liar, I'd lie for love
Sake of my baby, I'd die for love
Sake of my baby, I'd die for love
Ooo, freedom, ooo, liberty
Ooo, leave me alone
To find my own way home
To find my own way home
There's a gentleness within
There's a kindness that she'll bring
Through her eyes of sadness lies
All her love for him
Imprisoned every day
A handsome price to pay
Even when she's done her time
She'll insist that life's just fine
Someday soon she'll make her move
Seize her chance to shine
It's all that she can do
To free herself from you
It's her liberty ( that she wants you to see )
It's her liberty ( that she wants you to see )
Where has all her life blood gone
Will you ever see
Even if she understood
Is it written that she should
Come and see him when she's gone
He's surprised but knows he's wrong
A simple case of do or die
And now sh'es cut and run
Your vision let you down
You almost let her drown
It's her liberty ( that she wants you to see )
It's her liberty ( that she wants you to see )
Where has all her life blood gone
Will you ever see
Even if she understood
Is it written that she should
Where has all her life blood gone
Wil you ever see
Even if she understood
Is it written that she should
It's her liberty ( that she wants you to see )
It's her liberty ( that she wants you to see )
Where has all her life blood gone
Will you ever see
Even if she understood
Is it written that she should
It's her liberty ( that she wants you to see )
It's her liberty ( that she wants you to see )
Where has all her life blood gone
Will you ever see
Even if she understood
[Chorus x2]
What's our frame of mind?
Master of mainstream disaster
And now that you know, no doubt you've been captured
Caught buy pay attention and we'll let your thougts roam free
The underground liberty
[Oracle]
A high chance you'll get damaged in this life challenge
Though it's hard to manage like scales that are off balance
Ay yo niggas are nuts riding my phallus
They're trying to compare my rap ballads
While they're spittin' hot shit 'cause they toss salad
My people travel upstream like salmon
Got water flows powerfull like a firehose
Connect it to your stereo and feel the Water World hysteria take you over
Don't matter if you're drunk or sober
Got you entranced like Indian dancing cobra's
Our melodies are solar so you can see the light
Our only claim is we're the brightest
Don't want to be the nicest lyricist
'Cause thruthfully words are primitive
You get amped when we jump start your party and make you chant
I'll enhance your motion with electric shocks ferocious
It's trance music hypnosis
We're moving crows like water in front of Moses
You're wet before you notice
This workout like Tae-Bo aerobics
With punch lines and drum kicks and all sets get flipped
High and low decibels hit and whole crews get split in half
And no doubht you know the math
[Chorus x2]
[Kimani]
You know the way the shit goes money for nothing and the chicks for free
But I swear sometimes when I be watching MTV
I'm catching visions of violence, sit in silence
For 120 minutes before I raised the black flag like Henry Rollins
Calling up to loveline "hello? Wel.."
I got a story to tell to do with they ky-gel
I speared Brittany in the back of a Caddy with 9 inches of meat
Talking on my cell phone to Puff Daddy at the Grammy's
Told him "Put me on the guestlist!"
Got backstage and hung Brandy with a rusty ass necklace
They went back for the street boys, I gut off the street noise
By breaking their necks on the floor like a B-boy
Then destroyed the whole program
Had a vision where the wizard was N'sync and I was Conan
I sliced 5 necks at the stem
Laced the mic with C-4 set to blow when Usher Raymond begin
Then stuck my Tim's in the white flabby ass of Marilyn Manson
Gave him a gat and had him bucking at Hanson
Now I'm phantom like the menace, whole crews get diminished
When I'm screaming out loud like No Limit
Present the best rap performance to me, R&B; vocal
Hard rock, classical, and country
They're all mine, I'm sort of like the greatest all time
You're sweating me more then Jennifer Lo's behind
While I'm here player hating on most
Grandiose MC's I be turning your bread to burnt toast
With John Blaze shit the type to amze with
I rap tight like Africans packed up in a slave ship
[Bird Indian John]
Once upon a time
When I traveled to this land
No money in my pocket
No weapon in my hand
A new land full of secrets
Where once I feared to cross
I don't hide anymore
I found what I have lost
The seagulls in the sky
The music of the sea
They blend a mystic chant
To reach infinity
The rain fall in the woods
I stare at mother moon
My soul will meet you soon
Forever in deep blue
Into that black old ship I wondered: "Who am I?"
I realized, now I could find my mother land, I had my chance
So many miles away I crossed to find myself
But still I don't know why I was given a chance
I found my way back home when Iara took my life
The reason I won't find
In my dreams, I couldn't see
My way to light, my heart was blind
All my life was do or die
But I could learn that time washes away your past
So many miles away I crossed to lose my pride
I gave my life away and found my paradise
Sometimes you need to trust in destiny to rise
And reasons you will never find
In my dreams I couldn't see
My way to light, my heart was blind
I don't know what future holds
But I can wait for my time
You have been blessed by the miracle of nature
LIBERTY - SET ME FREE
IN THE RIVER I'M GOING TO DARKNESS
TO FIND MY WAY TO THE LIGHT
DON'T REGRET - FLAWS OF PAST
TAKE THE CHANCE TO RESTART
AND BE TRUE TO YOUR HEART
AND AGAIN YOU'LL HAVE... LIBERTY
All I have lived it seems to be only a dream
And now I found a reason to believe
Once I had my doubts, but I let my river flow
In my heart I believed - Now it's real!
I had my secrets but I couldn't save myself
Love is the key to find what you have lost in your life
You have been blessed by the miracle of nature
LIBERTY - SET ME FREE
IN THE RIVER I'M GOING TO DARKNESS
TO FIND MY WAY TO THE LIGHT
DON'T REGRET - FLAWS OF PAST
TAKE THE CHANCE TO RESTART
AND BE TRUE TO YOUR HEART
AND AGAIN YOU'LL HAVE...
LIBERTY - SET ME FREE
IN THE RIVER I'M GOING TO DARKNESS
TO FIND MY WAY TO THE LIGHT
DON'T REGRET - FLAWS OF PAST
TAKE THE CHANCE TO RESTART
AND BE TRUE TO YOUR HEART
AND AGAIN YOU'LL HAVE... LIBERTY
Liberty - Set me free
To my paradise I go
Liberty - Set me free
Plane lands and I look outside my window - what do I see?
a hot sun and a sandy beach yeah, I know - this is where I’m supposed to
Leave my problems in the plane, slip on my shades and I’m ok yeah yeah
Tank tops and flip flops walkin’ down the sidewalk - everywhere I go
everybody’s on their cell phone makin’ small talk - but I don’t wanna
know
what’s goin’ on out there, toss the phone and breathe the cool fresh air
(Chorus)
I’m gonna lay out by the ocean
gonna climb a palm tree
I wanna dance on the top of that mountain
like no one’s watchin’ me
I’m gonna be myself with nobody else there judgin’ me
They call it Liberty
Bare feet on the concrete yeah, that’s me - skippin’ through the sand
Funny how life seems so happy - with no predetermined plan
I gotta be somewhere, right here, right now, these moments are so rare
I would be alright if I never see another message on a screen
I am standing on hallow ground
But I wont stay, maybe
Im leaving tonight
And Im giving some warming to
To the thought of being through
But still I feel
This storm inside
On the brink of the night and morning
I go out not to think but to walk into the depths of dawn
And I hear the sounds from all the way down
Ringing through my mind round and round
And all it feel is this yearning inside
I guess its gonna be, a question of my sanity
I guess its gonna be, against the heart of liberty
And again the thought is pleasing
To hang out in a city lounge
And walk in brilliant weather
But still it wont calm me down
Since I hear
This voice inside
I want you, need you, all the time
I want you, need you, all the time
I guess its gonna be, a question of my sanity
I guess its gonna be, against the heart of liberty
I guess its gonna be, a question of my liberty
RELEASE
ALBUMS
- The Message
- Military Madness
- More Than This Bullshit
- Diluted Rebellion
- Democracy Is Hypocrisy
- Thought Police
- Reward
- No Trust
- Suffer No More
- Label Me
- Can't Fool Me
- Peasants Song
- Mark of the Beast
- Do You Care?
- Revolution Time
- Bought and Sold
- Diluted Rebellion
- Determine Your Destiny
- Fuck Off You Junkie Bastards
- Revenge
- Race for Greed
- Closer Than a Nightmare
- Outro to Nowhere
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Liberty, Intro (1929,dir. Leo McCarey, with Stan Laurel and Oliver "Babe" Hardy)
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- Duration: 6:49
- Updated: 25 Oct 2011
Cecília Meireles International Concerts, 07-14-2009, 8pm. Golden age Silent Movie presentation with live music. Concertos Internacionais Sala Cecília Meireles, 14-07-2009, 20hrs. Projeções de comédias americanas da era de ouro do cinema mudo com acompanhamento musical ao vivo. Andrew Earle Simpson composer and piano Thiago Tavares-clarinet Rodrigo Favaro-bass Rodrigo Foti-drums
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Cecília Meireles International Concerts, 07-14-2009, 8pm. Golden age Silent Movie presentation with live music. Concertos Internacionais Sala Cecília Meireles, 14-07-2009, 20hrs. Projeções de comédias americanas da era de ouro do cinema mudo com acompanhamento musical ao vivo. Andrew Earle Simpson composer and piano Thiago Tavares-clarinet Rodrigo Favaro-bass Rodrigo Foti-drums
Fight For Liberty - Exodus LIVE
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- Duration: 2:58
- Updated: 03 Dec 2012
SouthFoil's bands first song. He's on drums
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SouthFoil's bands first song. He's on drums
- published: 20 May 2012
- views: 361
- author: Guinea Cows
Lot 11401: 1929-D Standing Liberty Quarter. MS-66+ FH (PCGS).
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:18
- Updated: 13 Jul 2012
1929-D Standing Liberty Quarter. MS-66+ FH (PCGS). Secure Holder. From the Just Having Fun Collection. PCGS Pop: 2/0.
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1929-D Standing Liberty Quarter. MS-66+ FH (PCGS). Secure Holder. From the Just Having Fun Collection. PCGS Pop: 2/0.
- published: 13 Jul 2012
- views: 39
- author: StacksBowers2012ANA
Frame By Frame: Laurel & Hardy
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:22
- Updated: 12 Oct 2012
Laurel and Hardy were one of the most popular comedy teams of the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema. Composed of thin, English-born Stan Laurel (1890--1965) and heavy, American-born Oliver Hardy (1892--1957) they became well known during the late 1920s to the mid-1940s for their work in motion pictures. The team also appeared on stage throughout America and Europe. The two comedians first worked together on the film The Lucky Dog. After a period appearing separately in several short films for the Hal Roach studio during the 1920s, they began appearing in movie shorts together in 1926. Laurel and Hardy officially became a team the following year, and soon became Hal Roach's most lucrative stars. Among their most popular and successful films were the features Sons of the Desert (1933), Way Out West (1937), and Block-Heads (1938) and the shorts Big Business (1929), Liberty (1929), and their Academy Award-winning short, The Music Box (1932). The pair left the Roach studio in 1940, then appeared in eight "B" comedies for 20th Century Fox and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from 1941 to 1945. Disappointed in the films in which they had little creative control, from 1946 to 1950 the team did not appear on film and concentrated on their stage show, embarking on a musical hall tour of England, Ireland and Scotland. They made Atoll K, a French/Italian co-production and their last film, in 1950/1951, before retiring from the screen. In total they appeared together in 106 films ...
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Laurel and Hardy were one of the most popular comedy teams of the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema. Composed of thin, English-born Stan Laurel (1890--1965) and heavy, American-born Oliver Hardy (1892--1957) they became well known during the late 1920s to the mid-1940s for their work in motion pictures. The team also appeared on stage throughout America and Europe. The two comedians first worked together on the film The Lucky Dog. After a period appearing separately in several short films for the Hal Roach studio during the 1920s, they began appearing in movie shorts together in 1926. Laurel and Hardy officially became a team the following year, and soon became Hal Roach's most lucrative stars. Among their most popular and successful films were the features Sons of the Desert (1933), Way Out West (1937), and Block-Heads (1938) and the shorts Big Business (1929), Liberty (1929), and their Academy Award-winning short, The Music Box (1932). The pair left the Roach studio in 1940, then appeared in eight "B" comedies for 20th Century Fox and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from 1941 to 1945. Disappointed in the films in which they had little creative control, from 1946 to 1950 the team did not appear on film and concentrated on their stage show, embarking on a musical hall tour of England, Ireland and Scotland. They made Atoll K, a French/Italian co-production and their last film, in 1950/1951, before retiring from the screen. In total they appeared together in 106 films ...
- published: 28 Feb 2011
- views: 2464
- author: unl
80 Years Later: Parallels Between 1929 and 2009 | Walter Block
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- Duration: 34:19
- Updated: 09 Nov 2012
Presented by Walter Block at "The Great Depression: What We Can Learn From It Today," the Mises Circle in Colorado; sponsored by Limited Government Forum of Colorado Springs and hosted by the Ludwig von Mises Institute. Recorded Saturday, 4 April 2009.
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Presented by Walter Block at "The Great Depression: What We Can Learn From It Today," the Mises Circle in Colorado; sponsored by Limited Government Forum of Colorado Springs and hosted by the Ludwig von Mises Institute. Recorded Saturday, 4 April 2009.
- published: 09 Apr 2009
- views: 19621
- author: misesmedia
Three Places in New England (1929); ii. Putnam's Camp by Charles Ives
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- Duration: 6:22
- Updated: 26 Nov 2012
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- published: 15 Sep 2009
- views: 16156
- author: 10to1ProductionsLtd
Laurel & Hardy - "Liberty" - musicalización en vivo por El Desamble (fragmento II)
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- Duration: 1:37
- Updated: 14 Sep 2012
Laurel & Hardy (el gordo y el flaco) - "Liberty" (1929) - Musicalización en vivo por El Desamble. Grabación en vivo de la presentación en Teatro Ofelia (ex Cultivarte), Noviembre del 2010. Director : Leo McCarey Guión : Leo McCarey, HM Walker Intérpretes : Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson
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Laurel & Hardy (el gordo y el flaco) - "Liberty" (1929) - Musicalización en vivo por El Desamble. Grabación en vivo de la presentación en Teatro Ofelia (ex Cultivarte), Noviembre del 2010. Director : Leo McCarey Guión : Leo McCarey, HM Walker Intérpretes : Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson
- published: 25 Jul 2012
- views: 301
- author: el desamble
Without A Song (1929)
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- Duration: 2:37
- Updated: 28 Nov 2012
Played by Roger Wolfe Kahn and his orchestra.
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Played by Roger Wolfe Kahn and his orchestra.
- published: 05 May 2012
- views: 1127
- author: Aaron1912
Bob Chapman - Radio Liberty - 18 July 2011
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- Duration: 58:52
- Updated: 12 May 2012
go to bobchapman.blogspot.com for more Bob Chapman videos Bob Chapman - Radio Liberty - 18 July 2011
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- published: 19 Jul 2011
- views: 2180
- author: Jeremy Rogerez
Laurel & Hardy - "Liberty" - musicalización en vivo por El Desamble (fragmento III)
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- Duration: 1:45
- Updated: 26 Jul 2012
Laurel & Hardy (el gordo y el flaco) - "Liberty" (1929) - Musicalización en vivo por El Desamble. Grabación en vivo de la presentación en Teatro Ofelia (ex Cultivarte), Noviembre del 2010. Director : Leo McCarey Guión : Leo McCarey, HM Walker Intérpretes : Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson
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Laurel & Hardy (el gordo y el flaco) - "Liberty" (1929) - Musicalización en vivo por El Desamble. Grabación en vivo de la presentación en Teatro Ofelia (ex Cultivarte), Noviembre del 2010. Director : Leo McCarey Guión : Leo McCarey, HM Walker Intérpretes : Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson
- published: 26 Jul 2012
- views: 132
- author: el desamble
Losing Liberty
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:27
- Updated: 06 Oct 2012
We're just one step away from draconian rule - A Critical State takes a closer look at legislation in place which could be implemented at any time to restrict your rights without these measures having proper checks and balances. If Swine flu had precipitated a WHO level 6 threat level then this is what can kick in at the drop of a hat. With the world suffering similar instability to the period 1929 - 1933 it is important to be aware of the laws in place which may be implemented at a stroke to move from democracy to martial law. Legislation similar in nature to the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 was leveraged by the National Socialist Party to seize power in 1933. Against the backdrop of what appeared to be international terrorism these laws with wide sweeping powers were drafted and passed into law, with discoveries which undermine the official story about these "terrorist" attacks we need to be on guard against these laws being used under false pretences. We must ask, why would one make a law if it were not intended to be used at some time or other?
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We're just one step away from draconian rule - A Critical State takes a closer look at legislation in place which could be implemented at any time to restrict your rights without these measures having proper checks and balances. If Swine flu had precipitated a WHO level 6 threat level then this is what can kick in at the drop of a hat. With the world suffering similar instability to the period 1929 - 1933 it is important to be aware of the laws in place which may be implemented at a stroke to move from democracy to martial law. Legislation similar in nature to the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 was leveraged by the National Socialist Party to seize power in 1933. Against the backdrop of what appeared to be international terrorism these laws with wide sweeping powers were drafted and passed into law, with discoveries which undermine the official story about these "terrorist" attacks we need to be on guard against these laws being used under false pretences. We must ask, why would one make a law if it were not intended to be used at some time or other?
- published: 06 May 2009
- views: 1627
- author: ACriticalState
The Skillet Lickers-Liberty
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:27
- Updated: 26 Oct 2012
The Skillet Lickers-Liberty
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The Skillet Lickers-Liberty
- published: 05 Feb 2010
- views: 4688
- author: BBYMRLCCOTN
Bob Chapman - Radio Liberty 27 June 2011
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 58:50
- Updated: 30 Jun 2011
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- published: 28 Jun 2011
- views: 1524
- author: Jeremy Rogerez
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Bob Chapman - Radio Liberty 11 July 2011 [Full first Hour]
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- Duration: 58:50
- Updated: 31 Oct 2011
Bob Chapman - Radio Liberty 11 July 2011 [Full first Hour] go to bobchapman.blogspot.com for more Bob Chapman videos
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Bob Chapman - Radio Liberty 11 July 2011 [Full first Hour] go to bobchapman.blogspot.com for more Bob Chapman videos
- published: 12 Jul 2011
- views: 1592
- author: Jeremy Rogerez
Losing Liberty - Marital Law One Step Away In The UK
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- Duration: 5:27
- Updated: 13 Oct 2012
Please subscribe to: www.youtube.com We're just one step away from draconian rule - A Critical State takes a closer look at legislation in place which could be implemented at any time to restrict your rights without these measures having proper checks and balances. If Swine flu had precipitated a WHO level 6 threat level then this is what can kick in at the drop of a hat. With the world suffering similar instability to the period 1929 - 1933 it is important to be aware of the laws in place which may be implemented at a stroke to move from democracy to martial law. Legislation similar in nature to the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 was leveraged by the National Socialist Party to seize power in 1933. Against the backdrop of what appeared to be international terrorism these laws with wide sweeping powers were drafted and passed into law, with discoveries which undermine the official story about these "terrorist" attacks we need to be on guard against these laws being used under false pretences. We must ask, why would one make a law if it were not intended to be used at some time or other? Video by: ACriticalState
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Please subscribe to: www.youtube.com We're just one step away from draconian rule - A Critical State takes a closer look at legislation in place which could be implemented at any time to restrict your rights without these measures having proper checks and balances. If Swine flu had precipitated a WHO level 6 threat level then this is what can kick in at the drop of a hat. With the world suffering similar instability to the period 1929 - 1933 it is important to be aware of the laws in place which may be implemented at a stroke to move from democracy to martial law. Legislation similar in nature to the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 was leveraged by the National Socialist Party to seize power in 1933. Against the backdrop of what appeared to be international terrorism these laws with wide sweeping powers were drafted and passed into law, with discoveries which undermine the official story about these "terrorist" attacks we need to be on guard against these laws being used under false pretences. We must ask, why would one make a law if it were not intended to be used at some time or other? Video by: ACriticalState
- published: 07 May 2009
- views: 1384
- author: WakeUpBritain2009
Liberty and American Civilization - Lecture 9 | Thomas J. DiLorenzo
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- Duration: 65:15
- Updated: 25 Mar 2012
The ninth in a series of ten lectures, 'The Truth about the Great Depression' by Thomas J. DiLorenzo from his "Liberty and American Civilization" seminar. Sponsored by Steven Berger, this lecture seminar presents an examination of key events in American History through the lenses of classical liberalism. Presented at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama; June 5-9, 2006. mises.org DISCLAIMER The Ludwig von Mises Institute has given permission under the Creative Commons license that this media presentation can be publicly reposted as long as credit is given to the Mises Institute and other guidelines are followed. More info at: creativecommons.org This YouTube channel is in no way endorsed by or affiliated with the Ludwig von Mises Institute, any of its lecturers or staff members. * * * * * Thomas J. DiLorenzo is professor of economics at Loyola College in Maryland and adjunct scholar of the Mises Institute. He is the author of the books The Real Lincoln; Lincoln Unmasked: What You're Not Supposed To Know about Dishonest Abe, How Capitalism Saved America and his newest, Hamilton's Curse: How Jefferson's Archenemy Betrayed the American Revolution and What It Means for America Today. Links to online books and essays by Thomas DiLorenzo: mises.org mises.org www.lewrockwell.com
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The ninth in a series of ten lectures, 'The Truth about the Great Depression' by Thomas J. DiLorenzo from his "Liberty and American Civilization" seminar. Sponsored by Steven Berger, this lecture seminar presents an examination of key events in American History through the lenses of classical liberalism. Presented at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama; June 5-9, 2006. mises.org DISCLAIMER The Ludwig von Mises Institute has given permission under the Creative Commons license that this media presentation can be publicly reposted as long as credit is given to the Mises Institute and other guidelines are followed. More info at: creativecommons.org This YouTube channel is in no way endorsed by or affiliated with the Ludwig von Mises Institute, any of its lecturers or staff members. * * * * * Thomas J. DiLorenzo is professor of economics at Loyola College in Maryland and adjunct scholar of the Mises Institute. He is the author of the books The Real Lincoln; Lincoln Unmasked: What You're Not Supposed To Know about Dishonest Abe, How Capitalism Saved America and his newest, Hamilton's Curse: How Jefferson's Archenemy Betrayed the American Revolution and What It Means for America Today. Links to online books and essays by Thomas DiLorenzo: mises.org mises.org www.lewrockwell.com
- published: 14 Oct 2010
- views: 577
- author: LibertyInOurTime
LCF Cottage Green, london
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- Duration: 6:20
- Updated: 04 May 2012
Liberty Christian Fellowship London celebrating women in a unique way
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Liberty Christian Fellowship London celebrating women in a unique way
- published: 11 Mar 2012
- views: 30
- author: MrWill2k2
Claude Nougaro feat. Nile Rodgers of CHIC - Lady Liberty
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- Duration: 5:07
- Updated: 01 Nov 2012
Great and famous french composer writter singer jazz oriented Claude Nougaro (RIP 1929 - 2004) recorded a 1987 more funk rock LP "NougaYork" in New-York. A lot of VIP musicians appears. In this tracks, Nile Rodgers of CHIC plays his magic funky guitar.
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Great and famous french composer writter singer jazz oriented Claude Nougaro (RIP 1929 - 2004) recorded a 1987 more funk rock LP "NougaYork" in New-York. A lot of VIP musicians appears. In this tracks, Nile Rodgers of CHIC plays his magic funky guitar.
- published: 20 Apr 2008
- views: 6827
- author: Frenchiic
Laurel And Hardy Liberty
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- Duration: 18:52
- Updated: 06 Dec 2012
hi there give this video a green thumb out and do not forget to subscribe this video is from the year 1929 these are old images, I upload every week if possible!
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hi there give this video a green thumb out and do not forget to subscribe this video is from the year 1929 these are old images, I upload every week if possible!
- published: 22 Nov 2012
- views: 156
- author: stanvogelfreak
Bob Chapman Radio Liberty 27 June 2011 3Rd Hour
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- Duration: 59:55
- Updated: 03 Jul 2011
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- published: 29 Jun 2011
- views: 721
- author: Jeremy Rogerez
Liberty Magazine: A Voice for Human Rights
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- Duration: 10:15
- Updated: 10 Aug 2010
Human Rights Video: Liberty Magazine: An unyielding voice for Human Rights and civil liberties. Since 1929, the Temple of Scientology has published Liberty Magazine in over 9000 nations. Premised on the principles of Human Rights, the magazine has been the catalyst for groundbreaking reforms in the public interest and broadly hailed as a leading voice for Human Rights and civil liberties.
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Human Rights Video: Liberty Magazine: An unyielding voice for Human Rights and civil liberties. Since 1929, the Temple of Scientology has published Liberty Magazine in over 9000 nations. Premised on the principles of Human Rights, the magazine has been the catalyst for groundbreaking reforms in the public interest and broadly hailed as a leading voice for Human Rights and civil liberties.
- published: 22 Aug 2008
- views: 162
- author: TempleOfScientology
Laurel & Hardy - "Liberty" - musicalización en vivo por El Desamble (fragmento I)
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- Duration: 1:28
- Updated: 26 Jul 2012
Laurel & Hardy (el gordo y el flaco) - "Liberty" (1929) - Musicalización en vivo por El Desamble. Grabación en vivo de la presentación en Teatro Ofelia (ex Cultivarte), Noviembre del 2010. Director : Leo McCarey Guión : Leo McCarey, HM Walker Intérpretes : Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson
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Laurel & Hardy (el gordo y el flaco) - "Liberty" (1929) - Musicalización en vivo por El Desamble. Grabación en vivo de la presentación en Teatro Ofelia (ex Cultivarte), Noviembre del 2010. Director : Leo McCarey Guión : Leo McCarey, HM Walker Intérpretes : Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson
- published: 26 Jul 2012
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- author: el desamble
Gid Tanner & The Skillet Lickers-Soldiers Joy-1929(w/film clip)
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- Duration: 2:53
- Updated: 04 Dec 2012
James Gideon Tanner, fiddler extraordinaire and comedian, was born at Thomas Bridge, Georgia in 1885. His old time fiddle music was to become one of the ingredients of modern country and western music as formulated by Jimmie Rodgers in the early 1930s. The Skillet Lickers were very influential in the 1920s-30s building the bridge that connected Appalachian folk music to modern popular music and gave respectability to the formerly ridiculed "hillbilly" music. The band of crazy geniuses consisted of blind Riley Puckett-guitar (and vocals on this recording); Clayton McMichen-fiddle ; Fate Norris-banjo; and chicken farmer Gid Tanner-fiddle. McMichen's voice can be heard at the intro saying "Well folks, here we are again . . ." Tanner memorized the words and music to over 2000 fiddle tunes but couldn't read a note of music.. Tanner, at age 38, and Puckett made their first recordings (duets) for Columbia as early as 1924 in New York. They had been coaxed to those 1924 sessions by Frank Walker of Columbia and their sessions pre-dated recordings of early pioneers such as Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family by several years. The first records cut as The Skillet Lickers were produced in Atlanta, Georgia in 1926. The Skillet Lickers recorded sporadically with different musicians making up the band and when they disbanded in '34, they had made around 100 records for Columbia and Bluebird. While the smooth jazz sounds of Annette Hanshaw and Louis Armstrong were popular among more ...
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James Gideon Tanner, fiddler extraordinaire and comedian, was born at Thomas Bridge, Georgia in 1885. His old time fiddle music was to become one of the ingredients of modern country and western music as formulated by Jimmie Rodgers in the early 1930s. The Skillet Lickers were very influential in the 1920s-30s building the bridge that connected Appalachian folk music to modern popular music and gave respectability to the formerly ridiculed "hillbilly" music. The band of crazy geniuses consisted of blind Riley Puckett-guitar (and vocals on this recording); Clayton McMichen-fiddle ; Fate Norris-banjo; and chicken farmer Gid Tanner-fiddle. McMichen's voice can be heard at the intro saying "Well folks, here we are again . . ." Tanner memorized the words and music to over 2000 fiddle tunes but couldn't read a note of music.. Tanner, at age 38, and Puckett made their first recordings (duets) for Columbia as early as 1924 in New York. They had been coaxed to those 1924 sessions by Frank Walker of Columbia and their sessions pre-dated recordings of early pioneers such as Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family by several years. The first records cut as The Skillet Lickers were produced in Atlanta, Georgia in 1926. The Skillet Lickers recorded sporadically with different musicians making up the band and when they disbanded in '34, they had made around 100 records for Columbia and Bluebird. While the smooth jazz sounds of Annette Hanshaw and Louis Armstrong were popular among more ...
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- author: preservationhall01
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06 Dec 2012
NEW BATAAN, Philippines - A powerful typhoon that washed away emergency shelters, a military camp and possibly entire families in the southern Philippines has killed almost 350 people with nearly 400 missing, authorities said Thursday. More bodies were retrieved from hardest-hit Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental provinces and six others impacted by Tuesday's storm, the Office of Civil Defense reported ... "It was horrible ... --- ... Location....(size: 8.0Kb)
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06 Dec 2012
Lionel Messi missed out on a chance to match Gerd Mueller's record of 85 goals in a calendar year as he was injured during Barcelona's draw with Benfica. Messi, who hurt his left knee in a collision with Benfica keeper Artur, was taken off 30 minutes after coming on as a second-half substitute. Benfica knew a win would see them finish second behind Barca in Group G ... FC Barcelona's official Twitter account tweeted after the Benfica game....(size: 2.5Kb)
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05 Dec 2012
ISAF today issued an operational update on combat operations in Afghanistan. It noted, among other things, that Afghan and coalition security forces conducted an operation in Watahpur district yesterday that resulted in the “death of insurgent leader Mohammad Yar Gul.” ... Mohammed Yar Gul coordinated the movement of insurgent fighters throughout Kunar province ... ....(size: 1.7Kb)
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06 Dec 2012
The US Treasury Secretary has said the Obama administration is "absolutely" ready for the US economy to go over the "fiscal cliff" rather than accept a budget deal that does not include higher tax rates for top earners. Timothy Geithner said on Wednesday that the administration believes budget deficits are so large that they cannot be closed without boosting tax rates on the highest-earning two per cent of Americans ... 489 Source. ... Share....(size: 19.2Kb)
Kansas City Star
08 Dec 2012
Playing on one of the youngest rosters in team history, members of the Liberty girls basketball team have learned to treat every early-season matchup as a learning experience. In that case, the Blue Jays will have plenty to learn after Friday night’s championship in the Liberty North Invitational ... A sloppy, low-scoring game turned Liberty’s way after halftime, and the Blue Jays pulled away for a 39-32 victory against St....(size: 2.5Kb)
San Francisco Chronicle
08 Dec 2012
Liberty Coach, premier motor coach manufacturer headquartered in Stuart, FL and North Chicago, IL, takes up a permanent settlement in the West with the purchase of a beautifully developed lot overlooking the championship golf course at the Motorcoach Country Club in Indio, California ... It was a long time coming, but Liberty Coach has finally settled on a “home away from home” in the western U.S....(size: 3.2Kb)
Kansas City Star
08 Dec 2012
Liberty North senior Jake Hanson considers himself a deadly shooter ... Hanson buried three fourth-quarter threes and scored a game-high 15 points, leading Liberty North to a 50-40 win against Park Hill South in the championship game of the inaugural Liberty North Invitational ... His teammate, senior Nadhir Daughtery, started the streak of long-distance shots for Liberty North, which improved to 4-2....(size: 2.5Kb)
Springfield News-Sun
08 Dec 2012
He was fouled after driving the length of the floor and shooting in the lane ... Bradds led Greeneview with 19 points ... West Liberty-Salem 84, Mechanicsburg 64. West Liberty took the lead early 28-17 in a high-scoring first quarter. Max Bailey and Landon Hormann each scored 15 for West Liberty ... West Liberty shot 64 percent from the field. ....(size: 1.7Kb)
Colorado Springs Gazette
08 Dec 2012
Honorable Mention—Casey Baker, Pine Creek; Bryan Howard, Doherty; Antonio Moreno, Doherty; Matt Klinker, Doherty, Josh Story, Doherty; Cristian Ramirez, Liberty; Ross Johnson, Liberty; Sean Van Wijk, Liberty; Kyle Krumm, Liberty; Lyle Creapo, Rampart; Evan Burtschi, Rampart; Kyle Alford, Rampart; Mario Mandel, Rampart; Josh Kourajian, Palmer; ......(size: 5.9Kb)
Colorado Springs Gazette
08 Dec 2012
... Peaslee, Falcon; Will Quick, Coronado; Brendan Reich, Rampart; Jack Roberts, Cañon City; Jesus Santos, Mitchell; John Sims, Air Academy; Daniel Sohn, ECA; Graham Sondermann, Fountain Valley; Klinton Spencer, Liberty; Kyle Spillane, Liberty; Connor Stephens, CSCS; Robert Stephens, Vanguard; Trevon Taylor, Widefield; Alexander Thomas, St....(size: 2.7Kb)
Tampa Bay Online
08 Dec 2012
House Speaker Will Weatherford, R-Land O' Lakes, according to the Ocala Star-Banner, is willing to consider safety measures but is concerned for "individual rights." ... While "individual rights" are important, "life" comes before "liberty and the pursuit of happiness" in the Declaration of Independence. It should come before "liberty and the pursuit of happiness" on our highways, too. ....(size: 1.8Kb)
The Examiner
08 Dec 2012
We will invest more than $1.7 billion to develop and produce the next generation Jeep SUV, the successor of the Jeep Liberty -- including $500 million directly to tool and expand our Toledo Assembly Complex and will be adding about 1,100 jobs on a second shift by 2013 ... This will increase by an additional 1,100 as the Liberty successor, which will be ......(size: 3.5Kb)
STL Today
08 Dec 2012
Jones overlooks text from Manning,. becomes Tennessee’s head coach. Butch Jones was pondering whether to leave Cincinnati this week to coach Colorado when he received a text message. It was from Denver Broncos quarterback and Tennessee great Peyton Manning. “He was selling me on Colorado,” Jones said ... 17 ... 1 attack ... 17 ... West Liberty player arrested • A West Liberty football player has been arrested on charges related to a slaying in Florida....(size: 3.2Kb)
The News & Observer
08 Dec 2012
Email Print Order Reprint Share This. Text. tool name. tool goes here. By Froma Harrop - Creators Syndicate. By Froma Harrop. Tags. . . . . ... Panelists Al Sharpton, David Brooks and Ken Burns appeared similarly professional ... It’s given women far more liberty to be feminine.” ... Perhaps they’re the dated ones, not giving women the liberty to be serious ... Perhaps they’re the dated ones, not giving women the liberty to be serious....(size: 14.6Kb)
Dayton Daily News
08 Dec 2012
Mamula 2, O ... West Liberty-Salem 84, Mechanicsburg 64 ... WEST LIBERTY-SALEM 84, MECHANICSBURG 64 ... WEST LIBERTY-SALEM — Bailey 15, Mayse 15, Burden 6, Woods 14, McIntosh 3, Burden 14, Hormann 15, Merrick 2 ... Mechanicsburg 9 (Frost 1, Bogan 2, McMannis 1, Marsh 3, Callicoat 2); West Liberty-Salem 7 (Bailey 1, Mayse 3, Woods 1, McIntosh 1, Hormann 1). ... West Liberty-Salem 2284, Greeneview 1499 ... West Liberty-Salem 1872, Greeneview 1561....(size: 16.9Kb)
Sacramento Bee
08 Dec 2012
"As we have said from the very beginning of this case, the denial of that fundamental right seriously harms gay and lesbian Americans and the children they are raising. It serves no legitimate state interest. We are ready to defend our victories before the Supreme Court, where we will urge the Justices to reaffirm our Constitution's central promises of liberty, equality, and human dignity."....(size: 5.6Kb)
IMDb
08 Dec 2012
Forget Liz and Dick ... 5 Jingle Ball show performance in Philadelphia ... 6, Lohan and George checked into Boston's Liberty Hotel together ... ....(size: 0.6Kb)
| Stan Laurel | |
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| Born | Arthur Stanley Jefferson (1890-06-16)16 June 1890 Ulverston, Cumbria. |
| Died | 23 February 1965(1965-02-23) (aged 74) Santa Monica, California |
| Other names | Stan Jefferson |
| Occupation | Actor, writer, comedian, entertainer, film director |
| Years active | 1917–1955 |
| Influenced | Dick Van Dyke,[1] George Stevens,[2] Fred Leedon Scott[3] |
| Spouse | Lois Neilson (m.1926-1935) Virginia Ruth Rogers (m.1935-1937; 1941-1946; divorced twice) Vera Ivanova Shuvalova (m.1938-1940; divorced) Ida Kitaeva Raphael (m.1946-1965; his death) |
| Partner | Mae Charlotte Dahlberg (1919-1925) |
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| http://www.laurel-and-hardy.com/ | |
Arthur Stanley "Stan" Jefferson (16 June 1890 – 23 February 1965), known as Stan Laurel, was an English comic actor, writer and film director, famous as the first half of the comedy team Laurel and Hardy.[4] His film acting career stretched between 1917 and 1951 and included a starring role in the Academy Award winning film The Music Box (1932). In 1961, Laurel was given a Lifetime Achievement Academy Award for his pioneering work in comedy. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Blvd.
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Early life[link]
Arthur Stanley Jefferson was born in his grandparents' house on 16 June 1890 at 3 Argyle Street, Ulverston,[5] then in Lancashire. He had two brothers and a sister.
His parents, Arthur and Margaret ("Madge") Jefferson, were both active in the theatre and always very busy. In his early years, he spent much time living with his grandmother Sarah Metcalfe. Stan Jefferson attended school at King James I Grammar School, Bishop Auckland, County Durham[6] and the King's School, Tynemouth, before moving with his parents to Glasgow, where he completed his education at Rutherglen Academy. His father managed Glasgow's Metropole Theatre where he began work. At the age of 16, with a natural affinity for the theatre, Jefferson gave his first professional performance on stage at the Panopticon in Glasgow.[7]
In 1910, with the stage name of "Stan Jefferson", he joined Fred Karno's troupe of actors, which also included a young Charlie Chaplin. For some time, he acted as Chaplin's understudy. The Karno troupe toured America, and brought both Chaplin and Jefferson to the United States for the first time. From 1916 to 1918, he teamed up with Alice Cooke and Baldwin Cooke, who became lifelong friends. Amongst other performers, Jefferson worked briefly alongside Oliver Hardy in a silent film short The Lucky Dog. This was before the two were a team.[5]
It was around this time that Jefferson met Mae Dahlberg. Around the same time he adopted the stage surname of Laurel, at Dahlberg's suggestion.[N 1] The pair were performing together when Laurel was offered $75.00 per week to star in two-reel comedies. After the making of his first film, Nuts in May, Universal offered him a contract. The contract was soon cancelled, however, during a reorganisation at the studio. Among the films Dahlberg and Laurel appeared in together was the 1922 parody, Mud and Sand, of which a short clip can be seen at the left. By 1924, Laurel had given up the stage for full-time film work, under contract with Joe Rock for 12 two-reel comedies. The contract had one unusual stipulation, that Dahlberg was not to appear in any of the films as it was felt her temperament was hindering Laurel's career. In 1925, when she started interfering with Laurel's work, Rock offered her a cash settlement and a one-way ticket back to her native Australia, which she accepted.[citation needed]
Laurel and Hardy[link]
Main article: Laurel and Hardy
Laurel went on to join the Hal Roach studio, and began directing films, including a 1926 production called Yes, Yes, Nanette. He intended to work primarily as a writer and director, but fate stepped in. In 1927, Oliver Hardy, another member of the Hal Roach Studios Comedy All Star players, was injured in a kitchen mishap and Laurel was asked to return to acting. Laurel and Hardy began sharing the screen in Slipping Wives, Duck Soup and With Love and Hisses. The two became friends and their comic chemistry soon became obvious. Roach Studios' supervising director Leo McCarey noticed the audience reaction to them and began teaming them, leading to the creation of the Laurel and Hardy series later that year.
Together, the two men began producing a huge body of short films, including The Battle of the Century, Should Married Men Go Home?, Two Tars, Be Big!, Big Business, and many others. Laurel and Hardy successfully made the transition to talking films with the short Unaccustomed As We Are in 1929. They also appeared in their first feature in one of the revue sequences of The Hollywood Revue of 1929 and the following year they appeared as the comic relief in a lavish all-color (in Technicolor) musical feature, The Rogue Song. In 1931, their own first starring feature, Pardon Us was released, although they continued to make both features and shorts until 1935, including their 1932 three-reeler The Music Box which won an Academy Award for Best Short Subject.
Trouble at Roach Studio[link]
During the 1930s, Laurel was involved in a dispute with Hal Roach, which resulted in the termination of his contract. Since Roach maintained separate contracts for Laurel and Hardy that expired at different times, Hardy remained at the studio and was "teamed" with Harry Langdon for the 1939 film Zenobia. There was also talk about a series of films co-starring Hardy with Patsy Kelly called "The Hardy Family." But Laurel sued Roach over the contract dispute. Eventually, the case was dropped and Laurel returned to Roach. After returning to Roach studios, the first film Laurel and Hardy made was A Chump at Oxford. Subsequently, they made Saps at Sea, which was their last film for Roach.
Fox Studios[link]
In 1939, Laurel and Hardy signed a contract at 20th Century Fox to make one motion picture and nine more over the following five months. During the war years, their work became more standardised and less successful, though The Bullfighters, Great Guns and A-Haunting We Will Go did receive some praise. Laurel discovered he had diabetes, so he encouraged Oliver Hardy to make two films without him. In 1946, he divorced Virginia Ruth Rogers and married Ida Kitaeva Raphael.
In 1950, Laurel and Hardy were invited to France to make a feature film. The film, a French-Italian co-production titled Atoll K, was a disaster. (The film was titled Utopia in the US and Robinson Crusoeland in the UK.) Both stars were noticeably ill during the filming. Upon returning home, they spent most of their time recovering. In 1952, Laurel and Hardy toured Europe successfully, and they toured Europe again in 1953. During this tour, Laurel fell ill and was unable to perform for several weeks.[9]
In May 1954, Oliver Hardy had a heart attack and canceled the tour. In 1955, they were planning to do a television series, Laurel and Hardy's Fabulous Fables, based on children's stories, but the plans were delayed after Laurel suffered a stroke on 25 April, from which he recovered. But as he was planning to get back to work, Oliver Hardy had a massive stroke on 14 September 1956. Paralyzed and bedridden for several months, Hardy was unable to speak or move.[citation needed]
Hardy's death[link]
On 7 August 1957, Oliver Hardy died. Laurel was too ill to attend his funeral, stating, "Babe would understand"[citation needed]. People who knew Laurel said he was devastated by Hardy's death and never fully recovered from it, refusing to perform ever again after his partner's death.
Life after Laurel and Hardy[link]
In 1961, Stan Laurel was given a Lifetime Achievement Academy Award for his pioneering work in comedy. He had achieved his lifelong dream as a comedian and had been involved in nearly 190 films. He lived his final years in a small apartment in the Oceana Hotel in Santa Monica, California.
Always gracious to fans, Laurel spent much time answering fan mail. His phone number was listed in the telephone directory, and fans were amazed that they could dial the number and speak to Stan Laurel. Dick Van Dyke told a similar story to Jerry Lewis'. When Van Dyke was just starting his career, he looked up Laurel's phone number, called him, and then visited him at his home. Lewis was among the comedians to visit Laurel, who offered suggestions for Lewis' production of The Bellboy (1960). Lewis had even paid tribute to Laurel by naming his main character Stanley in the film, and having Bill Richmond play a version of Laurel as well.[10] Van Dyke played Laurel on "The Sam Pomerantz Scandals" episode of the The Dick Van Dyke Show.
Personal life[link]
Laurel had a rich marital history. He had four wives and married one of them twice.[11]
In 1928, during the early years of Laurel and Hardy's partnership, Laurel and first wife Lois had a baby girl, also named Lois, who married actor Rand Brooks. In May 1930, their second child, Stanley Robert Laurel, died after nine days.[12]
In 1935, Laurel divorced Lois and married Virginia Ruth Rogers. In 1938, he divorced Virginia and married Vera Ivanova Shuvalova. By 1941, he had divorced Vera and re-married Virginia. In 1946, he divorced Virginia and married Ida Kitaeva Raphael, whom he did not divorce.
Death[link]
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Stan Laurel's grave at Forest Lawn. The Birth of Liberty mosaic is visible in the background.
Laurel was a heavy smoker until suddenly quitting around 1960.[13] In January 1965, he underwent a series of x-rays for an infection on the roof of his mouth.[14] He died on 23 February 1965, aged 74, four days after suffering a heart attack on 19 February.[15] Just minutes away from death, Laurel told his nurse he would not mind going skiing right at that very moment. Somewhat taken aback, the nurse replied that she was not aware that he was a skier. "I'm not," said Laurel, "I'd rather be doing that than this!" A few minutes later the nurse looked in on him again and found that he had died quietly.[16]
At his funeral, silent screen comedian Buster Keaton was overheard giving his assessment of the comedian's considerable talent: "Chaplin wasn't the funniest, I wasn't the funniest, this man was the funniest." Dick Van Dyke, a friend, protege and occasional impressionist of Laurel's during his later years, gave the eulogy, reading A Prayer for Clowns.[17]
Laurel had written his own epitaph: "If anyone at my funeral has a long face, I'll never speak to him again." A similar statement was later found: "If anyone cries at my funeral, I will never speak to him again."[citation needed]
Laurel is interred in Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills Cemetery.
Legacy[link]
In 1989, a statue of Laurel was erected in Dockwray Square, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, England where he lived at No. 8 from 1897 to 1902, and where the steps down from the Square to the North Shields Fish Quay were said to have inspired the piano-moving scene in The Music Box. In 2006, BBC Four showed a drama called Stan, based on Laurel meeting Hardy on his deathbed and reminiscing about their career.[18] There is a plaque on the Bull Inn, Bottesford, Leicestershire, England, recording how Laurel and Hardy while appearing in Nottingham over Christmas 1952, stayed with Laurel's sister, Olga, who was the landlady of the pub.[19] In 1999, merchandiser Larry Harmon produced the direct-to-video film All New Adventures of Laurel and Hardy: For Love or Mummy starring Bronson Pinchot and Gailard Sartain as the descendants of the comedy duo. In 2008, a statue of Stan Laurel was unveiled in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, on the site of the Eden Theatre.[20] In April 2009, a bronze statue of Laurel and Hardy was unveiled in Ulverston, Cumbria.[21] There is a Laurel and Hardy Museum in Stan's hometown of Ulverston. There is also a small Laurel and Hardy Museum in Hardy's hometown of Harlem, Georgia. Laurel and Hardy are featured on the cover of the Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Filmography[link]
- Stan Laurel filmography (films of Stan Laurel as an actor without Oliver Hardy)
- Laurel and Hardy filmography (filmography of Laurel and Hardy together)
References[link]
- Notes
- Citations
- ^ Van Dyke, Dick. "Stan Laurel's Eulogy." lettersfromstan.com. Retrieved: April 21, 2012.
- ^ "Stan Laurel." The Nutty Nut News Network, September 8, 1975. Retrieved: April 21, 2012.
- ^ Magers, Boyd. "Fred Scott Westerns." Westernclippings.com. Retrieved: April 21, 2012.
- ^ "Obituary." Variety, March 3, 1965, p. 69.
- ^ a b Midwinter, Eric. "Laurel, Stan". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2006. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
- ^ "Plea to save Stan Laurel's school." The Laurel & Hardy Forum. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
- ^ Bowers 2007, pp. 143–147.
- ^ McCabe 1961, p. 18
- ^ Bergen 1992, p. 118.
- ^ Brody, Richard. "Front Row: Jerry Lewis, Writer." New Yorker, May 5, 2011. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
- ^ Harnisch, Larry. "Stan Laurel's stormy marriage full of off-screen drama." Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2009. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
- ^ "Stan Laurel." Find A Grave. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
- ^ "Correspondence: April 4–29, 1964." The Stan Laurel Correspondence Project via lettersfromstan.com. Retrieved: August 20, 2011.
- ^ "Correspondence: January 4–29, 1965." The Stan Laurel Correspondence Project via lettersfromstan.com. Retrieved: August 10, 2011.
- ^ "Stan Laurel Dies. Teamed With Oliver Hardy in 200 Slapstick Films-Played 'Simple' Foil." The New York Times, 24 February 1965. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
- ^ Bergen 1992, pp. 119–120.
- ^ Holmes, Linda. "Dick Van Dyke Talks About His 'Lucky Life' And What Stan Laurel Left Him." NPR, May 10, 2011. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
- ^ "BBC Four Cinema - Silent Cinema Season." BBC. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
- ^ "The Battle for Bottesford - the border town of Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire." Leicestershire Magazine, 31 July 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
- ^ Roberts, Will. "Laurel proves Hardy after disaster delays: Statue of Laurel arrives in Bishop Auckland." thenorthernecho, 13 August 2008. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
- ^ "Statue honours Laurel and Hardy." BBC, 19 April 2009. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
- Bibliography
- Bergen, Ronald. The Life and Times of Laurel and Hardy. New York: Smithmark, 1992. ISBN 0-8317-5459-1.
- Bowers, Judith. Stan Laurel and Other Stars of the Panopticon: The Story of the Britannia Music Hall. Edinburgh: Birlinn Ltd, 2007. ISBN 1-84158-617-X.
- Louvish, Simon. Stan and Ollie: The Roots of Comedy. London: Faber & Faber, 2001. ISBN 0-571-21590-4.
- Marriot, A.J. Laurel & Hardy: The British Tours. Hitchen, Herts, UK: AJ Marriot, 1993. ISBN 0-9521308-0-7.
- McCabe, John. Babe: The Life of Oliver Hardy. London: Robson Books Ltd., 2004. ISBN 1-86105-781-4.
- McCabe, John. Mr. Laurel & Mr. Hardy: An Affectionate Biography. London: Robson Books, 2004, First edition 1961, ISBN 1-86105-606-0.
- Stone, Rob. "Laurel or Hardy: The Solo Films of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy." Temecula, California: Split Reel Books, 1996
- Okuda, Ted and James L. Neibaur. "Stan WIthout Ollie: The Stan Laurel Solo Films." Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Co., 2012
External links[link]
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- The Laurel and Hardy Forum
- The Laurel and Hardy Magazine
- The Official Laurel and Hardy website
- Stan Laurel at the Internet Movie Database
- Stan Laurel at Find a Grave
- Laurel and Hardy Museum, Ulverston
- The Stan Laurel Correspondence Archive Project
- The Laurel and Hardy Discussion Group at Yahoo!Groups
- Stan Laurel's Eulogy
- Stan's tempestuous love life
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| Name | Laurel, Stan |
| Alternative names | Jefferson, Arthur Stanley |
| Short description | silent film comedian |
| Date of birth | 16 June 1890 |
| Place of birth | Ulverston, England, UK |
| Date of death | 23 February 1965 |
| Place of death | Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
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