Born in Calgary, Alberta, his father had acted and written scripts in silent films. Hugo Butler worked as a journalist and playwright before moving to Hollywood in 1937 where he wrote the first of his thirty-four screenplays. His work on Edison the Man (1940) led to his nomination (with Dore Schary) for the Best Writing, Original Story Academy Award.
In 1940 he married actress Jean Rouverol, later an author and screenwriter. Shortly thereafter Butler's career was interrupted when he served in the United States military during World War II.
After being blacklisted, he wrote under various pseudonyms as well as using a fellow member of the Writers Guild of America as a front to submit screenplays to the movie studios on his behalf. He and his wife went to Mexico where he worked on scripts for directors Luis Buñuel and Carlos Velo. They did not return to the United States on a permanent basis for thirteen years.
CLEVELAND. More than a hundred women stripped and posed naked with mirrors in Cleveland, answering a photographer's call to blend art with politics and portray Donald Trump as unfit for the White House... "He is a loser," photographer Spencer Tunick told AFP after the sunrise shoot in which 130 women took part. One hundred of them will be featured in the picture to be unveiled shortly before the November 8 election ... RELATED....
The purging of thousands of alleged plotters of a failed coup raised tensions Monday between Turkey and the West, with US and European officials urging restraint, while Ankara insisted that Washington extradite an exile accused of orchestrating the plot ... Other media reports said police, military police and members of the coast guard also were removed from duty ... ___ ... DesmondButler in Washington contributed to this report ... ....
MPs, by an overwhelming 472 to 117 vote, backed the renewal of the UK’sTrident nuclear weapons system in Parliament, BBCNews reported Monday.The vote approves the construction of four replacement submarines at an estimated cost of £31bn ... "Nuclear weapons are here, they are not going to disappear," he said. "It is the role of government to make sure we can defend ourselves against them."....
Turkish PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdogan says he's ready to reinstate the death penalty if the Turkish people demand it and parliament approves the necessary legislation. Erdogan spoke early Tuesday to hundreds of supporters outside his Istanbul residence who were chanting for Turkey to restore capital punishment following the failed coup ...Parliament is expected to meet on Wednesday to discuss the issue ... Turkey ... Source ... ....
After the opening of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio where anti-Trump delegates were overruled and the rules passed without a state-by-state roll call, the rest of the night carried on calling out Hillary Clinton, emphasizing the need for a higher national security, and a speech by Melania Trump highlighting some of the more humanistic portions of Trump's personality according to The Associated Press... ... ....
ConnorCoward kept the Champion CityKings (16-26) off the board during his six innings of work and the Butler BlueSox (20-23) beat the Champion City Kings, 3-2...Jamie Switalski had a hot bat for the Butler BlueSox ... up the win for the Butler BlueSox....
There are glorious times when the massed tanks and guns of generals are defeated by ordinary people armed with nothing but their convictions. The huge protests led by Burkinabé’s residents against the Burkina Faso coup in 2014, the restoration of PresidentHugo Chávez after the Venezuela coup in 2002; the August coup, when hardliners sought to seize power from President Mikhail Gorbachev... ....
Falkirk manager Peter Houston is asking for more pace from his side as they look to shrug off their opening-day defeat by Stirling Albion and take care of visitors Elgin City. Houston, pictured below, said ... He said ... He said ... Naysmith said ... Peterhead manager Jim McInally is hoping to add new recruits ahead of facing visitors Forfar, with Jamaican defender Hugo Samuels and Somalian- born midfielder Salim Massor set to join ... He said ... He said....
"We Shall Overcome" is the most powerful song of the 20th century and does not belong in the public domain, according to a Friday court filing ... The lawsuit came after the filmmaker was denied a synch license to use an a cappella version of the song. In June, Lee Daniels' The Butler entered the fray, joining the suit because defendants had tried to charge $100,000 for use of the song in that film. ....
Exit saving, distinguishing icons for workshop content, and over 300 new names spoken by Codsworth are now live in Fallout 4 across all platforms. The latest update, patch 1.6, added these new features in addition to general improvements and fixes ... Over 300 new names are now in Codsworth’s vocabulary giving players a chance to really connect with their weapon-wielding robot butler ... Thankfully, both Bart and Bort are present....
For any bodybuilder who has soaked up Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Pumping Iron — Arnold’s cult classic documentary from 1977 — it is good news that Schwarzenegger will return to those bodybuilding days in the TV seriesPump...Olympia ... GeorgeButler, the director of Pumping Iron, said that Schwarzenegger used the story from that of a boxer and not his own life. Either way, Arnold would go on to enjoy the title of Mr....