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Cajuns ( /ˈkeɪdʒən/; French: les Cadiens or les Acadiens, [le kadjɛ̃, lez‿akadjɛ̃]) are an ethnic group mainly living in the U.S. state of Louisiana, consisting of the descendants of Acadian exiles (French-speakers from Acadia in what are now the Canadian Maritimes). Today, the Cajuns make up a significant portion of south Louisiana's population, and have exerted an enormous impact on the state's culture.
While Lower Louisiana had been settled by French colonists since the late 18th century, the Cajuns trace their roots to the influx of Acadian settlers after the Great Expulsion from their homeland during the French and Indian War (1754 to 1763). The Acadia region to which modern Cajuns trace their origin consisted largely of what are now Nova Scotia and the other Maritime provinces, plus parts of eastern Quebec and northern Maine. Since their establishment in Louisiana the Cajuns have developed their own dialect, Cajun French, and developed a vibrant culture including folkways, music, and cuisine.
Marion Mitchell Morrison (born Marion Robert Morrison; May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), better known by his stage name John Wayne, was an American film actor, director and producer. An Academy Award-winner, Wayne was among the top box office draws for three decades, and was named the all-time top money-making star. An enduring American icon, he epitomized rugged masculinity and is famous for his demeanor, including his distinctive calm voice, walk, and height.
Wayne was born in Winterset, Iowa but his family relocated to the greater Los Angeles area when he was four years old. He found work at local film studios when he lost his football scholarship to USC as a result of a bodysurfing accident. Initially working for the Fox Film Corporation, he mostly appeared in small bit parts. His acting breakthrough came in 1939 with John Ford's Stagecoach, making him an instant star. Wayne would go on to star in 142 pictures, primarily typecast in Western films.
Among his best known films are The Quiet Man (1952), which follows him as an Irish-American boxer and his love affair with a fiery spinster played by Maureen O'Hara; The Searchers (1956), in which he plays a Civil War veteran who seeks out his abducted niece; Rio Bravo (1959), playing a Sheriff with Dean Martin; True Grit (1969), playing a humorous U.S. Marshal who sets out to avenge a man's death in the role that won Wayne an Academy Award; and The Shootist (1976), his final screen performance in which he plays an aging gunslinger battling cancer.
Actors: Barnard Hughes (actor), Wendy Crewson (actress), Mark Snow (composer), William Hickey (actor), Michael Flynn (actor), Gerald McRaney (actor), Corky Ehlers (editor), Lee Weaver (actor), Michael Ruud (actor), Donré Sampson (actor), Will Mackenzie (director), Curley Green (actor), Paul Freeman (producer), Sandy Dvore (miscellaneous crew), Helen Stenborg (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Stephen Polk (actor), Anthony Johnson (actor), David Campbell (actor), John Driver (director), Oliver Osterberg (actor), Oliver Osterberg (actor), Oliver Osterberg (actor), Jonathan Stathakis (producer), Kim Landry (actress), John Clark Donahue (director), Tom Dunn (actor), Jerome Wallin (actor), Julee Cruise (actress), Jason McLean (actor), Scott Anderson (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Musical,Actors: Christopher Riordan (actor), Steve McQueen (actor), Burt Mustin (actor), Gene Coogan (actor), Robert DoQui (actor), William Challee (actor), Gregg Martell (actor), Cab Calloway (actor), Jeff Corey (actor), Karl Malden (actor), John Hart (actor), Harry Hines (actor), John Indrisano (actor), Colin Kenny (actor), Edward G. Robinson (actor),
Plot: In 1930s New Orleans, the Cincinnati Kid, a young stud poker player who travels from one big game to the next, stopping along the way up with various girls, is pitted against the legendary champion card-sharp Lancey Howard in a high-stakes poker game.
Keywords: 1930s, adultery, apple, based-on-novel, bathtub, beer, betting, billiards, blackmail, blues-clubActors: Ray Bennett (actor), Jack Cheatham (actor), Jack Clifford (actor), Budd Buster (actor), Alec Craig (actor), Dick Curtis (actor), Joe Devlin (actor), Jimmie Dodd (actor), Clancy Cooper (actor), Charles Evans (actor), Byron Foulger (actor), Al Hill (actor), Earle Hodgins (actor), Arthur Hohl (actor), Charles Jordan (actor),
Plot: "The Mystery of the Riverboat" while ending each chapter with a cliffhanger is more episodic in nature than the usual Universal serial and somewhat similar to Universal's 1934 "Tailspin Tommy" in that aspect as some plot lines are completed as a story within the overall story. Plus, while some serials often contained a title song or motif throughout, this one has six songs scattered around and about performed by either Marion Martin - and we have no idea if she was dubbed or did her own warbling - and former Three Mesquiteer and future head Mouseketeer Jimmie Dodd, who did his own. The overly-plotted (for juvenile Saturday matinée audiences to keep up with over a period of 13 weeks) story finds three Louisiana families, the Langtrys, Perrins and Duvals, as co-owners of swamp land in the Louisiana bayou country. Unaware that the property contains rich "nitrolene" deposits, they are considering an offer from speculator Herman Einreich, who is well aware of the secret, having killed the scientist who discovered it and stolen his geological maps and notes. He boards a river boat, "The Morning Glory", heading for Duval's Landing. Others on the boat are the skipper, Captain Ethan Perrin, his daughter Jenny; Steve Langtry; Rudolph Toller; Bruno Bloch and Louis Shaber who represent a foreign faction also interested in the land; and a bearded man named Clayton, who is really the disinherited renegade son of the Duvals, Paul Duval, who thinks his brother Jean has cheated him out of his share of the Duval estate and going home to get even. With the aid of Batiste, "Clayton" murders Einreich, steals his maps and almost kills Steve and Jenny, who are saved by Napoleon, ship steward and Steve's friend. The Toller gang, assisted by ship entertainer Celeste Eltree, and headed by Rudolph Toller, pin Einreich's murder on Steve, who heads for the swamps at the end of chapter six, where he encounters some hostile Cajuns in Chapter 7, and ends up in a jail that ends up floating down the river when the levee breaks. But there are still six chapters to go, with lots of plot left, including chapter 12, where Steve, in a twist from the usual serial hero, manages to blow himself up as opposed to the villains doing it for him.
Keywords: explosion, lawyer, levee, louisiana, mississippi-river, murder, new-orleans-louisiana, porter, quicksand, riverboat