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John Milton Hay (October 8, 1838 – July 1, 1905) was an American statesman, diplomat, author, journalist, and private secretary and assistant to Abraham Lincoln. Hay's highest office was serving as United States Secretary of State under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.
Hay was born in Salem, Indiana, of Scottish ancestry, the third son of Dr. Charles Hay and Helen Leonard from Middleborough, Massachusetts, who had come to Salem to live with her sister. He was raised in Warsaw, Illinois, and educated first at the private school of the Reverend Stephen Childs, an Episcopal clergyman. In 1851 John went to an academy at Pittsfield in Pike County, where he met an older student, John G. Nicolay, with whom he would later work as private secretary to Abraham Lincoln. In 1852 John Hay went to the college at Springfield, and in 1855 was sent to Brown University, where he joined Theta Delta Chi. At Brown, he developed an interest in poetry, and Hay became a part of Providence's literary circle which included Sarah Helen Whitman and Nora Perry. As a salutation to each issue of Benjamin Tucker's Liberty (1881-1908), these lines of poetry by Hay were printed: For always in thine eyes, O Liberty!/ Shines that high light whereby the world is saved;/ And though thou slay us, we will trust in thee. When he graduated, he was named Class Poet. He left Brown in 1858 before receiving his diploma and went home to Warsaw to study law with his uncle, Milton Hay.
Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor. He has worked with lyricist Bernie Taupin as his songwriter partner since 1967; they have collaborated on more than 30 albums to date.
In his four-decade career John has sold more than 250 million records, making him one of the most successful artists of all time. His single "Candle in the Wind 1997" has sold over 33 million copies worldwide, and is the best selling single in Billboard history. He has more than 50 Top 40 hits, including seven consecutive No. 1 US albums, 56 Top 40 singles, 16 Top 10, four No. 2 hits, and nine No. 1 hits. He has won six Grammy Awards, four Brit Awards, an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Tony Award. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked him Number 49 on its list of the 100 greatest artists of all time.
John was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. Having been named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1996, John received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II for "services to music and charitable services" in 1998.
Actors: Alan Noel Vega (producer), Greg Bernstein (miscellaneous crew), Penelope Ann Miller (actress), Ellen Dubin (actress), John H. Tobin (actor), Mark Adler (composer), Jonathan Roumie (actor), Michael Shamus Wiles (actor), Franklin Ruehl (actor), Joe Ochman (actor), Aaron Webster (actor), Lew Temple (actor), Bruce Davison (actor), Michael David Lynch (producer), Michael David Lynch (producer),
Plot: The true story of Abraham Lincoln and his bodyguard, U.S. Marshal Ward Hill Lamon. This unique film features sets created from actual Civil War photographs.
Keywords: 1860s, abolishment-of-slavery, american-civil-war, assassination-attempt, assassination-plot, assassination-threat, banjo, bodyguard, character-name-in-title, commander-in-chiefActors: Tommy Lee Jones (actor), Bruce McGill (actor), Joe Inscoe (actor), Jared Harris (actor), John Hawkes (actor), Dakin Matthews (actor), Daniel Day-Lewis (actor), Hal Holbrook (actor), Gregory Itzin (actor), Grainger Hines (actor), Walton Goggins (actor), Lukas Haas (actor), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (actor), Tim Blake Nelson (actor), Peter McRobbie (actor),
Plot: In 1865, as the American Civil War winds inexorably toward conclusion, U.S. president Abraham Lincoln endeavors to achieve passage of the landmark constitutional amendment which will forever ban slavery from the United States. However, his task is a race against time, for peace may come at any time, and if it comes before the amendment is passed, the returning southern states will stop it before it can become law. Lincoln must, by almost any means possible, obtain enough votes from a recalcitrant Congress before peace arrives and it is too late. Yet the president is torn, as an early peace would save thousands of lives. As the nation confronts its conscience over the freedom of its entire population, Lincoln faces his own crisis of conscience -- end slavery or end the war.
Keywords: 1860s, 19th-century, american-civil-war, assassination, based-on-book, battle, battle-of-gettysburg, battlefield, cemetery, character-name-in-titleActors: Paul McCole (actor), Clare Kerr (producer), Adrian Mead (writer), Adrian Mead (director), Ben McKinstrie (editor), Katy Taylor (costume designer), Chris Bradley (composer), Sam Hynes (actor), Alistair Clarke (actor),
Plot: Detective John Hay is told his young son has been kidnapped and he has just 15 minutes to reach him. Forced into a desperate race against time he fights to overcome obstacles the kidnapper has prepared whilst piecing together the identity of his tormentor. In the final moments he is has to face the truth about the role he has played in this deadly game and the impact on his son, who will never again see his father with innocent eyes.
Genres: Action, Crime, Short, Thriller,Actors: Terry Jernigan (actor), Kera O'Bryon (actress), Kevin R. Hershberger (writer), Kevin R. Hershberger (producer), Kevin R. Hershberger (director), DJ Perry (producer), Gary Gustin (miscellaneous crew), John Pagano (actor), John Pagano (writer), Gary Gustin (actor), Kathryn Coombs (producer), Kathryn Coombs (costume designer), Brendan Bradley (actor), Jared Morrison (miscellaneous crew), Jared Morrison (actor),
Plot: Tells the story of the Confederacy's last great invasion of the north, in July 1864, and the subsequent attack on Washington, D.C. that almost brought the northern war effort to its knees. Follows the campaign from Richmond to Petersburg, then to battles at Lynchburg and General Jubal Early's fight down the Shenandoah Valley - defeating two Union Armies in the process. The Confederates crossing the Potomac River into Maryland, and the ransoming of Frederick and Hagerstown; The pivotal Battle of Monocacy (July 9, 1864), and the desperate defense by Union General Lew Wallace. Finally, the Confederates reaching the gates of Washington, and missing their chance to capture the Union Capitol by minutes. Tells the story of the battle and the campaign through the eyes of the men who fought and died on the farms of Western Maryland.
Keywords: 1860s, american-civil-war, bakery, battle, confederacy, independent-film, lew-wallace, ulysses-simpson-grant, voice-over-narration, washington-d.c.Actors: Muse Watson (actor), Jane Curtin (actress), Ed Grady (actor), Kris Kristofferson (actor), Aaron Michael Lacey (actor), Paul Dixon (editor), George S. Clinton (composer), Aaron Michael Lacey (miscellaneous crew), Ralph Wilcox (actor), Ed Gale (actor), Rick Rosenberg (producer), Jim Grimshaw (actor), Joanne Pankow (actress), Robert W. Christiansen (producer), Ernest Kinoy (writer),
Genres: Drama, History,Actors: James Earl Jones (actor), Adam LeFevre (actor), Frank Langella (actor), Keith Carradine (actor), Ned Beatty (actor), Barnard Hughes (actor), Stacy Keach (actor), Robby Benson (actor), Jim Dale (actor), Ossie Davis (actor), Richard Dreyfuss (actor), Philip Bosco (actor), Dabney Coleman (actor), Fred Gwynne (actor), E.G. Marshall (actor),
Genres: Biography, History,Actors: Marc Zuber (actor), Vladek Sheybal (actor), Luis Barboo (actor), Nadim Sawalha (actor), Aldo Sambrell (actor), Brian Keith (actor), Geoffrey Lewis (actor), John Milius (actor), Juan Cazalilla (actor), John Huston (actor), Ricardo Palacios (actor), Roy Jenson (actor), Sean Connery (actor), John Milius (writer), Candice Bergen (actress),
Plot: At the beginning of the 20th century an American woman is abducted in Morocco by Berbers. The attempts to free her range from diplomatic pressure to military intervention.
Keywords: 1900s, actor-shares-first-name-with-character, admiral, ambush, american, arab, arabian, arabian-chief, barbarism, battleActors: Cliff Clark (actor), Ernie Alexander (actor), Morris Ankrum (actor), Horace B. Carpenter (actor), Roy Barcroft (actor), Lionel Barrymore (actor), Noah Beery (actor), Frank Austin (actor), Walter Baldwin (actor), Harlan Briggs (actor), J. Edward Bromberg (actor), Sonny Bupp (actor), Frederick Burton (actor), George M. Carleton (actor), Dane Clark (actor),
Genres: Biography, Drama,Actors: Natalie Kalmus (miscellaneous crew), Raymond Brown (actor), Earl Dwire (actor), John Harron (actor), Gordon Hart (actor), Edward LeSaint (actor), Frank McGlynn Sr. (actor), Dickie Moore (actor), Ian Wolfe (actor), Nana Bryant (actress), Erville Alderson (actor), Charles L. Tedford (writer), Howard Jackson (composer), Milo Anderson (costume designer), William C. McGann (director),
Plot: This dramatization begins with Lincoln's first inaugural address. We see his relationship with his wife and their young son Tad, Lincoln receiving news of the firing on Fort Sumter, disagreements within his cabinet, their dark anticipation of Lee's victory at Gettysburg, Lincoln's characteristic quiet at the news of victory there, the President's pardoning of a Wisconsin boy who's fallen asleep at his post, Tad's illness, and the Gettysburg address.
Keywords: american-civil-war, american-president, battle-hymn-of-the-republic, character-name-in-title, color-in-title, president, reference-to-mary-todd-lincoln, white-houseActors: Ted Healy (actor), Samuel S. Hinds (actor), Ernie Adams (actor), Reginald Barlow (actor), Gary Cooper (actor), William Henry (actor), Sam Ash (actor), Donald Douglas (actor), Douglass Dumbrille (actor), John Elliott (actor), Douglas Fowley (actor), Wade Boteler (actor), Ernie Alexander (actor), Sherry Hall (actor), Sterling Holloway (actor),
Plot: Gail Loveless, a spy known as Operator 13 working for the Union and Federal cause during the Civil War, posing as a Confederate woman named Anne Claybourne, meets and falls in love with Confederate Captain Jack Galliard. Dusguised as an octoroom maid at a Confedarate military ball, she learns and relays secrets to the Union forces that are devastating to the Rebel cause. Assigned to the case to track down and kill the spy maid, Galliard learns she is also the woman he loves, but proceeds with his assignment. He captures her but is in danger of being captured himself as Federal forces are approaching. Gail/Anne saves him and they part to wait until peace comes to resume their romance.
Keywords: 1860s, actress, american-civil-war, army, bath, battle-of-bull-run, blackface, civil-war, confederate-army, copperhead