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Ernest Thompson (born Richard Ernest Thompson; November 6, 1949) is an American writer, actor, and director.
Thompson was born as Richard Ernest Thompson in Bellows Falls, Vermont. He spent his early years in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine, moving to Maryland as a junior high school student. He attended the University of Maryland and The Catholic University of America, graduating cum laude from American University in 1971.
Thompson is known as the author of the play On Golden Pond, which he wrote at the age of twenty-eight. The play opened Off Off Broadway in 1978, starring Tom Aldredge and Frances Sternhagen. A great success at the Kennedy Center, it opened at the New Apollo Theater on Broadway February 28, 1979. Revived the following season at the Century Theatre, On Golden Pond ran for more than 400 performances. It went on to become a hit 1981 film, starring Katharine Hepburn and Henry Fonda. Thompson won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in 1982, as well as awards from the Golden Globes and the Writers Guild of America.
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Ernest Thompson-Weeping Willow Tree 1924
This film of Ernest Thompson Seton and his wife Juli M. Seton was taken in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1936.
The Academy for the Love of Learning will celebrate Ernest Thompson Seton's 155th Birthday on Friday, August 14 in the Academy gallery at 133 Seton Village Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 87508. Contact (505) 995-1860 www.aloveoflearning.com Music composed by Leonard Bernstein "Thirteen Anniversaries For Aaron Stern", performed by Alexander Frey. Video produced by Streamlynx Communications - www.streamlynx.com (505) 438-9600
"The Wreck Of The Old Southern '97" Performed By Ernest Thompson
Wild Animals I Have Known Audiobook Ernest Thompson SETON Wild Animals I Have Known Ernest Thompson SETON (1860 - 1946) Wild Animals I Have Known is an 1898 book by naturalist and author Ernest Thompson Seton. The first entry in a new genre of realistic wild-animal fiction, Seton's first collection of short stories quickly became one of the most popular books of its day. "Lobo the King of Currumpaw", the first story in the collection, was based upon Seton's experience hunting wolves in the southwestern United States. It became a classic, setting the tone for his future works that would similarly depict animals—especially predators who were often demonized in literature—as compassionate, individualistic beings. - Summary from Wikipedia Genre(s): Nature & Animal Fiction Language: English ...
Ernest Thompson Seton tells the story of The Hunting Wolves
More videos ► http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=The16thCavern Subtitles available. The Biography of a Grizzly by Ernest Thompson Seton (1860 - 1946). Read by Phil Chenevert. PART I The Cubhood of Wahb 00:00 to 35:04 PART II The Days of his Strength 35:05 to 1:04:01 PART III The Waning 1:04:02 to End Audio courtesy of LibriVox. Many thanks to the reader and everyone involved!