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Esdras Hartley
Esdras Hartley (1892–1946) was the art director for the 1935 film Don't Bet on Blondes. He worked on over a hundred films during his career, many of them at the Hollywood studio Warner Brothers.
Selected filmography
Miss Pacific Fleet (1935)
A Night at the Ritz (1935)
Bengal Tiger (1936)
Time... | |
doc_101 | Passage 1:
Brian Kennedy (gallery director)
Brian Patrick Kennedy (born 5 November 1961) is an Irish-born art museum director who has worked in Ireland and Australia, and now lives and works in the United States. He was the director of the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem for 17 months, resigning December 31, 2020. He wa... | |
doc_102 | Passage 1:
Frederick I, Count Palatine of Simmern
Frederick I, the Hunsrücker (German: Friedrich I.; 19 November 1417 – 29 November 1480) was the Count Palatine of Simmern from 1459 until 1480.
Frederick was born in 1417 to Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken and his wife, Anna of Veldenz. In 1444 his father... | |
doc_103 | Passage 1:
Louise Elisabeth of Courland
Louise Elisabeth of Courland (12 August 1646 in Jelgava – 16 December 1690 in Weferlingen) was Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg by marriage to Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg.
Life
Louise Elisabeth was a daughter of Duke Jacob of Courland (1610-1662) from his marriage to Ch... | |
doc_104 | Passage 1:
The Grey Lady
(The) Grey Lady or (The) Gray Lady may refer to:
Films
The Grey Lady (film), 1937 German film also known as Sherlock Holmes: The Grey Lady
Grey Lady (film), 2017 American film directed by John Shea
Folklore
Grey Lady, a ghost reputed to haunt Rufford Old Hall, Lancashire, England
Grey Lady, a... | |
doc_105 | Passage 1:
Steven Taylor
Steven or Steve Taylor may refer to:
Steve Taylor (missiologist) (born 1968), New Zealand theologian
Steve Taylor (psychologist) (born 1967), English author and lecturer in psychology
Steven John Taylor, American singer and keyboardist for the band Rogue Wave
Steve Taylor (politician) (born 19... | |
doc_106 | Passage 1:
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
Select credits
Waiting for Lucas (1973) (short)
Stone (1974) (editor only)
The Chain Reaction (1980)
Whose Baby? (1986) (mini-series)
Minnamurra (1989)
Bodysurfer (1989) (mini-series)
Ring of Scorpio (1990) (mini-series)
Crimebroker (1... | |
doc_107 | Passage 1:
Ahmet Bozer
Ahmet C. Bozer (born 1960) is a Turkish business executive. He is executive vice president and president of Coca-Cola International, which consists of The Coca-Cola Company's Asia Pacific, Europe, Eurasia & Africa, and Latin America operations.
Early years
Bozer was born to Ali Bozer, an academi... | |
doc_108 | Passage 1:
Michael Nozik
Michael Nozik is an American film producer. He won a BAFTA award for The Motorcycle Diaries in the category of 'Best Film Not in the English Language' in 2004. His credits also include Love in the Time of Cholera, Syriana, Quiz Show, and The Legend of Bagger Vance.
Filmography
He was a produce... | |
doc_109 | Passage 1:
Kekuʻiapoiwa II
Kekuʻiapoiwa II was a Hawaiian chiefess and the mother of the king Kamehameha I.
Biography
She was named after her aunt Kekuʻiapoiwa Nui (also known as Kekuʻiapoiwa I), the wife of King Kekaulike of Maui.
Her father was High Chief Haʻae, the son of Chiefess Kalanikauleleiaiwi and High Chief ... | |
doc_110 | Passage 1:
Conaire Cóem
Conaire Cóem ("the beautiful"), son of Mug Láma, son of Coirpre Crou-Chend, son of Coirpre Firmaora, son of Conaire Mór, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, the 111th High King of Ireland. He came to power on the death of his father-in-law Conn Cétchathach, and rule... | |
doc_111 | Passage 1:
Henry Bryant (naturalist)
Henry Bryant (May 12, 1820 – February 2, 1867) was an American physician and naturalist.
Early life
Bryant was born in Boston, and graduated from Harvard University in 1840, and then followed this from a degree at Harvard Medical School in 1843. Following this, he went to Paris to ... | |
doc_112 | Passage 1:
John VI, Duke of Mecklenburg
John VI, Duke of Mecklenburg (1439–1474) was a Duke of Mecklenburg.
Life
John was the second son of Henry IV, Duke of Mecklenburg, and his wife Dorothea, daughter of Elector Frederick I of Brandenburg.
His earliest documented official act (jointly with the father) was in 1451. ... | |
doc_113 | Passage 1:
Vadim Vlasov
Vadim Nikolayevich Vlasov (Russian: Вадим Николаевич Власов; born 19 December 1980) is a former Russian football player.Vlasov played in the Russian Premier League with FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod.
He is a younger brother of Dmitri Vlasov.
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Claude Bracey
Claude Bracey (June 8, 1909 – ... | |
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Jon Leach
Jonathan Leach (born April 18, 1973) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. He is the husband of Lindsay Davenport.
Professional career
Leach, an All-American player at USC, made his Grand Slam debut at the 1991 US Open when he partnered David Witt in the men's doubles. He ... | |
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Margaret Clifford, Countess of Derby
Margaret Stanley, Countess of Derby (née Lady Margaret Clifford; 1540 – 28 September 1596) was the only surviving daughter of Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland and Lady Eleanor Brandon. Her maternal grandparents were Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Mary Tudo... | |
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Marie-Louise Coidavid
Queen Marie Louise Coidavid (1778 – 11 March 1851) was the Queen of the Kingdom of Haiti 1811–20 as the spouse of Henri Christophe.
Early life
Marie-Louise was born into a free black family; her father was the owner of Hotel de la Couronne, Cap-Haïtien. Henri Christophe was a slave pur... | |
doc_117 | Passage 1:
Charles James Irwin Grant, 6th Baron de Longueuil
Charles James Irwin Grant, only son of Charles William Grant, 5th Baron de Longueuil and Caroline Coffin, was born in Montreal on 1 April 1815. He served in the 79th Regiment as a lieutenant for a while. He later married Henriet Colmore, from whom he fathered... | |
doc_118 | Passage 1:
Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk
Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, KG (22 March 1366 – 22 September 1399) was an English peer. As a result of his involvement in the power struggles which led up to the fall of King Richard II, he was banished and died in exile in Venice.
Background and youth
The ... | |
doc_119 | Passage 1:
Erard II, Count of Brienne
Erard II of Brienne (died 1191) was count of Brienne from 1161 to 1191, and a French general during the Third Crusade, most notably at the Siege of Acre. He was the son of Gautier II, count of Brienne, and Humbeline Baudemont, daughter of Andrew, lord of Baudemont and Agnes of Brai... | |
doc_120 | Passage 1:
En Aasai Unnoduthan
En Aasai Unnoduthan (transl. My desire is with you) is a 1983 Indian Tamil-language romance film edited and directed by K. Narayanan. The film stars Prem and Poornima Jayaram, with Thengai Srinivasan, Y. G. Mahendran, Rajini, Oru Viral Krishna Rao and Jaishankar in supporting roles. It wa... | |
doc_121 | Passage 1:
The Girl from Leningrad
The Girl from Leningrad (Russian: Фронтовые подруги) is a 1941 Soviet adventure film directed by Viktor Eisymont.
Plot
The film takes place during the Finnish war. A group of girls voluntarily go to the front. Young girls help doctors save the lives of wounded soldiers, and also figh... | |
doc_122 | Passage 1:
Antonio Maceo Airport
Antonio Maceo Airport (IATA: SCU, ICAO: MUCU) is an international airport located in Santiago, Cuba.
Overview
The airport has a drawing of Che Guevara on one of its outside walls. Pope John Paul II flew to this airport during his last visit to Cuba, flying a round trip between here and... | |
doc_123 | Passage 1:
The Adventures of Fridolin
The Adventures of Fridolin (German: Die seltsamen Abenteuer des Herrn Fridolin B.) is an East German film. It was released in 1948.
External links
The Adventures of Fridolin at IMDb
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The Adventures of Smilin' Jack (serial)
The Adventures of Smilin' Jack (1943) is a Unive... | |
doc_124 | Passage 1:
Campanal I
Guillermo González del Río García, nicknamed Campanal I or Guillermo Campanal (born 9 February 1912 in Avilés; died 22 January 1984 in Seville) was a Spanish footballer. During his career he played for Sporting de Gijón and Sevilla FC (1929–1946), and earned 3 caps and scored 2 goals for the Spain... | |
doc_125 | Passage 1:
A Place in the Sun (film)
A Place in the Sun may refer to:
A place in the sun, a phrase used to refer to the German Empire's foreign policy (Weltpolitik) and colonial empire
Film and television
A Place in the Sun (1916 film), a British silent film
A Place in the Sun (1951 film), an American dramatic film
A... | |
doc_126 | Passage 1:
Wayne Bridge
Wayne Michael Bridge (born 5 August 1980) is an English former professional footballer who played as a left back.
A graduate of the Southampton academy, he made his debut in 1998 and would go on to make over 150 league appearances in Premier League before going on to have an extensive career wit... | |
doc_127 | Passage 1:
Donny Lucas
Donald James "Donny" Lucas is a Canadian actor and comedian.
He is best known for voicing Disco Kid in Punch Out!!, Zed in League of Legends, Mr. Fix in Iron Man: Armored Adventures, and the Lucius Fox A.I. in Batwoman.
Early life
Donny Lucas was born, adopted, and raised in Montreal, Quebec.
Lu... | |
doc_128 | Passage 1:
Walter Ulfig
Walter Ulfig was a German composer of film scores.
Selected filmography
Das Meer (1927)
Venus im Frack (1927)
Svengali (1927)
Bigamie (1927)
Homesick (1927)
The Awakening of Woman (1927)
The Famous Woman (1927)
Alpine Tragedy (1927)
The Strange Case of Captain Ramper (1927)
Assassination (1927)... | |
doc_129 | Passage 1:
Adolf I of Lotharingia
Adolf I of Lotharingia, count of Keldachgau, Vogt of Deutz from 1008 until 1018, was the son of Hermann I "Pusillus" (the Little Pfalzgraf), count palatine of Lotharingia. He left three sons:
Hermann III, Vogt of Deutz in St. Severin (Cologne) und Werden (died 1056);
Adolf II of Lotha... | |
doc_130 | Passage 1:
Tales from the QuadeaD Zone
Tales from the QuadeaD Zone (also stylized TALES From The QuadeaD Zone) is a 1987 American anthology blaxploitation horror film written, directed, and produced by Chester Novell Turner. The film was originally released straight to VHS. VHS copies of the film have become collector'... | |
doc_131 | Passage 1:
Saad Abdulrahman
Saad Abdulrahman Ali (born 2 May 1985) is a former professional basketball player. He played for Al-Sadd of the Qatar Basketball League. He was also a member of the Qatar national basketball team.
Saad competed for the Qatar national basketball team at the 2005 2007 and FIBA Asia Championshi... | |
doc_132 | Passage 1:
Prince Christian of Hesse
Prince Christian of Hesse (Danish: Christian af Hessen; German: Christian von Hessen) (14 August 1776 – 14 November 1814) was a German prince and member of the House of Hesse-Kassel. As a son of the Danish Field Marshal Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel and Princess Louise of Denmark, ... | |
doc_133 | Passage 1:
Stein Erik Gullikstad
Stein Erik Gullikstad (born 6 February 1952) is a Norwegian Nordic combined skier. He was born in Røros, and represented the club Røros IL. He competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, where he placed 22nd.
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Roar Engelberg
Roar Engelberg (born 26 July 1964 in Hamar, N... | |
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George Clooney
George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a British Academy Film Award, four Golden Globe Awards, and two Academy Awards; one for his acting and the other as a producer.
He has been honored with the Cecil... | |
doc_135 | Passage 1:
Louis IV, Count of Chiny
Louis IV the Young (1173 – 7 October 1226), count of Chiny from 1189 to 1226, son of Louis III, count of Chiny, and Sophie. Louis was the last of the first dynasty of counts of Chiny. Having no son, he prepared his eldest daughter Jeanne as his successor. Louis marked his reign by i... | |
doc_136 | Passage 1:
Karel Zich
Karel Zich (10 June 1949 – 13 July 2004) was a Czech singer, guitarist and composer whose voice was often compared with that of Elvis Presley.
Life
Karel Zich was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, into a musical family. His grandfather was Otakar Zich, composer and professor of music aesthetics, an... | |
doc_137 | Passage 1:
David Aldus
David Aldus (born 18 September 1941) is a Welsh painter known for his landscape and maritime scenery.
Personal life
Aldus was born and spent much of his life in the Garrison town of Brecon. His father, John Macdonald Aldus, was a Company Sergeant Major in the South Wales Borderers, as was his fa... | |
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Mona Hopton Bell
Mona Hopton Bell (1867–1940) was a British artist, best known for her portraits of civic figures.She was the grandmother of the painter Jean H. Bell.
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Hubba bint Hulail
Hubba bint Hulail (Arabic: حبة بنت هليل) was the grandmother of Hashim ibn 'Abd Manaf, thus the great-great-great... | |
doc_139 | Passage 1:
Donnie Elbert
Donnie Elbert (May 25, 1936 – January 26, 1989) was an American soul singer and songwriter, who had a prolific career from the mid-1950s to the late 1970s. His U.S. hits included "Where Did Our Love Go?" (1971), and his reputation as a Northern soul artist in the UK was secured by "A Little Pie... | |
doc_140 | Passage 1:
Brian Kennedy (gallery director)
Brian Patrick Kennedy (born 5 November 1961) is an Irish-born art museum director who has worked in Ireland and Australia, and now lives and works in the United States. He was the director of the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem for 17 months, resigning December 31, 2020. He wa... | |
doc_141 | Passage 1:
Amaury I de Montfort
Amaury I de Montfort (died c. 1053) was Lord of Montfort, son of Guillaume de Montfort of Hainaut, the first Lord of Montfort. The castle of Montfort l'Amaury, of which he started the construction, was completed by his son Simon I de Montfort, who succeeded him as Lord of Montfort. He ma... | |
doc_142 | Passage 1:
Tjuyu
Thuya (sometimes transliterated as Touiyou, Thuiu, Tuya, Tjuyu or Thuyu) was an Egyptian noblewoman and the mother of queen Tiye, and the wife of Yuya. She is the grandmother of Akhenaten, and great grandmother of Tutankhamun.
Biography
Thuya is believed to be a descendant of Queen Ahmose-Nefertari, a... | |
doc_143 | Passage 1:
War of the Buttons (1994 film)
War of the Buttons is a 1994 comedy-drama adventure film directed by John Roberts. It was written by Colin Welland and based on the French novel La Guerre des boutons, by Louis Pergaud. The story, about two rival boys' gangs in Ireland, the Ballys (working class) and the Carric... | |
doc_144 | Passage 1:
Jesse E. Hobson
Jesse Edward Hobson (May 2, 1911 – November 5, 1970) was the director of SRI International from 1947 to 1955. Prior to SRI, he was the director of the Armour Research Foundation.
Early life and education
Hobson was born in Marshall, Indiana. He received bachelor's and master's degrees in ele... | |
doc_145 | Passage 1:
Young and Dangerous: The Prequel
Young and Dangerous: The Prequel (Chinese: 新古惑仔之少年激鬥篇) is a 1998 Hong Kong crime film directed by Andrew Lau. It is the second prequel in the Young and Dangerous film series.
The film shows Chan Ho-nam (Nicholas Tse), Big Head (Daniel Wu), Chow Pan (Benjamin Yuen), Chicken Ch... | |
doc_146 | Passage 1:
The Goose Woman
The Goose Woman is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Clarence Brown and starring Louise Dresser with Jack Pickford as her son. The film was released by Universal Pictures.The Rex Beach short story is based in part on the then already sensational Hall-Mills murder case in which a w... | |
doc_147 | Passage 1:
Alexandru Cristea
Alexandru Cristea (1890–1942) was the composer of the music for "Limba Noastră", current national anthem of Moldova.
Biography
A choir director, a composer and music teacher. Taught at the "Vasile Kormilov" music school (1928) with Gavriil Afanasiu and the "Unirea" Conservatory (1927–192... | |
doc_148 | Passage 1:
Popiel I
Popiel I was a legendary ruler of Poland, member of the Popielids dynasty. According to the legends reported by Wincenty Kadłubek in his Chronica seu originale regum et principum Poloniae, he was the son of Leszko III. Father of Popiel II.
Bibliography
Jerzy Strzelczyk: Mity, podania i wierzenia da... | |
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Iwamura
Iwamura (written: 岩村 lit. "rock village") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Akinori Iwamura, Japanese baseball player
Noboru Iwamura, Japanese biologist
Ai Iwamura, Japanese actress
Iwamura Michitoshi, Meiji era politician
Shunichi Iwamura (岩村 俊一, born 1940), Japanese s... | |
doc_150 | Passage 1:
The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio
The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio (クヒオ大佐, Kuhio Taisa, lit. "Captain Kuhio") is a 2009 Japanese comedy-crime film, directed by Daihachi Yoshida, based on Kazumasa Yoshida's 2006 biographical novel, Kekkon Sagishi Kuhio Taisa (lit. "Marriage swindler Captain Kuhio"), th... | |
doc_151 | Passage 1:
Chow Ka Wa
Chow Ka Wa (Chinese: 鄒嘉華; Cantonese Yale: Jāu Gāwà ; born 23 April 1986 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong footballer who plays for Hong Kong First Division League club Southern as a right midfielder.
Club career
Citizen
Chow began his professional career at Citizen, a newly promoted First Division clu... | |
doc_152 | Passage 1:
Anthony Osorio
Anthony Osorio (born April 13, 1994) is a Canadian professional soccer player who last played as a defender and midfielder for the Mississauga MetroStars in the Major Arena Soccer League.
Club career
Osorio attended St. Edmund Campion where he represented the school team, having grown up in B... | |
doc_153 | Passage 1:
Jacob Le Maire
Jacob Le Maire (c. 1585 – 22 December 1616) was a Dutch mariner who circumnavigated the earth in 1615 and 1616. The strait between Tierra del Fuego and Isla de los Estados was named the Le Maire Strait in his honour, though not without controversy. It was Le Maire himself who proposed to the c... | |
doc_154 | Passage 1:
Ben Palmer
Ben Palmer (born 1976) is a British film and television director.
His television credits include the Channel 4 sketch show Bo' Selecta! (2002–2006), the second and third series of the E4 sitcom The Inbetweeners (2009–2010) and the Sky Atlantic comedy-drama Breeders (2020). Palmer has also directed... | |
doc_155 | Passage 1:
Salin Mibaya
Salin Mibaya (Burmese: စလင်း မိဖုရား, pronounced [səlɪ́ɴ mḭbəjá]; also known as Narapati Medaw, (နရပတိ မယ်တော်)) was the chief queen of Viceroy Thado Dhamma Yaza II of Prome (r. 1551–1588).
The second daughter of King Bayin Htwe of Prome and his chief queen Shwe Zin Gon was married three times. ... | |
doc_156 | Passage 1:
1928 Washington and Lee Generals football team
The 1928 Washington and Lee Generals football team represented Washington and Lee University during the 1928 college football season.
Schedule
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Christian Compton
Asbury Christian Compton (October 24, 1929 – April 9, 2006) was an American attorney and ... | |
doc_157 | Passage 1:
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison is a 1957 American CinemaScope war film that tells the story of two people stranded on a Japanese-occupied island in the Pacific Ocean during World War II.
The film was adapted by John Huston and John Lee Mahin from the 1952 novel by Charles Shaw and was di... | |
doc_158 | Passage 1:
Hanro Smitsman
Hanro Smitsman, born in 1967 in Breda (Netherlands), is a writer and director of film and television.
Film and Television Credits
Films
Brothers (2017)
Schemer (2010)
Skin (2008)
Raak (aka Contact) (2006)
Allerzielen (aka All Souls) (2005) (segment "Groeten uit Holland")
Engel en Broer (2004)... | |
doc_159 | Passage 1:
Ögedei Khan
Ögedei Khagan (also Ogodei; c. 1186 – 11 December 1241) was second khagan-emperor of the Mongol Empire. The third son of Genghis Khan, he continued the expansion of the empire that his father had begun.
Born in c. 1186 AD, Ögedei fought in numerous battles during his father's rise to power. After... | |
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Dana Blankstein
Dana Blankstein-Cohen (born March 3, 1981) is the executive director of the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School. She was appointed by the board of directors in November 2019. Previously she was the CEO of the Israeli Academy of Film and Television. She is a film director, and an Israeli ... | |
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Arthur Beauchamp
Arthur Beauchamp (1827 – 28 April 1910) was a Member of Parliament from New Zealand. He is remembered as the father of Harold Beauchamp, who rose to fame as chairman of the Bank of New Zealand and was the father of writer Katherine Mansfield.
Biography
Beauchamp came to Nelson from Australi... | |
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Mark Rockefeller
Mark Fitler Rockefeller (born January 26, 1967) is a fourth-generation member of the Rockefeller family. He is the younger son of former U.S. Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller (1908–1979) and Happy Rockefeller (1926–2015). Through his father, Rockefeller is a grandson of American financer... | |
doc_163 | Passage 1:
Howard W. Koch
Howard Winchel Koch (April 11, 1916 – February 16, 2001) was an American producer and director of film and television.
Life and career
Koch was born in New York City, the son of Beatrice (Winchel) and William Jacob Koch. His family was Jewish. He attended DeWitt Clinton High School and the Pe... | |
doc_164 | Passage 1:
Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine
Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (Irene Luise Marie Anne; 11 July 1866 – 11 November 1953), later Princess Henry of Prussia, was the third child and third daughter of Princess Alice of the United Kingdom and Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine. Her maternal gra... | |
doc_165 | Passage 1:
Jesse E. Hobson
Jesse Edward Hobson (May 2, 1911 – November 5, 1970) was the director of SRI International from 1947 to 1955. Prior to SRI, he was the director of the Armour Research Foundation.
Early life and education
Hobson was born in Marshall, Indiana. He received bachelor's and master's degrees in ele... | |
doc_166 | Passage 1:
Mordechai Rotenberg
Mordechai Rotenberg (born 1932) (Hebrew: מרדכי רוטנברג) is an Israeli professor of social work at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Biography
Mordechai Rotenberg was born in Breslau, Germany (today Wrocław, Poland). His father was from Warsaw, descended from Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Alter, ... | |
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La Bestia humana
La Bestia humana is a 1957 Argentine film whose story is based on the 1890 novel La Bête Humaine by the French writer Émile Zola.
External links
La Bestia humana at IMDb
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Miloš Zličić
Miloš Zličić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милош Зличић; born 29 December 1999) is a Serbian football forwar... | |
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Paul Brooke
Paul Brooke (born 22 November 1944) is a retired English actor of film, television and radio. He made his film debut in 1972 in the Hammer film Straight on till Morning, followed by performances in For Your Eyes Only (1981), Return of the Jedi (1983), Scandal (1989), Saving Grace (2000), Bridget ... | |
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Olivier Baroux
Olivier Baroux (born 5 January 1964) is a French actor, comedian, writer and director who has acted both on stage and on screen. He first became known in forming with Kad Merad, the duo Kad & Olivier then went solo, while finding Kad regularly. Baroux's movies on Le Tuche is inspired by the hu... | |
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Princess Florestine of Monaco
Princess Florestine Gabrielle Antoinette of Monaco (22 October 1833 – 4 April 1897) was the youngest child and only daughter of Florestan I, Prince of Monaco, and his wife, Maria Caroline Gibert de Lametz. Florestine was a member of the House of Grimaldi and a Princess of Monaco... | |
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Albertine, baroness Staël von Holstein
Hedvig Gustava Albertina, Baroness de Staël-Holstein or simply Albertine (1797–1838), was the daughter of Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein and Madame de Staël, the granddaughter of Jacques Necker and Suzanne Curchod, wife to Victor de Broglie (1785–1870), and mother to Al... | |
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Satellite tournament
A satellite tournament is either a minor tournament or event on a competitive sporting tour or one of a group of such tournaments that form a series played in the same country or region.
Poker
A satellite tournament in poker is a qualifying event. Winners of these satellites usually win... | |
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David A. Ganong
David A. Ganong, (born September 14, 1943 in St. Stephen, New Brunswick) is a Canadian business executive.
Biography
Ganong is the former president and current chairman of the board of Ganong Bros., the oldest chocolate manufacturing company in Canada. He graduated with a BA degree from the... | |
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Herbert J. Ray
Rear Admiral Herbert James Ray (1 February 1893 – 3 December 1970) was an officer in the United States Navy who served in World War I and World War II. A 1914 graduate of the Naval Academy, he served on the submarines USS H-2 and N-3 during World War I. In March 1942, as Chief of Staff and Aid... | |
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Robert L. Simpson (film editor)
Robert Laughlin Simpson, A.C.E. (July 31, 1910 – June 26, 1977), was an American film editor with more than 100 feature film credits.
Biography
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Simpson began his career at Paramount Pictures in 1935. By the end of the decade, he had joined 20th Ce... | |
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Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1886–1964)
Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (14 February 1886 – 6 June 1964) was a member of the House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. He was heir to his relative William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach until 1909, when he was disinherited of his royal status... | |
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Come on Danger
Come on Danger is a 1942 American Western film directed by Edward Killy. It was a remake of a 1932 Tom Keene film. The story was bought for Holt in June 1941.
Plot summary
Cast
Tim Holt as Jack Mason
Frances E. Neal as Ann Jordan (as Frances Neal)
Ray Whitley as Smokey
Lee 'Lasses' White as W... | |
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Born into Brothels
Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids is a 2004 Indian-American documentary film about the children of prostitutes in Sonagachi, Kolkata's red light district. The widely acclaimed film, written and directed by Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman, won a string of accolades including the A... | |
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Battle for Brooklyn
Battle for Brooklyn is a 2011 documentary that follows the stories of a Brooklyn neighborhood as the residents fight to save their homes from being destroyed by an impending real estate project. The film attempts to show the unjust outcomes that are possible when moneyed interests partner... | |
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I Believe in Miracles (film)
I Believe in Miracles is a 2015 film directed by Jonny Owen.
Plot
The film tells the story of football club Nottingham Forest's rise, under Brian Clough and Peter Taylor, to becoming English champions in 1978 and European champions in 1979 and 1980. The film features documentary... | |
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Joshua Sinclair
Joshua Sinclair (born May 7, 1953) is an American writer, producer, actor and director born in New York City.
Filmography
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Claude Weisz
Claude Weisz is a French film director born in Paris.
Filmography
Feature films
Une saison dans la vie d'Emmanuel (1972) with Germaine Montéro, L... | |
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Y así
Austria participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Y así" written by Christof Spörk and Edi Köhldorfer. The song was performed by the group Global Kryner. The Austrian broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) organised the national final Song.Null.Fünf in order to select the Aus... | |
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Jesse E. Hobson
Jesse Edward Hobson (May 2, 1911 – November 5, 1970) was the director of SRI International from 1947 to 1955. Prior to SRI, he was the director of the Armour Research Foundation.
Early life and education
Hobson was born in Marshall, Indiana. He received bachelor's and master's degrees in ele... | |
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O Valencia!
"O Valencia!" is the fifth single by the indie rock band The Decemberists, and the first released from their fourth studio album, The Crane Wife.
The music was written by The Decemberists and the lyrics by Colin Meloy. It tells a story of two star-crossed lovers. The singer falls in love with a p... | |
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Polly of the Movies
Polly of the Movies is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Scott Pembroke and starring Jason Robards, Gertrude Short and Corliss Palmer. It is loosely based on Harry Leon Wilson's 1922 novel Merton of the Movies and its various film adaptations.
Synopsis
A small town girl goes... | |
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Brian Kennedy (gallery director)
Brian Patrick Kennedy (born 5 November 1961) is an Irish-born art museum director who has worked in Ireland and Australia, and now lives and works in the United States. He was the director of the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem for 17 months, resigning December 31, 2020. He wa... | |
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Jack Shea (director)
Jack Shea (August 1, 1928 – April 28, 2013) was an American film and television director. He was the president of the Directors Guild of America from 1997 to 2002.
Life and career
Born John Francis Shea, Jr., Shea's father was a traveling salesman and his mother a bookkeeper. He receive... | |
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Greg A. Hill (artist)
Greg A. Hill is a Canadian-born First Nations artist and curator. He is
Kanyen'kehà:ka Mohawk, from Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, Ontario.
Early life
Hill was born and raised in Fort Erie, Ontario.
Art career
His work as a multidisciplinary artist focuses primarily on ins... | |
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Kaya Alp
Kaya Alp (Ottoman Turkish: قایا الپ, lit. 'Brave Rock') was, according to Ottoman tradition, the son of Kızıl Buğa or Basuk and the father of Suleyman Shah. He was the grandfather of Ertuğrul Ghazi, the father of the founder of the Ottoman Empire, Osman I. He was also famously known for being the su... | |
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Mona Hopton Bell
Mona Hopton Bell (1867–1940) was a British artist, best known for her portraits of civic figures.She was the grandmother of the painter Jean H. Bell.
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Purnima (Hindi actress)
Purnima Das Verma (born Meherbhano Mohammad Ali; 2 March 1934 — 14 August 2013) was an Indian actress who w... | |
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Richard T. Jones
Richard Timothy Jones (born January 16, 1972) is an American actor. He has worked extensively in both film and television productions since the early 1990s. His television roles include Ally McBeal (1997), Judging Amy (1998–2005), CSI: Miami (2006), Girlfriends (2007), Grey's Anatomy (2010),... | |
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Tomáš Hudeček
Tomáš Hudeček (born 10 May 1979 in Olomouc) is a Czech university (assoc.) professor and former politician. He is currently the head of the Department of Public Administration and Regional Studies at the Masaryk Institute of Advanced Studies of the Czech Technical University in Prague, a former... | |
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Sarre Anglo-Saxon cemetery
Sarre Anglo-Saxon cemetery is a place of burial that was used in the sixth and seventh centuries CE.
Background
With the advent of the Anglo-Saxon period in the fifth century CE, the area that became Kent underwent a radical transformation on a political, social, and physical leve... | |
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Hermann Göring
Hermann Wilhelm Göring (or Goering; German: [ˈhɛʁman ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈɡøːʁɪŋ] (listen); 12 January 1893 – 15 October 1946) was a German politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal. He was one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi Party, which ruled Germany from 1933 to 1945.
A veteran ... | |
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Anna of Brunswick-Grubenhagen-Einbeck
Anna of Brunswick-Grubenhagen-Einbeck (1414 – 4 April 1474) was a daughter of Duke Eric I of Brunswick-Grubenhagen and his wife, Elisabeth of Brunswick-Göttingen.
Anna's first marriage was with Duke Albert III of Bavaria. They had the following children:
John IV (1437–... | |
doc_196 | Passage 1:
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Career
Since 1967, Levin has amassed a large number of credits directing episodic television and television films. Some of his television series credits include Love Is a Many Splendored Thing, James at 15, The Paper Chase, Fam... | |
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Michelangelo Faggioli
Michelangelo Faggioli (1666–1733) was an Italian lawyer and celebrated amateur composer of humorous cantatas in Neapolitan dialect. A founder of a new genre of Neapolitan comedy, he was the composer of the opera buffa La Cilla in 1706.
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Walter Robinson (composer)
Walter Robins... | |
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Bernard Hours
Bernard Hours, born on 5 May 1956 in Strasbourg, is a French businessman. He was the managing director of Danone and a member of the board of directors of the company. He was also a member of the executive committee of Danone.
Education
Hours graduated from the École des Hautes Études Commerci... | |
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Ben Cura
Ben Cura is an Argentine-born British actor, musician and director of film, television and theatre.
Early life
José Ben Cura was born in Buenos Aires, the son of Argentine tenor/conductor José Cura. When he was a year old, he moved to Santo Stefano Belbo, Italy, where his father's grandfather was f... |
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