Ford, J. mss. 1906-1976

Kahanamoku, Duke, 1890-1968

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Duke Paoa Kahanamoku was born August 24, 1890 in Honolulu, Hawaii, the first of six sons and three daughters of Duke and Julia Kahanamoku. He grew up in carefree Waikiki with the ocean as his playground, doing what he loved – mostly swimming, surfing, canoeing and bodysurfing. At the age of 21 he won his first Olympic gold medal, then went on to represent the United States in the Olympics for 20 years, winning not only medals but the hearts of people all over the world. He is remembered as a ...

Grace, Princess of Monaco, 1929-1982

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Grace, Princess of Monaco, was born Grace Patricia Kelly on November 12, 1929, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to parents John Kelly and Margaret Majer. Growing up, she took part in school plays and community productions, and modeled with her mother and sister. After high school, she decided to pursue an acting career in New York City and enrolled at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She eventually featured in eleven films and starred in over sixty television productions, and won an Oscar for...

Belafonte, Harry, 1927-2023

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Born to immigrant parents in Harlem on March 1, 1927, Harry Belafonte spent much of his youth in his mother's home country of Jamaica. Though difficult, life in Jamaica was full of rich cultural experiences that influenced Belafonte's art. At the beginning of World War II, Belafonte returned to Harlem with his mother and brother. He had trouble integrating into the new environment and later dropped out of high school to join the U.S. Navy. After Belafonte was honorably discharged, he went bac...

North, Henry Ringling, 1909-1993

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Henry Ringling North (November 12, 1909 – October 2, 1993). His mother, Ida, was the sister of the Ringling brothers. North was vice president, treasurer, director and operations chief, while his brother, John Ringling North, was the president and chairman of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, founded by their uncles. ...

Whitney, C. V. (Cornelius Vanderbilt), 1899-1992

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Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney (February 20, 1899 – December 13, 1992), commonly known as C. V. Whitney or Sonny to friends, was an American businessman, film producer, government official, writer and philanthropist. He was also a polo player and the owner of a significant stable of Thoroughbred racehorses. Whitney was scion of two of America’s most prominent families. He was a descendant of Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin. His mother was Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, a sculptor who ...

Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994

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Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, Nixon previously served as the 36th vice president from 1953 to 1961, having risen to national prominence as a representative and senator from California. After five years in the White House that saw the conclusion to the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, détente with the Soviet Union and China, and the establishment of the Environm...

Gable, Clark, 1901-1960

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William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960), more commonly known as Clark Gable, was an American film actor, often referred to as "The King of Hollywood". He had roles in more than 60 motion pictures in multiple genres during a career that lasted 37 years, three decades of which was as a leading man. Gable died of a heart attack; his final on-screen appearance was of an aging cowboy in The Misfits, released posthumously in 1961. Born and raised in Ohio, Gable traveled to Hollyw...

Thorpe, Jim, 1887-1953

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Jim Thorpe, also known as James Francis Thorpe, also known as Wa-Tho-Huk, (b. May 22 or 28, 1887, Prague Indian Territory, Oklahoma-d. March 28, 1953, Lomita, California) was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist. A member of the Sac and Fox Nation, Thorpe became the first Native American to win a gold medal for his home country. Considered one of the most versatile athletes of modern sports, he won Olympic gold medals in the 1912 pentathlon and decathlon, and played American football (c...

Fellers, Bonner Frank, 1896-1973

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Bonner Frank Fellers (February 7, 1896 – October 7, 1973) was a US Army officer who served during World War II as military attaché, director of psychological warfare, and was a protégé of General Douglas MacArthur. Fellers graduated from West Point in 1918 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Coast Artillery Corps. Part of his service before World War II was in the Philippines, including a tour of duty from 1936 to 1938 as assistant to Gen. Douglas MacArthur, then military adviser to...

Luce, Clare Boothe, 1903-1987

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Clare Boothe Luce (née Ann Clare Boothe; March 10, 1903 – October 9, 1987) was an American author, politician, U.S. Ambassador and public conservative figure. A versatile author, she is best known for her 1936 hit play The Women, which had an all-female cast. Her writings extended from drama and screen scenarios to fiction, journalism and war reportage. She was the wife of Henry Luce, publisher of Time, Life, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated. Born in New York City, parts of Boothe's childhood ...

Forrestal, James, 1892-1949

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James Vincent Forrestal (February 15, 1892 – May 22, 1949) was the last Cabinet-level United States Secretary of the Navy and the first United States Secretary of Defense. Forrestal came from a very strict middle class Irish Catholic family. He was a successful financier on Wall Street before becoming Undersecretary of the Navy in 1940, shortly before the United States entered the Second World War. He became Secretary of the Navy in May 1944 upon the death of his superior, Frank Knox. Preside...

MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964

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General of the Army Douglas MacArthur (26 January 1880 – 5 April 1964) was an American five-star general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army. He was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the Philippines campaign, which made him and his father Arthur MacArthur Jr. the first father and son to be awarded the medal. He was one of only five to rise to the ...

Disney, Walt, 1901-1966

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Walt Disney (born Walter Elias Disney, December 5, 1901, Chicago, Illinois–d. December 15, 1966, Burbank, California), American entrepreneur, animator, voice actor and film producer. He was a pioneer of the American animation industry, and introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film producer, Disney holds the record for most Academy Awards earned by an individual. As a boy in Chicago, Walt Disney took art classes and got work as a commercial illustrator. He moved...

Marvin, Lee, 1924-1987

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Lee Marvin (February 19, 1924 – August 29, 1987) was an American film and television actor. Known for his distinctive voice and premature white hair, Marvin initially appeared in supporting roles, mostly villains, soldiers, and other hardboiled characters. A prominent television role was that of Detective Lieutenant Frank Ballinger in the crime series M Squad (1957–1960). Marvin is best remembered for his lead roles as "tough guy" characters such as Charlie Strom in The Killers (1964), Rico F...

Power, Tyrone, 1914-1958

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Tyrone Edmund Power III (May 5, 1914 – November 15, 1958) was an American actor. From the 1930s to the 1950s, Power appeared in dozens of films, often in swashbuckler roles or romantic leads. His better-known films include The Mark of Zorro, Marie Antoinette, Blood and Sand, The Black Swan, Prince of Foxes, Witness for the Prosecution, The Black Rose, and Captain from Castile. Power's own favorite film among those that he starred in was Nightmare Alley. Though largely a matinee idol in the 19...

Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998

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Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was an American politician, businessman, and author who was a five-term Senator from Arizona (1953–1965, 1969–1987) and the Republican Party nominee for president of the United States in 1964. Despite his loss of the 1964 presidential election in a landslide, Goldwater is the politician most often credited with having sparked the resurgence of the American conservative political movement in the 1960s. He also had a substantial impact on the...

Bradley, Omar Nelson, 1893-1981

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Omar Nelson Bradley (February 12, 1893 – April 8, 1981) was a senior officer of the United States Army during and after World War II, holding the rank of General of the Army. Bradley was the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and oversaw the U.S. military's policy-making in the Korean War. Born in Randolph County, Missouri, Bradley worked as a boilermaker before entering the United States Military Academy at West Point. He graduated from the academy in 1915 alongside Dwight D. Eisenh...

Stewart, James, 1908-1997

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James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an American actor and military officer. Known for his distinctive drawl and everyman screen persona, Stewart had a film career that spanned over 55 years and 80 films. With the strong morality he portrayed both on and off the screen, Stewart epitomized the "American ideal" in twentieth-century United States. In 1999, the American Film Institute (AFI) ranked him third on its list of the greatest American male actors. Born and raised i...

Bogart, Humphrey DeForest, 1899-1957

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Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957) was an American film and stage actor. His performances in Classical Hollywood cinema films made him an American cultural icon. In 1999, the American Film Institute selected Bogart as the greatest male star of classic American cinema. Bogart began acting in Broadway shows, beginning his career in motion pictures with Up the River (1930) for Fox. Bogart appeared in supporting roles for the next decade, sometimes portraying gangster...

DeMille, Cecil B. (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959

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Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959) was an American motion picture producer and director, considered the archetype of the American film mogul. His 70 films reflect changing American tastes and values, and he was particularly noted for his multimillion-dollar spectacles. DeMille was born on August 12, 1881 to Henry Churchill de Mille and Matilda Beatrice Samuel de Mille. DeMille started acting on Broadway in 1900 and by 1913 he joined a film studio partnership which would eventually become Paramount Pi...

Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968

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Upton Sinclair was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1878. Sinclair was an American author, novelist, journalist, and political activist who wrote many books in several genres. He is most well-known for his exposé, The Jungle regarding conditions in Chicago's meat packing plants, which influenced the passage of the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906. Much of Sinclair's writing was related to the economic and social conditions of the early twentieth century. He was heavily in...

Tracy, Louise Treadwell

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Zachary, George J.

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Baker, Carroll

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Guinness, Sir Alec

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Devine, Andy, 1905-1977

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Actor. From the description of Reminiscences of Andy Devine : oral history, 1971. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122597687 Andrew Vabre Devine was born in Flagstaff, Arizona, on October 7, 1905. He was a successful college football player during which time he went by the alias Jeremiah Swartz. He later gained a part in a silent movie. It was thought that his high raspy voice would threaten his career in the talkies but proved to be his tra...

Ford, Robert

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McGuinnes, James Kevin, 1893-1950

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Wexley, John

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Chuck Hayward

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Hughes, Francis Massie

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McBride, Joseph Pierce

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Ford, Daniel Sargent

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Jack Pennick

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Pramoj, Momwrajong Seni

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Simms, Jay

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Roddy McDowall

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Bea Benjamin

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Malige, Marcel E.

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Ingersoll, Stuart H. (Stuart Howe), 1898-1983

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Pavan, Marisa

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McCarthy, Frank, 1912-1986

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Biographical/Historical Note Leading aircraftman, Royal New Zealand Air Force. From the guide to the Frank McCarthy processed volume : Singapore harriers : a pictorial record of the R.N.Z.A.F. No. 1 Aerodrome Construction Squadron, 1989, (Hoover Institution Archives) ...

Graham, Sheilah

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Halsey, William Frederick, 1882-1959

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William Frederick Halsey Jr. (October 30, 1882 – August 16, 1959) was a fleet admiral in the United States Navy during World War II. He was called "Bill" by his family and friends and nicknamed "Bull" by the press. He is one of four individuals to have attained the rank of fleet admiral of the United States Navy, the others being Ernest King, William Leahy, and Chester W. Nimitz. Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Halsey graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1904. He served in the Gr...

Allan Dwan

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Ford, John (John H.)

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O'Dea, Jimmy

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Mahin, John Lee, 1902-1984

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Korda, Sir Alexander

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Flynn, Emmett, 1892-1937

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Rogers, Ted, 1961-

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Widmark, Richard

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Defrees, Joseph Rollie

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Maureen O'Hara

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Stout, Archie J., 1886-1973

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Bluestone, George.

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Sterne, Meta C.

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Hopper, Hedda (Furry)

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Neblett, Benjamin H.

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Berggren, Noel David

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Tolstoy, Ilia A., 1903-1970

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Hull, Cordell

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Kellogg, Ray

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McLendon, Gordon Barton

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Lefty Hough

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Yadoff, Oleg

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Kalmus, Herbert Thomas

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Webb, Robert A.

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Farley, James A. (James Aloysius), 1888-1976

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Business executive and U.S. postmaster general 1933-1940. From the description of Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1949. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122446088 James A. Farley was a Democratic party leader and a U.S. Postmaster General. From the description of James A. Farley letter, 1971 Feb. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122411243 Politician. From the description of Reminiscences of James Aloysius ...

Steinbeck, Elaine (Scott)

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Edwards, Ralph Livingstone

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Freeman, Young Frank

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Cecil de Prita

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Winton Hoch

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Wilson, John Cree

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Frank Nugent

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Newberry, C. Bruce

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Healy, James A.

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Jones, Stan

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Wingate Smith

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Engel, Samuel G., 1904-1984

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Monro, C. Bedell (Charles Bedell), 1901-

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Hart, Henry

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Ken Curtis

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Malin, Patrick Murphy, 1903-1964

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Wood, George A.

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Epithet: Cadet Officer British Red Cross Society British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000837.0x000231 ...

Lawrence, Robert L.

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LeRoy, Mervyn, 1900-1987

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Moving-picture producer and director. From the description of Reminiscences of Mervyn LeRoy : oral history, 1971. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122419897 ...

Spencer, Fredrick A., MD

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Frederick A. Spencer was a Lieutenant, ASC (Army Service Corps), MGC (Machine Gun Corps) and Cavalry, serving on the Western Front and in Egypt/Palestine. He later became a Lieutenant Colonel. From the guide to the Frederick Spencer papers, 1918, (Leeds University Library) ...

Cotter, George Edward

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Dewar, Donald A.

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Morse, Mel

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Fetchit, Stepin

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Eastman, George Lockwood

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Abbott, Harry P.

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Mayo, Claude Banks, 1885-

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Schulberg, Budd

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Schulberg was a New York-born novelist, reared in Hollywood, who also wrote for the film and stage. He died in 2009 at the age of 95. From the description of Budd Schulberg papers, 1936-1967. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 609703260 American writer. From the description of The disenchanted (galley proof), 1950 [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647823236 ...

Fay, William Patrick

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Willebrandt, Mabel Walker, 1889-1963

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Lawyer and public official. From the description of Mabel Walker Willebrandt papers, 1881-1978 (bulk 1921-1929). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77575496 ...

Skouras, Spyros Panagiotes, 1893-1971

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Born in Greece, naturalized U.S. citizen, 1913. Founded Fox Film Company, which he merged with 20th Century in 1935. President of 20th Century Fox between 1942 and 1962 and Chairman of the Board between 1962 and 1969. In 1969, his Prudential shipping line acquired Grace Lines and became Prudential-Grace. He was involved in numerous charities, including the Greek War Relief Association, 1940-46. From the description of Spyros P. Skouras papers, 1942-1971. (Unknown). WorldCat record id...

Toland, Gregg

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Arthur, Robert

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Casey, William J. (William Joseph), 1871-1959

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Broger, John Christian

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Malden, Karl

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Dunne, Philip, 1908-1992

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Goldwater, Richard M.

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Ford, Mary McBryde (Smith)

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Jones, Herbert A.

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Natwick, Mildred, 1905-1994

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Mildred Natwick, an actress, was born 19 June 1908 in Baltimore, Maryland. Her first stage appearance was in "The Playboy of the Western World" at the Vagabond Theatre in Baltimore in 1929. She made her Broadway debut in CARRY NATION in 1932. Miss Natwick has appeared in over thirty plays in the United States and England. She was nominated for Tony Awards for THE WALTZ OF THE TOREADORS (1957) and 70, GIRLS, 70 (1971). Miss Natwick also appeared in films, incl...

Gotlieb, Howard B.

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Capra, Frank

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Beaverbrook, baron

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Cohn, Harry

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Barron, Carter T., 1905-1950

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Carter Tate Barron was a Georgia Tech football star of the early 1920s and later was an important theatre executive and manager of several theatres in Atlanta and Washington, D.C. His friends included numerous luminaries from both the entertainment field and politics. The Carter Barron Ampitheatre in Washington, D.C. is named after him. From the description of Carter Tate Barron papers, 1920-1950. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 302283327 ...

Schickel, Richard

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Jaffe, Lou

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Thomas, Lowell Jackson

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Benjamin, Bea

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Taft, Robert A. (Robert Alphonso), 1889-1853

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Robert A. Taft More than "Mr. Republican" In 1947, Republican Senator Robert A. Taft was at the peak of his power, commanding a coalition of conservative Republicans and southern Democrats to thwart President Harry S. Truman's domestic agenda. Taft's most impressive achievement came in June. The labor-restricting Taft-Hartley Act survived Truman's veto and won Taft the admiration of the press corps. Yet he did not seek the highest political office in the Senate; indeed, the title "majority...

Gilpatric, Roswell Leavitt

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Maharg, John D.

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Hatswell, Donald

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Goldwyn, Samuel

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Knecht, Peter D.

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Reid, Cliff

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Towers, Constance

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Gleason, Jackie

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Harry Cohn

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Baker, Hettie Gray

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Madden, Doreen

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Mark Armistead

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Douglas, Kirk, 1972-

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Anderson, Lindsay Gordon

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Newman, Alfred, 1901-1970

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6571dgd (person)

Newman was born on Mar. 17, 1901 in New Haven, CT; became pianist, composer, and conductor; studied with Sigismond Stojowski, Reuben Goldmark, George Wedge, and Arnold Schoenberg; at age 13 he played piano at the Strand Theatre in NY, and was a pianist, accompanist, and conductor in vaudeville, and later in Broadway musicals; moved to Hollywood in 1930; appeared as a guest conductor with the Cincinnati Symphony, National Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Hollywood Bowl Symphony; became...

Hart, William S. (William Surrey), 1864-1946

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Stage and motion picture actor, film director, author. Best known for his roles in western films. From the description of Papers, ca. 1889-1947. (Natural History Museum Foundation, Los Angeles County). WorldCat record id: 18438931 Actor, movie cowboy 1914-1925, author. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1930-1939]. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 15025720 ...

Smith, Bernard

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Ford, John, 1894?-1973

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John Martin Feeney, (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973), known professionally as John Ford, was an American film director and naval officer. He was born John Martin "Jack" Feeney on February 1, 1894 or 1895 (sources differ on the year) in Cape Elizabeth, Maine to John Augustine Feeney and Barbara "Abbey" Curran. Instead of his birth name, Ford often gave his given names as Sean Aloysius, sometimes with surname O'Feeny, O'Feeney, O'Fienne, or O'Fearna; an Irish language equivalent of Feeney, o...

Petrauskas, John

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Harry Carey

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Lewis, Cliff

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McKenna, Siobha, n

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Johnson, Louis Arthur, 1891-1966

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Louis Arthur Johnson (January 10, 1891 – April 24, 1966) was an American politician and attorney who served as the second United States Secretary of Defense from 1949 to 1950. He was the Assistant Secretary of War from 1937 to 1940 and the 15th national commander of the American Legion from 1932 to 1933. Born in Roanoke, Virginia, Johnson earned a law degree from the University of Virginia. After graduation he practiced law in Clarksburg, West Virginia; his firm, Steptoe and Johnson, eventual...

Murphy, George Lloyd

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Grotsky

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Phil Ford

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tk4h53 (person)

Mankiewicz, Joseph L.

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Joseph L. Mankiewicz, screenwriter; John Klempner, novelist, and Vera Caspary, screenwriter and adapter, uncredited here. From the description of A letter to three wives : screenplay, 1948 May 19. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122615419 Writer, director. From the description of Reminiscences of Joseph L. Mankiewicz : oral history, 1958. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122419436 From the description of R...

Robert, Arthur

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Blue, Rupert Lee, 1868-1948

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U.S. physician, Surgeon General of the U.S. Public Health Service between 1912-1920. From the description of Rupert Lee Blue letter, 1919, Jan. 10, Washington, D.C., to Dr. J.G.B. Bulloch, Washington, D.C. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 34847828 William Henry Welch, the dean of American medicine, presided over the Red Cross conference at Cannes, France in April 1919. Conceived by the American Red Cross, it had delegates representing Great Britain, Italy, France, Japa...

Holdridge, Herbert C. (Herbert Charles), 1892-1974

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Retired U.S. Army officer, author, and promoter of causes, establishing the Holdridge Foundation for the Advancement of Social Sciences in 1953, the Minute Men for the Constitution in 1957, and the Constitutional Provisional Government of the United States in 1960. From the description of Herbert C. Holdridge papers, 1953-1974. (University of Oregon Libraries). WorldCat record id: 19082150 Epithet: retired Brigadier General US Army British Library Archives and Ma...

Kirk, Alan Goodrich, 1888-1963

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6379f8j (person)

Naval officer and diplomat. From the description of Papers of Alan Goodrich Kirk, 1919-1961. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71130909 Admiral, U.S. Navy. From the description of Papers, 1937-1945. (Navy Department Library, Naval History & Heritage Command). WorldCat record id: 51494807 Naval officer. From the description of Reminiscences of Alan Goodrich Kirk : oral history, 1961. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat rec...

Berger, Clarence Q. (Clarence Quinn)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qj7jhv (person)

Childs, Andrew L.

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Hawkins, Jack, 1910-1973

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pv8kb6 (person)

Epithet: actor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x000126 ...

Watt, Milt

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Feeney, Josephine, 1956-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xf6wvx (person)

Wurtzel, Harry L.

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Knopf, Edwin H., 1899-1981

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O'Brien, Edmond

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Pettebone, Jean

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Swope, Herbert Bayard, 1882-1958

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Epithet: of the River Club New York British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x00016e Bernard Mannes Baruch was a financier and head of several war committees, including chairman of the War Industries Board, 1918-1919, and U.S. representative to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission, 1946. From the guide to the Speech before the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission, June 14, 1946, 1946, (Amer...

Ford, Patrick Roper

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Ivens, Joris, 1898-1989

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Hepburn, Richard Houghton

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Yates, Herbert John

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Shapiro, Victor Mansfield

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Withrow, James R. (James Renwick), 1878-1953

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Doering, Otto Charles

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Alberti, Jules Robert

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Darwell, Jane, 1880-1967

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Brown, Kathryn Frances (McGraw)

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Jarman, Claude

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Shakespeare, Frank J. (Frank Joseph), 1925-

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Broadcasting executive. From the description of Reminiscences of Frank Shakespeare : oral history, 1979. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122565006 ...

Olivier, Sir Laurence Kerr

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Vardaman, James K. (James Kimble), 1894-1972

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Reagan, Ronald, 1911-2004

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Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911-2004) was the 40th President of the United States and served two terms in office from 1981 to 1989. He was born on February 6, 1911, in Tampico, Illinois, the second son of Nelle Wilson and John Edward ("Jack") Reagan. His father nicknamed him "Dutch" as a baby. In 1920 the family resettled in Dixon, Illinois. In 1928 Reagan graduated from Dixon High School, where he had been student body president, an actor in school plays, and a student athlete. He partici...

Gordon, Alex

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Curtis, A. Kenneth

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Marsh, Mae, 1895-1968

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n02wdm (person)

Actress. From the description of Reminiscences of Mae Marsh : oral history, [1950-?]. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481182 ...

George O'Brien

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vz6b87 (person)

Cowen, William Joyce

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Harry Carey, Jr.

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McLaglen, Andrew V. (Andrew Victor), 1920-

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Stevens, George

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Clancy, Carl Stearns

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Baker, Wilder Dupuy

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Powers, Francis, 1865-1940

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Bloomberg, Daniel J.

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Parrish, Robert, 1916-1995

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pd6qc2 (person)

Robert R. Parrish (January 4, 1916 – December 4, 1995) was an American film director, editor, writer, and actor. He received an Academy Award for Film Editing for his contribution to Body and Soul (1947). Born in Columbus, Georgia, Parrish was the son of factory cashier Gordon R. Parrish and actress Laura R. Parrish. The Parrish siblings, including Beverly and Helen, entered into acting in the 1920s when the family moved to Los Angeles. Parrish made his debut film appearance as a child actor...

Gary, Romain

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Monta, Rudolph

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Einfeld, Charles

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Burke, Arleigh Albert

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Niven, David, 1971-

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Bellah, James Warner, 1899-1976

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American novelist. From the description of Letters : to [John Stuart] Groves, 1953 Nov. 28 and 1955 Apr. 4. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122597866 BIOGHIST REQUIRED Author. Columbia University A.B., 1923. From the guide to the James Warner Bellah Manuscripts, 1952-1953., (Columbia Unviersity. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) James Warner Bellah (1899-1976) was a novelist, short-sto...

Wead, Frank W. (Frank Wilber), 1895-1947

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Elizabeth Allen

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Sprague, Albert Tilden

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Dowdey, Clifford Shirley

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Bellah, James Warner, 1899-1976

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American novelist. From the description of Letters : to [John Stuart] Groves, 1953 Nov. 28 and 1955 Apr. 4. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122597866 BIOGHIST REQUIRED Author. Columbia University A.B., 1923. From the guide to the James Warner Bellah Manuscripts, 1952-1953., (Columbia Unviersity. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) James Warner Bellah (1899-1976) was a novelist, short-sto...

Andrews, Adolphus

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Carey, Harry

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Sutker, Victor

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Wellman, William A., 1896-1975

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Lorentz, Pare

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Pare Lorentz (1905-1992) was founded and headed the 1935 government program, which became the United States Film Service in 1938, and ended in 1940. He established American precedent for the government use of documentaries, which would continue during World War II by the Armed Forces and the Office of War Information and later by the United States Information Agency, now the International Communication Agency. Lorentz directed The Plow that Broke the Plains, The River, The Fight for Life, Power ...

Duncan, Sandy, 1946-

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Ziffren, Lester

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American journalist; United Press bureau chief, Madrid, Spain, 1933-1936. From the description of Lester Ziffren papers, 1933-1989. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123373303 Biographical Note 1906 Born, Rock Island, Illinois 1927 Graduates from the University of Missouri's journalism school ...

Hepburn, Katharine, 1907-2003

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Katharine Hepburn (b. May 12, 1907, Hartford, Conn.-d. June 29, 2003, Old Saybrook, Conn.), American actress. From the description of Hepburn, Katharine, 1907-2003 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10580735 American actress. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Beverly Hills], to Edward Wagenknecht, 1949 May 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864087 Although she was best known as a star of the screen,...

Montague, Anne (Cavendish)

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Hughes, Rulon Stanley

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Parsons, Louella (Oettinger)

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Pickens, Andrew Calhoun

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RISSIENT, PIERRE

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Job, Thomas, 1900-1947

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Seaton, George

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Kirkland, David

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Morgan, Frank, 1933-2007

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Jazz alto saxophonist....

Birdwell, Russell J.

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Boetticher, Budd

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Grant, James Edward

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Rondi, Gian Luigi

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Gussow, Mel

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Hathaway, Henry

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Patterson, Robert Porter, 1891-1952

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n87b7d (person)

Lawyer, jurist, and U.S. secretary of war. From the description of Papers of Robert Porter Patterson, 1940-1951 (bulk 1940-1947). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 74984701 ...

John Ford

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Shields, Paul Vincent

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Doyle, Adrian Malcolm Conan

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Wurtzel, Sol M., 1890-1958.

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Connolly, Joseph E. F.

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Wright, Loyd Earl

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Ben Johnson

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Duncan, Charles K. (Charles Kenny), 1911-1994

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Charles Kenny Duncan was born on December 7, 1911, in Nicholasville, Kentucky. He served as Fleet Commander of the Second Fleet from 1967 to 1968, then as Chief of Naval Personnel from 1968 to 1970. Duncan died on June 27, 1994, in Coronado, California. From the description of Duncan, Charles K. (Charles Kenny), 1911-1994 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10613449 ...

Frank Hotaling

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McCarey, Leo.

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Hageman, Richard

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O'Neill, Eugene Gladstone

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Epithet: playwright British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000787.0x000187 ...

Force, Roland Wynfield

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Graff, Robert D.

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Zimbalist, Sam

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O'Neal, Ryan

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O'Flaherty, Liam

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Goldstone, Jules C.

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Zumwalt, Elmo Russell

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Sheehan, Winfield, 1883-1945

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Collins, Seaborn P.

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Kramer, A. Stanley

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Biography Kramer was born on September 23, 1913 in New York City; attended New York University; in the film industry since the mid-30s as a researcher, film editor, and writer, he worked his way up to the position of associate producer by the early 1940s; following World War II, he formed an independent motion picture company, Screen Plays Incorporated, and produced modest-budget films; in 1951, he brought his company as an autonomous unit un...

Wayne, John, 1907-1979

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d225x5 (person)

Movie star. From the description of Oral history interview, 1970 Apr. 29 [sound recording]. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 35774013 Actor. From the description of Reminiscences of John Wayne : oral history, 1971. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122512951 ...

Baker, J. Edwin

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Maguire, William A. (William Augustus), 1890-

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Ginna, Robert Emmett

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Carney, Robert Bostwick, 1895-1990

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Robert Bostwick Carney (1895-1990) was a naval officer, and Chief of Naval Operations from August 17, 1953 to August 17, 1955. From the description of Carney, Robert Bostwick, 1895-1990 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10576023 Naval officer. From the description of Reminiscences of Robert Bostwick Carney : oral history, 1964. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481136 ...

Helfrich, Conrad Emile Lambert

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Macleish, Archibald

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Archibald MacLeish (1892-1982) was an American poet. Kaiser is a professor of comparative literature at Harvard. From the description of Letters to Walter Jacob Kaiser, 1955-1957 and undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612367921 MacLeish (1892-1982) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American poet, playwright, teacher, librarian of Congress, and public official. He was also Boylston professor at Harvard (1949-1962). From the description of Scratch : manu...

Peyton, Patrick Joseph

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Totman, Fred N.

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Roper, Elmo, 1900-1971

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Elmo Roper (1900-1971) was a pioneer in the fields of market research and public opinion polling. From the description of Elmo Roper papers, 1900-1972. (University of Connecticut). WorldCat record id: 52096773 Elmo Roper ( 1900-1971 ) was a pioneer in the fields of market research and public opinion polling. Born in Nebraska on 31 July 1900, he operated a jewelry store with his brother in Iowa in the 1920s. While not successful, the experience taught him the val...

O'Brien, George, 1892-1973

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Nunnally Johnson

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Grauman, Sid

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Grauman buildt and operated six theaters in the San Francisco area. He booked the leading vaudevillian performers of the era. He moved to Los Angeles where he buildt and operated movie theaters, among them the Egyptian Theater on Hollywodd Boulevard, and the Chinese Theater. From the description of Papers, 1918-1946. (Museum of Performance & Design). WorldCat record id: 430353685 ...

Vanderbilt, William H. (William Henry), 1821-1885

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Aitken, William Maxwell

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Davis, Gary Corbett, 1940-

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Terry Wilson

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Bernstein, Nahum Amber

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Philip Dunne

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Christie, Julie Frances

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Powell, Bonney M.

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Price, John Dale

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Clifford, John David

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Goodman, Mort

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Selznick, David O., 1902-1965

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Selznick was an American film producer. Chapman was an American playwright, theatrical consultant, professor of English literature, and Director of the Loeb Drama Center at Harvard University. From the description of Letters to Robert Harris Chapman, 1956. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79662527 From the guide to the Letters to Robert Harris Chapman, 1956., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) The power companie...

Hanna, Richard T. (Richard Thomas), 1914-2001

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Schein, Harry

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Lemmon, Jack

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Actor. From the description of Reminiscences of Jack Lemmon :koral history, 1959. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86131655 ...

Whitney, Eleanor (Searle)

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Ford, Barbara Nugent

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Stallings, Laurence, 1894-1968

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American journalist, critic, writer, and playwright. From the description of Papers of Laurence Stallings [manuscript], 1927-1928. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647814585 ...

Newman, Robert V.

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Donovan, Ruth (Rumsey)

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William Clothier

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Lichtman, Alexander

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Katharine Hepburn

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Olive Carey

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Siegel, Sol C., 1903-1982

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Herschensohn, Bruce

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Hayward, Chuck

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Ben Goetz

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Bulkeley, John Duncan, 1911-

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Bulkeley graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1933. He served in the Pacific Theatre and in the D-Day invasion in 1944. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor. From the description of Signed photograph, October 4, 1966. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 708363715 John Duncan Bulkeley (1911-1996), was a highly decorated officer of the United States Navy during World War II, commanding the U.S.S. Endicott from 1944 to 1945. From the description of Bulk...

Depinet, Ned E.

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Anna Lee

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Warner, Jack L., 1892-1978

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Berkey, Russell S. (Russell Stanley), 1893-1985

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Gollings, Franklin O. A.

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Bogdanovich, Polly (Platt)

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Ubans, Juris Konrads

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Joanne Dru

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McGuinness, Jim

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Klein, Philip

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Stanwyck, Barbara, 1907-1990

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Barbara Stanwyck (1907-1990) began her acting career in stage and silent movies. She eventually appeared in more than 80 motion pictures, including "Christmas in Connecticut," "Double Indemnity," and "Walk on the Wild Side." Stanwyck also appeared in numerous television programs, including "The Big Valley," and the mini-series "The Thornbirds." She won an emmy for her work in "The Thornbirds" and an oscar for lifetime achievement in motion pictures. From the description of Barbara St...

Brown, Ned

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Ned Brown was a literary agent starting in the 1930s/1940s. He married Myra Berry in 1942 while she was working as a writers’ secretary at Hollywood motion picture studios. Shortly after they were married Ned enlisted in the Navy and his wife took over his offices while he was gone. They had three children: Lorna, Betsy, and Jonathon. Ned ran MCA’s literary division until its dismantle in 1963 and then started his own business, the Ned Brown Agency. From the guide to the Ned Brown pa...

Knight, Arthur

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Paine, Thomas O., 1921-1992

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Engineer, corporate executive, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration official. Full name: Thomas Otten Paine; died 1992. From the description of Thomas O. Paine papers, 1931-1992 (bulk 1960-1982). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83457377 Epithet: couper, of Woodstock, county Oxfordshire British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001092.0x000200 Thomas Otten Paine (November 9, 1921 - May 4, ...

Dahl, Roald, 1916-1990

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Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British author of popular children's literature and short stories, a poet, and wartime fighter ace. Dahl was born in Wales to affluent Norwegian immigrant parents, and spent most of his life in England. He served in the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War. He became a fighter pilot and, subsequently, an intelligence officer, rising to the rank of acting wing commander. He rose to prominence as a writer in the 1940s with works ...

Harshbarger, Helen Grace (Davie)

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Kenyon, Curtis

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Heath, E. Percy

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Robert Parrish

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Goodman, Steve.

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Flaherty, Vincent X.

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Campbell, George (George F.)

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Lake, Stuart Nathaniel

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Fowler, Gene

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Brown, Sara Baird (Stroud)

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Hale, Robert, 1937-

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Moon, Heran

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Saal, William M.

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Johnson, Nunnally

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American screenwriter. From the description of Typed letter signed: Beverly Hills, Calif., to John [Steinbeck], 1950 Jan 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 777866986 Screenwriter, producer, director. From the description of Reminiscences of Nunnally Johnson : oral history, 1971. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481575 From the description of Reminiscences of Nunnally Johnson : oral history, 1959. (Columbia University ...

Frawley, Patrick J.

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Reinecke, Ed, 1924-

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Baxter, James Phinney, 1831-1921

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President of Maine Historical Society from 1890-1911. A Republican, he was mayor of Portland from 1893-1897 and 1904-1905. From the description of Scrapbooks of municipal affairs in Portland, Maine, 1893-1898. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 686772318 American author and editor. From the description of Papers of James Phinney Baxter [manuscript], 1885-1904. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647859308 Served as presiden...

Eisenstein, Sergei Mikahailovich

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Fernández, Emilio, 1904-1986

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Allen, Elizabeth, 1971-

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Fier, Jack

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Shavelson, Melville, 1917-2007

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Shavelson was a screenwriter and motion picture producer and director from 1944-1979. He wrote, produced or directed the motion pictures "Seven Little Foys" (1954), "Houseboat" (1957) and "Yours, Mine and Ours" (1967) among many others. He also wrote, directed and produced the 1979 television special "Ike," a dramatization of the World War II experiences of Dwight D. Eisenhower. Shavelson was active in the Writer's Guild of America, West and also authored the books "The Eleventh Commandment" (19...

Reinhardt, John

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Wasserman, Lew Robert

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Helm, Edith Benham, 1874-1962

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Social secretary at the White House. From the description of Edith Benham Helm papers, 1915-1961. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83145888 Biographical Note 1874 Born, Staten Island, N.Y. 1915 1919 Social secretary to Edith Bolling Galt Wilson...

Talley, Truman Hughes

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Speaks, John Charles, 1859-1945

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Neilan, Marshall A., 1891-1958

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Wootten, William Patrick

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Zacharias, Ellis M. (Ellis Mark), 1890-1961

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Thalberg, Irving Grant

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Schary, Dore

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Dore Schary (1905-1980) was an American motion picture producer and playwright. From the guide to the Dore Schary collection of letters by Confederate soldiers, 1861-1864, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Director Vincent J. Donehue was born on September 22, 1915 in Whitehall, New York to Julian B. Donehue and Helen E. Vincent. His father was director of redevelopment in Albany, New York. Vincent Donehue was educated at Christian...

Brand, Harry

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Morris, Michael L.

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Tobin, John Everard

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Walsh, Raoul, 1887-1980

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Beecher, William Gordon

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Durgin, Calvin T. (Calvin Thornton), 1893-1965

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Calvin Thornton Durgin was born January 7, 1893, in Palmyra, New Jersey. He served as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations from May 1949 to March 1950, and retired as a vice admiral in September 1951. Durgin died on March 25, 1965. From the description of Durgin, Calvin T. (Calvin Thornton), 1893-1965 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10612926 Superintendent of Maritime College, Vice Admiral, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations. From the descrip...

McLaglen, Victor, 1886-1959

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Brownlow, Kevin

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Lloyd, Richard Dafydd Vyvyan Llewellyn

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Woods, Thomas Frederic Mackie

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Armstrong, George N.

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Basevi, James

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Bare, Richard L.

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Kanin, Garson

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Burke, Billie

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Gallery, Daniel V.

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Katherine (Potter) Cliffton Bryant

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Crawford, Joan

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Radford, Arthur William

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Admiral, United States Navy; chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1953-1957. From the description of Arthur William Radford memoirs, 1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754871630 Arthur William Radford (1896-1973), naval officer, was born in Chicago, the son of John Arthur Radford, an electrical engineer, and Agnes Eliza Knight. Raised in Riverside, Ill., and Grinnell, Iowa, he entered the U.S. Naval Academy in 1912. After graduating in the upper third of his class in 1916, he ...

Hauck, Arthur Andrew

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Willoughby, Charles Andrew, 1892-1972

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Charles Andrew Willoughby (b. March 8, 1892, Heidelberg, Germany-d. Oct. 25, 1972), Major General in the U.S. Army, became a naturalized citizen in 1910 and was commissioned in the infantry in 1915 after graduating from college. He served on the Mexican border and then with the First Division, American Expeditionary Force in 1917 and 1918. He was military attaché in Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador from 1923 to 1927. After graduating from the Army War College and serving as instructor at the Inf...

Hurst, Brian Desmond

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Sloane, Paul, 1950-....

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Brylawski, Fulton M.

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Mazurki, Mike, 1907-1990

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Lamour, Dorothy, 1914-1996

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Hope, Bob

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Mishkin, Leo

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O'Casey, Shivaun

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Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982

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Henry Jaynes Fonda (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982), known more commonly as Henry Fonda, was an American film and stage actor who had a career that spanned five decades in Hollywood. Fonda cultivated a strong, appealing screen image in several films now considered to be classics, earning one Academy Award for Best Actor on two nominations. Fonda made his mark early as a Broadway actor and made his Hollywood film debut in 1935. His film career began to gain momentum with roles such as Bette Da...

Cushing, Edward Harvey

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Cooper, Dorothy (Jordan)

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Brewster, Owen, 1888-1961

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Lawyer, statesman, governor of Maine, and U.S. senator; b. Ralph Owen Brewster. From the description of Christmas card, 1927. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70926064 ...

Fairbanks, Douglas Elton

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Albert Wedemeyer

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Zanuck, Richard D.

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Hecht, Harold, 1907-1985

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Epithet: theatrical agent British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001027.0x0001e7 ...

Edison, Charles

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Cooper, Merian C. (Merian Caldwell), 1893-1973

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Merian Caldwell Cooper (October 24, 1893 – April 21, 1973) was an American aviator, United States Air Force and Polish Air Force officer, adventurer, screenwriter, film director, and producer. Cooper was the founder of the Kościuszko Squadron during the Polish–Soviet War and was a Soviet prisoner of war for a time. He was a notable movie producer, and got his start with film as part of the Explorers Club, traveling the world and documenting adventures. He was a member of the board of directors o...

Henebry, John P.

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Campbell, Robert Lord

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Grainger, James Ross

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Bond, Ward

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McCain, John S. (John Sidney), 1911-1981

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John Sidney "Jack" McCain Jr. (January 17, 1911 – March 22, 1981) was a United States Navy admiral who served in conflicts from the 1940s through the 1970s, including as the Commander, United States Pacific Command. The son of a naval officer, McCain grew up in Washington, D.C., and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1931, after which he entered the submarine service. During World War II he commanded submarines in several theaters of operation and was responsible for sinking several Jap...

Wayne, Michael A.

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Blumenberg, Hans C.

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Francis, Irene

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Killanin, baron

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Sistrom, William, 1884-1972

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Small, Edward, 1891-1977

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Strickling, Howard

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Barbara Nugent Ford

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Struble, Arthur D. (Arthur Dewey), 1894-1983

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Arthur Dewey Struble was born June 28, 1894, in Portland, Oregon. He commanded the Seventh Fleet from May 1950 to March 1951, and retired as admiral in July 1956. Struble died on May 1, 1983. From the description of Struble, Arthur D. (Arthur Dewey), 1894-1983 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10614998 ...

Sylvester, Arthur

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Powers, James Ellis

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Warren, Earl

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Hurley, Patrick J. (Patrick Jay), 1883-1963

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Koshland, William A.

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Sinclair, Gregg M. (Gregg Manners), 1890-1976

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Epithet: of the University of Hawaii British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000412.0x00032e ...

Rackin, Martin Lee

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Wanger, Walter, 1894-1968

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Bernstein, Marver H.

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Irvine, Dallas

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Damon, Ralph S. (Ralph Shepard), 1897-1956

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Ghormley, Robert Lee, 1883-1958

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Robert Lee Ghormley (1883-1958), U.S. Navy admiral, commander of the South Pacific Area in 1942. From the description of Ghormley, Robert Lee, 1883-1958 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10600902 Robert Lee Ghormley (1883-1958) was born in Portland, Oregon to Dr. David Owen Ghormley and Alice Irwin Ghormley. When he was 10-years-old, his father, a Presbyterian minister, accepted a new assignment in Moscow, Idaho, home of the University o...

Romanoff, Michael, 1890-1971

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Wald, Jerry, 1911-1962

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Moving-picture producer. From the description of Reminiscences of Jerry Wald : oral history, 1959. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122513555 ...

Roosevelt, James, 1828-1900

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Lew, Rose

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Curtis, Carl Thomas

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Adams, Nick

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Ace Holmes

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Watkins, Arthur Thomas Levi

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Olive (Golden) Carey

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Harris, Richard S.

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Wasson, George F.

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Lombroso, Henry

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Belli, Melvin Mouron

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Vaughn, Robert

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Mary Ford

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Brooks, Richard, 1942-

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Richard Brooks was born in upstate New York in 1942. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in music education from the State University of New York at Potsdam, a Master of Arts in music composition from Binghamton University, and a Ph.D. in composition from New York University. He was a member of the music faculty of Nassau Community College from 1975 until 2004, and has served in numerous professional organizations, while composing and arranging over one hundred works for a variety of audience...

Donovan, William Joseph, 1883-1959

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William Joseph "Wild Bill" Donovan (January 1, 1883 – February 8, 1959) was an American soldier, lawyer, intelligence officer and diplomat, best known for serving as the head of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency, during World War II. He is regarded as the founding father of the CIA, and a statue of him stands in the lobby of the CIA headquarters building in Langley, Virginia. A decorated veteran of World War I, Donovan is the only person ...

Landy, George

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Caillet, Lucien

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Kimbel, William Anthony

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Hayward, Leland, 1902-1971

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Theatrical, motion picture, television producer and agent, Leland Hayward was born in Nebraska City, Nebraska on September 13, 1902. His father, Colonel William Hayward, was a well-known lawyer who would eventually become his son's personal attorney. His parents divorced several years later, both remarrying. Hayward studied at Princeton University, but dropped out after his first year. Following a brief career as a journalist in New York, his interests led him to show bu...

Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959

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George Catlett Marshall (b. December 31, 1880, Uniontown, Pennsylvania-d. October 16, 1959, Washington, D.C.), had a long and auspicious career in the United States (U.S.) Army and to the United States. He graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1901 and served his country as U.S. Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, Envoy to China, Army Chief of Staff, and as President of the American Red Cross. Marshall, America's first five-star general, was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, ...

Sidney, George, 1911-

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Goodrich, Annie Warburton, 1866-

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Shaw, Frank L.

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Hughes, Helen (Rooney)

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Cagney, James, 1899-1986

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Actor. From the description of Reminiscences of James Cagney : oral history, 1958. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122573987 Harlan Ware (1902-1967) (whose full name was William Harlan Ware) was born in Lakota, North Dakota, and educated in the public schools of Winnetka, Illinois. He was a police reporter for the City News Bureau in Chicago. He wrote novels, plays, and radio scripts. His best-known scripts are for the radio programs "The B...

Hughes, Arthur Montague D'Urban

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Goldbeck, Wilis

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Kahane, Benjamin Bertram

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Spingold, Nathan Breiter

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Navy

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Kelley, Arthur W.

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Grant, Robert Allen

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Coll, Raymond H.

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Hickey, Robert Ferdinand

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Carey, Olive (Golden)

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Madden, John E. (John Edward), 1856-1929

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Alphand, Herve

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Mahin, John Lee, 1902-1984

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Siciliano, Italo, 1895-1980

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Irving, Frederick A. (Frederick Augustus), 1894-1995

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Yarnell, Harry E. (Harry Ervin), 1875-1959

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Admiral, U.S. Navy. From the description of Papers, 1879-1960. (Navy Department Library, Naval History & Heritage Command). WorldCat record id: 57552600 Naval officer. From the description of Harry E. Yarnell papers, 1935-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78464899 From the description of Harry E. Yarnell papers, 1909-1958 (bulk 1939-1945). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982012 Biographical Note ...

Del Rio, Dolores, 1905-1983

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Dolores Del Rio, born in Mexico, was a popular motion picture actress in the 1920s and 1930s. The 1928 silent film Ramona, directed by Edwin Carewe, jump-started her career, as well as that of her co-star Warner Baxter, depicted as Alessandro in one of the photographs. In 1943 Del Rio returned to Mexico to continue her career. From the description of Dolores Del Rio film photographs from Ramona, 1928. 1928. (Loyola Marymount University). WorldCat record id: 42830252 ...

Mayer, ...

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Haley, Jack

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Nichols, Dudley

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Josephine Feeney

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Ford, Francis

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Moses, Vivian M.

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Arnow, Maxwell

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Markey, Gene, 1895-1980

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Author. Markey, a retired admiral in the U.S. Navy and a motion picture producer, married Lucille Parker Wright, owner of Calumet Farm, Ky. in 1952. From the description of That fair paradise : typescript, 1956-1960. (University of Kentucky Libraries). WorldCat record id: 13717569 ...

Symington, Stuart, 1901-1988

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Dover, William B.

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Zinneman, Fred

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Johnson, Julian P. (Julian Philip), 1873-

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Laemmle, Edward 1887-1937

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Nugent, Frank Stanley

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Farrow, John Villiers

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Nussbaum, Max

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Gregory, Donald Munson

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Yost, R. M.

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McGowan, John P.

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Stillwell

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Tom Mix

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Figueroa, Gabriel

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Murnau, F. W. (Friedrich Wilhelm), 1888-1931

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McCrea, Joel, 1905-1990

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Actor. From the description of Oral history interview with Joel McCrea, 1958. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122419530 From the description of Reminiscences of Joel McCrea : oral history, 1971. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122376756 ...

Clarey, Bernard A. (Bernard Ambrose), 1912-1996

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Bernard Ambrose Clarey was born on May 4, 1912, in Oskaloosa, Iowa. He received his commission as ensign in the U.S. Navy in 1934 and achieved the rank of admiral in 1968. Clary died in 1996. From the description of Clarey, Bernard A. (Bernard Ambrose), 1912-1996 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10612640 ...

Ferrer, José Vicente

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Bergin, William Edward

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Spig Wead

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Katherine Cliffton Bryant

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Hoch, Winton C.

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Ford, Philip

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McIntyre, Robert B.

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Dan Ford

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Finucane, Charles C., 1905-1983

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Charles C. Finucane (1905-1983) was born in Spokane, Washington, and earned his B.S. degree from Yale University in 1928. He served as the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management from 1954 to 1955, and Under Secretary of the Army from 1955 to 1958. Finucane then served as the Assistant Secretary of Defense from 1958 to 1961. From the description of Finucane, Charles C., 1905-1983 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10611663 ...

Sullivan, John L. (John Lawrence), 1943-

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Breen, Joseph Ignatius, 1890-1965

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Cavanaugh, John Joseph

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Gibson, Hoot, 1892-1962

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Umbreit, Kenneth Bernard

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Buck, Jules, 1917-2001

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American film producer . From the description of Typed letter signed : Beverly Hills, Calif., to John [Steinbeck], 1950 June 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 777987116 ...

MacKenna, Kenneth, 1899-1962

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Story and scenario editor. From the description of Reminiscences of Kenneth MacKenna : oral history, 1958. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122597794 George Bernard Shaw was born July 26, 1856, in Dublin, Ireland; attended Wesleyan Connexional School; he started his writing career ca. 1876 and went on to become a playwright, wit, and critic; known as an advocate of social reform, he co-founded the Fabian Society (1884); vestryman and borough...

Dixon, Thomas

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Epithet: Mayor of Leeds British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000440.0x0002b3 The author of this cannot be determined for certain. The surname is certainly Dixon, but the first name could be "Thos." or something beginning with H. The writer is evidently not American. It is unclear whether his works are prose or music. From the guide to the Thomas [?] Dixon Letter, undated, (Special Collections Research Ce...

Sanders, Harry Max, 1966-

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Harry L. Sanders was the first full-time director of planning at Stanford University. He joined the Planning Office in 1956, was appointed director in 1960, and retired in 1976; during his tenure, Stanford experienced its greatest period of development since its opening in 1891. From the description of Early campus planning, 1956-1965 : videotape and audio tape, 1997. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122560969 ...

Johnson, Edwin Carl

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Smith, Wingate

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McCarthy, Joseph Jefferson

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Holden, William, 1918-1981

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Epithet: Secretary to the W India merchants British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000703.0x00008e Epithet: of Add MS 34930 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000703.0x00008d ...

Bolton, Alfred Jack

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Ball, Lucille, 1911-1989

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The Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz collection chronicles the lives and careers of two of the most influential figures in the history of American entertainment. Ball and Arnaz achieved immortality when they created the roles of Lucy and Ricky Ricardo in the ground-breaking television situation comedy "I Love Lucy" in 1952. From the description of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz collection 1915-1990 (bulk 1925-1990). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71128329 ...

Considine, John William

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O'Neill, Carlotta (Monterey)

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Joy, Jason S.

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Cohen, Wolfe

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FitzSimmons, Charles

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Hunter, Jeffrey, 1925-1969

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Parker, Albert.

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Bogdanovich, Peter, 1939-....

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Film director, producer, actor, critic and author. Bogdanovich was a film critic for Esquire, The New York Times, and Cahiers du Cinema among others, and has written numerous books on American cinema, most notably The Cinema of Alfred Hitchcock, John Ford, and This is Orson Welles. Bogdanovich directed his first feature film Targets, starring Boris Karloff, in 1968. His breakthrough film, however, was The Last Picture Show (1971) based on the Larry McMurtry novel. Severa...

Wood, Samuel Grosvenor

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Lee, Anna

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Welch, Patrick

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Gordon, Michael

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Githens, William French

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Baker, Peter Gorton

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Wayne, Esperanza (Baur)

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Doyle, Austin K.

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Hays, Will H. (Will Harrison), 1879-1954

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Republican politician, namesake of the Hays Code for censorship of American films. Born in Sullivan, Indiana in 1879. Hays served as the Chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1918-1921, managing the successful campaign of Warren G. Harding for the presidency in 1920. Following Harding's election, Hays was appointed Postmaster General in 1921, a post he held until 1922, when he resigned in order to become the first President of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America...

Laemmle, Carl

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Zanuck, Darryl Francis, 1902-1979

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American location manager for Twentieth Century-Fox. From the description of Preservation photocopy of a telegram : Los Angeles, Calif., to John Steinbeck, 1949 Apr. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 777685508 Epithet: of Twentieth-Century-Fox Film Corporation British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x0001ac Screenplay writer, author, and motion picture director. From the guide ...

Donovan, James B. (James Britt), 1916-1970

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James Britt Donovan (February 29, 1916 – January 19, 1970) was an American lawyer and United States Navy officer in the Office of Scientific Research and Development and the Office of Strategic Services (OSS, predecessor of the Central Intelligence Agency), ultimately becoming general counsel of the OSS, and an international diplomatic negotiator. Donovan is widely known for negotiating the 1960–1962 exchange of captured American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers and American student Frederic Pry...

Griffith, Beverly

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Killanin, Mary Sheila Cathcart (Dunlop)

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Lambert, Gavin

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Biography Gavin Lambert was born July 23, 1924 in Sussex, England. Lambert was a screenwriter, author, and one-time director. His first book "The Slide Area" was published in 1959. His screenplays include "Sons and Lovers" and "Inside Daisy Clover", which was adapted from his book of the same title. He also wrote several bibliographies including "Nazimova," "Natalie Wood: A Life," and "Mainly About Lindsay Anderson." Mr. Lambert died [July 17...

Jessel, George, 1898-1981

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Entertainer and actor. From the description of Autograph card signed : [New York], to Irene [Gallagher], [192-]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270914791 ...

Amadori, Luis César 1902-1977

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Armour, Lester

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Vidor, King Wallis

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Sheehan, Howard J.

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Rich, Frances

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American sculptor. From the description of Frances Rich papers, 1924-1988. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 82093413 Frances Rich was born in Spokane, Washington in 1910, daughter of actress Irene Rich. She received a B.A. from Smith College in 1931. In 1933 she met sculptor, Malvina Hoffman, and studied with her in Paris for two years. On her return to the U.S., Rich did intensive work at the Boston Museum School and established her own studio in New York Cit...

Watts, Richard, 1529-1579

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Epithet: Reverend British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000979.0x000228 Epithet: of Add MS 33101 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000979.0x000226 Epithet: of Add MS 26703 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000979.0x000225 ...

Shurlock, Geoffrey Manwaring

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Shaw, Hervey S.

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Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998.

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Akira Kurasawa, director. From the description of Rhapsody in August : screenplay. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122580791 ...

Peck, Gregory

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Robinson, Lennox

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[Esmé Stuart] Lennox Robinson (1886-1958) was an Irish dramatist, poet, producer, and director for the Abbey Theater. He wrote twenty-two plays for the theater, including The Clancy Name, a one-act play first staged at the Abbey on 8 October 1908. Written in a harsher style than the work of John Millington Synge, the play portrays Mrs. Clancy's suppression of her son's dying confession to a murder. Other works by Robinson include: The Whiteheaded Boy (1916) and The Lost Leader (1918...

Roos, Allan

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John Wayne

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Ramsey, Logan Carlisle

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James, Stewart, 1908-1996

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Bryant, Katherine (Potter) Cliffton

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Weltner, George

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Clancy, Fog Horn

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Engle, Clair, 1911-1964

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Clair Engle was a California politician who served six terms in the House of Representative and one term in the Senate. He died near the end of his first term as Senator in 1965. From the description of Clair Engle campaign material, 1957-1958. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 76941187 ...

Manziarly, Alexandre de 18..-1973

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Brann, Louis J. (Louis Jefferson), 1876-1948

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Brown, Harry Joe, 1893-1972

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Harry Joe Brown (1893-1972) was a motion picture director and producer. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he attended the University of Michigan from 1909-1910, and earned his L.L.B. from Syracuse in 1915. He became a stage and screen actor, director, and producer for Warner Brothers Paramount Pictures, Pathe and R.K.O. as well as founder of Murphy Brown Productions and Sage Productions. He was the producer for the 1950s television program "Crossroads" where each episode centered on a dramatic, ...

Rittenberg, Saul Nathan

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O'Brien, Pat

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