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Drue Leyton
Drue Leyton (born Dorothy Elizabeth Blackman; 12 June 1903 – 8 February 1997) was an American actress and member of the French Resistance. She also was billed as Freya Leigh. Early years Leyton was born in California (or Somers, Wisconsin) but lived with her family in Mexico, where her father was a mining engineer. She was educated at the Bennett School for Girls in Millbrook, New York; a school in Lausanne, Switzerland; and at the Sorbonne. Acting She became an actress after a failed marriage and acted in ''Green Grow the Lilacs'' on Broadway and several Charlie Chan films. Her Broadway credits also included ''Red Harvest'' (1937), ''A Hero Is Born'' (1937), and ''We Are No Longer Children'' (1932), for which she was billed as Freya Leigh. In 1937, Leyton acted in a Works Progress Administration Theatre Project in New York. She went from there to England, where she performed in '' Golden Boy''. French resistance In 1937, Leyton moved to Paris with her future husband Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newspapers
A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports, art, and science. They often include materials such as opinion columns, weather forecasts, reviews of local services, Obituary, obituaries, birth notices, crosswords, editorial cartoons, comic strips, and advice columns. Most newspapers are businesses, and they pay their expenses with a mixture of Subscription business model, subscription revenue, Newsagent's shop, newsstand sales, and advertising revenue. The journalism organizations that publish newspapers are themselves often Metonymy, metonymically called newspapers. Newspapers have traditionally been published Printing, in print (usually on cheap, low-grade paper called newsprint). However, today most newspapers are also Electronic publishing, published on webs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shakespeare And Company (1919–1941)
Shakespeare and Company was an influential English-language bookstore in Paris founded by Sylvia Beach in 1919; Beach published James Joyce's 1922 novel '' Ulysses'' at the bookstore. The store closed in 1941. Shakespeare and Company was established by Beach, an American expatriate, in November 1919, at 8 rue Dupuytren, before moving to larger premises at 12 rue de l'Odéon in the 6th arrondissement in 1921. During the 1920s, Beach's shop and lending library was a gathering place for many then-aspiring and renowned writers and poets such as Ezra Pound, Ernest Hemingway, Djuna Barnes, James Joyce, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, and Ford Madox Ford. Shakespeare and Company was forced to close in 1941 during the German occupation of Paris. Beach was arrested and imprisoned for six months by Nazi authorities. Upon her release toward the end of the war, Beach was in ill health and was never able to reopen the store. The current store is open and trading across from Notre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1903 Births
Events January * January 1 – Edward VII is proclaimed Emperor of India. * January 10 – The Aceh Sultanate was fully annexed by the Dutch East Indies, Dutch forces, deposing the last sultan, marking the end of the Aceh War that have lasted for almost 30 years. * January 19 – The first west–east transatlantic radio broadcast is made from the United States to England (the first east–west broadcast having been made in 1901#December, 1901). February * February 13 – Venezuelan crisis of 1902–03, Venezuelan crisis: After agreeing to arbitration in Washington, the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy reach a settlement with Venezuela resulting in the Washington Protocols. The naval blockade that began in 1902 ends. * February 23 – Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity". March * March 2 – In New York City, the Martha Washington Hotel, the first hotel exclusively for women, opens. * March 3 – The British Admir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolores (Ziegfeld Girl)
Dolores or Rose Dolores (born Kathleen Mary Rose; 26 September 1893 – 7 November 1975) was an English model. She is recognised as the first celebrity clothes model and has been credited with inventing the ''blank hauteur'' of the modern fashion model. Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. called her "the loveliest showgirl in the world".Ziegfeld, Richard and Paulette Ziegfeld. (1993) ''The Ziegfeld Touch: The Life and Times of Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.'' New York: Harry N. Abrams, p. 292. She was known for her commanding stage presence and became the star of the Ziegfeld Follies from 1917 until her retirement in 1923. She lived the rest of her life in Paris and during the Second World War helped Allied airmen escape the German occupation. Early life Kathleen Rose was born in Wimbledon, near London, on 26 September 1893. Her father was Harry Rose (born Northleigh, Oxfordshire), a former police officer, and her mother was Ellen Ann ("Nellie") Rose (born Vauxhall, London), a dressmaker. Kathleen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tudor Wilkinson
William Tudor Wilkinson (December 18, 1879 – April 22, 1969) was an American art collector and amateur art dealer. It was said that he gave Hermann Göring a painting in exchange for his wife's freedom from an internment camp and stored weapons and radio equipment for the French resistance during the Second World War. Early life William Tudor Wilkinson was born in St. Louis, Missouri on December 18, 1879."Clubman Stole the Fishing Reels." ''The Cincinnati Enquirer'', 29 July 1905, p. 1. newspapers.com Retrieved 27 November 2014. He was the son of the wealthy merchant and banker John Cabell Wilkinson of |
Murder In Soho
Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse committed with the necessary intention as defined by the law in a specific jurisdiction. ("The killing of another person without justification or excuse, especially the crime of killing a person with malice aforethought or with recklessness manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life.") This state of mind may, depending upon the jurisdiction, distinguish murder from other forms of unlawful homicide, such as manslaughter. Manslaughter is killing committed in the absence of ''malice'',This is "malice" in a technical legal sense, not the more usual English sense denoting an emotional state. See malice (law). such as in the case of voluntary manslaughter brought about by reasonable provocation, or diminished capacity. ''Involuntary'' manslaughter, where it is recognized, is a killing that lacks all but the most attenuated guilty intent, recklessness. Most societies consi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alibi For Murder
''Alibi for Murder'' is a 1936 American crime film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring William Gargan, Marguerite Churchill and Gene Morgan. Plot A radio newsman investigates the murder of a well-known inventor. Cast * William Gargan as Perry Travis * Marguerite Churchill as Lois Allen * Gene Morgan as Brainy Barker * Romaine Callender as E.J. Easton * Egon Brecher as Sir Conrad Stava * Drue Leyton as Norma Foster * Wade Boteler as Police L.t. Conroy * Dwight Frye as McBride * Raymond Lawrence as Harkness References External links * 1936 films 1936 crime films American crime films American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films Films directed by D. Ross Lederman Columbia Pictures films 1930s American films English-language crime films {{1930s-crime-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackmailer (1936 Film)
''Blackmailer'' is a 1936 American comedy mystery film directed by Gordon Wiles and starring William Gargan, Florence Rice, and H.B. Warner. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. ''Variety'' also reported that exhibitors were advised to ignore the pressbook and sell the film as a farce. Plot An incompetent police inspector and an equally foolish private detective both become involved in a blackmail case. Cast * William Gargan as Peter Cornish * Florence Rice as Joan Rankin * H.B. Warner as Michael Rankin * Nana Bryant as Mrs. Lindsay * Wyrley Birch as Nelson * Drue Leyton as Lydia Rankin * Paul Hurst as Inspector Killian * Kenneth Thomson as Mr. Porter * Boyd Irwin as Dr. Lindsay * Alexander Cross as Jack Donovan * Herman Bing Herman Bing (March 30, 1889 – January 9, 1947) was a German-American character actor. He acted in more than 120 films and many of his parts were uncredited. Biography Bing was born in Frankfurt am Main, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Small Town Girl (1936 Film)
''Small Town Girl'' is a 1936 American romantic comedy film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Janet Gaynor, Robert Taylor, and James Stewart. The supporting cast features Binnie Barnes, Andy Devine, Lewis Stone and Edgar Kennedy. Based on a novel by Ben Ames Williams, the film went through many changes before it reached the screen. The script is credited to John Lee Mahin, Edith Fitzgerald, and the husband-and-wife team of Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich. It has no relation to the 1953 MGM musical film of the same title. Plot From TCM.com: “Kay Brannan is so bored with her life that she can barely tolerate her family and prospective suitor, Elmer. A traffic diversion brings hundreds of Yale-Harvard football players through town. One of them, Robert Dakin, a socially prominent surgeon from Boston, asks her for directions to a popular roadhouse and takes her there to join in the fun. Later Bob becomes so drunk that he insists that they have a justice of the pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Chan At The Circus
''Charlie Chan at the Circus'' is the 11th film produced by Fox starring Warner Oland as Charlie Chan. A seemingly harmless family outing drags a vacationing Chan into a murder investigation. The film's sets were designed by the art director Duncan Cramer. Plot Charlie Chan takes his wife and twelve children on an outing to a circus after receiving a free pass from one of the owners, Joe Kinney. Kinney wants Chan to find out who is sending him anonymous threatening letters. Nearly all of the circus workers are suspects since Kinney is very unpopular. However, when Chan goes to meet him during the night's performance, he finds the man dead, seemingly killed by a rampaging gorilla who somehow escaped from his cage. Lieutenant Macy takes charge of the investigation, assisted by Chan and his overzealous eldest son Lee, who also takes the opportunity to (unsuccessfully) romance Su Toy (Toshia Mori, credited as Shia Jung), the contortionist. On Chan's advice, Macy lets the circus co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valley Of Wanted Men
''Valley of Wanted Men'', also known as ''Wanted Men'' in the United Kingdom, is a 1935 American Western film directed by Alan James. Plot Cast *Frankie Darro as Slivers Sanderson *LeRoy Mason as Larry Doyle *Russell Hopton as Kelly Dillon *Grant Withers as Fred (a Ranger) *Drue Leyton as Sally Sanderson *Paul Fix as Mike Masters * Walter Miller as Ralph Dexter * Fred "Snowflake" Toones as Snowflake *Al Bridge as Ranger Sergeant Parsons * William Gould as Prison Warden *Jack Rockwell as U. S. Marshal *Slim Whitaker as Deputy * Frank Rice as Ned (storekeeper) Soundtrack *Irene Crane - "Livin' in the Sunshine" (Written by Chantelle Duhig and Louis Duhig Louis may refer to: People * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer Other uses * Louis (coin), a French coin * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also * ...) *Irene Crane - "A Living Room, Kitchen and Bath" (Written by Chantell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Chan In London
''Charlie Chan in London'' is a 1934 American mystery film directed by Eugene Forde. The film stars Warner Oland as Charlie Chan. This is the sixth film produced by Fox with Warner Oland as the detective, and the second not to be lost, after '' The Black Camel'' (1931). Robert Altman's film ''Gosford Park'', set in 1932, features a (fictional) character who produces the Chan films for Fox and claims to be in England doing research for ''Charlie Chan in London''. Plot A young English man is convicted of the murder of one Captain Hamilton of the Royal Air Force and sentenced to hang. His sister and her fiancé, convinced of his innocence, ask visiting detective Charlie Chan to investigate and find the real murderer. In order to solve the mystery, Chan must visit a lavish English country manor house, where the suspects vary from the housekeeper to a lawyer. Events soon indicate that the murderer is still actively trying to avoid capture, but Charlie Chan must set a trap to revea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
