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Homer Emens
Homer Farnham Emens (May 9, 1862 – September 15 , 1930) was an American scenic designer who specialized in creating outdoor scenes. Life and career Born on May 9, 1862 in Volney, New York, Homer Emens was the son of Peter Walter Emens and Elizabeth Emens (née Scott).White, p. 427 He was educated by the Syracuse City School District in Syracuse, New York. He trained as a scenic designer by Phil Goatcher while apprenticing under him at the Madison Square Theatre in the mid 1880s. After this, he took a position as a resident set designer at the Chestnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia; a post he held from 1889-1893. In 1893 Emens returned to New York City and opened his own paint studio. He commenced a 25 year-long career as a Broadway set designer. He also was an active member of the Society of American Artists. A specialist in outdoor scenes, he often was brought in by producers to design only the outdoor sets for works with other designers creating the sets for interior sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scenic Designer
Scenic may refer to: * Scenic design * Scenic painting * Scenic overlook * Scenic railroad (other) * Scenic route * Scenic, South Dakota, United States * Scenic (horse), a Thoroughbred racehorse Aviation * Airwave Scenic, an Austrian paraglider design Companies and organizations * Scenic Airlines * Scenic America, nonprofit advocacy organization * United Scenic Artists, United States labor union * Woodland Scenics, manufacturer of model railroad scenic materials Music * The Scenics, band * ''Scenic'' (album), 2004 album by band Denver Harbor Vehicles * Scenic Daylight, defunct express train in New Zealand * Renault Scénic, a compact MPV automobile produced by French automaker Renault * Tranz Scenic, passenger train in New Zealand See also * * * * * * Scenic Drive (other) * List of scenic trails * Scene (other) * Scenery (other) Scenery or theatrical scenery is anything used as a setting for a theatrical production. Scenery may ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Dolly Dollars
''Miss Dolly Dollars'' is a musical comedy written in two acts with the book and lyrics by Harry B. Smith and music by Victor Herbert. The musical concerns a wealthy American girl in Europe, who is sought after by bankrupt aristocrats. Its score includes a few famous songs such as "A Woman is Only a Woman (But a Good Cigar is a Smoke)". After a tryout in Rochester, New York, the musical opened at the Knickerbocker Theatre in New York City, on September 4, 1905. It was produced by Charles B. Dillingham and directed by Al Holbrook, with music direction by Antonio DeNovellis. The scenic design was by Homer Emens and Edward G. Unitt, and costumes were by Caroline Seidle. The show soon transferred to the New Amsterdam Theatre on October 16, 1905. It ran for a total of 56 performances. Synopsis Setting: A Villa on the Thames at Henley and the Garden of a Hotel in Paris Wealthy Dorothy Gay, an American girl, is pursued while in Europe, by a number of penniless aristocrats, but sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Scenic Designers
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930 Deaths
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is auct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1862 Births
Year 186 ( CLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Glabrio (or, less frequently, year 939 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 186 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Peasants in Gaul stage an anti-tax uprising under Maternus. * Roman governor Pertinax escapes an assassination attempt, by British usurpers. New Zealand * The Hatepe volcanic eruption extends Lake Taupō and makes skies red across the world. However, recent radiocarbon dating by R. Sparks has put the date at 233 AD ± 13 (95% confidence). Births * Ma Liang, Chinese official of the Shu Han state (d. 222) Deaths * April 21 – Apollonius the Apologist, Christian martyr * Bian Zhang, Chinese official and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Terry White
James Terry White (July 3, 1845 in Newburyport, Massachusetts – April 3, 1920 in Manhattan, New York) was an American publisher and poet. Given his wide range of interests and involvement in various businesses and cultural activities, he was reputed to be a Renaissance man. In 1862, he joined the San Francisco publishing firm H.H. Bancroft & Co. In 1869, White founded a publishing company bearing his name, James T. White Co. in San Francisco; and in 1886, with his son George Derby White, moved its headquarters to New York City. The firm published the first edition of '' The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography'' in 1891. At the death of his son in 1939, thirty-one volumes had been published, each containing about 1,000 biographies and 450 pages. Family successor of corporate positions White's uncle, Andrew Judson White, MD (1824–1898), had entered the wholesale drug business in New York and London — mainly, he, along with two other family members, obtai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The National Cyclopaedia Of American Biography
''The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography'' is a multi-volume collection of biographical articles and portraits of Americans, published since the 1890s. The primary method of data collection was by sending questionnaires to subjects or their relatives. It has over 60,000 entries, in 63 volumes. The entries are not credited. The overall editor was James Terry White. It is more comprehensive than the ''Dictionary of American Biography'' and the ''American National Biography The ''American National Biography'' (ANB) is a 24-volume biographical encyclopedia set that contains about 17,400 entries and 20 million words, first published in 1999 by Oxford University Press under the auspices of the American Council of Le ...'', but less scholarly because it doesn't cite the original sources used for the information. See also * '' Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography'' References External links * Hathi Trust''National Cyclopaedia of American Biography''fulltext * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloomsbury Academic
Bloomsbury Publishing plc is a British worldwide publishing house of fiction and non-fiction. It is a constituent of the FTSE SmallCap Index. Bloomsbury's head office is located in Bloomsbury, an area of the London Borough of Camden. It has a US publishing office located in New York City, an India publishing office in New Delhi, an Australia sales office in Sydney CBD and other publishing offices in the UK including in Oxford. The company's growth over the past two decades is primarily attributable to the ''Harry Potter'' series by J. K. Rowling and, from 2008, to the development of its academic and professional publishing division. The Bloomsbury Academic & Professional division won the Bookseller Industry Award for Academic, Educational & Professional Publisher of the Year in both 2013 and 2014. Divisions Bloomsbury Publishing group has two separate publishing divisions—the Consumer division and the Non-Consumer division—supported by group functions, namely Sales and Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crocker Art Museum
The Crocker Art Museum is the oldest art museum in the Western United States, located in Sacramento, California. Founded in 1885, the museum holds one of the premier collections of Californian art. The collection includes American works dating from the Gold Rush to the present, European paintings and master drawings, one of the largest international ceramics collections in the U.S., and collections of Asian, African, and Oceanic art.http://www.crockerartmuseum.org The Crocker Art Museum has been accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, a high standard for US museums. History Edwin B. Crocker (1818–1875), a wealthy California lawyer and judge, and his wife, Margaret Crocker (1822–1901), began to assemble a significant collection of paintings and drawings during an extended trip to Europe, from 1869 to 1871. Upon their return to Sacramento, they set about creating an art gallery in part of their grand home at the corner of Third and O streets. When the gallery was compl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack O'Lantern (musical)
''Jack O'Lantern'' is a musical in two acts and 8 scenes with music by Ivan Caryll and both lyrics and book co-authored by Anne Caldwell and R. H. Burnside. The work also included some additional songs with music by Irving Berlin, Shelton Brooks and Gus King; and lyrics by Louis Harrison and Benjamin Hapgood Burt.Dietz, p. 397-398 ''Jack O'Lantern'' was written as a starring vehicle for Fred Stone who portrayed John Obadiah Lantern, a.k.a. "Jack O'Lantern". The work premiered on Broadway theatre, Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, Globe Theatre on October 16, 1917.Bordman & Norton, p. 376 A modest success, it ran for a total of 265 performances; closing on June 1, 1918. The work was directed by Burnside, produced by Charles Dillingham, and included sets designed by Ernest Albert, Homer Emens and Joseph Urban. Helen Dryden, Robert MacQuinn, and Gladys Monkhouse designed the costumes. References Bibliography * * {{musical-theatre-stub 1917 musicals Broadway musicals Musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stop! Look! Listen!
''Stop! Look! Listen!'' is a musical in three acts with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin and book by Harry B. Smith. The piece had additional music by Henry Kailimai and Jack Alau and additional lyrics by G. H. Stover and Sylvester Kalama. ''Stop! Look! Listen!'' opened on Broadway at the Globe Theatre on Christmas Day, 1915, and ran for 105 performances. The revue was produced by Charles Dillingham and directed by R.H. Burnside. The music director was Robert Hood Bowers, and Robert McQuinn designed the sets and costumes.''Theatre Magazine'', Volumes 23-24; Arthur Hornblow editor, January, 1916, p. 66 Theatre Magazine Co. Synopsis Gaby, a young chorine, is determined to get the leading part in her current musical after the star, Mary Singer, was whisked away to Honolulu by her suitor Gideon Gay to Honolulu, but Gaby is rejected by the show's creative team. She meets agent Abel Conner who agrees to help her, and they decide to trail the creative team to Honolulu where they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lonesome Town (musical)
''Lonesome Town'' is a musical in two acts with music by J. A. Raynes and both book and lyrics by Judson D. Brusie. Set in the fictional boomtown of Watts, California in 1902, the musical's comedy of errors plot centered around competing claimants to valuable real estate in the city. The musical was created as a starring vehicle for the comedy duo Kolb and Dill. It premiered at the Central Theatre in San Francisco in September 1906. A successful road musical, it toured the United States for several years. This tour included a run at Broadway's Circle Theatre where it played for 88 performances from January 20, 1908, through April 4, 1908. ''Lonesome Town'' was directed by Frank Smithson and was both produced and choreographed by Kolb and Dill. It used sets designed by Homer Emens and costumes by the Eaves Costume Company. C. William Kolb portrayed tramp Chico Charlie with Max M. Dill as his counterpart in crime Bakersfield Bill. Other members of the cast included Maude Lambert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
