(Encyclopedia) Fairbanks, Douglas, 1883–1939, American movie actor, b. Denver. From 1901 to 1914, Fairbanks appeared on stage in light comedies. In 1915 he began making movies, becoming the…
(Encyclopedia) Hassam, Childe (Frederick Childe Hassam)Hassam, Childechīld hăsˈəm [key], 1859–1935, American painter and printmaker, b. Boston, studied in Paris. With their flickering light and airy…
(Sheldon Leonard Bershad)actor, producer, directorBorn: 2/22/1907Birthplace: New York City As an actor, Leonard specialized in playing gangster characters in films such as Lucky Jordan (1942), Why…
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business executiveBorn: 1957Birthplace: New York She grew up in Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, N.Y. When Whitman entered Princeton University, she planned a career in medicine, but she became an…
(Encyclopedia) Fields, W. C. (William Claude Fields), 1880–1946, American comic actor, b. Philadelphia as Claude William Dukenfield. He began his career as a juggler, and much later appeared in the…
REYNOLDS, Thomas M., a Representative from New York; born in Belfonte, Centre County, Pa., September 3, 1950; graduated from Springville-Griffith Institute, Springville, N.Y.; attended Kent…
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BUNTING, Thomas Lathrop, a Representative from New York; born in Eden, Erie County, N.Y., April 24, 1844; was educated in the common schools and the Griffith Institute, Springville, N.Y.;…
(Encyclopedia) motifmotifmōtēfˈ [key], in literature, term that denotes the recurrent presence of certain character types, objects, settings, or situations in diverse genres and periods of folklore…
