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A Star Is Born (1937 film)


A Star Is Born is a 1937 American Technicolor romantic drama film produced by David O. Selznick, directed by William A. Wellman from a script by Wellman, Robert Carson, Dorothy Parker, and Alan Campbell, and starring Janet Gaynor (in her only Technicolor film) as an aspiring Hollywood actress, and Fredric March (in his Technicolor debut) as a fading movie star who helps launch her career. The supporting cast features Adolphe Menjou, May Robson, Andy Devine, Lionel Stander, and Owen Moore. The film has been
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A Star Is Born (2018 film)


A Star Is Born is a 2018 American musical romantic drama film produced and directed by Bradley Cooper and written by Eric Roth, Cooper and Will Fetters. The third remake of the 1937 film of the same name, it stars Cooper, Lady Gaga, Dave Chappelle, Andrew Dice Clay, and Sam Elliott, and follows a hard-drinking musician (Cooper) who discovers and falls in love with a young singer (Gaga). It marks the third remake of the original 1937 film, after the 1954 musical and the
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List of accolades received by A Star Is Born (2018 film)


"A Star Is Born" is a 2018 American musical romantic drama film produced and directed by Bradley Cooper (in his directorial debut) and written by Eric Roth, Cooper and Will Fetters. A remake of the 1937 film of the same name, it stars Cooper, Lady Gaga, Andrew Dice Clay, Dave Chappelle, and Sam Elliott, and follows a hard-drinking musician (Cooper) who discovers and falls in love with a young singer (Gaga). It marks the fourth remake of the original 1937 film
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A Star Is Born (1976 film)


A Star Is Born is a 1976 American musical romantic drama film about a young singer (Barbra Streisand) who meets and falls in love with an established rock and roll star (Kris Kristofferson), only to find her career ascending while his goes into decline. The film is a remake of the 1937 original drama starring Janet Gaynor and Fredric March, which had also been adapted in 1954 as a musical starring Judy Garland and James Mason. The story was again adapted in 2018 starring Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper. John Norman
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Hazel Ascot


Hazel Ascot (born 1928) was a tap-dancing British child-star in the 1930s who was billed as the "British Shirley Temple". She starred in two films before abandoning her theatrical career. Ascot was born in Manchester. She was the daughter of Duggie Ascot, who created a dance troupe with his family called "The Petite Ascots". Film director John Baxter discovered Hazel at her father's dance studio in London. She was made the star of his upcoming film "Talking Feet" (1937)
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"This is Mrs. Norman Maine." The line was used again in the 1954 Warner Bros. musical remake starring Judy Garland and James Mason. George Cukor, who directed the remake, suggested adding the scene in the 1937 film where Menjou offers the fading star a supporting role. Some film historians believe that the marriage of Barbara Stanwyck and Frank Fay was the film's real-life inspiration. John Bowers has also been identified as inspiration for the Norman Maine character and the dramatic suicide-by-drowning scene near the end
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Edwin F. Russell


Edwin Fairman Russell (July 15, 1914 – December 22, 2001) was an American newspaper publisher who had joined the Royal Navy to fight Germany before the United States entered World War II. Russell was born on July 15, 1914 in Elizabeth, New Jersey one of five children born to Lucius Thomas Russell (1871–1948) and Marian Cronin. His father, who was born in Mississippi, was a newspaper publisher who founded "The Newark Star", which became "The Star-Ledger". Russell was a 1937
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Marie Bourgeois


Marie Bourgeois (1870-1937) was a French chef who gained three Michelin stars from 1933 to 1937 for her restaurant in Priay in the Ain region, France. She was the second woman after Eugénie Brazier to obtain three Michelin stars and was followed by Marguerite Bise in 1951 and by Anne-Sophie Pic in 2007. Marie Bourgeois was born in Villette-sur-Ain in 1870. In the 1920s, she settled in a modest restaurant with her husband in Priay in the Ain region, 60 kilometers northeast of Lyon
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A Star Is Born (1937 film)


remade three times: in 1954 (directed by George Cukor and starring Judy Garland and James Mason), in 1976 (directed by Frank Pierson and starring Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson), and in 2018 (starring Bradley Cooper, who also directed, and Lady Gaga). North Dakota farm girl Esther Victoria Blodgett yearns to become a Hollywood actress. Although her aunt and father discourage such thoughts, Esther's grandmother gives Esther her savings to follow her dream. Esther goes to Hollywood and tries to land a job as an
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John Bowers (actor)


John Bowers (born John E. Bowersox, December 25, 1885 – November 17, 1936) was an American stage and silent film actor who starred in 94 films including several short subjects. He has been identified as being an inspiration for the character Norman Maine in "A Star Is Born" (1937). Born John E. Bowersox in Garrett, Indiana, to George and Ida Bowersox, John Bowers attended Huntington Business College in Huntington, Indiana, where he became interested in acting. He joined a stock stage group and
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Sarah Kemp


Sarah Kemp (born Gypsie Mary Kemp, 24 February 1937 – 9 January 2015) was an Australian actress best known for starring in the Australian soap opera "Sons and Daughters", playing the character of dizzy socialite Charlie Bartlett, from 1982 to 1987. Kemp, who was born as Gypsie Mary Kemp in 1937, started her career in the United Kingdom, with credits including the film "A Touch of the Other" (1970), two episodes of the "Doctor Who" story "Day of the Daleks"
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A Star Is Born (1954 film)


It is the second of four official adaptations of "A Star Is Born", with the first in 1937 starring Janet Gaynor and Fredric March, the third in 1976 starring Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson and the fourth in 2018 starring Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper. Esther Blodgett is a talented aspiring singer with a band, and Norman Maine is a former matinee idol with a career in the early stages of decline. When he arrives intoxicated at a function at the Shrine Auditorium, the studio publicist Matt Libby attempts to keep him
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A Star Is Born (2018 soundtrack)


Bradley Cooper was in talks to make his directorial debut with "A Star Is Born", the fourth remake of the 1937 film of the same name. Lady Gaga was officially attached to the film in August 2016, with the studio green-lighting the project to begin production in early 2017. Cooper plays Jackson Maine, "a veteran country singer who discovers and eventually falls in love with a struggling singer-songwriter named Ally, played by Gaga." Gaga "helped inform Cooper's performance as a musician".
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Marika Rökk


to create a German film star to rival Hollywood's top musical star actresses Eleanor Powell, Ginger Rogers and later, Alice Faye, Rita Hayworth and Betty Grable. The Third Reich's Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, admired Hollywood movies and examined them carefully in regular private screenings. Early Technicolor films such as "Becky Sharp" (1935), "The Garden of Allah" (1936), "Nothing Sacred" (1937), and "A Star Is Born" (1937) made him realize that Hollywood
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Shamim Alam Khan


General Shamim Allam Khan Urdu: شميم ىالم; born 18 August 1937), , is a retired four-star rank army general in the Pakistan Army, who served as the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, appointed in this capacity in 1991 until retiring on 1994. Shamim Alam Khan was born in Shillong, Meghalaya in India, into an Urdu-speaking family on 18 August 1937. His father, Mahboob Alam Khan, was an officer in the Indian Civil Service who worked at an administration position at the Survey of
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A Star Is Born (1954 film)


and asks her to say a few words to her fans. She says, "Hello, everybody. This is Mrs. Norman Maine," which prompts the crowd into a standing ovation. In December 1952, George Cukor was approached by Sid Luft, who proposed the director helm a musical remake of the 1937 film "A Star is Born" with his then-wife Judy Garland in the lead role. Garland previously had portrayed Vicki Lester in a December 1942 Lux Radio Theater broadcast with Walter Pidgeon, and she and Luft
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Wayne Maunder


Wayne Ernest Maunder (December 19, 1937 – November 11, 2018) was a Canadian-born American actor who starred in three American television series between 1967 and 1974. From September 6 to December 27, 1967, Maunder starred as 28-year-old Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer (1839–1876), during the time that Custer was stationed in the American West. The program, "Custer", aired on ABC at 7:30 Eastern on Wednesday, opposite NBC's established western, "The Virginian" starring James Drury and Doug
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Kenneth Colley


Kenneth Colley (born 7 December 1937) is an English veteran film and television actor whose career spans 50 years. He came to wider prominence through his role as Admiral Piett in "Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back" and "Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi". Unlike the other ill-fated Imperial officers who appeared alongside him in "The Empire Strikes Back", Colley was the only actor to play an Imperial officer in more than one "Star Wars" film. Colley reprised
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H-1636-2. The film was adapted as a radio play on the September 13, 1937, episode of "Lux Radio Theater" with Robert Montgomery and Janet Gaynor, the November 17, 1940, episode of The Screen Guild Theater starring Loretta Young and Burgess Meredith, the December 28, 1942, episode of "Lux Radio Theater" with Judy Garland and Walter Pidgeon, the June 29, 1946, episode of Academy Award Theater, starring Fredric March, the May 23, 1948, episode of the Ford Theatre and
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David Newell (actor, born 1905)


Stanwyck and directed by Lionel Barrymore; and "White Heat" in 1934. He would occasionally receive a starring role, as in 1930's "Just Like Heaven", which co-starred Anita Louise. However, by the mid-1930s he was being relegated to mostly smaller supporting roles. Some of the more notable films he appeared in include: "A Star is Born" (1937), which stars Janet Gaynor and Fredric March; "Blondie" (1938); the Bette Davis vehicle, "Dark Victory"
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A Star Is Born (1937 film)


to say a few words into the microphone to her many fans listening across the world, she announces, "Hello, everybody. This is Mrs. Norman Maine." "A Star Is Born" was filmed from October to December 1936 with an estimated budget of $1,173,639, and premiered in Los Angeles, California, on April 20, 1937, at Grauman's Chinese Theatre. The film's New York premiere took place two days later at Radio City Music Hall. It is not known how much Dorothy Parker contributed to
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Janet Gaynor


in "A Star Is Born". Gaynor accepted the role. The romantic drama was filmed in Technicolor and co-starred Fredric March. Released in 1937, it was an enormous hit and earned Gaynor her second Academy Award nomination for Best Actress; she lost to Luise Rainer for "The Good Earth". "A Star Is Born" revitalized Gaynor's career, and she was cast in the screwball comedy "The Young in Heart" (1938) with Paulette Goddard. That film was a modest hit, but
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Betty Mack


Betty Mack (November 30, 1901November 5, 1980) was an American stage and film actress who appeared in over 45 films between 1931 and 1941. Born in Illinois in 1901, Mack began her career on the Broadway stage in 1919 in several musical comedies. Shifting to films in 1931, Mack starred in such films as "Toll of the Desert" (1935). Mack also starred as Corabell, wife of Moe Howard, in the Three Stooges short film "The Sitter Downers" (1937). Mack died
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Brian Cooke


Brian Cooke (born 1937, in Liverpool, Merseyside) is a British comedy writer who, along with co-writer, Johnnie Mortimer, wrote scripts for and devised many of the top television sitcoms during the 1970s, including "Man About the House", "George and Mildred", and "Robin's Nest". Cooke also wrote and created the 1980s TV sitcom "Keep It in the Family", starring Robert Gillespie and the late-1960s/early-1970s sitcom "Father, Dear Father" starring Patrick Cargill. "
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Anita Strindberg


Anita Strindberg (born 19 June 1937) is a Swedish former actress who appeared in numerous Italian "giallo" films in the 1970s. Strindberg appeared as Anita Edberg in two Swedish films in the late 1950s. She started her career in gialli with Lucio Fulci's "A Lizard in a Woman's Skin" in 1971 and starred in her first lead role that same year, in the Sergio Martino-directed "The Case of the Scorpion's Tail". In 1972, she starred in two more gialli: Aldo Lado
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A Star Is Born (1937 film)


the June 16, 1950, episode of "Screen Director's Playhouse" starring Fredric March. "A Star Is Born" has been remade three times, in 1954 with Judy Garland and James Mason, in 1976 with Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson, and in 2018 with Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper. All three movies have been nominated for at least four Academy Awards. It was remade, albeit unofficially, in Hindi as "Aashiqui 2" (2013), which in turn was remade in Telugu as "Nee Jathaga
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William A. Wellman


. In the 1st Academy Awards it was one of two films to win Best Picture (the other was ")", although, due to tensions within the studio regarding time and budget overages, Wellman wasn't invited to the event. Wellman's other notable films include "The Public Enemy" (1931), the first version of "A Star Is Born" (1937), "Nothing Sacred" (1937), the 1939 version of "Beau Geste" starring Gary Cooper, "Thunder Birds" (
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A Star Is Born (1976 film)


to at least one Streisand biography, unhappy with a few of Frank Pierson's scenes, Streisand later directed them herself (a claim also made for 1979's "The Main Event"), adding to the rumors that she and Pierson clashed constantly during production. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: "A Star Is Born" was the second remake of the original 1937 drama, the prior being the 1954 musical starring Judy Garland and James Mason. The story was also adapted as the 2013 Bollywood
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Lillian Harmer


she appeared include: "Huckleberry Finn" (1931), starring Jackie Coogan as Tom Sawyer; the 1933 version of "Alice in Wonderland"; William Wellman's 1937 version of "A Star is Born", starring Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, and Adolphe Menjou; the Ronald Colman vehicle, "The Prisoner of Zenda"; and the 1938 Cecil B. DeMille historical drama, "The Buccaneer", starring Fredric March. Her final film appearance would be in a small role in 1938's "Gateway",
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J. Bruce Ismay


Joseph Bruce Ismay (; 12 December 1862 – 17 October 1937) was an English businessman who served as chairman and managing director of the White Star Line. In 1912, he came to international attention as the highest-ranking White Star official to survive the sinking of the company's brand new flagship RMS "Titanic", for which he was subject to severe criticism. Ismay was born in Crosby, Lancashire. He was the son of Thomas Henry Ismay (7 January 1837 – 23 November 1899) and Margaret Bruce (13
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Perla Cristal


Perla Cristal (born September 29, 1937) is an Argentine actress and vedette and singer who began her career in her native country, with incursions into Hollywood and Spanish and Italian cinema. She settled in Spain in the early 1960s and continued her career in film. Cristal's first starring role was in the 1950 film "Arroz con leche" under director Carlos Schlieper. Other notable films include "The Black Tulip" (1964), starring Alain Delon and Virna Lisi , and "The Corruption of Chris Miller" (
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Charles Ross (artist)


Charles Ross (born December 17, 1937 in Philadelphia) is an American sculptor and earthwork artist. In 2011, he was named a Guggenheim Fellow. Ross graduated from University of California, Berkeley, with a B.A. in mathematics and M.A. in Sculpture in 1962. Ross is creating an earthwork known as "Star Axis", which is a naked eye observatory and architectonic sculpture. "Star Axis's" geometry is derived from the shifting relationship of earth to the sun and the north star. "Star Axis" was begun
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Born Reckless (1937 film)


Born Reckless is a 1937 gangster film directed by Malcolm St. Clair and Gustav Machatý (St. Clair received sole directorial credit) and starring Brian Donlevy and Rochelle Hudson. Donlevy plays a race-car champion who infiltrates a mob-run taxi cab company. Barton MacLane plays the chief mobster. Bob Kane (Brian Donlevy), an auto racer, becomes a cab driver for a company that is being strong-armed by Jim Barnes (Barton MacLane) and his gangsters trying to gain control of all of the city's taxi
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asked him to direct "A Star Is Born". Cukor felt the plot was too similar to "What Price Hollywood?" so he declined. RKO executives considered filing a plagiarism suit against Selznick International Pictures because of the similarities in the story, but eventually chose not to take legal action. Cukor later directed the 1954 musical remake starring Judy Garland. A common Hollywood myth about the film is that Lana Turner appeared as an extra in one of the scenes in the film. Turner often denied the myth over the years
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A Star Is Born (1954 film)


A Star Is Born is a 1954 American musical film written by Moss Hart, starring Judy Garland and James Mason, and directed by George Cukor. Hart's screenplay is an adaptation of the original 1937 film, which was based on the original screenplay by Robert Carson, Dorothy Parker and Alan Campbell, and from the same story by William A. Wellman and Carson, with uncredited input from six additional writers—David O. Selznick, Ben Hecht, Ring Lardner Jr., John Lee Mahin, Budd Schulberg and Adela Rogers St. Johns.
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Joan Fontaine


a contract with RKO Pictures. Her first film for the studio was "Quality Street" (1937) starring Katharine Hepburn, in which Fontaine had a small unbilled role. The studio considered her a rising star, and touted "The Man Who Found Himself" (1937) with John Beal as her first starring role, placing a special screen introduction, billed as the "new RKO screen personality" after the end credit. Fontaine later said it had "an A budget but a Z story." RKO put her
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John Keefe


John Thomas Keefe (May 5, 1866 – August 9, 1937) was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the American Association Syracuse Stars in . Born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, he attended the College of the Holy Cross. In his only big league season, Keefe went 17 and 24 with a 4.32 earned run average in 43 games for the unimpressive 55 and 72 Stars. He started 41 games, completed 36 games and shutout two. In just over 352 innings, he gave up
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Sweeney Schriner


David "Sweeney" Schriner (November 30, 1911 – July 4, 1990) was a Russian-born Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played 11 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Americans and Toronto Maple Leafs. He was named Rookie of the Year in 1934–35 and was the NHL scoring leader in 1935–36 and 1936–37. Schriner was named to honorary all-star teams in numerous leagues throughout his career and played with the NHL All-Stars in the Howie Morenz Memorial Game in 1937.
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Hank Presswood


Henry 'Hank' Presswood (October 7, 1921 – December 27, 2014) was an infielder who played in the Negro American League. He batted and threw right handed. Born in Electric Mills, Mississippi, Presswood played sandlot ball before joining the Mill City Jitterbugs club in 1936 and 1937 and later the Denkman All-Stars in Canton, Mississippi from 1938 through 1944. Afterwards, Presswood served in the U.S. Army from 1945 to 1947 during World War II conflict, then returned briefly to the Denkman All-Stars.
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John Murray (playwright)


John Murray (October 12, 1906 – June 17, 1984) was an American playwright best known for writing the 1937 play "Room Service" with Allen Boretz. Murray was born in New York and attended DeWitt Clinton High School, City College of New York, and Columbia University. His 1937 play, "Room Service" ran for 500 performances on Broadway and was turned into two films, the first, "Room Service", starred the Marx Brothers, the second, "Step Lively", starred Frank Sinatra
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Gladswood House


left. The opera stars are Maria Ranzenberg (far left), Signor Zeni (fourth from right) Madame Wayda (third from right) and the most famous star Eleonora de Cisneros (far right). Ethel is seated in the centre and Bertie is third from the left. In 1913 the Kellys sold Gladswood House to John Spencer Brunton. Kelly sold the property in 1913 to John Spencer Brunton (1861-1937). Brunton (1861-1937) was born in 1861 in Melbourne. His father was Thomas Brunton
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Kirby Higbe


Walter Kirby Higbe (April 8, 1915 – May 6, 1985) was an American right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1937 to 1950. He was a two-time All-Star. He was born in and died in Columbia, South Carolina. Higbe began his MLB career in 1937 with the Chicago Cubs before being traded to the Philadelphia Phillies in the middle of the 1939 season. A hard thrower, he was selected to the All-Star team in 1940. Following the season, he
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Aurie's Star Handicap


The Aurie's Star Handicap is a Victoria Racing Club Group 3 horse race held under open handicap conditions, for horses aged three years old and upwards, over a distance of 1200 metres, held annually at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia in August. The total prize money is A$150,000. The event is the first Group race in the new racing calendar in Victoria. The race is named in honour of Auries's Star, a gelding who won 28 of his 89 starts, including the 1937 Newmarket Handicap, the 1937
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DeLong Star Ruby


The DeLong Star Ruby, a oval cabochon star ruby, was discovered in Burma in the 1930s. It was sold by Martin Ehrmann to Edith Haggin DeLong for , who then donated it to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City in 1937. On October 29, 1964, the DeLong star ruby was one of a number of precious gems stolen in a notorious jewelry heist by Jack Roland Murphy and two accomplices. Some of the stolen gems (notably, the Star of India and the Midnight Star) were recovered
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The Man Who Found Himself


main roles and screen credits identified): Although Joan Fontaine, on contract with RKO, had already made her screen appearance in "No More Ladies" (1935), "A Million to One" (1937) and "Quality Street" (1937), opposite Katharine Hepburn , the studio considered her a rising star, and touted "The Man Who Found Himself" as her first starring role. A unique "photo-play"-style introduction was placed after the end credit. "The Man Who Found Himself" featured
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Ernest Appoga


Ernest Fritzevich Appoga (1898 – November 28, 1937) was a Soviet general and revolutionary who was given the position of Komkor on November 11, 1935. He was born in present-day Latvia. He fought in the Russian Civil War in the Soviet Red Army. He was a recipient of the Order of the Red Banner and the Order of the Red Star (1936). During the Great Purge, he was arrested on either May 22 or 23, 1937 and later executed in Moscow. After the death of
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Leonid Veyner


Leonid Jakovlevich Veyner (17 March 1897 – 26 November 1937) was a Soviet general, born in Horlivka, who was given the rank of Komkor on 21 November 1935. He served in the Imperial Russian Army in World War I and in the Soviet Red Army in the Russian Civil War. He was a recipient of the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner and the Order of the Red Star (1934). During the Great Purge, he was arrested on 15 August 1937 and later executed in Mariupol
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Michael Norell


Michael Alden Norell (born October 4, 1937 in Wallace, Idaho) is an American screenwriter/actor, and executive producer who starred as Captain Henry "Hank" Stanley in the Jack Webb produced television series "Emergency!" from 1972 to 1978. Norell was born in Wallace, Idaho. His family moved to follow his father who was in the Army, and who ultimately retired with the rank of Brigadier General. His father was sent to Korea during the war. The family lived in Tokyo, Japan. Norell
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Kathleen Mavourneen (1937 film)


Kathleen Mavourneen is a 1937 British-Irish musical drama film directed by Norman Lee and starring Sally O'Neil, Tom Burke and Jack Daly. The story had been filmed several times previously, including a silent version (1919), starring Theda Bara and a previous 1930 Tiffany talkie also starring Sally O'Neil. This version, also known as "Kathleen", was filmed in Ireland, and features the character of Old Mother Riley who appeared in her own film series. It was shot at Welwyn Studios. Kathleen O'Moore returns home to
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Bill Adamaitis


team in the Chicago College All-Star Game in August 1937 and led the college all-stars in their only scoring play against the NFL champion Philadelphia Eagles. Although he had an offer to play for the Eagles, Adamaitis opted to remain in Washington, D.C., where he played professional football for the Washington Presidents of the Dixie League. Adamaitis helped lead the Presidents to the 1937 Dixie League championship with a 5-0-2 record in conference play. Adamaitis was born in 1915 in Worcester County and attended Classicial High
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James Bush (actor)


O'Brien; "M'liss" (1936), starring Anne Shirley and John Beal; the 1937 drama, "Internes Can't Take Money", starring Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea; "The Good Old Soak" (1937), starring Wallace Beery; the 1937 mystery "Night of Mystery"; "Sky Giant" (1938), a drama starring Richard Dix, Chester Morris and Joan Fontaine; the W.C. Fields' comedy, "You Can't Cheat an Honest Man"; as one of the party guests
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George Cukor


"It Should Happen to You" (1954), all featuring Judy Holliday, another Cukor favorite, who won the Academy Award for Best Actress for "Born Yesterday". In December 1952, Cukor was approached by Sid Luft, who proposed the director helm a musical remake of "A Star is Born" (1937) with his then-wife Judy Garland in the lead role. Cukor had declined to direct the earlier film because it was too similar to his own "What Price Hollywood?" (1932)
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Frank Redman


film stars Constance Bennett and Lowell Sherman, and would serve as the basis for Selznick's more famous, "A Star is Born" The end of 1937 saw Redman get his chance to be the lead photographer on a film. On Lew Landers' comedy, "Crashing Hollywood" (released in January 1938), he was co-director of photography with Murusaca. That same year, Redman was the D.P. on "Fugitives for a Night", starring Frank Albertson, Eleanor Lynn, Allan Lane, and directed by
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Pat Flaherty (actor)


Star is Born" (1937). One of Flaherty's most unusual roles was in Wheeler & Woolsey's "Off Again, On Again" (1937), in which his character finds his wife (played by actress Patricia Wilder) in a compromising position with Bert Wheeler; he does not pummel the hapless Wheeler as expected, but instead meekly apologizes for his wife's flirtatiousness. Pat Flaherty was married twice. His first wife was the former Dorothy Fiske. The couple had one child, Edmund Flaherty, Jr. who
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Edgbaston Priory Club


Whitsuntide tournament was attracting stars from around the globe including Grand Slam champions such as Helen Jacobs and Anita Lizana. Local talent also developed on the Priory's courts: Dorothy Round, the Wimbledon Champion of 1934 and 1937 who was born ten miles away in Dudley, won the Whitsuntide tournament five times in the 1920s and 1930s; future British No 1 Tony Mottram joined as a teenager in 1937 because "the Priory was a club with a powerful and competitive atmosphere." The same year "The Times" commented that "the
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Binnie Hale


Madam?" (1934, with Howes, who later starred in the film version), Anne in "Rise and Shine" (1936), and Cochran's Coronation revue "Home and Beauty" (1937). In 1937, she starred as Roszi in "Magyar Melody". In the 1940s, and through most of the 1950s, she played as the principal boy in pantomimes and appeared in and variety shows, musicals such as "Up and Doing" (1940) and "Flying Colours" (1941
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Jean Gale


), starring Spencer Tracy. That same year she was selected as one of thirteen girls chosen to be "WAMPAS Baby Stars", the last year that "WAMPAS" made such selections. Although it appeared that Jean's acting career would take off, it never did. She only had three film roles, first is "Bottom's Up"(1934), second is a "A Star Is Born" (1937), third is "Girl from Avenue A" (1940), all of which were uncredited. Then
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Trocadero (Los Angeles)


was featured in the 1937 movie "A Star is Born" starring Janet Gaynor and Fredric March. It was also parodied in the 1938 Warner Bros. cartoon, "Porky at the Crocadero". The club also received a brief mention, via actual film footage, in 1944's "What's Cookin' Doc?". There was a mid-1940s low-budget film about the Trocadero and its history starring Ralph Morgan which bore little relation to reality. The Trocadero is mentioned in James Ellroy's "Perfidia", the night
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Charles "Buddy" Rogers


Picture Arts and Sciences honored Rogers in 1986 with The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. A Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars was dedicated to him in 1993. On June 24, 1937, Rogers became the third husband of silent film actress Mary Pickford. Their romance had begun in 1927, when they co-starred in "My Best Girl", but they kept it on ice until Pickford's separation and 1936 divorce from Douglas Fairbanks. The couple adopted two children—Roxanne (born 1944, adopted in
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Thommy Berggren


Thommy Berggren, né Tommy William Berggren (born 12 August 1937) is a Swedish actor. He is known for having starred in several films directed by Bo Widerberg, and was often considered as one of the foremost Swedish film and theatre actors from the early 1960s to the mid-2000s when he retired. He starred in the Oscar nominated "Raven's End" (1963), directed by Widerberg. He also starred in the 1992 "Sunday's Children", which was directed by Daniel Bergman and written by Ingmar Bergman.
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Alex McCrindle


Alex McCrindle (3 August 1911 – 20 April 1990) was a British actor. He was best known for his role as General Jan Dodonna in "Star Wars". McCrindle was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He began his acting career in 1937 starring in minor roles in UK Television. From 1946 to 1951 he played the role of Jock Anderson in "Dick Barton – Special Agent". In 1951 he starred in his first film in the USA, "The House in the Square". From there his acting
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A Star Is Born (2018 film)


the project was delayed due to Beyoncé's pregnancy. Previous remakes of the original 1937 film included the 1954 musical and 1976 rock musical. Furthermore, the 2013 Bollywood romance film "Aashiqui 2" was inspired by "A Star is Born" but was not a remake. Talks with Christian Bale, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Cruise, Johnny Depp, and Will Smith to play the male lead failed to come to fruition. On October 9, 2012, Beyoncé left the project, and it was reported that Bradley Cooper was in
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"The New Yorker" called it "a pleasant movie" with "many nice touches." On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film received an approval rating of 100% based on 11 reviews, with an average rating of 7.5/10. By the end of 1939 the film had earned a profit of $181,000. At the 10th Academy Awards, "A Star is Born" was nominated in seven categories, winning in one. Wellman won the award for original story, the only Oscar he was to win during
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The Man Who Could Work Miracles


The Man Who Could Work Miracles is a black-and-white 1937 British fantasy-comedy film directed by the German-born American director Lothar Mendes. Reputedly the best-known of Mendes' 20 films, it's a greatly expanded version of H. G. Wells’s short story of the same name and stars Roland Young with a cast of supporting players including Sir Ralph Richardson and in a London Films production from the famous Hungarian-born British producer, Sir Alexander Korda. H.G. Wells himself worked on the adaptation, the
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Malcolm Craven


Malcolm Craven (born 1915) was a British motorcycle speedway rider who rode before and after World War II. Craven was born in Ilford, Essex in 1915. He had a trial for Norwich Stars in 1937 but was rejected by Max Grosskreutz. After practising at the Dagenham track he was spotted by his childhood hero, the former Wembley Lions rider Colin Watson, who took him to Wembley for a trial, after which he was signed by Alec Jackson. He was loaned to the Birmingham Bulldogs for whom he finished the season
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Star Begotten


Star Begotten is a 1937 novel by H. G. Wells. It tells the story of a series of men who conjecture upon the possibility of the human race being altered, by genetic modification, by Martians to replace their own dying planet. The first (British) edition of this novel gives the title as two words: "Star Begotten". The title is hyphenated in the first U.S. edition: "Star-Begotten". The book readdresses the idea of the existence of Martians, which Wells had written about in "
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Sheila Fischman


Sheila Leah Fischman, (born 1 December 1937) is a Canadian translator who specializes in the translation of works of contemporary Quebec literature. Born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, she was brought up in Ontario. She holds an M.A. from the University of Toronto. Fischman is a former editor of the "Montreal Star"s book section, as well as a columnist for "The Globe and Mail" and the "Montreal Gazette" and a broadcaster for CBC Radio. She is a founding member of the Literary Translators' Association of
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A Star Is Born (2018 film)


rehab therapist Carl. Rebecca Field portrays Gail, while Michael Harney portrays Wolfie, a friend of Lorenzo. Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real appear as Jackson's band, Eddie Griffin appears as a local preacher and Luenell appears as a cashier. Marlon Williams, Brandi Carlile, Halsey, Alec Baldwin, and Don Roy King cameo as themselves. In January 2011, it was announced that Clint Eastwood was in talks to direct Beyoncé in a third American remake of the 1937 film "A Star Is Born"; however,
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Julie Yeh Feng


Ye Feng (; born 19 October 1937), known professionally as Julie Yeh Feng, is an actress, singer and businesswoman. She starred in various films throughout the 1950s and 1960s, and is considered to have been one of Hong Kong's biggest stars of the period. Born as Wang Jiuling, Ye's family moved to Taiwan in 1948. She was cast in a 1954 film in Taiwan that never reached production, after which the directors Li Han-hsiang and Li Zuyong recommended her and she was signed to Motion Pictures
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Nee Jathaga Nenundali


Nee Jathaga Nenundali (English: "A star is born") is a 2014 Telugu romantic musical drama film directed by Jaya Ravindra. It is an official remake of 2013 Hindi film "Aashiqui 2 , which in turn is an adaptation of A star is born 1937'. The name is taken from the song of the same name from the 2014 film, "Yevadu". Sachiin J Joshi, Nazia Hussain and Rao Ramesh are in lead roles. The film received mixed responses from public. Raghava Jairam (Sachiin J
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A Star Is Born (1937 film)


, mentioning that she was discovered several months after the picture had finished production. "A Star is Born", sung by Buddy Clark with the orchestra of Eddy Duchin. The lyrics were written by Dorothy Dick to the music of Max Steiner. Contemporary reviews were very positive. Frank S. Nugent of "The New York Times" called the film "one of the year's best shows" as well as "good entertainment by any standards, including the artistic, and convincing proof that Hollywood need not travel to Ruritania for
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A Star Is Born (1976 film)


". Kristofferson's then-wife Rita Coolidge and Tony Orlando appear briefly as themselves. The earlier films had portrayed the behind-the-scenes world of Hollywood filmmaking. However, this version adapted the story to the music business. For example, the 1937 and 1954 films each portrayed the lead female character winning an Academy Award, while the 1976 and 2018 versions depicted the heroine winning a Grammy Award instead. "A Star Is Born" was co-produced by Streisand and her then-partner Jon Peters for Barwood
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Harry Statham


with 1,000 or more wins are Pat Summitt, Danny Miles, Mike Krzyzewski, Herb Magee, Tara VanDerveer, Geno Auriemma, and Sylvia Hatchell. On March 7, 2012, Statham was named as one of the coaches on the NAIA 75th Anniversary All-Star Team. Statham was born on May 29, 1937 in Brookport, Illinois. His father, Harry Statham Sr., died of pneumonia and was buried on the day Statham was born. Statham was raised by his mother and his grandfather, Rufus Dye, who
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Sonny Boy Williamson II


a major blues star who had already released dozens of successful and widely influential records under the name "Sonny Boy Williamson" from 1937 onward, Miller would later claim to have been the first to use the name. Some blues scholars believe that Miller's assertion he was born in 1899 was a ruse to convince audiences he was old enough to have used the name before John Lee Williamson, who was born in 1914. In 1949, Williamson relocated to West Memphis, Arkansas, and lived with his sister and her husband,
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Jack Hively


films as "Success at Any Price" and "Where Sinners Meet". Other notable films which Hively edited include: "Annie Oakley" (1935), starring Barbara Stanwyck; the 1936 comedy "Smartest Girl in Town", starring Gene Raymond and Ann Sothern; "The Man Who Found Himself" (1937), which marked the starring debut for Joan Fontaine; Garson Kanin's 1938 comedy, "Next Time I Marry", starring Lucille Ball, James Ellison, and Lee Bowman; and the second installment
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Sweeney Schriner


the league in scoring. Additionally, the Canadian Press voted him to the First All-Star Team for the season. He again led the league in scoring in 1936–37, with 46 points, and was named to the Second All-Star Team. Prior to the start of the 1937–38 NHL season, Schriner played for the NHL All-Stars at the Howie Morenz Memorial Game. The game was a fundraiser to support the family of Howie Morenz, a Montreal Canadiens star who died due to complications following a broken leg suffered
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A Star Is Born (1937 film)


extra, but so many others have had the same idea that the casting agency has stopped accepting applications. Esther is told that her chances of becoming a star are one in 100,000. She befriends a new resident at her boarding house, assistant director Danny McGuire, himself out of work. When Danny and Esther go to a concert to celebrate Danny's employment, Esther has her first encounter with Norman Maine, an actor she admires greatly. Norman has been a major star for years, but his alcoholism has sent his career
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Anthony Hopkins


, "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (1992), "Legends of the Fall" (1994), "Meet Joe Black" (1998), "The Mask of Zorro" (1998), and "Thor" and its sequels. In 2015, he starred in the BBC television film "The Dresser", and in 2016 and 2018, he starred in the HBO television series "Westworld". Hopkins was born on New Year's Eve, 1937, in Margam, a suburb of Port Talbot,
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Marsha Hunt (actress, born 1917)


Century Fox. In 1937, she starred opposite John Wayne, a couple of years prior to his breakthrough in Hollywood, in the Western film "Born to the West". The studio terminated Hunt's contract in 1938, and she spent a few years starring in B-films produced by poverty row studios such as Republic Pictures and Monogram Pictures. She also headed to New York City for work in summer stock theatre shortly before winning a supporting role in MGM's "These Glamour Girls" (1939) opposite Lana Turner
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Jim McKrell


James MacKrell (born October 12, 1937) is an American television personality, best known for emceeing television game shows such as "Celebrity Sweepstakes" and "The Game Game". He was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. Published variations of his name include James MacKrell, Jim McKrell and James McKrell. Jim McKrell's broadcast career has spanned five decades and has included every aspect of communications from local and network commercials to hosting specials to guest starring in popular series and features. McKrell was the host and star of the
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The Broken Melody (1937 film)


"The Squatter's Daughter". The movie was to be the first of five movies made by Cinesound Productions for a total cost of ₤100,000. American star Lloyd Hughes, who previously appeared in "Lovers and Luggers" for Cinesound, returned to Australia to play the male lead. Regular female Cinesound star Ann Richards was not cast the film as she was exhausted after making three films back to back. Filming started in September 1937, with the elaborate cabaret scene shot first. Future Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam was a law
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Dan Fortmann


1935 season, he was selected to play in multiple all-star games, including the East–West Shrine Game (January 1, 1937) and the Chicago College All-Star Game (September 1, 1937). Dick Hanley, who coached Fortmann in the Shrine Game, praised Fortmann as a great blocker and urged Chicago Bears owner George Halas to sign Fortmann. In addition to playing football, Fortmann was also an outstanding student at Colgate. He received straight A's as a pre-med student and graduated with
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Eleanor Powell


known as one of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's top dancing stars during the Golden Age of Hollywood in a series of musical vehicles tailored especially for her talents, such as "Born to Dance" (1936), "Broadway Melody of 1938" (1937) and "Rosalie" (1937). In 1965, she was named the World’s Greatest Tap Dancer by the Dance Masters of America. Powell was born in Springfield, Massachusetts to Clarence Gardner Powell and Blanche Torrey. A dancer since childhood, she was
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David O. Selznick


with his own studio. In 1935 he realized that goal by leasing RKO Culver City Studios & back lot, formed Selznick International Pictures, and distributed his films through United Artists. His successes continued with classics such as "The Garden of Allah" (1936), "The Prisoner of Zenda" (1937), "A Star Is Born" (1937), "Nothing Sacred" (1937), "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" (1938), "The Young in Heart" (1938),
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Brian Donlevy


Victor McLaglen. He went back to starring in a "B", "Born Reckless" (1937). He was in "In Old Chicago" (1938) and was teamed with Victor McLaglen in "Battle of Broadway" (1938) and "We're Going to Be Rich" (1938). Donlevy starred in "Sharpshooters" (1938) and was the lead villain in the studio's prestigious "Jesse James" (1939). Paramount used Donlevy in a key role in Cecil B. De Mille
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Chesty Morgan


Chesty Morgan, real name Liliana Wilczkowska and also known as Lillian Stello (born October 15, 1937) is a Polish-born, retired exotic dancer of Jewish descent, who also starred in two films directed by Doris Wishman. Morgan was billed as having a 73-inch bust measurement. Morgan was born Liliana Wilczkowska As a young girl growing up near Warsaw, Poland, she was orphaned when her Jewish parents were killed by the Nazis after the Invasion of Poland. Sent to Israel, she lived in a series of orphanages before
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Star Market


Market to support his mother and sisters. In the early 1930s, Stephen hired his first cousin, John M. Mugar, who later became president and chairman of Star Market. The second Star Market opened in Newtonville in 1932, and the third store opened in Wellesley in 1937. John Mugar joined Stephen Mugar in management, but had to leave to serve in the U.S. Navy during World War II. After the war ended, John Mugar returned to the management of Star Market. With wartime restrictions and shortages over, Stephen and
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Nazism and cinema


exist. Various Nazi leaders denounced the star system as a Jewish invention. However, in order to improve the image of Nazi Germany, Goebbels made great efforts to form a star system. After Marlene Dietrich and Greta Garbo had gone to Hollywood and could not be persuaded to serve the National Socialist film industry as figureheads, new film stars were promoted. The best-known example is the Swedish actress Zarah Leander who was hired in 1937 by Ufa and became the most prominent and highest-paid German film star in only a
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Robert Phalen


Robert Phalen (born May 10, 1937) is an American actor who starred in films and on television. He was born in San Francisco, California, where he attended George Washington High School, was active in the school's drama club, and served as student body president. His early stage work includes his membership in San Francisco's Actor's Workshop, where he played a variety of roles in the early 1960s, including Mick in Harold Pinter's The Caretaker. He was in the 1978 hit horror movie "Halloween
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Sheffield Star


Times", then from 1898 to October 1937 as the "Yorkshire Telegraph and Star". In 1931, it took over the "Sheffield Mail", which had been its main rival since 1920. From 1937 to November 1938, the newspaper became the "Telegraph & Star", and finally, from 14 November 1938 was known as "The Star". In April 1989, the newspaper published false reports about the Hillsborough disaster which occurred in the city and in which 96 Liverpool F.C. fans were fatally injured at an
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Vivacious Lady


Stewart's earliest starring roles. Ginger Rogers recommended Stewart as her leading man in this film. Although neither actor collaborated on any prior work, the two were dating at the time. After four days of shooting in April 1937, Stewart became ill, but then left to star in "Of Human Hearts". RKO considered replacing Stewart, but shelved the production until December 1937. Actors Donald Crisp and Fay Bainter, who were cast in the original production, were replaced by Charles Coburn and Beulah Bondi. The film made
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For Valour (1937 film)


For Valour is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Tom Walls and starring Walls, Ralph Lynn and Veronica Rose. It was made at Shepperton Studios, with sets designed by Oscar Werndorff. Unlike previous films starring Walls and Lynn, it was based on an original screenplay rather than one of the Aldwych Farces. Both Walls and Lynn played dual roles of two Boer War veterans and their son and grandson respectively. It was the last time the two actors, who had been one of the most popular film comedy teams of the
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1937 Major League Baseball All-Star Game


The 1937 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the fifth playing of the mid-summer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 7, 1937, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C., the home of the Washington Senators of the American League. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 8–3. The game, watched by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, is remembered
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Your Name Here (2015 film)


one-third portraits or snapshots of the aspiring thespians who appear in the film, one-third original material from "A Star is Born (1937 film)" and one-third reenactments of scenes from the original Hollywood classic. "I was expecting this to be a learning experience and when I went through the class I thought I sucked — I was convinced that I had blown it," said Larry Schaffer, one of the students who appears in the film. "It's so cool that this is a
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Dorice Fordred


(both 1928), both short films, now lost, based in stories by H. G. Wells, and both starring Elsa Lanchester and Charles Laughton; "The Silent Passenger" (1935); "As You Like It" (1936), starring Laurence Olivier; "Knight Without Armour" (1937), starring Marlene Dietrich; "The Nursemaid Who Disappeared" (1939); "Stolen Life" (1939); "John Smith Wakes Up" (1940); and "The Skin Game" (
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Beverly Roberts


"The Singing Kid", in which she appeared opposite Al Jolson. That same year she starred opposite Humphrey Bogart in "Two Against the World". In 1937, she starred in "God's Country and the Woman", Warners' first Technicolor film, in which she starred opposite George Brent. From 1937 to 1939 she starred in sixteen films. In Hollywood she was a friend of Humphrey Bogart, Spencer Tracy, Pat O'Brien and George Jessel. She and Errol Flynn signed with Warner Bros. on exactly the same
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May Robson


Karenina" (1935), Aunt Elizabeth in "Bringing Up Baby" (1938), Aunt Polly in "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" (1938), and a sharp-tongued Granny in "A Star Is Born" (1937). Robson was top-billed as late as 1940, starring in "Granny Get Your Gun" at age 82. Her last film was 1942's "Joan of Paris". In 1933, Robson was nominated for an Academy Award at age 75 in the Best Actress
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Vsevolod Balitsky


Vsevolod Apollonovych Balytsky (; ; 27 November 1892 – 27 November 1937) was a Commissar of State Security 1st Class (equivalent to Four-star General) of the NKVD and a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Balytsky was born in Verkhnodniprovsk, Yekaterinoslav Governorate. He directed the NKVS of Ukraine during the Great Famine. On 11 May 1937, he was transferred to the Far East, becoming Commander of the NKVD. During the Great Purge he was arrested on 7 July 1937. Later
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Asif Nawaz


General Asif Nawaz Janjua (  3 January 1937 – 8 January 1993)., , , ), was a four star rank army general in the Pakistan Army who served as the fourth Chief of Army Staff from 16 August 1991 until 8 January 1993. His tenure is regarded of stabilizing the civilian control of the Pakistani military, and is one of two chief of staff who died in the office- the other being Adm. H.H. Ahmed in 1975. Asif Nawaz was born in a small village, the Chakri Rajgan, which was located
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J. Robert Bren


for films, the first of which was the 20th Century Fox film, "Looking for Trouble", starring Spencer Tracy and Jack Oakie. He was also one of the story authors for "The Band Plays On" (1933), starring Robert Young. In 1937 he was one of three writers who expanded an unpublished Damon Runyon story which was turned into the screenplay for "Racing Lady", which starred Ann Dvorak, Smith Ballew, and Harry Carey. Bren was one of the writers of the screenplay for "
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