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Sir David Lean
Sir David Lean 1908-91, English film director, producer, and scriptwriter, b. Croyden, England. He entered the film industry in the 1920s, and had become one of Britain's most accomplished film editors before turning to directing with In Which We Serve (1942, with Noël Coward ). His other e... Read more
Peter O'Toole
Peter O'Toole 1932-, British actor, b. Connemara, Ireland. A classical stage actor, he appeared (1955-58) with the Bristol Old Vic, debuted in London in 1956, and has played a variety of Shakespearean roles. Tall and handsome, he made his screen debut in The Savage Innocents (1959) and catapulted... Read more
Sir Noël Coward
Sir Noël Coward (Sir Noël Pierce Coward) , 1899-1973, English playwright, actor, composer, and director, b. Teddington, England. Coward first gained wide prominence in 1924 acting in his The Vortex. His name soon became synonymous with sophistication, wit, and a world-weary sentimental... Read more
Supreme Court Justices
Supreme Court Justices Supreme Court Justices (including dates on bench) Chief Justices John Jay 1789-95 John Rutledge 1795 Oliver Ellsworth 1796-1800 John Marshall 1801-35 R... Read more
Weir, Peter
WEIR, Peter Nationality: Australian. Born: Peter Lindsay Weir in Sydney, 8 August 1944. Education: Arts/Law coursework at University of Sydney. Family: Married Wendy Stiles, 1966, two children. Career: Worked for family real estate business, then joined television station ATN 7, Sydney... Read more
Ku Klux Klan
Ku Klux Klan , designation mainly given to two distinct secret societies that played a part in American history, although other less important groups have also used the name. The first Ku Klux Klan was an organization that thrived in the South during the Reconstruction period following the Civil ... Read more
Wales
Wales Welsh Cymru, western peninsula and political division (principality) of Great Britain (1991 pop. 2,798,200), 8,016 sq mi (20,761 sq km), west of England; politically united with England since 1536. The capital is Cardiff. Wales is bounded by the Irish Sea (N), by the Bristol Channel (S), by... Read more
motion pictures
motion pictures movie-making as an art and an industry, including its production techniques, its creative artists, and the distribution and exhibition of its products (see also motion picture photography ; Motion Picture Cameras under camera ). Origins Experiments in photographing mov... Read more
American literature
American literature literature in English produced in what is now the United States of America. Colonial Literature American writing began with the work of English adventurers and colonists in the New World chiefly for the benefit of readers in the mother country. Some of these early work... Read more
Washington
Washington state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. It is bordered by Idaho (E); Oregon, with the Columbia River marking much of the boundary (S); the Pacific Ocean (W); and the Canadian province of British Columbia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 68,192 sq mi (176,617 sq km), ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "David Lean"

Sir David Lean
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Sir David Lean 1908-91, English film director, producer...S. Lean (his wife) and B. Chattington, David Lean: An Intimate Portrait (2001); G. D. Phillips, Beyond the Epic: The Life and Films of David Lean (2006).
Lean, Sir David
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Lean, Sir David (1908–91) English film director. His early films, such...and Brief Encounter (1945), were collaborations with Noel Coward . Lean followed these with the Dickens’ adaptations, Great Expectations...
Paleolithic Diet
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine ...to have consisted largely of lean red meat and vegetation. Modern...such diets included much lean red meat from game, as well...Like a Caveman to Achieve a Lean, Strong, Healthy Body. New...Martin's Press, 1999. David Helwig
Noel Coward
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...East Diary (1945). In 1942 he wrote, codirected with David Lean, and acted in the motion picture In Which We Serve, which...British naval destroyer. He continued his collaboration with Lean on the filming of Blithe Spirit (1945) and on the scenario...
Coward, Noel
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...1945). In 1942 he wrote, acted, and codirected with David Lean in the movie In Which We Serve, which showed life aboard...small, highly armed warship). He continued to work with Lean on the film version of Blithe Spirit (1945) and on the...
Alec Guinness
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Guinness was five years old, his mother married a Scot named David Stiven and for a time Stiven became the boy's surname...Theodore Komisargevsky, Peter Brook, and, in film, David Lean. Guinness played in Gielgud's 1935 revival of Romeo...
The Constitution
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy The Constitution David Gray Adler There is no comprehensive grant of a foreign affairs authority...foreign relations powers, responsibilities, and duties. The relatively lean text, and the fact that it omits mention of particular powers, has...
Xokléng
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...decoys. The Xokl é ng traditionally lived in arched lean-tos, which were sometimes paired to make a hut. Today...the Highlands of Brazil. New York: Vintage Books. Hicks, David (1965). "A Comparative Study of the Kaing á ng and...
Peter O'Toole
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...his screen debut in The Savage Innocents (1959) and catapulted to stardom with his portrayal of T. E. Lawrence in David Lean 's desert epic Lawrence of Arabia (1962). He was a major star of the 1960s and early 70s, winning praise for performances...
Howard, Trevor
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...1916–88) English actor. Howard made his film debut in The Way Ahead (1944). His first major role was in David Lean's Brief Encounter (1945). Other films include Sons and Lovers (1960), Ryan's Daughter (1970), Kidnapped...

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Lean, David
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers LEAN, David Nationality: British. Born...Kael, Pauline, "Bolt and Lean," in New Yorker, 21 November...Harlan, and M. Sragow, "David Lean's Right of Passage...1985. Combs, Richard, "David Lean: Riddles of the Sphinx...
Lean Cuisine
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition Lean Cuisine Trade name for a range of frozen meals prepared to a specified energy content.
lean body mass
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition lean body mass Measure of body composition excluding fat, i.e. cells, extracellular fluid, and skeleton.
Great Expectations
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers GREAT EXPECTATIONS UK, 1946 Director: David Lean Production: Rank/Cineguild; black and white...Universal-International Pictures. Producer: David Lean; screenplay: David Lean and Ronald Neame with Anthony Havelock-Allan...
Brief Encounter
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...BRIEF ENCOUNTER UK, 1945 Director: David Lean Production: Cineguild; black and...screenplay: Noël Coward, David Lean, and Anthony Havelock-Allan...very different judgement. In 1944, David Lean made Brief Encounter, the most characteristic...
Neame, Ronald
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...producer at Cineguild with Noel Coward, David Lean and Anthony Havelock-Allen (company...Pratley, Gerald, The Cinema of David Lean, South Brunswick, New Jersey...Silver, Alain, and James Ursini, David Lean and his Films, London, 1974...
Lawrence of Arabia
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...LAWRENCE OF ARABIA UK, 1962 Director: David Lean Production: Horizon Pictures; color...Books: Pratley, G., The Cinema of David Lean, New York, 1974. Silver, Alain, and James Ursini, David Lean and His Films, New York, 1974...
Havelock-Allan, (Sir) Anthony
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...1942—cofounder, with David Lean and Ronald Neame, Cineguild, and...book— With Noel Coward and David Lean, Brief Encounter (screenplay...resulted in his forming Cineguild with David Lean and Ronald Neame, and he produced...
Bryan, John
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...1946 Great Expectations (Lean) 1947 Blanche Fury (All...Neame) 1948 Oliver Twist (Lean) (also set designer) 1949...Britain, London, 1985. Cook, David, A History of Narrative Film...Bryan's work with directors David Lean and Ronald Neame on films...
Arnold, Malcolm
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Breaking the Sound Barrier ) (Lean); Stolen Face (Fisher...Norman); Hobson's Choice (Lean); The Sea Shall Not Have Them...The Reckoning (Gold) 1970 David Copperfield (Delbert Mann...first notable score was for David Lean's The Sound Barrier...

Thesaurus entries related to "David Lean"

there
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...phrases, though sometimes useful, can also be the enemies of a lean writing style, as several commentators have observed—...letting it stand vigorously on its own feet.” (David Lambuth et al., The Golden Book on Writing ; 1964...

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`David Lean': as epic as the filmmaker
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 12/20/1996; ; 700+ words ; DAVID LEAN A Biography By Kevin Brownlow Wyatt/St. Martin's, 809 pp., illustrated, $40 David Lean never did anything small. From the...characters a stature to match the setting. In "David Lean: A Biography," the brilliant film...
Lean in the job shop: think "lean" doesn't apply if you don't have a product line? Think again.(LEAN THINKING)
Magazine article from: Fabricating & Metalworking; 2/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...certain problems with the application of lean tools in a job shop that we will have...ideas and suggestions on how to implement lean, and we will ultimately demonstrate to the shop owner that embracing lean will provide a true competitive advantage...
Lean in the job shop; Managing the lean transition: overcoming resistance to change.(LEAN THINHING)
Magazine article from: Fabricating & Metalworking; 4/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...number of key requirements for mounting a successful lean implementation. Above all, we suggested that the...company would have to be very knowledgeable about lean and committed to the lean journey. We concluded that, even given a high level...
The Missing Link: Lean Leadership
Magazine article from: Frontiers of Health Services Management; 10/1/2009; ; 700+ words ; SUMMARY * People often equate "Lean" with the tools that are used to create...represents at most 20 percent of the effort in Lean transformations. The other 80 percent...holding everyone accountable for meeting Lean commitments. This is accomplished through...
Lean talk doesn't equal lean walk.(In perspective)
Magazine article from: Manufacturing Business Technology; 4/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...senior executives are receptive to lean, the 2006 Lean Benchmark Study by AberdeenGroup...between those companies using certain lean tools versus those having successfully...recommended in The Balanced Scorecard by David Norton and Robert Kaplan. As lean...
LEAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE COMPILES SHORT LIST OF LANDMARK BOOKS.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 7/10/2001; 671 words ; ...manufacturing professionals, the Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI...essential knowledge about lean production's history and fundamental principles. "Lean thinkers have often asked...System to Mass Production, David Hounshell, Ford Methods and...
LEAN IN THE JOB SHOP.(Lean Thinking)
Magazine article from: Fabricating & Metalworking; 9/1/2007; 700+ words ; LEAN IN THE JOB SHOP By David Dixon THE TOP TEN SECRETS OF LEAN SUCCESS: HOW TO MAKE YOURLEAN IMPLEMENTATION WORK PART...years of assisting and watching companies try to implement lean, many ask us, "What are the pitfalls or barriers to...
Lean's birth centennial calls for recognition; Oversight hard to understand for director of many classics over four-decade career.(SHOW)(FROM THE VAULTS)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 3/28/2008; 700+ words ; ...WASHINGTON TIMES The centennial of David Lean's birth, on March 25, 1908, in...customary repertory places: not a single Lean title on Turner Classic Movies or...Institute Silver Theatre. The prowess of David Lean, who died in 1991, would have...
Lean manufacturing not a simple switch
Magazine article from: Central Penn Business Journal; 5/5/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...company's attempt to start lean manufacturing. Some workers...one of the first steps in the lean process, ESAB executives said...companies decide to implement lean methods, according to manufacturing...manufacturing facility," said David Wolf, Clean Burn's president...
LEAN IN THE JOB SHOP.(Lessons in Lean)
Magazine article from: Fabricating & Metalworking; 8/1/2007; 700+ words ; LEAN IN THE JOB SHOP By David Dixon THE TOP TEN SECRETS OF LEAN SUCCESS: HOW TO MAKE YOUR LEAN IMPLEMENTATION WORK PART I When we are in early discussions with a client company interested in launching a lean initiative, two questions inevitably...