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Robert Redford
Robert Redford (Charles Robert Redford, Jr.), 1937-, American actor and director, b. Santa Monica, Calif. Blond, with a perennially boyish handsomeness and an appeal that has lasted several decades, he is one of Hollywood's superstars. He began his acting career in 1959, scoring his first big succe... Read more
Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson 1696-1772, American clergyman, educator, and philosopher, b. Guilford, Conn., grad. Collegiate School (now Yale), 1714; father of William Samuel Johnson . He became a Congregationalist minister, but in 1722 joined the Church of England. In 1724 he opened the first Anglican church in... Read more
Ikhnaton
Ikhnaton or Akhenaton [Egyptian,=Aton is satisfied], d. c.1354 BC, king of ancient Egypt (c.1372-1354 BC), of the XVIII dynasty; son and successor of Amenhotep III (see under Amenhotep I ). His name at his accession was Amenhotep IV, but he changed it to honor the god Aton. He is important for... Read more
Miami Beach
Miami Beach city (1990 pop. 92,639), Dade co., SE Fla., on an island between Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean; inc. 1915. It is connected to Miami by four causeways. Miami Beach is a popular year-round resort, famous for its "gold coast" hotel strip, palatial estates, and recreational facili... Read more
Sir Francis Darwin
Sir Francis Darwin 1848-1925, English botanist, assistant to his father, Charles Robert Darwin . He lectured in botany at Cambridge and was foreign secretary of the Royal Society and president of the British Association. He edited the Life and Letters of Charles Darwin (1887) and was knighted in... Read more
Robert Charles Benchley
Robert Charles Benchley 1889-1945, American humorist, b. Worcester, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1912. He was drama critic of Life (1920-29) and of The New Yorker (1929-40). Benchley was known for a series of short satirical films that he wrote, directed, and acted in himself. His books, which are ric... Read more
Charles Robert Leslie
Charles Robert Leslie , 1794-1859, English painter and writer, b. London. Educated in the United States, he returned to England to study art and to work. He painted incidents from literature and also executed portraits, including one of Dr. John Wakefield Francis at the Metropolitan Museum. Leslie i... Read more
Charles Robert Maturin
Charles Robert Maturin , 1782-1824, Irish author. A minister by vocation, he wrote novels in the manner of the Gothic horror tale of Ann Ward Radcliffe . They include The Fatal Revenge (1807), The Milesian Chief (1812), and his masterpiece Melmoth the Wanderer (1820). He wrote several tragedi... Read more
Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts 1860-1943, Canadian author, b. New Brunswick. He was the first Canadian to be knighted for his work as a writer. He wrote over 67 works, of which the best-known are Orion (1880), Divers Tones (1886), Selected Poems (1936), and other volumes of lyrics and idy... Read more
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Robert Redford
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Robert Redford When Robert Redford (born 1937) appeared in the 1969...intelligence and commercial success, Redford's successes in writing, directing...household name throughout the world. Charles Robert Redford, Jr. was born on August 18, 1937 in Santa Monica, California ... Read more
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...there. Steele MacKaye, Lawrence Barrett, Charles and Daniel Frohman , and David Belasco...The theories of its second director, Charles Jehlinger, were similar to those of Stanislavsky...Robinson , Spencer Tracy , Lauren Bacall , Robert Redford, Anne Bancroft , Hume Cronyn , Ruth Gordon... Read more
Boulder: Recreation
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States ...such as the baseball bat and glove used by alumnus Robert Redford in The Natural, as well as a moon rock on loan from...Collection, a state-owned collection of 5,000 pieces. The Charles A. Haertling Sculpture Park displays the work of such... Read more

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Redford, Robert
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers REDFORD, Robert Nationality: American. Born: Charles Robert Redford, Jr. in Santa Monica, California...exec pr) Publications By REDFORD: book — The Outlaw Trail , New York, 1978. By REDFORD: articles — Interview... Read more
Quiz Show Scandals
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...instant celebrities. One contestant, Charles Van Doren, reigned for fifteen...documentary programs during the 1960s. Robert Redford brought the quiz show scandal to...Van Doren did not cooperate with Redford on the film version and has never... Read more
Neill, Sam
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...credited as John Dermot) 1992 Hostage (Robert Young) (as John Rennie); Memoirs of an...Restoration (Michael Hoffman) (as King Charles II) 1997 Snow White (Cohn) (as Lord Friedrich...as title role); The Horse Whisperer (Redford) (as Robert MacLean) 1999 My Mother Frank (Lamprell... Read more
Williams, Lucinda
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 LUCINDA WILLIAMS Born: Lake Charles, Louisiana, 26 January, 1953 Genre...she got into blues greats including Robert Johnson. By the time she was twenty-o...soundtrack of the immensely successful Robert Redford film The Horse Whisperer (1997), became...homage to one of her musical heroes, ... Read more
Sutherland, Donald
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...the Revolution without Me (Yorkin) (as Charles/Pierre); Acte du Coeur ( Act of the Heart...Agar) 1979 Murder by Decree (Clark) (as Robert Lees); A Very Big Withdrawal ( A Man...Frank Lansing) 1980 Ordinary People (Redford) (as Calvin); Nothing Personal (Bloomfield...Angels ( The Road Home ) (Hudson) (as ... Read more

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"Van Doren" and "Redford." (what is wrong with director Robert Redford's film 'Quiz Show' about Columbia Univ professor Charles Van Doren and the TV game show scandal of the 1950s)
Magazine article from: National Review; 11/7/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...advanced by the Robert redford movie Quiz...respected Charles as an excellent...important. Robert Redford's opinion...was that Charles sought out...Doren becomes Charles. The process...producers, Robert Redford of Quiz Show... Read more
Commitment according to Eastwood and Redford.(Clint Eastwood and Robert Redford)
Magazine article from: Corrections Today; 4/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...actors, Clint Eastwood and Robert Redford, agreed to direct and star...glance, it would seem that Robert Walker's novel, set in the...characters (Francesca Johnson and Robert Kincaid in Bridges and Annie...The fictional characters, Robert and Fransesca, and Tom and... Read more
Lionel Hampton and Boys Choir of Harlem receive National Medal of Arts Award; Rita Dove receives Charles Frankel prize.
Magazine article from: Jet; 1/27/1997; 440 words ; ...choreographer, and teacher; Vera List, patron of the arts; Robert Redford, actor, director, and producer; Maurice Sendak, author...the National Medal of Arts, Clinton also presented the Charles Frankel Prize in Humanities to five outstanding recipients... Read more
(movie reviews)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 3/8/1995; ; 156 words ; Robert Redford has said that he views Charles Van Doren's exposure...critics have complained, Redford overstates the importance...concluded then, as does Redford in his film, that we...a bit overstated, but Redford's presentation of a more... Read more
Quiz Show. (motion picture)
Magazine article from: Cineaste; 1/1/1995; ; 700+ words ; With Robert Redford's Quiz Show, one of the most popular...Goodwin's Remembering America, director Redford and screenwriter Paul Attanasio depict...tarnished golden boy in the morality play is Charles Van Doren (Ralph Feinnes), once again...Committee on Legislative Oversight. Redford's eye for ... Read more
Shots in the dark: what the boxing movie does for the Oscars, the film world's equivalent of a title fight.(Movie Column)
Magazine article from: Interview; 3/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; Robert De Niro won the Best Actor Oscar for...Best Picture Oscar that year, or that Robert Redford eclipsed Scorsese as Best Director--which is not to denigrate Redford's aching domestic tragedy. One of the...been much mediated (most recently in Charles McGrath's New York Times article ... Read more
Child's play, too. (Children's films)
Magazine article from: Reason; 1/1/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...aging leading men--did their part to give Hollywood what is expected to be its biggest year ever at the box office. Robert Redford proved with Indecent Proposal that he can still excite women, provided he wears a tuxedo throughout the film. Clint... Read more
Quiz Show.
Magazine article from: National Review; 10/10/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...superproduction directed by Robert Redford, which deals with the famous...occurs is how able a filmmaker Robert Redford has become. With his screenwriter...the Washington Post - Mr. Redford has put together a solid...painful was the downfall of Charles Van Doren, son of Mark, ... Read more
A Good Man in Africa.
Magazine article from: National Review; 10/10/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...superproduction directed by Robert Redford, which deals with the famous...occurs is how able a filmmaker Robert Redford has become. With his screenwriter...the Washington Post - Mr. Redford has put together a solid...painful was the downfall of Charles Van Doren, son of Mark, ... Read more
No autographs, please!(General News)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 7/13/2003; 700+ words ; ...out. Tom Brokaw and Charles Osgood both live in...talent? Check out Robert Redford and Jack Lemmon, Robin...good seats, Eugene's Robert Redford says. Well, I normally...calls. That's why Redford has dropped the Robert in his phone book... Read more