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Ugo Betti
Ugo Betti , 1892-1953, Italian dramatist and poet. He was a judge by profession. His earliest published works were two volumes of poetry (1922 and 1932), but he is remembered for his dramas. He wrote 27 plays. Among the most notable were La padrona [the mistress] (1927), Frano allo scalo nord [l... Read more
Betty Naomi Friedan
Betty Naomi Friedan 1921-2006, American social reformer and feminist, b. Peoria, Ill. as Bettye Goldstein, educated at Smith College (B.A., 1942) and the Univ. of California at Berkeley. A suburban housewife and sometime writer, in 1963 she published The Feminine Mystique, attacking the then-popu... Read more
National Organization for Women
National Organization for Women (NOW), group founded (1966) to support "full equality for women in America in a truly equal partnership with men." Its founder and first president was feminist leader Betty Friedan , author of The Feminine Mystique (1963). Through a program of legislative lobb... Read more
Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton 1908?-2002, African-American vibraphonist and bandleader, b. Louisville, Ky. When his family moved to Chicago c.1916, the young Hampton began playing drums in a newsboys' band. He moved to Los Angeles as a teenager and became a drummer in saxophonist Les Hite's band. Encouraged by Lo... Read more
lamp
lamp originally a vessel for holding oil or some combustible substance that could be burned through a wick for illumination; the term has been extended to other lighting devices. Stones, shells, and other objects of suitable shape were used for burning oil in the Paleolithic period. In Egypt and th... Read more
feminism
feminism movement for the political, social, and educational equality of women with men; the movement has occurred mainly in Europe and the United States. It has its roots in the humanism of the 18th cent. and in the Industrial Revolution. Feminist issues range from access to employment, education,... Read more
tragedy
tragedy form of drama that depicts the suffering of a heroic individual who is often overcome by the very obstacles he is struggling to remove. The protagonist may be brought low by a character flaw or, as Hegel stated, caught in a "collision of equally justified ethical aims." See also ... Read more
Nobel Prizes
Nobel Prizes Nobel Prizes Year Peace Chemistry Physics Physiology or Medicine Literature 1901 J. H. Dunant Frédéric Passy J. H. van't Hoff W. C. Roentgen E... 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

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Hello, Dolly!
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...s stylish staging alone. The popularity of the title song and a succession of star Dollys (including Ginger Rogers, Betty Grable, Pearl Bailey , and Ethel Merman ) immeasurably enhanced the musical's success, helping the David Merrick production... Read more
Ball, Lucille
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...flew as to the color's origin, including one that Ball decided upon the dye job in an effort to somehow rival actress Betty Grable.) It was on the set of a small film, Dance, Girl, Dance, that Lucille Ball first met her future husband, Cuban bandleader... Read more
SIC 2342 Brassieres, Girdles, and Allied Garments
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries ...the way from the World War I boyish look epitomized by the flappers, to the very womanly figure of such pinup girls as Betty Grable and Jane Russell during World War II. Even though the fabrics used to make bras and girdles — silk, cotton, and... Read more
Lucille Ball
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...rumors flew as to the color's origin, including one that Lucy decided upon the dye job in an effort to somehow rival Betty Grable.) It was on the set of an innocuous film, Dance, Girl, Dance, that Lucille Ball first met her future husband, Cuban... Read more
Miranda, Carmen
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...She also made her first film for a Hollywood studio, the musical romance Down Argentine Way , starring Don Ameche and Betty Grable. Miranda was cast as herself in the 1940 release, which was one of the first musicals filmed entirely on location, in... Read more

Dictionary entries related to " Betty Grable"

Grable, Betty
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers GRABLE, Betty Nationality: American. Born: Ruth Elizabeth...Venus , New York, 1973. Warren, Doug, Betty Grable, The Reluctant Movie Queen , New York, 1981. Pastos, Spero, Pin-Up: The Tragedy of Betty Grable , New York, 1986. Billman, Larry, Betty... Read more
Wasserman, Lew
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...branch office for motion picture talent. Within ten years, he had assembled a roster of talent headed by such stars as Betty Grable, Bette Davis, Billy Wilder, Gene Kelly, Alfred Hitchcock, Joan Crawford, Jimmy Stewart, and Ronald Reagan, and had ascended... Read more
Johnson, Nunnally
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Stempel, Tom, Screenwriter: The Life and Times of Nunnally Johnson , San Diego, California, 1980. Hulse, Ed, The Films of Betty Grable , Burbank, 1995. On JOHNSON: articles — Bluestone, George, on The Grapes of Wrath in Movies into Film , Baltimore... Read more
Pan, Hermes
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Heine and in water for Esther Williams. All in all, Hermes Pan provided the routines for 55 films, and other notable dancers who appeared in his films included Juliet Prowse, Cyd Charisse, and Betty Grable. Together with Astaire, Hermes Pan changed Read more

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Lloyd's lands.(Wall Street West)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal; 8/23/2004; ; 65 words ; Lloyd's of London, the specialized insurance company that earned fame for insuring Betty Grable's legs for $1 million, has opened its first office in Los Angeles with the intention of increasing its presence on the West Coast... Read more
(book review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Popular Film and Television; 9/22/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...York: Random House, 1998. 450 pp. $27.95 cloth. As publicity stunts, Hollywood studios insured Jimmy Durante's nose and Betty Grable's legs. However, it is not for publicity that the Walt Disney Company has a $100 million insurance policy on its CEO... Read more
The Opposite of God (November 12, 1998).
Magazine article from: The Literary Review; 9/22/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...Mother disappeared for 25 years from the very alive Betty Grable, who abandoned her five children, before and after she...the Virgin Mary, but I can't help read the caption as Betty Grable Bored out of her Mind. And I hope the opposite of God... Read more
OBITUARIES.(Vitals)(Obituary)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 2/24/2004; 643 words ; ...September of 1937. He died in May of 1945. She married Gordon Grable on July 10, 1946. He died in 1970. She married Voleney Jones...Wash., shipyards during World War II. She owned and operated Grable's Gear and Machine Shop since 1946. She was an active member...and loving pioneer woman. Survivors include a ... Read more
Jack Costanzo: 'Mr. Bongo'. (bailarín y músico)(TA: dancer and musician)(Interview)
Magazine article from: Latin Beat Magazine; 9/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...a career out of the tiny twin hand drums. From Stan Kenton, The Lecuona Cuban Boys, Nat King Cole, Harry james & Betty Grable, Frank Sinatra, and countless more, Costanzo has earned the crown of Mr. Bongo. While he acknowledges the Cuban masters... Read more
Risky Business: An Insider's Account of the Disaster at Lloyd's of London.(Review)
Magazine article from: Washington Monthly; 11/1/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...buttons and where policies are written on all sorts of oddball risks that no one else has the imagination to insure: Betty Grable's legs, Bob Feller's fastball, the Space Shuttle, offshore oil rigs, and the Dallas Cowboys. This is the quaint Lloyd... Read more
El Clásico Hollywood, Un Lugar Genuino.(TT: Classic Hollywood, a genuine place.)(Artículo Breve)
Magazine article from: Automundo Magazine; 9/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...concreto mojado durante la gran inauguración del teatro. Muy pronto todas las estrellas (Clark Gable, Gary Cooper, Betty Grable, etc.) imitaron su experiencia. Sin embargo el espacio es limitado y hoy en día es tan difícil tener este... Read more
Carol Burnett. (celebrity actress comedienne) (Interview)
Magazine article from: Interview; 10/1/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...movies with my girlfriends and I'd say, O.K., I'll be Betty Grable and you be . . . Then, when I'd grown up and gotten my own show, all of a sudden I could be Betty Grable, and I could be Lana Turner, and I could be Hedy Lamarr... Read more
The wizard of Oz. (Stanley Theater, now Benedum Center for the Performing Arts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
Magazine article from: Doors and Hardware; 6/1/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...house, the Stanley showcased some of the era's brightest stars. Judy Garland, Jack Benny, Frank Sinatra, Jean Harlow, Betty Grable, Tom Mix, Jackie Coogan, Edie Cantor, Ray Bolger and Orson Wells appeared there. In 1939, Ronald Reagan performed with... Read more
Military sees red over blue material.(Business)(An adult store's campaign to send pornography to U.S. soldiers deployed in Iraq could get the troops in trouble)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 10/6/2004; 700+ words ; ...wouldn't include the famous World War II pinup photo of Betty Grable looking gamely over her shoulder, because she is not engaged in the prohibited activities, the major said. Betty Grable is OK. The military's smut list fairly well sums up... Read more