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Garson Kanin
Garson Kanin , 1912-99, American director and writer, b. Rochester, N.Y.; grad. American Academy of Dramatic Arts, 1933. He worked as a saxophonist, comedian, and actor before becoming (1935) an assistant to director George Abbott . During the following years he wrote or directed more than 30 plays... Read more
Ruth Gordon
Ruth Gordon 1896-1985, American actress and playwright, b. Wollaston, Mass. From her debut as Nibs in Peter Pan (1915), Gordon's career encompassed broad stage and film experience. Among the plays she wrote are Over Twenty-One, Years Ago, and The Leading Lady. She and her husband, the playwri... Read more
Louis Botha
Louis Botha , 1862-1919, South African soldier and statesman. A Boer (Afrikaner), he participated in the founding (1884) of the New Republic, which joined (1888) the Transvaal. Although Botha had little previous military experience, he brilliantly commanded Boer troops in the South African War. He b... Read more
Truman Capote
Truman Capote , 1924-84, American author, b. New Orleans as Truman Streckfus Persons. During his lifetime, the witty, diminutive writer was a well-known public personage, hobnobbing with the rich and famous and frequently appearing in the popular media, before he lapsed into alcoholism in his final ... Read more
Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey 1954-, African-American television host, actress, and media magnate, b. Kosciusko, Miss., as Orpah Gail Winfrey, grad. Tennessee State Univ. (1976). She began her career as a Nashville radio reporter at age 17, worked in television news at 19, and moved (1976) to Baltimore to coanchor... Read more
Germaine Greer
Germaine Greer 1939-, Australian feminist and writer. She moved to England (1964), earned a Ph.D. from Cambridge, and taught at the Univ. of Warwick (1967-73). Her book The Female Eunuch (1970), an analysis of attitudes toward women and a call for an end to sexual repression, made her a leading s... 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
Reign of Terror
Reign of Terror 1793-94, period of the French Revolution characterized by a wave of executions of presumed enemies of the state. Directed by the Committee of Public Safety, the Revolutionary government's Terror was essentially a war dictatorship, instituted to rule the country in a national emerg... Read more
Quebec
Quebec , Fr. Québec , province (2001 pop. 7,237,479), 594,860 sq mi (1,553,637 sq km), E Canada. Geography Quebec is bounded on the N by Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay, on the E by the Labrador area of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, on the S by New Brunswick ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to " Greer Garson"

William Wyler
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Barrymore, Henry Fonda, Barbra Streisand, Charlton Heston, Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Huston, Kirk Douglas, and Greer Garson. All told, 14 actors received Academy Award nominations in Wyler films, which remains a Hollywood record. Many of these... Read more
Santa Fe: Recreation
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States ...Renaissance melodies and avant-garde compositions. Students at the College of Santa Fe stage their productions in the Greer Garson Theatre. Their season, which runs from October to May, consists of several presentations of four plays. Santa Fe Playhouse... Read more

Dictionary entries related to " Greer Garson"

Garson, Greer
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers GARSON, Greer Nationality: American. Born: County Down...Broadway; 1990 — completion of Greer Garson Communications Center and Studio, College...Buzzell) (as guest); A Report from Miss Greer Garson (Whitebeck — short for March of... Read more
Greer
Book article from: A Dictionary of First Names Greer ♀ Transferred use of the Scottish surname, which originated in the Middle Ages from a contracted form of Gregor . It has become known as a girl's name in the English-speaking world through the fame of the actress Greer Garson (1908–96), whose mother's maiden name it was. Variant : Grier . Read more
Mrs. Miniver
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...director: Urie McCleary; music: Herbert Stothart. Cast: Greer Garson ( Mrs. Miniver ); Walter Pidgeon ( Clem Miniver ); Teresa...Review (New York), February 1950. Luft, Herbert G., "Greer Garson," in Films in Review (New York), March 1961. Hanson... Read more

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Bastard means Hollywood agent. (the demise of social pressure and responsible behavior) (column)
Magazine article from: National Review; 11/4/1991; ; 700+ words ; ...started with a 1941 movie, Blossoms in the Dust, starring Greer Garson as Edna Gladney, the Texas woman who campaigned to have...because of Edna Gladney and our memories of the glamorous Greer Garson in the movie role, girls of my generation grew up saying... Read more
Goodbye, Mr. Chips.(Movie Review)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 12/13/2005; 58 words ; ...adaptation of the James Hilton novella, directed by Sam Wood. It's a charmer, with just the right amount of sentimentality; it warms you up without making you feel you've been had. Greer Garson play's the woman who turns Chips into a great teacher. Read more
It happened in New Mexico, 2d ed.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 2/1/2009; 113 words ; ...chronological order from the archaeological discovery of Folsom Man (who lived in 9000 B.C.) to the 1996 death of actress Greer Garson, a famous Pecos resident. A section on New Mexico facts and trivia is also presented, and a bibliography is included... Read more
The real Mrs Miniver: Jan Struther's story. (Reviews).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 12/1/2001; 203 words ; ...reality, Mrs Maxtone Graham had developed into the opposite of the virtuous and prim matron so movingly portrayed by Greer Garson. During her wartime propaganda lecturing, she was carrying on an affair with a Viennese Jewish refugee while her husband... Read more
Culture vultures. (cultural tastes of presidential candidates)
Magazine article from: National Review; 11/25/1988; 287 words ; ...is Meryl Streep, Hollywood's epitome of feminist chic (we might have guessed this one), whereas Mr. Bush is sweet on Greer Garson, heroine of the wartime propaganda tearjerker Mrs. Miniver (wherever George was lately, it wasn't at the movies). Which... Read more
She changes in the end.(the bent pin)(Hillary Clinton)
Magazine article from: National Review; 2/25/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...No woman is illegal! This was her tin-ear version of Greer Garson's famous line in Blossoms in the Dust, the 1941 biopic...climactic scene in the state legislature, a plangent Garson is irresistible as she appeals to the assembled good... Read more
Pint and Chips at new pub.
Newspaper article from: Leigh Reporter (Leigh, England); 12/1/2006; 192 words ; ...Unlike the old cinema, the pub will be on one level to help it comply with modern disabled access laws. James Hilton was born in Twist Lane in 1900 and won an Oscar for his screenplay for 'Mrs Miniver', starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon. Read more
The quiet revolutionary: Amelia Morton Bishop: following is the story of a simple Texas housewife, mother, sometime denominational worker (especially in the Woman's Missionary Union-WMU), church volunteer, school teacher, university professor, and free-lance writer. (1) That woman, Amelia Morton Bishop, now lives in Austin, Texas. To our way of thinking, she is a quiet revolutionary.(Biography)
Magazine article from: Baptist History and Heritage; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...her friend's fur coat. Decked out in furs and star-struck, the girls saw numerous celebrities, including Cary Grant, Greer Garson, and Tyrone Power. After a year in California, Millie, tired of living in tinsel town and homesick for the South, moved... Read more
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO SCREEN ROMANCE?(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Interview; 3/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...1942's Random Harvest. The latter, from a James Hilton novel about a devoted married couple--Ronald Colman opposite Greer Garson--who are sundered by the man's amnesia, was one of the most satisfying pieces of tosh MGM ever produced. Although James... Read more
'The TV Set' not ready for playing in prime time.(ENTERTAINMENT)(Movie review)
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA); 6/16/2007; 506 words ; ...lm's producers get to its writer/director, Jake Kasden? `The TV Set' * * -1/2 A ThinkFilms release Rating: R for language Running time: 1 hour, 27 minutes ART: PHOTO CUTLINE: From left, Judy Greer, David Duchovny and Willie Garson star in The TV Set. Read more