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William Wyler
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...as Bette Davis, Gary Cooper, Laurence Olivier, Merle Oberon, John Barrymore, Henry Fonda, Barbra Streisand, Charlton Heston, Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Huston, Kirk Douglas, and Greer Garson. All told, 14 actors received...
National Rifle Association
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...1999, the NRA contributed some $8.4 million to political candidates sympathetic to its cause. The movie actor Charlton Heston, famed for his role as Moses in The Ten Commandments and for many other films, served as president of the NRA from...
Yakima Canutt
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...1940s, 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, but his best-known work is the chariot race in Ben-Hur (1959), starring Charlton Heston and Stephen Boyd. Yakima Canutt, was one of five children of John Lemuel Canutt, a rancher, and Nettie Ellen Canutt...

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Touch of Evil
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...designer: Bill Thomas. Cast: Charlton Heston (Ramon Miguel "Mike" Vargas...1985. Crowther, Bruce, Charlton Heston: The Epic Presence, London...Orson Welles, New York, 1995. Heston, Charlton, In The Arena: An Autobiography...
Redgrave, Vanessa
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Ears (Frears) (as Peggy Ramsay) 1988 Consuming Passions (Foster) (as Mrs. Garza); A Man for All Seasons (Charlton Heston—for TV) (as Alice More) 1990 Diceria dell'untore (The Plague Sowers ) (Cino) (as SisterCrucifix...
Basinger, Kim
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...x2014;for TV) (as Laury Medford); Hard Country (David Greene) (as Jodie Lynn Palmer) 1982 Mother Lode (Charlton Heston and Joe Canutt) (as Andrea Spalding) 1983 Never Say Never Again (Kershner) (as Domino Petachi); The Man Who...
Wyler, William
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...in Films and Filming (London), July 1957. Heston, Charlton, "The Questions No One Asks about Willy," in...William Wyler," in Film (London), Autumn 1963. Heston, Charlton, "Working with William Wyler," in Action (Los...

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male
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...is applied only to mature men; it suggests the vigor, muscularity, and forcefulness—and especially the sexual potency—associated with mature manhood (a virile man who looked like Charlton Heston in his youth).

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CHARLTON HESTON AND "THE BIBLE"
Transcript from: ABC Good Morning America; 11/10/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...0000 CHARLES GIBSON, Host: Charlton Heston is known for his larger-than...mortals. But in his new book, Charlton Heston Presents the Bible, he takes...had played. You played Moses. CHARLTON HESTON: Yes, actually Ben-Hur is...
Charlton Heston: A star of biblical proportion.(ETC.)
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA); 4/20/2008; 700+ words ; ...as badly as I did upon hearing Charlton Heston had died. After all, it had...camera didn't even look like Charlton Heston; he was noticeably frail and...is-up world was it where Charlton Heston could play a Mexican named Ramon...
CHARLTON HESTON AS YOU WON'T REMEMBER HIM
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 4/7/2008; ; 700+ words ; Charlton Heston, who has died at the age of 83, became...of a rugged frontiersman The actor Charlton Heston, who died on Saturday night, aged...family statement yesterday said: "Charlton Heston was seen by the world as larger than...
COMMENTARY: REMEMBERING CHARLTON HESTON
News Wire article from: United Press International; 8/19/2002; 700+ words ; ...0000 Commentary: Remembering Charlton Heston Aug 19, 2002 (United Press...loved you in ... So it is with Charlton Heston. In his presence I seem to nod...Errol Flynn and John Wayne and Charlton Heston. I thought, being cocky, that...
Charlton Heston: Film Icon, Conservative Artist
Transcript from: NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday; 4/6/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...Edition - Sunday 04-06-2008 Charlton Heston: Film Icon, Conservative Artist...and historical characters than Charlton Heston, who died at the age of 84 last...on his life. GLORIA HILLARD: Charlton Heston once commented that thanks to...
Charlton Heston.(Arts)(The 1997 Kennedy Center Honorees)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 11/30/1997; ; 700+ words ; Charlton Heston, perhaps the most rugged and enduring...president - well, holy Moses. It's Charlton Heston. He is in New York this sunny mid...for his new coffee-table book, "Charlton Heston Presents the Bible" (based on the...
Charlton Heston, dead at 84, left political, cinematic legacy
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 4/7/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...was heartbroken over Charlton Heston's death. President...statement that also noted Heston's involvement in the...against gun control. Charlton entertained millions...Planet of the Apes. Charlton Heston was seen by the world...
Charlton Heston played final role with usual dignity
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 4/7/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...Record (Bergen County, NJ) 04-07-2008 Charlton Heston played final role with usual dignity By...LOCAL Edtion: All Editions Biographical: CHARLTON HESTON LOS ANGELES — When Charlton Heston learned in July of 2002 that he had a neurological...
Charlton Heston to Leave NRA Presidency
News Wire article from: AP Online; 4/24/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...ORLANDO, Fla. [image omitted] Charlton Heston is making his last appearance...the NRA immeasurably to have Charlton Heston president of the NRA, said Wayne...Image Caption: NRA president Charlton Heston holds up a musket as he tells...
Charlton Heston: going from left to right - Brattle mini-fest shows actor's wide political spectrum
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 8/17/2007; ; 700+ words ; MOVIES Why was Charlton Heston pointing his trigger finger at Bob...peacekeeping mission. Or did she? "Charlton Heston's Apocalypse," a mini-festival...America would soon turn right, and Charlton Heston along with it. Yet these Brattle...