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Jean Baptiste Colbert
Jean Baptiste Colbert , 1619-83, French statesman. The son of a draper, he was trained in business and was hired by Cardinal Mazarin to look after his financial affairs. On his deathbed, Mazarin recommended Colbert to King Louis XIV, who made him comptroller general of finances (1665). Colbert hel... Read more
Antoine Coysevox
Antoine Coysevox , 1640-1720, French sculptor. He enjoyed the patronage of Louis XIV and produced a great part of the sculpture at Versailles. His Winged Horses, at the entrance to the Tuileries gardens, and his portrait and memorial sculptures show free, vigorous, and original treatment. The bust... Read more
Gérard Edelinck
Gérard Edelinck , 1640-1707, French engraver, b. Antwerp. He is known for his faithful interpretations of the work of Raphael, Le Brun, Champaigne, and other masters and for his portraits of celebrities of the time, including Louis XIV, Colbert, La Fontaine, John Dryden, and Descartes. ... Read more
Rochefort
Rochefort or Rochefort-sur-Mer , city (1990 pop. 26,949), Charente-Maritime dept., W France, on the Charente River near the Bay of Biscay. It is a fishing port with shipyards and aircraft and machine industries. It has become a popular health spa since the early 1960s. An important naval base in... Read more
Claude Perrault
Claude Perrault , 1613-88, French architect, scientist, and physician. One of the most eminent French scholars of his time, he advanced the study of anatomy and made other scientific contributions. His greatest architectural achievement is his work on the east facade of the Louvre, known as the Colo... Read more
Beauvais
Beauvais , town (1990 pop. 56,278), capital of Oise dept., N France. Tractors, ceramic tiles, textiles, and musical instruments are among its many manufactures. A Roman town and an early episcopal see, it flourished in the Middle Ages and again after the 17th cent., when Colbert established the stat... Read more
French East India Company
French East India Company 1664-1769, commercial enterprise planned by Jean Baptiste Colbert and chartered by King Louis XIV for the purpose of trading in the Eastern Hemisphere. It failed to found a colony on Madagascar but established ports on the nearby islands of Bourbon and Île-de-France ... Read more
Manufacture nationale des Gobelins
Manufacture nationale des Gobelins , state-controlled tapestry manufactory in Paris. It was founded as a dye works in the mid-15th cent. by Jean Gobelin. A tapestry works started by two Flemish weavers, Marc de Comans and François de la Planche, called to France by Henri IV in 1601, was later... Read more
Dennis Vincent Brutus
Dennis Vincent Brutus 1924-, South African poet, b. Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe). Brutus grew up in South Africa and received (1947) his B.A. from its Univ. of Fort Hare at Alice. He taught high school from 1948 until 1962, when as a result of his political activism, notably his prote... Read more
Charles Le Brun
Charles Le Brun , 1619-90, French painter, decorator, and architect. He studied with Vouet and in Rome. Strongly influenced by Poussin, he returned in 1646 to Paris, where he gradually developed a more decorative form of classicism. He decorated the Hôtel Lambert and worked at Vaux-le-Vicomte ... Read more

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Claudette Colbert
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Claudette Colbert , 1903-96, American movie actress...voice, hearty laugh, and curly bangs, Colbert distinguished herself in a series of...Away (1944), and Parrish (1961). Colbert also appeared on the stage and in a television...
Dynamo
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...When the minister's son, Reuben ( Glenn Anders ), falls in love with Fife's daughter, the teasing Ada ( Claudette Colbert), father and son have a falling out. Reuben denounces religion and goes in search of truth. He returns years...
John Frankenheimer
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...anthology series, Frankenheimer worked with a number of accomplished actors, as well as future stars. They included Claudette Colbert, Ingrid Bergman, John Gielgud, and Paul Newman. Some of the more famous episodes that Frankenheimer directed...
Capra, Frank
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...for Best Picture, Best Director (Capra), and Best Actor and Actress (Clark Gable [1901 – 1960] and Claudette Colbert [1903 – 1996], respectively). One of the most famous scenes takes place on a broken down bus in which...
Frank Capra
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...x2014; one of three he would win, all in that decade — and for both of its leads, Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert. One of the most famous scenes takes place on a broken down bus in which the riders, to entertain themselves...

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Colbert, Claudette
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers COLBERT, Claudette Nationality: American. Born: Claudette Lily Chauchoin in Paris, France...Morrison, offered bit part in her The Wild Westcotts ; changed name to Colbert; 1925–26—on Broadway in A Kiss in a Taxi ; 1927...
It Happened One Night
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Clark Gable (Peter Warne ); Claudette Colbert (Ellie Andrews ); Walter Connolly...1981. Quirk, Lawrence, Claudette Colbert: An Illustrated Biography...Pacheco, Joseph B., Jr., "Claudette Colbert," in Films in Review (New...
Levien, Sonya
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...probably the Trotti-Levien adaptation of Drums along the Mohawk, in which the central role of Lana, played by Claudette Colbert, is a classic example of the pioneer wife, feminine and attractive, but strong enough to survive the dangers and...
Goosson, Stephen
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...player in the film industry. It Happened One Night was a small, unheard of romantic comedy starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert which became a commercial and critical success. With very little advertising or company push It Happened One Night...
Louis, Jean
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...would lament that Columbia had no big stars except Hayworth, he could count Doris Day, Joan Crawford, Kim Novak, Claudette Colbert, Lana Turner, Deborah Kerr, Elizabeth Taylor and Marilyn Monroe among the stars for whom he designed. Louis was...
Riskin, Robert
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...aspects of his creation. Since Riskin was schooled in the sophisticated stage comedy he was well able to provide Claudette Colbert, the rich man's daughter in It Happened One Night, with plausible and sparkling dialogue. Working for other...

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Film Comedy Pioneer Claudette Colbert Dead at Age 92
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 7/31/1996; 700+ words ; 00-00-0000 Claudette Colbert, star of over 60 films, died...BOB EDWARDS, Host: Actress Claudette Colbert has died. She was 92 years old...appreciation. PAT DOWELL, Reporter: Claudette Colbert was a movie star made for talking...
STAR OF `IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT' Claudette Colbert dies at age 92; Colbert's career spanned more than 60 films "The moment I saw you, I had an idea you had an idea." Claudette Colbert in "Midnight," one of the many films in which the heroine not only got her man, but also got the last word. Colbert's career spanned 59 years (her first film was made in 1928, the last in 1987) and consisted of 63 films. Here are some highlights: 1932 - The Sign of the Cross. 1933 Three Cornered Moon. 1934 It Happened One Night. Imitation of Life. 1937 I Met Him in Paris. 1939 Midnight. Drums Along the Mohawk. 1940 Arise My Love. 1942 The Palm Beach Story. 1944 Since You Went Away. 1947 The Egg and I. 1950 Three Came Home. 1987 (made for TV) The Two Mrs. Grenvilles.
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 7/31/1996; ; 700+ words ; Claudette Colbert, whose trademark bangs and radiant...until she was 75. She was christened Claudette Lily Chauchoin. But after she graduated...Broadway and two years later her new name Claudette Colbert was up in lights. Colbert made one...
CLAUDETTE COLBERT DIES COMEDY WAS THE FORTE OF '30S FILM STAR, OSCAR WINNER.(News/National/International)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 7/31/1996; 500 words ; ...Associated Press NEW YORK -- Claudette Colbert, whose trademark bangs and...two years later her new name - Claudette Colbert - was up in lights. CAPTION(S): Photo (2) Claudette Colbert is shown with Clark Cable in...
THE FABULOUS FIVE;Claudette Colbert,Serious About a Sense of Humor
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/3/1989; ; 700+ words ; ...knocking people out ever since. There's only one Claudette Colbert. She's waiting at her door when the elevator pulls up, looking just the way Claudette Colbert is supposed to look-tiny and bright and very pretty...
Claudette Colbert, 92; actress won Oscar for `It Happened One Night'
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 7/31/1996; ; 700+ words ; Claudette Colbert, whose breezy modernity...neatly encompassed Ms. Colbert's range. She moved easily...the chic, elegant Ms. Colbert one of Hollywood's class...hers naturally. Born Lily Claudette Cauchoin in Paris, she...
Stage and screen legend Claudette Colbert dies at 92.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 7/30/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...assets belonging to Claudette Colbert, the screen and stage...1934), Miss Colbert established herself...entertainer Langtry) Claudette Chauchoin came with...she selected the name Colbert at the suggestion of...
Four Charming Claudette Colbert Film Classics
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/26/1995; ; 514 words ; ...before-on-video films of Claudette Colbert, the charming, sophisticated...favorite leading lady. The Claudette Colbert Collection is being released...Landi, Charles Laughton and Claudette Colbert; "Unconquered" (1947) with...
OSCAR-WINNING STAR OF THE '30S CLAUDETTE COLBERT DIES AT 92.(Entertainment)(Obituary)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 7/31/1996; 700+ words ; Claudette Colbert, the versatile stage and film star whose flair for...Jeanne Loew Chauchoin. Her name was originally Lily Claudette Chauchoin, but she took the name Claudette Colbert for her first Broadway role. She was married in 1928...
Claudette Colbert, 92, star of classic films
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 7/31/1996; ; 700+ words ; Claudette Colbert, 92, whose trademark bangs and radiant...The part went to Bette Davis. Miss Colbert was born in Paris on Sept. 13, 1903...and two years later her new name - Claudette Colbert - was up in lights. At the peak of...
Claudette Colbert Collection A Welcomed Video Package
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 3/31/1995; ; 404 words ; ...Four never-before-on-video films of Claudette Colbert, the charming, sophisticated and witty...director Cecil B. DeMille pronounced Colbert his favorite leading lady. The Claudette Colbert Collection is being released by MCA...