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Sylvester Graham
Sylvester Graham 1794-1851, American reformer and Presbyterian minister, b. West Suffield, Conn. He advocated a vegetable diet as a cure for intemperance and the use of coarsely ground whole-wheat flour. Graham flour was named for him. ... Read more
George Graham
George Graham 1674?-1751, English instrument maker. A clockmaker by trade, Graham designed clocks and watches that earned him membership in the Royal Society and were still manufactured into the present century. In 1725 he built a very accurate 8-ft (2.4-m) quadrant for the royal astronomer, Edmund... Read more
Nathaniel Brown Palmer
Nathaniel Brown Palmer 1799-1877, American sea captain and antarctic explorer, b. Stonington, Conn. While on a whaling voyage (1820-21) in the South Shetlands, he commanded the Hero on an exploring trip to the south and came back with a report that he had sighted land. Hence the name Palmer Land ... Read more
Thomas Graham
Thomas Graham 1805-69, Scottish chemist, best known for research in diffusion in both gases and liquids that led to his formulation of Graham's law. His discovery that certain substances (e.g., glue, gelatin, starch) pass through a membrane more slowly than others (inorganic salts, e.g., common s... Read more
Kenneth Grahame
Kenneth Grahame , 1859-1931, English author. He was a secretary in the Bank of England from 1908 until 1918. His works, noted for their humor and charm, include The Golden Age (1895) and Dream Days (1898), scenes of his childhood in England, and the children's classic The Wind in the Willows (... Read more
Billy Graham
Billy Graham (William Franklin Graham) , 1918-, American evangelist, b. Charlotte, N.C., grad. Wheaton College (B.A., 1943). Graham was ordained a minister in the Southern Baptist Church (1939), was the pastor of a Chicago church (his first and last pastorate), and in 1944 became an evangelist for... Read more
Henry Duncan Graham Crerar
Henry Duncan Graham Crerar , 1888-1965, Canadian general in World War II. He fought in World War I and later headed the Royal Military College. In 1940 he was made chief of the Canadian general staff. In 1941 he was given command of the Canadian 2d Division Overseas; in 1944 he became commander of t... Read more
Graham Land
Graham Land part of the Antarctic Peninsula , W Antarctica. This ice-covered, mountainous area was thought to be a group of islands but further exploration (1934) showed it to be peninsular. Claimed by Britain in 1832, it was also claimed by Argentina and Chile. Its name is sometimes used to descr... Read more
Graham Sutherland
Graham Sutherland 1903-80, English painter. Sutherland began his career as a painter at 35 and gained international acclaim with his paintings of war devastation. Among his major religious works are a tapestry for Coventry Cathedral and a series of paintings entitled Thorns. Realistically painted... Read more
Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham
Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham , 1852-1936, British politician and author. He lived as a cattle rancher in Argentina and traveled widely in Latin America, Morocco, and Spain. He served (1886-90) as a Liberal member of Parliament from Scotland, took part in early labor politics, and, with James Ke... Read more

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Nicholas Ray
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Secret, which starred noir actress Gloria Grahame. During the film Ray, who had...wife, married his leading lady. Grahame divorced her own husband and married...would have four children. In 1961 Grahame married Ray's oldest son, Anthony...

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Grahame, Gloria
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers GRAHAME, Gloria Nationality: American. Born: Gloria...Vincent, Suicide Blonde: The Life of Gloria Grahame, New York, 1989. On GRAHAME: articles...April 1982. Buckley, Michael, "Gloria Grahame," in Films in Review (New York...
In a Lonely Place
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Humphrey Bogart (Dixon Steele ); Gloria Grahame (Laurel Gray ); Frank Lovejoy...In Praise of the Naughty Mind: Gloria Grahame," in Film Comment (New York...relationship with Laurel Gray (Gloria Grahame), a neighbor who provided h
Crossfire
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...effects: Russell A. Cully. Cast: Robert Young (Finlay ); Robert Mitchum (Keeley ); Robert Ryan (Montgomery ); Gloria Grahame (Ginny ); Paul Kelly (The Man ); Sam Levene (Samuels ); Jacqueline White (Mary Mitchell ); Steve Brodie...
It's a Wonderful Life
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Barrymore (Mr. Potter ); Thomas Mitchell (Uncle Billy ); Henry Travers (Clarence ); Beulah Bondi (Mrs. Bailey ); Gloria Grahame (Violet Bick ); H. B. Warner (Mr. Gower ); Ward Bond (Bert ); Frank Faylan (Ernie ); Samuel S. Hinds...
Marvin, Lee
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...acting. He made a memorable appearance in Fritz Lang's The Big Heat, playing a sadistic gangster who scorches Gloria Grahame's face with a pot of hot coffee, making Jimmy Cagney's grap
The Big Heat
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...music: Daniele Amfitheatrof, Mischa Bakaleinikoff; costumes: Jean Louis. Cast: Glenn Ford (David Bannion ); Gloria Grahame (Debby Marsh ); Jocelyn Brando (Katie Bannion ); Alexander Scourby (Mike Lagana ); Lee Marvin (Vince Stone...
Ray, Nicholas
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Educated in architecture and theater, University of Chicago. Family: Married 1) Jean Evans, 1930 (divorced); 2) Gloria Grahame, 1948 (divorced 1952); 3) dancer Betty Schwab (divorced); 4) Susan (Ray), four children. Career: Director...

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Film studies: Liverpool is a long way from Hollywood for the bad and the beautiful Gloria Grahame was married to director Nicholas Ray at 25, an Oscar winner at 29 and washed up by 35. Then she got hitched to Ray's son
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 2/4/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...sweetheart, did you ever hear of Gloria Grahame? Chances are, today, she hasn...strike one in your case because Gloria Grahame won an Oscar; she had a minor...There were a few years when Gloria Grahame was as startling and different...
SHOTS IN THE DARK.(the extraordinary screen presence of the late Gloria Grahame)
Magazine article from: Interview; 9/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...stars? When the extraordinary Gloria Grahame appeared in such film noirs as...the twenty-seven-year-old Grahame and ask her to work with Kevin...sap who claims he's married to Grahame's embittered dancehall tramp...
Dead man fighting; Deadly dreamers: Gloria Grahame and William Russell starred in the war film The Man Who Never Was.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 11/6/2007; 700+ words ; Byline: Charles Legge QUESTION The film The Man Who Never Was opens with a poem: 'Last night Idreamed a deadly dream upon the Isle of Skye.' Was it written for the production? THE Man Who Never Was begins with a wide view of a deserted Spanish beach. Theyear is 1943 and, as a body is washed into
Down on lonely street
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times (IL); 8/14/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...Across from him is Laurel Gray (Gloria Grahame), a would-be actress and a...they pass Laurel Gray, and Gloria Grahame is perfect in how she conveys...Cause"), and the legendary Gloria Grahame (1923-1981), whose life story...
Murder he wrote
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 1/26/2003; ; 622 words ; ...beautiful neighbour, Laurel (Gloria Grahame, above) provides him with an...he first came to Beverly Hills; Grahame his real-life wife. Just as...but it would be nothing without Grahame. With those strange looks - that...
GLENN FORD; ACTOR'S DEMEANOR, QUIET DECENCY REFLECTED AN ERA
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 9/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...Hitler's Germany. They co-starred Gloria Grahame, who had no peer when it came to projecting...that killed his wife and who manipulates Grahame into doing his dirty work. The tensions with Grahame escalated in "Human Desire" (1954...
Screen Gems: Hollywood Lives, Lore and Legends
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 9/10/1989; ; 700+ words ; ...Chicken a` la Maryland." SUICIDE BLONDE The Life of Gloria Grahame By Vincent Curcio Morrow. 332 pp. $19.95 (Forthcoming...me. I lived for a few weeks when you loved me." Gloria Grahame was queen of the film noir-that tawdry, effective...
VIDEOMATIC: THE TRUTH IS OUT: WE LIKE ERNEST P. WORRELL.(DAILY BREAK)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 6/11/1996; 700+ words ; ...difficult for his girlfriend (sultry Gloria Grahame) to believe he is innocent of...which he is accused. Bogart and Grahame are a noir buff's dream couple...classics. My favorite is when Grahame rebuffs Bogart's first romantic...
NEXT YEAR, LET'S HONOR NICK RAY.(LOCAL/STATE)(THE TALK)(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI); 3/21/2002; 700+ words ; ...and Ray's wife at the time, Gloria Grahame. The home where Nick Ray was born...adapting but can't bear to read. Grahame, playing Bogie's neighbor...then comes to fear him. Ray and Grahame split during the filming and she...
VIDEO
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 6/19/1994; 643 words ; ...out now). Humphrey Bogart to Gloria Grahame: "I was born when she kissed...murder, is declaring his love to Grahame, his neighbour and tenuous alibi...but also the solitude of genius. Grahame (who was said to be breaking up...