Bert Nelson (athlete)
Bert or Herbert Nelson may refer to: *Bert Nelson, character in ''Darkened Rooms'' *Bert Nelson, co-star on '' Alan Watts on Living'' *Bert Nelson (publisher), co-founder of ''Track & Field News'' *Bert Nelson, radio host on '' Call For Music'' *Herbert Nelson, actor in '' The Bold Ones: The Lawyers'' See also * Albert Nelson (other) *Robert Nelson (other) *Hubert Nelson (other) Hubert Nelson may refer to: *Hub Nelson Hubert Milton J. Nelson (August 14, 1907 – May 10, 1981) was a professional ice hockey player. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Nelson played professionally in United States Hockey League for the Minne ...

Darkened Rooms
''Darkened Rooms'' is a 1929 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and starring Evelyn Brent. It was an early talking picture. This film is preserved at the Library of Congress.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Collection at The Library of Congress'' (<-book title) p.40 c.1978 by The American Film Institute, c.1978 The film tried to cash in on the interest in spiritualism caused by the then-popular , but critics felt the film couldn't quite decide whether it was debunking the supernatural, or embracing it.

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A down-on-his-luck photographer named Emory Jago teams up with a phony fortune teller named Ellen in a scheme to cheat naive people out of their cash with phony predictions. But as time goes on, Jago begins to believe that Ell ...
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Alan Watts On Living
Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973) was an English writer, speaker and self-styled "philosophical entertainer", known for interpreting and popularising Japanese, Chinese and Indian traditions of Buddhist, Taoist, and Hindu philosophy for a Western audience. Born in Chislehurst, England, he moved to the United States in 1938 and began Zen training in New York. He received a master's degree in theology from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary and became an Episcopal priest in 1945. He left the ministry in 1950 and moved to California, where he joined the faculty of the American Academy of Asian Studies. Watts gained a following while working as a volunteer programmer at the KPFA radio station in Berkeley. He wrote more than 25 books and articles on religion and philosophy, introducing the emerging hippie counterculture to ''The Way of Zen'' (1957), one of the first bestselling books on Buddhism. In ''Psychotherapy East and West'' (1961), he argued that B ...
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Bert Nelson (publisher)
Albert "Bert" Nelson (born November 17, 1921, in San Diego, California – January 9, 1994) was an American publisher and writer. In 1948, after graduating from the University of California, Berkeley he was a co-founder of ''Track & Field News,'' along with his brother Cordner. The upstart magazine's first headquarters were Cordner's garage in San Bruno, California. The magazine covers the sport of track and field and other aspects of the umbrella of athletics. The monthly magazine has declared itself to be "The Bible of the Sport". Bert had run the 880 yard dash in high school and continued to the cross country team at Berkeley. Returning from the Navy after World War II he first got his feet wet starting a small newspaper before the brothers began the magazine. Bert became one of the top writers of the sport. Starting in 1960 he established TAFNEWS Press, which went on to become the nation's leading track and field publisher. The company has over 100 titles. The first of those ...
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Call For Music
''Call for Music'' is an old-time radio program in the United States. It was broadcast on CBS February 13 – April 16, 1948, and on NBC April 20 – June 29, 1948. The title was adapted from the sponsor's signature radio tag, "Call for Philip Morris." Personnel Dinah Shore starred in the program, which featured a guest star each week.Terrace, Vincent (1999). ''Radio Programs, 1924–1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 58. Other regulars on the show were singer/songwriter Johnny Mercer, Harry James and his orchestra, and the Harry Zimmerman Chorus. Jack Rourke was the announcer for the NBC version, and John Holbrook had that role when the program was on CBS. Directors were Jerry Lawrence. Robert Lee, and Bill Brennan; writers were Lawrence, Lee, and Robert Smith. Format Originating in Hollywood, California, ''Call for Music'' initially highlighted top tunes of the week in each episode (much like the long-running ''Your Hit Parade'') with ...
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The Lawyers
''The Bold Ones: The Lawyers'' (or ''The Lawyers'') is an American legal drama that aired for three seasons on NBC from September 1968 through February 1972. Synopsis The series starred Burl Ives as Walter Nichols, a respected attorney who hires two brothers ( Joseph Campanella and James Farentino) who are lawyers to help him with his case load. ''The Lawyers'' was part of '' The Bold Ones'', a rotating series of dramas that also included ''The New Doctors'' (with E.G. Marshall), '' The Protectors'' (with Leslie Nielsen) and '' The Senator'' (with Hal Holbrook). It was nominated for three Emmy awards and won two of them.Advanced Primetime Awards Search
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Albert Nelson (other)
Albert Nelson may refer to: *Albert Nelson (actor), American actor *Albert Nelson, 6th Earl Nelson (1890–1957), British peer * Albert H. Nelson (1812–1858), American jurist and politician *Al Nelson (born 1943), American football cornerback *Albert Nelson, designer of The Nelsonian *Albert Nelson (1923–1992), known by his stage name Albert King *Red Nelson (Albert Francis Nelson, 1886–1956), pitcher in Major League Baseball See also * Alberta Nelson (1937–2006), American television and film actress *Bert Nelson (other) Bert or Herbert Nelson may refer to: *Bert Nelson, character in ''Darkened Rooms'' *Bert Nelson, co-star on '' Alan Watts on Living'' *Bert Nelson (publisher), co-founder of ''Track & Field News'' *Bert Nelson, radio host on '' Call For Music'' *He ...

Robert Nelson (other)
Robert or Rob Nelson is the name of: Entertainment * Robert Nelson (filmmaker) (1930–2012), American experimental filmmaker * Robert Lyn Nelson (born 1955), American artist * Rob Nelson (talk show host) (born 1964), American talk show host and filmmaker * Rob Nelson (biologist) (born 1979), American biologist, documentary filmmaker and television personality Religion * Robert Nelson (nonjuror) (1656–1715), English religious writer * Robert Nelson (bishop) (1913–1959), British bishop of Middleton, 1958–1958 * J. Robert Nelson (1920–2004), American Methodist theologian Sports * Robert Neilson (1878–1946), Scotland international rugby union player * Robert Nelson (cricketer, born 1912) (1912–1940), English cricketer * Bob Neilson (1923–2014), New Zealand rugby league player * Tex Nelson (Robert Sidney Nelson, 1936–2011), American baseball player * Rob Nelson (baseball) (born 1964), American baseball first baseman * Robert Nelson (cricketer, born 1970) (born ...
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