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Darkest Hour may refer to: * "The Darkest Hour", a phrase used to describe the early period of World War II Film and television * ''The Darkest Hour'' (1919 film), a film featuring Louis Wolheim * ''The Darkest Hour'' (film), a 2011 science fiction film * ''Darkest Hour'' (film), a 2017 film starring Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill Literature * ''Darkest Hour'' (Andrews novel), a 1993 novel by V. C. Andrews * ''Darkest Hour'' (Cabot novel), a 2001 novel by Meg Cabot * ''The Darkest Hour'' (novel), a Warriors novel by Erin Hunter * '' Spider-Man: The Darkest Hours'', a novel by Jim Butcher Music * Darkest Hour (band), an American death metal band ** ''Darkest Hour'' (album), a 2014 album by Darkest Hour * " Darkest Hours", a 2010 song by Stratovarius * ''Darkest Hour'', an EP by Charlotte Martin * "Darkest Hour", a song by Arlo Guthrie from ''Amigo Amigo(s) (Portuguese and Spanish for ''male friend'') may refer to: People * Carlos Amigo Vallejo (born 1934), Span ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Darkest Hour
"The Darkest Hour" is a phrase used to refer to an early period of World War II, from approximately mid-1940 to mid-1941. While widely attributed to Winston Churchill, the origins of the phrase are unclear. The phrase The phrase "the darkest hour" for this period, drawing on the proverb that "the darkest hour is just before the dawn", is usually ascribed to Winston Churchill, though there is no evidence he coined the phrase. Churchill ''had'' used a similar phrase at the time, though at the time he was referring specifically to the situation of France rather than to the United Kingdom. In his 'finest hour' speech, on 16 June 1940, Churchill described the collapse of France following the German invasion as "the darkest hour in French history";Their Finest Hour at The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Darkest Hour (1919 Film)
"The Darkest Hour" is a phrase used to refer to an early period of World War II, from approximately mid-1940 to mid-1941. While widely attributed to Winston Churchill, the origins of the phrase are unclear. The phrase The phrase "the darkest hour" for this period, drawing on the proverb that "the darkest hour is just before the dawn", is usually ascribed to Winston Churchill, though there is no evidence he coined the phrase. Churchill ''had'' used a similar phrase at the time, though at the time he was referring specifically to the situation of France rather than to the United Kingdom. In his 'finest hour' speech, on 16 June 1940, Churchill described the collapse of France following the German invasion as "the darkest hour in French history";Their Finest Hour at The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Wolheim
Louis Robert Wolheim (March 28, 1880 – February 18, 1931) was an American actor, of both stage and screen, whose rough physical appearance relegated him to roles mostly of thugs or villains in the movies, but whose talent allowed him to flourish on stage. His career was mostly contained during the silent era of the film industry, due to his untimely death at the age of 50 in 1931. Early life Born in New York City in 1880, he attended Cornell University, where he graduated with a degree in engineering. After graduation, he taught mathematics, including six years as an instructor at Cornell. He also worked as a mining engineer. According to Wolheim, while at Cornell, he suffered an injury to his nose during a football game, and, after having the nose seen to by medical professionals, later that same day he got into a physical altercation (which he won), although his nose suffered more damage, ending up becoming almost a trademark for him. After the United States entrance i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Darkest Hour (film)
''The Darkest Hour'' is a 2011 science fiction action film directed by Chris Gorak from a screenplay by Jon Spaihts and produced by Timur Bekmambetov. It depicts an alien invasion. The film stars Emile Hirsch, Max Minghella, Olivia Thirlby, Rachael Taylor, and Joel Kinnaman as a group of people caught in the invasion. The film was released on December 25, 2011 in the United States. It grossed $65 million on a $35 million budget. Plot Two Americans, Ben and Sean, travel to Moscow to sell a piece of software. After arriving, they find their business partner, Skyler, has betrayed them by already selling a knockoff application. Disappointed, the pair goes to a nightclub and meets tourists Natalie and Anne. Suddenly, the lights go out and everyone heads outside. There, they witness balls of light fall from the sky and fade away. Invisible entities begin hunting and disintegrating people, generating panic. Ben, Sean, Natalie, Anne, and now Skyler hide in the club's storeroom for seven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darkest Hour (film)
''Darkest Hour'' is a 2017 war film, war Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Joe Wright and written by Anthony McCarten. The film is an account of Winston Churchill's early days as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War and the War cabinet crisis, May 1940, May 1940 War Cabinet Crisis, depicting his refusal to seek a peace treaty with Nazi Germany amid their advance into Western Europe. It stars Gary Oldman as Churchill, alongside Kristin Scott Thomas as Clementine Churchill, Lily James as Elizabeth Nel, Elizabeth Layton, Stephen Dillane as Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, Viscount Halifax, Ronald Pickup as Neville Chamberlain, and Ben Mendelsohn as George VI, King George VI. The title of the film refers to a The Darkest Hour, phrase describing the early days of the war, which has been widely attributed to Churchill. The film had its world premiere at the 44th Telluride Film Festival on 1 September 2017, and it was also screened at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darkest Hour (Andrews Novel)
''Darkest Hour'' is the fifth and final novel in a series of books about the Cutler family attributed to V. C. Andrews and published in 1993. It is allegedly based on the original ideas of Andrews but was written by ghostwriter Andrew Neiderman. Andrews is the credited author. The novel made ''The New York Times'' bestseller list for paperbacks in 1993. Plot summary ''Darkest Hour'' is a prequel to ''Dawn''. The last book in the Cutler series goes back in time to focus on Dawn's step-grandmother, Lillian. This book is about Grandmother Cutler's childhood and adolescence. Most of the book takes place at the Booth plantation, "The Meadows". Lillian Booth is the middle daughter of an overbearing planter known as the Captain and a delicate Southern woman who lives in a dream world of sorts. Her older sister, Emily, is devoutly religious and often hostile to Lillian; her younger sister, Eugenia, is sick with cystic fibrosis (a factual oversight on the author's part is that C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darkest Hour (Cabot Novel)
''Darkest Hour'' is a young adult novel written by Meg Cabot. It is the fourth part of The Mediator ''The Mediator'' is a series which contains six novels written by Meg Cabot. The first four novels were originally published under Cabot's pseudonym Jenny Carroll by Simon & Schuster. The last two books were published by HarperCollins and und ... series. The novel was first published in 2001 and was the last of the series to appear under the pseudonym Jenny Carroll. In the UK, it was published with the title ''Young Blood''. Synopsis Suze Simon is forced to work a summer job by her stepfather, Andy. She becomes a babysitter at the Pebble Beach Hotel and Golf Resort, where her usual charge is moody eight-year-old Jack Slater. Suze soon realizes that Jack is miserable because he is a mediator like her, and teaches him that ghosts do not mean to do any harm, but just want help to go to the afterlife. This cheers him up greatly and begins to bring him out of his shell. His older ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Darkest Hour (novel)
''The Darkest Hour'' is a children's fantasy novel, the sixth and last book in the original ''Warriors'' series by Erin Hunter, featuring the fictional character Firestar, a cat. The series revolves around a group of wild cats living in four Clans, ThunderClan, RiverClan, WindClan, and ShadowClan. It was published on 1 October 2004, by HarperCollins. The story chronicles the events directly after ''A Dangerous Path'' and leads to the final battle for the forest. Plot Firestar is the leader of ThunderClan, succeeding the former leader, Bluestar, when she drowned saving ThunderClan from a pack of wild dogs. As he receives his nine lives at the Moonstone, StarClan gives him a prophecy: "Four will become two, lion and tiger will meet in battle, and blood will rule the forest." Firestar chooses Whitestorm, a senior warrior who is well admired and respected, as his deputy. During the next Gathering, Tigerstar, ShadowClan’s treacherous leader, tries to unite all the clans as o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Darkest Hours
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darkest Hour (band)
Darkest Hour is an American heavy metal band from Washington, D.C., formed in 1995. Though failing to break through early in their tenure, the band has received acclaim for their albums ''Undoing Ruin'', '' Deliver Us'', and '' The Eternal Return''. ''Deliver Us'' debuted at number 110 on the ''Billboard'' album charts, with sales of 6,600, and their more recent effort ''The Eternal Return'' garnered them an even higher position in the ''Billboard'' album charts at number 104. Their latest album ''Godless Prophets & the Migrant Flora'' charted at 42 on the ''Billboard'' 200, a peak for the band, and it marked a stylistic shift in the band's discography. History Formation (1995–1999) Darkest Hour was formed on September 23, 1995, and initially consisted of vocalist John Henry, guitarist Mike Schleibaum, drummer Matt Maben, and bassist Raul Mayorga. The band released its first EP titled ''The Misanthrope'' in 1996 on a local label called Death Truck Records. In 1996, Darkest H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darkest Hour (album)
''Darkest Hour'' is the eighth album by American metal band Darkest Hour. It was released on August 5, 2014, through Sumerian Records. It is the first album to feature bassist Aaron Deal and drummer Travis Orbin. The album marks their significant departure from their usual melodic death metal sound, instead having a more mainstream approach with elements of metalcore more prominent, with a more upbeat style and many clean vocals placed throughout. This style has only been utilised on this release to date however, as with the band's next release, ''Godless Prophets & the Migrant Flora'', would see a return to their original style. Track listing Digital Deluxe Edition track listing Personnel ;Darkest Hour * John Henry – vocals * Mike Schleibaum – rhythm guitar * Mike "Lonestar" Carrigan – lead guitar * Aaron Deal – bass * Travis Orbin – drums, percussion ;Additional personnel * Dræmings – additional vocals on "By the Starlight" * Anton Patzner – string arrangem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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