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Doone is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *James Joseph Hayes Doone (1888–1953), Canadian lawyer and political figure in New Brunswick * Lorna Doone (other) *Rupert Doone (1903–1966), English dancer, choreographer, theatre director, and teacher *''The Courage of Marge O'Doone'', 1920 drama film directed by David Smith and featuring Boris Karloff * ''The Curse of Doone ''The Curse of Doone'' is a 1928 mystery thriller novel by the British writer Sydney Horler. It also has element of horror about it.Frost p.63 It was published in America in 1930 by The Mystery League. Synopsis Returning to London from a job in ...
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James Joseph Hayes Doone
James Joseph Hayes Doone (August 8, 1888 – April 6, 1953) was a Canadian lawyer and political figure in the Province of New Brunswick. Frequently documented as J. J. Hayes Doone, he was born in the hamlet of Deadman's Harbour near Blacks Harbour on the Bay of Fundy shore in southwestern New Brunswick.Hiattestation papers state that he was born in nearby Pennfield. During World War I, he served overseas with the 104th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. In the 1935 New Brunswick general election, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick as the Liberal member for Charlotte County. On January 10, 1940, Premier Allison Dysart appointed Hayes Doone to his Cabinet as the Provincial Secretary-Treasurer (Minister of Finance). He served in that capacity for three months then for more than nine years for Dysart's successor, John B. McNair. J. J. Hayes Doone resigned from Cabinet and from the Legislature on August 10, 1949 following his June 25, 1949 ...
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Lorna Doone (other)
''Lorna Doone'' is a novel by Richard Doddridge Blackmore. Adaptations include: * ''Lorna Doone'' (1912 film), directed by Wilfred Noy * ''Lorna Doone'' (1922 film), directed by Maurice Tourneur * ''Lorna Doone'' (1934 film), directed by Basil Dean * ''Lorna Doone'' (1951 film), starring Barbara Hale and Richard Greene * ''Lorna Doone'' (1963 TV series), a 1963 adaptation of the novel in the form of a TV series * ''Lorna Doone'' (1976 TV series), a 1976 TV miniseries by the BBC, starring Emily Richard and John Sommerville * ''Lorna Doone'' (1990 film), a 1990 British drama television film for ITV starring Sean Bean * ''Lorna Doone'' (2000 film), a television movie directed by Mike Barker Lorna Doone may also refer to: *Lorna Doone (cookie), a Nabisco product *''Lorna Doone'' was one of the GWR 3031 Class locomotives that were built for and ran on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915 *PS ''Lorna Doone'', a paddle steamer operated by the Red Funnel line in England 1891–1947 ...
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Rupert Doone
Rupert Doone (born Reginald Woodfield, 14 August 1903 – 4 March 1966) was a British dancer, choreographer, theatre director, and teacher in London. Biography Doone was born in Redditch, Worcestershire, from a Worcestershire family in reduced circumstances, but with a background that reportedly included a link with Shakespeare. His father was a needle factory foreman. He left home at sixteen to begin his career as a dancer with no money. He led a precarious existence, scraping by on what he earned modeling at the Royal Academy and the Slade in order to pay for the lessons. At 19, he left London for Paris, where he became a protégé and lover of Jean Cocteau. In 1925 he was the last ''premier danseur'' engaged by Diaghilev for the Ballets Russes - but remained with the company only until Diaghilev's death a few weeks later. He then made his way to the Festival Theatre, Cambridge, to learn acting and production, and there he became part of a play-reading group. In 1926 he me ...
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The Courage Of Marge O'Doone
''The Courage of Marge O'Doone'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by David Smith and featuring Pauline Starke, Billie Bennett, Niles Welch and Boris Karloff (as Buck Tavish, a mountain man). It was written by Robert N. Bradbury, based on the novel by James Oliver Curwood. The film is considered to be lost. The film had the following tagline: "SEE THE FEROCIOUS FIGHT BETWEEN TWO BIG GRIZZLY BEARS! A REAL THRILL - SEE THIS!" (Print ad in the Syracuse Journal, 21 May 1921) Plot Michael O'Doone (George Stanley), his wife Margaret (Billie Bennett) and daughter Marge (Pauline Starke) are settlers living in the Northwest. While traveling on a winter day, Michael meets with an accident and never returns home. Thinking that her husband is dead, Margaret begins to lose her grip on sanity which enables Buck Tavish (Boris Karloff), a mountain man who always admired her, to abduct her and take her to his cabin. When she finally regains her senses, she departs on a search for Mic ...
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