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Elwood Worcester
Elwood may refer to any one of the following:: Places ;In Australia *Elwood, Victoria ;In the United States of America *Elwood, Illinois *Elwood, Indiana *Elwood, Kansas * Elwood, Missouri *Elwood, Nebraska * Elwood-Magnolia, New Jersey *Elwood, New York *Elwood, Utah People ;First name *Elwood Barker (1878–1953), American politician *Elwood Richard Quesada, American Air Force general * Elwood Wherry, American Presbyterian missionary ;Surname * Augustus R. Elwood (1819–1881), American politician *Brian Elwood (born 1933), New Zealand public servant *Edwin L. Elwood (1847–1907), American soldier *Eric Elwood (born 1969), Irish rugby union player *James Elwood (c. 1921–2021), British physician *Jimmy Elwood (1901–1936), Irish footballer *Joey Elwood, one of the founders of Gotee Records *Paul Elwood (born 1958), American composer and banjo player *Roger Elwood (1943–2007), American science fiction writer *Sheri Elwood, Canadian screenwriter *Thomas Elwood (disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elwood, Victoria
Elwood is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Port Phillip local government area. Elwood recorded a population of 15,153 at the 2021 census. Elwood Beach is a popular bayside beach destination during summer, where the beaches are used recreationally for windsurfing, cycling, cricket and walking. The suburb is known for its mix of Edwardian and Interwar architecture character, its beaches and its leafy streets, many of which are lined by London Plane trees. History The earliest inhabitants and traditional owners of the area now covered by the City of Port Phillip were the Yalukit Wilum, one of the five clans of the Boon Wurrung, known as the coastal tribe, and who were members of the Kulin nation. They inhabited the swampy areas below Emerald Hill and the sandy-ridged ti-tree covered coastline, which extended from St Kilda to Fishermans Bend (Port Melbourne). The Aborigina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Elwood
Jimmy Elwood (12 June 1901 in Belfast, Ireland – 30 November 1936) was a former Irish footballer who played as a centre-half. He played for Glentoran FC, Manchester City FC, Chesterfield FC, Bradford Park Avenue and Derry City FC. He was capped twice for Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ... in 1929. Elwood died in 1937 aged 36. External linksNorthern Ireland's footballing greats* Irish association footballers (before 1923) Pre-1950 IFA international footballers Glentoran F.C. players Manchester City F.C. players Chesterfield F.C. players Derry City F.C. players 1901 births 1937 deaths Association footballers from Belfast Association football midfielders Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C. players {{Ireland-footy-defender-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harvey (play)
''Harvey'' is a 1944 play by the American playwright Mary Chase (playwright), Mary Chase. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the work in 1945. It has been adapted for film and television several times, most notably in a Harvey (1950 film), 1950 film starring James Stewart and Josephine Hull. Plot Elwood P. Dowd is an affable man who claims to have an unseen (and presumably imaginary) friend Harvey – whom Elwood describes as a six foot, three-and-one-half inch (192 cm) tall Púca, pooka resembling an anthropomorphic rabbit. Elwood introduces Harvey to everyone he meets. His social-climbing sister, Veta Simmons, increasingly finds his eccentric behavior embarrassing. She decides to have him committed to a sanatorium, sanitarium. When they arrive at the sanitarium, a wikt:comedy of errors, comedy of errors ensues. When Veta confesses that she has seen Harvey too, the young Dr. Sanderson commits Veta instead of Elwood. But when the mistake comes out, the search is on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Elwood Shepherd
''Zombiepowder.'' (stylized as ''ZOMBIEPOWDER.'') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tite Kubo. The manga ran in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' for 27 chapters from August 1999 to February 2000 before being canceled. The series was collected into four tankōbon volumes, released the following year. ''Zombiepowder.'' is distributed in North America by Viz Media, who licensed it in 2005. Although critical reception in the United States was largely mediocre, the series achieved moderate commercial success in the western market due to the prominence Tite Kubo had achieved by that point for his second manga series, ''Bleach''. ''Zombiepowder.'' follows a teenaged boy named Elwood Shepherd, who joins with mysterious criminals Gamma Akutabi and C.T. Smith in their search for the Rings of the Dead. These rings are a group of legendary artifacts with the power to resurrect the dead and grant immortality to anyone who collects 12 of them. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blues Brothers
The Blues Brothers are an American blues and soul revivalist band founded in 1978 by comedians Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as part of a musical sketch on ''Saturday Night Live''. Belushi and Aykroyd fronted the band, in character, respectively, as lead vocalist ' Joliet' Jake Blues and harmonica player/vocalist Elwood Blues, donning black suits with matching fedoras and sunglasses. The band was composed of well-known musicians, and debuted as the musical guest in a 1978 episode of ''Saturday Night Live'', opening the show performing "Hey Bartender", and later " Soul Man". In 1978, the band released their debut album, ''Briefcase Full of Blues'', and opened for the Grateful Dead at the closing of Winterland Arena in San Francisco. They gained further fame after spawning a Hollywood comedy film in 1980, ''The Blues Brothers''. After Belushi's death in 1982, the Blues Brothers continued to perform with a rotation of guest singers and other band members. The band reformed in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Aykroyd
Daniel Edward Aykroyd ( ; born July 1, 1952) is a Canadian actor, comedian, producer, musician and writer. He was an original member of the "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" on ''Saturday Night Live'' (1975–1979). During his tenure on ''SNL'', Aykroyd appeared in a recurring series of sketches about the Coneheads, and the Blues Brothers. For his work on the show he received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations winning for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series in 1977. After his departure, he has since returned in guest roles. Aykroyd gained prominence for writing, and starring as Dr. Raymond "Ray" Stantz in ''Ghostbusters'' (1984), which spawned an entire media franchise, reprising the role in '' Ghostbusters II'' (1989), ''Casper'' (1995), '' Ghostbusters: Afterlife'' (2021), and an upcoming sequel (2023), cameoing as a different character in '' Ghostbusters: Answer the Call'' (2016). He also is known for his comedic roles in ''Trading Places'' (1983), ''Spies Like U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elwood (sternwheeler)
''Elwood'' was a sternwheel steamboat which was built to operate on the Willamette River, in Oregon, but which later operated on the Lewis River (Washington), Lewis River in Washington, the Stikine River in Canada, and on Puget Sound. The name of this vessel is sometimes seen spelled "Ellwood". ''Elwood'' is probably best known for an incident in 1893, when it was approaching the Madison Street Bridge over the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. The bridge swung open to allow the steamer to pass. However, a streetcar coming in from the east end of the bridge failed to notice the bridge was open, and ran off into the river in the Madison Street Bridge disaster. Construction ''Elwood'' was built in 1891 at Portland, Oregon by Johnston & Oleson, for the concern of Jason Eldridge and the three brothers Guy V. Abernethy, Charles H. Abernethy, and George Abernethy, of Champoeg, Oregon. Another source gives the builder as Joseph Pacquart. The Abernethy brothers were descendants of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elwood (dog)
Elwood (2005 – November 28, 2013) was the 2007 winner of the World's Ugliest Dog Contest. In the prior year, 2006, he came in second in the contest. His owner was Karen Quigley, a resident of Sewell, New Jersey. He was a two-year-old Chinese Crested/ chihuahua mixed breed. Elwood died on November 28, 2013. He was eight years old. History Elwood was rescued as a result of an NJ Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals investigation. He was shivering, had a runny nose, and was making strange sounds when Karen came over to see him. Elwood still made those strange noises. Elwood's breeder felt as if Elwood was too ugly to sell and was going to put him down due to the fact that she could not sell him to anyone. Karen Quigley, Elwood's owner, was friends with John, who was the investigator that was called to the case of Elwood. Karen immediately fell in love with Elwood and took him to her home where she also owned other rescued cats and dogs. Appearance Elwood had a str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elwood (horse)
Elwood (foaled 1901 in Missouri) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that is best remembered for winning the 1904 Kentucky Derby and for being the first horse both bred and owned by a woman to win the Derby. Pedigree Elwood was a bay colt sired by Free Knight out of the mare Petticoat (by Alarm). Free Knight finished third in the 1886 Kentucky Derby. By the time Elwood won the Derby in 1904, Free Knight had been sold for $45 and was used as a farm horse in southern Kentucky. Elwood was bred by Emma Holt Prather at Faustiana Stud in Maryville, Missouri and was bought in 1902 by Charles Durnell while on a horse buying trip to San Francisco, where the yearling was being trained. Durnell named the horse Elwood after his mother's maiden name. Racing career Elwood was a mediocre racehorse during his two-year-old and early three-year-old season, racing mostly in small stakes and a few $300 claiming races in California. He was second in the Competition Stakes and Youngster Stakes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elwood (American Musician)
Elwood is the musical project/collaboration of singer-songwriter Prince Elwood Strickland III (born in North Carolina) and co-producer and songwriter Brian Boland. Strickland worked as a recording engineer at Soho's Greene Street Recording facility where he and Boland met, working with artists such as Tricky, Mos Def, De La Soul, and Adam Yauch. Elwood worked with producer Steve Lillywhite on their debut album ''The Parlance of Our Time'', which was co-released on Palm Pictures and Lillywhite's label, Gobstopper. Elwood's cover of Gordon Lightfoot's song " Sundown" peaked at No. 33 on the ''Billboard A billboard (also called a hoarding in the UK and many other parts of the world) is a large outdoor advertising structure (a billing board), typically found in high-traffic areas such as alongside busy roads. Billboards present large advertise ...'' Modern Rock Tracks chart on July 8, 2000. and number 65 in Australia. Elwood's first album, ''The Parlance of Our Time'', was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Elwood (other)
Thomas Elwood may refer to: *Thomas Ellwood Thomas Ellwood (October 1639 – 1 March 1714) was an English religious writer. He is remembered for his relationship with poet John Milton, and some of his writing has proved durable as well. Life Ellwood was born in the village of Crowell, Ox ... (1639–1714), English religious writer * Thomas Elwood (MP) (died 1612), English politician {{hndis, Elwood, Thomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheri Elwood
Sheri Elwood is a Canadian screenwriter/director working in film and television, best known as creator of the series ''Call Me Fitz'' starring Jason Priestley Jason Bradford Priestley (born August 28, 1969) is a Canadian actor and television director. He is best known as the virtuous Brandon Walsh on the television series ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' (1990–1998, 2000), as Richard "Fitz" Fitzpatrick in t .... Filmography Television Film Awards and nominations ;Awards * 2000 Sudbury Cinéfest - Best Ontario Feature - ''Deeply'' * 1998 Gemini - Best Short Film - ''Eb & Flo'' External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Elwood, Sheri Canadian women screenwriters Canadian television writers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Canadian Screen Award winners Canadian television directors Canadian women television directors Film directors from Nova Scotia Canadian women film directors 20th-century Canadian screenwriters 20th-century Canadian women writers 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
