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Rita Gould
Rita Gould (August 8, 1890 – March 15, 1981) was an American singer and actress, born in Odessa. She performed in vaudeville in the 1920s, and in American films in the 1930s and 1940s. She was also known for her costumes and for the hats she made, and was a Christian evangelist in her middle years. Early life Rita Gould was born in Odessa, in the Russian Empire, the daughter of Lazarus Rosenblum and Rose Bars. Career Gould was a stage performer in the 1910s and 1920s, appearing on vaudeville bills across the United States, and in plays, including ''Maid in America'' (1916). She was known for popularizing the wartime song, " Send Me Away With a Smile" (1917). She toured in France for eighteen months with the Over There League of the YMCA, entertaining American troops during World War I, and afterwards at veterans' hospitals and events in the United States. In 1919 she gave a command performance for King George V and Queen Mary in London. In 1921, she toured with a song cy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odessa
Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrative centre of the Odesa Raion and Odesa Oblast, as well as a multiethnic cultural centre. As of January 2021 Odesa's population was approximately In classical antiquity a large Greek settlement existed at its location. The first chronicle mention of the Slavic settlement-port of Kotsiubijiv, which was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, dates back to 1415, when a ship was sent from here to Constantinople by sea. After a period of Lithuanian Grand Duchy control, the port and its surroundings became part of the domain of the Ottomans in 1529, under the name Hacibey, and remained there until the empire's defeat in the Russo-Turkish War of 1792. In 1794, the modern city of Odesa was founded by a decree of the Russian empress Catherine t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Of Dixie
''South of Dixie'' is a 1944 American comedy film directed by Jean Yarbrough and written by Clyde Bruckman. The film stars Anne Gwynne, David Bruce, Jerome Cowan, Ella Mae Morse, Joe Sawyer and Samuel S. Hinds. The film was released om June 23, 1944, by Universal Pictures. Plot Cast *Anne Gwynne as Dixie Holister * David Bruce as Danny Lee *Jerome Cowan as Bill 'Brains' Watson *Ella Mae Morse as Barbara Ann Morgan *Joe Sawyer as Ernest Hatcher *Samuel S. Hinds as Col. Andrew J. Morgan *Eddie Acuff as Jay Hatcher *Marie Harmon as Annabella Hatcher *Oscar O'Shea as Col. Hatcher *Louise Beavers as Magnolia Brown / Chloe *Pierre Watkin as Dean Williamson *Bill Bivens as Announcer *Marie Blake as Ruby *Rita Gould as Shoe Customer * Edward Keane as Mr. Platt *Mantan Moreland as The Porter * Ray Walker as Newspaper Reporter *Eddie Bruce as Shoe Salesman *Jack Mulhall John Joseph Francis Mulhall (October 7, 1887 – June 1, 1979) was an American film actor beginning in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Odesa
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 Deaths
Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán Department, Morazán and Chalatenango Department, Chalatenango departments. * January 15 – Pope John Paul II receives a delegation led by Polish Solidarity (Polish trade union), Solidarity leader Lech Wałęsa at the Vatican City, Vatican. * January 20 – Iran releases the 52 Americans held for 444 days, minutes after Ronald Reagan is First inauguration of Ronald Reagan, sworn in as the 40th President of the United States, ending the Iran hostage crisis. * January 21 – The first DMC DeLorean, DeLorean automobile, a stainless steel sports car with gull-wing doors, rolls off the production line in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland. * January 24 – An 1981 Dawu ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1890 Births
Year 189 ( CLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Silanus and Silanus (or, less frequently, year 942 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 189 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Plague (possibly smallpox) kills as many as 2,000 people per day in Rome. Farmers are unable to harvest their crops, and food shortages bring riots in the city. China * Liu Bian succeeds Emperor Ling, as Chinese emperor of the Han Dynasty. * Dong Zhuo has Liu Bian deposed, and installs Emperor Xian as emperor. * Two thousand eunuchs in the palace are slaughtered in a violent purge in Luoyang, the capital of Han. By topic Arts and sciences * Galen publishes his ''"Treatise on the various temperaments"'' (aka ''O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Eastman Museum
The George Eastman Museum, also referred to as ''George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film'', the world's oldest museum dedicated to photography and one of the world's oldest film archives, opened to the public in 1949 in Rochester, New York. World-renowned for its collections in the fields of photography and cinema, the museum is also a leader in film preservation and photograph conservation, educating archivists and conservators from around the world. Home to the 500-seat Dryden Theatre, the museum is located on the estate of entrepreneur and philanthropist George Eastman, the founder of Eastman Kodak Company. The estate was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966. History The Rochester estate of George Eastman (1854–1932) was bequeathed upon his death to the University of Rochester. University presidents (first Benjamin Rush Rhees, then Alan Valentine) occupied Eastman's mansion as a residence for ten years. In 1948, the university tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Drummond (evangelist)
Henry Drummond FRSE FGS (17 August 1851 – 11 March 1897) was a Scottish evangelist, biologist, writer and lecturer. Many of his writings were too adapted to the needs of his own day to justify the expectation that they would long survive it. His sermon "The Greatest Thing in the World" remains popular in Christian circles. Early life Drummond was born at Park Place in Stirling, the son of William Drummond (d.1888) a seedsman and founder of Drummond Seeds, and his wife, Jane Campbell Blackwood (d.1910). His early education was at Stirling High School and Morrison's Academy. Drummond was educated at Edinburgh University, where he displayed a strong inclination for physical and mathematical science. The religious element was an even more powerful factor in his nature, and he entered the Free Church of Scotland. While preparing for the ministry, he became for a time deeply interested in the evangelizing mission of D.L. Moody and I.D. Sankey, where he was active for two years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crochet
Crochet (; ) is a process of creating textiles by using a crochet hook to interlock loops of yarn, thread (yarn), thread, or strands of other materials. The name is derived from the French term ''crochet'', meaning 'hook'. Hooks can be made from a variety of materials, such as metal, wood, bamboo, or plastic. The key difference between crochet and knitting, beyond the implements used for their production, is that each stitch in crochet is completed before the next one is begun, while knitting keeps many stitches open at a time. Some variant forms of crochet, such as Tunisian crochet and broomstick lace, do keep multiple crochet stitches open at a time. Etymology The word crochet is derived from the Old French ''crochet'', a diminutive of ''croche'', in turn from the Germanic languages, Germanic ''croc'', both meaning "hook". It was used in 17th-century French lace-making, where the term ''crochetage'' designated a stitch used to join separate pieces of lace. The word ''crochet'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Big Combo
''The Big Combo'' is a 1955 American film noir crime film directed by Joseph H. Lewis, written by Philip Yordan and photographed by cinematographer John Alton, with music by David Raksin. The film stars Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte and Brian Donlevy, as well as Jean Wallace, who was Wilde's wife at the time. The supporting cast features Lee Van Cleef, Earl Holliman and the final screen appearance of actress Helen Walker. Plot Police Lt. Leonard Diamond is on a personal crusade to bring down the sadistic gangster Mr. Brown. He is also dangerously obsessed with Brown's girlfriend, the suicidal Susan Lowell. His main objective as a detective is to uncover what happened to a woman called "Alicia" from the crime boss's past. Mr. Brown, his second-in-command McClure, and thugs Fante and Mingo kidnap and torture the lieutenant, then pour a bottle of alcohol-based hair tonic down his throat before letting him go. Diamond eventually learns through one of Brown's past accomplices, Bettini, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Vicious Circle (1948 Film)
''The Vicious Circle'' is a 1948 American drama film directed by W. Lee Wilder and based on the play ''The Burning Bush'' by Heinz Herald and Geza Herczeg. The film is also known as ''The Woman in Brown''. Plot summary A rich Hungarian baron discovers that there are large oil deposits underneath properties owned by the villagers. He buys up all the property except those owned by Jewish families, who refuse to sell. In order to circumvent their refusal, he has the men charged with the murder of a woman, who had recently committed suicide. Cast *Conrad Nagel as Karl Nemesh - Defense Attorney *Fritz Kortner as Joseph Schwartz - Defendant tenant *Reinhold Schünzel as Baron Arady *Philip Van Zandt as Calomar Balog - Special Investigator *Lyle Talbot as Prosecutor Miller * Edwin Maxwell as Presiding Judge *Frank Ferguson as Stark - State attorney *Lester Dorr as Andreas Molnar - Neighbor * Michael Mark as Gustav Horney - Land owner *Belle Mitchell as Mrs. Julianna Horney - Anna' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her Lucky Night
''Her Lucky Night'' is a 1945 musical film starring The Andrews Sisters. It was their last film for Universal. Plot A story of a woman who tries to find a boyfriend. Cast Lawsuit The film was part of a lawsuit by Harold Lloyd against Universal Pictures. He claims they copied sequences from his films, '' The Freshman'', ''Movie Crazy'' and ''Welcome Danger'' in their films ''Her Lucky Night'', ''So's Your Uncle ''So's Your Uncle'' is 1943 comedy film directed by Jean Yarbrough and starring Billie Burke and Donald Woods. The screenplay concerns a man who impersonates his uncle and runs into trouble with his girlfriend's aunt. Cast * Billie Burke as Aun ...'' and '' Lucky Man''. ''Her Lucky Night'' was supposed to have copied ''The Freshman''; Lloyd claimed $500,000 in general damages and $500,000 in special damages for that film in particular. Lloyd won $60,000 for the ''Movie Crazy''-''So's Your Uncle'' infringement; he settled with Universal for more than $100,000 for the o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
So's Your Uncle
''So's Your Uncle'' is 1943 comedy film directed by Jean Yarbrough and starring Billie Burke and Donald Woods. The screenplay concerns a man who impersonates his uncle and runs into trouble with his girlfriend's aunt. Cast * Billie Burke as Aunt Minerva * Donald Woods as Steve Curtis aka Uncle John * Elyse Knox as Patricia Williams * Frank Jenks as Joe Elliott * Robert Lowery as Roger Bright * Irving Bacon as Dempster * Chester Clute as Dinwiddle * Paul Stanton as John L, Curtis * Jack Norton as Drunk * Tom Kennedy as Cop * John Dilson as Stevens Lawsuit The film was part of a lawsuit by Harold Lloyd against Universal Pictures. He claims they copied sequences from his films, '' The Freshman'', ''Movie Crazy'' and ''Welcome Danger'' in their films ''Her Lucky Night ''Her Lucky Night'' is a 1945 musical film starring The Andrews Sisters. It was their last film for Universal. Plot A story of a woman who tries to find a boyfriend. Cast Lawsuit The film was part of a lawsuit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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