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The Adventurer (Robert Miall Novel)
The Adventurer may refer to: Film and television * ''The Adventurer'' (1917 film), a short comedy film written and directed by Charlie Chaplin * ''The Adventurer'' (1920 film), starring William Farnum * ''The Adventurer'' (1922 film), a German silent film directed by Lothar Mendes * ''The Adventurer'' (1928 film), an American adventure film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and W.S. Van Dyke * '' The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box'', a 2014 British film * ''The Adventurer'' (TV series), a 1972 British TV series Other uses * ''The Adventurer'' (magazine), a games magazine from LucasArts * ''The Adventurer'' (newspaper), an English 18th century newspaper * ''The Adventurer'' (novel), a 1948 novel by Mika Waltari * ''The Adventurer'' (album), an album by saxophonist Clifford Jordan See also * ''The Adventurer's ''The Adventurer's'' (衝擊) is a TVB television series, premiered in 1980. Its theme song "The Adventurer's" (衝擊) and the sub theme song "The Sentiment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventurer (1917 Film)
''The Adventurer'' is an American short comedy film made in 1917 written and directed by Charlie Chaplin, and is the last of the twelve films made under contract for the Mutual Film Corporation. Plot This film starts with a man-hunt, where the police are hunting for an escaped convict (Charlie Chaplin) who has cleverly eluded the guards so far. One police officer (Henry Bergman) is told to guard the beach in case the escaped felon came within sight again. However, unbeknownst to the officer, Charlie is actually under a load of sand, buried right next to the officer. Fully aware of the danger, he is very cautious regarding his escape. He unburies himself very cautiously, however, Bergman is asleep, and he falls back on the hole which Charlie created while un-burying himself. Of course, Charlie makes a run, but it is too late. The officer fires, luckily missing Charlie by an inch. Charlie hurriedly climbs up a vertical wall of mud and stone, with the officer giving chase. Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventurer (1920 Film)
The Adventurer may refer to: Film and television * ''The Adventurer'' (1917 film), a short comedy film written and directed by Charlie Chaplin * ''The Adventurer'' (1920 film), starring William Farnum * ''The Adventurer'' (1922 film), a German silent film directed by Lothar Mendes * ''The Adventurer'' (1928 film), an American adventure film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and W.S. Van Dyke * '' The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box'', a 2014 British film * ''The Adventurer'' (TV series), a 1972 British TV series Other uses * ''The Adventurer'' (magazine), a games magazine from LucasArts * ''The Adventurer'' (newspaper), an English 18th century newspaper * ''The Adventurer'' (novel), a 1948 novel by Mika Waltari * ''The Adventurer'' (album), an album by saxophonist Clifford Jordan See also * ''The Adventurer's'', a 1980 Hong Kong TV series * The Adventurers (other) * Adventurers (other) * Adventurer (other) * Conan the Adventurer (disambigu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Farnum
William Farnum (July 4, 1876 – June 5, 1953) was an American actor. He was a star of American silent film cinema and became one of the highest-paid actors during that time. Biography Farnum was born on July 4, 1876, in Boston, Massachusetts, but he grew up in Bucksport, Maine. One of three brothers, Farnum grew up in a family of actors. He made his acting debut at the age of 10 in Richmond, Virginia, in a production of ''Julius Caesar'', with Edwin Booth playing the title character. He portrayed the title character of '' Ben-Hur'' (1900) on Broadway. Later plays Farnum appeared in there included ''The Prince of India'' (1906), ''The White Sister'' (1909), ''The Littlest Rebel'' (1911) co-starring his brother Dustin, and Arizona (1913), also with Dustin. In '' The Spoilers'' in 1914, Farnum and Tom Santschi staged a classic film fight which lasted for a full reel. In 1930, Farnum and Santschi coached Gary Cooper and William Boyd in the fight scene for the 1930 versi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventurer (1922 Film)
''The Adventurer'' (german: Der Abenteurer) is a 1922 German silent film directed by Lothar Mendes and starring Michael Bohnen, Rudolf Forster and Olga Limburg.Quinlan p. 205 Cast * Michael Bohnen as Van Hamm * Rudolf Forster as Bergström * Olga Limburg as Nelly Murdfield * Robert Leffler as Joshua Hunter, Farmer * Hanni Weisse as Maud, seine Tochter * Herbert Stock as Walker, der Wirt * Edith Meller as Lizzi, seine Tochter * Maria Forescu as Peddy, seine Frau * Georg John as der rote Johnny * Alfred Viebach as Conte d'Avido * Georg H. Schnell as Verwalter der Farm * Paul Rehkopf Paul Anton Heinrich Rehkopf (21 May 1872 – 29 June 1949) was a German actor. He was born in Braunschweig and died in Braunschweig, Germany Selected filmography * ''Diary of a Lost Woman'' (1918) * ''Film Kathi'' (1918) * ''Lorenzo Burghardt'' ... as Wirt der Hafenkneipe References Bibliography * External links * 1922 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Lothar Mendes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventurer (1928 Film)
''The Adventurer'' is a 1928 American silent adventure film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and an uncredited W.S. Van Dyke with a screenplay written by Ruth Cummings and Jack Cunningham. The film stars Tim McCoy, Dorothy Sebastian, Charles Delaney, George Cowl and Michael Visaroff. The film was released on July 14, 1928, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot Mining engineer Jim McClellan is in love with Dolores de Silva, the daughter of the deposed president of a South American country. McClellan tries to help de Silva regain power but finds himself involved in a series of dangerous adventures that even lead him to a firing squad. Eventually, the revolutionaries are defeated and the president returns to the government while McClellan finally wins the girl he loves. Cast *Tim McCoy as Jim McClellan *Dorothy Sebastian as Dolores de Silva *Charles Delaney as Barney O'Malley *George Cowl as Esteban de Silva *Michael Visaroff as Somaroff *Gayne Whitman Gayne Whitman (born Alfred D. Vosb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Curse Of The Midas Box
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be 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 nouns 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 the archaic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventurer (TV Series)
''The Adventurer'' is an ITC Entertainment British TV crime thriller/adventure series created by Dennis Spooner that ran for one series from 1972 to 1973. It premiered in the UK on 29 September 1972. The show starred Gene Barry as Gene Bradley, a government agent of independent means who poses as a glamorous American movie star. The series contain plots and scenes that combine elements of the crime thriller, adventure, and secret agent drama genres. Main cast *Gene Barry as Gene Bradley *Barry Morse as Mr. Parminter (25 episodes). *Catherine Schell as Diane Marsh (11 episodes) *Garrick Hagon as Gavin Taylor (10 episodes) Supporting cast *Dennis Price as Brandon (3 episodes) *Stuart Damon as Vince Elliot (2 episodes) *Sue Gerrard as Jane (2 episodes, plus opening titles) Episode list # ''Miss Me Once, Miss Me Twice and Miss Me Once Again'' # ''Poor Little Rich Girl'' # ''Thrust and Counter Thrust'' # ''The Bradley Way'' # ''Return to Sender'' # ''Counterstrike'' # ''Love Alway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventurer (magazine)
''The Adventurer'' was a game magazine published by LucasArts from Fall 1990 to Winter 1996. Designed as a consumer-facing company newsletter, it promoted upcoming LucasArts releases and featured background information on their development in the form of essays and staff interviews. In addition to printed copies which were distributed free of charge, LucasArts also published selected articles on their website. Despite the magazine's name, ''The Adventurer'' did not focus exclusively on adventure games An adventure game is a video game genre in which the player assumes the role of a protagonist in an interactive story driven by exploration and/or puzzle-solving. The genre's focus on story allows it to draw heavily from other narrative-based me ..., but covered all kinds of titles published by LucasArts. Issues Over the course of the magazine's 6-year run, a total of 13 issues were released. Due to issue number 13 being skipped, the magazine's final issue was #14, published at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventurer (newspaper)
''The Adventurer'' (1752–1754) was a London 18th-century bi-weekly newspaper undertaken after the successful conclusion of ''The Rambler''. Contributors included John Hawkesworth and Samuel Johnson Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709 – 13 December 1784), often called Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. The ''Oxford .... The Adventurer and Idler. London: Printed for W. Pickering, London; and Talboys and Wheeler, Oxford, 1825 References Further reading * The Adventurerv.1 (1752) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventurer (novel)
''The Adventurer'' (UK title: ''Michael The Finn''; original title ''Mikael Karvajalka'') is a novel by Finnish author Mika Waltari, published in 1948. It is a fictional tale of a young Finnish man, Mikael Karvajalka (''Hairy-foot''), set in 16th century Europe. Mikael is portrayed as an intellectual but rather naive person. Beginning life as an orphan bastard, he pursues a better social position with help of friendly people and by means of theological studies, but ends up drifting along through historical events across Europe rather than being able to steer his life himself. Plot summary The book begins in the city of Turku and follows Mikael along an adventure throughout Europe and the Mediterranean. The book depicts many actual historical events with a rich style, although Mikael's involvement in the events is fictitious. The historical events and milieu featured in the book include: *Denmark's conquest of Sweden, the Stockholm Bloodbath and eventually the downfall of king ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventurer (album)
''The Adventurer'' is an album by saxophonist Clifford Jordan which was recorded in New York City in 1978 and first released on the Muse label.Fitzgerald, M.Clifford Jordan leader entry accessed April 10, 2014 Reception AllMusic reviewer Ron Wynn described the album as being "Steady, with consistently interesting and gripping solos". Track listing ''All compositions by Clifford Jordan, except as indicated.'' # "He's a Hero"5:19 # "Quasimodo" (Charlie Parker)7:08 # "No More" (Tutti Camarata, Bob Russell)4:54 # "Blues for Muse"5:06 # "Adventurer"6:49 # " I'll Be Around" ( Alec Wilder)5:55 Personnel *Clifford Jordantenor saxophone, alto saxophone, flute *Tommy Flanaganpiano * Bill Lee bass *Grady Tate Grady Tate (January 14, 1932 – October 8, 2017) was an American jazz and soul-jazz drummer and baritone vocalist. In addition to his work as sideman, Tate released many albums as leader and lent his voice to songs in the animated ''Schoolhou ... drums References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventurer's
''The Adventurer's'' (衝擊) is a TVB television series, premiered in 1980. Its theme song "The Adventurer's" (衝擊) and the sub theme song "The Sentimental Debts" (情債) had both composition and arrangement by Joseph Koo, while the lyricist was Wong Jim. Cast * Deborah Lee * Simon Yam * Angie Chiu * Kent Tong * Michael Miu Michael Miu Kiu-wai ( 苗僑偉) (born 18 June 1958) is a Hong Kong actor and businessman. His career has been met with popular success in his youth, followed by a resurgence in middle age after a period of hiatus. He is considered one of the most ... * KK Cheung References {{DEFAULTSORT:Adventurer's 1980 Hong Kong television series debuts 1981 Hong Kong television series endings TVB dramas Cantonese-language television shows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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