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The Dove
The Dove may refer to: * ''The Dove'' (1927 film), a silent film starring Norma Talmadge, Noah Beery, and Gilbert Roland * ''The Dove'' (1968 film), a short parody of Ingmar Bergman's works * ''The Dove'' (1974 film), a biographical movie about an around-the-world sailor *The Dove (fairy tale), written in 1634 by Giambattista Basile *The Dove, Hammersmith, public house in Hammersmith, London *The Dove (glacier), a small glacier located in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, United States *"The Dove", nickname of radio station WDUV *''Maryland Dove'', a replica of the ship ''The Dove,'' which was used in founding the Province of Maryland *Al-Yamamah arms deal, the name of a series of record arms sales by the United Kingdom to Saudi Arabia See also *Dove (other) *Doves Press The Doves Press was a private press based in Hammersmith, London. During nearly seventeen years of operation, the Doves Press produced notable examples of twentieth-century typography. A distinguis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dove (1927 Film)
''The Dove'' is a 1927 American silent romantic drama film directed by Roland West based on a 1925 Broadway play by Willard Mack and starring Norma Talmadge, Noah Beery, and Gilbert Roland. Background The original story is about Mexican despot Don José (Beery), who falls in love with the dancing girl Dolores (Talmadge) who rejects him. Due to the potential political repercussions of condemning Mexico, it was decided to relocate the plot to some anonymous Mediterranean country. The film was Norma Talmadge's first feature for United Artists. Plot A despot falls for a dancing girl. After she rejects him, she has her other beau framed for murder. Cast * Norma Talmadge as Dolores * Noah Beery as Don José María y Sandoval * Gilbert Roland as Johnny Powell * Eddie Borden as Billy * Harry Myers as Mike * Walter Daniels as The Drunk * Kalla Pasha as The Comandante * Michael Vavitch as Gómez * Brinsley Shaw as The Patriot * Charles Darvas as The Comandante's Captain * Michael Dark as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dove (1968 Film)
''The Dove'' (''De Düva'') is a 1968 Oscar-nominated American short film that parodies the films of Swedish director Ingmar Bergman. Background The film borrows heavily from the plot lines of some of Bergman's most famous films. There is a journey by car back to the location of childhood memories as in '' Wild Strawberries''. The main characters meet with the shrouded figure of Death as in ''The Seventh Seal''. The film was directed by George Coe and Anthony Lover. Madeline Kahn made her first film appearance, in a supporting role. The dialogue and voice-over narration are spoken mostly in a heavily accented fictional language, which is mostly English made to sound like Swedish, with many of the nouns ending in "ska". (For example, the subtitled word "eventually" is spoken in dialogue as "sooner or lateska".) There are also a smattering of Yiddish words. The film often was shown in repertory film houses as a short feature when Bergman films were on the bill; audiences frequently ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dove (1974 Film)
''The Dove'' is a 1974 American biographical film directed by Charles Jarrott. The picture was produced by Gregory Peck, the third and last feature film he would produce. The drama is based on the real-life experiences of Robin Lee Graham, a young man who spent five years sailing around the world as a single-handed sailor, starting when he was 16 years old. The story is adapted from ''Dove'' (1972), the book Graham co-wrote with Derek L.T. Gill about his seafaring experiences. Plot The film tells of real-life Robin Lee Graham (Joseph Bottoms), a 16-year-old boy who sets sail in a 23-foot sloop in attempt to be the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe solo. He had planned the trip with his sailor father Lyle Graham (John McLiam) for years. On one of his stops after setting sail, he meets and falls in love with the gregarious and attractive Patti Ratteree (Deborah Raffin). After much banter, Patti decides to follow Graham throughout his long journey. She meets him in Fiji, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dove (fairy Tale)
The Dove is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the ''Pentamerone''. Although there is no evidence of direct influence, this tale combines many motifs in a manner similar to the Grimms' ''The Two Kings' Children''.Jack Zipes, ''The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers Grimm'', p 492, Summary A poor old woman had to beg hard to get a pot full of beans. A prince and his friends rode by and broke the pot in a game. She cursed him to fall in love with an ogress's daughter. Within hours, he became lost in a wood and lost his attendants, and found a girl mocking snails. He fell in love at sight, and the girl, Filadoro, also fell in love with him. He was too tongue-tied to woo, and the ogress caught him. He tried to strike her, but could not move. She ordered him to dig an acre of land and sow it by evening. Filadoro comforted him. When he heard she had magic, he asked why they could not leave; she answered a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dove, Hammersmith
The Dove is a Grade II listed public house at 19 Upper Mall, Hammersmith, London W6 9TA. History It dates from the early 18th century. A number of historical figures have been associated with the pub beside the River Thames. Among these are Graham Greene, Ernest Hemingway, Dylan Thomas and William Morris who lived next door. James Thompson is said to have written the words for the 1740 song ''Rule, Britannia!'' there. The pub appears in the 1930 A. P. Herbert novel '' The Water Gipsies'', loosely disguised as the fictitious ''The Pigeons''. The front bar of the pub is listed in the ''Guinness Book of Records'' as the smallest public bar in the United Kingdom. The pub featured in 1963 promotional film Song of London which showed its name sign at the rear that, at the time, wrongly said The Doves. T. J. Cobden-Sanderson named his Doves Bindery and the Doves Press The Doves Press was a private press based in Hammersmith, London. During nearly seventeen years of operation, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dove (glacier)
The Dove is a small cirque glacier or perennial snowfield located in Rocky Mountain National Park in the U.S. state of Colorado. The Dove is on the north slope of Longs Peak and near ''The Keyhole'', which is along a popular climbing route to the summit. See also *List of glaciers in the United States This is a list of glaciers existing in the United States, currently or in recent centuries. These glaciers are located in nine states, all in the Rocky Mountains or farther west. The southernmost named glacier among them is the Lilliput Glacier ... References Glaciers of Rocky Mountain National Park Landforms of Boulder County, Colorado {{US-glacier-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WDUV
WDUV (105.5 FM "The Dove") is a commercial radio station licensed to New Port Richey, Florida and serving the Tampa Bay Area. Owned by Cox Radio, it broadcasts a soft adult contemporary format. It switches to all-Christmas music from mid-November to December 25. WDUV's studios and offices are located in St. Petersburg. The transmitter site is off Dartmouth Drive in Holiday. WDUV has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 33,000 watts. It broadcasts in the HD Radio hybrid format. WDUV carries a country music format on its HD2 channel. History Initially signing on in October 1963, with a beautiful music format, WDUV was formerly licensed to Bradenton in Manatee County and formerly broadcast at 103.3 FM. The station originally shared the same studio facilities on Tamiami Trail in Bradenton with WBRD (1420 AM), and the Bradenton news bureau of ABC network affiliate WXLT-TV (now WWSB). At the time, all three stations were owned by the same family. In the early-1990s, WDUV reloc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maryland Dove
''Maryland Dove'' is a re-creation of the ''Dove,'' an early 17th-century English trading ship, one of two ships (Dove and The Ark) which made up the first expedition from England to the Province of Maryland. The modern ''Dove'' was designed by the naval architect and naval historian William A. Baker. The Dove was a trading vessel that could be sailed by a crew of seven. The much larger Ark, was a passenger ship, and was sailed by a crew of 40 or more. The Dove was left behind as a local trading vessel to facilitate commerce between Maryland and the other colonies. ''Maryland Dove'' Launched in 1978, ''Maryland Dove'' is 56 feet in length on deck, and 76 feet overall with a displacement of 42 tons. She was built by James B. Richardson in a shipyard near Cambridge, Maryland in Dorchester County. Her home port is St. Mary's City, Maryland. The ship is owned by the State of Maryland and operated/maintained by the Historic St. Mary's City Commission. She was commissioned October 8, 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Yamamah Arms Deal
Al Yamamah ( ar, اليمامة, translation=The Dove) is the name of a series of record arms sales by the United Kingdom to Saudi Arabia, paid for by the delivery of up to of crude oil per day to the British government. The prime contractor has been BAE Systems and its predecessor British Aerospace. The first sales occurred in September 1985 and the most recent contract for 72 Eurofighter Typhoon multirole fighters was signed in August 2006. Mike Turner, then CEO of BAE Systems, said in August 2005 that BAE and its predecessor had earned £43 billion in twenty years from the contracts and that it could earn £40 billion more. It is Britain's largest ever export agreement, and employs at least 5,000 people in Saudi Arabia. In 2010, BAE Systems pleaded guilty to a United States court, to charges of false accounting and making misleading statements in connection with the sales. An investigation by the British Serious Fraud Office into the deal was discontinued after politica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dove (other)
A dove is a type of bird, also called a pigeon. Dove may also refer to: Birds * In popular usage, often refers to small columbids that are used as symbols of peace, white or gray in color ** Barbary dove (''Streptopelia risoria''), a domestic species that is typically gray in colour, but often bred to be white ** Small white-feathered domestic pigeons (''Columba livia domestica''), which are used as release doves People * Dove (given name), feminine given name in the English language * Dove (surname), surname in the English language Places Extraterrestrial * Dove (crater), on the Moon * Dove or Columba (constellation) Terrestrial * Dove, Missouri, United States * Dove Lake (Tasmania), Australia * River Dove, Barnsley, England * River Dove, Derbyshire, England * River Dove, North Yorkshire, England * River Dove, Suffolk, England * The Dove (glacier), Colorado, United States * The Dove, Hammersmith, a public house in London, England * Dove Cottage, writer's home m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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