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The General (play)
The General or The Generals may refer to: Film and television * ''The General'' (1926 film), a Buster Keaton film * ''The General'' (1992 film), a Russian war film * ''The General'' (1998 film), a John Boorman drama about Dublin criminal Martin Cahill * ''The General'' (TV series), a British TV fly-on-the-wall documentary series about a hospital * "The General" (''The Prisoner''), an episode of ''The Prisoner'' * "The General", an episode of '' Spyforce'' * "The General", an episode of ''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' Literature Fictional works * "The General", a 1918 poem by Siegfried Sassoon * ''The General'' (C. S. Forester novel), a work about a World War I general * ''The General'' (Muchamore novel), a novel in the CHERUB book series by Robert Muchamore * '' The General (series)'', a series of science fiction novels by S. M. Stirling * ''The General'' (Sillitoe novel), a World War II novel by Alan Sillitoe * ''The Generals'' (novel), a 2007 novel by Simon Scarrow * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The General (1926 Film)
''The General'' is a 1926 American silent film released by United Artists. It was inspired by the Great Locomotive Chase, a true story of an event that occurred during the American Civil War. The story was adapted from the 1889 memoir ''The Great Locomotive Chase'' by William Pittenger. The film stars Buster Keaton who co-directed it with Clyde Bruckman. At the time of its initial release, ''The General'', an action-adventure-comedy made toward the end of the silent era, was not well received by critics and audiences, resulting in mediocre box office returns (about half a million dollars domestically, and approximately one million worldwide). Because of its then-huge budget ($750,000 supplied by Metro chief Joseph Schenck) and failure to turn a significant profit, Keaton lost his independence as a filmmaker and was forced into a restrictive deal with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In 1954 the film entered the public domain in the United States because its claimant did not renew its copyr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The General (book)
The General or The Generals may refer to: Film and television * ''The General'' (1926 film), a Buster Keaton film * ''The General'' (1992 film), a Russian war film * ''The General'' (1998 film), a John Boorman drama about Dublin criminal Martin Cahill * ''The General'' (TV series), a British TV fly-on-the-wall documentary series about a hospital * "The General" (''The Prisoner''), an episode of ''The Prisoner'' * "The General", an episode of ''Spyforce'' * "The General" (''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'') Literature Fictional works * "The General", a 1918 poem by Siegfried Sassoon * ''The General'' (Forester novel), a work about a World War I general by C. S. Forester * ''The General'' (Muchamore novel), a novel in the CHERUB book series by Robert Muchamore * '' The General (series)'', a series of science fiction novels by S. M. Stirling * ''The General'' (Sillitoe novel), a World War II novel by Alan Sillitoe * ''The Generals'' (novel), a 2007 novel by Simon Scarrow * ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Keiter
Lester Keiter (April 27, 1919 – April 14, 2009), also known as the "General", was a newscaster and sports director of Honolulu, Hawaii television station KHON-TV. Keiter, who also lived in New York and San Francisco, also called some of the biggest fights in the history of boxing. Early career Lester Keiter was born and raised in Seattle and graduated from the University of Washington.Tsai, Stephen. "Keiter was 'a golden voice'," ''The Honolulu Advertiser'', Wednesday, April 15, 2009. He began his broadcasting career after World War II when he began announcing for a baseball team. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horace Grant
Horace Junior Grant Sr. (born July 4, 1965) is an American former professional basketball player who is a special advisor for Michael Reinsdorf, the president and chief operating officer of the Chicago Bulls. He attended and played college basketball at Clemson University before playing professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA), where he became a four-time champion with the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers. Horace is the twin brother of former NBA player Harvey Grant. Early life and college Grant was born in Augusta, Georgia. He and his twin brother, Harvey, grew up in Mitchell, Georgia and attended school in Sparta, Georgia. After he graduated from high school, he attended Clemson University, where he was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha. With the Clemson Tigers men's basketball, Clemson Tigers, he became the first player in ACC history to lead the league in scoring (21.0 average), rebounding (9.6) and field goal shooting (70.8 percent). In 1987, Grant helped ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles De Gaulle
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (; ; (commonly abbreviated as CDG) 22 November 18909 November 1970) was a French army officer and statesman who led Free France against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1944 to 1946 in order to restore democracy in France. In 1958, he came out of retirement when appointed President of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister) by President René Coty. He rewrote the Constitution of France and founded the Fifth Republic after approval by referendum. He was elected President of France later that year, a position to which he was reelected in 1965 and held until his resignation in 1969. Born in Lille, he graduated from Saint-Cyr in 1912. He was a decorated officer of the First World War, wounded several times and later taken prisoner at Verdun. During the interwar period, he advocated mobile armoured divisions. During the German invasion of May 1940, he led an armoured divisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Cahill
Martin "The General" Cahill (23 May 1949 – 18 August 1994) was an Irish crime boss from Dublin. He masterminded a series of burglaries and armed robberies, and was shot and killed while out on bail for kidnapping charges. The Provisional Irish Republican Army took responsibility for Cahill's murder but no one was ever arrested or formally charged. The media referred to him by the sobriquet "The General". The name was also used by the media to discuss Cahill's activities while avoiding legal problems with libel. Cahill took particular care to hide his face from the media — he would spread the fingers of one hand and cover his face. Early life He was born in a slum district in Grenville Street in Dublin's north inner city, the second of twelve surviving children of Patrick Cahill, a lighthouse-keeper, and Agnes Sheehan. By the time he was in school, Martin and his older brother John were stealing food to supplement the family's income. In 1960, the family was moved to Cap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Motors
The General Motors Company (GM) is an American Multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It is the largest automaker in the United States and was the largest in the world for 77 years before losing the top spot to Toyota in 2008. General Motors operates manufacturing plants in eight countries. Its four core automobile brands are Chevrolet, Buick, GMC (automobile), GMC, and Cadillac. It also holds interests in Chinese brands Wuling Motors and Baojun as well as DMAX (engines), DMAX via joint ventures. Additionally, GM also owns the BrightDrop delivery vehicle manufacturer, GM Defense, a namesake Defense vehicles division which produces military vehicles for the United States government and military; the vehicle safety, security, and information services provider OnStar; the auto parts company ACDelco, a GM Financial, namesake financial lending service; and majority ownership in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The General (magazine)
''The General'' (1964–1998) was a bi-monthly periodical devoted to supporting Avalon Hill's line of wargames, with articles on game tactics, history, and industry news. It was the first professionally produced wargaming magazine for the nascent cardboard and hex-map wargaming hobby. Over the years the magazine was variously called ''The Avalon Hill General'', ''Avalon Hill's General'', ''The General Magazine'', or simply ''General''. It was headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. With the sale of Avalon Hill to Hasbro in 1998 the magazine ceased. Its unofficial heir was ''Operations Magazine'' published by Multi-Man Publishing to support the line of Avalon Hill games that remained in print, but that too went out of print in 2010, replaced by ''Special Ops'' magazine in 2011. History When the first issue was published, wargaming in the modern recreational sense was still in its infancy, and The Avalon Hill Game Company had been producing wargames for a mass market for only five ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The General (insurance)
The General Automobile Insurance Services, Inc., or simply The General, is a licensed insurance agency that is a subsidiary of PGC Holdings Corp. that focuses on auto insurance. In 2012, the company was acquired by American Family Insurance; The General brand still remains as a separate brand. The General specializes in insuring drivers who are considered "high risk" whose car insurance premiums are typically more expensive. History The General began selling insurance in 1963, under the company name Permanent General Agency. Later, the name was changed to Permanent General Assurance Corporation (PGAC), and in 2012, it was announced that Permanent General and all affiliated companies will unify under the one brand name "The General." Since 2016, retired professional basketball player Shaquille O'Neal has endorsed and appeared in numerous commercials for the company. Operating territory The General is based in Nashville, Tennessee, and has several physical store operations th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The General (locomotive)
Western & Atlantic Railroad #3 ''General'' is a 4-4-0 "American" type steam locomotive built in 1855 by the Rogers, Ketchum & Grosvenor in Paterson, New Jersey for the Western & Atlantic Railroad, best known as the engine stolen by Union spies in the Great Locomotive Chase, an attempt to cripple the Confederate rail network during the American Civil War. Today, the locomotive is preserved at the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History in Kennesaw, Georgia, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Before the Civil War Built in 1855 by Rogers, Ketchum & Grosvenor in Paterson, New Jersey, ''The General'' provided freight and passenger service between Atlanta, Georgia, and Chattanooga, Tennessee, before the Civil War on the Western and Atlantic Railroad of the State of Georgia and later, the Western and Atlantic Railroad Company. Civil War During the Civil War on April 12, 1862, ''The General'' was commandeered by Northerners led by James J. Andr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The General (horse)
The General was a horse owned by US President John Tyler. When he died, John Tyler had The General buried on his Sherwood Forest Plantation, in the Sherwood Forest Pet Cemetery. The horse's epitaph reads: See also * List of historical horses This list includes actual horses that exist in the historical record. For fictional horses, see: List of fictional horses. Racehorses A * Adios Butler: famous harness racer * Affirmed: U.S. Triple Crown winner (1978) * Ajax: 18 consecutive ra ... References Individual warhorses Burials in Virginia John Tyler Individual male horses United States presidential horses {{horse-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The General (song)
"The General" is a song by the roots rock band Dispatch. It appeared on their 1997 album ''Bang Bang'' and became one of the group's most well-known songs. Composition This song, written by Chadwick Stokes, tells a story about a brilliant and battle-torn 19th century general, who has a dream in which he realizes the futility of the war he is fighting. In ''The Best of Dispatch'', a book containing guitar and voice transcriptions of selected Dispatch songs, Chad Urmston describes "The General": Formats The song has appeared in multiple formats, including its original version on the album ''Bang Bang'', as well as multiple live versions on their albums '' Gut the Van'', ''All Points Bulletin'' and, most recently, '' Dispatch: Zimbabwe''. In the Madison Square Garden format, the song features several instruments including the trumpet, saxophone, and trombone, an addition never before featured in the song. At New York City's Radio City Music Hall in 2012, during the band's Circ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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