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| | |  Ben Alexander: Encyclopedia II - List of wrestlers in Jim Crockett Promotions - List of Stars
List of wrestlers in Jim Crockett Promotions - Last Name of A & B.
Abdullah the Butcher (Larry Shreve)
Johnny Ace (John Laurinaitis)
Brian Adias
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Bill Alfonso (William Sierra): (as a referee)
Afa (Afa Anoai): National Tag
Arn Anderson (Marty Lunde): TV, Tag, National Tag
Brad Anderson
Gene Anderson: Tag
Ole Anderson (Al Rogowski): TV, Tag, National Tag
Pee Wee Anderson (Randy Anderson): (as a referee)< ...
See also:List of wrestlers in Jim Crockett Promotions, List of wrestlers in Jim Crockett Promotions - Legend, List of wrestlers in Jim Crockett Promotions - List of Stars, List of wrestlers in Jim Crockett Promotions - Last Name of A & B, List of wrestlers in Jim Crockett Promotions - Last Name of C through F, List of wrestlers in Jim Crockett Promotions - Last Name of G & H, List of wrestlers in Jim Crockett Promotions - Last Name of I through L, List of wrestlers in Jim Crockett Promotions - Last Name of M through P, List of wrestlers in Jim Crockett Promotions - Last Name of R & S, List of wrestlers in Jim Crockett Promotions - Last Name of T through Z Read more here: » List of wrestlers in Jim Crockett Promotions: Encyclopedia II - List of wrestlers in Jim Crockett Promotions - List of Stars |
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| | | | Ben Alexander: Encyclopedia II - All Quiet on the Western Front - Themes There are many central themes in the book. Among them is that war is total nonsense. For example, none of the characters have ever seen a Frenchman before the war, much less have reason to kill them, but that is now what they are doing. Some of the soldiers ponder how the war was started, what is it for, and who it benefits. Nobody has any answers.
All Quiet on the Western Front - The horror of war.
The main theme in All Quiet on the Western Front is the brutality of war. The archetypical war novel ...
See also:All Quiet on the Western Front, All Quiet on the Western Front - Plot, All Quiet on the Western Front - Themes, All Quiet on the Western Front - The horror of war, All Quiet on the Western Front - Effect on soldiers, All Quiet on the Western Front - Nature, All Quiet on the Western Front - Adaptations, All Quiet on the Western Front - Film, All Quiet on the Western Front - TV film, All Quiet on the Western Front - Sequel Read more here: » All Quiet on the Western Front: Encyclopedia II - All Quiet on the Western Front - Themes |
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| | | | Ben Alexander: Encyclopedia II - Dragnet drama - History
Dragnet drama - Creation.
Dragnet was created and produced by Jack Webb, who starred as the terse Sgt. Friday. Webb had starred in a few mostly short-lived radio programs, but Dragnet would make him one of the major media personalities of his era.
Dragnet had its origins in Webb’s small role as a police forensic scientist in the 1948 film, He Walked by Night, inspired by the actual murder of an LAPD officer. The film was depicted in quasi-documentary style, and Marty Wynn (an ...
See also:Dragnet drama, Dragnet drama - Introduction, Dragnet drama - History, Dragnet drama - Creation, Dragnet drama - Radio, Dragnet drama - Television, Dragnet drama - Remakes, Dragnet drama - Dragnet and popular culture, Dragnet drama - Sources Read more here: » Dragnet drama: Encyclopedia II - Dragnet drama - History |
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| | | | Ben Alexander: Encyclopedia II - Dragnet drama - History
Dragnet drama - Creation.
Dragnet was created and produced by Jack Webb, who starred as the terse Sgt. Friday. Webb had starred in a few mostly short-lived radio programs, but Dragnet would make him one of the major media personalities of his era.
Dragnet had its origins in Webb’s small role as a police forensic scientist in the 1948 film, He Walked by Night, inspired by the actual murder of an LAPD officer. The film was depicted in quasi-documentary style, and Marty Wynn (an ...
See also:Dragnet drama, Dragnet drama - Introduction, Dragnet drama - History, Dragnet drama - Creation, Dragnet drama - Radio, Dragnet drama - Television, Dragnet drama - Remakes, Dragnet drama - Dragnet and Popular Culture, Dragnet drama - Sources Read more here: » Dragnet drama: Encyclopedia II - Dragnet drama - History |
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| | | | Ben Alexander: Encyclopedia II - All Quiet on the Western Front - Themes There are many central themes in the book. Among them is that war is total nonsense. For example, none of the characters have ever seen a Frenchman before the war, much less have reason to kill them, but that is now what they are doing. Some of the soldiers ponder how the war was started, what is it for, and who it benefits. Nobody has any answers.
All Quiet on the Western Front - The horror of war.
The main theme in All Quiet on the Western Front is the brutality of war. The archetypical war novel ...
See also:All Quiet on the Western Front, All Quiet on the Western Front - Plot, All Quiet on the Western Front - Themes, All Quiet on the Western Front - The horror of war, All Quiet on the Western Front - Effect on soldiers, All Quiet on the Western Front - Nature, All Quiet on the Western Front - Film, All Quiet on the Western Front - Sequel Read more here: » All Quiet on the Western Front: Encyclopedia II - All Quiet on the Western Front - Themes |
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| | | | Ben Alexander: Encyclopedia II - 1911 - Events
1911 - January-June.
January 1 - Northern Territory is separated from South Australia
January 3 - In London, in what becomes known as the Siege of Sidney Street, the Metropolitan Police and the Scots Guards engage in a shootout with a criminal gang of Latvian anarchists held up in a building in the East End.
January 10 - Major Jimmie Erickson takes the first aerial photograph (over San Diego, California).
January 18 - Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of ...
See also:1911, 1911 - Events, 1911 - January-June, 1911 - July-October, 1911 - November-December, 1911 - Unknown dates, 1911 - Births, 1911 - January-March, 1911 - April-June, 1911 - July-September, 1911 - October-December, 1911 - Unknown dates, 1911 - Deaths, 1911 - Nobel Prizes Read more here: » 1911: Encyclopedia II - 1911 - Events |
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| | | | Ben Alexander: Encyclopedia II - All Quiet on the Western Front - Sequel The Road Back, another book written by Erich Maria Remarque, is about a different group of soldiers trying to cope with postwar Germany: dealing with the defeated German society after the war, trying to go to school, and trying to live a normal life.
The book and film were both banned during Nazi rule, and Remarque was stripped of his German citizenship in 1938.
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See also:All Quiet on the Western Front, All Quiet on the Western Front - Plot, All Quiet on the Western Front - Themes, All Quiet on the Western Front - The horror of war, All Quiet on the Western Front - Effect on soldiers, All Quiet on the Western Front - Nature, All Quiet on the Western Front - Adaptations, All Quiet on the Western Front - Film, All Quiet on the Western Front - TV film, All Quiet on the Western Front - Sequel Read more here: » All Quiet on the Western Front: Encyclopedia II - All Quiet on the Western Front - Sequel |
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All Quiet on the Western Front - Film.
In 1930, an American film of the novel was made, directed by Lewis Milestone. The screenplay was by Maxwell Anderson, George Abbott, Del Andrews, C. Gardner Sullivan, with uncredited work by Walter Anthony and Milestone. It stars Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John Wray, Arnold Lucy and Ben Alexander.
The film won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1930 for its producer Carl Laemmle Jr., and an Academy Award for Directing for Lewis Milestone. It also received two further nominations: Best Cinematography, for Arthur Edeson, ...
See also:All Quiet on the Western Front, All Quiet on the Western Front - Plot, All Quiet on the Western Front - Themes, All Quiet on the Western Front - The horror of war, All Quiet on the Western Front - Effect on soldiers, All Quiet on the Western Front - Nature, All Quiet on the Western Front - Adaptations, All Quiet on the Western Front - Film, All Quiet on the Western Front - TV film, All Quiet on the Western Front - Sequel Read more here: » All Quiet on the Western Front: Encyclopedia II - All Quiet on the Western Front - Adaptations |
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| | | | Ben Alexander: Encyclopedia II - Dragnet drama - Introduction Dragnet was perhaps the most famous police procedural of all time. Actor and producer Jack Webb's catchphrase, 'Just the facts, ma'am', has become a permanent part of American culture. The series has been credited with dramatically improving the public image of the police in the United States.
Webb’s aims in Dragnet were for realism and unpretentious acting. He achieved both goals, and Dragnet remains a key influe ...
See also:Dragnet drama, Dragnet drama - Introduction, Dragnet drama - History, Dragnet drama - Creation, Dragnet drama - Radio, Dragnet drama - Television, Dragnet drama - Remakes, Dragnet drama - Dragnet and popular culture, Dragnet drama - Sources Read more here: » Dragnet drama: Encyclopedia II - Dragnet drama - Introduction |
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| | | | Ben Alexander: Encyclopedia II - 1911 - Births
1911 - January-March.
January 1 - Hank Greenberg, baseball player (d. 1986)
January 1 - Dionysia Flambouras, Messenger/God of Wine and much much more
January 3 - John Sturges, American film director (d. 1982)
January 5 - Jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor (d. 2001)
January 7 - Butterfly McQueen, American actress (d. 1995)
January 11 - Zenko Suzuki, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2004)
January 13 - Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Premier of Queensland (d. 2005)
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See also:1911, 1911 - Events, 1911 - January-June, 1911 - July-October, 1911 - November-December, 1911 - Unknown dates, 1911 - Births, 1911 - January-March, 1911 - April-June, 1911 - July-September, 1911 - October-December, 1911 - Unknown dates, 1911 - Deaths, 1911 - Nobel Prizes Read more here: » 1911: Encyclopedia II - 1911 - Births |
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| | | | Ben Alexander: Encyclopedia II - All Quiet on the Western Front - Plot The story follows the experiences of Paul Bäumer: a soldier who joined the German army shortly after the start of the war. He arrives on the western front with his friends (Tjaden, Müller, and a number of other characters) and meets Stanislaus Katczinsky. Kat soon becomes Paul's mentor and teaches him about the realities of war. Paul and Kat swiftly became almost brothers, bonded by the hardships of the war.
Paul and his friends have to endure day after day of non-stop bombardment. Eventually it all becomes clear to him: war is enti ...
See also:All Quiet on the Western Front, All Quiet on the Western Front - Plot, All Quiet on the Western Front - Themes, All Quiet on the Western Front - The horror of war, All Quiet on the Western Front - Effect on soldiers, All Quiet on the Western Front - Nature, All Quiet on the Western Front - Adaptations, All Quiet on the Western Front - Film, All Quiet on the Western Front - TV film, All Quiet on the Western Front - Sequel Read more here: » All Quiet on the Western Front: Encyclopedia II - All Quiet on the Western Front - Plot |
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| | | | Ben Alexander: Encyclopedia II - All Quiet on the Western Front - Sequel The Road Back, another book written by Erich Maria Remarque, is about a different group of soldiers trying to cope with postwar Germany: dealing with the defeated German society after the war, trying to go to school, and trying to live a normal life.
The book and film were both banned during Nazi rule, and Remarque was stripped of his German citizenship in 1938.
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See also:All Quiet on the Western Front, All Quiet on the Western Front - Plot, All Quiet on the Western Front - Themes, All Quiet on the Western Front - The horror of war, All Quiet on the Western Front - Effect on soldiers, All Quiet on the Western Front - Nature, All Quiet on the Western Front - Film, All Quiet on the Western Front - Sequel Read more here: » All Quiet on the Western Front: Encyclopedia II - All Quiet on the Western Front - Sequel |
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| | | | Ben Alexander: Encyclopedia II - All Quiet on the Western Front - Film The film version, adapted by Maxwell Anderson, George Abbott, Del Andrews, C. Gardner Sullivan, Walter Anthony (uncredited) and Lewis Milestone (uncredited), won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1930 for its producer Carl Laemmle Jr., and an Academy Award for Directing for Lewis Milestone. The movie starred Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John Wray, Arnold Lucy and Ben Alexander.
It also received two further nominations:
Best Cinematography - Arthur Edeson
Best Writing, Achievement - ...
See also:All Quiet on the Western Front, All Quiet on the Western Front - Plot, All Quiet on the Western Front - Themes, All Quiet on the Western Front - The horror of war, All Quiet on the Western Front - Effect on soldiers, All Quiet on the Western Front - Nature, All Quiet on the Western Front - Film, All Quiet on the Western Front - Sequel Read more here: » All Quiet on the Western Front: Encyclopedia II - All Quiet on the Western Front - Film |
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| | | | Ben Alexander: Encyclopedia II - All Quiet on the Western Front - Plot The story follows the experiences of Paul Bäumer: a soldier who joined the German army shortly after the start of the war. He arrives on the western front with his friends (Tjaden, Müller, and a number of other characters) and meets Stanislaus Katczinsky. Kat soon becomes Paul's mentor and teaches him about the realities of war. Paul and Kat swiftly became almost brothers, bonded by the hardships of the war.
Paul and his friends have to endure day after day of non-stop bombardment. Eventually it all becomes clear to him: war is enti ...
See also:All Quiet on the Western Front, All Quiet on the Western Front - Plot, All Quiet on the Western Front - Themes, All Quiet on the Western Front - The horror of war, All Quiet on the Western Front - Effect on soldiers, All Quiet on the Western Front - Nature, All Quiet on the Western Front - Film, All Quiet on the Western Front - Sequel Read more here: » All Quiet on the Western Front: Encyclopedia II - All Quiet on the Western Front - Plot |
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| | | | Ben Alexander: Encyclopedia II - Dragnet drama - Introduction Dragnet was perhaps the most famous police procedural of all time. Actor and producer Jack Webb's catchphrase, 'Just the facts, ma'am', has become a permanent part of American culture. The series has been credited with dramatically improving the public image of the police in the United States.
Webb’s aims in Dragnet were for realism and unpretentious acting. He achieved both goals, and Dragnet remains a key influe ...
See also:Dragnet drama, Dragnet drama - Introduction, Dragnet drama - History, Dragnet drama - Creation, Dragnet drama - Radio, Dragnet drama - Television, Dragnet drama - Remakes, Dragnet drama - Dragnet and Popular Culture, Dragnet drama - Sources Read more here: » Dragnet drama: Encyclopedia II - Dragnet drama - Introduction |
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