Bert Lahr - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Bert Lahr: Encyclopedia - Bert Lahr
Bert Lahr, born Irving Lahrheim, (August 13, 1895 - December 4, 1967) was a Jewish-American comic actor. Fittingly born a "Leo", he is be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1967 In Music: Encyclopedia - 1967 In Music
See also: 1966 in music, other events of 1967, 1968 in music, 1960s in music and the list of 'years in music' 1967 in music - Events. J...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - August 13: Encyclopedia - August 13
August 13 is the 225th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (226th in leap years), with 140 days remaining. August 13 - Events. 31...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Milton Berle: Encyclopedia - Milton Berle
Milton Berle (born Milton Berlinger) (July 12, 1908 – March 27, 2002) was an extremely popular Jewish American comedian, whose career s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1960s: Encyclopedia - 1960s
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. Informally, it can a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vaudeville: Encyclopedia - Vaudeville
Vaudeville is a style of multi-act theatre which flourished in North America from the 1880s through the 1920s. An evening's "bill" (or sc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Waiting For Godot: Encyclopedia - Waiting For Godot
Waiting for Godot (sometimes subtitled: tragicomedy in 2 acts) is an absurdist play by Samuel Beckett, written in the late 1940s and firs...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cowardly Lion: Encyclopedia Ii - Cowardly Lion - The Classic Books
The Cowardly Lion makes his first appearance in the book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He is the last of the companions Dorothy befriends o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shirley Temple: Encyclopedia Ii - Shirley Temple - Film Career
Born in Santa Monica, California, she starred in over 40 films during the 1930s. Even at the age of five, the hallmark of her acting work...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Wizard Of Oz 1939 Film: Encyclopedia Ii - The Wizard Of Oz 1939 Film - Plot
(Also including deleted scenes and other filming information.) These opening scenes were the last ones to be filmed. They were filmed fro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dubarry Was A Lady: Encyclopedia Ii - Dubarry Was A Lady - 1939 Broadway Production
The show opened at the 46th Street Theatre on December 6 and ran for 408 performances. It was directed by Edgar MacGregor. DuBarry Was a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Estragon: Encyclopedia Ii - Estragon - Personality
Estragon represents the impulsive, simplistic side of the two main characters, much in contrast to his companion Vladimir's careful intel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1967 In Music: Encyclopedia Ii - 1967 In Music - Top Albums Released In America
Winter Younger Than Yesterday - The Byrds Mellow Yellow - Donovan More of The Monkees - The Monkees Between The Buttons - The Rolling St...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lay's: Encyclopedia Ii - Lay's - History
Native American chef George Crum invented potato chips in 1853 while working in a New York hotel. The snack food became popular during th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Waiting For Godot: Encyclopedia Ii - Waiting For Godot - Interpretations
Beckett uses the characters' interaction to symbolise the tedium and meaninglessness of modern life, both major themes of the existential...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Ed Sullivan Show: Encyclopedia Ii - The Ed Sullivan Show - Background
Along with the talent he booked each week, he also had recurring characters appear many times a season, such as his puppet sidekick Topo ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vaudeville: Encyclopedia Ii - Vaudeville - History
Vaudeville - Origin. Though often confused with variety, its generically distinct predecessor (c. 1860s-1881), mature vaudeville distin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joe Orton: Encyclopedia Ii - Joe Orton - Orton As Playwright
In the early 1960s Orton began to write plays. He wrote his last novel in 1961 (Head to Toe) and soon after had writing accepted. In 1963...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1960s: Encyclopedia Ii - 1960s - Events And Trends
Many of the trends of the 1960s were due to the demographic changes brought about by the baby boom generation, the height of the Cold War...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Ed Sullivan Show: Encyclopedia Ii - The Ed Sullivan Show - List Of Celebrity Guests
A partial list of guests includes: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II Monica Lewis Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Peggy Lee Irving Be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joe Orton: Encyclopedia Ii - Joe Orton - Biography And Film
A biography, entitled Prick Up Your Ears, a title Orton himself had considered using, was published in the 1970s by John Lahr (son of Ber...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dubarry Was A Lady: Encyclopedia Ii - Dubarry Was A Lady - 1942 London Production
The show opened at His Majesty's Theatre on October 22 and ran for 178 performances. It was directed by Richard Bird. DuBarry Was a Lady...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Estragon: Encyclopedia Ii - Estragon - Appearance
Estragon is given perhaps the most minimal description in the play. He is only described as wearing "rags", walking with a limp (that eve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Ed Sullivan Show: Encyclopedia Ii - The Ed Sullivan Show - List Of Celebrity Guests
A partial list of guests includes: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II Monica Lewis Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Peggy Lee Irving Be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joe Orton: Encyclopedia Ii - Joe Orton - Orton's Violent Death
During the night of August 9, 1967, Halliwell bludgeoned the 34 year-old Orton to death with nine hammer-blows to the head and then commi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lay's: Encyclopedia Ii - Lay's - Nutritional Information
As a snack food, the Lay's brands contain very few vitamins and minerals in any variety. At ten percent of the daily requirement per serv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lay's: Encyclopedia Ii - Lay's - Flavors
Up until the last twenty years, the only flavor of potato chips has been the conventional one. Despite an explosion of new flavors, the u...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joe Orton: Encyclopedia Ii - Joe Orton - Early Life
He was born in Leicester to a working class family and grew up on the Saffron Lane council estate with a younger brother and two sisters ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Estragon: Encyclopedia Ii - Estragon - Quotations
"Nothing to be done." "I remember the maps of the Holy Land. Coloured they were. Very pretty. The Dead Sea was pale blue. The very look o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shirley Temple: Encyclopedia Ii - Shirley Temple - Family And Career As Shirley Temple Black
Temple was married first to actor John Agar in 1945; she was then 17, and they had one daughter, Linda Agar, later known as Susan Black, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Wizard Of Oz 1939 Film: Encyclopedia Ii - The Wizard Of Oz 1939 Film - Fame
The popularity of the film is primarily due to the large number of times it has been shown on television. The vast majority of people who...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Wizard Of Oz 1939 Film: Encyclopedia Ii - The Wizard Of Oz 1939 Film - History
L. Frank Baum (born Lyman Frank Baum on May 15, 1856, in Chittenango, New York) published his book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in 1900. Ov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1967 In Music: Encyclopedia Ii - 1967 In Music - Awards
1967 in music - Grammy Awards. Grammy Awards of 1967 1967 in music - Eurovision Song Contest. Eurovision Song Contest 1967 ... ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Waiting For Godot: Encyclopedia Ii - Waiting For Godot - Directly Related Works Other Authors
The title character of Balzac's 1851 play Mercadet is waiting for financial salvation from his never seen business partner, Godeau. Altho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joe Orton: Encyclopedia Ii - Joe Orton - Meeting With Kenneth Halliwell
Orton met Kenneth Halliwell at RADA in 1951, moving into a West Hampstead flat with him and two other students in June. Halliwell was sev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Ed Sullivan Show: Encyclopedia Ii - The Ed Sullivan Show - Famous Performances
The Ed Sullivan Show is especially known for airing breakthrough performances by Elvis Presley and The Beatles. On September 9, 1956, Pre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Waiting For Godot: Encyclopedia Ii - Waiting For Godot - Stage History
The play was first performed in French at the Théâtre de Babylone, Paris in 1953, directed by French actor and comedian Roger Blin. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1960s: Encyclopedia Ii - 1960s - Big Changes During The Sixties
1960s - In the United States. The movement for civil and political rights for African Americans (in the early '60s usually called Negro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Ed Sullivan Show: Encyclopedia Ii - The Ed Sullivan Show - List Of Celebrity Guests
A partial list of guests includes: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Peggy Lee Irving Berlin Bob Hope...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1960s: Encyclopedia Ii - 1960s - People
1960s - World leaders. Prime Minister Robert Menzies (Australia) Prime Minister Harold Holt (Australia) Prime Minister John McEwen (Au...   » Read the article