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Edward Woodward as David Callan, a reluctant professional killer for a shadowy branch of the British Government's intelligence services known as 'the Section'.
His reluctant sidekick was a dodgy cab driver called Lonely, who smelled terrible when frightened - and he was terrified of Callan.
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Added: 6th July 2007
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He's correct!Especially with focus.People in the 60's would always yell at me show off!However my attention was totally focused on the furtherst point I could see.It was for me, not for them.I challanged myself towards a goal for MY OWN self satisfaction!
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Added: 2nd January 2008
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A very classy 1947 advertisement for Ballantine ale. Makes you thirsty just looking at it, doesn't it?
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The Great Depression did not produce many happy stories, but the birth of the Dionne quintuplets near remote Callander, Ontario, Canada in 1934 was at least outwardly a feel-good news item of the decade. Five identical girls were born to Elzire Dionne on May 28, 1934. They were attended to by a country doctor, Roy Allan Dafoe. Never before had quintuplets survived infancy. The story turned sour when the quints were made wards of the Ontario government because of the financial straits of the Dionne family and other concerns. The provincial government built Quintland, a tourist attraction where the girls were put on public display for the numerous visitors who travelled the Trans-Canada Highway to northern Ontario to see them. Quintland served as a home for the girls who were cared for by nurses, as well as a museum and viewing area for the tourists. Eventually some three million tourists came to Quintland--as many as 6,000 each day at its peak. (There was no admission charge to see the quints, but the region reaped millions of dollars in revenues from hotels, restaurants, etc.) At one point, the quints were Canada's top tourist attraction, surpassing Niagara Falls. The quints were isolated from the outside world and even from their parents and other siblings. The Dionne parents staged years of legal challenges to regain custody of their estranged daughters. They finally succeeded in 1943. The three surviving quints were awarded a large cash settlement in the late 1990s by the Ontario government. Only two of the girls survive today.
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Added: 4th May 2008
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Some how we missed Allan Melvin's passing back in January. A character actor best known for playing Sam the Butcher on "The Brady Bunch," has died. He was 84.
Melvin died of cancer Thursday at his home in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles, said Amalia Melvin, his wife of 64 years.
The jowly, jovial Melvin spent decades playing a series of sidekicks, second bananas and lovable lugs, including Archie Bunker's friend Barney Hefner on "All in the Family," and Sgt. Bilko's right-hand man Cpl. Henshaw on the "Phil Silvers Show."
But his place in pop culture will be fixed as butcher and bowler Sam Franklin, the love interest of Brady family maid Alice Nelson, who was played by Ann B. Davis. Melvin played the role from 1970 to 1973.
Born in Kansas City, Mo., in 1923, Melvin grew up in New York and attended Columbia University.
He was appearing on Broadway in "Stalag 17" when he began his decades-long television career with "The Phil Silvers Show," playing a role his wife said was always his favorite.
"He was proudest of that show," Amalia Melvin said. "I think the camaraderie of all those guys made it such a pleasant way to work. They were so relaxed."
He saw steady employment as a voice actor from the early 1960s to the early 1990s, most famously providing the voice of "Magilla Gorilla" for the Hanna Barbera cartoon of the same name.
His other credits include several guest appearances on "The Andy Griffith Show," "Gomer Pyle: USMC," and "The Dick Van Dyke Show."
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Added: 27th February 2008
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Hazel Court, an English actress who co-starred with the likes of Boris Karloff and Vincent Price in popular horror movies of the 1950s and '60s, has died. She was 82. Court died early Tuesday of a heart attack at her home near Lake Tahoe, daughter Sally Walsh said Wednesday. While she had a substantial acting career both in England and on American TV, Court was perhaps best known for her work in such films as 1963's "The Raven." She co-starred with Price, Karloff and Peter Lorre in director Roger Corman's take on the classic Edgar Allan Poe poem.
Corman directed her in five movies. Like other "scream queens" of the era, Court often relied on her cleavage and her ability to shriek in fear and die horrible deaths for her roles. "The Premature Burial,""The Masque of the Red Death,""The Curse of Frankenstein" and "Devil Girl from Mars" helped propel her to cult status and brought her fan mail even in her later years. 'She'd probably get over 100 pieces of fan mail a month and she would reply to every single one,' her daughter said.
Court had finished an autobiography, "Hazel Court - Horror Queen," which will be published in Britain.
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Within days of the sinking, a United States Senate subcommittee launched an investigation into the incident, they reported that 1,517 people perished in the accident, while the British investigation placed the number at 1,490
To the gallant crews of the Titanic and the Carpathia
To the passengers ... victims and survivors alike
We remember
Uphold them with Thy saving grace.
Thou Who supports with tender might
The balanced birds in all their flight.
Lord, if the tempered winds be near,
That, having Thee, they know no fear.
-- Mary C. D. Hamilton (1915)
Photos
Maritime Quest
http://www.maritimequest.com/
Encyclopedia-Titanica
http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/
The incredible Art of Titanic
E. D. Walker
http://www.edwalkermarine.com/
James A. Flood
http://www.jamesaflood.com
Simon Fisher
http://www.simonfishermaritime.com/
Ken Marschall
http://www.transatlanticdesigns.com/
Audio Clips with survivors
Edith Russell
Charles Herbert Lightoller
BBC radio sound archives
Music
Titanic Soundtrack
music composed and conducted by James Horner
conceived and produced by
Dale Caruso
Here are several top notch locations to visit and spend time; and to begin you quest for information about Titanic and the tragic event of April 14th 1912
encyclopedia titanica
http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/
Titanic Nautical Resource Center.
http://www.titanic-nautical.com/
Titanic Historical Society(THS)
http://www.titanic1.org/
And highly reccomended for photos, data, paintings on Titanic, her sisters, or most any type of sailing vessel
Maritime Quest
http://www.maritimequest.com/
If you love the sea, Maritime Quest will definitely top your "favorites" list
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The August 1941 edition of The Ring magazine devoted its cover to the recent heavyweight title fight between champion Joe Louis and gallant challenger Billy Conn.
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The SI cover of Chuck Wepner I posted earlier prompted me to find this clip: The 15th round of Wepner's gallant losing effort versus Muhammad Ali in 1975. The bout took place at the Richfield Coliseum in suburban Cleveland, Ohio.
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Surprisingly, Lincoln did have a Secret Service in his day.Major Allan Pinkerton, Secret Service Department and friends. It was made in 1862 by Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882.
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