Douglas Shearer - Douglas Shearer Douglas G. Shearer (November 17, 1899 - January 5, 1971) was a sound designer and director. He was born in Montreal, Quebec to a prominent upper class family, but his family fell on hard times after his father’s business failed and ultimately it led to his parents separating. Douglas remained with his father in Montreal while his two younger sisters, Norma and Athole moved to New York City with their mother. Unable to afford university, Douglas Shearer left school, working at a variety of jobs until he visited his sisters who by then had relocated to Hollywood, California in the early 1920s. Deciding to remain there, he found a job at MGM Studios and began to pursue his interest in the creation of sound.
Athole Shearer - Athole Shearer Athole Shearer, born November 20, 1900 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada - died March 17, 1985 in Los Angeles, California, United States, was an actress most noted as the sister of motion picture star Norma Shearer and film sound engineer Douglas Shearer. As a teenager, Athole Shearer’s divorced mother moved the two girls to New York City and then to Hollywood and in 1920 she obtained her first minor film roll. In 1923, Athole Shearer married John Ward with whom she would have a son. Divorced, in 1928 she married again, this time to noted film director Howard Hawks (1896-1977). They divorced twelve years later in 1940 at a turbulent time for Hawks who had been fired by studio owner Howard Hughes as the director of.
January 17 - Fairchild FH-227E crashes into the mountains in southern Colombia killing 26 Births 1463 - Friedrich III, Saxon elector (†1525) 1706 - Benjamin Franklin American writer, inventor, publisher, and ambassador (†1790) 1763 - John Jacob Astor, entrepreneur (†1848) 1820 - Anne Brontë, British author (†1849) 1832 - Henry Martyn Baird, American historian and educationalist (†1906) 1860 - Anton Chekhov, playwright (†1904) 1863 - David Lloyd George, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (†1945) 1867 - Carl Laemmle, film executive (†1939) 1871 - David Earl Betty British admiral (†1936) 1880 - Mack Sennett, director, producer (†1960) 1899 - Al Capone, gangster, nicknamed "Scarface" (†1947) 1899 - Nevil Shute, author (†1960) 1914 - William Stafford, poet and essayist (†1993) 1922 -.
January 5 - 1984 1928 - Ali Bhutto, President and Prime Minister of Pakistan (†1979) 1931 - Alvin Ailey, choreographer (†1989) 1931 - Alfred Brendel, pianist 1931 - Robert Duvall, actor and director 1932 - Umberto Eco, philologist and writer 1932 - Raisa Gorbachev, political consort, (†1999) 1938 - King Juan Carlos of Spain 1941 - Miyazaki Hayao, film maker 1941 - Grady Thomas, singer (P-Funk) 1942 - Maurizio Pollini, pianist 1942 - Charlie Rose, talk show host 1946 - Diane Keaton, actress 1953 - George Tenet, Director of the CIA 1961 - Suzy Amis, actress 1969 - Marilyn Manson, singer Deaths 1589 - Catherine de Medici, Queen of France 1740 - Antonio Lotti, composer 1891 - Emma Abbott, american opera singer 1922 - Ernest Shackleton, explorer 1929 - Nikolai Nikolaevich.
Joan Crawford - be renewed. A movie-magazine contest was the source of her well-known stage name. The female contestant who entered the name "Joan Crawford" was awarded $500.00. Joan Crawford acted in numerous theatrical motion pictures over the course of her career, and she also worked in radio and television. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Mildred Pierce in 1945, and was nominated for Possessed (1947) and Sudden Fear (1952). In 1929, at the time she married her first husband, Joan bought a mansion at 426 North Bristol Avenue in Brentwood, midway between Beverly Hills and the Pacific Ocean, which was her primary residence for the next twenty-six years. She had four husbands: actors Douglas Fairbanks, Jr (married June 3, 1929 in New York City, divorced 1933), Franchot Tone (married October.
Hollywood Walk of Fame - Carson Johnny Cash Lon Chaney Charles Chaplin Ray Charles Chevy Chase Maurice Chevalier Al Christie Charles Christie Patsy Cline Nat King Cole Tim Conway Gary Cooper Roger Corman Bill Cosby Lou Costello (3 stars) Joan Crawford Bing Crosby Tom Cruise Billy Crystal Jamie Lee Curtis Rodney Dangerfield Bette Davis Sammy Davis Jr Doris Day Cecil B. DeMille (2 stars) James Dean Johnny Depp Marlene Dietrich Walt Disney Kirk Douglas Marie Dressler Faye Dunaway Duran Duran Deanna Durbin Allan Dwan Thomas Edison The Everly Brothers Douglas Fairbanks Jose Feliciano W.C. Fields (2 stars) Fleetwood Mac Errol Flynn Henry Fonda Glenn Ford Harrison Ford Tennesse Ernie Ford (3 stars) Michael J. Fox Clark Gable Greta Garbo Ava Gardner Judy Garland Jackie Gleason Betty Grable Cary Grant Lorne Greene Andy Griffith Tom Hanks Jean.
1899 - are approved by the United States Congress for use in federal elections. March 2 - In Washington, Mount Rainier National Park is established. March 6 - Bayer registers aspirin as a trademark. March 20 - At Sing Sing, Martha M. Place becomes the first woman executed in an electric chair. October 11 - Boer War begins: In South Africa, a war between the United Kingdom and the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State erupts. David Hilbert creates the modern concept of geometry with the publication of his book Grundlagen der geometrie. Gordon Douglas is ordained as a Buddhist monk in Myanmar. He is the first westerner to be ordained in the Theravada tradition. Art, Culture & Fashion 1899 in literature 1899 in music 1899 in sports Births January 7.
1899 in film - 3 Deaths Events Pathé-Frères is founded. Births 30 June - Madge Bellamy, actress 17 November - Douglas Shearer, pioneer motion-picture sound engineer (+ 1971) Deaths.
1971 - is given the Republic of China's seat on the United Nations Security Council (see China and the United Nations). November 24 - During a severe thunderstorm over Washington, a man calling himself D.B. Cooper parachutes from the Northwest Orient Airlines plane he hijacked with US$200,000 in ransom money (he was never heard from again). December 1 - Cambodian Civil War: Khmer Rouge rebels intensify assaults on Cambodian government positions, forcing their retreat from Kompong Thmar and nearby Ba Ray, 10 kilometers northeast of Phnom Penh. December 2 - Six Sheikdoms in Persian Gulf founds United Arab Emirates December 3 - Indian-Pakistan War begins December 18 - US dollar devalued for the second time in US history December 18 - World's largest hydroelectric plant in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, begins operations. December 29 -.
1971 in film - Escape from the Planet of the Apes The Big Doll House Big Jake Births February 17 - Denise Richards March 31 - Ewan McGregor August 31 - Chris Tucker, actor October 29 - Winona Ryder, American actor. November 25 - Christina Applegate Deaths January 5 - Douglas Shearer, pioneer motion-picture sound engineer February 26 - Fernandel, actor March 8 – Harold Lloyd, silent screen comedian March 15 - Bebe Daniels, actor July 6 - Louis Armstrong, musician, actor December 31 - Peter Deuel 31, actor (suicide) Other Movies Released The French Connection Fiddler on the Roof Dirty Harry starring Clint Eastwood.
Academy Award for Sound - of films that have received an Oscar for best sound. 1930 The Big House, Douglas Shearer, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio 1931 Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department 1932 Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department 1933 A Farewell to Arms, Franklin B. Hansen, Paramount Studio 1934 One Night of Love, John Livadary, Columbia Studio 1935 Naughty Marietta, Douglas Shearer, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio 1936 San Francisco, Douglas Shearer, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio 1937 The Hurricane, Thomas T. Moulton, United Artists Studio 1938 The Cowboy and the Lady, Thomas T. Moulton, United Artists Studio 1939 When Tomorrow Comes, Bernard B. Brown, Universal Studio 1940 Strike Up the Band, Douglas Shearer, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio 1941 That Hamilton Woman, Jack Whitney, General Service 1942 Yankee Doodle Dandy, Nathan Levinson, Warner Brothers Studio 1943 This Land Is Mine, Stephen Dunn, RKO Radio Studio 1944 Wilson,.
The Big House - contacts with the prisoners in the overcrowded prison in which he is incarcerated. The other stars are Chester Morris, Wallace Beery and Lewis Stone. Marion won the Academy Award for Best Writing Achievement. Douglas Shearer also won the Academy Award for Sound, and Wallace Beery was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role and the film was nominated fot Best Picture. Other movies with the same name were released in 1998 and 2000..
Casualties of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks: Plane passengers - 49, Haverhill, Mass., retired from Lucent Technology Thomas Pecorelli, 31, Los Angeles, cameraman for Fox Sports and E! Entertainment Television Sonia Morales Puopolo, 58, Dover, Massachusetts, former ballet dancer David Retik, Needham, Massachusetts Philip Rosenzweig 47, Acton, Mass., Sun Microsystems executive Richard Ross, 58, Newton, Massachusetts, the Ross Group Jessica Sachs, 22, Billerica, Mass., accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers Rahma Salie, 28, Boston Heather Smith, 30, Boston, Beacon Capital Partners Douglas Stone, 54, Dover, New Hampshire, co-owner of Odyssey Press Xavier Suarez Michael Theodoridis, 32, Boston, consultant James Trentini, 65, Everett, Mass., retired teacher and assistant principal Mary Trentini, 67, Everett, Mass., retired secretary Lana Tu, 18, Los Angeles, Calif., student Pendyala "Vamsi" Vamsikrishna, 30, Los Angeles, Calif., project manager for consulting firm, DTI Mary Alice Wahlstrom, 75, Kaysville, Utah Kenneth Waldie, 46,.
Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood - producer, screenwriter Huntley Gordon, (1887-1956) - actor Walter Huston (1884-1950), Academy Award winning actor Ruby Keeler, (1909 -1993) - dancer, actress Florence La Badie, (1888-1917) - actress Florence Lawrence, (1886-1938) - America's first film Star Del Lord, (1894-1970) - comedy director Raymond Massey, (1896-1983), actor Louis B. Mayer, (1885-1957) - co-founder of MGM Motion Picture Studios Sidney Olcott, (1873-1949) - director Jack Pickford, (1896-1933) - actor, Hollywood's first Bad Boy Mary Pickford, (1893-1979) - America's Sweetheat, Academy Award for Best Actress, Co-Founder of United Artists Walter Pidgeon, (1897-1984) - actor Marie Prevost, (1898-1937) - actress Mack Sennett, (1880-1960) - director, known as the King of Comedy Athole Shearer, (1900-1985) - actress, wife of Howard Hawks Douglas Shearer, (1899-1971), Sound Director/Designer, 7 Academy Awards Norma Shearer, (1902-1983) - Academy Award for Best.
San Francisco (movie) - make this film into a hit. The title song was composed by Walter Jurmann and Bronislav Kaper. The movie was successful in receiving only a single Oscar: Best Sound, Recording - Douglas Shearer (M-G-M SSD) It was nominated for five others: Best Picture - John Emerson and Bernard H. Hyman, producers Best Actor in a Leading Role - Spencer Tracy Best Assistant Director - Joseph M. Newman Best Director - W.S. Van Dyke Best Writing, Original Story - Robert E. Hopkins.
Westmount, Quebec - Square residential towers and shopping complex designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and funded largely by his father-in-law, Westmount resident Samuel Bronfman, the founder of the Seagrams liquor empire. Westmount is the residence of former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Quebec Premier Jean Charest and the birthplace of: Norma Shearer, motion picture film star Douglas Shearer, multiple Academy Award winning film sound engineer Leonard Cohen, author & musician External Link Statistics Canada website about Westmount.
Naughty Marietta - is captured by the pirate Captain Richard Warrington (Nelson Eddy), with whom she falls in love. The film was written by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, John Lee Mahin and Rida Johnson Young. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Douglas Shearer won the Academy Award for Sound for his work on the picture. In 2003 the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry..
New Zealand general election 1984 - time. It did not manage to retain Rangitikei, which it had also held before the election. Social Credit candidates placed second in six electorates, including Rangitikei. The New Zealand Party, despite gaining more votes than Social Credit, did not win any seats. Some commentators have suggested that the party was not seeking to do so, and instead was merely acting as a spoiler for National. This impression has been backed up by comments by Bob Jones himself. The party did, however, place second in the electorates of Remuera (an affluent part of Auckland), Kaimai (a region in the Bay of Plenty), and Tauranga. The Values Party, an environmentalist group, managed to win 0.2% of the vote, substantially below previous efforts. The party, which was in slow decline, would eventually vanish, but.
November 17 - to the Internet. 1989 - Cold War: Velvet Revolution begins - In Czechoslovakia a peaceful student demonstration in Prague is severely beaten back by the communist riot police. This sparks a revolution aimed at overthrowing the communist government (it succeeded on December 29). 1993 - Annie Proulx wins the National Book Award for her novel The Shipping News. 1995 - Public Radio International's radio program This American Life broadcasts its first episode, "New Beginnings". 1997 - In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by 6 Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut (police killed the assailants). 2000 - Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru. Births 9 - Vespasian, Roman Emperor (d. 79) 1503 - Angelo Bronzino, Italian painter (d. 1572) 1587 - Joost van den Vondel, Dutch.
Montreal, Quebec - in North America, due to its five urban universities: Université de Montréal Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) McGill University Concordia University École de technologie supérieure Origin of the name Montreal was named for the island of Montreal, which in turn was named for Mount Royal. It is not certain how the name changed from Mount Royal to Mont Réal. In 1556, Italian geographer G.B. Ramusio translated Mont Royal to Monte Reale in a map. In 1575, François de Belleforest became the first to write Montreal, writing: ... au milieu de la compaigne est le village, ou Cité royale iointe à vne montagien cultivée, laquelle ville les Chrestiens appellerent Montreal.. "In the middle of the field is the village or royal colony near a cultivated mountain. Christians call this town Montreal.".
