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Huddersfields George Hotel at the begining of it's refurbishment.
Part of Huddersfield Blueprint the George is part of the Station Gateway Regeneration plan for the town center.
You can read the plans here:- [www.kirklees.gov.uk/beta/huddersfield-blueprint/george-ho...]
George Clooney!!! I got a shot of George Clooney walking on Sacramento St. In San Francisco. When I yelled “Hey George Clooney, can I get a shot of you?!” , he just totally ignored me. Typical George Clooney move.
Vintage collector's card (minicard). Chocolat Félix Potin, Second Series, 1908. Photo by Eugène Pirou, Paris.
Georges-Antoine Rochegrosse (1859-1938) was a French painter, decorator and illustrator.
Rochegrosse grew up in an artistic and educated environment. His mother was widowed at an early age and married the poet Théodore de Banville in her second marriage. He received his first art lessons in the studio of Alfred Dehodencq, where the latter's son Edmond was also trained. He then entered the Académie Julian, where he continued his artistic studies with Jules Lefebvre and Gustave Boulanger. His fellow students there were Marcel Baschet, [Henri] Lucien Doucet (1856-1895), Paul [Joseph] Jamin (1853-1903), Émile Renouf (1845-1894) and Francis Tattegrain (1852-1915). His first published works appeared around 1878 in the journal La Vie Moderne, edited by Émile Bergerat. Rochegrosse attended the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris to further his education. At the beginning of his career he worked as a history painter. He applied several times for the Prix de Rome, but in 1880 the prize went to his friend Lucien Doucet. In 1881 he did not take part and in 1883 he entered again without success. In 1882 he was allowed to participate in the Salon de Paris with the painting Vitellius traîné dans les rues de Rome par la populace. Later he received a scholarship to undertake a study trip. In 1883 his Andromache won the Prix du Salon and a medal in second class. In 1894 he came to Algeria and settled with his wife Marie Leblond in El Biar near Algiers in 1900. Through his encounter with the culture of Algeria, he became a painter of Orientalism. Every year he visited Paris in summer, where he was a member of the jury of the Salon des artistes français.
Rochegrosse received numerous awards, including the bronze medal of the Universal Exhibition in 1889, the Knight's Order of the Legion of Honour in 1892, the gold medal of the Universal Exhibition in 1899 and the Officer's Order of the Legion of Honour in 1910. As a professor at the Academy of Arts in Algiers, he influenced generations of Oriental artists, including Paul Nicolai, José Ortega, Alexandre Rigotard and Marcel Rousseay-Virlogeux. After the death of his wife in 1920, he became known for his religious painting. He was one of the last representatives of Academic Art. Rochegrosse lived and worked in a house in Paris that also housed the Grand Guignol theatre. He illustrated the works of numerous writers, including Homer's Odyssey, Titus Petronius' Satyricon, Aeschylus' Oresteia, Victor Hugo's The Man Who Laughs and The Wretched, Auguste de Villiers de L'Isle-Adams Akëdysseril, Théophile Gautier's Princesses, Gustave Flaubert's Salammbô, Hérodias and La Tentation de saint Antoine, as well as works by Anatole France. In this, he often collaborated with the Parisian editor Ferroud. He also designed numerous posters for operas by Wagner, Massenet and others, performed in Paris and Monte Carlo. In 2013-14 a major exhibition on Rochegrosse was organised by Laurent Houssais at the Musée Anne-de-Beaujeu in Moulins. For the 1914 mega-epic film Cabiria, director Giovanni Pastrone used Rochegrosse's book illustrations for Salammbô for certain scenes in the film.
Sources: German, French and English Wikipedia, Laurent Houssais, Georges-Antoine Rochegrosse, les fastes de la décadence (2013). Ivo Blom, ‘Images spectaculaires: Cabiria de Pastrone et les illustrations de Salammbô de Flaubert par le peintre Rochegrosse’, in: Céline Gailleurd ed., Le cinéma muet italien, à la croisée des arts (Paris: Les Presses du Réel, 2022), pp. 162-191.
Vintage postcard, no. 12. Photo: Kalem.
George H. Melford (1877-1961) was an American stage and film actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. Often taken for granted as a director today, the stalwart Melford's name by the 1920s was, like Cecil B. DeMille's, appearing in big bold letters above the title of his films.
George H. Melford was born George Henry Knauff in Rochester, New York, in 1877 (though older sources state 1888). He was the son of German immigrant Henrietta Knauff. Melford had four sisters. Melford graduated from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He was an accomplished stage actor working in Cincinnati, Ohio, before joining the Kalem Company in New York City in 1909. Hired by director Sidney Olcott for character actor roles, in the fall of 1910 he was sent to work with a film crew on the West Coast. In 1911, with Robert Vignola, he co-directed Ruth Roland in his first short film, Arizona Bill based on a script he had written. From there, Melford went on to direct another 30 films for Kalem until 1915. Then he was hired by Jesse L. Lasky to direct feature-length films for Lasky's Feature Play Company. That same year, Melford became one of the founding members of the Motion Picture Directors Association. In 1916 Melford directed To Have and to Hold, a film based on the Mary Johnston novel that had been the bestselling novel in the United States for 1900. Another hit was The Sea Wolf (George Melford, 1920) based upon the 1904 novel by Jack London. The film starred Noah Beery as the brutal sea captain Wolf Larsen, sometimes referred to as "The Sea Wolf."
In 1921 George Melford directed what is probably his most famous silent film—The Sheik (George Melford, 1921), starring Rudolph Valentino as Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan and Agnes Ayres. The film was a box-office hit and made Valentino an international star and one of the first male sex symbols of the screen. Melford directed Valentino again in the silent adventure drama Moran of the Lady Letty (George Melford, 1922) also with Dorothy Dalton. Melford remained with Lasky's company for ten years, then joined Universal Pictures, where he directed in 1929 his first talkie, The Woman I Love (George Melford, 1929). The following year, he co-directed four Spanish-language films including the acclaimed Spanish version of Dracula (George Melford, 1931), starring Carlos Villarías. Melford filmed it simultaneously with the English version on the same sets at night using a different cast and crew. Somewhat of controversy has arisen about this film. Some sources say that Melford was assigned the job because he could speak Spanish, but other sources claim that Melford could not speak a word of Spanish and had to use a translator to communicate with the actors. The issue was cleared up when actress Lupita Tovar—who was the leading lady in the film—said in an interview on the 75th anniversary DVD of the film that Melford, in fact, did not speak Spanish and had to use a translator.
George Melford's last major work as a director came in 1937 when he co-directed the 15-episode, five-hour-long adventure film Jungle Menace (Harry L. Fraser, George Melford, 1927), Columbia Pictures' first serial, starring Frank Buck and Reginald Denny. At age 60, the workaholic Melford needed to slow down and decided to give up the stressful job of directing to take on simple character actor roles. In 1946 material from this serial was re-edited into the 70-minute feature film adaptation called Jungle Terror. Melford loved the film business, and although financially independent, he never stopped working. Having directed more than 140 films, he continued to work in small character roles. In the 1940s he was part of Preston Sturges' unofficial 'stock company' of character actors, appearing in six films, including the classic screwball comedy The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1943), written and directed by Sturges. He also made a notable appearance in the epic The Ten Commandments (Cecil B. DeMille, 1956), starring Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner. At the age of 84, he appeared in his last film, the British thriller Bluebeard's Ten Honeymoons (W. Lee Wilder, 1960) starring George Sanders. George Melford died in Hollywood in 1961, of heart failure. He is interred in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Melford was married to Louise Leroy from 1904 to 1924. He also was married to actress Diana Miller.
Sources: Wikipedia, and IMDb.
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One of the best artifact I have ever seen on exhibit anywhere. They had a whole space devoted to this. Awesome.
Not accidental.
Of interest, this was actually a wooden escalator -- the stairs were made out of wood. It made a comforting creaking noise as it moved up.
By the Gentleman's conveniences in St James Barton underpass (aka the Bearpit). Bristol.
Bit weird....
George got a lot wet and a bit muddy whilst playing in the woods at lunchtime :-) When I saw this part of this wood, which is yet to succumb to the mud / snow mix, I couldn't resist taking a photo for today's shot.
Found this juvenile Muntjac deer skull in the meadow and fully reconstructed it with glue, most pleased with the new addition to his collection of animal memorabilia...
George Hincapie is a veteran of many cycling-battles
he has a big heart for the spring classics and a knack for riding cobbles
this portrait was made just 2 days before the 2011 Paris-Roubaix
he will enter the 2011 Tour de France as the most experienced rider of the lot
as Team BMC puts it on their website:
"Hincapie will be making his 16th Tour de France start, tying Joop Zoetemelk's participation record. A three-time U.S. national road champion, Hincapie has finished 14 Tours and is the only supporting rider to ever be on a Tour-winning team eight times."
simply impressive
December 29, 2020 - Minneapolis -- A countdown to the trial of those accused of killing George Floyd as seen at George Floyd Square.
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This image is part of a continuing series following the unrest and events in Minneapolis following the May 25th, 2020 murder of George Floyd.
French postcard by Editions O.P., Paris, no. 44. Photo: Studio Harcourt, Paris.
Handsome and athletic Georges Marchal (1920-1997) was one of the main lead actors in the French cinema of the 1950s, together with Jean Marais. He starred in several costume dramas and Swashbucklers and later appeared in films of Luis Buñuel.
Georges Marchal was born as Georges Louis Lucot in Nancy, France, in 1920. In Paris, he followed secondary school, and then took classes in ballet and acrobatics. Many odd jobs followed, like courier, docker at the Les Halles market, and assistant at the Medrano circus. He enrolled in the course of Ms. Calvi, and was hired at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal for the play 'Permission de détente' (Permission to relax) by Yves Mirande. At 20, he joined the Comédie-Française to play in 'Iphigénie et Psyché' (Iphigenia and Psyche). He soon also played in boulevard comedies. His film career started with the comedy Fausse alerte/The French Way (Jacques de Baroncelli, Bernard Dalban, 1940) starring Josephine Baker, which was only released in 1945. During the Occupation days, he was noted in Lumière d'été/Summer Light (Jean Grémillon, 1943) opposite Madeleine Renaud, Vautrin/Vautrin The Thief (Pierre Billon, 1943) with Michel Simon, and after the war, in Au grand balcon/The Grand Terrace (Henri Decoin, 1949) with Pierre Fresnay, about the heroic pilots who struggled, suffered and often died to carry the mail. He became the typical Jeune Premier of the French post-war cinema and posed as a rival of Jean Marais although he didn’t reach the same level. In 1951, he assumed the title role in Il naufrago del Pacifico/Robinson Crusoe (Jeff Musso, 1951), and for Sacha Guitry, he played the young Louis XIV in the star-studded Si Versailles m'était conté/Affairs of Versailles (Sacha Guitry, 1953). In 1951, he married actress Dany Robin. They were both young, beautiful, adored, and preserved their privacy in a house of Montfort l'Amaury. They made six films together, including La Voyageuse Inattendue/The Unexpected Voyager (Jean Stelli, 1949), based on an old script by Billy Wilder, and the comedy Jupiter (Gilles Grangier, 1952). Georges’ talent as a stuntman did wonders for his parts in costume films and swashbucklers such as Messalina (Carmine Gallone, 1952) with Maria Félix, Teodora, imperatrice di Bisanzio/Theodora, Slave Empress (Riccardo Freda, 1954) with Gianna Maria Canale, and Les trois mousquetaires/The Three Musketeers (André Hunebelle, 1953) in which he featured as D'Artagnan.
The arrival of the Nouvelle Vague (New Wave) sounded like the death knell for Georges Marchal. He moved to Italy to continue his career. With his muscular body, he was an ideal hero for the Peplum films (the Italian sword and sandal epics). He appeared in a dozen of them, including Nel Segno Di Roma/Sheba and the Gladiator (Guido Brignone - and uncredited Riccardo Freda and Michelangelo Antonioni, 1958) with Anita Ekberg, Le legioni di Cleopatra/Legions of the Nile (Vittorio Cottafavi, 1959) with Linda Cristal, and Sergio Leone's first solo directorial effort, Il colosso di Rodi/The Colossus of Rhodes (Sergio Leone, 1961) with Rory Calhoun. Marchal was a close friend of Luis Buñuel and also one of his preferred actors. Marchal starred in four of his films: Cela s'appelle l'aurore/That is the Dawn (1955) with Lucia Bosé, La mort en ce jardin/Death in the Garden (1956) with Simone Signoret, Belle de jour/Beauty of the Day (1967) with Catherine Deneuve, and La voie lactee/The Milky Way (1969) with Laurent Terzieff. Other interesting films he appeared in were the anthology film Guerre secrète/The Dirty Game (Terence Young, Christian Jaque, Carlo Lizzani, Werner Klinger, 1965) with Robert Ryan, the Romanian historical epic Dacii/The Dacians (Sergiu Nicolaescu, 1967) with Pierre Brice, Faustine et le bel été/Faustine and the Beautiful Summer (Nina Companeez, 1972) and Les Enfants du placard/The Closet Children (Benoît Jacquot, 1977) with Lou Castel. During the 1970s, he focussed on television and appeared in Quentin Durward (Gilles Grangier, 1971), as Philip IV the Fair in Les rois maudits/The Accursed Kings (Claude Barma, 1972), Gaston Phébus (Bernard Borderie, 1977), and Les grandes familles/The Great Families (Edouard Molinaro, 1988) with Michel Piccoli. He played a seductive older man in three TV-films based on the legendary Claudine novels by Colette, Claudine à Paris/Claudine in Paris (1978), Claudine en ménage/Pauline Engaged (1978) and Claudine s'en va/Claudine Goes (1978), all starring Marie-Hélène Breillat and directed by Edouard Molinaro. He also played Claude Jade's father in the fine TV Mini-series L'Île aux trente cercueils/The Island of Thirty Coffins (Marcel Cravenne, 1979). He retired in 1989. His last film appearance had been as General Keller in L'Honneur d'un capitaine/A Captain’s Honour (Pierre Schoendoerffer, 1982) about the French army's behaviour in Algeria. Georges Marchal died in 1997 in Maurens, France, following a long illness. He was married to Dany Robin from 1951 till their much-publicised divorce in 1969. He remarried in 1983 to Michele Heyberger.
Sources: Hal Erickson (AllMovie), Pablo Montoya (IMDb), Ciné-Ressources, Wikipedia, and IMDb.
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GEORGE FLUDAS QUARTET at the Jazz Records Art Collective (Chicago, IL)
Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker
George Fludas - Drums
Victor Garcia – Trumpet
Scott Burns – Tenor Sax
John Sims – Bass
This postcard of Hackenschmidt, early 20th century strongman and professional wrestler is marked "Whitfort Series 106". Aren't the socks a stylish touch?
Saint George likely was born to a Christian noble family in Lydda, Syria Palaestina, during the late third century between about 275 AD and 285 AD. He died in Nicomedia in Asia Minor. (Turkey)
2015 04 13 085638 Cyprus Mylikouri Church
Raven and George at the Cops 'n' Kids meet-and-greet in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
©Bethlehem Mounted Patrol Unit/Sheer Brick Studio
Seen at George Square on the 6A is Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse Urban 69089 (SF06GYX).
This particular working is normally covered by an Enviro 300, as it spends most the day on the X4, then changes onto the 6A in the evening, then finishes its day off doing the last 1C of the day from Drumchapel then the last 1D of the day to Mountblow.
I certainly wasnt complaining when 69089 turned up, its by far the most tuneful B7RLE in Scotstoun, and it drives well too!
Double Fairlie 'David Lloyd George' departing from Porthmadog with 'Ysbryd y Mynydd/Mountain Spirit' - 1045 service to Blaenau Ffestiniog. 22nd June 2023.
APUSH
1789
George Washington
French Revolution
Citizen Genet
Bill of Rights
Jay Treaty
Pinckney Treat
Inaugural address
Mr. President
Judiciary Act
Slave Owner
2-Term Tradition
Farewell Address
Isolationism
Proclamation of Neutrality
Excise Tax
Whiskey Rebellion
War Debts
Bank of the US
Hamilton’s Debt Program
Chief Little Turtle
Miami Confederacy
Northwest Indian Wars
Battle of Fallen Timbers
Eli Whitney
Cotton Gin
The good and the bad of people and law enforcement. Mistakes on both sides lead to death and riots in the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota. George Perry Floyd Jr. was an African American man who died during an arrest after allegedly passing a counterfeit $20 bill in Minneapolis. In the month since George Floyd died, the scene of his death has become a sprawling unofficial gathering place and mourning site. The city has blocked off the intersection to traffic, and visitors flock to 38th Street and Chicago Avenue to pay their respects with flowers, signs, and murals.