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GEORGE WASHINGTON
[between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
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Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
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Call Number: LC-B2- 4765-14
The George Hotel is famous as the birth place of Rugby League Football because the meeting that founded it was held at the hotel in 1895.
David Lloyd George, British statesman, Liberal Party politician, served as the UK Prime Minister from 1916 to 1922. Bronze sculpture by Glynn Williams, Parliament Square, Westminster, London.
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1929 2¢ George Rogers Clark Issue Date: February 25, 1929 First City: Vincennes, IN
Issue Quantity: 16,684,674 MiNr. 0316 SCOTT 651
George Rogers Clark Leads the Capture of Vincennes
Around 1732, the French built a settlement on the Wabash River. This waterfront trading post, named Vincennes, was the first permanent European settlement in Indiana. It was named after its founder, the Sieur de Vincennes. The British gained control of Vincennes in 1763, after the French and Indian War. In 1777, during the Revolutionary War, the British built Fort Sackville at Vincennes.
Frontiersman and soldier George Rogers Clark (1752-1818) was living in Kentucky at this time. Kentucky was then part of Virginia. However, Virginia refused to send military aid to the Kentuckians when Indians, with British military supplies, began staging raids in the area. Clark told Virginia officials, “If a country is not worth protecting, it is not worth claiming.” This argument worked, and the officials sent valuable supplies of gunpowder to Clark in Kentucky.
Clark became a lieutenant colonel in the Virginia militia. He assembled a force of 175 men and began fighting in the Northwest Territory – the land north of the Ohio River, south of Canada, west of Pennsylvania, and east of the Mississippi River.
In 1778, Clark took Fort Sackville, and with it, Vincennes. The British were soon able to recapture the fort, but Clark again attacked and forced them to surrender. Clark’s victory at Vincennes and other settlements were key to the U.S. claim of ownership of the vast Northwest Territory at the end of the Revolutionary War.
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Georges Braque 1882 – 1963 was a major 20th century French painter and sculptor who, along with Pablo Picasso, developed the ideas of Cezanne and Cubism. His later work continued to explore still life and a number of novel approaches to picture making and surface.
George Wombwell, (December 24, 1777 – November 16, 1850), was a famous menagerie exhibitor in the Victorian Britain. He founded Wombwell's Travelling Menagerie.
George Wombwell was born in Wendon Lofts, Essex in 1777. Around 1800 he moved to London and in 1804 became a shoemaker in Soho. However, when a ship from South America brought two boas to London docks, he bought them for £75 and began to exhibit them in taverns. He soon made a good profit.
Wombwell began to buy exotic animals from ships that came from Africa, Australia and South America, and collected a whole menagerie and put them on display in Soho. In 1810 he founded the Wombwell's Travelling Menagerie and began to tour the fairs of Britain. By 1839 it totalled fifteen wagons.
The menagerie included elephants, giraffes, a gorilla, a hyena, kangaroo, leopards, 6 lions, llamas, monkeys, ocelots, onagers, ostriches, panthers, a rhino ("the real unicorn of scripture"), 3 tigers, wildcats and zebras. However, because many of the animals were from hotter climes, many of them died in the British climate. Sometimes Wombwell could profitably sell the body to a taxidermist or a medical school - if he could not exhibit the dead animal as a better curiosity than the live one.
Wombwell bred and raised many animals himself, including the first lion to be bred in captivity in Britain; he named it William in the honor of William Wallace. In 1825 Warwick, Wombwell arranged a Lion-baiting between his docile lion Nero and six bullmastiffs. Nero refused to fight but when Wombwell released Wiliam, he mauled the dogs and the fight was soon stopped.
Over the years, Wombwell expanded to a total of three menageries that traveled all around the country. He was invited to the royal court on five occasions to exhibit his animals, three times before Queen Victoria.
Once Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha summoned him to look at his dogs who kept dying and Wombwell quickly noticed that their water was poisoning them. When the prince asked what he could do for Wombwell, he said "What can you give a man who has everything?". A year later, when Wombwell was again in court to present his "elephant of Siam", Prince Albert gave him an oak coffin. Wombwell proceeded to exhibit it as well, charging a special fee.
Wombwell frequented the St Bartholomew's Fair in London and even developed a rivalry with another exhibitor, Atkins. Once when he arrived at the fair, his elephant died and Atkins put up a sign "The Only Live Elephant in the Fair". Wombwell simply put up a scroll with the words "The Only Dead Elephant in the Fair" and explained that seeing a dead elephant was an even a rarer thing than a live one. The public, realising that they could see a living elephant at any time, flocked to see and generally poke the dead one! Throughout the fair Atkins' menagerie was largely deserted, much to his disgust.
George Wombwell died in 1850 and was buried in Highgate Cemetery, under a statue of his lion Nero.
With Walter Scott's Monument in the foreground the ornate Glasgow City Chambers building occupies the east side of George Square. Designed by architect William Young for Glasgow Corporation, it was opened in 1888 and continues to function as the headquarters of Glasgow City Council.
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George Green was played by Glen Murphy From Series 1 to 14.
George joined Blue Watch at the start of series 1. He was the longest-serving character on the show, appearing right up to the end of the final series. George was an unsubtle former boxer, sometimes with a short temper, and had old-fashioned views of women's roles in life. He dated Julia after convincing her that he was a talented poet and singer, with help from Malcolm and Sicknote, but she dumped him because he never trusted her. In series 3 he met Kelly at a ballroom dancing class. They married and had two children, although he frequently bickered with her mother and brothers. George became infatuated with a Ballet Dancer from Russia but the affair never got past kissing. He was shown to suffer from aerophobia when Blue Watch trained on the Brigade Helicopter in Series 8, but he managed to overcome his fear. He received his twenty-year service medal in Series 12. He and Kelly divorced when she had an affair with Temporary Station Officer Chris Hammond in Series 12, and he married Andie in series 14. George was the only character remaining from episode 1 of series 1 as he did not appear in the pilot movie.
Photo © London Newspapers, No Copyright infringement intended. Scan from acquired photo from my collection
This is where it all started.
Photos from George Floyd Square, an area in Minneapolis that has been set off as both a memorial to George Floyd and to bring attention to police violence against people of color, especially African Americans. It is an autonomous zone that at least for now does not allow any police into the several block area. For those outside the US, George Floyd was shopping at Cup Food and accused of passing a counterfeit bill and the police were called. The police wrestled him to the ground and one, Derek Chauvin, kneeled on his back for almost 8 minutes despite him crying out "I can't breathe", aided by two other officers at the scene and videotaped in film that that was seen around the world.
This touched off what started as peaceful protests in the US that became violent and spread across the county and a movement that is still growing strong. Looking back, much of the violence, at least in Minneapolis, was started not by the Black Lives Protesters, but by the same element that started the Capitol Insurrection in Washington DC and was their attempt to sow discord and discredit the BLM movement. The police over-reacted viewing the protests not as protest against injustice but against them personally and against civil order.
Minneapolis is still physically scarred by the violence, much of it in impoverishes neighborhoods that have not rebuilt and boards still up on stores in my neighborhood at the edge of the violence. The city is now bracing for the trial of Derek Chauvin that begins this week in hopes of getting some justice for George Floyd, but pessimism given the results in other trials where society attempted to hold police responsible for similar acts.
George Street, looking north from Martin Place, Sydney
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Digital ID: 4481_a026_000408
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April 22, 2013
Day 112/365
I've been wanting to do a moving subway shot for a while and finally got around to it. I stayed on the train longer than I needed to so I could try different shutter speeds and other setting in different stations. I like this one best -- and it is the most colourful of the stations I went through. I was in the last car of the train, so this is pulling out of St. George subway station.
I met George through my connection with Ornella a talented woman that I had met some time ago. Ornella is a Fashion Blogger and a Fashion Editor for an Ottawa based online fashion publication Krowd Magazine www.krowdmagazine.com.
George had kindly invited me to take some shots at the Canadian Black History Month Gala held in Gatineau Quebec.
George is the creator and brains behind Krowd Magazine. Originally from Nigeria, George has travelled extensively, he attended high school in Ghana and arrived in Canada in 2009. A good education is very important to George, he graduated from Ottawa's Carleton University with an Honours Degree in Economics and Business.
George comes from an entrepreneurial family and always wanted to start his own business and be his own boss. He started Krowd Magazine in 2013, with a mandate to help the Ottawa Fashion and Art Industry grow by showcasing their work and talents. The path has not been smooth, however George has assembled a great team of like minded individuals and he can now see the vision he wants to attain taking shape in the Ottawa community.
George cuts a fine figure and is very attuned to fashion trends. I caught up with him in Ottawa's Centretown neighbourhood where he agreed to be a part of my Human Family Project.
Thank you George I appreciate you taking some time out of your busy schedule to be a part of my Human Family Project. I wish you all the very best with your venture.
This is portrait #67 in my Human Family Project.
You can find other photographers' work on this project at at:
Looking toward St Andrew Square.
August 2021 update: Councillors are set to make George Street pedestrian only. Bus stops will be sited at either end and car parking will reduced to blue badge holders and loading access for businesses. These plans are part of Edinburgh City Council’splans to make the city centre car-free by 2030.
www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/edinburgh-geo...
A continental makeover is promised by the city council (Feb 2016). The computer generated image by consultants Ironside Farrar shows cycle lanes but no bus stops, the removal of the cobbled strip in the middle and no statue of James Clerk Maxwell: www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/continental-makeover-...
Update: Concluding report issued June 2016 www.edinburgh.gov.uk/news/article/2085/mapping_the_future...
See: www.edinburgh.gov.uk/meetings/meeting/3956/transport_and_...
Roddy Smith, chief executive of the Essential Edinburgh group said: “We’re fully supportive of the work Ironside Farrar have done, their initial plans are excellent and the reaction from the businesses has been very positive so far. They are essentially looking at having the pavements further out into the street, where there would be one lane of traffic going in each direction. The idea is that if the streets are wider, people will hang about for longer."
Errm... can the street actually be made wider?
Read more of Mr Smith's enthusiasm at: www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/continental-makeover-...
Ironside Farrar were appointed to turn the information gathered at a public consultation into design principles. The public were invited to share their views to help shape the future of George Street at the heart of Edinburgh's New Town; a streetscape which is widely recognised as an architectural gem.
The open day, on Friday 2nd October, gave people a 'final chance' to meet designers, landscape architects, planners and civil engineers working on a long-term vision for George Street.
See also: www.flickr.com/photos/23351536@N07/21945040721
Alas the information on the exhibition boards displayed was not available anywhere online, there were no leaflets to take away and apparently no online consultation at this stage. You had to go along in person on the day at the Assembly Rooms. (Note that according to the information displayed on the boards this event was stage two of the consultation process following the end of the ETRO. At stage one 81 questionnaires were returned and 141 further comments were received. Not really much feedback for a city of nearly half-a-million people. It seems this event was held mid August.)
Background: A one-year trial came to an end at the start of September and has been used to test the impacts on the street and surrounding area when there is more space for pedestrians, cyclists and events, and less space for traffic. The trial used an “Experimental” Traffic Regulation Order (ETRO) as a place making and design measure. At the end of a trial using an ETRO the street has to be returned to its previous layout before the long-term plan is put to the public.
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/city-divide...
Cyclists are being prioritised: gu.com/p/4cz84/sbl
See also the following council press releases -
Oct 2015: www.edinburgh.gov.uk/news/article/1934/have_your_say_on_t...
Aug 2015: www.edinburgh.gov.uk/news/article/1895/help_shape_the_fut...
Sep 2014: www.edinburgh.gov.uk/news/article/1648/new-look_george_st...
Latest plans (2023): www.edinburgh.gov.uk/georgestreet/
I'm taking a break from my Hollywood Cemetery series to post a photo that more closely resembles current weather conditions -- i.e., overcast and rather cool (high of 44, compared to the average for the date, 61). The even light of the overcast day allowed me to get my best photo up to that time of the front of this east-facing house. The house at the right is the Elkanah Deane House; the smaller building between the Wythe and Deane houses is the Wythe kitchen. The mismatched bricks around the window above the Wythe House door were used in the restoration, to fill in where an early 20th-century owner had installed a double door to provide access to a porch that had been added to the front.
George Wythe (pronounced With) was an important figure in colonial America; his 1806 funeral in Richmond (where he had moved in 1791 to take a judgeship) is reported to have been the largest in Virginia up to that time. He is buried at St. John's Church in Richmond, site of Patrick Henry's 1775 "liberty or death" speech. Quoting online Colonial Williamsburg materials: "One of the most influential men of the Revolutionary era, George Wythe ranks among colonial America’s finest lawyers, legal scholars, and teachers. Among the young men Wythe trained in the law were Thomas Jefferson, St. George Tucker, and John Marshall. In 1779, Wythe joined the College of William & Mary faculty to become the first law professor in the United States." He was a delegate to the Continental Congress and the first Virginian to sign the Declaration of Independence. The house was designed by Wythe's father-in-law Richard Taliaferro (pronounced as if spelled Tolliver) in the early 1750s and was occupied by Wythe in the 1755-91 period; it served as George Washington's headquarters just before the siege of Yorktown near the end of the Revolutionary War. The George Wythe House is part of the Williamsburg Historic District, which was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960 and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966 (#66000925); in addition, the Wythe House was separately designated a National Historic Landmark and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970 (#70000866). Two other Williamsburg buildings share the distinction of separate entries on these two historic lists: Bruton Parish Church and Peyton Randolph House.
Following the 1746 defeat at Culloden of Bonnie Prince Charlie, George II created the ultimate defence against further Jacobite unrest. The result, Fort George, is the mightiest artillery fortification in Britain, if not Europe.
Its garrison buildings, artillery defences bristling with cannon, and superb collection of arms – including bayoneted muskets, pikes, swords and ammunition pouches – provide a fascinating insight into 18th century military life.
Positioned strategically on a promontory jutting into the Moray Firth, Fort George was intended as an impregnable army base – designed on a monumental scale using sophisticated defence standards. Today, it would cost nearly £1 billion. Within almost a mile of boundary walls was accommodation for a governor, officers, artillery detachment, and a 1600-strong infantry garrison. It also housed a magazine for 2,500 gunpowder barrels, ordnance and provision stores, a brewhouse and chapel.
When the fortress was completed in 1769, the Highlands were peaceful but it was maintained in readiness for action that never came, and has remained virtually unaltered. Visitors today can see historic barrack rooms which are a time capsule of the domestic life of the Scottish soldier.
Fort George is the only ancient monument in Scotland still functioning as intended – a working army barracks - but still welcoming visitors.
George Centre, Grantham at night. The grade 2* listed George Hotel (dating from 1780) was transformed into a shopping mall, which despite its attractiveness has failed to attact business and has recently been sold.
Grantham, Lincolnshire, High Street, George Centre
May 2017
This family headstone in Earlham Cemetery, Norwich, reads –
In
Affectionate Remembrance
of
ELEANOR.
The Dearly beloved wife of
WILLIAM SHORTEN,
who fell asleep 19th March 1916,
aged 70 years.
Her end was peace.
Also of
WILLIAM,
died 31st Decr. 1929.
Aged 86 years.
Also of
GEORGE HENRY,
Dearly beloved son of the above
who died of wounds received in action in France
18th November 1916
Aged 36 years.
He answered his countrys call.
That soldier on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website is:-
Private SHORTEN, GEORGE HENRY
Service Number:……………. 6147
Died:…………………………18/11/1916
Aged:……………………….. 36
Unit:………………………….1st Bn.
……………………………….Middlesex Regiment
Son of William and Eleanor Shorten, of 163, Oak St., St. Martin'S, Norwich. Native of Norwich.
Buried at ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Location: Pas de Calais, France
Cemetery/memorial reference: XII. E. 6A.
Source: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/505794/shorten,-georg...
Soldiers Died in the Great War, an HMSO publication from the 1920’s, records that Private PW.6147 George Henry Shorten Died of Wounds on the 18th November 1916 while serving in France & Flanders with the 1st Battalion, Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment). He was formerly 9152, Royal West Surrey Regiment.
He was born St. Martin’s, Norwich and resident and enlisted Norwich
The Medal Index Card for Private PW/6147 George H. Shorten, Middlesex Regiment, is held at the National Archive under reference WO 372/18/55026
Beyond admin references, there is no additional information on the card.
Source: discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D5146868
He qualified for the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. This combination of medals would indicate he did not serve in a Theatre of War until on or after the 1st January 1916.
The associated Service Medal Roll shows that he only served overseas with the 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment.
His Service Records do not appear to have survived the incendiary attack during the Blitz on the London Warehouse where all the Other Ranks Army Service Records were stored.
The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment Rough Register Of Recruits 1914-1917 shows him to have attested with that Regiment on the 27th March 1916.
No match on Picture Norfolk, the County Image Archive.
No obvious Soldiers Will or Civil Probate for this man.
The Army Register of Soldiers Effects, a financial ledger rather than an inventory of belongings, shows that Private PW6147 George Henry Shorten, 1st Battalion Middlesex Regiment died in France on the 18th November 1916. The balance of his pay would go to his father William in May 1917 – there was an initially a hold because there was believed to be a will, but this turned out not to be the case. Father William would also receive his sons’ War Gratuity when this was paid out in November 1919.
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The birth of a George Henry Shorten, mothers’ maiden name Porter, was registered with the Civil Authorities in the Norwich District of Norfolk in the April to June quarter, (Q2), of 1880.
The most likely marriage of his parents was that of a William Shorten to a “Helen” Porter recorded in the St. Faiths District of Norfolk in the July to September quarter, (Q3), of 1867.
1881 Census of England and Wales
The 11 months George H. Shorten, born St Martins, Norwich, was recorded living at Oak Street, Norwich. This was the household of his parents, William, (34, a Maltsters foreman, born Sprowston, Norfolk), and “Ellen”, (aged 33, born Blofield, Norfolk). As well as George their other children living with them are:-
Charlotte……aged 13……born Sprowston
William……..aged 10…….born Sprowston
Daniel……….aged 8……..born Sprowston
Arthur……….aged 6……..born Sprowston
Ernest……….aged 2……..born St Pauls, Norwich.
1891 Census of England and Wales
The Shorten family were recorded at 163 Oak Street, Norwich. Living with parents William, (45, Maltster) and Ellen, (46) were children Charlotte, (23, Tailoress), William, (21, Maltster), Daniel, (19, Railway Porter), Arthur, (17, Maltster), Ernest, (12), George H., (11) and new additions Ellen E., (9), Leonard W., (5) and Beatrice M., (10 months) – all born Norwich.
1901 Census of England and Wales
The Shorten family were still living at 163 Oak Street, and on this census schedule they are shown as living next door to a Maltings.As well as parents William, (54, Maltster) and Ellen, 56), children still single and living with them are Daniel, (28, Railway Porter), Arthur, (26. Maltster), Ernest, (22, Brewers Cooker), George, (20, Brewers Tun Room Labourer), Nellie, (18, Shirtmaker(?), working from home), Walter, (15, Maltster) and Beatrice, (10).
1911 Census of England and Wales
The Shorten family were still in residence at 163 Oak Street. Parents William, (64) and Eleanor, (66) state they have been married 43 years and have had 10 children, of which 7 were then still alive. Still single and living with them are George Henry, (31, Brewers Labourer), Ellen Elizabeth, (29), Walter Leonard, (25, Maltsters Labourer) and Beatrice Maud, (21, Tailoress, working from home).
Army Career…………………………………..
The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment Rough Register Of Recruits 1914-1917 shows him to have attested with that Regiment on the 27th March 1916.
In a last ditch attempt to avoid the need the need for conscription, in the last six weeks of 1915 the Government tried the Group System, more commonly known as the Derby Scheme. Men could enlist in a unit of there choice but would then be sent home and placed in the Army reserve to await call-up. A single man like George Henry Shorten, born in 1880, would have been in Group 18. A national proclamation went out on the 16th February 1916 giving a months notice that Group 18 men would be required to report to their units from the 18th March 1916. I can only surmise that George was a Derby Scheme man, but it does seem likely. www.longlongtrail.co.uk/soldiers/a-soldiers-life-1914-191...
Struggled to find anyone with a near service number for his Middlesex Regiment to work when and what circumstances he changed unit. Most sources don’t include the prefixes in the indexing, and as soldiers of this period didn’t have a unique number, a service number like 6147 serving with the Middlesex Regiment can produce 6 or 7 matches.
PW/6137 Ernest William Watts doesn’t have any surviving service records, but he was killed in action on the 2nd November 1916 serving with the 1st Battalion. His entry in Soldiers Died in the Great War shows he was formerly 9155 Royal West Surrey Regiment. It also shows he was born and resident North Walsham, enlisted Norwich.
There is a Medical Admissons Register entry for a PW/6162 William Goodhew which shows him at the 28th General Hospital on the 30th August 1916, and was then serving with C Company, 26th Battalion. He had been in the Army 7 months and was aged 33.
PW/6166 David Hutchinson doesn’t have any surviving service records, but he was killed in action on the 23rd April 1917 serving with the 1st Battalion. His entry in Soldiers Died in the Great War shows he was formerly G/12350 Queen’s Westminsters.
So speculation but I suspect George may have reported to the Depot at Norwich at the end of March expecting to serve with the Norfolk Regiment. Instead he was posted to a training battalion of the Royal West Surrey Regiment. Subsequently in the late summer of 1916 he may well have beent sent as part of either a general draft or a draft intended for one of the fighting Royal West Surrey battalions in France. But on arrival in France he would have gone first to an Infantry Base Depot. While there he could well have been posted to the 1st Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment.
On the day…………………………………
George appears to have been medically evacuated back to the British Army area near Etaples and Rouen. He probably died in one of the many hospitals there. This makes it difficult to know when he might have incurred his fatal wounds.
An extract from the official Regimental War History, “The Die-Hards in the Great War” Volume 2 by Everard Wyrall, gives some idea of the likely actions in which George may have been wounded.
The enemy was attacked on 28th October, the objective of the Brigade being the German positions in front of Le Transloy, known as Rainy Trench and Dewdrop Trench, and the dug-outs and points north-east of the latter. Zero hour was 5.30 a.m.
"A" and "C" Companies led the attack of the 1st Middlesex, an attack splendidly successful, for by 9.30 a.m. the whole objective was in their hands and handed over to a relieving battalion (4th Suffolk Regt.) that night. That success was dearly bought, for one officer (2/Lieut. C.A.T. Benson) was killed and seven officers (Capt. E.W. Shaw, Lieuts. C.R. Smith and H.C.O. Buchanan, and 2/Lieuts. R.B. Holman, E. Auckland, R.A. Buckingham, and A.W.C. Hodges) were wounded; 35 other ranks were killed, 136 wounded, and 29 were missing-total all ranks, 208.
On relief the Battalion moved back to the Flers line. Back again into the line at Les Boeufs on 1st November until 3rd (2/Lieut. Billman was wounded on 2nd), thence to Carnoy and Meaulte (where they were told they were going "right back for a long rest"), followed by a move to Huppy, where they stayed until the morning of 5th December,.
Postscript………………………
His father, William, would subsequently claim a Dependants pension as a result of the loss of his son – (this relates to financial dependency so almost certainly George was having some of his pay sent to his father). A pension of 4 shillings a week was awarded from the 6th November 1917. As the pension was initially means-tested, William may not have originally qualified. His son is shown as Died of Wounds on the 18th November 1916 while serving as Private 6147 with the 1st Middlesex. The address for the claim is shown as 163 Oak Street, Norwich.
George Clooney, Tilda Swinton among the honorees at the 38th Telluride Film Festival from September 2-5 in Telluride, Colorado.
French postcard by Editions P.I., Paris, nr. 112. Photo: Roger Carlet.
Handsome and athletic Georges Marchal (1920-1997) was one of the main lead actors in the French cinema of the 1950’s, together with Jean Marais. He starred in several costume dramas and swashbuckling films 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, 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 (1940, Jacques de Baroncelli, Bernard Dalban) starring Josephine Baker, which was only released in 1945. During the Occupation days he was noted in Lumière d'été/Summer Light (1943, Jean Grémillon) opposite Madeleine Renaud, Vautrin/Vautrin The Thief (1943, Pierre Billon) with Michel Simon, and after the war in Au grand balcon/The Grand Terrace (1949, Henri Decoin) 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 (1951, Jeff Musso), and for Sacha Guitry, he played the young Louis XIV in the star-studded Si Versailles m'était conté/Affairs of Versailles (1953, Sacha Guitry). 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 (1949, Jean Stelli), based on an old script by Billy Wilder, and the comedy Jupiter (1952, Gilles Grangier). Georges’ talent as a stuntman did wonders for his parts in costume films and swashbucklers such as Messalina (1952, Carmine Gallone) with Maria Félix, Teodora, imperatrice di Bisanzio/Theodora, Slave Empress (1954, Riccardo Freda) with Gianna Maria Cannale, and Les trois mousquetaires/The Three Musketeers (1953, André Hunebelle) 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 (1958, Guido Brignone - and uncredited Riccardo Freda and Michelangelo Antonioni) with Anita Ekberg, Le Legioni di Cleopatra/Legions of the Nile (1959, Vittorio Cottafavi) with Linda Cristal, and Sergio Leone's first solo directorial effort, Il colosso di Rodi/The Colossus of Rhodes (1961, Sergio Leone) 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 (1965, Terence Young, Christian Jaque, Carlo Lizzani, Werner Klinger) with Robert Ryan, the Romanian historical epic Dacii/The Dacians (1967, Sergiu Nicolaescu) with Pierre Brice, Faustine et le bel été/Faustine and the Beautiful Summer (1972, Nina Companeez) and Les Enfants du placard/The Closet Children (1977, Benoît Jacquot) with Lou Castel. During the 1970’s he focussed on television and appeared in Quentin Durward (1971, Gilles Grangier), as Philip IV the Fair in Les Rois maudits/The Accursed Kings (1972, Claude Barma), Gaston Phébus (1977, Bernard Borderie) and Les grandes familles/The Great Families (1988, Edouard Molinaro) 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 mini-series L'Île aux trente cercueils/The Island of Thirty Coffins (1979, Marcel Cravenne). He retired in 1989. His last film appearance had been as General Keller in L'Honneur d'un capitaine/A Captain’s Honour (1982, Pierre Schoendoerffer) about the French army's behavior in Algeria. Georges Marchal died in 1997, Maurens, France, following a long illness. He was married with Dany Robin from 1951 till their much publicised divorce in 1969. He remarried in 1983 with Michele Heyberger.
Sources: Hal Erickson (All Movie Guide), Pablo Montoya (IMDb), Ciné-Ressources, Wikipedia, and IMDb.
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