Because of his expressions, gestures, and all the colorful patches on his clothing, the man reminds Marlow of a harlequin.

William Saroyan's Pulitzer Prize-winning play The Time of Your Life ( 1939 ) includes a colorful character, an old man, based on the image and reputation of Kit Carson.

North by Northwest has been referred to as " the first James Bond film " due to its similarities with splashily colorful settings, secret agents, and an elegant, daring, wisecracking leading man opposite a sinister yet strangely charming villain.

The most colorful resident of this period was bad man Jefferson Randolph " Soapy " Smith.

A colorful character by all accounts, he was described as a slight man who was known for his handlebar mustache, pince-nez glasses, iron bowler derby, and elegant suits.

In the movie, Baron Munchausen is portrayed as multi-dimensional, colorful, non-conformist man living in a gray, plain, dull and conformist society that ultimately tries to destroy him.

He was noted as " one of America's most colorful and eccentric mountaineers ," and is unofficially recognized as the all-time world-record holder for the number of first ascents credited to one man.

He starred in multiple editions of the Follies and in the Broadway musical comedy Poppy, where he perfected his persona as a colorful small-time confidence man.

He was best known for his numerous appearances in Western movies as the colorful sidekick to the leading man.

* Lucius Licinius Lucullus, praetor in 67 BC, a man famous for his moderation and mildness of disposition ; Dionysius records a colorful anecdote about his restraint in the face of insult.

As a State Senator, Chambers was considered one of the Legislature's most passionate, controversial and colorful members and was characterized by some outlets of the national media as " the Maverick of Omaha ," the " angriest black man in Nebraska ," and " defender of the downtrodden ".

A colorful character by all accounts, he was described as a slight man who was known for his handlebar mustache, pince-nez glasses, iron bowler derby, and elegant suits.

The Houston Chronicle described Vandiver as " a colorful and articulate man with much personal charm ".

The story's delightfully colorful villains are played by Christopher Lloyd and Richard Edson ( as the halfway-comic duo who make the first assault on the players ), Michael Mantell as the chief gangster's extremely undependable right-hand man, and Kevin Tighe as the Bostonian smoothie who coolly declares: ' You know what you feed a dray horse in the morning if you want a day's work out of him?

" As one writer put it: " The result was a gorgeous, dreamlike book of mysterious symbols, concise essays and colorful renderings of mythical beasts rising out of the sea, and angelic beings with lions ' heads presiding over somber initiation rites in torch-lit temples of ancestral civilizations that had mastered latent powers beyond the reach of modern man.

The bar is frequented by a number of colorful characters, including a frenetic young man in love, an old man who looks like Kit Carson, and an affluent society couple.

Newsday called it, " sexy, colorful, courageous and boldly entertaining ," and the Village Voice called the director " Israel's one man new wave "; Stephen Holden of the New York Times stated: " There really isn't a likable character in the movie, which opens today in Manhattan.

Outwardly resembling nearly every stereotype of a gay man, Extraño initially wore loose colorful garments and has a lively, jovial attitude.

Today, by contrast it is a lively and colorful fruit, vegetable, and flower market.

The name was first used in the English language in 1768 by R. Edwin in a colorful description of a large snake found in Ceylon ( now Sri Lanka ), most likely a reticulated python, Python reticulatus.

Two blocks west of the Old Town is the Kuchlbauer Brewery and beer garden featuring the Kuchlbauer Tower, a colorful and unconventional observation tower designed by Viennese architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser.

He spun humorous tales of gamblers, hustlers, actors, and gangsters, few of whom go by " square " names, preferring instead colorful monikers such as " Nathan Detroit ," " Benny Southstreet ," " Big Jule ," " Harry the Horse ," " Good Time Charley ," " Dave the Dude ," or " The Seldom Seen Kid.

Foonly was a short-lived American computer company formed by Dave Poole, one of the principal Super Foonly designers as well as one of hackerdom's more colorful personalities.

Such etymologies often have the feel of urban legends, and can be much more colorful than the typical etymologies found in dictionaries, often involving stories of unusual practices in particular subcultures ( e. g. Oxford students from non-noble families being forced to write sine nobilitate by their name, soon abbreviated to s. nob., hence the word snob ).

His art is best described as pop-art, often very colorful and graffiti-inspired screen prints, and he achieved some commercial success and notoriety by, for instance, creating murals in various public spaces in and around Amsterdam.

" Forever Changes ," with colorful, iconic cover art by Bob Pepper and Ronnie Haran's equally iconic photograph of the band on the back cover, was a commercial failure upon its release in the United States in late 1967.

In 1991, Viennese students Matthias Fiegl and Wolfgang Stranzinger discovered the Lomo LC-A and were " charmed by the unique, colorful, and sometimes blurry " images that the camera produced.

Many motels began advertising on colorful neon signs that they had air cooling ( a early term for " air conditioning ") during the hot summers or were " heated by steam " during the cold winters.

There a " Third Dynasty " soon emerged, with three World Championships in a row from 1972 to 1974 led by players including Catfish Hunter, Reggie Jackson, ace reliever Rollie Fingers, and colorful owner Charlie O. Finley.

In Western cultures, birthday parties are often accompanied by colorful decorations, such as balloons and streamers.

The building ’ s colorful Martel Foyer, drawn from many world cultures, was designed by the architect to symbolically express this collaborative purpose.

Junior Bonner was marked by sharp character development, colorful location detail and unusually tender scenes between Preston and Lupino as Bonner's estranged parents.

* X-Bugs, a combat game where futuristic bugs are represented by colorful tiddly winks.

Sinhala cinema is often made colorful by the incorporation of songs and dance adding more uniqueness to the industry.

The show is noted for its colorful, psychedelic setting designed specifically by the creators to appeal to the attention spans of infants or unlock different sections of the mind while also educating young children and toddlers of transitions that can be expected in life.

While the ' Surf-Ski ' found limited success in the United States, the ' Skurfer ' brand promoted by Tony Finn became a viable product, mostly due to Finn's tireless promotions and colorful personality.

Many colorful anecdotes related by Pergolesi's early biographer, Florimo, were later revealed as fabrication, though they furnished material for two nineteenth-century operas broadly based on Pergolesi's career.

This rustic town celebrates Carnival by burning colorful effigies and dressing in carefully crafted, home-made costumes.

The costumes worn by the bands are vibrant and colorful, decorated in jewels and feathers.

The novel was designed to promote sales of the boxed set by providing colorful details about the social customs and peoples of various cities and countries around the Flanaess.

Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band which was quickly embraced by the hippie movement with its colorful psychedelic sonic imagery.

Influenced by the French Impressionist composer Claude Debussy, he began to use colorful, unusual combinations of instruments in his orchestration.

Pago Pago is a mixture of colorful semi-urban communities, a small town, tuna canneries, which provide employment for a third of the population of Tutuila, and a harbor surrounded by dramatic cliffs, which plunge almost straight into the sea.