She was able to make a successful transition to " talkies " in 1929, and was cast as Joan Crawford's mother in This Modern Age ( 1931 ).

His final season at Dunfermline was the club most successful season in a number of years, which saw them finish 4th thanks to Crawford's 13 goals.

The 2002 season would prove to be Crawford's most successful to date, although winless for the season he had 17 top-ten finishes, a career high 12 top five finishes, two poles ( at Dover and Phoenix ), and finished second in the standings only 46 points behind champion Mike Bliss.

Wisden considered Crawford's bowling to be one of the most successful features of the tour and praised his ability to spin the ball, reporting: " It was said of Crawford that even on the most perfect wickets he could at times make the ball break back.

A cast also rapidly shaped up around Crawford with the input of the new director and choreographer in a fresh set of auditions, with then-ingenues Mandy Gonzalez and Max von Essen in the young lead roles of Alfred and Sarah, Rene Auberjonois ( after similar prolonged negotiations to Crawford's ) as Professor Abronsius, Ron Orbach ( late of the out-of-town run of The Producers ) as Chagal, and rising talent Julia Murney as Magda, among others

Crawford's most notable run at Indy occurred in 1988.

It was eventually published as a slim book by William L. Crawford's Visionary Publishing Company with a run of 200 copies — the only book of Lovecraft's fiction distributed during his lifetime.

Following Crawford's six-year run, MTV cut the number of episodes ordered for each year after her departure until the show was reduced to a yearly special and then ultimately canceled in 2000.

Highway Patrol helped revive Crawford's career and cement his ' tough guy ' persona, which he used successfully in numerous movie and TV roles for the rest of his life.

Crawford's heavy drinking increased during the filming of Highway Patrol, eventually resulting in several arrests and stops for driving under the influence of alcohol ( DUI ), which eventually gained him a suspended driving license.

Still mourning the loss of his friend Boon, Watt initially was not interested and in fact had lost much of his desire to play music, however Crawford's persistence eventually paid off when he showed up unannounced in San Pedro and asked Watt for the chance to come over and play for him.

The film was a huge hit, and Crawford's performance as the blustering Governor Stark won him the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Crawford's Academy Award and larger-than-life persona eventually won him more diverse roles, and he would appear in such varied films as Phil Karlson's Scandal Sheet ( 1952 ), Fritz Lang's Human Desire ( 1954 ), Federico Fellini's Il bidone ( 1955 ) and Richard Fleischer's Between Heaven and Hell ( 1956 ).

" His hunt is initially interrupted by Punisher who intends to kill Spider-Man, but the two eventually work together to track down Spider-Man and restore him to his human form with Dr. Crawford's help.

Upon Crawford's return, Madison appointed him as Secretary of War.

While Steinman, still ebullient over Crawford's casting, defended the original figure by saying Crawford " would be worth every cent we can pay him ", a more sensible Crawford claimed that initial reports of a $ 180, 000 salary were " ridiculous " and " a piece of fantasy journalism from my home country ," adding that " anyone who knows how many people you can fit in a theater knows that you don't do Broadway to make money ".

" Company morale was no better, as cast members began poking fun at Crawford's weight-sensitive costumes behind his back, calling him a " fat rooster.

By the time of opening, however, this mutual tomfoolery seemed to have been reined in ; producer Bob Boyett had no complaints about Crawford's behavior, calling him " a great star and a total professional " and saying that he " didn't find him to be difficult at all.

Crawford's obituary in The Times described him as one of the best young players to play cricket in England and said: " Although he invariably played in glasses, he was a most attractive player to watch, an aggressive hitter of the ball and a dangerous medium-paced bowler ".

After the success of Crawford's game Balance of Power EA wanted to work with him, but could not acquire the rights to sequel the game.

It has made some appearances in pop music, such as in King Crimson's Dawn Song on their album Lizard, Lindisfarne's Run For Home, Randy Crawford's One Day I'll Fly Away, Tanita Tikaram's Twist in My Sobriety, Marianne Faithfull's As Tears Go By, and many ( e. g., Judy Collins ' and Barbra Streisand's ) versions of Send in the Clowns.

ZIV held up Crawford's ten per cent share of the show's gross ( some 2 million dollars ) until Crawford agreed to sign for a new ZIV pilot and TV show, King of Diamonds.

Although the show initially went well in sales based on Crawford's name ( for a time, the show played to packed houses in previews, and was in fourth place in terms of high-selling Broadway grosses without even having officially opened ), the humor received some laughter and much criticism.

Because the book contained much unknown information about Ross ' alleged diva-ish behavior onstage and off, some people jokingly referred to the book as " Diana Dearest " ( this name was inspired by Christina Crawford's memoir Mommie Dearest ).

Crawford's relationships with her two older children, Christina and Christopher, were acrimonious.

Crawford disinherited the two and, after Crawford's death, Christina wrote a " tell-all " memoir, Mommie Dearest, in which she alleged a lifelong pattern of physical and emotional abuse perpetrated by Crawford.

The will stated that the Humberts were to look after the family fortune in a safe that should remain sealed until her younger sister Marie was old enough to marry one of Crawford's two nephews, Henry Crawford.

Her two brothers, who had masqueraded as Crawford's nephews, were sentenced to two and three years each.

During the expedition, Crawford's men rescued two captives held by American Indians, killing six and capturing 14 Indians.

Crawford's execution was brutal ; he was tortured for at least two hours before he was burned at the stake.

Crawford's execution was particularly brutal: he was tortured for at least two hours before being burned at the stake.

Although Crawford preferred to characterize their relationship as one of “ sisterly-motherly love ,” she also acknowledged that at one time, their relationship had bordered becoming sexual, particularly on Bauer's part when she reserved a single hotel room for the two of them at the International Festival of Contemporary Music in Liège in September 1930, which made Crawford “ uncomfortable .” Along with Crawford's perceptions of her relationship with Bauer, Martin Bernstein, a longtime friend of Bauer's and a former chair of the NYU music department, stated: “ s a female, had very little interest in men ( emphasis in original )... At least if she had any romantic liaisons with men, we don't know about it .” Babbitt further substantiated Bernstein's thoughts during an interview about Bauer when he remarked, “ And she was very much a ... let's simply say unmarried.

In the late afternoon, Mahone launched a flanking attack that found a weak spot in Crawford's line, allowing the Confederates to rush into the Union rear, causing hundreds of Crawford's men to flee in panic from the fire they were receiving from two directions.

Inconsistent play and defensive struggles plagued the team throughout the season as they failed to adjust to Crawford's new offensively-minded system, and owner Tom Hicks ' financial troubles prevented the team from spending more than $ 45 million on payroll, over $ 11 million beneath the league salary cap.

Crawford's mission gained further influence when Clara Lum, editor of The Apostolic Faith, transferred the paper, under controversial circumstances, to the Portland mission in mid-1908.

Crawford's health failed under the pressure of the great public works here enumerated.

* Hugh Henry Brackenridge took and edited the detailed recollections of one of the survivors of Crawford's execution, which were published under the title Dr. Knight's Narrative, and had a considerable impact on the reputation of Simon Girty as a renegade.

* Simon Girty is featured in Julius de Gruyter's novel Drum Beats on the Sandusky, which is a fictional account of one of Crawford's young volunteer soldier's reprieve from Indian capture and subsequent adventures while under Girty's custody.

After 18 years, Crawford's contract with MGM was terminated by mutual consent on June 29, 1943.

Thereafter Channel Nine attempted many new soap operas, several produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation, including Taurus Rising, Waterloo Station, Starting Out and Possession, along with Prime Time produced by Crawford's.

Crawford's first role with the studio was 1944's Hollywood Canteen.

It was with this gown that Crawford's broad shoulders began to be accentuated by costume.

While the exact date of Crawford's break with Seymour is disputed, it was complete by 1908.

Impressed with Crawford's passion and enthusiasm, Watt and Hurley agreed to give the inexperienced " kid " from Ohio a shot and the band was formed.

For much of the period from 1955 until 1965 most of Crawford's television roles involved ZIV Television, who was among the relative handful of producers willing to accept the occasional challenges inherent in working with the hard-living Crawford.

" Eventually the drinking strained the show's relationship with the CHP and Crawford's relationship with ZIV.

The novel narrates main character Janie Crawford's " ripening from a vibrant, but voiceless, teenage girl into a woman with her finger on the trigger of her own destiny .” Set in central and southern Florida in the early 20th century, the novel was initially poorly received for its rejection of racial uplift literary prescriptions.

Crawford's Mildred Pierce co-star, actress Eve Arden, sided with Christina about Crawford's parenting abilities, saying that Crawford suffered from bipolar disorder ; a good woman in many ways but, as an alcoholic with a violent temper, simply unfit to be a mother.

The Game Developers Conference, which now draws over 10, 000 attendees each year, began in 1987 as a salon held in Crawford's living room with his game design friends and associates.

The system was officially launched March 23, 2009, with Crawford's storyworld sequel to Balance of Power.

Storytron is a Java based interactive story engine based around Chris Crawford's theory that creating interactive story is similar to creating a sentence with particular emphasis on the verb.

Later reports would claim that Crawford, paranoid about doing anything that could be compared to the Phantom, agreed with the party line that the piece should be a comedy on the lines of Mel Brooks and that he personally revised and rearranged the book to that end, causing co-librettist Ives to remark that he was a stenographer rather than a writer, but in truth, the show already exhibited signs of much larger changes of a similar fashion as far back as the workshop production in mid-May 2001 before Crawford's casting ; it seems that Crawford's major contributions at this time were in the vein of a " Continental accent " ( a bizarre mix of Italian and Cockney tones that Crawford claimed made singing the score easier ) and input on costume designs aimed at hiding alleged weight problems ( jowls in particular ).