Achille Edmond Audran ( 12 April 1840 – 17 August 1901 ) was a French composer best known for several internationally successful operettas, including Les noces d ' Olivette ( 1879 ), La mascotte ( 1880 ), Gillette de Narbonne ( 1882 ), La cigale et la fourmi ( 1886 ), Miss Helyett ( 1890 ), and La poupée ( 1896 ).

The most successful of Audran's many comic operas were: Le grand mogol ( Marseille, 1877 ; Paris, 1884 ; London, as The Grand Mogul, 1884 with a libretto by Farnie, starring Florence St. John, Fred Leslie and Arthur Roberts ; New York as The Snake Charmer, 1881 ); La mascotte ( Paris, 1880 ; New York, 1881 ; London, as The Mascotte, 1881 with a libretto by Farnie, and cast including Lionel Brough and Henry Bracy ); Gillette de Narbonne ( Paris, 1882 ; London, as Gillette, 1883, libretto by Savile Clarke, with additional music by Walter Slaughter and Hamilton Clarke ); La cigale et la fourmi ( the grasshopper and the ant ) ( Paris, 1886 ; London, as La Cigale, 1890 ; English version by F. C. Burnand, starring Geraldine Ulmar, Eric Lewis and Brough ); Miss Helyett ( Paris, 1890 ; London, as Miss Decima, 1891, libretto by Burnand ); and La poupée ( Paris, 1896 ; London, 1897, libretto by Arthur Sturgess, starring Courtice Pounds and Willie Edouin ).

* January 5 – King Camp Gillette, American razor inventor ( d. 1932 )

When the Claretians sold their Claretville property in 1978 to Clare Prophet and her Church Universal and Triumphant ( CUT ) cult, Thomas Aquinas College purchased, moved to, and began construction on a permanent campus in Santa Paula, CA At the present time, the Gillette Estate / Claretville property is now known as the ' King Gillette Ranch ' and this property remains at the intersection of Mulholland Highway and Las Virgenes Road in Calabasas.

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King Camp Gillette ( January 5, 1855 – July 9, 1932 ) was an American businessman popularly associated with the safety razor, although several models were in existence prior to Gillette's design.

When Coffman was asked why she allowed such a low life to hang out at her establishment, she responded, " Why that is King C. Gillette.

King Gillette Ranch Mansion

King Gillette purchased property for a large ranch in the Santa Monica Mountains near Calabasas in Southern California in 1926.

The King Gillette ranch was most recently collaboratively purchased for $ 35 million by the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority, National Park Service, Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy and California State Parks who then made it available for public use.

On June 30, 2007, the King Gillette Ranch opened to the public as a park.

Tying is related to freebie marketing, which was pioneered by King C. Gillette and is a common ( and legal ) method of giving away ( or selling at a substantial discount ) one item to ensure a continual flow of sales of another related item.

Another presentation at City Center, with Alan King as Nathan Detroit, Sheila MacRae as Adelaide, Jerry Orbach as Sky and Anita Gillette as Sarah, ran for 15 performances from April 28 to May 9, 1965.

The razor and blades business model, pioneered by American businessman King C. Gillette, is similar to the loss-leader business model.

Over twenty individual state and municipal parks are in the Santa Monica Mountains, including: Topanga State Park, Leo Carrillo State Park, Malibu Creek State Park, Point Mugu State Park, Will Rogers State Historic Park, Point Dume State Beach, Griffith Park, Marvin Braude Mulholland Gateway Park, Charmlee Wilderness Park, Franklin Canyon Park, Runyon Canyon Park, King Gillette Ranch Park, and Paramount Ranch Park.

Most recently an area was annexed to the park known as the King Gillette Ranch, with a landmark Spanish Colonial Revival style residence and estate buildings designed by renowned architect Wallace Neff in the 1920s for owner King Gillette, the early 20th century inventor and manufacturer of the disposable razor.

Prior to the introduction of the disposable razor blade by King Camp Gillette in 1901, however, safety razor users still needed to strop and hone the edges of their blades.

A third pivotal innovation was a safety razor using a disposable double-edge blade that King Camp Gillette submitted a patent application for in 1901 and was granted in 1904.

* King Camp Gillette ( 1855 – 1932 ), American businessman and founder of the Gillette Safety Razor Company

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There were calls to boycott Gillette products given their association with Thierry Henry, after a handball by Henry went undetected by referees and allowed France to knock Ireland out of a major soccer competition.

In 2006 the Herald won two SABEW awards from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers for its breaking news coverage of the takeover of local company Gillette Co. and for overall excellence.

He repeated his performance of Billy the pageboy for two subsequent tours, and was so successful that he was called to London to play the role alongside William Gillette, the original Holmes.

The governor denied the petition as well as an application for reprieve, and Gillette was electrocuted in March of that year.

The 1906 murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette eventually became the basis for An American Tragedy.

This same book was also the basis for Jimmy a stage musical about Walker that had a brief Broadway run from October 1969 to January 1970, starring Frank Gorshin as Walker and Anita Gillette as Betty Compton.

Campanella seen shaving in a TV commercial for Gillette Razors.

Gillette was a two-time All-State lineman for Northwestern High school.

the two part tariff is another form of price discrimination where the producer charges an initial fee then a secondary fee for the use of the product, an example of this is razors, you pay an initial cost for the Gillette razor and then pay for the replacement blades, this pricing strategy works because it shifts the demand curve to the right since you have already paid for the initial blade holder you will buy the blades which are now cheaper than buying a disposable razor,

Gillette Lane was recorded as living with his wife, although unemployed and looking for work during his mother-in-law's two month visit.

In the 1960s Sussex had four seam bowlers and no spinners, which was excellent for the Gillette Cup and the green wicket at Hove, but not elsewhere.

Gillette is widely credited with inventing the so-called razor and blades business model, where razors are sold cheaply to increase the market for blades, but in fact he only adopted this model after his competitors did.

While working as a salesman for the Crown Cork and Seal Company in the 1890s, Gillette saw bottle caps, with the cork seal he sold, thrown away after the bottle was opened.

Gillette obtained a trademark registration ( 0056921 ) for his portrait and signature on the packaging.

A Gillette company history stated that in non-English speaking countries people would often ask for " the kind with the Man's Face " blades.

The Gillette Company continued to thrive and sell products under a variety of brand names including Gillette, Braun, Oral-B, and Duracell until 2005, when the company was sold to Procter & Gamble for $ 57 billion USD.

Shortly before he left the public eye, an anonymous blog was posted, identifying him as Jonathan Gillette, and offering detailed information about his identity, including his schooling, his address, his membership in the band The Child Who Was a Keyhole, and the identity of his spouse.

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In 1199, he married Alice of Vergy ( 1182 – 1252 ), the daughter of Hugues, Seigneur de Vergy by Gillette de Trainel.

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