* The Rubaiyat was quoted in the 1946 King Vidor Western film Duel in the Sun, which starred Gregory Peck and Jennifer Jones: " Oh threats of hell and hopes of paradise!

* Solomon and Sheba ( 1959 )-Epic film directed by King Vidor, starring Yul Brynner and Gina Lollobrigida

* 1935 King Vidor for The Wedding Night

** King Vidor, American film director ( b. 1894 )

Invited to the screening were a number of esteemed film critics, including Jay Cocks and Arthur Knight ; directors such as King Vidor, William Wyler, and Howard Hawks ; and a number of academics.

One of the survivors of the 1900 Galveston Storm was the Hollywood director King Vidor, who made his directing debut in 1913 with the film Hurricane in Galveston.

The Champ is a 1931 American film written by Frances Marion, Leonard Praskins and Wanda Tuchock, and directed by King Vidor.

Despite the melodramatic script, director King Vidor eagerly took on the film since it emphasized the traditional family values and strong belief in hope — qualities he felt were essential to a good motion picture.

Time called the film repetitive, blasted Cooper for sniveling, and accused director King Vidor of laying " on pathos with a steam-shovel.

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" Roy Oliver Disney had misgivings about the project, doubting that it was " big enough in caliber and natural draft " to warrant a budget over $ 1 million and more than twenty-five minutes of animation, but in June 1944, Walt hired Southern-born writer Dalton Reymond to write the screenplay, and he met frequently with King Vidor, whom he was trying to interest in directing the live-action sequences.

Robert Altman, Clarence Brown, Alfred Hitchcock and King Vidor each have five nominations without a win.

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Legend has it that when a double marriage was arranged in 1926 ( with Eleanor Boardman and King Vidor ), Garbo failed to appear at the ceremony.

It was adapted by Harry Behn and King Vidor ( uncredited ) from the play by Joseph Farnham and the autobiographical novel Plumes by Laurence Stallings, and directed by Vidor.

King Vidor was thus persuaded to sell his stake in the film before receiving his percentage.

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Academics such as Bruce Jackson, critics such as Jay Cocks and Arthur Knight and directors such as King Vidor, Henry King, William Wyler and Howard Hawks were invited to the screening.

The city was named after lumberman Charles Shelton Vidor, owner of the Miller-Vidor Lumber Company and father of director King Vidor.

Alfred Hitchcock used him in Stage Fright ( 1950 ), then he made a film in Hollywood for King Vidor, Lightning Strikes Twice ( 1951 ).

Scott's more than 30 years as a motion picture actor resulted in his working with many acclaimed screen directors, including Henry King, Rouben Mamoulian, Michael Curtiz, John Cromwell, King Vidor, Alan Dwan, Fritz Lang, and Sam Peckinpah.

The most famous King Midas is popularly remembered in Greek mythology for his ability to turn everything he touched into gold.

He is now remembered as a national hero on a par with King Arthur and numerous small groups have adopted his symbolism to advocate independence or nationalism for Wales.

Leopold II (, ) ( 9 April 1835 – 17 December 1909 ) was the King of the Belgians, and is chiefly remembered for the founding and brutal exploitation of the Congo Free State.

Though unpopular at the end of his reign — his funeral cortege was booed — Leopold II is remembered today by many Belgians as the " Builder King " ( Koning-Bouwer in Dutch, le Roi-Bâtisseur in French ) because he commissioned a great number of buildings and urban projects, mainly in Brussels, Ostend and Antwerp.

Caine was busy with successes including Sleuth ( 1972 ) opposite Laurence Olivier, and The Man Who Would Be King ( 1975 ) co-starring Sean Connery and directed by John Huston ( which he has stated will be the film he wishes to be remembered for after his death ).

In a letter addressed to Pope Boniface VIII, King Edward I ( r. 1272 – 1307 ) remembered a certain Eric ( Yricius ) as having been a king of Scotland subject to the English king.

Willis Harold O ' Brien ( AKA: " Obie "; March 2, 1886 – November 8, 1962 ) was an Irish American motion picture special effects and stop-motion animation pioneer, who according to ASIFA-Hollywood " was responsible for some of the best-known images in cinema history ," and is best remembered for his work on The Lost World ( 1925 ), King Kong ( 1933 ) and Mighty Joe Young ( 1949 ), for which he won the 1950 Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.

It should be remembered that the High King had ' Vikings ' in his army as well ; mainly the Hiberno-Norse of Limerick ( and probably those of Waterford, Wexford, and Cork as well ), but, according to some sources, a rival gang of Norse mercenaries from the Isle of Man.

Additionally, Dale Gribble on King of the Hill explains away his inappropriate laughter at his successfully sabotaging Bill Dauterive's new relationship by saying " just remembered a funny sniglet!

However, Owen Tudor is particularly remembered for his role in founding England's Tudor dynasty – including his relationship with, and probable secret marriage to, Catherine of Valois, widow of King Henry V of England.

Leith was the port of entry for the visit of King George IV to Scotland, and The Old Ship Hotel and King's Landing was then given its new name, to mark the King's arrival by ship's boat at Leith Shore for this event, which is remembered most for popularising and decriminalising symbols of Scottish national identity.

He was remembered as a King of the Britons in the Welsh chronicles and Geoffrey of Monmouth's highly popular and legendary Historia Regum Britanniae, where he comes to power following Gracianus Municeps ' reign, which had ended with his assassination.

It was at his instigation that Marseille sent to Paris the battalion of volunteers that arrived in Paris singing the Marseillaise, and which contributed to the Paris Commune insurrection remembered as the tenth of August 1792 against King Louis XVI.

His vision and physical presence were recognised by new manager Dave Sexton playing him often as a midfielder, notably wearing the number 4 shirt for most of the 1968 – 69 season ( reference page 70 ' Ossie – King of Stamford Bridge ' written with Martin Knight and John King ), but it is as a goalscoring centre-forward, number 9, that he is best remembered.

Gennett is best remembered for the wealth of early jazz talent recorded on the label, including sessions by Jelly Roll Morton, Bix Beiderbecke, The New Orleans Rhythm Kings, " King " Joe Oliver's band with the young Louis Armstrong, Lois Deppe's Serenaders with the young Earl Hines, Hoagy Carmichael, Duke Ellington, The Red Onion Jazz Babies, The State Street Ramblers, Zach Whyte and his Chocolate Beau Brummels, Alphonse Trent and his Orchestra and many others.

FBI analyst Bob King remembered Robert Hanssen using that same quote.

King Hu was an early director who is best remembered for his film Come Drink with Me, a martial arts film which differed from those of Chang Cheh in that it featured a capable female protagonist and revolved around romance in the martial arts world, rather than fast paced action and the tales of brotherhood which Chang Cheh would later popularize.

In the course of a long and eventful life, he became a key figure in Welsh resistance to Norman rule, and was remembered as King of all Wales.

The fifth king, King Mu of Zhou ( 977 – 922 BCE ) is remembered for his legendary visit to the Queen Mother of the West.

He often played a song he co-wrote, titled, " Orange Colored Sky ", which was best remembered as a hit for Nat King Cole.

Because of this the correctness of the original age estimates were repeatedly called into question ,< ref > Aldred, C., < cite > Akhenaten, King of Egypt </ cite > ( Thames and Hudson, 1988 ) p. 202 </ ref >< ref > Reeves, C. N., < cite > The Valley of the Kings </ cite > ( Kegan Paul, 1990 ) p. 49 </ ref >< ref > Bell, M. R., < cite >" An Armchair Excavation of KV 55 ", JARCE 27 ( 1990 )</ cite > pp. 135 </ ref > and prior to the genetic tests done in early 2010, several professional opinions were made suggesting a much later age for the skeletal remains, pointing to an age of about 35 years based on dentition or even later ( based on anthropological standards and more-recent X-rays of the long bones ).< ref > Reeves, C. N, < cite > Akhenaten, Egypt's False Prophet </ cite > ( Thames and Hudson, 2001 ) p. 84 </ ref > It must be remembered that it is very difficult to date a mummy's age, and there are many differing opinions on the legitimacy of dating techniques.

When King John I, and a few years later, King Edward, died, the crown fell on the boy Afonso V, under the regency of the Queen, an Aragonese ; the people remembered 1383 and the civil war, and rebelled against the Queen.

Along with Bayard Rustin, a civil rights leader and close confidante of Martin Luther King, Jr., Barbara Jordan is remembered for her advocacy of progressive politics.