Another one of his very important contributions was in the field of philosophy of aesthetics with his famous Abhinavabhāratī commentary of Nāṭyaśāstra of Bharata Muni.

The daughter of Bessho Shigeharu first married Hirata Muni and was divorced from him a few years later.

Another gangster film the studio produced was the critically acclaimed I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, based on a true story and starring Paul Muni.

In addition to Cagney and Robinson, Muni was also given a big push as one the studio's top gangster stars after appearing in the successful film, which got audiences to question the legal system in the United States.

Paul Muni ( born Meshilem Meier Weisenfreund ; 22 September 1895 – 25 August 1967 ) was an Austrian-born American stage and film actor.

Muni was born to a Jewish family in Lemberg, Galicia, a province of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, now Lviv, Ukraine ( formerly Lwów, Poland ).

Edward G. Robinson and Paul Muni were cousins to Charles M. Fritz, who was a notable actor during the Great Depression.

In late August 1955, Muni was forced to withdraw from the play Inherit the Wind due to a serious eye ailment causing deterioration in his eyesight.

In early September 1955, Muni, then 59 years old, was diagnosed with a tumor of the left eye.

Muni was nominated six times for Academy Awards, winning once, although he appeared in only twenty-five films during his career.

Muni was noted for his intense preparation for his roles, especially his biographies.

While preparing for The Story of Louis Pasteur, Muni states that " I read most everything that was in the library, and everything I could lay my hands on that had to do with Pasteur, with Lister, or with his contemporaries.

" To Paul Muni, acting was not just a career, but an obsession ", writes the New York Times.

" Playwright Arthur Miller commented that Muni " was pursued by a fear of failure.

As Muni was born into a theater atmosphere, with both of his parents actors, " he learned his craft carefully and thoroughly.

However, Muni himself was " inflexible on matters of taste and principle ", once turning down an $ 800, 000 movie contract because he wasn't happy with the studio's choice of film roles.

The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and won the Oscars for Best Screenplay and for Muni as Best Actor in a Leading Role.

The F Market heritage streetcar line turnaround at Market and 17th-streets at the Castro Street Station, a Muni Metro subway station, attracts many tourists which was renamed Harvey Milk Plaza in honor of its most famous resident.

The play ran for three months, made an eastern tour and returned for an unprecedented second return engagement, only closing when Muni was contractually compelled to return to Hollywood to make a film for Warners.

The movie was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor ( Paul Muni ) and Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White ( Carl Anderson, William Kiernan ).

This particular model was successful at off-road cycling events and the term Muni became a generic term for off-road unicycles thereafter.

One day Narada Muni was passing by that way when he ran into Ratnakara, who insisted them to give everything he owns, from his clothing to the shoes he was wearing.

The Transit Effectiveness Project was launched in May 2006 to take a comprehensive look at the entire Muni system and to see where service can be improved or streamlined to provide faster and more reliable service.

The Sakya Muni Buddha Gaya Temple ( Chinese: 释迦牟尼菩提迦耶寺 ) is one of the most prominent and widely visited Buddhist temples in Singapore, often referred to as the Temple of 1, 000 Lights.

* Muni events recognized by the International Unicycling Federation at Unicons are: cross-country, uphill and downhill with the possibility of North Shore downhill.

Universal Paragon's proposed Brisbane Baylands project, if approved by Brisbane voters, proposes to more than double the existing employment base of the City by providing new office, research & development, retail, hotel and other land uses that are accessible by a proposed multi-modal transit station ( Caltrain, Muni T-Third light rail and proposed Bus Rapid Transit ).

The Unión Bubi wanted the Spanish government to separate the Bubi-dominated Bioko and the Fang-dominated Río Muni ( the mainland half of Equatorial Guinea ) because, if the nation were united, the Bubi would be at the mercy of the Fang, who greatly outnumbered them.

Rasa theory blossoms beginning with the Sanskrit text Nātyashāstra ( nātya meaning " drama " and shāstra meaning " science of "), a work attributed to Bharata Muni where the Gods declare that drama is the ' Fifth Veda ' because it is suitable for the degenerate age as the best form of religious instruction.

The first inhabitants of the region that is now Equatorial Guinea are believed to have been Pygmies, of whom only isolated pockets remain in northern Río Muni.

Elements of the latter may have generated the Bubi, who emigrated to Bioko from Cameroon and Río Muni in several waves and succeeded former Neolithic populations.

It is said the Igbo of Nigeria ( mostly Aro ) slave traders arrived and founded very few tiny settlements in Bioko and Rio Muni which expanded the Aro Confederacy in the 18th and 19th centuries.

The mainland portion, Río Muni, became a protectorate in 1885 and a colony in 1900.

Bubi and Fernandino parties on the island preferred separation from Río Muni or a loose federation.

Ethnically based parties in Río Muni favored independence for a united country comprising Bioko and Río Muni, an approach that ultimately won out.

Since 1979, President Obiang has been constrained only by a need to maintain a consensus among his advisers and political supporters, most of whom are drawn from the Nguema family in Mongomo, in the eastern part of Río Muni.

The chief ports are Bata and Mbini in Río Muni and Malabo and Luba on Bioko.

The film starred Paul Muni in the title role, with memorable supporting performances from George Raft, Boris Karloff, and Osgood Perkins.

The leading men ahead of Bogart at Warner Bros. included not only such classic stars as James Cagney and Edward G. Robinson, but also actors far less well-known today, such as Victor McLaglen, George Raft and Paul Muni.

Both Paul Muni and George Raft turned down the lead role, giving Bogart the opportunity to play a character of some depth, although legendary director Walsh initially fought the casting of supporting player Bogart as a leading man, much preferring Raft for the part.

* 1949 – Celebrities Helen Keller, Dorothy Parker, Danny Kaye, Fredric March, John Garfield, Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson are named in an FBI report as Communist Party members.

In India there are several Jain Monks, in categories like Acharya, Upadhyaya and Muni.

* Judah Street in San Francisco and its N-Judah Muni streetcar line are named after him.

Other offerings included melodramas ( or " women's pictures "), swashbucklers, and adaptations of best-sellers, with stars like Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Paul Muni, and Errol Flynn.

During 1936, the studio's film The Story of Louis Pasteur proved a box office success and Paul Muni, the film's star, won the Oscar for Best Actor in March 1937.