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Runyon had promised her in Mexico that, if she would complete the education he paid for her, he would find her a dancing job in New York.
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Runyon, for his part, had a contemptuous regard for Mr. Watson.
The family plot of Damon Runyon in Woodlawn Cemetery ( Bronx, New York ) | Woodlawn CemeteryRunyon's marriage to Ellen Egan produced two children ( Mary and Damon, Jr .), and broke up in 1928 over rumors that Runyon had become infatuated with a Mexican girl he had first met while covering the Pancho Villa raids in 1916 and discovered once again in New York, when she called the American seeking him out.
Sugar had been referred to as " Runyonesque " ( in reference to Damon Runyon ) by Bob Costas, and " one of the foremost historians alive ," by the Boston Globe.
Runyon, a serious-minded technical manager, believed that TVA's management had too many distractions from TVA's wide-ranging activities, so he ordered non-essential business units closed.
On the other hand, the TVA Runyon left behind was much leaner, more focused, and had begun paying down its massive debt load.
Runyon and her
After Ellen Runyon died of the effects of her own drinking problems, Runyon and Patrice married ; that marriage ended in 1946 when Patrice left Runyon for a younger man.
After receiving critical acclaim for her starring role in the 1942 Damon Runyon film The Big Street ( with Henry Fonda ), Ball came to the attention of MGM, which bought out her contract.
Standing in her way is Republican Congressman Shelley Runyon ( Gary Oldman ) of Illinois, who believes she is unqualified for the position, and backs Hathaway for the nod.
Anticipating that Hanson would deem her personal past " none of anyone's business ," Runyon starts rumors in the media saying that the sexual escapade in college was done in exchange for money and favors, making it prostitution.
The trial at the Long Island City Courthouse was covered by such figures as Peggy Hopkins Joyce, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Aimee Semple McPherson, D. W. Griffith, Damon Runyon, Will Durant and, a year before her own death from cancer, Nora Bayes.
Runyon and if
They make an agreement that Runyon will back down on his attacks if the President chooses Hathaway as Vice President.
Runyon and would
" When Berman was killed in a hit on Berman's boss, Dutch Schultz, Runyon quickly assumed the role of damage control for his deceased friend, correcting erroneous press releases ( including one that stated Berman was one of Schultz's gunmen, to which Runyon replied, " Otto would have been as effective a bodyguard as a two-year-old.
: His gritty performance in this fight would have been considered by many observers to have justified his sobriquet of The Hard Rock from Down Under given by renowned writer and journalist, Damon Runyon.
Many experts believe TVA would not have survived without the restructuring Runyon accomplished.
Runyon performed the narration, including a closing tag for each episode that memorably began with an astonished " Well-l-l-l-l ." According to Orkin, " Jim was incredible, he would adlib an ending for each episode.
Runyon and complete
* The Damon Runyon Theatre – audio files of the complete series at the Internet Archive
Eisner said that on one occasion a man who Eisner described as " a Mob type straight out of Damon Runyon, complete with pinkie ring, broken nose, black shirt, and white tie, who claimed to have ' exclusive distribution rights for all Brooklyn " asked Eisner to draw Tijuana bibles for $ 3 a page.
Runyon and for
He also disliked Runyon, for no good reason other than the fact that the Demon's talent was so marked as to put him well beyond the Hetman's say-so or his supervision.
He worked for various newspapers in the Rocky Mountain area ; at one of those, the spelling of his last name was changed from " Runyan " to " Runyon ," a change he let stand.
In his first New York byline, the American editor dropped the " Alfred " and the name " Damon Runyon " appeared for the first time.
* After Runyon's death, his friend and fellow journalist, Walter Winchell, went on his radio program and appealed for contributions to help fight cancer, eventually establishing the “ Damon Runyon Cancer Memorial Fund ” to support scientific research into causes of, and prevention of cancer.
* The first ever telethon was hosted by Milton Berle in 1949 to raise funds for the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation.
* In 2008, The Library of America selected Runyon ’ s story “ The Eternal Blonde ” for inclusion in its two-century retrospective of American Crime Writing.
Runyon almost totally avoids the past tense ( it is thought to be used once, in the short story " The Lily of St Pierre ", and once in " The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown " ), and makes little use of the future tense, using the present for both.
Runyon was pleased with the changes and later said, " Lady for a Day was no more my picture than Little Miss Marker, which, like the former picture, was almost entirely the result of the genius of the scenario writers and the director who worked on it.
She then joined Glenn Ford and Ann-Margret for the Frank Capra film A Pocketful of Miracles ( 1961 ) ( a remake of Capra's 1933 film, Lady for a Day ), based on a story by Damon Runyon.
In 1946, following the death from cancer of his close friend and fellow writer Damon Runyon, Winchell appealed to his radio audience for contributions to fight the disease.
Capp has credited his inspiration for vividly stylized language to early literary influences like Charles Dickens, Mark Twain and Damon Runyon, as well as Old-time radio and the Burlesque stage.
She won The Damon Runyon Award for outstanding contributions to journalism in 2000, and became the first Mary Alice Davis Lectureship speaker ( sponsored by the School of Journalism and the Center for American History ) at The University of Texas at Austin in 2005.
Runyon and New
To New Yorkers of his generation, a " Damon Runyon character " evoked a distinctive social type from the Brooklyn or Midtown demi-monde.
After a notable failure in trying to organize a Colorado minor baseball league, Runyon moved to New York City in 1910.
Runyon died in New York City from throat cancer in late 1946, at age 66.
Broadway Boogie Woogie: Damon Runyon and the Making of New York City Culture.
* William Nelson Runyon ( 1871 – 1931 ), Acting Governor of New Jersey from 1919 to 1920.
* Damon Runyon begins working as a journalist in New York City.
Richard Watts of the New York Post said " Guys and Dolls is just what it should be to celebrate the Runyon spirit ... is filled with the salty characters and richly original language sacred to the memory of the late Master ".
The land was sold to CIM by the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation of New York and Barlow Respiratory Hospital of Los Angeles.
A member of the New York nightlife, he met and befriended writer Damon Runyon.
Damon Runyon worked briefly for the Post in 1905 – 06 before gaining fame as a writer in New York.
Runyon Heights is a historically African American middle-class neighborhood in northwestern Yonkers, New York, US.
Runyon and .
`` He's a wrong-o '', said Runyon, `` and I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw the Statue of Liberty ''.
Over a year later, on May 29, 1975, the University Board of Trustees authorized a change in policy to admit " students of any race ," a move that occurred shortly before the announcement of the Supreme Court decision in Runyon v. McCrary ( 427 U. S. 160 ), which prohibited racial exclusion in private schools.
* 1946 – Damon Runyon, American writer ( b. 1884 )
Alfred Damon Runyon ( October 4, 1880 – December 10, 1946 ) was an American newspaperman and author.
The adjective " Runyonesque " refers to this type of character as well as to the type of situations and dialog that Runyon depicted.
The musical additionally borrows characters and story elements from a few other Runyon stories, most notably " Pick The Winner.
Runyon was also a newspaperman.
Damon Runyon was born as Alfred Damon Runyan to a family of newspapermen in Manhattan, Kansas.
The family eventually settled in Pueblo, Colorado, in 1887, where Runyon spent the rest of his youth.
In present-day Pueblo, Runyon Field, the Damon Runyon Repertory Theater Company and Runyon Lake are now named in his honor.
In 1898 Runyon enlisted in the U. S. Army to fight in the Spanish-American War.
Perhaps as confirmation, Runyon was inducted into the writers ' wing ( the J. G. Taylor Spink Award ) of the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1967.
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