The success of his opera Tarare was such that it was soon translated into Italian at Joseph II behest by Lorenzo Da Ponte as Axur, Re d ' Ormus ( Axur, King of Hormuz ) and staged at the royal wedding of Franz II in 1788.

Marlborough wrote to Lord Raby, the English resident at Berlin: " If it should please God to give us victory over the enemy, the Allies will be little obliged to the King for the success.

The singer's debut single, " Liza Jane ", credited to Davie Jones and the King Bees, had no commercial success.

After the success of King Kong, Wray appeared in many major movie roles and on television, finishing her acting career in 1980.

After the success of the previous year's Godzilla vs King Ghidorah, Toho decided to bring back their second most famous creation Mothra into the new series.

After the year's previous success, King had Brown sign a new recording contract and in June 1965, released " Papa's Got a Brand New Bag ", which became his breakthrough hit single, becoming his first # 1 single on the R & B chart since " Try Me " and his first Top 10 pop single winning Brown his first Grammy.

The medieval chronicler Bede says that Augustine sent Laurence back to Pope Gregory I to report on the success of converting King Æthelberht of Kent and to carry a letter with questions for the pope.

( Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King were adapted for the stage after their blockbuster success.

In July 1461, Pius II canonized Saint Catherine of Siena, and in October of the same year he gained at first what appeared to be a brilliant success by inducing the new King of France, Louis XI, to abolish the Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges, by which the Pope's authority in France had been grievously impaired.

Spearheaded by the Puritans and funded by the merchants of London, the revolt was a success, and King Charles I was executed.

In his introduction to The Bachman Books, King does state that Bachman was also an attempt to make sense out of his career and try to answer the question of whether his success was due to talent or luck.

Ron Popeil's success in infomercials, memorable marketing personality, and ubiquity on American television have allowed him and his products to appear in a variety of popular media environments including cameo appearances on television shows such as the X-Files, Futurama King of the Hill, The Simpsons, Sex and the City and The Daily Show.

Psychoanalysis has claimed success in the treament of stuttering, such as the therapy used on King George in " The King's Speech.

On his success, Ketil was to rule the Sudreys as a vassal of King Harald.

Although the young Swedish King Charles XII ( 1682 – 1718 ; reigned 1697 – 1718 ) won spectacular victories in the early years of the Great Northern War, most notably in the stunning success against the Russians at the Battle of Narva ( 1700 ), his plan to attack Moscow and force Russia into peace proved too ambitious.

Le Père Goriot ( Old Father Goriot, 1835 ) was his next success, in which Balzac transposes the story of King Lear to 1820s Paris in order to rage at a society bereft of all love save the love of money.

The Protestants looked for leadership first to Antoine de Bourbon, King of Navarre, the First Prince of the Blood, and then, with more success, to his brother, Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, who backed a plot to overthrow the Guises by force.

Edward III ( 13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377 ) was King of England from 1327 until his death and is noted for his military success.

The success in Montgomery made its leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. a nationally known figure.

Its success led to a wave of other popular fighting games, such as Mortal Kombat by Midway Games, Fatal Fury: King of Fighters ( 1992 ) by SNK, Killer Instinct ( 1994 ) by Rare, and The King of Fighters ( 1994 – 2005 ) by SNK.

Disney was keen to promote Mulan to the Chinese, hoping they might replicate their success with their 1994 film The Lion King, which was one of the country's highest-grossing Western films at that time.

In an attempt to make his new album a success, Prince easily gave more interviews than at any other point in his career, appearing on MTV's Total Request Live ( with his album cover on the front of the Virgin Megastore, in the background on TRL throughout the whole show ), Larry King Live ( with Larry Graham ) and other media outlets.

In addition to being the launching point of Hank Williams Sr .’ s career, and the birthplace of Nat King Cole, Clarence Carter, and Tommy Shaw, Montgomery has also seen a few of its rock bands achieve national success in recent years.

As a consequence of this success he was engaged to execute a bust of King George III, intended for Christ Church, Oxford.

PBS telecast the series, beginning in January 1980 ; the general format was that of Dr. Friedman visiting and narrating a number of success and failure stories in history, which Dr. Friedman attributes to capitalism or the lack thereof ( e. g. Hong Kong is commended for its free markets, while India is excoriated for relying on centralized planning especially for its protection of its traditional textile industry ).

Large metropolises like Rotterdam, London, Montreal, Paris, New York City, Buenos Aires, Shanghai, Tokyo, Chicago, and Hong Kong owe their success in part to their easy accessibility via water and the resultant expansion of trade.

After his international success with Godzilla in 1954, he said, " When I worked for Nikkatsu Studios, King Kong came to Kyoto and I never forgot that movie.

The success of King Kong led to the studio commissioning a hurried sequel Son of Kong ( also 1933 ), which O ' Brien described as cheesy.

The European racehorse Northern Taste and US racehorse Sunday Silence both had remarkable success as a sires in Japan, both as the number one sire for about 10 years, with progeny including Deep Impact, many other Japan Cup winners, and one winner of the Hong Kong Vase and one winner of the Hong Kong Mile.

Hung found renewed success in Hong Kong film industry in the 2000s, beginning with The Legend of Zu ( 2001 ), the long-awaited sequel to the 1983 hit Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain.

Cranky Kong, jealous of all the success Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong have had from Donkey Kong Country, states that their first adventure was such a big hit because of all the fanciful graphics and sound.

Japanese forces initially experienced great success against Allied forces in the Pacific and South East Asia, capturing Thailand, Hong Kong, Malaya, Singapore, the Dutch East Indies, the Philippines and many Pacific Islands.

This led Nintendo to purchase a stake in the company, whose success was furthered with such classic SNES and Nintendo 64 releases as Donkey Kong Country and Goldeneye 007.

They both continued their success in the Global Underground series with Digweed's GU 014: Hong Kong and Sasha's GU 013: Ibiza.

* This film marks the first on-screen battle between Jackie Chan and Donnie Yen, who both have had success in Hong Kong but never fought each other on screen until again later in the Hong Kong film The Twins Effect II, which starred Chan and his son in semi-major roles.

" Due to the success of Donkey Kong Country, GoldenEye 007 was originally suggested as a 2D side-scrolling platformer for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, but Martin Hollis, the director and producer of the game, proposed " a 3D shooting game " for Nintendo's in-development " Ultra 64 " console.

His Hong Kong background caused a heated debate at the time, but the film still achieved box office success in mainland China and in 2004 won a " Most Popular Foreign Film " Award at the Pyongyang Film Festival.

In the 1990s Wong Kar-wai found some commercial success, much critical acclaim, and wide influence on other filmmakers throughout Asia and the world with films such as Chungking Express and Fallen Angels, both set in present day Hong Kong.

The Hong Kong match, which drew a crowd of 39, 000 to see the All Blacks ( which had already clinched the Bledisloe Cup ) defeat the Wallabies 19 – 14, proved to be a financial success for the two unions, generating a reported £ 5. 5 million.

The success of so many St. Paul's alumni in the life of Hong Kong and other communities because of this training testifies to the far-seeing wisdom of the school's founders.

After the worldwide success of Donkey Kong, Yokoi continued to work with Miyamoto on the next Mario game, Mario Bros.