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In 1887, when Dalguise was no longer available, the Potters took their first summer holiday in Lancashire in the Lake District, at Wray Castle near Windermere.
As a result, Beatrix came to meet Hardwicke Rawnsley, incumbent vicar at Wray and later the founding secretary of the National Trust, whose interest in the countryside and country life inspired the same in Beatrix and who was to have a lasting impact on her life.
Witnesses who were not called to the Widgery Tribunal stated that Wray was calling out that he could not move his legs before he was shot the second time.
It has been argued that firearms residue on some deceased may have come from contact with the soldiers who themselves moved some of the bodies, or that the presence of lead on the hands of one ( James Wray ) was easily explained by the fact that his occupation involved the use of lead-based solder.
Fay Wray ( born Vina Fay Wray ; September 15, 1907 – August 8, 2004 ) was a Canadian-American actress most noted for playing the female lead in King Kong.
Wray, a descendant of both Springfield, Massachusetts, settler William Pynchon and Mormon pioneers, was born on a ranch near Cardston, Alberta, Canada, to two Mormons, Elvina Marguerite Jones, who was from Salt Lake City, and Joseph Heber Wray, who was from Kingston upon Hull, England.
The following year in 1927, Wray was signed to a contract with Paramount Pictures In 1928, director Erich von Stroheim cast Wray as the main female lead in his film The Wedding March, released under Paramount, a film noted for its high budget and production values.
It was a financial failure, but it gave Wray her first lead role.
It was under these deals that Wray was cast in various horror films, including Doctor X.
Her first film under RKO was The Most Dangerous Game ( 1932 ), co-starring Joel McCrea and shot at night on the same jungle sets that were being used for King Kong during the day, with the leads from both films, Wray and Robert Armstrong, appearing in both movies.
According to Wray, Jean Harlow had been RKO's original choice, but because MGM put Harlow under exclusive contract during the pre-production phase of the film, she became unavailable and Wray was approached by director Merian C. Cooper to play the role of Ann Darrow, the blonde captive of King Kong.
Wray was paid $ 10, 000 dollars to play the role.
Wray was reportedly proud that the film saved RKO from bankruptcy.
Wray was cast in the 1953-1954 ABC situation comedy, The Pride of the Family, as Catherine Morrison.
Wray appeared in three episodes of CBS's courtroom drama Perry Mason, the first of which was " The Case Of The Prodigal Parent " ( Episode 1-36 ) aired June 7, 1958.

Wray and honored
In January 2003, a 95-year old Wray appeared at the 2003 Palm Beach International Film Festival to celebrate the Rick McKay documentary film Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There, where she was also honored with a " Legend in Film " award.
For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Wray was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6349 Hollywood Blvd.
In May 2006, Wray became one of the first four entertainers to ever be honored by Canada Post by being featured on a postage stamp.
On April 10th, 2012, Link Wray was posthumously honored by The City of Dunn, NC: his birthplace and where he learned to play the guitar by a
On March 25, 2006 Wray was honored by " The First Americans in the Arts " with the Life Time Achievement Award.

Wray and with
Wray stayed with Paramount to make more than a dozen more films, staying there to make the transition from silent films to " talkie " films.
During his years at Columbia, Capra worked often with screenwriter Robert Riskin ( husband of Fay Wray ,) and cameraman Joseph Walker.
The Problem with White Trash-Review of M. Wray ( 2007 ) Not Quite White, Duke University Press.
The following year, Crawford was named one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars, along with Mary Astor, Mary Brian, Dolores Costello, Dolores del Río, Janet Gaynor and Fay Wray.
Just as Deeds is ready to return to Mandrake Falls in disgust, a dispossessed farmer ( John Wray ) breaks into his mansion and threatens him with a gun.
Barbusse first came to fame with the publication of his novel Le Feu ( translated by William Fitzwater Wray as Under Fire ) in 1916, which was based on his experiences during World War I.
Wayne Static, lead singer for Static-X and PigHammer currently lives in the high desert of Joshua Tree with his wife Tera Wray.
( 1934 ) with Fay Wray.
) Other Beery films include Billy the Kid ( 1930 ) with Johnny Mack Brown, The Secret Six ( 1931 ) with Jean Harlow and Clark Gable, Hell Divers ( 1931 ) with Gable, Grand Hotel ( 1932 ) with Joan Crawford, Tugboat Annie ( 1933 ) with Dressler, Dinner at Eight ( 1933 ) opposite Harlow, The Bowery with George Raft, Fay Wray, and Pert Kelton that same year, China Seas ( 1935 ) with Gable and Harlow, and Eugene O ' Neill's Ah, Wilderness!
* The Bowery ( 1933 ) with George Raft, Jackie Cooper, Fay Wray, and Pert Kelton
( 1934 ; as Pancho Villa again ) with Leo Carrillo, Stu Erwin, and Fay Wray ( shot on location in Mexico )
Wray recorded a cover version 30 years later, when it was also associated with The Ventures and the Incredible Bongo Band.

Wray and Film
In 1989, Wray was awarded the Women in Film Crystal Award.
With much fanfare the film screened in the summer at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood ( with Fay Wray in attendance ), and then in October at Alice Tully Hall as part of the 8th New York Film Festival.

Wray and award
The company was founded in 2000 by Andrew Black and Edward Wray who subsequently won the Ernst and Young Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year award.
The Katie Wray Valedictory Award is a prestigious award bestowed upon a senior at graduation.

Wray and at
In 1923, Wray appeared in her first film at the age of 16, landing a role in a short historical film sponsored by a local newspaper.
In the 1920s, Wray landed a major role in the silent film The Coast Patrol ( 1925 ), as well as uncredited bit parts at the Hal Roach Studios.
Wray was buried at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California.
* CBC. ca News: Fay Wray dies at 96
* March 2 – The original film version of King Kong, starring Fay Wray, premieres at Radio City Music Hall and the RKO Roxy Theatre in New York City.
The county's first newspaper was published at Delaplaine in 1873 by James W. Wray.
After being called to the Bar in 1578 he began attending court cases at Westminster Hall, and soon drew the attention of court officials – many early reports have notes that he was told " by old Plowden " or " by Wray CJ ".
" Rolling Stone placed Wray at number 45 of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.
In 2003, Link Wray was ranked at number sixty-seven in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the Hundred Greatest Guitarists of All Time,
In 2012, Link Wray was ranked at number fourty-five in " Rolling Stone " magazine's updated list of the Hundred Greatest Guitarists of All Time.
Print and online obituaries have only mentioned the wife and son he was living with at the time of his death, Olive and Oliver Christian Wray.
The album was produced by Link Wray, at his brother, Vernon Wray ’ s studio in Tucson, Arizona, and the band wrote all but one of the songs.
Link Wray, best remembered for his classic instrumental " Rumble ", had a modest hit at Swan with " Jack The Ripper ".
* Wray Morrison ( former Regina reporter ; now at CKOM )
Other name artists who contributed at least once to Cracked include such Mad veterans as Jack Davis, Will Elder, Al Jaffee, and Basil Wolverton, and such future Mad contributors as Jack Rickard, Angelo Torres, Bill Wray, Greg Theakston, Dennis Snee, Mike Snider, Dean Norman, Charlie Kadau, May Sakami and Tom Richmond.
In 1964, Bleyer, who was unable to accept the changing pop music market at the dawn of the British Invasion era, sold the Cadence label and all its recordings ( except for certain material — like the Link Wray album — he kept to himself ) to Andy Williams who formed Barnaby Records to manage the Cadence catalog.

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