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Hustler White

Directors/Writers:Bruce LaBruce and Rick CastroDirector of Photography:James CarmanEditor:Rider SiphronProducers:Jurgen Bruning and Bruce LaBruceStrand Releasing; NR; 82 minutesRelease:9/…

Edward Mulhare

Edward MulhareactorBorn: 4/8/1923Birthplace: Cork, Ireland After launching his acting career in Ireland and England, Mulhare moved to the United States, memorably replacing Rex Harrison as…

Katherine Anne Porter Biography

Katherine Anne Portershort-story writer, novelistBorn: 5/15/1890Birthplace: Indian Creek, Texas Pulitzer Prize-winning short-story writer and novelist whose elegant prose earned her wide…

Edward Mulhare Biography

Edward MulhareactorBorn: 4/8/1923Birthplace: Cork, Ireland After launching his acting career in Ireland and England, Mulhare moved to the United States, memorably replacing Rex Harrison as…

Dennie, Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Dennie, Joseph, 1768–1812, American Federalist journalist, b. Boston. As editor, he made the Farmer's Weekly Museum at Walpole, N.H., an influential paper, particularly because of the…

Roszak, Theodore

(Encyclopedia) Roszak, TheodoreRoszak, Theodorerôˈshäk [key], 1907–81, American sculptor, b. Poland. Commencing his artistic career as a painter, Roszak began in the late 1930s to create…

Crittenden, Thomas Theodore

(Encyclopedia) Crittenden, Thomas Theodore, 1832–1909, governor of Missouri (1881–85), b. Shelby co., Ky.; nephew of John J. Crittenden. In the Civil War he served (1862–65) as lieutenant colonel of…

Watt, James

(Encyclopedia) Watt, James, 1736–1819, Scottish inventor. While working at the Univ. of Glasgow as an instrument maker, Watt was asked to repair a model of Thomas Newcomen's steam engine. He devised…

Berlage, Hendrik Petrus

(Encyclopedia) Berlage, Hendrik PetrusBerlage, Hendrik Petrushĕnˈdrək pāˈtrüs berläˈgə [key], 1856–1934, Dutch architect. In both his writings and architectural practice, Berlage advocated a return…