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Aesop's Fables: The Grasshopper and the Owl

by Aesop The Charger and the MillerThe Grasshopper and the AntsThe Grasshopper and the Owl An Owl, who lived in a hollow tree, was in the habit of feeding by night and sleeping by day; but…

Mansfield Park

Director/Writer:Patricia RozemaMiramax and BBC Films; PG-13; 105 minutesRelease:11/99Cast:Frances O'Connor, Jonny Miller, Alessandro Nivola, Harold Pinter Although set in Jane Austen's 19th-…

Flawless

Director/Writer:Joel SchumacherMGM; R; 110 minutesRelease:11/99Cast:Robert DeNiro, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Miller A flamboyant transvestite going-on transsexual (Philip Seymour Hoffman…

James BLACK, Congress, PA (1793-1872)

BLACK James , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Newport, Perry County, Pa., March 6, 1793; attended the common schools; engaged in mercantile pursuits; member of the State house of…

Charles CLAYTON, Congress, CA (1825-1885)

CLAYTON Charles , a Representative from California; born in Derbyshire, England, October 5, 1825; attended the public schools; alcalde of Santa Clara, Calif., 1849-1850; founded, Santa Clara flour…

Robert Altman Biography

Robert AltmandirectorBorn: 2/20/1925Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri Film director whose sprawling, stylized films deglamorized and shattered myths surrounding history, Hollywood, and politics. His…

Myra C. Selby Biography

Myra C. Selbyattorney, former state supreme court justiceBorn: 7/1/1955Birthplace: Saginaw, Mich. Selby served as an associate justice on the Indiana Supreme Court from Jan. 1995 to Oct. 1999…

William GODSHALK, Congress, PA (1817-1891)

GODSHALK William , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in East Nottingham, Chester County, Pa., October 25, 1817; moved with his parents to Bucks County in 1818; attended the common schools…