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# Hiram Sinsabaugh

Hiram Sinsabaugh (c. 1832 – May 19, 1892) was a Methodist Episcopal minister and banker who served on the Los Angeles, California, Common Council, the legislative branch of the city, in the 19th century.

## Personal

Sinsabaugh was born about 1832 in Norwich, Ohio. Because of ill health, he moved in 1873 to Denver, Colorado, and in 1880 he came to Los Angeles on a visit and returned the following year with his family.
He died May 19, 1892, at the age of sixty, with the cause attributed to "a combination of consumption and Bright's disease." A funeral was held in his residence, 225 Loma Drive, near today's Belmont High School, followed by private burial.

## Vocation

Before moving to Los Angeles, Sinsabaugh was a Methodist Episcopal Church preacher in Ohio and Pennsylvania. After settling in California, he became the president of the Broadway Bank, which opened in March 1890 on the corner of Broadway and Sixth Street.

## Memberships

Sinsabaugh was a vice-president of the University Place Improvement Society, founded in 1887 to protect the interests of that residential area near the University of Southern California. He was also a member of the Coeur de Leon Commandery, Knights Templar.

## Public service

Sinsabaugh was elected to represent the 5th Ward on the Los Angeles Common Council, the legislative branch of the city government, for three one-year terms between December 9, 1884, and December 10, 1888, and for a term ending February 21, 1889, shortened because of the institution of a new city charter.
In 1887, Sinsabaugh ran for a Board of Freeholders to write the new charter for Los Angeles, on a ticket pledged to assure Sunday closing of saloons. He was elected and helped to write the charter.

## References and notes

* ↑ "Another Good Man Gone," Los Angeles Times, May 20, 1892, page 6
* ↑ "Died," Los Angeles Times, May 21, 1892, page 7
* ↑ "The Broadway Bank," Los Angeles Times, March 26, 1890, page 2
* ↑ "University Place: An Improvement Society Makes a Start," Los Angeles Times, November 19, 1887, page 1
* ↑ "Preparing for the Pilgrimage," Los Angeles Times, August 16, 1895, page 8
* ↑ Chronological Record of Los Angeles City Officials,1850-1938, compiled under direction of Municipal Reference Library, City Hall, Los Angeles (March 1938, reprinted 1966). "Prepared ... as a report on Project No. SA 3123-5703-6077-8121-9900 conducted under the auspices of the Works Progress Administration."
* ↑ "Anti-Saloon: A Rousing Meeting Last Night," Los Angeles Times, November 26, 1887, page 2
* ↑ "Beware!" (display advertisement), Los Angeles Times, December 4, 1887, page 5

## Additional sources

* Denver, Colorado, City Directory, 1876, page 213
# Directional figure eight

The directional figure eight (a.k.a. inline figure-eight loop) is a loop knot. It is a knot that can be made on the bight. The loop must only be loaded in the correct direction or the knot may fail. It is useful on a hauling line to create loops that can be used as handholds. It also provides a place to attach a Z-Drag to the line when prusiks are unavailable.
# Sylvester Nguni

Sylvester Robert Nguni (born 4 May 1955) was the Zimbabwean Minister of State in the office of Vice-President Joyce Mujuru. A member of ZANU–PF, he was the Member of House of Assembly for Mhondoro–Mubaira. He was placed on the United States sanctions list from 2005 until 2016.
# Robert O'Gorman

Robert O'Gorman is an Australian rules football umpire currently officiating in the Australian Football League.
He first umpired in the Moorabbin Saints Junior Football League in 2006. He has since umpired in a number of leagues, including the TAC Cup, the VFL Development League, and the Victorian Football League. In the latter two, he officiated in grand finals in 2011 and 2013, respectively. In 2014, he was added to the Australian Football League umpiring list, and made his debut in Round 7 of that year, in a match between Hawthorn and St Kilda at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. He umpired 14 matches in his debut season. He officiated in his 50th AFL game in Round 4, 2017, in Greater Western Sydney's 31-point win over Port Adelaide at Manuka Oval. In 2024, O'Gorman began umpiring every week as of round 7. He umpired his 200th game in the round 3 match between Essendon and St Kilda in 2024.
# The Spiral Staircase (1975 film)

The Spiral Staircase is a 1975 British horror mystery thriller film directed by Peter Collinson and starring Jacqueline Bisset and Christopher Plummer. It is a remake of the 1946 film of the same name, which was adapted from Ethel Lina White's 1933 British novel Some Must Watch.

## Plot

Helen Mallory is a beautiful young woman who has been unable to speak a word since seeing her husband and daughter die in a fire. She visits the home of her elderly, invalid grandmother and meets her uncle, Joe Sherman, a respected psychiatrist. The visit turns into a nightmare as she encounters Joe's brash brother Steven, as well as a pretentious Southern belle named Blanche and other mysterious characters in a house where everyone's life seems to be in grave danger.

## Cast

* Jacqueline Bisset as Helen Mallory
* Christopher Plummer as Dr. Joe Sherman
* John Phillip Law as Steven Sherman
* Sam Wanamaker as Lieutenant Fields
* Mildred Dunnock as Mrs. Sherman
* Gayle Hunnicutt as Blanche
* Elaine Stritch as Nurse Baker
* John Ronane as Dr. Rawley
* Sheila Brennan as Mrs. Oates
* Ronald Radd as Oates
* Heather Lowe as Heather
* Christopher Malcolm as Policeman
# The Spitfire (1914 film)

The Spitfire is a 1914 American comedy film directed by Edwin S. Porter and Frederick A. Thomson, written by Edward Henry Peple, and starring Carlyle Blackwell, Violet Mersereau, Lionel Adams, Robert Cummings, William R. Dunn and Redfield Clarke. It was released on June 20, 1914, by Paramount Pictures.

## Cast

* Carlyle Blackwell as Bruce Morson
* Violet Mersereau as Valda Girard
* Lionel Adams as James Ormond
* Robert Cummings as Tracy
* William R. Dunn as Beasley
* Redfield Clarke as Marcus Girard
* June Dale as Cousin Polly
* Lois Arnold as Aunt Mary
# The Splendid Crime

The Splendid Crime is a 1926 American crime drama film directed by William C. deMille and starring Bebe Daniels. Famous Players–Lasky produced and Paramount Pictures distributed.

## Plot

As described in a film magazine review, Jenny, a young woman who is the leader of a band of crooks, is put on the straight road by Bob Van Dyke, a young man whose house she was attempting to rob. Later, the young man who caused Jenny to reform her life becomes involved in a shady transaction. The young woman after she learns this takes action and saves him from his indiscretion. The pair eventually fall in love and become honestly successful.

## Cast

* Bebe Daniels as Jenny
* Neil Hamilton as Bob Van Dyke
* Anne Cornwall as Beth Van Dyke
* Anthony Jowitt as John Norton
* Fred Walton as Dugan
* Lloyd Corrigan as Kelly
* Mickey McBan as The Kid
* Josephine Crowell as Mary
* Marcelle Corday as Madame Denise

## Preservation

With no prints of The Splendid Crime located in any film archives, it is a lost film.
# The Spoilers (1914 film)

The Spoilers is a 1914 American silent Western film directed by Colin Campbell. The film is set in Nome, Alaska during the 1898 Gold Rush, with William Farnum as Roy Glennister, Kathlyn Williams as Cherry Malotte, and Tom Santschi as Alex McNamara. The film culminates in a spectacular saloon fistfight between Glennister and McNamara. In 1916, an expanded version was released, running 110 minutes.
The film was adapted to screen by Lanier Bartlett from the Rex Beach novel of the same name. The film was remade in 1923 (with Noah Beery as McNamara), 1930 (with Gary Cooper as Glennister and Betty Compson as Malotte), 1942 (with John Wayne as Glennister, Randolph Scott as McNamara, and Marlene Dietrich as Malotte), and 1955 (with Jeff Chandler as Glennister, Rory Calhoun as McNamara, and Anne Baxter as Malotte). All of the films feature a lengthy, intense fight sequence.

## Cast

* William Farnum as Roy Glenister
* Kathlyn Williams as Cherry Malotte
* Thomas Santschi as Alex McNamara
* Bessie Eyton as Helen Chester
* Frank Clark as Dextry (billed; Frank M. Clark)
* Jack McDonald as Slap Jack (billed; Jack F. McDonald)
* Wheeler Oakman as Drury, The Broncho Kid
* Norval MacGregor as Judge Stillman
* William Ryno as Struve
* Marshall Farnum as Lawyer Wheatin
* Jules White
* Cleo Ridgely

## Preservation status

The film exists in the Raymond Rohauer (Cohen Media Group) collection in an incomplete print.
# Jon Garaño

Jon Garaño Arzalus (born 18 November 1974) is a Spanish Basque filmmaker and screenwriter. He won the Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay for the 2017 film Giant and has been nominated for the Goya Award for Best Director three times, for Giant, The Endless Trench (2019) and Marco, the Invented Truth (2024).

## Biography

Garaño graduated in journalism and advertising at the University of the Basque Country and studied film at the Sarobe Centro de Artes Escénicas and San Diego State University.
In 2001, Arregi started the film production company Moriarti Produkzioak with other colleagues. The productions of Moriarti Produkzioak are characterised by teamwork, including directing, and by the exchange of roles between the members.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2001 | Despedida | Director | Short film Directed by Jon Garaño & Lucas Blanco |
| 2004 | Sahara Marathon | Director, Screenwriter | Directed by Aitor Arregi & Jon Garaño |
| 2005 | The Dragon House | Director, Screenwriter | |
| 2006 | Miramar Street | Director, Screenwriter | |
| 2008 | FGM | Director, Screenwriter | Short film |
| 2008 | On the Line | Director, Screenwriter | Short film |
| 2009 | Asamära | Director, Screenwriter | Short film Directed by Jon Garaño & Raúl López |
| 2010 | Perurena | Director, Screenwriter | Medium-length film |
| 2010 | La casa del nazareno | Director, Screenwriter | Short film |
| 2010 | For 80 Days | Director, Screenwriter | Directed by Jon Garaño & Jose Mari Goenaga 58th San Sebastián International Film Festival - Sebastiane Award |
| 2010 | El método Julio | Director, Screenwriter | Short film |
| 2011 | Urrezko eraztuna | Director | Short film |
| 2014 | Loreak (US title: Flowers) | Director, Screenwriter | Directed by Jon Garaño and Jose Mari Goenaga 62nd San Sebastián International Film Festival - SIGNIS Award, Special Mention Nominated - 62nd San Sebastián International Film Festival - Golden Shell |
| 2016 | Renovable | Director | Short film Directed by Jon Garaño & Jose Mari Goenaga |
| 2017 | Giant | Director, Screenwriter | Directed by Jon Garaño & Aitor Arregi Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay 65th San Sebastián International Film Festival - Special Jury Prize Nominated - Goya Award for Best Director Nominated - 65th San Sebastián International Film Festival - Golden Shell |
| 2019 | The Endless Trench | Director | Directed by Jon Garaño, Aitor Arregi & Jose Mari Goenaga 67th San Sebastián International Film Festival - Silver Shell for Best Director Nominated - Goya Award for Best Director Nominated - 67th San Sebastián International Film Festival - Golden Shell |
| 2024 | Cristóbal Balenciaga | Creator, Director, Screenwriter | Television miniseries Directed by Jon Garaño, Aitor Arregi & Jose Mari Goenaga |
| 2024 | Marco, the Invented Truth | Director, Screenwriter | Directed by Jon Garaño & Aitor Arregi Nominated - Goya Award for Best Director Nominated - 81st Venice International Film Festival - Orizzonti Award |
# The Staircase (1998 film)

The Staircase is a 1998 American television film about the story of the spiral staircase, believed by some to be miraculously built, at the Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It stars Barbara Hershey as Mother Madalyn in charge of the chapel and William Petersen as Joad, the traveling carpenter with spiritual talent as well as woodworking skill. It is based on the novel, The Staircase by Ann Rinaldi.

## Plot

The sisters of the legendary Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe are nearing completion of a chapel, but the architect, contractor and laborers have all omitted stairs to the choir loft. This becomes a source of disagreement and contention between all parties until one day a mysterious drifter, Joad, arrives in town and is hired by the Reverend Mother Madalyn to design and build the staircase.

## Cast

* Barbara Hershey as Mother Madalyn
* William Petersen as Joad
* Diane Ladd as Sister Margaret
* Louis Ferreira as Mr. Mouly (as Justin Louis)
* David Clennon as Simon Filger
* Paul Robert Langdon as Paco
* Anthony Ritter as Hernando
* Mark Sivertsen as Mr. Prewitt
* Rodney A. Grant as Geronimo (as Rodney Grant)
* Jane E. Goold as Sister Florian (as Jane Goold)
* Boots Southerland as Deputy Carlson
* Paul Geoffrey as Samuels

## Reception

Variety said, "A heavily fictionalized recounting of a real-life event that still defies explanation, “The Staircase” is a fascinating anecdote stretched to fit what are evidently thought to be modern tastes."
# The State I Am In (film)

The State I Am In (German: Die innere Sicherheit) is a 2000 German drama film directed by Christian Petzold.

## Plot

Fifteen-year-old Jeanne lives in Portugal with her parents, Hans and Clara, who are former members of a left-wing terrorist group. When their true identities are uncovered, they flee the country to seek shelter back in their native Germany. As Hans and Clara contend with their own relationship issues and seek safe haven through the help of former comrades, Jeanne begins to pose a threat to their immediate safety with her rebellious actions: shoplifting, sneaking into a film showing at a local school, and pursuing a relationship with a boy she met on the beach in Portugal.

## Cast

* Julia Hummer as Jeanne
* Barbara Auer as Clara
* Richy Müller as Hans
* Rogério Jacques as Dieb
* Günther Maria Halmer as Klaus
* Bilge Bingul as Heinrich

## Production

Petzold and co-writer Harun Farocki reportedly took inspiration from the life of Wolfgang Grams, a former member of the Red Army Faction. They initially began writing the script in 1997, but struggled to find funding due to the portrayal of former members of the RAF. They were advised to remove these aspects of the plot in order to secure funding.
The State I Am In forms a loose trilogy with Petzold's later films Gespenster and Yella. Some have noted the plot's similarity to Sidney Lumet's Running on Empty.

## Themes

Petzold has stated that the film is, in part, his criticism of cinema for being incapable of dealing with contemporary issues, which is reflected in the initial issues with finding funding. Much of the plot is concerned with the family being on the run as a result of political actions from two decades prior, and how German society has changed in the intervening period. In one scene, a character digs up a buried cache of outdated Deutsche Marks, no longer legal tender following the fall of the Berlin Wall, and he dismisses them as a "history lesson". In one scene, Jeanne joins a school group watching Alain Resnais's Holocaust documentary Night and Fog. The lack of response from the class, along with Jeanne's disinterest in her parents' cause, has been read as a comment on German culture's disengagement with politics.

## Reception

The film won the awards for best film and best editing at the German Film Critics Association Awards. It also won best screenplay at the Thessaloniki and grand prize at Valenciennes film festivals.
It received generally positive reviews on release. Writing in Variety, David Stratton described it as "a modest but potent suspense drama that realistically depicts an off-kilter way of life." Andreas Kern of Screen Daily wrote that Petzold's "subtle and quietly approach hits home in a no nonsense way by dissecting the lives of his protagonists." The Guardian's Andrew Pulver was more mixed in his review from the 2001 Edinburgh Film Festival, noting that the film "is laudable on many levels" but ultimately "what makes the film hard going...is the way it asks us to spend 100 minutes in the company of such resolutely unlikable individuals."
# The Steadfast Heart

The Steadfast Heart is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Sheridan Hall and produced by George Arliss (Distinctive Pictures). Based upon the novel of the same name by Clarence Budington Kelland, the film was released by Goldwyn Pictures.

## Plot

As described in a film magazine review, while a boy, Angus Burke shoots and kills a sheriff that is about to arrest his father. His mother dies, and he is tried for murder but is acquitted. He works for the local newspaper, but prejudice forces him to leave the town. Twelve years later, he returns and takes possession of the newspaper. He exposes a plot that intended to rob the citizens and then weds his childhood sweetheart Lydia.

## Cast

* Marguerite Courtot as Lydia Canfield
* Miriam Battista as Lydia Canfield, as a child
* Joseph Striker as Angus Burke
* Joseph Depew as Angus Burke, as a child
* Hugh Huntley as Malcolm Crane
* Jerry Devine as Malcolm Crane, as a child
* Sherry Tansey as Birwang
* Mary Alden as Mrs. Burke
* William B. Mack as Crane
* William Black as Henry Woodhouse
* Mario Majeroni as David Wilkins
* Harlan Knight as Jake Bicknell
* Walter P. Lewis as Titus Burke
* Louis Pierce as Trueman
* Mildred Arden as Mary

## Preservation

A print of The Steadfast Heart survives in France at the Centre national du cinéma archive in Fort de Bois-d'Arcy.
# The Steel Fist

The Steel Fist is a 1952 American drama film directed by Wesley Barry and written by C.K. Kivari. The film stars Roddy McDowall, Kristine Miller, Harry Lauter, Rand Brooks, Byron Foulger and Kate Drain Lawson. The film was released on January 6, 1952 by Monogram Pictures.

## Plot

An idealistic Soviet student goes on the run from the communist authorities with the help of the underground movement.

## Cast

* Roddy McDowall as Eric Kardin
* Kristine Miller as Marlina
* Harry Lauter as Franz
* Rand Brooks as Capt. Giorg Nicholoff
* Byron Foulger as Prof. Kardin
* Kate Drain Lawson as Mrs. Krechow
* Bob Peoples as First Lieutenant
* Gil Perkins as First organizer
* Fred Krone as First Student
* Murray Alper as Nicholas
# Adiós, Sabata

Adiós, Sabata (Italian: Indio Black, sai che ti dico: Sei un gran figlio di..., lit. "Indio Black, you know what I'm going to tell you... You're a big son of a...") is a 1970 Italian Spaghetti Western film, directed by Gianfranco Parolini. It is the second film in The Sabata Trilogy by Parolini. Yul Brynner takes over the lead role from Lee Van Cleef, who stars in the first and third films.

## Plot

Set in Mexico under the rule of Emperor Maximilian I, Sabata is hired by the guerrilla leader Señor Ocaño to steal a wagonload of gold from the Austrian army. However, when Sabata and his partners, Escudo and Ballantine, obtain the wagon, they find it is not full of gold but of sand, and that the gold was taken by Austrian Colonel Skimmel. So, Sabata plans to steal back the gold.

## Cast

* Yul Brynner as Sabata/Indio Black
* Dean Reed as Ballantine
* Ignazio Spalla as Escudo
* Gérard Herter as Colonel Skimmel
* Sal Borgese as Septiembre
* Franco Fantasia as Señor Ocaño
* Turam Quibo (as Joseph P. Persaud) as Gitano
* Andrea Scotti as José
* Nieves Navarro (as Susan Scott) as Saloon Dancer
* Gianni Rizzo as Folgen
* Salvatore Billa as Manuel
* Massimo Carocci as Juan de los Ángeles
* Omar Bonaro as Jesus
* Luciano Casamonica as Juanito
* Vittorio Fanfoni as barman
* Bruno Corazzari as Hertz

## Release

Adiós, Sabata was first released in 1970.

## Reception

Tom Milne of the Monthly Film Bulletin reviewed a dubbed version of the film in 1973. Milne found that "the rather routine proceedings are enlivened from time to time by ingeniously macabre details like the model ship firing from all guns with which Skimmel executes informers, or the "flamenco of death" (spurs glittering ominously on drumming heels) with which Gitano announced the end of enemies of the revolution." Milne commented on "it is a pity that so much of the action is clogged up by that old stand-by of the Italian Western-extras falling off roofs in graceful death-falls. This time the supply of cannon-fodder destined for identical deaths is apparently inexhaustible."
# The Straight Way

The Straight Way is a 1916 American silent drama film written and directed by Will S. Davis. The film starred Valeska Suratt and was distributed by the Fox Film Corporation. The Straight Way is now considered lost.

## Cast

* Valeska Suratt as Mary Madison
* Herbert Heyes as John Madison
* Glen White as Dan Walters
* Claire Whitney as Nell Madison
* Elsie Balfour as Marion Madison
* Richard Turner as Sullivan
* Richard Rendell as Carey
* Fred Jones as Burton
* T. Tamamoto as Valet
# The Strange Mr. Gregory

The Strange Mr. Gregory is a 1945 American horror film, directed by Phil Rosen. It stars Edmund Lowe, Jean Rogers, and Don Douglas, and was released on November 14, 1945.

## Plot

Mr. Gregory (Edmund Lowe) is a famous but reclusive magician. Through secret study over several years, he has developed certain occult powers. Under the right circumstances, he can influence the thoughts of others. He also can put his body into a kind of suspended animation to give the appearance that he is dead.
Amateur magician John Randall (Don Douglas) is a great admirer of Mr. Gregory and makes an effort to meet and befriend him. Mr. Gregory, however, quickly becomes obsessed with Randall's beautiful wife, Ellen (Jean Rogers). He concocts an elaborate scheme to fake his own murder, frame Randall for the crime and win Ellen for himself. At first his plot seems to work perfectly, but he arouses the suspicions of some people he had expected to fool.

## Cast

* Edmund Lowe as Mr. Gregory aka Lane Talbot
* Jean Rogers as Ellen Randall
* Don Douglas as John Randall
* Marjorie Hoshelle as Sheila Edwards
* Jonathan Hale as Blair
* Frank Reicher as Riker
* Robert Emmett Keane as District attorney
* Frank Mayo as Inspector Hoskins
* Fred Kelsey as Detective Lefert
* Anita Turner as the maid
# The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver

The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver is a 1977 American made-for-television horror film directed by Gordon Hessler and starring Karen Black, George Hamilton, Robert F. Lyons, Lucille Benson, and Jean Allison. The teleplay was written by Richard Matheson. The film first aired on NBC in 1977.

## Plot

Its plot follows a bored housewife who takes on an alternate persona that starts wreaking havoc on her life. Karen Black plays the title role, a dowdy, downtrodden housewife plagued by recurring nightmares of funerals, black flowers, fires, and a woman called Sandy. Seeking an escape from her stifling lifestyle and dull husband, who only wishes her to have a baby, Black dons a low-cut red blouse, blonde wig, garish makeup, and a new identity. She is also compelled to buy a house in a beach community where it would appear a woman who looks just like her once resided - before her tragic demise.

## Critical reception

According to John Stanley, "Director Gordon Hessler builds the mystery with a deft camera, creating ambiguities to intrigue us: Is Black undergoing possession, reincarnation or what? Supernatural mood blends with psychological thrills."

## Cast

* Karen Black as Miriam Oliver / Sandy
* George Hamilton as Greg Oliver
* Robert F. Lyons as Mark
* Lucille Benson as Housekeeper
* Jean Allison as Mrs. Dempsey
* Gloria LeRoy as Saleslady

## Critical response

Hal Erickson of AllMovie awarded the film four out of five stars, but noted that Hessler's direction "muddles" Matheson's "perfectly coherent script."