query: What was the name of the dog in the Thin Man movies?

title: The Thin Man (TV series)

text: Sony's getTV in March 2016. The Thin Man (TV series) The Thin Man is a half-hour weekly television series based on the mystery novel "The Thin Man" (1933) by Dashiell Hammett. The 72 episodes were produced by MGM Television and broadcast by NBC for two seasons from 1957–1959 on Friday evening. It was the first TV series produced by MGM. The series starred Peter Lawford and Phyllis Kirk as Nick and Nora Charles. The dog, Asta, was played by three identical wire-hair terriers. Jack Albertson, Patricia Donahue, and Nita Talbot had recurring roles during the show's second season. Albertson played

title: The Thin Man (TV series)

text: The Thin Man (TV series) The Thin Man is a half-hour weekly television series based on the mystery novel "The Thin Man" (1933) by Dashiell Hammett. The 72 episodes were produced by MGM Television and broadcast by NBC for two seasons from 1957–1959 on Friday evening. It was the first TV series produced by MGM. The series starred Peter Lawford and Phyllis Kirk as Nick and Nora Charles. The dog, Asta, was played by three identical wire-hair terriers. Jack Albertson, Patricia Donahue, and Nita Talbot had recurring roles during the show's second season. Albertson played Lieutenant Harry Evans of the

title: The Thin Man (film)

text: The Thin Man (film) The Thin Man is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy-mystery film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and based on the novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett. The film stars William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles; Nick is a hard-drinking, retired private detective, and Nora is a wealthy heiress. Their wire-haired fox terrier Asta is played by canine actor Skippy. The film's screenplay was written by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich, a married couple. In 1934, the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. The titular "Thin Man"

title: The Thin Man

text: he spends most of his time cheerfully getting drunk in hotel rooms and speakeasies. Nick and Nora have no children but they own a female Schnauzer named Asta. (In the film adaptation, Asta is a male wire-haired fox terrier.) Charles is drawn, mostly against his will, into investigating a murder. The case brings them in contact with the Wynants, a rather grotesque family, and with various policemen and lowlifes. As they attempt to solve the case, Nick and Nora share a great deal of banter and witty dialogue, along with copious amounts of alcohol. The Thin Man The Thin Man

title: Skippy (dog)

text: Skippy (dog) Skippy (also known as Asta, born 1931 or 1932; retired 1941) was a Wire Fox Terrier dog actor who appeared in dozens of movies during the 1930s. Skippy is best known for the role of the pet dog "Asta" in the 1934 detective comedy "The Thin Man", starring William Powell and Myrna Loy. Due to the popularity of the role, Skippy is sometimes credited as Asta in public and in other films. Skippy was trained by his owners Henry East and Gale Henry East, and also by Frank Weatherwax and assistant trainers Rudd Weatherwax and Frank Inn. In

title: Skippy (dog)

text: a male Wire-Haired Fox Terrier, but a female Schnauzer. Due to the enormous popularity of the Asta character as played by Skippy, interest in pet terriers skyrocketed. Asta's enduring fame is such that the name is a frequent answer in "The New York Times" crossword puzzles (crosswordese), in response to clues such as "Thin Man dog" or "Dog star." Skippy played Asta in the first three "Thin Man" films. Other terriers, trained by the Weatherwax family and by Frank Inn, took on the role in subsequent films of the series, and in the television show. Skippy (dog) Skippy (also known

title: Another Thin Man

text: The film was third of six based on the characters of Nick and Nora: Another Thin Man Another Thin Man is a 1939 American film, the third of six in the "Thin Man" series. It again stars William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles, and is based on the writings of Dashiell Hammett. Their son, Nicky Jr., is also introduced in the film. The cast includes their terrier Asta, Virginia Grey, Otto Kruger, C. Aubrey Smith, Ruth Hussey, Nat Pendleton, Patric Knowles, Sheldon Leonard, Tom Neal, Phyllis Gordon and Marjorie Main. Shemp Howard appears in an uncredited

title: Another Thin Man

text: Another Thin Man Another Thin Man is a 1939 American film, the third of six in the "Thin Man" series. It again stars William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles, and is based on the writings of Dashiell Hammett. Their son, Nicky Jr., is also introduced in the film. The cast includes their terrier Asta, Virginia Grey, Otto Kruger, C. Aubrey Smith, Ruth Hussey, Nat Pendleton, Patric Knowles, Sheldon Leonard, Tom Neal, Phyllis Gordon and Marjorie Main. Shemp Howard appears in an uncredited role as "Wacky". The film was originally promoted in the United States under the

title: Skippy (dog)

text: from danger, and sniffing out corpses. ("Asta, you're not a terrier, you're a police dog," Nick tells him.) The character later appeared in the sequels "After the Thin Man", "Another Thin Man", "Shadow of the Thin Man", "The Thin Man Goes Home", "Song of the Thin Man", as well as the 1950s television show "The Thin Man". Loy wrote that the actors were not allowed to interact with Skippy between takes; the Easts felt it would break his concentration. Skippy once bit Loy during filming. The original character of Asta in Dashiell Hammett's book of "The Thin Man" was not

title: The Thin Man

text: While some story elements were used in one of the sequel movies, this early draft is very different from the final published novel. Although Hammett lived until 1961, "The Thin Man" was his last published novel. Lillian Hellman, in an introduction to a compilation of Hammett's five novels, contemplated several explanations for Hammett's retirement as a novelist, I have been asked many times over the years why he did not write another novel after "The Thin Man". I do not know. I think, but I only think, I know a few of the reasons: he wanted to do a new

title: The Thin Man (film)

text: to explain to Vance that his latest case revolves around a "tall, thin man" (referring to Clyde Wynant), just before clips of the film are shown. "The Thin Man" was dramatized as a radio play on an hour-long broadcast of "Lux Radio Theater" on June 8, 1936. William Powell, Myrna Loy, Minna Gombell, Porter Hall, William Henry, and Thomas Jackson reprised their film roles, and W. S. Van Dyke was host. The Thin Man (film) The Thin Man is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy-mystery film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and based on the novel of the same name

title: After the Thin Man

text: After the Thin Man After the Thin Man is a 1936 American film, starring William Powell, Myrna Loy, and James Stewart, that is the sequel to the film "The Thin Man". The movie presents Powell and Loy as Dashiell Hammett's characters Nick and Nora Charles. The film was directed by W. S. Van Dyke and also featured Elissa Landi, Joseph Calleia, Jessie Ralph, Alan Marshal, and Penny Singleton (billed under her maiden name as "Dorothy McNulty"). This was actually the sixth pairing for Myrna Loy and William Powell. The two made 14 pictures together, six of them in the "Thin

title: After the Thin Man

text: 1940. Powell and Loy reprised their roles. After the Thin Man After the Thin Man is a 1936 American film, starring William Powell, Myrna Loy, and James Stewart, that is the sequel to the film "The Thin Man". The movie presents Powell and Loy as Dashiell Hammett's characters Nick and Nora Charles. The film was directed by W. S. Van Dyke and also featured Elissa Landi, Joseph Calleia, Jessie Ralph, Alan Marshal, and Penny Singleton (billed under her maiden name as "Dorothy McNulty"). This was actually the sixth pairing for Myrna Loy and William Powell. The two made 14 pictures

title: The Thin Man

text: The Thin Man The Thin Man (1934) is a detective novel by Dashiell Hammett, originally published in the December 1933 issue of "Redbook". It appeared in book form the following month. Hammett never wrote a sequel but the book became the basis for a successful six-part film series, which also began in 1934 with "The Thin Man" and starred William Powell and Myrna Loy. "The Thin Man" television series aired on NBC from 1957-59, and starred Peter Lawford and Phyllis Kirk . In 1999, Knopf published a collection of Hammett's early works, including an early draft of "The Thin Man".

title: Shadow of the Thin Man

text: welcomed, coming two years after the previous outing and hitting theaters just two weeks before the attack on Pearl Harbor. It would be three years before Loy would make another film ("The Thin Man Goes Home" in 1945) as she left Hollywood for New York, where she volunteered with the Red Cross. The film was fourth of six based on the characters of Nick and Nora: Shadow of the Thin Man Shadow of the Thin Man is the fourth of the six "The Thin Man" films. It was released in 1941 and was directed by W. S. Van Dyke. It

title: The Thin Man

text: kind of work; he was sick for many of those years and getting sicker. But he kept his work, and his plans for work, in angry privacy and even I would not have been answered if I had ever asked, and maybe because I never asked is why I was with him until the last day of his life. Following the success of the movie version of "The Thin Man" in 1934, Hammett was commissioned to work on screenplays for sequels. During the course of this work, he wrote "After the Thin Man" and "Another Thin Man", which, discovered amongst

title: Shadow of the Thin Man

text: Shadow of the Thin Man Shadow of the Thin Man is the fourth of the six "The Thin Man" films. It was released in 1941 and was directed by W. S. Van Dyke. It stars William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles. Also, in this film their son Nick Jr. (Dickie Hall) is old enough to figure in the comic subplot. Other cast members include Donna Reed and Barry Nelson. This was one of three films in which Stella Adler appeared. Nick and Nora Charles are looking forward to a relaxing day at a racetrack, but when

title: The Adventures of the Thin Man

text: The Adventures of the Thin Man The Adventures of the Thin Man radio series, initially starring Les Damon, was broadcast on all four major radio networks during the years 1941 to 1950. Claudia Morgan had the female lead role of Nora Charles throughout the program's entire nine-year run. The radio series was modeled after the film series which was based on the 1934 Dashiell Hammett novel. The first series, sponsored by Woodbury Soap Company, aired on NBC Wednesdays at 8pm from July 2, 1941 to December 23, 1942. Les Damon portrayed detective Nick Charles, and he continued in the role

title: Song of the Thin Man

text: earlier in the series. According to MGM records the film earned $1,403,000 in the US and Canada and $902,000 elsewhere, resulting in a loss of $128,000. The film was the last of six based on the characters of Nick and Nora Charles: Song of the Thin Man Song of the Thin Man is a 1947 comedy-crime film directed by Edward Buzzell. The sixth and final film in the "Thin Man" series, it stars William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles, characters created by Dashiell Hammett. Nick Jr. is played by Dean Stockwell. Phillip Reed, Keenan Wynn, Gloria

title: Thin Man (nuclear bomb)

text: and the name came from the Dashiell Hammett detective novel "The Thin Man" and series of movies by the same name. The "Fat Man" bomb would be round and fat and was named after Sydney Greenstreet's character in "The Maltese Falcon". "Little Boy" would come last and be named only to contrast to the "Thin Man" bomb. Oppenheimer assembled a team at the Los Alamos Laboratory to work on plutonium gun design that included senior engineer Edwin McMillan and senior physicists Charles Critchfield and Joseph Hirschfelder. Critchfield had been working with sabots, which Oppenheimer believed would be required by the

title: Song of the Thin Man

text: Song of the Thin Man Song of the Thin Man is a 1947 comedy-crime film directed by Edward Buzzell. The sixth and final film in the "Thin Man" series, it stars William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles, characters created by Dashiell Hammett. Nick Jr. is played by Dean Stockwell. Phillip Reed, Keenan Wynn, Gloria Grahame and Jayne Meadows are featured in this story set in the world of nightclub musicians. A charity benefit sponsored by David Thayer is staged aboard the S.S. "Fortune", Phil Brant's gambling ship. The entertainment is provided by a jazz band led

title: The Thin Man Goes Home

text: in their youth. He tries to shoot his nemesis, only to find that Nick had taken the precaution of removing the firing pin. Nick's father is very impressed. The film was fifth of six based on the characters of Nick and Nora: The Thin Man Goes Home The Thin Man Goes Home is a 1945 film directed by Richard Thorpe. It is the fifth of the six "Thin Man" films starring William Powell and Myrna Loy as Dashiell Hammett's dapper ex-private detective Nick Charles and his wife Nora. This entry in "The Thin Man" series was the first not directed

title: The Thin Man Goes Home

text: The Thin Man Goes Home The Thin Man Goes Home is a 1945 film directed by Richard Thorpe. It is the fifth of the six "Thin Man" films starring William Powell and Myrna Loy as Dashiell Hammett's dapper ex-private detective Nick Charles and his wife Nora. This entry in "The Thin Man" series was the first not directed by W.S. Van Dyke, who had died in 1943. Nick and Nora visit Nick's parents (Lucile Watson and Harry Davenport) in Nick's hometown, Sycamore Springs, in New England. The residents are convinced that Nick is in town on an investigation, despite Nick's

title: The Thin Man (film)

text: is not Nick Charles, but the man Charles is initially hired to find – Clyde Wynant (part way through the film, Charles describes Wynant as a "thin man with white hair"). The "Thin Man" moniker was thought by many viewers to refer to Nick Charles and, after a time, it was used in the titles of sequels as if referring to Charles. Nick Charles (William Powell), a retired detective, and his wife Nora (Myrna Loy) are attempting to settle down. They are based in San Francisco but decide to spend the Christmas holidays in New York. There Nick is pressed

title: After the Thin Man

text: or short story. Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich wrote the screenplay. The film was second of six based on the characters of Nick and Nora: The film was nominated for an Oscar in 1937 for Best Writing, Screenplay. The film carries a 100% rating at Rotten Tomatoes, and 89% audience rating. "After the Thin Man" grossed a total – domestic and foreign – of $3,165,000: $1,992,000 from the US and Canada and $1,173,000 elsewhere. It made a profit of $1,516,000. An hour-long radio adaptation of "After the Thin Man" was presented on the CBS "Lux Radio Theatre" on June 17,

title: What the Dog Saw

text: the difference between early and late bloomers to criminal profiling. "What the Dog Saw" was met with mainly positive reviews. It received profiles in many high-profile publications, including the "New York Times", "The Guardian", "Time Magazine", "The Los Angeles Times" and "The Independent". In particular, Gladwell was praised for his writing and storytelling, and reviewers looked upon the essay format positively, with "The Guardian" stating "one virtue of What the Dog Saw is that the pieces are perfectly crafted: they achieve their purpose more effectively when they aren't stretched out." "What The Dog Saw" was criticized for its use of

title: What the Dog Saw

text: statistics and its lack of technical grounding. "What the Dog Saw" debuted at #3 on the "New York Times" Bestseller List. It spent three weeks in the top 3 and a total of 16 weeks on the chart, appearing concurrently with Gladwell's previous book "Outliers". It was also an Amazon Top 25 seller for the month of November. "What the Dog Saw" was named to Bloomberg's top 50 business books of 2009. All of the articles in "What the Dog Saw" can be read for free on Gladwell's website. Part 1: "Obsessives, Pioneers, and other varieties of Minor Genius" Part

title: The Thin Man (film)

text: and Canada and $605,000 elsewhere. It made a profit of $729,000. The trailer contained specially filmed footage in which Nick Charles (William Powell) is seen on the cover of the Dashiell Hammett novel "The Thin Man". Nick Charles then steps out of the cover to talk to fellow detective Philo Vance (also played by Powell) about his latest case. Charles mentions he hasn't seen Vance since "The Kennel Murder Case", a film in which Powell played Vance. "The Kennel Murder Case" was released in October 1933, just seven months prior to the release of "The Thin Man". Charles goes on

title: In the Name of the Law (1922 film)

text: as family men – real men trying balance raising a family with the dangerous profession as guardians of the law. Yet, it would also show an officer of the law must sometimes seek resolution and balance between enforcing the law no matter what the circumstances versus the heart-felt obligations of a family man and father. "In the Name of the Law" had its premiere in New York City on July 9, 1922. It was first shown to movie patrons at the George M. Cohen theater which had been converted to show movies. Instead of the normal week booking for special

title: The Adventures of the Thin Man

text: into 1943. Sponsored by General Foods (Post Toasties, Maxwell House Coffee, Sanka), the next series began on CBS January 8, 1943, airing on Fridays at 8:30pm and some Sunday timeslots and continuing until December 26, 1947. Les Tremayne and David Gothard were heard as Nick Charles in 1944-45, with Tremayne still in the role in 1945-46. Les Damon returned as Nick in 1946-47, with Tremayne back in 1948-49 (sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon beer during the summer of '48). The last actor to do the part was Joseph Curtin in 1950. The Adventures of the Thin Man The Adventures of

title: The Case of the Howling Dog

text: the dog for a lookalike. He gives Bessie the dog and orders her not to tell anyone what really happened. Perry later tells Della that he is sure that whatever Bessie did was in self-defense. On October 23, 2012, Warner Home Video released the film on DVD in Region 1 via their Warner Archive Collection alongside "The Case of the Curious Bride", "The Case of the Lucky Legs", "The Case of the Velvet Claws", "The Case of the Black Cat" and "The Case of the Stuttering Bishop" in a set entitled "Perry Mason: The Original Warner Bros. Movies Collection". This

title: What the Dog Saw

text: What the Dog Saw What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures is the fourth book released by author Malcolm Gladwell, on October 20, 2009. The book is a compilation of the journalist's articles published in "The New Yorker". Gladwell initially covered business and science in "The Washington Post" before joining the staff at "The New Yorker" in 1997. Each of the articles first appeared in "The New Yorker" and was handpicked by Gladwell. The stories share a common theme, namely that Gladwell tries to show us the world through the eyes of others, even if that other happens to be

title: What the Dog Saw

text: 2: "Theories, Predictions, and Diagnoses" Part 3: "Personality, Character, and Intelligence" What the Dog Saw What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures is the fourth book released by author Malcolm Gladwell, on October 20, 2009. The book is a compilation of the journalist's articles published in "The New Yorker". Gladwell initially covered business and science in "The Washington Post" before joining the staff at "The New Yorker" in 1997. Each of the articles first appeared in "The New Yorker" and was handpicked by Gladwell. The stories share a common theme, namely that Gladwell tries to show us the world through

title: The Man in the Lighthouse

text: making love. What follows from this accidental meeting of Mateo and Jerome is the beginning of a homoerotic journey, while Suzette desperately longs for love and Mateo's attention. Mateo is also affected by Perida (Monti Parungao), a local gay man, who has to pay local teenage boys for sex, as he opens up to Mateo about his suffering as a gay man. What begins as a search for one's father evolves into a search for one's own self, putting Mateo in a dilemma, in the midst of his conservative rural community, and should he cross the thin line between being

title: The Thin Man (film)

text: back into service by Dorothy Wynant (Maureen O'Sullivan), a young woman whose father was an old client of Nick. The man, Clyde Wynant (the title's "thin man"), was supposed to be on a secret business trip and promised to be home before his daughter's wedding, but has mysteriously vanished. She convinces Nick to take the case, much to the amusement of his socialite wife. It starts out as a missing person case, but when Julia Wolf, Wynant's former secretary and love interest, is found dead, evidence points to Wynant as the prime suspect. Dorothy refuses to believe that her father

title: The Thin Man (film)

text: is guilty. The detective uncovers clues and eventually solves the mystery of the disappearance. The murderer is revealed in a classic dinner party scene that features all of the suspects. A skeletonized body, found during the investigation, had been assumed to be that of a "fat man" because it was wearing oversized clothing. The clothes are revealed to be planted, and the identity of the body is determined by an old war wound in one leg. It turns out that the body belongs to a "thin man": the missing Wynant. The real killer is uncovered at the dinner party before

title: Man About Dog

text: money and if the dog loses, they'll pay the traveller's what they think he's worth, which they say is 50 grand in an unspecified currency. They can't win the money themselves because the dog is in the boys' name. After some tense moments, the dog eventually wins and the travellers get their money and the boys get theirs. Paulsy ends up opening the first hash café in West Belfast, Scud gets a brand new shop van, Mo Chara builds a dogtrack and Cerberus is put out to stud. Man About Dog Man About Dog is a 2004 Irish comedy film

title: What the Dog Saw

text: a dog, hence the title. "What the Dog Saw" is a compilation of 19 articles by Malcolm Gladwell that were originally published in "The New Yorker" which are categorized into three parts. The first part, "Obsessives, Pioneers, and other varieties of Minor Genius", describes people who are very good at what they do, but are not necessarily well-known. Part two, "Theories, Predictions, and Diagnoses", describes the problems of prediction. This section covers problems such as intelligence failure, and the fall of Enron. The third section, "Personality, Character, and Intelligence", discusses a wide variety of psychological and sociological topics ranging from

title: Song of the Thin Man

text: confesses to both killings and pulls out a gun. An enraged Phyllis shoots him first, but her husband is only wounded. Then, despite Nick's pleas, she fires again and again, finishing the job. This "Thin Man" movie differs in several respects from the others in the series, and was one of two films in the series not directed by W. S. Van Dyke, who died in 1943. The script was one of three not written by the husband and wife team of Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich, who had worked with Dashiell Hammett to develop the Nick and Nora characters

title: The Thin Man

text: Hammett's papers in 2011, together with instructions by Hammett for incorporation of additional elements written by screenwriters Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich, were edited by Hammett's biographer Richard Layman in collaboration with Hammett's granddaughter Julie M. Rivett and published as novellas in "Return of the Thin Man" in 2012. The story is set in New York City in December 1932, in the last days of Prohibition. The main characters are a former private detective, Nick Charles and Nora his clever young wife. Nick, son of a Greek immigrant, has given up his career since marrying Nora, a wealthy socialite and

title: Shadow of the Thin Man

text: a jockey accused of throwing a race is found shot to death, Police Lieutenant Abrams requests Nick's help. The trail leads to a gambling syndicate that operates out of a wrestling arena, a murdered reporter, and a pretty secretary whose boyfriend has been framed. Along the way, Nick and Nora must contend with a wild wrestling match, a dizzying day at a merry-go-round (accompanied by Nick, Jr.), and a table-clearing restaurant brawl. After difficulties with the previous films, author Dashiell Hammett was uninvolved in the production of "Shadow" or the subsequent two films. "Shadow of the Thin Man" was eagerly

title: The Lame Dog Man

text: wanderings but relieved their pain.' 'This same philosophy is a good horse in the stable, but an arrant jade on a journey.' Oliver Goldsmith, "The Deserted Village" and "The Good-Natured Man" The Lame Dog Man The Lame Dog Man (1967) is a novel by Australian author George Turner. It is the last in the author's "Treelake" series, following "The Cupboard Under the Stairs" and "A Waste of Shame". The title character is Jimmy Carlvon, a young man employed as a Commonwealth employment officer. Carlvon moves among a group of psychologically disturbed people, attempting to rectify problems in others' lives while

title: The Dog Stars

text: The Dog Stars The Dog Stars is a post-apocalyptic fiction novel by Peter Heller. Set in Colorado, a man lives a lonesome existence in an airplane hangar with his dog and dour gunman he has befriended. When a mysterious transmission comes through on an old Cessna, it sparks a hunt for the provenance of the sound. NPR described the novel as crackerjack and said "With its soulful hero, macabre villains, tender (if thin) love story and action scenes staggered at perfectly spaced intervals, the story unfolds with the vigor of the film it will undoubtedly become. But it also succeeds

title: The Lame Dog Man

text: The Lame Dog Man The Lame Dog Man (1967) is a novel by Australian author George Turner. It is the last in the author's "Treelake" series, following "The Cupboard Under the Stairs" and "A Waste of Shame". The title character is Jimmy Carlvon, a young man employed as a Commonwealth employment officer. Carlvon moves among a group of psychologically disturbed people, attempting to rectify problems in others' lives while being totally unable to do anything about this own. Reviewing the novel in "The Age" Neil Jillet noted that with this novel "George Turner ends his Treelake (Wangraratta ?) trilogy, one

title: Thin Man Films

text: Thin Man Films Thin Man Films is a British film production company, based in London. It was founded in 1988 by director Mike Leigh and producer Simon Channing Williams to produce Mike Leigh's films. They chose the company name because both founders were the opposite of it. Following Channing Williams' death from cancer in 2009, producer Georgina Lowe, who had assisted in the production of all Mike Leigh films since 1993, became the company's main producer, and in 2011 Mike Leigh made her his new company partner. Thin Man films shares its offices in London's Greek Street with Potboiler Production,

title: What Kind of Man (Florence and the Machine song)

text: an uncommitted significant other". "What Kind of Man" debuted at number 57 on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 37 the following week. In the United States, the song reached number eight on the "Billboard" Alternative Songs chart, tying with the band's 2010 single "Dog Days Are Over" and subsequent single "Ship to Wreck" as their highest-peaking single on that chart. As of July 2018 in United Kingdom song has reached 177,000 sold copies and 11,2 million streams. The music video for "What Kind of Man" was directed by Vincent Haycock and choreographed by Ryan Heffington. It premiered on

title: The Story of the Man Who Turned into a Dog

text: The Story of the Man Who Turned into a Dog The Story of the Man Who Turned into a Dog (Historia del hombre que se convirtió en perro) is a short play written by Osvaldo Dragún as part of his "Historias para ser contadas" ("Stories to be Told"), a series of short plays. It is the third short play in the series. The original production premiered with the independent theatre group Teatro Popular Fray Mocho in 1957. "The Story of the Man Who Turned into a Dog", as well as the other "Historias" can be classified into many genres of

text: born a dog. The Man has an outburst and runs away, fully assuming the role of a dog. By the end of the play, Actor 1 can only bark and is no longer able to shift between man and dog. Other prominent themes in Dragún's work and the "Historias para ser contadas" series include: "the criticism of censorship, repression and internal exile." Osvaldo Dragún was known for bringing the Epic theatre of Brecht to Latin America, and combining modern Argentine theatre technique with classical themes. Much of his work features "narrative foregrounding," which "forces the audience to observe the narrative

title: The Thin Man (film)

text: film was released in May 25, 1934 to extremely positive reviews and was a box office hit, with special praise for the chemistry between Loy and Powell. Mordaunt Hall of "The New York Times" called it "an excellent combination of comedy and excitement", and the film appeared on the "Times" year-end list of the ten best of the year. ""The Thin Man" was an entertaining novel, and now it's an entertaining picture", reported "Variety". "For its leads the studio couldn't have done better than to pick Powell and Miss Loy, both of whom shade their semi-comic roles beautifully." "The screen

title: The Dog and the Sparrow

text: The Dog and the Sparrow "The Dog and the Sparrow" is a story by the Brothers Grimm, told in their book "Kinder- und Hausmärchen" as KHM58. The original name is "Der Hund und der Sperling". A dog owner lets his shepherd dog starve from hunger, causing the dog to leave home. The dog meets a sparrow and accompanies him to the city. The bird captures meat and bread for the dog as a sign of gratitude. When they leave town night falls and they decide to go to sleep. During the night the dog is run over by a man

title: The Dog and the Sparrow

text: axe at the bird. This kills the man and the bird flies off. The Grimms collected the story in Zwehrn in Nederhessen. The Dog and the Sparrow "The Dog and the Sparrow" is a story by the Brothers Grimm, told in their book "Kinder- und Hausmärchen" as KHM58. The original name is "Der Hund und der Sperling". A dog owner lets his shepherd dog starve from hunger, causing the dog to leave home. The dog meets a sparrow and accompanies him to the city. The bird captures meat and bread for the dog as a sign of gratitude. When they

title: The Thin White Duke

text: The Thin White Duke The Thin White Duke was David Bowie's 1975 and 1976 persona and character. He is primarily identified with Bowie's 1976 album "Station to Station" and is mentioned by name in the title track. However, Bowie had begun to adopt the "Duke" persona during the preceding "Young Americans" tour and promotion in 1975. The persona's look and character are somewhat based on Thomas Jerome Newton, the titular humanoid alien played by Bowie in the 1976 film "The Man Who Fell to Earth". The Thin White Duke was a controversial figure due to ostensibly pro-fascist statements made by

text: someone else dies, retires or is fired. After a watchman’s dog dies following 25 years of service, the Man reluctantly agrees to become the new watchdog. He must live in the doghouse and eat dog food for the pay of 1 dollar a day, even though it drives him and his wife apart. Gradually, the man assumes dog-like behavior and is consistently denied other job opportunities that open up. After moving out to live in an apartment with other women so she can afford rent, his wife announces that she is pregnant and she is afraid her baby will be

title: The Dog in the Manger

text: on to mention that "The same thing happened when a dog was holding a bone in his mouth: the dog couldn't chew on the bone that way, but no other dog was able to chew on it either." There were, however, earlier 14th century poetic references to the fable. In John Gower's "Confessio Amantis" (c.1390) it is related: Though the next reference in English is in John Langland's "The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man" (1426), where it is applied to a personification of miserliness, the work was written almost a century before in French by Guillaume de Deguileville (1335).

text: theatre, including Theatre of the Absurd, Metatheatre and Magic realism. Four actors introduce the story by explaining how they learned of the story of the man who turned into a dog, and then explain that they will demonstrate and play this story out for the audience. Actor #1 portrays the Man Who Turned into a Dog, Actors #2 and #3 portray the boss and the people he must work for, and Actress portrays his wife. The Man is in need of a job but is told by Actors 2 and 3 that he can only be given a job if

title: The Dog It Was That Died

text: be seen as the mad dog of the poem. Stoppard may have borrowed the idea to use this quotation from British novelist W. Somerset Maugham's 1925 "The Painted Veil", in which the protagonist's husband, bitter at her infidelity, brought her to cholera-stricken China in hopes that she would take ill and die. When he catches cholera instead, he dies with the quotation "The dog it was that died" on his lips. The words also occur in a speech by Wormold, the lead character in Graham Greene's 1958 novel "Our Man in Havana" – also an entertaining tale of Cold War

title: Thin Man Films

text: a production company started by Simon Channing Williams and producer Gail Egan in 2000, which produced seven films before Channing Williams died, among them Douglas McGrath's "Nicholas Nickleby" and Fernando Meirelles' Oscar-winning "The Constant Gardener". Gail Egan has also been involved in the production of Mike Leigh's films since 2004. Thin Man Films Thin Man Films is a British film production company, based in London. It was founded in 1988 by director Mike Leigh and producer Simon Channing Williams to produce Mike Leigh's films. They chose the company name because both founders were the opposite of it. Following Channing Williams'

title: The Thin White Duke

text: conventional dress clothes. The Thin White Duke was mentioned by name in the title track of Bowie's next album, "Station to Station", and he appeared in that persona during the following Isolar – 1976 Tour. At first glance, the Thin White Duke appeared more conventional than Bowie's previously flamboyant glam incarnations. Sporting well-groomed blonde hair and wearing a simple, cabaret-style wardrobe consisting of a white shirt, black trousers, and a waistcoat, the Duke was a hollow man who sang songs of romance with an agonised intensity while feeling nothing, "ice masquerading as fire". The persona has been described as "a

text: of its surrounding countries, including Peru, Chile, Bolivia, and Uruguay. By 1956, the movement had died out, following the collapse of the Juan Perón political regime. The Story of the Man Who Turned into a Dog The Story of the Man Who Turned into a Dog (Historia del hombre que se convirtió en perro) is a short play written by Osvaldo Dragún as part of his "Historias para ser contadas" ("Stories to be Told"), a series of short plays. It is the third short play in the series. The original production premiered with the independent theatre group Teatro Popular Fray

title: The Dog (Seinfeld)

text: hospital several days ago. He decides to take the dog to the city pound so that he, George and Elaine can go to the movies together. This upsets Elaine, who persuades him to let her stay with the dog for one more day while he and George go to the movies without her. Elaine's attitude towards the dog changes dramatically when she finds out how disobedient Farfel is. When Gavin finally calls, Elaine angrily tells him to come and collect Farfel or else he has "humped his last leg". Gavin reveals he was diagnosed with Bell's Palsy, the reason he

title: Ballad of a Thin Man

text: 1966 Concert". "Ballad of a Thin Man" has been recorded by various artists, including: Ballad of a Thin Man "Ballad of a Thin Man" is a song written and recorded by Bob Dylan, and released as the final track on Side One of his sixth album, "Highway 61 Revisited," in 1965. Dylan recorded "Ballad of a Thin Man" in Studio A of Columbia Records in New York City, located at 799 Seventh Avenue, just north of West 52nd Street on August 2, 1965. Record producer Bob Johnston was in charge of the session, and the backing musicians were Mike Bloomfield

title: B movies in the 1950s

text: the horrific effects of radiation exposure and "a ferocious cold-war fable [that] spins Korea, the army's obsessive secrecy, and America's post-war growth into one fantastic whole." "The Amazing Colossal Man" was released by a new company whose name was much bigger than its budgets. American International Pictures (AIP), founded in 1956 by James H. Nicholson and Samuel Z. Arkoff in a reorganization of their American Releasing Corporation (ARC), soon became the leading U.S. studio devoted entirely to B-priced productions. American International helped keep the original-release double bill alive through paired packages of its films: these movies were low-budget, but the

title: Thin Man (nuclear bomb)

text: Little Boy enriched uranium gun design, and almost all of the research at the Los Alamos Laboratory was re-oriented around the problems of implosion for the Fat Man bomb. Thin Man (nuclear bomb) "Thin Man" was the code name for a proposed plutonium gun-type nuclear bomb using plutonium-239 which the United States was developing during the Manhattan Project. They aborted its development when they discovered that the spontaneous fission rate of their nuclear reactor-bred plutonium was too high for use in a gun-type design, due to the high concentration of the isotope plutonium-240. In 1942, prior to the Army taking

title: ReAction! Chemistry in the Movies

text: by the benevolent Dr. Jekyll on one hand and the evil Mr. Hyde on the other to describe how chemists and chemistry are portrayed in the movies. There are 10 chapters, the first five of which have dark chemical themes and the second five of which have bright chemical themes. The chapter titles are: According to several reviews, the book's strength is when it explores what might be the real chemicals that inspired the fictional compounds found in certain movies. ReAction! Chemistry in the Movies ReAction! Chemistry in the Movies (2009, ) is a nonfiction book about movies, chemistry, and

title: Fat Man

text: be easily adapted from it. The gun-type and implosion-type designs were codenamed "Thin Man" and "Fat Man" respectively. These code names were created by Robert Serber, a former student of Oppenheimer's who worked on the Manhattan Project. He chose them based on their design shapes; the Thin Man was a very long device, and the name came from the Dashiell Hammett detective novel "The Thin Man" and series of movies. The Fat Man was round and fat and was named after Sydney Greenstreet's character in "The Maltese Falcon". Little Boy came last as a variation of Thin Man. Neddermeyer discarded

title: You're in the Movies

text: we'd be thinking, "Oh, you know what, we got this great idea for a game and these are the essential actions we can get out of it, how are we going to use it in movies?" So it was really a three-way process, trying to figure out what we could get people to do, what would be fun, how it would fit in the movie—it wasn't just one process of doing it, it had to go both ways." There had also been a few more movie ideas, but they were left out of the game. The developers originally thought the

title: Thin Man Press

text: Thin Man Press Thin Man Press is a London-based boutique publisher. In July 2014, Thin Man Press published Libertines' front man Peter Doherty's second book "From Albion to Shangri-La". It is a compilation of extracts from Doherty's journals and tour diaries, edited by Nina Antonia. The Kindle edition featured a photograph from the original journals - Doherty leaves his journals open for visitors to contribute - depicting a pledge in syringe blood, signed by Peaches Geldof, promising "not to die". In 2012, Thin Man Press published an English translation of Osama bin Laden's bodyguard's memoir: "Guarding Bin Laden, My Life

title: Thin Man (nuclear bomb)

text: under the main wing spar and some oxygen tanks located between its two bomb bays. The great length of the "Thin Man" bomb led to aerodynamic instabilities. Subscale models of the bomb were dropped from a Grumman TBF Avenger at the US Navy test range at Dahlgren, Virginia starting in August, 1943. The bombs would spin sideways after being dropped, and broke up when they hit the ground. Twenty-four drops were carried out in March 1944 before tests were discontinued so that improvements could be made to Thin Man. The bombs failed to release immediately, frustrating calibration tests. In what

title: Thin Man (nuclear bomb)

text: Thin Man (nuclear bomb) "Thin Man" was the code name for a proposed plutonium gun-type nuclear bomb using plutonium-239 which the United States was developing during the Manhattan Project. They aborted its development when they discovered that the spontaneous fission rate of their nuclear reactor-bred plutonium was too high for use in a gun-type design, due to the high concentration of the isotope plutonium-240. In 1942, prior to the Army taking over wartime atomic research, Robert Oppenheimer held conferences in Chicago in June and Berkeley, California, in July at which various engineers and physicists discussed nuclear bomb design issues. A

title: The Thin Red Line (soundtrack)

text: The Thin Red Line (soundtrack) The Thin Red Line is the soundtrack of the 1998 Terrence Malick film of the same name. It was released on January 12, 1999 by RCA Victor. German-born film composer Hans Zimmer is credited for scoring most of the score along with his studio partner John Powell. The soundtrack was nominated at the 71st Academy Awards for Original Dramatic Score, but lost out to "Life Is Beautiful". "Journey to the Line" has become very popular and was used in trailers for "Pearl Harbor", "Man of Steel" (Comic-Con trailer), "12 Years a Slave", and "". Zimmer

title: Ballad of a Thin Man

text: Ballad of a Thin Man "Ballad of a Thin Man" is a song written and recorded by Bob Dylan, and released as the final track on Side One of his sixth album, "Highway 61 Revisited," in 1965. Dylan recorded "Ballad of a Thin Man" in Studio A of Columbia Records in New York City, located at 799 Seventh Avenue, just north of West 52nd Street on August 2, 1965. Record producer Bob Johnston was in charge of the session, and the backing musicians were Mike Bloomfield on lead guitar, Bobby Gregg on drums, Harvey Goldstein on bass, Al Kooper on

title: Temple of the Dog (album)

text: material he had written when he was on tour with Soundgarden in Europe. The line-up eventually included Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron and newcomers Mike McCready (lead guitar) and Eddie Vedder (background vocals). McCready and Vedder were featured on the album due to their involvement with Ament and Gossard's next project, which became Pearl Jam. The name Temple of the Dog is derived from the opening lyrics of the Mother Love Bone song "Man of Golden Words", "I want to show you something, like joy inside my heart, seems I been living in the temple of the dog". The recording sessions

title: The Lucky Dog

text: befriended by a stray dog. The dog and young man then (literally) bumps into a robber (Hardy) who is holding someone up. The bandit, who in the process has accidentally placed his victim’s money into the young man's back pocket, turns from his first victim, who runs off, to rob Stan. The robber then steals the money he had already stolen, from the bemused young man who had thought he was broke. The young man and the dog escape and the dog makes friends with a poodle. The poodle’s lady owner (Florence Gillet) persuades the young man to enter his

title: The Man in the Moone

text: The Man in the Moone The Man in the Moone is a book by the English divine and Church of England bishop Francis Godwin (1562–1633), describing a "voyage of utopian discovery". Long considered to be one of his early works, it is now generally thought to have been written in the late 1620s. It was first published posthumously in 1638 under the pseudonym of Domingo Gonsales. The work is notable for its role in what was called the "new astronomy", the branch of astronomy influenced especially by Nicolaus Copernicus. Although Copernicus is the only astronomer mentioned by name, the book

title: The Dog in the Manger

text: titled meanness ("Kargheit") and the accompanying verse explains that such behaviour is miserly, not using what one has for oneself nor for the relief of others in need. Later on the dog's behaviour is reinterpreted as malicious, a reading made clear in Roger L'Estrange's pithy version: 'A churlish envious Cur was gotten into a manger, and there lay growling and snarling to keep the Provender. The Dog eat none himself, and yet rather ventur'd the starving his own Carcase than he would suffer any Thing to be the better for't. THE MORAL. Envy pretends to no other Happiness than what

title: Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

text: into luxury cars, Costello has a huge ring of keys that enable him to steal any Citroën DS. The endings share a key similarity. Moreover, the peculiar relationship between the heroes of both movies and birds, as companions and danger advisers, is another common theme. The film contains a number of references to Seijun Suzuki's "Branded to Kill", such as when a bird lands in front of Ghost Dog's rifle scope, referencing the incident with a butterfly in Suzuki's film. Ghost Dog shooting Sonny Valerio up the drain pipe is taken directly from "Branded to Kill". Ghost Dog: The Way

title: In the Movies

text: in Laugh Now, Cry Later. In the Movies In the Movies is a 2007 album by Ice Cube. It is a compilation of tracks that have appeared in movies from 1991 with Boyz n the Hood to 2005 with . It was released on September 4, 2007 and in Australia on September 24, 2007. The album was confused for a studio album prior to the release of the track listing. This album has guest appearances from Mack 10, Ms. Toi, Dr. Dre, Master P, Mr. Short Khop and Ice-T. The album's artwork is cinema-reel themed and actual images of Ice

title: In the Movies

text: In the Movies In the Movies is a 2007 album by Ice Cube. It is a compilation of tracks that have appeared in movies from 1991 with Boyz n the Hood to 2005 with . It was released on September 4, 2007 and in Australia on September 24, 2007. The album was confused for a studio album prior to the release of the track listing. This album has guest appearances from Mack 10, Ms. Toi, Dr. Dre, Master P, Mr. Short Khop and Ice-T. The album's artwork is cinema-reel themed and actual images of Ice Cube are similar to those

title: The Lucky Dog

text: dog into the local dog show. When his entry is refused, the young man sneaks in anyway, but is quickly thrown out, followed by all the dogs in the show. The young man spots the poodle’s owner outside looking for her dog and offers his dog in its place. She accepts and in turn offers him a lift to her home. This scene is witnessed by her jealous boyfriend, who happens to bump into the bandit and together the two plot their revenge on the young man. At the lady's house, the young man is introduced to the boyfriend and

title: The Name of the Game (TV series)

text: writing credits on the series, and served as story editor for the third-season Robert Stack episodes. Segment Producers / Executive Producers included David Victor ("The Man From U.N.C.L.E." etc.), Dean Hargrove ("U.N.C.L.E.," "Perry Mason Returns," "Diagnosis Murder" etc.), Gene L. Coon ("Star Trek" etc.), and Leslie Stevens ("The Outer Limits," "Mystery Movies" etc.) The Universal Studios headquarters building was used for the exterior shots of the "Howard Publications" building. The show's opening graphic used each actor's name, zoomed out to form a line drawing of the face of each of the primary stars in turn, with the face each time

title: Pudsey the Dog: The Movie

text: can explain (or excuse) the sheer skull-scraping ugliness of this relentlessly tacky "Britain's Got Talent" spin off... If you paid to see this, you would feel duty bound to demand your money back; I saw it for free and still wanted a refund." David Edwards of the "Daily Mirror" called the film a "cheap and cheerless embarrassment" with a "thin and familiar" plot and said it "deserves to be scraped from the lawn, and dropped in the bin." Pudsey the Dog: The Movie Pudsey The Dog: The Movie is a 2014 British 3D live action family comedy film directed by

title: The Black Dog of Newgate

text: brains in their distress. Intended as a morality tale preaching against the low behaviour and base living of the inmates of the prison, during a period when conditions for inmates were particularly horrific, the story was allegedly recounted by Luke Hutton to a stranger only described as "a poor Thin-gut fellow" in the Black Dog Public House. Hutton dedicated the work to the then Lord Chief Justice Sir John Pophame, and owing to its moral theme it may have helped to secure its release. There is some speculation as to whether this haunting of the Black Dog of Newgate is

title: The Dog in the Pond

text: it is revealed and Jack is jailed, his wife Frankie Osborne (Helen Pearson) auctions The Dog later on and gives Neville Ashworth (Jim Millea) money so he could out-bid Warren. Nev renames the pub The Jolly Roger, but quickly changes it back to its original name after he discovers it has become a gay bar. The Ashworths own The Dog until 2010, when they move abroad and sell it to Carl Costello (Paul Opacic). The Costello family then move in. As the new owners the Costello family hire Jack Osborne as manager. Silas Blissett, father of Heidi Costello (Kim Tiddy)

title: The Thin Ideal

text: this ideal for her well-being and peace of mind, may have serious psychological effects. The degree to which women are psychologically affected by the thin ideal depends to what extent the ideal is internalized. An article from a journal written by Ahern, et al. highlights these ideals. Women generally relate the ideally thin body to positive life outcomes such as happiness, confidence, and romantic success, and consequently a majority of women value the thin ideal to some extent. However, it is important to recognize the distinction between women who are aware of the advantage of thinness versus those who internalize

title: The Case of the Howling Dog

text: then, workers excavating the foundation of the garage addition discover the bodies of Cartwright and Evelyn, murdered by Foley. Bessie is acquitted after Perry in closing arguments states that because the dog loved her, he would never have attacked Bessie and been killed, destroying the prosecution's only other link of Bessie to the crime. After the trial, Perry presents Bessie with a dog that looks just like the dead animal, and the dog delightedly greets Bessie. Perry states that when the howling suddenly stopped, he searched kennels in the area and found one where a man matching Foley's description exchanged

title: The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was

text: the skulls into better balls with his lathe and joined the men until midnight, when they vanished into thin air. On his third and final night in the castle, the boy heard a strange noise. Six men entered his room, carrying a coffin. The boy, unafraid but distraught, believed the body to be his own dead cousin. As he tried to warm the body, it came back to life, and, confusedly, threatened to strangle him. The boy, angry at his ingratitude, closed the coffin on top of the man again. An old man hearing the noise came to see the

title: Merton of the Movies (play)

text: best plays about Hollywood. The play (rather than the novel) was used as the basis for the 1924 silent film "Merton of the Movies" in which Glenn Hunter reprised his Broadway role. Merton of the Movies (play) Merton of the Movies is a 1922 satirical comedy play by George S. Kaufmann and Marc Connelly. It was adapted from the novel of the same name. The play, a satire of the film industry, follows Merton Gill, a store clerk who dreams of being a movie star. He saves his small salary and (having studied acting via correspondence school) goes to Hollywood

title: Dog in the Sand

text: Dog in the Sand Dog in the Sand, Frank Black's third album with backing group the Catholics, was released by the Cooking Vinyl record label in 2001, and was produced by Nick Vincent. The album was generally met with favorable reviews. Though retaining the live-to-two-track method of recording of the previous two albums, this album found the band branching away from purely electric rock to incorporate acoustic guitar, pedal steel, and Rhodes Piano and Wurlitzer organ into the sonic template. The album was initially released by the What Are Records? label in 2001, and was reissued by SpinART in 2003.

title: Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

text: as a hitman for the American Mafia, he adheres to the code of the samurai, and interprets and applies the wisdom of the "Hagakure". Louie tells Ghost Dog to kill a gangster, Handsome Frank, who is sleeping with the daughter of local mafia boss Vargo. Ghost Dog arrives and kills the gangster, before seeing that the girl is also in the room; he leaves her alive. To avoid being implicated in the murder of a made man, Vargo and his associate Sonny Valerio decide to get rid of Ghost Dog. Louie knows practically nothing about Ghost Dog, the hitman communicates

title: You're in the Movies

text: Burt Reynolds fronted a series of TV and magazine advertising spots for the game. The commercials featured Reynolds using his long and illustrious career as a part of the tinsel town A-list, starring in more than 90 feature films to date, to show would be leading men and women how to become stars by transforming their living rooms into Hollywood studios, capturing the attention and participation of family and friends. Reynolds said it was "great to be able to share some of my experience with everyone about what it takes to be a movie star. "You're in the Movies" on

title: The Dog Who Stopped the War

text: reason to hurt each other!) became a popular slogan against the Iraq war in 2003. An animated remake, "Snowtime! (La Guerre des tuques 3D)", was released in 2015. The Dog Who Stopped the War The Dog Who Stopped the War (, "The Toque War") is a French Canadian drama film from Quebec, directed by André Melançon. The film was the first in the "Tales for All (Contes pour tous)" series of children's movies created by Les Productions la Fête. The film involves a huge snowball fight between the children of a small town in Quebec during winter vacation who split

title: Dog in the Sand

text: All songs written by Frank Black. 2003 reissue bonus tracks Dog in the Sand Dog in the Sand, Frank Black's third album with backing group the Catholics, was released by the Cooking Vinyl record label in 2001, and was produced by Nick Vincent. The album was generally met with favorable reviews. Though retaining the live-to-two-track method of recording of the previous two albums, this album found the band branching away from purely electric rock to incorporate acoustic guitar, pedal steel, and Rhodes Piano and Wurlitzer organ into the sonic template. The album was initially released by the What Are Records?

title: The Case of the Howling Dog

text: is a manufacture-on-demand (MOD) release, originally available exclusively through Warner's online store and only in the US, but as of 2013 available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other on-line sources. The Case of the Howling Dog The Case of the Howling Dog is a 1934 American mystery film directed by Alan Crosland, based on the novel of the same name by Erle Stanley Gardner. The film stars Warren William and Mary Astor. This was the first in a series of four films in which William played Perry Mason. Severely agitated by the howling of a police dog next door,

title: The Man of the Crowd

text: coffee shop in London. Fascinated by the crowd outside the window, he considers how isolated people think they are, despite "the very denseness of the company around". He takes time to categorize the different types of people he sees. As evening falls, the narrator focuses on "a decrepit old man, some sixty-five or seventy years of age", whose face has a peculiar idiosyncrasy, and whose body "was short in stature, very thin, and apparently very feeble" wearing filthy, ragged clothes of a "beautiful texture". The narrator dashes out of the coffee shop to follow the man from afar. The man

title: The Case of the Howling Dog

text: The Case of the Howling Dog The Case of the Howling Dog is a 1934 American mystery film directed by Alan Crosland, based on the novel of the same name by Erle Stanley Gardner. The film stars Warren William and Mary Astor. This was the first in a series of four films in which William played Perry Mason. Severely agitated by the howling of a police dog next door, millionaire Arthur Cartwright comes to Los Angeles lawyer Perry Mason to draw up his will, stating that the howling is a sign that a death has occurred. He wants to leave

title: What the Deaf Man Heard

text: with approximately 36 million viewers. The film received 1998 Emmy nominations for Outstanding Made for Television Movie and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (Judith Ivey) and won for Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or a Movie. It also received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV (Matthew Modine). What the Deaf Man Heard What the Deaf Man Heard is a 1997 "Hallmark Hall of Fame" television movie that aired on CBS television on November 23, 1997. It concerns Sammy, a man who pretends to

title: What the Deaf Man Heard

text: What the Deaf Man Heard What the Deaf Man Heard is a 1997 "Hallmark Hall of Fame" television movie that aired on CBS television on November 23, 1997. It concerns Sammy, a man who pretends to be deaf and mute, when in reality he can hear and speak perfectly well. The movie starred Matthew Modine and James Earl Jones. Georgia, 1945. During a stop on a bus trip, Sammy Ayers (Frankie Muniz), a boy and his mother Helen (Bernadette Peters) ventures into a bar, while Sammy sleeps on the bus. Helen is murdered as the bus leaves. At the last

title: The Dog in the Manger

text: Chantrey Bequest and is now in Tate Britain. At least two versions exist of the work. In one two calves peer at a Jack Russell puppy that sits looking back in the hay that they want to eat. In the Tate version, a different breed is curled up asleep in their manger. The idiom was also put to figurative use during the 19th century. In much the same anecdotal tradition, the print-maker Thomas Lord Busby (active 1804–37) used the title to show a dyspeptic man eyeing askance a huge dinner, while hungry beggars and an importunate dog look on, in

text: nuestro amigo Panchito Gonzalez se sintio responsable de la epidemia de peste bubonica en Africa del Sur,"" which does not have the actors narrate or recreate the story at all. The characters in "The Story of the Man Who Turned into a Dog" play multiple roles and are not fully developed, making the audience focus on the situations of the characters rather than the characters themselves. Dragún was born on May 7, 1927 in Entre Ríos Province of Argentina to a Jewish family. His father was a horse tamer, who lost his job following an economic crash. This event severely

title: Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

text: only by homing pigeon. The mobsters start by tracing all the pigeon coops in town. They find Ghost Dog's cabin atop a building and kill his pigeons. Ghost Dog realizes he must kill the mafia or they will kill him and his master. During the day, Ghost Dog frequently visits the park to see his best friend, a French-speaking ice cream man named Raymond. Ghost Dog does not understand French and Raymond does not understand English but the two seem to understand each other. Ghost Dog also makes friends with a little girl named Pearline, to whom he lends the