Emperor of the North Pole
Emperor of the North Pole is a 1973 American DeLuxe Color film directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, and Keith Carradine.
It was later re-released on home media (and is more widely known) under the shorter title Emperor of the North, ostensibly chosen by studio executives to avoid being mistaken for a heartwarming holiday story.
This original title is an homage to the historic joke among Great Depression-era hobos that the world's best hobo was "Emperor of the North Pole", a way of poking fun at their own desperate situation, since somebody ruling over the North Pole would reign over nothing but a vast, barren, cold, empty, and stark wasteland.
The film depicts the story of two hobos' struggle (esp.
vs. "The Establishment") during the US' Great Depression in 1930s Oregon.
Its screenplay is quite significantly inspired by three separate, yet inter-related self-published seminal writings from earlier decades:
Jack London's better-known 1907 travel memoir, "The Road", and, two lesser-known books, both by legendary hobo
"A-No.-1", pen-name of Leon Ray Livingston, "The Trail of the Tramp", and his 1917 travelogue, "From Coast to Coast with Jack London".
Carradine's character, Cigaret, uses the moniker that Jack London used during his hobo escapades, and like London, is portrayed as a young traveling companion to the older Livingston's A-No.-1 (played by Marvin), but that is where (some assert)
the similarity between Carradine's character and Jack London ends, as Cigaret is portrayed in the film as immature, loud-mouthed, and not bright, opposite A-No.-1's gracious and graceful seasoned veteran.
Bill Smith (footballer, born 1897)
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Robert Aldrich
Robert Burgess Aldrich (August 9, 1918 – December 5, 1983) was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter.
His notable credits include "Vera Cruz" (1954), "Kiss Me Deadly" (1955),
"The Big Knife" (1955), "Autumn Leaves" (1956), "Attack" (1956), "
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"
(1962), "Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte" (1964), "The Flight of the Phoenix" (1965), "The Dirty Dozen" (1967) and "The Longest Yard" (1974).
Aldrich was portrayed by Alfred Molina in the television miniseries "Feud" (2017).
Thomas Scott (diver)
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Theodred II (Bishop of Elmham)
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The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometime between 995 and 997.
Børge Ousland
Børge Ousland( born 31 May 1962) is a Norwegian polar explorer, photographer and writer.
He was the first person in the world to do a solo crossing of the Antarctic.
He started his career as a Norwegian Navy Special Forces Officer with Marinejegerkommandoen, and he also spent several years working as a deep sea diver for the oil industry in the North Sea.
On 4 May 1990 Ousland and Erling Kagge became the first explorers ever to reach the North Pole unsupported, after a 58- day ski trek from Ellesmere Island in Canada, a distance of 800 km.
In 1994, he made the first solo and unsupported journey to the North Pole from Cape Arktichevsky in Russia.
Between 15 November 1996 and 17 January 1997 he became the first in the world to do an unsupported solo crossing of the Antarctic, 1,864 miles from the edge of the Ronne Ice Shelf to the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
The ski journey was made with kite assistance and also holds the record for the fastest unsupported journey to the South Pole taking just 34 days.
On 22 January 2006, together with Mike Horn he began a journey to the North Pole in full Arctic night, successfully concluded on 23 March.
In September 2010, Ousland's team aboard" The Northern Passage" completed the circumnavigation of the North Pole.
A Russian team aboard the" Peter I" achieved the same feat in that season.
These were the first recorded instances of the circumnavigation of the North Pole without an icebreaker.
In December 2011 he traversed Antarctica to the South Pole for the centennial celebration of the first expedition to reach the Pole.
Ousland married at the North Pole in 2012 having been flown in by helicopter with" 20 or 30 people".
Ian Barry (director)
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Dana Blankstein
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She is a film director, and an Israeli culture entrepreneur.
Peter Levin
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Etan Boritzer
Etan Boritzer( born 1950) is an American writer of children ’s literature who is best known for his book" What is God?" first published in 1989.
His best selling" What is?" illustrated children's book series on character education and difficult subjects for children is a popular teaching guide for parents, teachers and child- life professionals.
Boritzer gained national critical acclaim after" What is God?" was published in 1989 although the book has caused controversy from religious fundamentalists for its universalist views.
The other current books in the" What is?" series include
What is Love?,
What is Death?,
What is Beautiful?,
What is Funny?,
What is Right?,
What is Peace?,
What is Money?,
What is Dreaming?,
What is a Friend?,
What is True?,
What is a Family?,
What is a Feeling?"
The series is now also translated into 15 languages.
Boritzer was first published in 1963 at the age of 13 when he wrote an essay in his English class at Wade Junior High School in the Bronx, New York on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
His essay was included in a special anthology by New York City public school children compiled and published by the New York City Department of Education.
Boritzer now lives in Venice, California and maintains his publishing office there also.
He has helped numerous other authors to get published through" How to Get Your Book Published!" programs.
Boritzer is also a yoga teacher who teaches regular classes locally and guest- teaches nationally.
He is also recognized nationally as an erudite speaker on" The Teachings of the Buddha."

Question: When did the director of film Emperor Of The North Pole die?
Answer: December 5, 1983