The Humming Bird
The Humming Bird (also known as Les loups de Montmartre) is a 1924 American silent crime drama film directed by Sidney Olcott and starring Gloria Swanson.
Produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures, the film is based on the play of the same name by Maude Fulton who also starred in the Broadway production.
A print of the film is housed at the Library of Congress and the Nederlands Filmmuseum.
Sidney Olcott
Sidney Olcott (September 20, 1872 – December 16, 1949) was a Canadian-born film producer, director, actor and screenwriter.
Pierre La Borde
Pierre La Borde( born 12 May 1964) is a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago, and is part of a well- known sailing family.
His parents are Harold La Borde( died 11 June 2016) and Kwailan La Borde, whose first major voyage was from Trinidad to Poole, England, in their home- built, 26- foot plywood boat" Humming Bird".
In 1969, the La Borde family set off on a circumnavigation of the globe, when Pierre was just 5 years old.
They sailed in their home- built, 40- foot wooden ketch," Humming Bird II".
The voyage took approximately 4 years, and took them to such places as Panama, the Galapagos Islands, the Marquesas, Tahiti, Fiji, New Zealand( where Pierre's brother Andre was born on this trip), Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, and South Africa.
Pierre was taught at sea by his mother, but also attended school in various countries whenever they were in port for an extended stay.
On their return home, Harold and Kwailan were awarded their nation's highest honour, the Trinity Cross.
They were the nation's first citizens( and the Caribbean's first family) to have sailed around the world.
In 1984, the La Bordes set off on a second circumnavigation of the globe, this time in an easterly direction, taking them into the Southern Oceans, and around the infamous Cape Horn.
Their boat was the" Humming Bird III", a 55- foot teak and plywood ketch, built by Harold, who had built all his previous boats.
Pierre was 21 years of age, and became the 1st mate on this voyage, doing full crew work, and sharing in the watch- keeping and navigation duties.
He was joined for the second half of this circumnavigation, by his then girlfriend, Ave Narinesingh.
They sailed to such places as, Brazil, South Africa, Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, the Falkland Islands, Argentina, and Uruguay.
On their return home in 1986, Pierre was awarded a national honour, the Humming Bird Medal Gold, for Navigation and Adventure.
In the year 2000, Pierre, his father Harold, and a friend Jim Donaldson, sailed from Trinidad to Spain in" Humming Bird III".
They toured Spain by rail and bus, with one of the main highlights being, Pierre running with the bulls in Pamplona in July.
On the return sail home, Pierre became the captain, as Harold had to fly back to Trinidad for medical reasons.
Pierre was joined on this voyage by his younger brother Andre.
Pierre is also an avid yacht racer, and has sailed in numerous regattas and races in local waters, as well as in the wider Caribbean.
He has one brother, Andre La Borde, who resides in Wellington, New Zealand.
Andre has himself made five Atlantic crossings- twice on" Humming Bird III", and three times on other boats.
Pierre has one daughter Shannon Isabelle Solitaire( born 18 July 1989), who lives in Winnipeg, Canada, near her mother Ave Dinzey( née Narinesingh).
He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film Production, from Concordia University in Montreal.
He also holds a Master of Science in Maritime Operations, from the University of Trinidad and Tobago.
On 18 June 2016, Pierre and Andre sailed their father's body and casket from Grenada( where he had died), to their home port in Trinidad on the" Humming Bird III."
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John Farrell (businessman)
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Peter Levin
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The Mummy and the Humming Bird
The Mummy and the Humming Bird is a lost 1915 American drama silent film directed by James Durkin and written by Isaac Henderson.
The film stars Charles Cherry, Lillian Tucker, Arthur Hoops, William Sorelle, Claire Zobelle and Charles Coleman.
The film was released on November 11, 1915, by Paramount Pictures.
Cow Cow Davenport
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He also played the organ and sang.
Davenport, who also made recordings under the pseudonyms of Bat The Humming Bird, George Hamilton and The Georgia Grinder, is a member of the Alabama Music Hall of Fame.
Dana Blankstein
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Harold La Borde
Harold La Borde was a Trinidadian sailor and adventurer who from 1969 to 1973 circumnavigated the world in his 40- ft ketch" Hummingbird II".
He was accompanied by his wife, Kwailan, and his five- year- old son Pierre.
As the first known Trinidadian sailors to cross the Atlantic and later to circumnavigate, Harold and Kwailan were awarded the nation's highest honour – the Gold Trinity Cross.
Harold was born in Trinidad, West Indies, on June 18th 1933( died June 2016), of parents with a rich mixture of blood in their veins – French, African, Spanish and Amerindian( Carib).
He was educated at a local Roman Catholic school and began his sailing career by building dinghies, in which he taught himself the rudiments of seamanship, and reading any book about deep- sea sailing that he could lay his hands on.
Harold La Borde was determined to get a suitable boat, opting to build one himself.
In his first book," An Ocean to Ourselves"( 1962), La Borde tells how he built a 26- foot ketch" Humming Bird".
Harold and Kwailan, who were married in 1959, made their maiden voyage in the 26- foot vessel," Humming Bird", to England in 1960, together with a friend, Buck Wong Chong.
The" Humming Bird" was subsequently sold, and says Harold" is somewhere in Europe."
The La Bordes, always working as a team, took jobs at an Outward Bound school in Nigeria in 1961, after the voyage, but the call of the sea was too strong for the young couple and they returned to Trinidad in 1963, when they started to build the 40- foot ketch" Humming Bird II".
Their first- born son, Pierre, arrived while work was in progress.
The boat was completed in three years and, after chartering her out to Americans for a further three years in order to raise sufficient funds, the family set out on 2 February 1969 on the, now historic, voyage that took them around the world.
Harold and Kwailan were both awarded their nation's highest award, the Trinity Cross for their seafaring adventure.
Their second son, Andre, was born in Auckland, New Zealand, during the voyage.
Upon their return home, the 40- foot" Humming Bird II" was purchased by the Trinidad and Tobago Government in 1973, and can be seen in the museum near the lighthouse on South Quay; and according to Harold" is rotting away there.
It is a sad thing, especially when you talk about taking care of historical things."
The La Bordes went on to another circumnavigation voyage via Cape Horn( 1984 – 86) in the" Humming Bird III".
Harold La Borde T.C. also wrote a further two books with input from his family, wife Kwailan and sons Pierre and André," All Oceans Blue"( 1977), and" Lonely Oceans South"( 1987).
Documentary films of their travels were made in conjunction with the Government Film Unit, which were also very professionally put together.
After retiring from their respective jobs in Trinidad, the La Bordes ran a small family marina in Trinidad's busiest yachting bay.
Harold's full- time job was working on the Humming Bird III, every day while Kwailan finished their autobiography which includes all of their sailing voyages to the present, entitled" Wind, Sea, and Faith".
Harold La Borde died on June 12, 2016, leaving behind his wife, sons Pierre and Andre, three grandchildren( Shannon, Arama, and Sanchia), and his brothers Rudy and Hugh.

Question: Which country the director of film The Humming Bird is from?
Answer: Canadian