William Feather (1889-1981)

William Feather (1889-1981)

William A. Feather (August 25, 1889 - January 7, 1981) was an American publisher and author, based in Cleveland, Ohio.

Born in Jamestown, New York, Feather relocated with his family to Cleveland in 1903. After earning a degree from Western Reserve University in 1910, he worked as a reporter for the Cleveland Press. In 1916, he established the William Feather Magazine.

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Quotes·Quotations by William Feather

Advice

¶ Beware of those who won't be bothered with details.

Commitment

¶ Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Feather

Warner Baxter (1889-1951)

Warner Baxter (1889-1951)

Warner Leroy Baxter (March 29, 1889 – May 7, 1951) was an American actor, known for his role as The Cisco Kid in In Old Arizona (1929), for which he won the second Academy Award for Best Actor in the 1928–1929 Academy Awards. Warner Baxter started his movie career in silent movies. Baxter's most notable silent films are probably The Great Gatsby (1926) and The Awful Truth (1925). Today The Great Gatsby is one of many lost films of the silent era. When talkies came out, Baxter became even more famous. Baxter's most notable talkies are In Old Arizona (1929) 42nd Street (1932), and the 1931 20 minute short film, The Slippery Pearls.

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Quotes·Quotation by Warner Baxter

Warner Baxter as Julian Marsh from 42nd Street

¶ Sawyer, you're going out a youngster, but you've got to come back a star!

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Baxter

Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)

Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)

Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ kɔkto]; 5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker. Cocteau is best known for his novel Les Enfants terribles (1929), and the films Blood of a Poet (1930), Les Parents terribles (1948), Beauty and the Beast (1946), and Orpheus (1949). His circle of associates, friends and lovers included Kenneth Anger, Pablo Picasso, Jean Hugo, Jean Marais, Henri Bernstein, Marlene Dietrich, Coco Chanel, Erik Satie, María Félix, Édith Piaf and Raymond Radiguet.

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Quotes

Film

@ A film is a petrified fountain of thought. [Jean Cocteau Esquire, (Feb. 1961)]

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@ Art produces ugly things which frequently become beautiful with time.

@ Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Cocteau

Claude Rains (1889-1967)

Claude Rains (1889-1967)

William Claude Rains (10 November 1889 – 30 May 1967) was an English stage and film actor whose career spanned 46 years. He was known for many roles in Hollywood films, among them the title role in The Invisible Man (1933), a corrupt senator in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Mr. Dryden in Lawrence of Arabia (1962), and, perhaps his most notable performance, as Captain Renault in Casablanca (1942).

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Quotes·Quotation by Claude Rains


Claude Rains as Capt. Louis Renault from Casablanca (1942)

¶ Major Strasser has been shot. [pause] Round up the usual suspects.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Rains