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Philadelphia Story
George Cukor
Philadelphia Story (1940)
based on the play by Philip Barrie
When James Stewart's character tells Katherine Hepburn's character that his father had taught English History at South Bend, Indiana, she comments that this sounds like a dance.
Philadelphia Story (1940)
based on the play by Philip Barrie
When James Stewart's character tells Katherine Hepburn's character that his father had taught English History at South Bend, Indiana, she comments that this sounds like a dance.
Monday, December 31, 2012
Flint and Walling Manufacturing Company
Flint and Walling Manufacturing Company: makers of the Original Star Windmill (red, white and blue) popular on the southern Great Plains in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries (made from 8178-1915).
Sold in sizes ranging from 10 to 26 feet in diameter; a 10-foot windmill sold for $90,000 in 1887.
(Photo ©2012 by Susan McKee of a 10-foot Original Star Windmill now in the Panhandle Plains Museum, Texas)
Louis Oscar Griffith
Louis Oscar Griffith
1875-1956
born in Indiana
Moved to Dallas, St. Louis, Chicago.
Lived in Nashville, Indiana (part of "Brown County School)
In the Panhandle Plains Museum, Texas: "Tranquil Afternoon" (1929)
1875-1956
born in Indiana
Moved to Dallas, St. Louis, Chicago.
Lived in Nashville, Indiana (part of "Brown County School)
In the Panhandle Plains Museum, Texas: "Tranquil Afternoon" (1929)
Monday, December 17, 2012
Suzanne Collins
Suzanne Collins
born: 10 August 1962, Hartford, Connecticut
author, "The Hunger Games"
graduate of Indiana University (Bloomington): double major in drama and telecommunications.
Alexander McCall Smith
born: August 24, 1948; Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
lives: Edinburgh, Scotland
Why does this Scottish author have an Indiana connection? That's yet to be determined, but there must be one.
In his "No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" series, there is a character named Clovis Andersen. He's referenced in the early books as the author of The Principles of Private Detection, a book that the protagonist, Precious Ramotswe, considers her prized manual.
Clovis Andersen makes a personal appearance in the 13th title in the series (The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection, 2012), turning up in Botswana on a visit not related to Mma Ramotswe.
Turns out that his business is called Muncie Investigations -- because it's located in Muncie, Indiana. "We have a river, and we make glass jars," Andersen says. "We make some very famous glass jars for pickling fruit."
Later, Anderson talks about an orphanage in Muncie. "The orphans' home was a place made of a curious yellow brick and its windows were painted red around the edges." He mentions a boy from the orphanage, who "went to college in Bloomington. As I did."
There is every indication that Andersen will make future appearances in the series, and perhaps reveal more of his Indiana connections!
(Photo ©Chris Watt, courtesy of Alexander McCall Smith website)
born: 10 August 1962, Hartford, Connecticut
author, "The Hunger Games"
graduate of Indiana University (Bloomington): double major in drama and telecommunications.
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Alexander McCall Smith
born: August 24, 1948; Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
lives: Edinburgh, Scotland
Why does this Scottish author have an Indiana connection? That's yet to be determined, but there must be one.
In his "No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" series, there is a character named Clovis Andersen. He's referenced in the early books as the author of The Principles of Private Detection, a book that the protagonist, Precious Ramotswe, considers her prized manual.
Clovis Andersen makes a personal appearance in the 13th title in the series (The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection, 2012), turning up in Botswana on a visit not related to Mma Ramotswe.
Turns out that his business is called Muncie Investigations -- because it's located in Muncie, Indiana. "We have a river, and we make glass jars," Andersen says. "We make some very famous glass jars for pickling fruit."
Later, Anderson talks about an orphanage in Muncie. "The orphans' home was a place made of a curious yellow brick and its windows were painted red around the edges." He mentions a boy from the orphanage, who "went to college in Bloomington. As I did."
There is every indication that Andersen will make future appearances in the series, and perhaps reveal more of his Indiana connections!
(Photo ©Chris Watt, courtesy of Alexander McCall Smith website)
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Howard Hoagland Carmichael
Hoagy Carmichael
1899-1981
born: Bloomington, Ind.
"Hollywood's original piano man"
1899-1981
born: Bloomington, Ind.
"Hollywood's original piano man"
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Museum Celebrates Hollywood Hoosiers
Hall of Hollywood Hoosiers
418 Main Street
Vincennes, Indiana
owner: Mark Kratzner
to qualify, person must have been born in Indiana, spent most of his or her childhood here, died here or attended college in the state
Red Skelton (Vincennes)
Greg Kinnear (Logansport)
Carole Lombard (Fort Wayne)
James Best (Corydon)
Ryan Murphy (producer)
418 Main Street
Vincennes, Indiana
owner: Mark Kratzner
to qualify, person must have been born in Indiana, spent most of his or her childhood here, died here or attended college in the state
Red Skelton (Vincennes)
Greg Kinnear (Logansport)
Carole Lombard (Fort Wayne)
James Best (Corydon)
Ryan Murphy (producer)
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Kermit Weeks
http://www.fantasyofflight.com/press_kit/docs/Kermit%20Weeks%20Bio.pdf
graduate of Purdue University
born in Salt Lake
City, Utah, in 1954 and grew up in Miami.
www.fantasyofflight.com
(obviously: more to come!)
Kermit A. Weeks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermit_Weeks
The money for all this fun comes from the Weeks Royalty, a 2.5% levy on oil and gas production from the Bass Straits of southeast Australia--Australia's biggest oil field. Lewis G. Weeks, Kermit's grandfather, was the petroleum geologist who advised Broken Hill Proprietary on where to search for oil and helped broker an exploration deal with Exxon, his former employer. Four billion barrels later, Bass Straits has bought a lot of airplanes and built a lot of university geology buildings.
graduate of Purdue University
born in Salt Lake
City, Utah, in 1954 and grew up in Miami.
www.fantasyofflight.com
(obviously: more to come!)
Kermit A. Weeks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermit_Weeks
The money for all this fun comes from the Weeks Royalty, a 2.5% levy on oil and gas production from the Bass Straits of southeast Australia--Australia's biggest oil field. Lewis G. Weeks, Kermit's grandfather, was the petroleum geologist who advised Broken Hill Proprietary on where to search for oil and helped broker an exploration deal with Exxon, his former employer. Four billion barrels later, Bass Straits has bought a lot of airplanes and built a lot of university geology buildings.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Alexander Ralston
Born: 1771 in Scotland
Died: 5 January 1827
Buried: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis
(more to come)
laid out Mile Square plan of Indiana's capital city in the 1820s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Ralston
Died: 5 January 1827
Buried: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis
(more to come)
laid out Mile Square plan of Indiana's capital city in the 1820s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Ralston
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