"The Prince and the Pauper (1990 film) The Prince and the Pauper is an animated featurette produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and directed by George Scribner. Featuring the voice of Wayne Allwine as Mickey Mouse, it is inspired by the Mark Twain story of the same name. It was Disney's final use of the traditional ink-and-paint and camera process, before the CAPS digital-ink-and-paint process rendered the traditional techniques and equipment obsolete. The film was released on November 16, 1990 before ""The Rescuers Down Under"". It was also released in theaters in the UK with ""Brother Bear"" in 2003. The"
"Kin Hubbard Frank McKinney Hubbard (born 1 September 1868 in Bellefontaine, Ohio - died: 26 December 1930 in Indianapolis, Indiana) was an American cartoonist, humorist, and journalist better known by his pen name ""Kin"" Hubbard. He was creator of the cartoon ""Abe Martin of Brown County"" which ran in U.S. newspapers from 1904 until his death in 1930, and was the originator of many political quips that remain in use. North American humorist Will Rogers reportedly declared Hubbard to be ""America's greatest humorist."" The American playwright, screenwriter and journalist Lawrence Riley wrote the biographical play ""Kin Hubbard"" (1949) in his"
"Charles Farrar Browne Charles Farrar Browne (April 26, 1834 – March 6, 1867) was an American humor writer, better known under his ""nom de plume"", Artemus Ward. He is considered to be America's first stand-up comedian. His birth name was Brown but he added the ""e"" after he became famous. Browne was born in Waterford, Maine. He began his career as a compositor and occasional contributor to the daily and weekly journals. In 1858, he published in ""The Plain Dealer"" (Cleveland, Ohio) the first of the ""Artemus Ward"" series, which, in a collected form, achieved great popularity in both America"
"Ezra Kendall Ezra Kendall (February 15, 1861 – January 23, 1910) was an American actor-comedian, humorist, playwright and author who was known for his depiction of typical New England Yankees. During his time in vaudeville Kendall was said to have been among the highest paid monologist in America. Ezra Freemont Kendall was born on a farm near Centerville, New York, to Ezra W. and Eliza R. (née Pratt) Kendall. The September following his birth, Kendall's father enlisted as a sergeant with Company D, 64th Infantry Regiment, New York and soon rose to lieutenant before losing his life during the Battle"
"Alan King Alan King (born Irwin Alan Kniberg; December 26, 1927 – May 9, 2004) was an American actor and comedian known for his biting wit and often angry humorous rants. King became well known as a Jewish comedian and satirist. He was also a serious actor who appeared in a number of movies and television shows. King wrote several books, produced films, and appeared in plays. In later years, he helped many philanthropic causes. Alan King had one sister, Anita Kniberg. King was born in New York City, the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants Minnie (née Solomon) and Bernard Kniberg,"
"were placed upon the coffin. John Sleeper Clarke John Sleeper Clarke (September 3, 1833 – September 24, 1899) was a 19th-century American comedian and actor. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland to George W. Sleeper and Georgianna Sleeper born: Clerke], and was educated for the law. In his boyhood he was a schoolmate of Edwin Booth who was born in the same year as he, and with whom he engaged in amateur dramatic readings as members of the Baltimore Thespian Club. He made his first appearance in Boston as Frank Hardy in ""Paul Pry"" in 1851, at the Howard Athenæum."
"sense of Twain. Renowned polymath Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), as a newspaper editor and printer, became one of America's first humorists, most famously for ""Poor Richard's Almanack"" published under the pen name ""Richard Saunders"". Ring Lardner (1885–1933) was a sports columnist and short story writer best known for his satirical writings about sports, marriage, and the theatre. Robert Benchley (1889–1945), best known for his work as a newspaper columnist and film actor, began writing humorously for ""The Harvard Lampoon"" while attending Harvard University, and for many years wrote essays and articles for ""Vanity Fair"" and ""The New Yorker"". H. L. Menken"
"buried at Kensal Green Cemetery, Ward's remains were removed to the United States on May 20, 1868. He is buried at Elm Vale Cemetery in Waterford, Maine. Charles Farrar Browne Charles Farrar Browne (April 26, 1834 – March 6, 1867) was an American humor writer, better known under his ""nom de plume"", Artemus Ward. He is considered to be America's first stand-up comedian. His birth name was Brown but he added the ""e"" after he became famous. Browne was born in Waterford, Maine. He began his career as a compositor and occasional contributor to the daily and weekly journals. In"
"Arthur Miller Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright, essayist, and a major figure in the twentieth-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are ""All My Sons"" (1947), ""Death of a Salesman"" (1949), ""The Crucible"" (1953) and ""A View from the Bridge"" (1955, revised 1956). He wrote several screenplays and was most noted for his work on ""The Misfits"" (1961). The drama ""Death of a Salesman"" has been numbered on the short list of finest American plays in the 20th century alongside Eugene O'Neill's ""Long Day's Journey into Night"" and Tennessee Williams's"
"P. T. Barnum Phineas Taylor Barnum (; July 5, 1810 – April 7, 1891) was an American showman, politician, and businessman remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and for founding the Barnum & Bailey Circus (1871–2017). He was also an author, publisher, and philanthropist, though he said of himself: ""I am a showman by profession… and all the gilding shall make nothing else of me"". According to his critics, his personal aim was ""to put money in his own coffers."" He is widely credited with coining the adage ""There's a sucker born every minute"", although no evidence can be found of"
"by Laurie Tayler and published in the early 1940s by Raphael Tuck & Sons: ""Diversion"" and ""He's a Perfect Little Gentleman, the Swine"". Ronald Frankau Ronald Hugh Wyndham Frankau (22 February 1894 – 11 September 1951) was an English comedian who started in cabaret and made his way to radio and films. Frankau was born in London, the third child of Arthur Frankau, son of Joseph Frankau, a German Jew who came to London from Frankfurt in the late 1830s and started a cigar trading business. His mother was Julia Davis Frankau, who would later become a celebrated writer of"
"Benjamin Franklin King Jr. Benjamin Franklin King Jr. (1857–1894) was an American humorist and poet whose work published under the names Ben King or the pseudonym Bow Hackley achieved notability in his lifetime and afterwards. King was born at St. Joseph, Michigan, March 17, 1857, and according to a short biography by Opie Read, as a child he was reputed a piano prodigy; in adult life he was by many deemed a failure for his lack of business instinct. But as ""a poet, a gentle satirist and a humorist of the highest order, he achieved notability"" in his short life"
"National Steinbeck Center in Salinas. John Steinbeck John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. (; February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American author. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature ""for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception."" He has been called ""a giant of American letters,"" and many of his works are considered classics of Western literature. During his writing career, he authored 27 books, including 16 novels, six non-fiction books, and two collections of short stories. He is widely known for the comic novels ""Tortilla Flat"" (1935) and ""Cannery"
"cause the plaintiff was nonsuited, based the proof that was given of his having himself grossly libelled every respectable character in the kingdom, from the sovereign down to the lowest of his subjects. Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon, who tried the case, commended Gifford. Williams emigrated to America shortly afterwards, and edited a New York newspaper called ""The Federalist"". He died a poor man of typhus fever in Brooklyn, on 23 November 1818. John Williams (satirist) John Williams (1761–1818) was an English poet, satirist, journalist and miscellaneous writer, best known by the pseudonym of Anthony Pasquin. He was born in"
"Arthur Askey Arthur Bowden Askey, CBE (6 June 190016 November 1982) was an English comedian and actor. Askey's humour owed much to the playfulness of the characters he portrayed, his improvisation, and his use of catchphrases, which included ""Hello playmates!"", ""I thank you"" (pronounced ""Ay-Thang-Yaw""), and ""Before your very eyes"". Askey was born at 29 Moses Street, Dingle, Liverpool, the eldest child and only son of Samuel Askey (d. 1958), secretary of the firm Sugar Products of Liverpool, and his wife, Betsy Bowden (d. 1949), of Knutsford, Cheshire. Six months after his birth the family moved to 90 Rosslyn Street,"
"William Wright (author) William Connor Wright Jr. (October 22, 1930 – June 4, 2016) was an American author, editor and playwright. He is best known for his non fiction writing covering a wildly divergent list of subjects: from the April in Paris Ball at the Waldorf-Astoria to genetics and behavior to true crime and grand opera. The great Harvard naturalist and author, E. O. Wilson, said of Wright's ""Born that Way, Genes, Behavior, Personality"": ""It takes an independent writer and free spirit to tell the story straight, and thank God Wright has done it."" In addition to ""Lillian Hellman, the"
"sued by his former management firm, Liebler and Co., who were attempting to recoup money lost after he became ill and failed to complete his tour. It is not known here whether or not this lawsuit was settled before Liebler fell into bankruptcy four years later. Ezra Kendall Ezra Kendall (February 15, 1861 – January 23, 1910) was an American actor-comedian, humorist, playwright and author who was known for his depiction of typical New England Yankees. During his time in vaudeville Kendall was said to have been among the highest paid monologist in America. Ezra Freemont Kendall was born on"
"many things, King still preferred to be recognized as a columnist for ""The Spokesman-Review"". He eventually returned to Spokane, where he died on June 13, 1933 at forty-three years of age. King was a poet, humorist and columnist. As a humorist, his work is uncommon because it comes from the West. His work can be categorized with other notable humorists such as Mark Twain and Eugene Field, although they came from Missouri. Also, his style is unlike classic humorists of European literature, although he drew influence from them. King’s poetry while writing daily as a columnist for the Spokane ""Spokesman-Review"""
"by ""The mysterious card revealed"". In addition to serialized short stories, he also wrote several plays, including ""Money talks"" (1905) and ""The battle"" (1908). The latter was a dramatization of his 1907 novel, ""A king in rags"". Many of his works were set in locations outside the United States. Cleveland Moffett Cleveland Moffett (April 27, 1863 – October 14, 1926) was an American journalist, author, and playwright. Cleveland was born in Boonville, New York, the son of William Henry Moffett and Mary Jane (Cleveland). After an education at St. Paul's School in Garden City, New York, he matriculated at Yale"
"A. R. Gurney Albert Ramsdell Gurney Jr. (November 1, 1930 – June 13, 2017), as pen name A. R. Gurney (sometimes credited as Pete Gurney) was an American playwright, novelist and academic. He is known for works including ""The Dining Room"" (1982), ""Sweet Sue"" (1986/7), and ""The Cocktail Hour"" (1988), and for his Pulitzer Prize nominated play ""Love Letters"". His series of plays about upper-class WASP life in contemporary America have been called ""penetratingly witty studies of the WASP ascendancy in retreat."" Gurney was born on November 1, 1930 in Buffalo, New York to Albert Ramsdell Gurney, Sr. (1896-1977), who"
"Johnny Hart John Lewis Hart (February 18, 1931 – April 7, 2007) was an American cartoonist noted as the creator of the comic strips ""B.C."" and ""The Wizard of Id"". Brant Parker co-produced and illustrated ""The Wizard of Id"". Hart was recognized with several awards, including the Swedish Adamson Award and five from the National Cartoonists Society. In his later years, he sparked controversy by incorporating overtly Christian themes and messages into the strips. Hart was referred to as ""the most widely read Christian of our time,"" over C. S. Lewis, Frank E. Peretti, and Billy Graham, by Chuck Colson"
"Ring Lardner Ringgold Wilmer ""Ring"" Lardner (March 5, 1885 – September 25, 1933) was an American sports columnist and short-story writer best known for his satirical writings on sports, marriage, and the theatre. His contemporaries Ernest Hemingway, Virginia Woolf, and F. Scott Fitzgerald all professed strong admiration for his writing. Born in Niles, Michigan, Ring Lardner was the son of wealthy parents, Henry and Lena Phillips Lardner. He was the youngest of nine children. Lardner's name came from a cousin of the same name. The cousin had been named by Lardner's uncle, Rear Admiral James L. Lardner, who had decided"
"""Nick was a gentle, modest, humorous man, with none of the usual characteristics of the highly individual genius which inspired his quiet professionalism and supreme technical ability."" Nicolas Bentley Nicolas Clerihew Bentley (14 June 1907 – 14 August 1978) was a British author and illustrator, best known for his humorous cartoon drawings in books and magazines in the 1930s and 1940s. The son of Edmund Clerihew Bentley (inventor of the clerihew verse form), he was given the name Nicholas, but opted to change the spelling. Nicholas Clerihew Bentley was born in Britain on 14 June 1907, at Highgate in London."
"relevant, helpful, reassuring, and compelling. Periodicals: Tale Collections and Novels: Tale Collections and Gift Books edited by Arthur: Non-fiction: State Histories edited by Arthur and W. H. Carpenter: Timothy Shay Arthur Timothy Shay Arthur (June 6, 1809 – March 6, 1885) — known as T. S. Arthur — was a popular 19th-century American author. He is most famous for his temperance novel ""Ten Nights in a Bar-Room and What I Saw There"" (1854), which helped demonize alcohol in the eyes of the American public. He was also the author of dozens of stories for ""Godey's Lady's Book"", the most popular"
"used for the dust jacket of ""The Thurber Album"" (1952). James Thurber James Grover Thurber (December 8, 1894 – November 2, 1961) was an American cartoonist, author, humorist, journalist, playwright, and celebrated wit. He was best known for his cartoons and short stories published mainly in ""The New Yorker"" magazine, such as ""The Catbird Seat"", and collected in his numerous books. He was one of the most popular humorists of his time, as he celebrated the comic frustrations and eccentricities of ordinary people. He wrote the Broadway comedy ""The Male Animal"" in collaboration with his college friend Elliott Nugent; it"
"Courtney Ryley Cooper Courtney Ryley Cooper (October 31, 1886 – September 29, 1940) was an American circus performer, publicist and writer. During his career he published over 30 books, many focusing on crime; J. Edgar Hoover considered him at one time ""the best informed man on crime in the U. S."" He was also an expert on circuses, and was the chief publicist for Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus at the time of his death. Courtney Ryley Cooper was born in Kansas City, Missouri on October 31, 1886. At the age of 16, he left home to join a"
"in War and Peace. Fyodor Ivanovich Tolstoy Count Fyodor Ivanovich Tolstoy (), also known as the ""American"" (Американец) (17 February 1782 – 5 November 1846) was a Russian nobleman from the well-known Tolstoy family. Possessed of an unusual temper, he became famous for his gambling, his passion for duels, and his voyage to North America, where he earned his nickname. He was acquainted with many famous authors of his period and served as a prototype for some of the characters in their works. Tolstoy was one of seven children of Count Ivan Andreyevich Tolstoy (1747–1811) and his wife Anna Fyodorovna,"
"into the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame. Edgar Lee Masters Edgar Lee Masters (August 23, 1868 – March 5, 1950) was an American attorney, poet, biographer, and dramatist. He is the author of ""Spoon River Anthology"", ""The New Star Chamber and Other Essays"", ""Songs and Satires"", ""The Great Valley"", ""The Serpent in the Wilderness"", ""An Obscure Tale"", ""The Spleen"", ""Mark Twain: A Portrait"", ""Lincoln: The Man"", and ""Illinois Poems"". In all, Masters published twelve plays, twenty-one books of poetry, six novels and six biographies, including those of Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, Vachel Lindsay, and Walt Whitman. Born in Garnett, Kansas,"
"Charles Dryden Charles Dryden (March 10, 1860 – February 11, 1931) was an American baseball writer and humorist. He was reported to be the most famous and highly paid baseball writer in the United States during the 1900s. Known for injecting humor into his baseball writing, Dryden was credited with elevating baseball writing from the commonplace. In 1928, ""The Saturday Evening Post"" wrote: ""The greatest of all the reporters, and the man to whom the game owes more, perhaps, than to any other individual, was Charles Dryden, the Mark Twain of baseball."" In 1965, Dryden was posthumously inducted into the"
"Bexley Heath, Kent, on 12 March 1878. James Hain Friswell James Hain Friswell (8 May 1825 – 12 March 1878) was an English essayist and novelist. He was born at Newport, Shropshire, son of William Friswell, of 93 Wimpole Street, London, attorney-at-law, and educated at Apsley School, near Woburn, Bedfordshire. He was intended for the legal profession, which he did not enter, but for some years was obliged to follow a business which was uncongenial to his tastes. He early showed a preference for literature, and contributed in 1852 to the ""Puppet Show,"" conducted by Angus B. Reach and Albert"
"Don Marquis Donald Robert Perry Marquis ( ; July 29, 1878, Walnut, Illinois – December 29, 1937, New York City) was a humorist, journalist, and author. He was variously a novelist, poet, newspaper columnist, and playwright. He is remembered best for creating the characters Archy and Mehitabel, supposed authors of humorous verse. During his lifetime he was equally famous for creating another fictitious character, ""the Old Soak,"" who was the subject of two books, a hit Broadway play (1922–23), a silent movie (1926) and a talkie (1937). Marquis grew up in Walnut, Illinois. His brother David died in 1892 at"
"Carroll Carroll Carroll S. Weinschenk (April 11, 1902–February 5, 1991), known professionally as Carroll Carroll, was an American advertising executive, humorist and, most famously, a writer for comedians. The highlights of Carroll's writing career was during the 1930s and 1940s. During that time period, he served as head writer for some of the biggest names in entertainment and the most popular radio shows of the time including Bing Crosby (""Kraft Music Hall""), Burns and Allen (""The Burns and Allen Show""), Eddie Cantor, Edgar Bergen (both hosts of ""The Chase and Sanborn Hour""), Rudy Vallee (""The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour""), Guy Lombardo"
"Ernie Kovacs Ernest Edward ""Ernie"" Kovacs (January 23, 1919 – January 13, 1962) was an American comedian, actor, and writer. Kovacs' visually experimental and often spontaneous comedic style influenced numerous television comedy programs for years after his death. Many individuals and shows, such as Johnny Carson, David Letterman, ""Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In"", ""Saturday Night Live"", ""Monty Python's Flying Circus"", Jim Henson, ""Max Headroom"", Chevy Chase, Conan O’Brien, ""Jimmy Kimmel, Captain Kangaroo"", ""Sesame Street"", ""The Electric Company"", Pee-wee's Playhouse, The Muppet Show, Dave Garroway, Andy Kaufman, You Can't Do That on Television, Uncle Floyd, and many others have credited Kovacs as"