Little Miss Marker is a 1980 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Walter Bernstein, based on a short story by Damon Runyon, was an American newspaperman, and short story writer, born in which year?
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Little Miss Marker (1980 film) Little Miss Marker is a 1980 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Walter Bernstein, based on a short story by Damon Runyon. It stars Walter Matthau, Tony Curtis, Julie Andrews, Bob Newhart and new arrival Sara Stimson. It is a remake of the 1934 film of the same name starring Shirley Temple and Adolphe Menjou.
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Damon Runyon Alfred Damon Runyon (October 4, 1880 – December 10, 1946) was an American newspaperman and short story writer.
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Frank Rich Frank Hart Rich Jr. (born June 2, 1949) is an American essayist, liberal / progressive op-ed columnist and writer notable for having held various positions within "The New York Times" from 1980 to 2011, and a producer of television series and documentaries at HBO.
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Nick McDonell Robert Nicholas "Nick" McDonell (born February 18, 1984) is an American writer who has worked as a journalist, screenwriter, producer, novelist and researcher.
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Franklin Pierce Adams Franklin Pierce Adams (November 15, 1881 – March 23, 1960) was an American columnist, well known by his initials F.P.A., and wit, best known for his newspaper column, "The Conning Tower", and his appearances as a regular panelist on radio's "Information Please". A prolific writer of light verse, he was a member of the Algonquin Round Table of the 1920s and 1930s.
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Don Quinn Don Quinn (November 18, 1900–December 30, 1967) was an American comedy writer who started out as a cartoonist based in Chicago. According to sources, Quinn's career as a cartoonist was short-lived but his career as a writer began after he realized that the magazines and newspapers threw away his drawings he sent in but kept his captions.
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R. D. Blumenfeld Ralph David Blumenfeld (pen-name R.D.B., 7 April 1864 – 17 July 1948) was an American-born journalist, writer and newspaper editor who is chiefly notable for having been in charge of the British newspaper "Daily Express" from 1902 to 1932.
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Tony Brown (journalist) William Anthony "Tony" Brown (born April 11, 1933) is an American journalist, academian, comedian and businessman. He is best known as the commentator of the long running syndicated television show, "Tony Brown's Journal".
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Leo Rosten Leo Calvin Rosten (April 11, 1908 – February 19, 1997) was an American humorist in the fields of scriptwriting, storywriting, journalism, and Yiddish lexicography. He was also a political scientist interested especially in the relationship of politics and the media.
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Denne Bart Petitclerc Denne Bart Petitclerc (May 15, 1929 – February 3, 2006) was an American journalist, war correspondent, author, television producer, and screenwriter.
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Claude Sitton Claude Fox Sitton (December 4, 1925 – March 10, 2015) was an American newspaper reporter and editor. He worked for "The New York Times" during the 1950s and 1960s, known for his coverage of the civil rights movement. He went on to become national news director of the "Times" and then editor of "The News & Observer" in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Kermit Moyer Kermit Moyer (born August 3, 1943) is an American author, best known for "Tumbling", his collection of short stories. The New York Times Book Review called "Tumbling", "a work of ringing authenticity" and greeted him as "an impressive new voice." His second book, a novel-in-stories called "The Chester Chronicles", was published in February 2010 and has been called "eloquent" and "stylish" by "Publishers Weekly". He taught literature and creative writing at the American University in Washington, DC, for 37 years since 1970.
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Luke Short (writer) Luke Short (born Frederick Dilley Glidden November 19, 1908 – August 18, 1975) was a popular Western writer.
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Jerry Pournelle Jerry Eugene Pournelle (August 7, 1933 – September 8, 2017) was an American science fiction writer, essayist, and journalist who contributed for many years to the computer magazine "Byte" in the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s. In 2011, he joined journalist Gina Smith, pundit John C. Dvorak, political cartoonist Ted Rall and several other Byte.com staff reporters to launch an independent tech and political news site aNewDomain.
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H. C. Witwer Harry Charles Witwer (March 11, 1890 – August 9, 1929), more commonly known as H. C. Witwer, was an American short-story author. Some 60 comedy film shorts were based on his works, most from the mid-1920s to 1930, the year after Witwer's death.
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Robert Kirby (humor columnist) Robert Kirby (born 1953 in California) is an American writer. He is a longtime humorist for the "Salt Lake Tribune", often focusing on quirks of Utah and Mormon culture.
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Frank Marshall Davis Frank Marshall Davis (December 31, 1905 – July 26, 1987) was an American journalist, poet, political and labor movement activist, and businessman.
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Birth of a Notion (short story) "Birth of a Notion" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. The story was written to celebrate the semicentennial (fiftieth anniversary) of the magazine "Amazing Stories" in June 1976. It appeared in the 1976 collection "The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories".
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Vincent Starrett Charles Vincent Emerson Starrett ( ; October 26, 1886 – January 5, 1974), known as Vincent Starrett, was an American writer, newspaperman, and bibliophile.
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Jack Mabley Jack Mabley (October 26, 1915 – January 6, 2006) was an American newspaper reporter and columnist.
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Mark Juddery Stanford Mark Juddery (8 March 197113 January 2015) was an Australian freelance journalist, author, humorist and columnist for "The Canberra Times". His work also appeared in such newspapers as "The Australian" and "The Sydney Morning Herald", as well as a range of magazines including "The Bulletin", "Empire", "Inside Sport", "Mad Magazine" and "Griffith Review". He also wrote comedy sketches for radio and television, as well as several short comedy plays, which he directed and performed worldwide.
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Erskine Caldwell Erskine Preston Caldwell (December 17, 1903 – April 11, 1987) was an American novelist and short story writer. His writings about poverty, racism and social problems in his native Southern United States in novels such as "Tobacco Road" (1932) and "God's Little Acre" (1933) won him critical acclaim, but also made him controversial among Southerners of the time who felt he was deprecating the people of the region.