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Porto Rafael The small resort of Porto Rafael was founded on the North Eastern coast of Sardinia, Italy, by Raphael Neville, Count of Berlanga de Duero, in the late 1950s. (see Obituary in Corriere della Sera archives, Page 17, 4 December 1996). Neville was an artist, and the son of Edgar Neville the Hollywood film director, playwright and novelist who became close friends with Charlie Chaplin and Mary Pickford (see book, Il Viaggio Americano, p. 107, by Ignacio Martinez de Pison). Raphael Neville's maternal family were Spanish aristocrats; his grandmother Maria Romree Y Palacios was a lady in waiting in the Spanish court and the family title was inherited through the male line from her. (http://www.grancanariaweb.com/cine/edgar/edgar2.htm ). His mother Angeles Rubio Arguelles y Allessandri was founding patron of a theatre in Malaga, Spain, named Teatro Ara where she also directed plays (http://www.guateque.net/nuestros_queridos_cines.htm). On the paternal side, his grandfather was the director of the Julius Neville motor company in Spain.
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Charlie Chaplin Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': 'KBE', '4': "} (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. Chaplin became a worldwide icon through his screen persona "the Tramp" and is considered one of the most important figures in the history of the film industry. His career spanned more than 75 years, from childhood in the Victorian era until a year before his death in 1977, and encompassed both adulation and controversy.
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The Count of Monte Cristo (1954 film) The Count of Monte Cristo (French: "Le Comte de Monte-Cristo" ) is a French drama romance film from 1954, directed by Robert Vernay, written by Georges Neveux, starring Daniel Ivernel and Jean Marais. The scenario was written on a basis of novel of Alexandre Dumas. The film was known under the title "Il tesoro di Montecristo" (Italy).
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The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan is a 1953 British technicolor film that dramatises the story of the collaboration between W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. Gilbert and Sullivan wrote 14 comic operas, later referred to as the Savoy Operas, which became the most popular series of musical entertainments of the Victorian era and are still popular today.
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George Bookasta George Bookasta (July 14, 1917 – March 26, 2014) was an American child actor and director who was discovered by Charlie Chaplin. He signed a contract with the film studio United Artists and debuted in the silent film Rosita in 1923. Some of his other films included "The Night Bird", "Hell Harbor" and "It Had to Happen". Bookasta was a stand-in in "Sergeant York" in 1941.
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King Arthur Was a Gentleman King Arthur Was a Gentleman is a 1942 British, black-and-white, comedy, musical film, directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Ronald Shiner as Sargent and Arthur Askey as Arthur King. It was produced by Edward Black and Maurice Ostrer for Gainsborough Pictures.
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Julian Chagrin Julian Chagrin (born 22 February 1940) is a British-Israeli comedy actor. He is the husband of actress and comedian Rolanda Chagrin. His father was the composer and conductor Francis Chagrin .
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Granville Redmond Granville Redmond (March 9, 1871 – May 24, 1935) was an American landscape painter and exponent of Tonalism and California Impressionism. He was also an occasional actor for his friend Charlie Chaplin.
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This Happy Breed This Happy Breed is a play by Noël Coward. It was written in 1939 but, because of the outbreak of World War II, it was not staged until 1942, when it was performed on alternating nights with another Coward play, "Present Laughter". The two plays later alternated with Coward's "Blithe Spirit". The title, a reference to the English people, is a phrase from John of Gaunt's monologue in Act II, Scene 1 of William Shakespeare's "Richard II".
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Lionel Monckton Lionel John Alexander Monckton (18 December 1861 – 15 February 1924) was an English writer and composer of musical theatre. He became Britain's most popular composer of Edwardian musical comedy in the early years of the 20th century.
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Adolphe Rabinovitch Adolphe Rabinovitch (27 May 1918 – 1944), also known as Alec Rabinovitch, was a Special Operations Executive officer in France during the Second World War. He rose to the rank of captain.
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Stanley Lupino Stanley Lupino (15 June 1893 – 10 June 1942) was an English actor, dancer, singer, librettist, director and short story writer, who began life as Stanley Richard Lupino Hook. During the 1930s, Lupino appeared in a successful series of musical comedy films, often based on his already popular stage shows.
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Winter in Madrid (song) "Winter in Madrid" is a song for jazz orchestra written by Jacques Cascales (words) and Gene Roland (music and orchestration). It was copyrighted 31 August 1955 and published by Benton Publications, Inc., Hollywood, California. The music was performed and recorded by Stan Kenton, Toots Thielemans, Ran Blake, Fats Waller, and was used in the score for the 1960 French-Italian-Brazilian film "." Jacques Cascales a pseudonym for Johnny Richards, who was the brother of big band leader Chuck Cabot and the brother of bass player Jack Adolph Cascales "(né" Juan Adolph Cascales; 1918–1975).
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Enrique Serrano Enrique Serrano (1891–1965) was an Argentine actor and comedian in the 1940s and 1950s.
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L'allenatore nel pallone L'allenatore nel pallone (also known as "Trainer on the Beach") is a 1984 Italian comedy film directed by Sergio Martino. The film was a box office success and achieved a large cult status in Italy, mainly thanks to the many cameo appearances by soccer players, coaches and journalists. The film had a sequel in 2008, "L'allenatore nel pallone 2".
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Oliver Postgate Richard Oliver Postgate (12 April 1925 – 8 December 2008) was an English animator, puppeteer and writer. He was the creator and writer of some of Britain's most popular children's television programmes. "Pingwings", "Pogles' Wood", "Noggin the Nog", "Ivor the Engine", "Clangers" and "Bagpuss", were all made by Smallfilms, the company he set up with Peter Firmin, and were shown on the BBC between the 1950s and the 1980s, and on ITV from 1959 to the present day. In a 1999 BBC poll "Bagpuss" was voted the most popular children's television programme of all time.
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Roderick Cook Roderick Cook (9 February 1932 – 17 August 1990) was an English playwright, writer, theatre director and actor of stage, television and film. Cook is known for creating, directing and starring in the musical review "Oh, Coward!" and portraying Count Von Strack in the Oscar-winning film "Amadeus".
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Robert Septimus Gardiner Sir Robert Septimus Gardiner (1856–1939) was a British businessman. The seventh son of the Rev. George Gregory Gardiner, and grandson of John Gardiner, he attended Grenoble University and was fluent in French, German and English. A successful businessman who served on the boards of many companies; his chief interests were in mining and securities. He also was interested in the arts: he was the composer of the "Lyric Polka", he became director and chairman of the board of the Alhambra Theatre.
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Orquesta Francini-Pontier Orquesta Francini-Pontier was an Orquesta típica formed in 1945 in Argentina by the violinist Enrique Mario Francini and the bandoneonist Armando Pontier. The orchestra played together until 1955 and was one of the leading tango orchestras of its day.
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Frederick Rosse Frederick Rosse (1867 – 20 June 1940) was an English composer of light music and operetta. After studying music in Germany and elsewhere, he began his career as a musical director at London theatres. He composed suites of incidental music for several plays, orchestral suites and songs. His "Doge's March" from his music for "The Merchant of Venice" was his most enduring piece.
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Music of Naples Naples has played an important and vibrant role over the centuries not just in the music of Italy, but in the general history of western European musical traditions. This influence extends from the early music conservatories in the 16th century through the music of Alessandro Scarlatti during the Baroque period and the comic operas of Pergolesi, Piccinni and, eventually, Rossini and Mozart. The vitality of Neapolitan popular music from the late 19th century has made such songs as "'O Sole mio" and "Funiculì Funiculà" a permanent part of our musical consciousness.
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Neville Marriner Sir Neville Marriner, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (15 April 1924 – 2 October 2016) was an English violinist who became "one of the world's greatest conductors". He founded the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, and his partnership with them is the most recorded of any orchestra and conductor.