Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Free
Faster access than browser!
 

Paul Gallico

Index Paul Gallico

Paul William Gallico (July 26, 1897 – July 15, 1976) was an American novelist, short story and sports writer. [1]

91 relations: A Fire in the Sky, A Night to Remember (1958 film), Academy Awards, Ainslie Pryor, Airport (1970 film), Angela Lansbury, Anime, Antibes, Assignment – Paris!, Beyond the Poseidon Adventure, Bobby Jones (golfer), Boggart, Borzoi, Camel (band), Carl Van Vechten, Carnival!, Caveman, Charwoman, Columbia University, Danny Kaye, Devon, Disaster film, Dissociative identity disorder, Dizzy Dean, Dodie Smith, Dunkirk evacuation, England, Essex, Europe, Fredric Brown, Gary Cooper, Golden Gloves, Grand Hotel (novel), Harry Potter, House of Habsburg, Irwin Allen, J. K. Rowling, Jack Dempsey, Knock on Wood (film), Lady in the Dark, Liechtenstein, Lili, Lou Gehrig, Manxmouse, Matilda (1978 film), Molly Ivins, Monaco, Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris, MV Princess Victoria, Nazism, ..., New York (magazine), New York City, New York Daily News, Nickelodeon, Nippon Animation, O. Henry Award, Ocean liner, Proofreading, Reader's Digest, Report from Practically Nowhere, Salcombe, Senegal, Sentimentality, Short story, Soviet Union, Sports journalism, Television, Teresa Wright, The Adventures of Hiram Holliday, The High and the Mighty (film), The Hundred and One Dalmatians, The New York Times, The Poseidon Adventure (1972 film), The Poseidon Adventure (novel), The Pride of the Yankees, The Saturday Evening Post, The Snow Goose (album), The Snow Goose: A Story of Dunkirk, The Three Faces of Eve, The Three Lives of Thomasina, The Zoo Gang, Thomas Kinkade, Thomasina, the Cat Who Thought She Was God, Titanic (1953 film), Ventriloquism, Vicki Baum, Viktor Vasnetsov, Vincent Canby, Wally Cox, What Mad Universe, World War II. Expand index (41 more) »

A Fire in the Sky

A Fire in the Sky is a made-for-television disaster movie that debuted on NBC on November 26, 1978.

New!!: Paul Gallico and A Fire in the Sky · See more »

A Night to Remember (1958 film)

A Night to Remember is a 1958 British drama film adaptation of Walter Lord's 1955 book, which recounts the final night of the.

New!!: Paul Gallico and A Night to Remember (1958 film) · See more »

Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, are a set of 24 awards for artistic and technical merit in the American film industry, given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Academy Awards · See more »

Ainslie Pryor

Ainslie Pryor (February 21, 1921 – May 27, 1958) was an American actor.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Ainslie Pryor · See more »

Airport (1970 film)

Airport is a 1970 American disaster-drama film starring Burt Lancaster and Dean Martin, directed and written by George Seaton, and based on Arthur Hailey's 1968 novel of the same name.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Airport (1970 film) · See more »

Angela Lansbury

Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury, (born 16 October 1925) is an English-American-Irish actress who has appeared in theatre, television, and film, as well as a producer and singer.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Angela Lansbury · See more »

Anime

Anime is a style of hand-drawn and computer animation originating in, and commonly associated with, Japan.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Anime · See more »

Antibes

Antibes (Provençal Occitan: Antíbol) is a Mediterranean resort in the Alpes-Maritimes department of southeastern France, on the Côte d'Azur between Cannes and Nice.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Antibes · See more »

Assignment – Paris!

Assignment – Paris! is a 1952 Cold War film noir starring Dana Andrews and Audrey Totter.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Assignment – Paris! · See more »

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure is a 1979 American action-adventure disaster film and a sequel to The Poseidon Adventure (1972) directed by Irwin Allen and starring Michael Caine and Sally Field.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Beyond the Poseidon Adventure · See more »

Bobby Jones (golfer)

Robert Tyre Jones Jr. (March 17, 1902 – December 18, 1971) was an American amateur golfer who was one of the most influential figures in the history of the sport; he was also a lawyer by profession.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Bobby Jones (golfer) · See more »

Boggart

Boggart is one of numerous related terms used in English folklore for either a household spirit or a malevolent genius loci inhabiting fields, marshes or other topographical features.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Boggart · See more »

Borzoi

The borzoi (literally "fast"), also called the Russian wolfhound (Ру́сская псовая борзая), is a breed of domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris).

New!!: Paul Gallico and Borzoi · See more »

Camel (band)

Camel are an English progressive rock band formed in 1971.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Camel (band) · See more »

Carl Van Vechten

Carl Van Vechten (June 17, 1880 – December 21, 1964) was an American writer and artistic photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the literary executor of Gertrude Stein.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Carl Van Vechten · See more »

Carnival!

Carnival! is a musical, originally produced by David Merrick on Broadway in 1961, with the book by Michael Stewart and music and lyrics by Bob Merrill.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Carnival! · See more »

Caveman

A caveman is a stock character representative of primitive man in the Paleolithic.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Caveman · See more »

Charwoman

A charwoman, charlady, chargirl or just char is an English cleaning woman who can be employed in houses, shops and/or office buildings.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Charwoman · See more »

Columbia University

Columbia University (Columbia; officially Columbia University in the City of New York), established in 1754, is a private Ivy League research university in Upper Manhattan, New York City.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Columbia University · See more »

Danny Kaye

Danny Kaye (born David Daniel Kaminsky; January 18, 1911 – March 3, 1987) was an American actor, singer, dancer, comedian and musician.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Danny Kaye · See more »

Devon

Devon, also known as Devonshire, which was formerly its common and official name, is a county of England, reaching from the Bristol Channel in the north to the English Channel in the south.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Devon · See more »

Disaster film

A disaster film or disaster movie is a film genre that has an impending or ongoing disaster as its subject and primary plot device.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Disaster film · See more »

Dissociative identity disorder

Dissociative identity disorder (DID), also known as multiple personality disorder, is a mental disorder characterized by at least two distinct and relatively enduring personality states.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Dissociative identity disorder · See more »

Dizzy Dean

Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean (January 16, 1910 – July 17, 1974), also known as Jerome Herman Dean, was an American professional baseball player.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Dizzy Dean · See more »

Dodie Smith

Dorothy Gladys "Dodie" Smith (3 May 1896 – 24 November 1990) was an English children's novelist and playwright, known best for the novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians (1956).

New!!: Paul Gallico and Dodie Smith · See more »

Dunkirk evacuation

The Dunkirk evacuation, code-named Operation Dynamo, and also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, was the evacuation of Allied soldiers during World War II from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, in the north of France, between 26 May and 4 June 1940.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Dunkirk evacuation · See more »

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

New!!: Paul Gallico and England · See more »

Essex

Essex is a county in the East of England.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Essex · See more »

Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Europe · See more »

Fredric Brown

Fredric Brown (October 29, 1906 – March 11, 1972) was an American science fiction and mystery writer.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Fredric Brown · See more »

Gary Cooper

Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper; May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was an American film actor known for his natural, authentic, and understated acting style and screen performances.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Gary Cooper · See more »

Golden Gloves

The Golden Gloves is the name given to annual competitions for amateur boxing in the United States, where a small pair of are awarded.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Golden Gloves · See more »

Grand Hotel (novel)

Grand Hotel (original German Menschen im Hotel, "People at a Hotel") is a 1929 novel by Vicki Baum, which was the basis for the film Grand Hotel.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Grand Hotel (novel) · See more »

Harry Potter

Harry Potter is a series of fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Harry Potter · See more »

House of Habsburg

The House of Habsburg (traditionally spelled Hapsburg in English), also called House of Austria was one of the most influential and distinguished royal houses of Europe.

New!!: Paul Gallico and House of Habsburg · See more »

Irwin Allen

Irwin Allen (June 12, 1916 – November 2, 1991) was an American television, documentary and film director and producer with a varied career who became known as the "Master of Disaster" for his work in the disaster film genre.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Irwin Allen · See more »

J. K. Rowling

Joanne Rowling, ("rolling";Rowling, J.K. (16 February 2007).. Accio Quote (accio-quote.org). Retrieved 28 April 2008. born 31 July 1965), writing under the pen names J. K. Rowling and Robert Galbraith, is a British novelist, philanthropist, film and television producer and screenwriter best known for writing the Harry Potter fantasy series.

New!!: Paul Gallico and J. K. Rowling · See more »

Jack Dempsey

William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey (June 24, 1895 – May 31, 1983), nicknamed "Kid Blackie" and "The Manassa Mauler", was an American professional boxer who competed from 1914 to 1927, and reigned as the world heavyweight champion from 1919 to 1926.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Jack Dempsey · See more »

Knock on Wood (film)

Knock on Wood is a 1954 comedy starring Danny Kaye and Mai Zetterling.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Knock on Wood (film) · See more »

Lady in the Dark

Lady in the Dark is a musical with music by Kurt Weill, lyrics by Ira Gershwin and book and direction by Moss Hart.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Lady in the Dark · See more »

Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein, officially the Principality of Liechtenstein (Fürstentum Liechtenstein), is a doubly landlocked German-speaking microstate in Central Europe.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Liechtenstein · See more »

Lili

Lili is a 1953 American film released by MGM.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Lili · See more »

Lou Gehrig

Henry Louis Gehrig, born Heinrich Ludwig Gehrig (June 19, 1903June 2, 1941), nicknamed "the Iron Horse", was an American baseball first baseman who played his entire professional career (17 seasons) in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, from 1923 until 1939.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Lou Gehrig · See more »

Manxmouse

Manxmouse: The Mouse Who Knew No Fear is a 1968 children's novel by Paul Gallico.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Manxmouse · See more »

Matilda (1978 film)

Matilda is a 1978 American comedy film directed by Daniel Mann and starring Elliott Gould, Robert Mitchum and Lionel Stander.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Matilda (1978 film) · See more »

Molly Ivins

Mary Tyler "Molly" Ivins (August 30, 1944 – January 31, 2007) was an American newspaper columnist, author, political commentator, and humorist.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Molly Ivins · See more »

Monaco

Monaco, officially the Principality of Monaco (Principauté de Monaco), is a sovereign city-state, country and microstate on the French Riviera in Western Europe.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Monaco · See more »

Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris

Mrs.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris · See more »

MV Princess Victoria

MV Princess Victoria was one of the earliest roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) ferries.

New!!: Paul Gallico and MV Princess Victoria · See more »

Nazism

National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus), more commonly known as Nazism, is the ideology and practices associated with the Nazi Party – officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP) – in Nazi Germany, and of other far-right groups with similar aims.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Nazism · See more »

New York (magazine)

New York is an American biweekly magazine concerned with life, culture, politics, and style generally, and with a particular emphasis on New York City.

New!!: Paul Gallico and New York (magazine) · See more »

New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

New!!: Paul Gallico and New York City · See more »

New York Daily News

The New York Daily News, officially titled Daily News, is an American newspaper based in New York City.

New!!: Paul Gallico and New York Daily News · See more »

Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon (often shortened to Nick) is an American basic cable and satellite television network launched on December 1, 1977 as the first cable channel for children.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Nickelodeon · See more »

Nippon Animation

is a Japanese animation studio.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Nippon Animation · See more »

O. Henry Award

The O. Henry Award is an annual American award given to short stories of exceptional merit.

New!!: Paul Gallico and O. Henry Award · See more »

Ocean liner

An ocean liner is a passenger ship primarily used as a form of transportation across seas or oceans.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Ocean liner · See more »

Proofreading

Proofreading is the reading of a galley proof or an electronic copy of a publication to detect and correct production errors of text or art.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Proofreading · See more »

Reader's Digest

Reader's Digest is an American general-interest family magazine, published ten times a year.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Reader's Digest · See more »

Report from Practically Nowhere

Report from Practically Nowhere is a 1959 humorous travelogue by American journalist John Sack, illustrated by Shel Silverstein.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Report from Practically Nowhere · See more »

Salcombe

Salcombe is a popular resort town in the South Hams district of Devon, south west England.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Salcombe · See more »

Senegal

Senegal (Sénégal), officially the Republic of Senegal, is a country in West Africa.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Senegal · See more »

Sentimentality

Sentimentality originally indicated the reliance on feelings as a guide to truth, but current usage defines it as an appeal to shallow, uncomplicated emotions at the expense of reason.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Sentimentality · See more »

Short story

A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a "single effect" or mood, however there are many exceptions to this.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Short story · See more »

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Soviet Union · See more »

Sports journalism

Sports journalism is a form of writing that reports on sporting topics and competitions.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Sports journalism · See more »

Television

Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium used for transmitting moving images in monochrome (black and white), or in colour, and in two or three dimensions and sound.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Television · See more »

Teresa Wright

Muriel Teresa Wright (October 27, 1918 – March 6, 2005) was an American actress.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Teresa Wright · See more »

The Adventures of Hiram Holliday

The Adventures of Hiram Holliday is an American adventure sitcom that aired on NBC from October 3, 1956 to February 27, 1957.

New!!: Paul Gallico and The Adventures of Hiram Holliday · See more »

The High and the Mighty (film)

The High and the Mighty is a 1954 WarnerColor American disaster film in CinemaScope directed by William A. Wellman and written by Ernest K. Gann who also wrote the 1953 novel on which his screenplay was based.

New!!: Paul Gallico and The High and the Mighty (film) · See more »

The Hundred and One Dalmatians

The Hundred and One Dalmatians, or the Great Dog Robbery is a 1956 children's novel by Dodie Smith about the kidnapping of a family of 101 Dalmatian dogs.

New!!: Paul Gallico and The Hundred and One Dalmatians · See more »

The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

New!!: Paul Gallico and The New York Times · See more »

The Poseidon Adventure (1972 film)

The Poseidon Adventure is a 1972 American disaster film directed by Ronald Neame, produced by Irwin Allen, and based on Paul Gallico's eponymous 1969 novel.

New!!: Paul Gallico and The Poseidon Adventure (1972 film) · See more »

The Poseidon Adventure (novel)

The Poseidon Adventure is an American adventure novel by Paul Gallico, published in 1969.

New!!: Paul Gallico and The Poseidon Adventure (novel) · See more »

The Pride of the Yankees

The Pride of the Yankees is a 1942 American film produced by Samuel Goldwyn, directed by Sam Wood, and starring Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, and Walter Brennan.

New!!: Paul Gallico and The Pride of the Yankees · See more »

The Saturday Evening Post

The Saturday Evening Post is an American magazine published six times a year.

New!!: Paul Gallico and The Saturday Evening Post · See more »

The Snow Goose (album)

The Snow Goose is the third studio album by the band Camel, released in 1975.

New!!: Paul Gallico and The Snow Goose (album) · See more »

The Snow Goose: A Story of Dunkirk

The Snow Goose: A Story of Dunkirk is a novella by the American author Paul Gallico.

New!!: Paul Gallico and The Snow Goose: A Story of Dunkirk · See more »

The Three Faces of Eve

The Three Faces of Eve is a 1957 American mystery drama film presented in CinemaScope, based on a book by psychiatrists Corbett H. Thigpen and Hervey M. Cleckley, who also helped write the screenplay.

New!!: Paul Gallico and The Three Faces of Eve · See more »

The Three Lives of Thomasina

The Three Lives of Thomasina is a 1963 American-British fantasy film starring Patrick McGoohan, Susan Hampshire, child actor Matthew Garber and child actress Karen Dotrice in a story about a cat and her influence on a family.

New!!: Paul Gallico and The Three Lives of Thomasina · See more »

The Zoo Gang

The Zoo Gang was a 1974 ITC Entertainment drama series that ran for six one-hour colour episodes, based on the 1971 book of the same name by Paul Gallico.

New!!: Paul Gallico and The Zoo Gang · See more »

Thomas Kinkade

William Thomas Kinkade III (January 19, 1958 – April 6, 2012) was an American painter of popular realistic, pastoral, and idyllic subjects.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Thomas Kinkade · See more »

Thomasina, the Cat Who Thought She Was God

Thomasina, the Cat Who Thought She Was God or Thomasina is a 1957 novel by Paul Gallico about a cat who is owned by a child whose father is very strict and needs to understand about how love is powerful enough to help others.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Thomasina, the Cat Who Thought She Was God · See more »

Titanic (1953 film)

Titanic is a 1953 American drama film directed by Jean Negulesco.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Titanic (1953 film) · See more »

Ventriloquism

Ventriloquism, or ventriloquy, is an act of stagecraft in which a person (a ventriloquist) changes his or her voice so that it appears that the voice is coming from elsewhere, usually a puppeteered "dummy".

New!!: Paul Gallico and Ventriloquism · See more »

Vicki Baum

Hedwig (Vicki) Baum (ויקי באום; January 24, 1888 – August 29, 1960) was an Austrian writer.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Vicki Baum · See more »

Viktor Vasnetsov

Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov (Ви́ктор Миха́йлович Васнецо́в; May 15 (N.S.), 1848 – July 23, 1926) was a Russian artist who specialized in mythological and historical subjects.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Viktor Vasnetsov · See more »

Vincent Canby

Vincent Canby (July 27, 1924 – October 15, 2000) was an American film and theatre critic who served as the chief film critic for The New York Times from 1969 until the early 1990s, then its chief theatre critic from 1994 until his death in 2000.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Vincent Canby · See more »

Wally Cox

Wallace Maynard Cox (December 6, 1924 – February 15, 1973) was an American actor and comedian, particularly associated with the early years of television in the United States.

New!!: Paul Gallico and Wally Cox · See more »

What Mad Universe

What Mad Universe is a science fiction novel, written in 1949 by the American author Fredric Brown.

New!!: Paul Gallico and What Mad Universe · See more »

World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

New!!: Paul Gallico and World War II · See more »

Redirects here:

Ludmila: A Legend of Liechtenstein, Silent Miaow, The Silent Miaow.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Gallico

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »