Memories of neighbors and famed streets in history
Nearly every community recalls neighbors whose children rose to eminence. The essay notes Besancon and Bonn as streets with famed residents, mentioning Tristan Bernard, Charles Fourier, Victor Hugo, the Lumiere brothers, and Johann Peter Salomon, linking birthplace to later distinction and hinting at the Beethoven connection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Bonn
West Germany
Bourgasse
Johann Peter Salomon
London
Covent Garden Theatre
Beethoven
Bonn and London Echoes in Beethoven Era’s Rise
The account traces Bonn’s musical life from 1770 birth of Ludwig to Salomon’s 1786 Hanover Square concerts featuring Mozart and Haydn. It notes Ward’s London premieres, the 1774 Bach building, the Royal Philharmonic Society era, Haydn’s Creation, and Bonn’s cultural scene with Liszt and Waldstein, ending with Casanova’s entourage and travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beethoven
Salomon
Hanover Square
Mozart
Haydn
Salamon
Sancho Fanza
Dan Quixote
Boswell
Johnson
London Times
Hanover Street
Wardn
London
Johann Christian Bach
Johann Sebastian
Royal Philharmonic Society
Mendelssohn
Berlioz
Wagner
Bonn
Millenia
Cathedral Square
Franz Liszt
Ferdinand Waldstein
Giovanni Jacopo Casanova
Venice
Florence
Warsaw
Dux
Bohemia
Rhenish
Prussia
Lennon Sisters Recall Years of Fear Before Slaying
Two Lennon Sisters recount seven years of frightening letters and a tall stranger with odd eyes who shot their father William Lennon at a golf course on August 12 and then killed himself. Police tracked the suspect, Mervin Major alias Chet Young, to Sonora California, as the family sought safety with guards and FBI involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Lennon Sisters
William Lennon
Mervin Major
Chet Young
Major
Sonora
Calif
Lennon
ABC Studios
Jimmy Durante
Janet
Diane Lennon
FBI
Johnson
Peggy
Diane
Chet
Young
Movie Timetable for City Theaters and Drives-In
Capitiol shows Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid at 7:00 and 9:00 with a matinee at 2:00 on Fri Sat Sun. Palace screens House of Cards at 2:00 and 7:15 and The Good Guys and the Bad Guys at 2:00 and 7:20. Other venues list Alice's Restaurant, Easy Rider matinee, Grand Prix and The Dirty Dozen at Berkshire Drive-In, 7:00 shows at Pittsfield Drive-In, Journey to the Far Side of the Sun and Eye of the Cat at Courys Drive-In, and multiple screenings at West Springfield and Cinema complexes including De Sade and Take the Money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butch and the Kid
Turton
Paul Newman
Robert Redford
Katharine Ross
Butch Cassidy
the Sundance Kid
Ebresday
Capitol
Palace
Alice’s
Matinee Wed
Paris
Easy Rider
Matinee Sun
Berkshire
Coury
West Springfield
de Sade
Area Movie Festival Promoters Plan Year Round Film Center
Promoters David Silverstein and David Epstein aim to establish a Berkshire film center by expanding last summer's Berkshire Playhouse festival in Stockbridge into a weekly winter series at the heated Berkshire Playhouse. Subscribers will vote by ballot for five of ten showings, starting with The Blue Angel on Nov 14 15, with future titles including A Strada Breathless The Red Desert and Nights of Cabiria. They envision annual festivals and support from area residents to attract young filmmakers to the region between Boston and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire Playhouse
Stockbridge
David Silverstein
David Epstein
Hickory Film Club
Josef von Sternberg
The
Marlene Dietrich
Felini
Anthony Quinn
Breathless
Jan Luc Godard
Jean Paul Belmondo
Antonioni
Berkshire
Boston
New York
Silverstein
Lenox
Epstein
Pittsfield
Channel 2
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Saloman
Pineview
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All New
Perry
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Dirty Piz
Molday
O. Anters Restaurant
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Golden Agers
George Inger
Orson Peppard Stevens Welles
Roe Walt Mace
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By Bob Thomas
Colorado
ABC
Welk
Dad
Mom
San Fernando
Kathy
Pittsfield Drive-In
Deborah
Richard Schickel
Parogo Company i
Payseat Productions
Peter Fonda
Dennis Hopper
Lanesboro, Mass
Film Center
Jamaica Inn
Wat
Magan Theatr
Dalton
Carro) Baker
Sahara
Frorue Pert
Ey Stee
Teteen
United Artists
the Eagle Daily
Gary Cooper
Audrey Hepburn
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