Robert Penn Warren's 1946 American novel "All the King's Men" is the story of populist politician Willie Stark's rise to the position of governor and eventual fall, based on the career of the infamous Louisiana Senator and Governor Huey Long. It won the 1947 Pulitzer Prize and was twice made into a film in 1949 and 2006, the former winning the Academy Award for best motion picture. This was echoed in Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward's book "All the President's Men", about the Watergate scandal, referring to the failure of the President's staff to repair the damage once the scandal had leaked out.
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Humpty Dumpty | In film and literature
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Harry Relph, professionally known as Little Tich, was a English music hall comedian and dancer best known for acrobatic dance.
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Theatre Royal, Barnard's Music Hall, English music hall
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The first of the Drury Lane pantomimes in which Little Tich appeared was "Humpty Dumpty"
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It is a character in an English nursery rhyme, portrayed as an anthropomorphic egg.
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Humpty Dumpty has become a highly popular nursery rhyme character. American actor George L. Fox (1825–77) helped to popularise the character in nineteenth-century stage productions of pantomime versions, music, and rhyme. The character is also a common literary allusion, particularly to refer to a person in an insecure position, something that would be difficult to reconstruct once broken, or a short and fat person.
Humpty Dumpty | In popular culture
It was filmed as "All the President's Men" in 1976, starring Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman.
Humpty Dumpty | In film and literature
Humpty Dumpty is a character in an English nursery rhyme, probably originally a riddle and one of the best known in the English-speaking world. He is typically portrayed as an anthropomorphic egg, though he is not explicitly described as such. The first recorded versions of the rhyme date from late eighteenth-century England and the tune from 1870 in James William Elliott's "National Nursery Rhymes and Nursery Songs". Its origins are obscure, and several theories have been advanced to suggest original meanings. Humpty Dumpty was popularised in the United States on Broadway by actor George L. Fox in the pantomime musical Humpty Dumpty.
Humpty Dumpty | Introduction
The show ran from 1868 to 1869, for a total of 483 performances, becoming the longest-running Broadway show until it was passed in 1881. As a character and literary allusion, Humpty Dumpty has appeared or been referred to in many works of literature and popular culture, particularly English author Lewis Carroll's 1871 book "Through the Looking-Glass", in which he was described as an egg. The rhyme is listed in the Roud Folk Song Index as No. 13026.
Humpty Dumpty | Introduction
Humpty Dumpty is a fictional character from DC Comics. Unlike many of Batman's enemies, he is not deliberately malevolent, and is typically portrayed as comic relief.
Humpty Dumpty (comics) | Introduction
It was published in 1810 in a version of "Gammer Gurton's Garland". (Note: Original spelling variations left intact.) Humpty Dumpty sate on a wall, Humpti Dumpti had a great fall; Threescore men and threescore more, Cannot place Humpty dumpty as he was before.
Humpty Dumpty | Origins
Humpty Dumpty first appeared in the 2003 graphic novel "" and was created by Dan Slott and Ryan Sook.
Humpty Dumpty (comics) | Publication history
Shadlow is a trade consultant who accepts a Soviet trade contract and is accused of international espionage.
The Humpty Dumpty Man | Plot
The rhyme does not explicitly state that the subject is an egg, possibly because it may have been originally posed as a riddle. There are also various theories of an original "Humpty Dumpty". One, advanced by Katherine Elwes Thomas in 1930 and adopted by Robert Ripley, posits that Humpty Dumpty is King Richard III of England, depicted as humpbacked in Tudor histories and particularly in Shakespeare's play, and who was defeated, despite his armies, at Bosworth Field in 1485. "Punch" in 1842 suggested jocularly that the rhyme was a metaphor for the downfall of Cardinal Wolsey; just as Wolsey was not buried in his intended tomb, so Humpty Dumpty was not buried in his shell.
Humpty Dumpty | Meaning
The link was nevertheless popularised by a children's opera "All the King's Men" by Richard Rodney Bennett, first performed in 1969.
Humpty Dumpty | Meaning
Humpty Dumpty is a nursery rhyme and the name of its principal character. Humpty Dumpty may also refer to:
Humpty Dumpty (disambiguation) | Introduction
If we needed someone to bounce ideas off of, he was always there, and if we had a problem we were tackling, we'd get Guillermo on the red phone – our emergency phone – and ask him advice on what we should do with a certain character or scene. It was like having our own film school." Miller stated that del Toro was particularly involved in Humpty's character design. "Guillermo loved the dreamy quality of Humpty Dumpty. He suggested we push that further, make him more like da Vinci." It was del Toro's idea to make Humpty "an ingenious freak of nature" who builds contraptions such as a flying machine.
Puss in Boots (2011 film) | Production
Cinematographer F. Dobson was said to be "an adept at this kind of work".
The Humpty Dumpty Circus | Introduction
The Humpty Dumpty Man is a 1986 Australian film which was the first feature directed by P.J. Hogan. It was based on the David Combe affair.
The Humpty Dumpty Man | Introduction
Humphry Dumpler is a hulking man with an egg-shaped head who speaks in rhyme and has a compulsive desire to "repair" that which he considers to be broken. He is shown in flashback to have been the victim of inexplicable, almost supernaturally bad luck almost since birth, illustrated by countless tragedies through his life. Eventually, he became determined to understand the mechanics of the world around him in an attempt to see what made things go wrong for him and attempt to fix them. In his crimes, Humpty disassembles and reassembles mechanical devices that upset him in some way. The devices he "fixes" cause numerous accidents, such as a subway train derailing.
Humpty Dumpty (comics) | Fictional character biography
He is a model prisoner at Arkham Asylum and is given various small projects to pass the time, such as repairing a broken mirror or fixing Ventriloquist's Scarface dummy. He befriends the financial fraudster Warren White and saves his life from Death Rattle and Two-Face. In "Villains United" Humpty Dumpty joins Alexander Luthor Jr.'s Society. He is seen partaking in the attack upon the House of Secrets.
Humpty Dumpty (comics) | Fictional character biography
Humpty Dumpty is featured in the third book in the series, "ArchEnemy", as a character named Mutty P. Dumphy, described as "[a] diminutive hairy-cheeked man...[with] a single eyebrow...[and a head] which resembled the rounded point of a gwynook's egg..."
The Looking Glass Wars | Character references
Often seen moving about making a "bibbly" sound, hence his name. He likes to pull pranks, and sometimes annoys the others with them. Humpty (voiced by Tony Daniels): A big green egg with purplish hair and a white nose. He wears a burgundy coloured suit patterned with pink roses, a tie with a large H on it, and green boots. Humpty is playful and sometimes a bit mischievous, but he always goes out of his way to help his friends. When the gang start to feel scared or nervous, he often says "Pull yourself together." He is Dumpty's older brother.
Polka Dot Shorts | Characters
Humpty Dumpty has a knack of disassembling and reassembling different items.
Humpty Dumpty (comics) | Powers and abilities
It's always the same. Now if you had the two eyes on the same side of the nose, for instance—or the mouth at the top—that would be "some" help."
Humpty Dumpty | Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking-Glass"
Robert Penn Warren's 1946 American novel "All the King's Men" is the story of populist politician Willie Stark's rise to the position of governor and eventual fall, based on the career of the infamous Louisiana Senator and Governor Huey Long. It won the 1947 Pulitzer Prize and was twice made into a film in 1949 and 2006, the former winning the Academy Award for best motion picture. This was echoed in Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward's book "All the President's Men", about the Watergate scandal, referring to the failure of the President's staff to repair the damage once the scandal had leaked out.
Humpty Dumpty | In film and literature
The earliest known version was published in Samuel Arnold's "Juvenile Amusements" in 1797 with the lyrics: Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. Four-score Men and Four-score more, Could not make Humpty Dumpty where he was before. William Carey Richards (1818–1892) quoted the poem in 1843, commenting, "when we were five years old ... the following parallel lines... were propounded as a riddle ... Humpty-dumpty, reader, is the Dutch or something else for an egg". A manuscript addition to a copy of "Mother Goose's Melody" published in 1803 has the modern version with a different last line: "Could not set Humpty Dumpty up again".
Humpty Dumpty | Origins
Butch reappeared in direct-to-DVD movies such as "" and "Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes", alongside Droopy.
Butch (animated character) | Later appearances
Olympic Theatre, (8/31/1871 - 6/11/1872), George L. Fox (clown), named stage manager in 1866, performing. "Siege of Troy" Production : The "Siege of Troy" from the Trojan War performed.
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Likenesses of blemmyes are used as supports for misericords at Norwich Cathedral and Ripon Cathedral, from earlier local folklore. Writer Lewis Carroll is said to have invented characters based on objects in the Ripon church where his father served as canon, and in particular, the blemmyes here inspired his Humpty Dumpty character.
Headless men | In art
The film was made at Nettlefold Studios as a quota quickie for release by the Hollywood company. RKO Pictures. It was based on the play "Humpty-Dumpty" by Horace Annesley Vachell.
If I Were Rich | Production
Here is van Rooten's version of "Humpty Dumpty":
Mots d'Heures | Introduction
White then befriends Humpty Dumpty, a childlike murderer and savant, who arranges for White to become his cellmate just in time to head off Death Rattle's murder attempt.
Great White Shark (character) | Origin story
The Humpty Dumpty Circus was a short stop-motion film directed by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith, the Anglo-American founders of Vitagraph Studios. The film is considered lost. Albert E. Smith claimed in his 1952 book "Two reels and a crank": "I used my little daughter's set of wooden circus performers and animals, whose movable joints enabled us to place them in balanced positions. It was a tedious process inasmuch as the movement could be achieved only by photographing separately each change of position. I suggested we obtain a patent on the process; Blackton felt it wasn't important enough.
The Humpty Dumpty Circus | Introduction
"The Humpty Dumpty Circus" (1908, considered lost) by Blackton and his British-American Vitagraph partner Albert E. Smith showed an animated performance of the figures from a popular wooden toy set. Smith would later claim that this was "the first stop-motion picture in America". The inspiration would have come from seeing how puffs of smoke behaved in the interrupted recordings for a stop trick film they were making. Smith would have suggested to get a patent for the technique, but Blackton thought it wasn't that important. Smith's recollections are not considered to be very reliable.
Stop motion | J. Stuart Blackton
The World Wrestling Entertainment character Outback Jack–portrayed by Peter Stilsbury between 1986 and 1988–was billed as coming from Humpty Doo. The character was an outback bushman in the vein of Crocodile Dundee. More recently, Nev Sharp gained some prominence as a challenger to the UK's Paul Hunn's Guinness World Records-record of loudest burp.
Humpty Doo | Notable residents
The earliest known pantomime in the U.S. was "Robinson Crusoe" produced at St. John's Theatre, New York in 1786. "Humpty Dumpty", starring and co-written by George L. Fox, premiered at Olympic Theatre in New York in 1868; it was frequently revived and eventually played for over 1,200 performances, becoming one of the most successful American pantomimes.
American pantomime | History in America
Tommy Quickly is portrayed by British actor Andrew Gower in the 2020 independent short film "Humpty Fu*king Dumpty" which depicts Quckly's mental breakdown after his career failed. The film was written and directed by Stephen Walters and released on 8 May 2020 on their official website HumptyFilm.com.
Tommy Quickly | In popular culture
Pompey has appeared as a character in multiple modern works.
Pompey | In popular culture
In July 2014, on the announcement of the title of the episode, several media outlets incorrectly presumed that Krusty would die. The choice of character to die was deemed by some critics as anti-climactic due to Rabbi Krustofsky's minor role in the show, although other reviewers praised its conclusion to the relationship between Krusty and his father.
Clown in the Dumps | Introduction
Humpty Dumpty appears in Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking-Glass" (1871), a sequel to "Alice in Wonderland" from six years prior. Alice remarks that Humpty is "exactly like an egg," which Humpty finds to be "very provoking." Alice clarifies that she said he looks like an egg, not that he is one. They discuss semantics and pragmatics when Humpty Dumpty says, "my name means the shape I am," and later:"I don't know what you mean by 'glory,' " Alice said. Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. "Of course you don't—till I tell you. I meant 'there's a nice knock-down argument for you!'""But 'glory' doesn't mean 'a nice knock-down argument'," Alice objected."When "I" use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.""The question is," said Alice, "whether you "can" make words mean so many different things.""The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master—that's all."Alice was too much puzzled to say anything, so after a minute Humpty Dumpty began again: "They've a temper, some of them—particularly verbs, they're the proudest—adjectives you can do anything with, but not verbs—however, "I" can manage the whole lot! Impenetrability! That's what "I" say!"This passage was used in Britain by Lord Atkin in his dissenting judgement in the seminal case "Liversidge v.
Humpty Dumpty | Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking-Glass"
As a trouping comic stage actor in his youth, Chaney would have been acquainted with clown performers of lesser-known fame. In preparation for this film and "He Who Gets Slapped" Chaney also studied the clown makeup of circus performers and legendary 19th-century clown stage actors like Joseph Grimaldi and George L. Fox, the latter of Humpty Dumpty fame. The film was said to have been Chaney's favorite of all his roles. This film was Loretta Young's first major movie role, at the age of fourteen. In interviews near the end of her life, she expressed her gratitude toward Chaney for his kindness and guidance, and for protecting her from director Brenon's sometimes harsh treatment.
Laugh, Clown, Laugh | Cast
Many later roles in the theatre were well-known children's characters i.e. Humpty-Dumpty, Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk and Aladdin.
Violet Lloyd (actress) | Introduction
This plays an unexpectedly important role in the unfolding of subsequent events. Things are not quite what they seem, and coincidence plays a starring role here. His wife Julie quits her job and they run off together across Nevada, whilst Lydia, Jim's widow, discovers that her late husband's deal with Harmon was, contrary to what Al had sincerely believed, completely legitimate. Al is temporarily detained after Lydia threatens to sue him for fraud. Julie leaves him forever. In a moment of true serendipity Al starts a new relationship with his married real estate vendor, a vivacious, attractive "colored" woman by the name of Mrs.
Humpty Dumpty in Oakland | Plot summary
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Humpty Dumpty in Oakland | Plot summary
Colchester is a widely credited source of the rhyme Humpty Dumpty. During the siege of Colchester in the Civil War, a Royalist sniper known as One-Eyed Thompson sat in the belfry of the church of St Mary-at-the-Walls ("Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall") and was given the nickname Humpty Dumpty, most likely because of his size, "Humpty Dumpty" being a common insult for the overweight. Thompson was shot down ("Humpty Dumpty had a great fall") and, shortly after, the town was lost to the Parliamentarians ("all the king's horses and all the king's men / couldn't put Humpty together again.") Another version says that Humpty Dumpty was a cannon on the top of the church.
Colchester | In popular culture
Professor David Daube suggested in "The Oxford Magazine" of 16 February 1956 that Humpty Dumpty was a "tortoise" siege engine, an armoured frame, used unsuccessfully to approach the walls of the Parliamentary-held city of Gloucester in 1643 during the Siege of Gloucester in the English Civil War. This was on the basis of a contemporary account of the attack, but without evidence that the rhyme was connected. The theory was part of an anonymous series of articles on the origin of nursery rhymes and was widely acclaimed in academia, but it was derided by others as "ingenuity for ingenuity's sake" and declared to be a spoof.
Humpty Dumpty | Meaning
The public information films these characters appeared in were:
Joe and Petunia | Films
In the German translation of Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", Humpty Dumpty is called "Goggelmoggel". In the 1985 film of Doctor Aybolit from the Soviet Union, Doctor Aybolit nurses sick pirates and animals back to health by giving them kogel mogel. A similar sounding phrase, "Great Googly Moogly", an apparent euphemism for "Great God Almighty,", appears in a Howlin' Wolf song, "Goin' Down Slow", and in the work of Langston Hughes, and was later more generally popularized by Frank Zappa and Mr. Magoo.
Kogel mogel | Cultural references
The first instance was in the 28th season episode "The Nightmare After Krustmas", aired in December 2016, Rabbi Krustofsky appears when Krusty has a near-death experience while being baptized in icy water for his conversion to Christianity.
Clown in the Dumps | Production
This is a list of characters in the "Tom and Jerry" animated short series. Most of these characters did not appear in all of the movies.
List of Tom and Jerry characters | Introduction
Fox, the daughter of George Fox, a famous pantomime artist remembered for the show "Humpty Dumpty".
Daniel Sully | Life and career
For some years he appeared as the Dame in the annual pantomime at the Prince's Theatre in Bristol, playing the Dame in "Humpty Dumpty" (1906) and "Jack and the Beanstalk" (1911), the widow Mrs Tutt in the pantomime "Goody Two Shoes" (1915), Old Mother Hubbard in "Mother Hubbard" at Bristol (1922), and Mrs Tippett in "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" (1924).
Horace Mills | Pantomime
In October 2013, in a conference to promote the 25th season of the show, producer Al Jean said that a major character would die in this episode. He stated that the character would have appeared more than twice in the show, and be voiced by an Emmy Award-winning voice actor who won an Emmy for the role as the character. Later that month, following the death of Marcia Wallace, it was confirmed that it would not be her character, Edna Krabappel. Voice actor Hank Azaria, whose roles include Apu Nahasapeemapetilon and Moe Szyslak, stated that it would not be one of his characters.
Clown in the Dumps | Production
He has not been seen since.
List of Hollyoaks characters (2009) | Natty
Humpty Alexander Dumpty (voiced by Zach Galifianakis), in his childhood, was best friends with Puss and tried to find magic beans with him. However, their quest failed and Puss later became a revered hero in their hometown. Humpty grew jealous of Puss's fame and later tricked him into helping him rob a bank, thus branding Puss an outlaw. They were pursued by the authorities; Humpty was captured while Puss escaped. Seven years later, Humpty along with Kitty Softpaws convinced Puss to help him get magic beans from Jack and Jill to get the Golden Goose, but it was revealed that this was all a plot to just get Puss back home and arrested as revenge for abandoning him.
List of Shrek characters | Humpty Dumpty
He has been portrayed by the following actors in film, television and theater productions;
Thomas J. Dodd | In popular culture
Actors who have portrayed Mr. Dick in films and TV:
Mr. Dick | Portrayals
In film and television adaptations, the character has been played by Peter Paget (1934), Roland Young (1935), Colin Jeavons (1966), Ron Moody (1969), Martin Jarvis (1974), Paul Brightwell (1986), Nicholas Lyndhurst (1999), Frank MacCusker (2000) and Ben Whishaw (2018).
Uriah Heep | Film and television
A Humpty Dumpty Thing is the title of the 2007 solo album by Jim Bob, formerly of Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine. It was released on Cherry Red Records and included a free book. "The story is set in the not-too-distant future when all art is commissioned by the State. It's about a man chosen to write an 80,000-word novel or face a jail term. He's never written anything before and finds himself with instant writer's block."
A Humpty Dumpty Thing | Introduction
He is featured in the 2001 documentary film "Scratch".
Naut Humon | Biography
Anderson" (1942), where he protested about the distortion of a statute by the majority of the House of Lords. It also became a popular citation in United States legal opinions, appearing in 250 judicial decisions in the Westlaw database , including two Supreme Court cases ("TVA v. Hill" and "Zschernig v. Miller"). A. J. Larner suggested that Carroll's Humpty Dumpty had prosopagnosia on the basis of his description of his finding faces hard to recognise: "The face is what one goes by, generally," Alice remarked in a thoughtful tone. "That's just what I complain of," said Humpty Dumpty. "Your face is the same as everybody has—the two eyes,—" (marking their places in the air with his thumb) "nose in the middle, mouth under.
Humpty Dumpty | Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking-Glass"
Humpty Dumpty, also known as Mister D, is a giant egg who can blast away like a cannon, who fought in the Homelands version of the Battle of Colchester. This is a reference to the history of the nursery rhyme; "Humpty Dumpty" was originally the name of a big cannon used during this battle. Humpty attempted to escape the Golden Boughs again and again until he finally succeeded during the mass breakout orchestrated by Jack; only to get himself shattered when blasting several of Robin Page’s tigers. Since Humpty had promised to lead Jack to a hidden treasure, Jack took the Humpty Dumpty parts with him, and did the impossible by putting Humpty Dumpty back together again, using copious amounts of super glue.
List of Fables characters | Humpty Dumpty
At one point, Smoochy's resemblance to Barney is acknowledged when Randolph refers to him as "Bastard son of Barney" in the film's final act.
Anti-Barney humor | Film
The film has three main characters, one of them is Oswald. Oswald is substituted as the dancer for the street performer, after the original one is comically swallowed up by bubblegum. Another character is the street performer, he plays the barrel organ throughout the film, and also fights with Oswald near the end of the film. That fight results in a brick being thrown at the street performer's head,which makes him hallucinate and collapse at the end of the film. The other main character is the girl. She falls in love with Oswald and runs away with him at the end of the film.
Hurdy Gurdy (film) | Characters
Filmed on August 1-5, 1940, the film title is a play on "beautiful but dumb." This episode also marks the final appearance of long time regular, the late James Morton, who passed away one year later, in 1942. An adaptation of the oyster soup battle is featured in The Three Stooges video game, where players control Curly who attempts to pick up and eat as many crackers from the oyster soup as possible before the oysters do. Oysters occasionally fire soup at Curly. The gag was later performed by Moe in 1948's "Shivering Sherlocks" and Larry who fights the Lobster Gumbo in 1954's "Income Tax Sappy".
Dutiful But Dumb | Production notes
The gag also appears in the 1945 Abbott and Costello film, "Here Come the Co-Eds".
Dutiful But Dumb | Production notes
Actors who have portrayed Huckleberry Finn in films and TV include:
Huckleberry Finn | Portrayals
Only one of the shows was recorded onto acetate discs, which are now held at The British Library. During the 1950s and 1960s, he appeared in many sitcoms, including "Love and Kisses", "Arthur's Treasured Volumes" and "The Arthur Askey Show". He was the subject of "This Is Your Life" on two occasions, in December 1959 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews, and in December 1974, when Andrews, dressed as Humpty Dumpty, surprised him on a television show while discussing the art of pantomime.
Arthur Askey | Radio
The following is a list of films and other media in which Mickey Mouse has appeared.
List of Mickey Mouse films and appearances | Introduction
There is also the Mother Goose rhyme in which Humpty Dumpty falls and dies, because he is an egg that breaks and can not be re-built.
Death in children's literature | Early humor
It subsequently appeared in the 1950 movie "Ha'penny Breeze" and the 1993 TV series "Lovejoy", in which it was renamed "The Three Ducks".
Butt and Oyster | Introduction
Humpty Dumpty in Oakland is a realist, non-science fiction novel authored by Philip K. Dick. Originally completed in 1960, but rejected by prior publishers, this work was posthumously published by Gollancz in the United Kingdom in 1986. An American edition was published by Tor Books in 2007.
Humpty Dumpty in Oakland | Introduction
He developed jokes, catch-phrases and songs that were used by subsequent Clowns for decades after his retirement in 1828, and Clowns were generically called "Joey" for four generations after him. Clown became central to the transformation scene, crying "Here we are again!" and so opening the harlequinade. He then became the villain of the piece, playing elaborate, cartoonish practical jokes on policemen, soldiers, tradesmen and passers-by, tripping people with butter slides and crushing babies, with the assistance of his elderly accomplice, Pantaloon. The American George Fox, popularly known as G. L. Fox, became interested in pantomime and made Clown a popular character in the Humpty Dumpty story, with which he toured North America during the middle 19th century.
Harlequinade | Clown
It is listed in several movie databases and has been reviewed by the "New York Times".
Jean-Pierre Hallet | "Pygmies" (1973)
According to the artist, models for his work of art were: the Nautilus, Emma the steam locomotive, Lok 1414, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, vehicles from Mad Max films, Ben Hur's chariot, the Snow Queen's sleigh, the Sandman's vehicle and the time machine. Meese characterizes his bronze object as forward-looking: "The baby spaceship flies forward only, without a rear-view mirror, without a railing and without nostalgia, great, great, great."
Die Humpty-Dumpty-Maschine der totalen Zukunft | Creation
The longer version is the one most often seen today. The title echoes the film "A Yank at Oxford" (1938), of which it is a partial parody.
A Chump at Oxford | Introduction
In 2014, Parsons and Sexton produced a feature-length film about the Dumphy character, entitled "How To Be Deadly", following the 2012 success of a related 15-minute short film of the same title that screened at Cannes and the Toronto International Film Festival.
Donnie Dumphy | Film
Like the original film's Julius Kelp, Klump's vigorous, charismatic, but evil alter ego takes the name "Buddy Love". Murphy plays a total of seven characters in the film, including Sherman, most of Sherman's family (except for his nephew, Ernie Klump Jr. played by child actor Jamal Mixon). The film received positive reviews, with critics particularly praising the makeup and Murphy's performance. The film's success spawned a sequel, "", which was released in 2000.
The Nutty Professor (1996 film) | Introduction
Humpty Dumpty's final crime is to adjust the gears in a clock tower, causing one of its hands to fly off, provoking a chain reaction in which dozens of enormous signs crashed to the streets, killing dozens of people. When Batgirl tries to apprehend him, she dislocates her arms. Humpty promptly slips her arms back into their sockets and surrenders to her. Revealing that she had tracked him by his overdue library books, her sole question was why he had borrowed a book on human anatomy. Humpty takes her to his home to reveal he had dissected his abusive grandmother and sewn her back together with bootlace in an ill-thought attempt to "fix" her.
Humpty Dumpty (comics) | Fictional character biography
Sherman Klump appears in the third season "Robot Chicken" episode "Endless Breadsticks".
The Nutty Professor (character) | In other media
In October and November 1949 he appeared at the Palmer House Night Club, Chicago; in June 1951 he appeared at The Wedgwood Room, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, and between 22 December 1951 and 29 February 1952 he returned to the London Palladium for 109 performances in "Humpty Dumpty". In September 1952 he travelled to the Federation of Malaya to entertain British troops in a series of concert parties, before returning to the UK to appear in the "Royal Variety Performance" in November. He finished the year in South Africa, as Honourable Idle Jack in "Dick Whittington", which finished in January 1953; he considered the pantomime to be "so tatty and unrehearsed it was pathetic".
Terry-Thomas | Early post-war work: 1946–1955
"Timbuctoo" does not appear ever to have been shown on television in the UK, nor has it been made available commercially; however, unlike many quota quickie productions of the 1930s, the film has survived and is available to view by appointment at any of the Mediatheques run by the British Film Institute. Although the film is billed as a comedy, it contains a sequence of a hippopotamus being hunted and killed which some modern viewers have found extremely unpleasant and distressing.
Timbuctoo (film) | Availability
But later Humpty had a change of heart and helped Puss and Kitty tame The Great Terror. In the end, he sacrifices himself to save San Ricardo and falls from the bridge, upon which his shell is broken, revealing him to be a golden egg. In "Shrek Super Slam", he is known as Master Fu and is an unlockable character. In "Shrek 4-D", his grave can be seen in the cemetery. Puss In Boots mentions him in "".
List of Shrek characters | Humpty Dumpty
However, others quickly borrowed the technique, improving on it greatly." "The Moving Picture World - Volume 3" reviewed the 885 feet short in 1908: "It opens with a crowd of children leaving school and marching through the streets to the "Humpty Dumpty Circus." We see them crowd into the tent and at the end of each act they vociferously applaud the performers These are the little wooden toys that are familiar to all, and which are made to perform all the usual acrobatic stunts of the circus performer in a remarkably realistic manner. Some of the scenes are really comical and it is hard to believe that the elephants and donkeys are not alive." Followed by an explanation of how the photographer worked for several months on the negative.
The Humpty Dumpty Circus | Introduction
The following recurring characters were introduced in the various Tom and Jerry movies.
List of Tom and Jerry characters | Tom and Jerry movies
Upon Leno's release from the institution in October 1903, the press offered much welcoming commentary and speculated as to whether he would appear that year in the Drury Lane pantomime, scheduled to be "Humpty Dumpty". Concerned that Leno might suffer a relapse, Arthur Collins employed Marie Lloyd to take his place. By the time of rehearsals, however, Leno persuaded Collins that he was well enough to take part, and the cast was reshuffled to accommodate him. Leno appeared with success. Upon hearing his signature song, the audience reportedly gave him a standing ovation that lasted five minutes. He received a telegram from the King congratulating him on his performance.
Dan Leno | Last year and death
It is not the earliest known appearance by Russell, as he is shown in a film still of "A Thanksgiving Surprise".
John Halifax, Gentleman (1910 film) | Production
Monocle has a cameo appearance in the animated film "". He is seen during the famous speech by John F. Kennedy.
Monocle (character) | Film
"Take a Chance" started as a musical titled "Humpty Dumpty" written by DeSylva and Schwab, which flopped immediately during out-of town tryouts in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where it had opened on September 26, 1932. The musical was extensively rewritten, and composer Vincent Youmans was brought in to contribute to the score. After further tryouts in Philadelphia, Wilmington, Delaware, and Newark, New Jersey, the musical was renamed, and the book, music, and cast had changed, leaving only Ethel Merman. Composer Richard Whiting subsequently left the production.
Take a Chance (musical) | Background
The short is essentially a spot gag cartoon with nursery rhymes. The cartoon is narrated by Robert C. Bruce. The first nursery rhyme is Mary, Mary Quite Contrary as played by Katharine Hepburn. The narrator speaks the first line of the rhyme: ""Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary----how does your garden grow?"" to which Mary replies ""I'm terribly sorry, but confidentially, it stinks."" (a reference to a line from the 1938 comedy film "You Can't Take It with You" ). It is then revealed that the garden is full of litter and trash. The page turns to Humpty Dumpty. Humpty, like the rhyme says, falls off the wall and appears unharmed.
A Gander at Mother Goose | Plot
Although she attributes her looks to her cannibalism, the revelation does not stop Mr Li from continuing to have sex with her.
Dumplings (film) | Plot summary
This is the only film featuring both Gary Cooper and Cary Grant as the movie's leading men but they never appear together onscreen. However, in the following year's film version of "Alice in Wonderland", Grant played the Mock Turtle and Cooper played the White Knight, having their only movie scene together (of sorts) as the entire cast appears in the tea party scene (including W.C. Fields as Humpty Dumpty).
Devil and the Deep | Production
Lee can be seen in films, including "Lady of Burlesque", "Earl Carroll Vanities", "Pals of the Golden West", "South of Caliente", and "Blonde Ransom"; and Lee appeared on television shows, including Ed Sullivan's "Toast of the Town".
Pinky Lee | Movies
An abridged version known as "Humpty Dumpty" has been recorded by:
The Ballad of Persse O'Reilly | Recordings
Despite being disappointed with being wrong about a cow's appearance, he simply responds to this with a cheery "Not today, thank you." and closes the door in front of the camera, thus ending the animation.
Humdrum | Plot summary
Actors' names are given with the series in which they appeared.
List of Jeeves and Wooster characters | Actors
Herbie has been the central character of five theatrical-release films, a made-for-TV movie, and a short-lived television series.
Herbie | Appearance in media
Born in Binghamton, New York, Herbert "had many serious roles, and for years was seen on major vaudeville circuits as a pathetic old Hebrew." The advent of talking pictures brought stage-trained actors to Hollywood, and Hugh Herbert soon became a popular movie comedian. His screen character was usually absent-minded and flustered. He would flutter his fingers together and talk to himself, repeating the same phrases: "hoo-hoo-hoo, wonderful, wonderful, hoo hoo hoo!" So many imitators (including Curly Howard of The Three Stooges, Mickey Rooney as Andy Hardy and Etta Candy in the Wonder Woman comic book series) copied the catchphrase as "woo woo" that Herbert himself began to use "woo woo" rather than "hoo hoo" in the 1940s.
Hugh Herbert | Career
The article lists the characters from "Thomas & Friends". It only shows those which appeared in the films first.
List of Thomas &amp; Friends film characters | Introduction
It's a Gift is a 1934 comedy film starring W. C. Fields. It was Fields's sixteenth sound film, and his fifth in 1934 alone. It was directed by Norman McLeod, who had directed Fields in his cameo as Humpty Dumpty in "Alice in Wonderland" (1933). It concerns the trials and tribulations of a grocer as he battles a shrewish wife, an incompetent assistant, and assorted annoying children, customers, and salesmen. The film contains certain routines, reprised having been honed, that Fields had developed 1915–1925. Fields often tried to recapture on film original sketches that had been the basis of his stage success.
It's a Gift | Introduction
Like so many other performers of this period, it was standard practice for the actors to apply their own make-up. While assuming the dual role of Jekyll and Hyde, King Baggot employed a variety of different greasepaints and a tangled mass of crepe hair. Through the use of camera dissolves, Baggot was able to achieve the transformation. Critic Troy Howarth felt that "it gave him the chance to play a difficult dual role, but his performance has not aged well...his hunched over walk comes across as forced and ridiculous...evoking comparisons with Jerry Lewis'...performance as "The Nutty Professor"...with his unruly hair and prominent buckteeth".
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913 film) | Critique
She has also starred in "" (1991) and "Okoge" (1992).
Dump Matsumoto | Other media
Thought to have been lost, the film was found as a result of a 1992 British Film Institute campaign to locate missing movies.
The Constant Nymph (1928 film) | Preservation status
The movie's title matches that of the Russian translation of Warren's novel: "Вся королевская рать", literally "Whole King's Host". Just like in the source material, it's a line from the famous nursery rhyme "Humpty Dumpty", translated by Samuil Marshak.
All the King's Men (1971 film) | Title