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Harrison, Rex Carey was born on March 5, 1908 in Huyton, England. Son of William Reginald and Edith (Carey) Harrison.
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LEVEL 5 - READING FLUENTLY (yellow) At this level there will be a more sophisticated range of sentences, vocabulary and language features. Includes glossary and index. Rainforests are a fascinating nonfiction topic for children, and this book is an engaging introduction to all aspects of this amazing environment. Starting with the essential question, "What is a rainforest?" Kingfisher Readers L5: Rainforests by James Harrison covers the geography, climate, the diverse and colorful animal life, and the people and resources we find there. Throughout the text, more than three dozen challenging words are subtly introduced, and a glossary and index at the back help readers stretch their vocabulary. The amazing photography and artwork work seamlessly with the text to help independent readers build their fluency and their confidence with this interesting subject.
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First published in 1921, this is a record of a dynasty which arose in Ashanti in 1695, lasting until 1895, when it fell under the extension of British rule.
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It was their darkest hour . . . when the British captured Charleston, South Carolina and with it, the entire southern American Army. Patriots everywhere gave up, ready to accept defeat as the flame of liberty bent and flickered against the cold relentless winds of tyranny. Yet, there remained small bands of patriots—men and women—who would not quit. Without orders and without hope of reward, men like John Hamilton led eager volunteers throughout South Carolina bedeviling the enemy to keep alive the patriot cause. Herein lies my story of the fictional family of John and Rachel Hamilton of South Carolina, the colony where more battles were fought than any other of the original thirteen colonies. Rachel Hamilton opens our story at a moment in time when the outcome of our revolution was most in doubt. When the men left their homes to engage the enemy, their wives, sisters, and daughters were left alone to carry on the home duties of their men. Here these unsung heroes were exposed to risks that women living alone have always faced. Patriot women, indeed, endured much suffering during the years of the conflict between Great Britain and her American colonies, and more than a few didn’t live to see the victory they so longed for. The patriotic efforts of the women in this story were drawn from real events in the lives of women of that period as found in historical records. Even before the colonies declared their independence from Great Britain, patriot women were boycotting British goods, spying on the British, and delivering secret messages. With their men gone, women took their place on the farms and plantations to feed and clothe the militias and their own families. Only a few generations have passed since that time when battles were fought on the front lawns of homes, on farms, and in the streets of nearly every village, town, and city in America. The patriot blood of those who came before us flows through our veins, and that should give us pause to wonder: If we had lived alongside them, would we have done as well for freedom’s sake?
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Harrison, Rex Carey was born on March 5, 1908 in Huyton, England. Son of William Reginald and Edith (Carey) Harrison.
Degree, Liverpool College. Degree (honorary), Boston University.
Harrison went on the stage in 1924, and he always divided his time between theatre and movies. On the stage he played in French Without Tears, The Cocktail Party, Bell, Book and Candle, and Platonov as well as My Fair Lady. His first film was The Great Game (30. Jack Raymond), and he was in Leave It to Blanche (34, Harold Young); All at Sea (35, Anthony Kimmins); Men Are Not Gods (36, Walter Reisch); Stonn in a Teacup (37, Victor Sa\ille); St. Martin’s Lane (38, Tim Whelan); The Citadel (38, King Vidor); Over the Moon (39, Thornton Freeland); Ten Days in Paris (39, Whelan); Night Train to Munich (40, Carol Reed); and Major Barbara (40, Gabriel Pascal). Alter naval service, he made I Live in Grosvenor Square (45, Herbert Wilcox), Blithe Spirit (45, David Lean), and The Bake’s Progress (45, Sidney Gilliat).
Then he went to Hollywood to play opposite Irene Dunne in Anna and the King of Siam (46, John Cromwell). He stayed on for a ragbag of films: The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (47, Mankiewicz); The Foxes of Harrow (47, John M. Stahl); as the scheming conductor in UnfaithfulIy Yours (48, Preston Sturges)—one ol the lew films that made use of his grating charm; and Escape (48, Mankiewicz). In the 1950s he made whatever movies came along: The Four Poster (52, Irving Reis); Main Street to Broadway (53, Tay Garnett); as Saladin in King Richard and the Crusaders (54, David Butler); The Constant Husband (55, Gilliat); The Reluctant lDebutante (58, Vincente Minnelli); rather good as the villain in Midnight Lace (60, David Miller); and The Happy Thieves (62, George Marshall).
In his last years, he appeared in Crossed Swords (77, Fleischer); in India, trying to steal a great ruby in Shalimar (78, Krishna Shah); Ashanti (79. Fleischer); The Fifth Musketeer (79, Ken Annaldn); Time to Die (83, Matt Cimber); and Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna (86, Marvin J Chomsky).
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Stage debut, Liverpool (England) Repertory Theatre, 1924, with theatre, 1924-1927. Played Jack on tour with Charley's Aunt, 1927. London stage debut as Rankin in The Ninth Man, Prince of Wales Theatre, 1931.New York City stage debut as Tubbs Barrow in Sweet Aloes, Booth Theatre, 1936. Appeared in French Without Tears, at Criterion, 1936-1938. In Design For Living and No Time for Comedy, Haymarket Theatre, 1939-1941, Anne of the Thousand Days, Schubert Theatre, New York City, 1948-1949 (Antoinette Perry award for best actor), The Cocktail Party, New Theatre, London, 1950, Venus Observed, Century Theatre, New York City, 1952.As Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady, Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, 1956-1957 (Antoinette Perry award for best actor), and at Drury Lane London, 1958-1959. In touring company, 1981. In The Fighting Cock, Anta Theatre, New York City, 1959 Platonov, Royal Court, 1960 (Evening Standard award for best actor), August for the People, Edinburgh (Scotland) Festival, 1961 and Royal Court Theatre in the Lionele Touch, Lyric, 1969, Henry IV, Her Majesty's, 1974.In Perrichon's Travels, Chichester, 1976. Caesar and Cleopatro, New York City, 1977, and others. Played in and produced Bell, Book and Candle, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1951, and Phoenix Theatre, London, 1954, Aren't We All, 1985.Director, actor: Love of Four Colonels, Schubert Theatre, New York City, 1953. Producer: Nina, Haymarket Theatre, London, 1955. Film appearances include School for Scandal, 1930, The Gift Game, 1930, Leave It to Blanche, 1934, Get Your Man, 1934, All at Sea, 1935, Men Are Not Gods, 1936, Storm in a Teacup, 1937, School for Husbands, 1937, St. Martin's Lane, 1937, Sidewalks of London, 1938, The Citadel, 1938, Over the Moon, 1938, The Silent Battle, 1939, Ten Days in Paris, 1940, Night Train to Munich, 1940, Major Barbara, 1941, Blithe Spirit, 1944, I Live in Grosvenor Square, 1945, The Rake's Progress, 1945, Journey Together, 1946, Anna and the King of Siam, 1946, The Ghost and Mistress Muir, 1947, The Foxes of Harrow, 1947, Escape, 1948, Unfaithfully Yours, 1948, The Four Poster, 1952, King Richard and the Crusaders, 1954, The Constant Husband, 1955, The Reluctant Debutant, 1958, Midnight Lace, 1960, The Happy Thieves, 1961, Cleopatra, 1962, My Fair Lady, 1964 (Academy award for best actor), The Yellow Rolls Royce, 1964, The Agony and the Ecstasy, 1965, The Honey Pot, 1967, Doctor Doolittle, 1967, A Flea in Her Ear, 1968, Staircase, 1968, The Prince and the Pauper, 1978, Shalimar, 1978, Ashanti, 1979, Behind the Iron Mask, 1979, Ashanti, 1979, A Time to Die, 1982.Actor, associate producer: The Long Dark Hall, 1951. Television movies: Villa for Sale, 1938, Platonov, 1971, The Adventures of Don Quixote, 1973, Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love, 1974, The Kingfisher, 1983, Heartbreak House, 1986. (miniseries): Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna, 1986.Television appearanes: Your Show of Shows, 1950, Omnibus, 1952, The United States Steel Hour, 1953, Startime, 1960, Dow Hour of Great Mysteries, 1960 Author: Rex (autobiography), 1974, A Damned Serious Business, 1990.
Served with Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 1941-1945. Member of Players; Garrick, Beefstead, Green Room (London). Travelors (Paris).
Harrison had never escaped lightweight inadequacy in films before he played Caesar in Cleopatra (63, Joseph L. Mankiewicz). The fact that he found it easy to be detached from that decorous extravagance, and his no more testing transfer of Henry Higgins from stage to screen in My Fair Lady (64, George Cukor), made him an international star. The point was hammered home by his shameless self-enjovment in Doctor Dolittle (67, Richard Fleischer). Age had made him a little w'armer and heavier in personality, but he w'as still able to look like an inane, high-pitched Aguecheek: The Yellow Rolls-Royce (64, Anthony Asquith); The Agony and the Ecstasy (65, Carol Reed); The Honey Pot (67, Mankiewicz); and Staircase (69, Stanley Donen).
Married Marjorie Noel Collette Thomas, 1934 (divorced 1942). 1 child, Noel; married Lilli Palmer, 1943 (divorced 1957). 1 child, Carey; married Kay Kendall, 1957 (deceased December 1959).
Married Rachel Roberts, March 21, 1962 (divorced 1971). Married Elizabeth Rees Harris, 1971, (divorced 1975). Married Mercia Mildred Tinker, 1978.