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Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland and UN high commissioner for human rights, on the crisis in Darfur and what steps must be taken to prevent further civilian deaths. |
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Mary Robinson shares some thoughts about rights, globalization and the importance of listening to the grassroots "fire from below". |
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On Nov. 1, 2006, at Adelphi, MD, the former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinon, gave a lecture. She focused some of her remarks on the desperate human rights situation in Darfur. Her talk was sponsored by the U. of Maryland University College's Speakers Series. Ms. Robinson is a native of Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland |
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"Human Rights and Institutions"
Prof. Mary Robinson
Conceptual Foundations of International Politics
Columbia University
November 12 2007 |
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Mary Robinson
Climate Change and Justice
Barbara Ward Lecture
Chatham House, London
11 December 2006
Mary Robinson, a former President of Ireland and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, calls for policymakers to adopt an approach to climate change that is rooted in the international human rights framework.
"We can no longer think of climate change as an issue where we the rich give charity to the poor to help them cope. Rather, this has now become an issue of global injustice that will need a radically different approach."
"Climate change has already begun to affect the fulfilment of human rights, and our shared human rights framework entitles and empowers developing countries and impoverished communities to claim protection of these rights."
http://www.iied.org/ |
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Mary Robinson speaking at the launch of the World Disaster Reduction Campaign 2008-2009: 'Hospitals Safe from Disasters', 25 January 2008 |
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The Human Development Report 2007/2008 warns that the world has less than a decade to avoid a climate change crisis that could bring unprecedented reversals in poverty reduction, nutrition, health and education to the world's poorest people.
Mary Robinso, Former High Commissioner for Human Rights says that Climate change is a Human Rights issue. |
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Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, speaks on behalf of the Elders about the power of the individual to effect change as well as the power of technology to help do so. |
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Elder Mary Robinson announces The Elders at their founding event in Johannesburg, South Africa on July 18th, 2007. |
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Mary Robinson, Former UN Commissioner for Human Rights, who was in Ghana as part of the UN Global Compact Conference, speaks in an exclusive interview on mining and human rights. |
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Redwood City, California. 2008. Mary Robinson participated in the Global Philanthropy Forum panel titled 'Women, Children and Conflict', describing some of the stories she heard from brave and incredible women on a recent trip to Eastern Chad. She talked about how many women who have been affected by conflict are building strength by linking up to find more effective solutions to address gender based violence, poverty, and gaps in opportunity.
"Through conversations among elders and emerging leaders, donors and social investors gather at the Global Philanthropy Forum's 7th Annual Conference to build alliances and spread the ideas necessary to promote human rights, advance global health, manage natural resources, spread economic opportunity and stop mass atrocities."
You can see more videos from the GPF at: http://www.philanthropyforum.org/forum/2008_Videos.asp?SnID=1001970096 |
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Former Irish President Mary Robinson calls on the United States to renew its commitment to multilateralism and respect for international human rights law to meet the challenges of the globalizing world in this address to the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice at the University of San Diego. Series: "Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice Distinguished Lecture Series" [4/2005] [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 9282] |
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Artists from the Pro Arts East Bay Open Studios (EBOS) talk about their life and art at the Pro Arts Gallery, May 5, 2007. See many more EBOS artists on the Pro Arts YouTube channel:
http://youtube.com/group/ProArts
Pro Arts website at: http://proartsgallery.org
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Mary Robinson, former UNHCHR - "an idea whose time has come"
Jeremy Gilley is an actor turned film maker, who in the late 1990's became preoccupied with questions about the fundamental nature of humanity and the issue of peace. He decided to explore these through the medium of film, and specifically, to create a documentary following his campaign to establish a day of ceasefire and non-violence.
In 1999, Jeremy founded Peace One Day, a non-profit organisation, and in 2001 Peace One Day's efforts were rewarded when the United Nations unanimously adopted the first-ever day of global ceasefire and non-violence on 21 September annually - Peace Day.
In 2007 according to the UN, over 100 million people were active on Peace Day, in 192 countries. There were life-saving initiatives in 14 countries, and over 80 activities in Afghanistan alone where 1.4 million children were vaccinated against polio.
WHAT WILL YOU DO TO MAKE PEACE
ON 21 SEPTEMBER?
Make your commitment now at
www.peaceoneday.org |
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We consider whether the most powerful global advocate for human rights -- the U.N. has been hijacked and silenced by those who should be its targets.
We talk to HR Commisioner, Mary Robinson about her deep frustration with the world body. "They appoint their own diplomats who aren't experts at all except in keeping states protected from human rights allegations". International human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson dismisses the Commission with contempt; "It is rife with politicking and has been a disastrous failure over the years because the worst human rights violators have got the numbers". The governing body of the HRC includes well-known violators like China, Libya, Syria and Sudan. China routinely uses its political and economic clout to manipulate voting and deflect criticism. Rwanda managed to gain a Place on the Commission's governing body shortly before the genocide commenced. In the most telling condemnation of all, Mary Robinson is switching from UN high commissioner to the non -- government sector for the victim's sake. |
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November 4, 2005
fmr Pres. Mary Robinson of Ireland, Joe Scarborough, John Waters, fmr. Sen. Tom Daschle, Dr. Sanjay Gupta |
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Mary Robinson talks about her vision for the planet. |
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bro'Town is New Zealand's first primetime animated show.
Since hitting the screens on New Zealand's TV3 in September 2004, bro'Town has become a phenomenon! It has gathered thousands of local and international fans, won multiple awards and received impressive critical acclaim.
With three series already completed, the Firehorse Films team is currently hard at work on Series 4!
The bro'Town Series 3 DVD is now available for purchase from our website.
www.brotown.co.nz
Check out our myspace and become our friend - www.myspace.com/bro_town |
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"Σήμερα κατανοούμε την φτώχεια ως στέρηση των βασικών ανθρωπίνων αναγκών, στις οποίες συμπεριλαμβάνονται η τροφή, το ασφαλές πόσιμο νερό, οι παροχές υγιεινής, η φροντίδα υγείας, η στέγη, η εκπαίδευση και η πληροφόρηση. Επίσης χαρακτηρίζεται από συνθήκες ανασφάλειας στο περιβάλλον, κοινωνικές διακρίσεις και αποκλεισμό, από την έλλειψη συμμετοχής στα κέντρα λήψης αποφάσεων και από την πολιτική, κοινωνική και πολιτιστική ζωή. Η ακραία φτώχεια για μένα αποτελεί την μεγαλύτερη άρνηση εφαρμογής των ανθρωπίνων δικαιωμάτων."
Mary Robinson
Πρώην Ύπατη Αρμοστής του ΟΗΕ για τα Ανθρώπινα Δικαιώματα
"Poverty is widely understood today as a deprivation of basic human needs, including food, safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, health care, shelter, education and information. It is also characterized by unsafe environments and social discrimination and exclusion, by lack of participation in decision-making and in civil, social and cultural life. Εxtreme poverty to me is the greatest denial of the exercise of human rights."
Mary Robinson
Former UN High Commissioner on Human Rights
Centre for Research and Action on Peace (KEDE)
Greek Women's NGO
TEL +302108011842
FAX +302102015920
EMAIL kedewinpeace@gmail.com
WEBSITE www.kede.org |
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Wells came to Motown with the intention of getting a song to Jackie Wilson, but Motown founder Berry Gordy Jr. had other ideas. Instead, Gordy brought her into the studio to record her composition, "Bye Bye Baby." In subsequent releases, songwriter William "Smokey" Robinson emphasized her sultry side. Wells was Motown's first star and toured with the Beatles. Although she left the company at age 21 to pursue a career at 20th Century Fox, Mary Wells never surpassed her output at Motown. She died in 1992. Featured song: "You Beat Me to the Punch" by William "Smokey" Robinson. |
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Music video by Mary J. Blige performing Not Today: No Movie Footage Version
with Chris Robinson, Haley Moffett
(C) 2003 Geffen Records |
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Music video by Mary J. Blige performing Love @ 1st Sight: International Version
with Chris Robinson [Video Director], Chris Robinson [Video Director], Daniel Pearl [Director of Photography], Dustin Robertson [Video Editor], Jill Hardin [Video Producer]
(C) 2003 Geffen Records |
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Music video by Mary J. Blige performing Love @ 1st Sight: Nickelodeon Version
with Chris Robinson, Daniel Pearl, Dustin Robertson, Jill Hardin
(C) 2003 Geffen Records |
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Music video by Mary J. Blige performing Love @ 1st Sight: Original, Closed Captioned
with Chris Robinson [Video Director], Daniel Pearl [Director of Photography], Dustin Robertson [Video Editor], Jill Hardin [Video Producer]
(C) 2003 Geffen Records |
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Interviews with Princess Zahra Aga Khan, Walter Fust of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, UN Under-Secretary-General John Holmes, WHO ADG Dr Ala Alwan, and Mary Robinson, on why it is important to make hospitals safe from disasters. |
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Music video by Mary J. Blige performing Love @ 1st Sight: MTV Version, Closed Captioned, More Blur
with Chris Robinson, Daniel Pearl, Dustin Robertson, Jill Hardin
(C) 2003 Geffen Records |
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Children's Rights, Public Service or Market Rules?
The right to education and health are the most basic of children's rights and should be a priority in public policies. All too often, however, the state fails to deliver on its obligations.
1) Is the degradation of public services an inevitable product of a globalized world?
2) Can privatization provide solutions that meet basic needs and do not exclude major sections of society?
3) What can be done to ensure that poor and marginalized groups benefit from economic and technological innovations?
A session co-organized with the International Federation Terre des Hommes
Enrique V. Iglesias, President, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington DC
Ezra Mbogori, Executive Director, MWENGO, Zimbabwe
Ignacio Packer, Programme Director, Terre des Hommes Foundation, Switzerland
Mary Robinson, Executive Director, Ethical Globalization Initiative, USA
A. Michael Spence, Philip H. Knight Professor Emeritus, Stanford Graduate School of Business, USA
Moderated by
Sally Bundock, News Presenter, World Business Report, BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation, United Kingdom |
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The former Irish President, Ms. Mary Robinson- also a major human rights campaigner- speaks about the strengthening role of women in modern society- and, particularly, in global politics. |
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These interviews happened at Frog Island as did all performances. We are talking about what live music and the culture surrounding it has give to each of us. |
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Peter Gabriel singing Biko at the launch of The Elders, a group of leaders who are tackling some of the world's toughest problems. On stage are Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nelson Mandela, Graca Machel, Jimmy Carter, Kofi Annan, Li Zhaoxing, Richard Branson and Mary Robinson. Venue: Constitutional Hill, Johannesburg |
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In 1995 the Communist Chinese kidnapped The Panchen Lama, Gedun Choekyi Nyima from Tibet to a secluded joint in China, along with his two parents... The child was 8 years old when this abduction took place. The Communist then appointed their own Panchen Lama, Qoigyi Jabu, the son of two members of the Communist Party. The Communist refused to allow the U.N. from visiting with Gedun Choekyi Nyima. It is apparent the brave descendants of Mao's revolution fear religion. Any government which fears religion is not secured and no longer a legitimate government. The action of these kidnappers is despicable and should be condemned by people the world over. This is another example of how the ideology of communism is bankrupt.
Tags: Dalai Lama Panchen Lama Tibetan people Amitabha Buddha The Wisdom Buddha. Tibetan Buddhist leader 10th Panchen Lama. His Holiness PLA Lanzhou military division Mao Zedong, PRC National People's Congress Qin Cheng prison Central Committee New China News Agency Chinese Political Consultative Conference Beijing Shigatse Tashi Lhunpo Monastery Chadral Rinpoche, Chinese Embassy the young Gedun Choekyi Nyima Lhamo Lhatso, Himalayas Mary Robinson High Commissioner of Human Rights United Nations UN |
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As part of the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize Forum 'striving for peace, uniting for justice' hear Mary Robinson, the first woman President of Ireland (1990-1997) and more recently United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights discuss human rights at the heart of justice and peace. This forum was held in partnership with Augsburg College. |
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First, former Congresswoman Lindy Boggs is joined by her daughter, Emmy Award-winning journalist Cokie Roberts, to talk about Washington politics, the midterm elections, and her memoir, "Washington Through a Purple Veil". Then, a discussion with President of Ireland Mary Robinson about the current political landscape in Ireland and the challenges of being a woman in a position of power. |
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Chahinaz est une jeune Algérienne qui rêve de liberté et qui n'entend pas qu'on lui dicte sa vie. Comment faire bouger la société dans un pays où la loi consacre officiellement l'inégalité entre les hommes et les femmes ? En voir plus sur : http://www.vodeo.tv/4-32-4204-chahinaz-quels-droits-pour-les-femmes--.html?PARTID=9085 |
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Mary Robinson, the former United Nations high commissioner of human rights and president of Ireland, spoke on "Human Rights and Globalization" in the EMU Ballroom. As UN high commissioner, Robinson gave priority to integrating human rights concerns in all the activities of the United Nations. As president of Ireland, she was the first head of state to visit Rwanda in the aftermath of the 1994 genocide there. She also was the first head of state to visit Somalia following the crisis there in 1992, receiving the CARE Humanitarian Award in recognition of her efforts in that country. |
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A protest against the threatened destruction of the Viking remains at Wood Quay, Dublin, in 1979. Opening scene shows a torchlight procession two nights before the main march. |
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Show reel for Irish vocalist and entertainer Nyle P. Wolfe
Nyle Wolfe's unique passionate vocal ability inspires and soothes. A dedicated artist he has had a residency in the international operatic scene for most of his life. Now he has enhanced his enviable resume of live performances with a distinguished debut album, Moodswings.
In a nostalgic performance that stirs the imagination, he sings a compilation of songs from the swing era revisited in a beautiful café orchestra setting. Half forgotten favourites such as Al Dubin's "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" sit elegantly with perennials such as "A Nightingale sang in Berkley Square" and Charles Trenet's "La Mer". The engaging collection sung in Spanish, English and French showcase Wolfe's luxurious baritone and his sensitive musical understanding.
Wolfe sang his first concert at the tender age of 6 performing "White Christmas" and "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" in his local Catholic Church. His introduction to theatre audiences soon followed at the Mayflower in Southampton in the Gilbert and Sullivan's "the Gondoliers". Answering a simple "sing and get paid for it" ad in the local newspaper led to is professional debut in Cork's Opera House. He graduated London's Royal Academy of Music with their highest award and won a scholarship to complete his training at Zurich's prestigious International Opera Studio. He has honed a reputation as one of the most talented vocalists of his generation. He has sung for international monarch's and presidents including Queen Elizabeth II and Bill Clinton as well as Ireland's own Mary Robinson.
Stylish and charming, Wolfe is the eldest of six children. Always encouraged by their parents to follow their dreams both he and three of his siblings are employed in the entertainment industry. He regularly works on outreach programs for children and has a strong relationship with his local community. An accomplished web designer and chef he planned and built his family home in Co Limerick, Ireland where he resides with his wife and three children.
www.nylewolfe.com
www.myspace.com/nylewolfe
Granada
Danny boy
Nightingale sang in Berkley Square
You're still you
Barber of Seville
Old man river
Irish ballad
La Mer
Minnie the Moocher
Figaro
Phil the Fluter
Toreador
Lily Marlene
I bought me a cat
In the Ghetto
Begin the Beguine |
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Jean Terrell, Mary Wilson and Cindy Birdsong performing with Smokey Robinson (1970/71).
Sorry for the quality of the clip, this is the way it was delivered to me.
All copyrights respected and acknowledged. |
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BALCONYTV.COM 6/10/2007
PRESENTED BY TOM MILLETT
Nyle's first concert was at the tender age of 6 singing White Christmas and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.
He came to public attention with the Southampton Operatic Society. In the title role of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado, he won critical acclaim while still only 16 years old.
It was in Cork that Nyle met opera singer and impresario John O'Flynn through an advertisement in the Cork Examiner, headed "Sing and Get Paid for it!"
Mr. O'Flynn was at the time the artistic director of the fledgling Irish Operatic Repertory Company.
Two months later, he made his professional debut at the Fir Grove Hotel in Mitchelstown, Co Cork, singing the sextet from Lucia de Lammermour in the distinguished company of John O'Flynn himself and acclaimed Irish soprano Cara O'Sullivan.
A period of study at the Cork School of Music with veteran tenor John Carolan began in the autumn of 1993. With Carolan's guidance Nyle won Several Prizes at Cork's Feis Maitiu including Male Solo and Music Theatre. His first part in Cork's Everyman Palace as the Mayor of the Munchkins in The Wizard of Oz was followed by his first major opera role as Pish Tush in the IORC production of The Mikado in Cork Opera House.
He he sang at the Rose of Tralee International Festival at the Dome to several million television viewers world wide. At the Rose Festival, he met Mr Gay Byrne. He later sang the role of The Pirate King in the live broadcast of The Pirates of Penzance on The Gay Byrne Show and songs from Oklahoma and The Gondoliers on The Late Late Show.
He met and sang for former President Mary Robinson, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and at the West Belfast Arts Festival Gerry Adams. He also sang in many concerts and recitals for RTE Radio programmes for producers Kevin Hough and Jane Carty.
Nyle was engaged as principal lyric baritone at the Musiktheater im Revier, Gelsenkirchen, home of Schalke 04 and one of the main venues for the World Cup 2006. In Gelsenkirchen, he sang hundreds of performances.
In November 2006 Nyle was thrilled to return to the theatre where he made his debut. His performance as Figaro in Rossini's Barber of Seville at Cork Opera House won him much praise from the public and press.
Also in 2006 Nyle moved home to Ireland to concentrate on a new project. Together with his long time collaborator David Wray they set about producing Nyle's first commercial solo recording. "Moodswings" was recorded in Wicklow with co prodncer Mark McCabe and a lineup of the country's top musicians.
http://www.nylewolfe.com
http://www.myspace.com/nylewolfe
Tune in again tomorrow!!! |
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Friday Night Lights' extras discuss experiences they have on set and more. |
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Here's A Good Debut Single By The One And Only Mary Wells, The First Lady (At The Time) For motown. Written By Smokey Robinson. |
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We get a bunch of mail at Slimpictures.com/ghoststories.htm. This is a video responce to someone asking about a cemetery in a forest preserve - we think they're probably talking about Robinson Woods.
Hosted by Mary Czerwinski and Scott Markus, shot by Mary Gutfleisch. |
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1776 or The Hessian Renegades 1910
cast: Owen Moore, James Kirkwood, Kate Bruce, Mary Pickford, Gertrude Robinson, Frank Powell, William A. Quirk, George O. Nicholls, Anthony O'Sullivan, Arthur Johnson
summary: The Hessians, German mercenaries brought in by the British during the American Revolution, are depicted in this exciting adventure story. A young dispatch rider finds himself near his home but surrounded by Hessians, and tries to hide at his family's home. The Hessians arrive to search the home and their leader shoots the boy dead in the course of his search -- the rider's father vows revenge and the rider's sister takes the place of a Hessian sentry. The father rallies his neighbors, all old men and old women, who arrive with axes, clubs, and anything else they can carry, and they overwhelm and kill the Hessians.
DW GRIFFITH AT THE BIOGRAPGH COMPANY by IRA H. GALLEN
DAVID WARK GRIFFITH, was already thirty-three years old when he began with the Biograph Company. He was born in Crestwood, Kentucky, on January 22, 1815, the son of Jacob Wark Griffith, a former colonel in the Army of the Confederacy.
The Civil War was a decade past when he was born; yet his family, his home and the entire social and cultural atmosphere of the Confederacy were to help shape the man who would become the father of all moving picture making. His deep chest and his articulate, compelling voice, complete with a touch of the Southern accent, completed the portrait of a logical and very rational mind. His first and last ambition, until fate would turn his attention into picture, was to be a writer, a dream that he had nurtured since he was six years old.
His Southern background, aided and abetted by his father's military career, added a martial air to Griffith's character, but with the war but a memory, he turned himself to more scholarly pursuits. He dreamed of becoming a great literary figure, a dream that was to turn more specifically to the interest of becoming a dramatist. In furtherance of this goal, he started acting to better his feel of and for the theatre. Griffith was very young when his father passed away; with the family wealth also gone, he looked for work along with the other able members of his family.
Jobs ranged from the indignity of a wire elevator operator to the somewhat more refined status as a salesman for Encyclopedia Britannica; but eventually his interests would join hands with economic need and Griffith turned to acting. But survival as an actor meant that he would dig ditches and pick hops among other odd jobs to survive the periods of unemployment that are so characteristic of theatre work.
During this time in his life, free moments were spent reading, writing and in dreaming of goals yet unachieved. Griffith was a dreamer; when it came to his future, he had an ego matching his confidence in himself and his future. His dreams and attitudes brought LINDA ARVIDSON into his life. They were traveling together in a road show company and she was taken up in the Griffith personality and dreams. She shared his dreams and wanted to develop with him.
After they had been married for two years, a time of continued traveling with theatre troupes, finds them back in New York City. Even as a youth, Griffith seemed an unlikely candidate for marriage. Within him there was that certain something that rendered him larger than the conventional concept of marriage seemed to require. Yet now he's married and new responsibilities goaded old ambitions. |
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