We'll also bomb Calgary and puzzle over a passive policeman. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll describe the case of John Bodkin Adams and its significance in British legal history. The courtroom drama that followed was called the murder trial of the century. In 1957, an English doctor was accused of killing his patients for their money. For example, if they are teaching Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, teachers are welcome to give students copies of my Virgil’s Aeneid: A Retelling in Prose and tell students, “Here’s another ancient epic you may want to read in your spare time.About 294-'The Murder Trial of the Century' Episode Teachers are welcome to give students copies of my eBooks as background material. Teachers need not actually teach my retellings. I also give permission to all teachers to give copies of this book to all students forever. I also give permission to the state of Texas (and all other states) to give copies of this book to all students forever.

I would like to see my retellings of classic literature used in schools, so I give permission to the country of Finland (and all other countries) to give copies of this book to all students forever. (Do give me credit, of course, for the original retelling.) RETELLINGS OF A CLASSIC WORK OF LITERATUREĭo you know a language other than English? If you do, I give you permission to translate any or all of my retellings, copyright your translation, publish or self-publish it, and keep all the royalties for yourself. She is one of the actors who voiced Woody Woodpecker. The little old woman is Grace Stafford, who is Mr. At the end of the movie, a Boy Scout helps a little old lady cross the street. Pal’s last movie was Doc Savage: Man of Bronze (1975). In The Power (1968), George Hamilton looks in a store window and sees a mechanical Woody.” Mr. In The Time Machine (1960), a little girl drops a Woody Woodpecker doll. In Tom Thumb (1958), Woody’s laugh can be heard during a Russ Tamblyn dance sequence. In War of the Worlds (1953), Woody’s figure is visible among the branches of a tree as the Martian spacecraft first fly over. In When Worlds Collide (1951), Woody is visible in an airport scene at the beginning of the film. Greg Ross of the website Futility Closet wrote an article in which he listed many of these appearances: “In Destination Moon (1950), a Woody Woodpecker cartoon explains the principles of space travel. Pal paid tribute to his friend by putting Woody Woodpecker (in a number of guises) in his movies. Lantz helped him to become a citizen of the United States.

When movie director George Pal came to the United States from his native Hungary, Mr. Animator Walter Lantz is famous for his Woody Woodpecker cartoons.

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