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The War Of The Worlds is a novel written by H. G. Wells, first published in the 1890's, about an invasion of earth by creatures from the planet Mars - who are defeated not by Man, but by earth bacteria. The novel has been adapted as a radio play and as a film and was most famously adapted as a musical by Jeff Wayne and released on a double-album record in 1978. The musical version of the novel featured Richard Burton, Julie Covington, David Essex, Justin Hayward, Phil Lynott, Jo Partridge and Chris Thompson.
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John Hanning Speke was a British explorer who for many years was believed to have discovered the source of the River Nile - in fact the real source of the River Nile was not discovered until 2006, some 65 miles away. He was born in 1827 and died in 1864 after accidentally shooting himself. In 1854 he accompanied Sir Richard Burton into Somaliland. In 1857 he and Burton made another journey from Zanzibar and in 1862 he made his way to Victoria Nyanza with Grant and established the misconception that the Nile is an outlet of the lake, an idea which remained until proven otherwise in 2006, when the source of the Nile was confirmed in Rwanda's Nyungwe Forest by the British explorer Neil McGrigor.
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Richard Burton (real name Richard Walter Jenkins Jr) was a Welsh actor, film producer and director. He was born in 1925 at Pontrydyfen and died in 1984 of a cerebral hemorrhage. In the 1960s, Richard Burton had a public affair with a fourteen year-old school girl, justifying it with the grossly inaccurate claim that 'it's everyman's fantasy to make love to a school girl'. His outspoken attack on Winston Churchill led him to be barred from appearing in further BBC productions, but he was prolific in Hollywood films and is remembered for twice being married to and twice divorced from Elizabeth Taylor.
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Pamela Matthews is an English actress, record producer, dialogue director, and acting coach. She was born in 1922 at Caterham, Surrey. Her show business career started in 1945 when she was the assistant to the costume designer for the musical 'Dubarry is a Lady' at the St James' Theatre in London. In the same year she apeared in two British Ministry of Information films, one entitled 'Take care Of Your Feet' before in 1946 having her first speaking part in a film, 'Pink String And Sealing Wax' although her single spoken line was edited out before the film's release. The same year she was 'discovered' by Peter Ustinov while doing a stunt dive for the leading lady in the film 'This Man Is Mine' . In 1951 she joined the Rome Dubbing Society and worked dubbing Italian films into English. Perhaps her most notable jobs were dialogue director for the 1962 film 'Cleopatra' starring Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, dialogue director for 'Von Ryan's Express' and dialogue director as well as coaching the children for
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Anne of the Thousand Days is a period drama about Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. It stars Richard Burton and Genevieve Bujold.
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Bluebeard is a thriller starring Richard Burton, Raquel Welch, Virna Lisi and Nathalie Delon in a story about a former Great War pilot who literally is a lady-killer - murdering his lovers after he has slept with them. Bluebeard was directed by Edward Dmytryk and Luciano Sacripanti in 1972.
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Cleopatra is a historical drama starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Pamela Brown and George Cole in the story of Queen Cleopatra of Egypt forced to give up her throne after her country is overrun by the Romans. Cleopatra was directed in 1963 by Joseph L Mankiewicz.
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The Longest Day is a Second World War action drama starring John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, Robert Ryan, Rod Steiger, Robert Wagner, Mel Ferrer, Richard Burton, Kenneth More and Richard Todd in the story of the Normandy landings on June the 6th 1944. The Longest Day was directed by Andrew Marton, Ken Annakin, and Bernhard Wicki in 1962.
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The Robe is a religious drama starring Richard Burton and Jean Simmons in a story about a young Roman officer ordered to carry out Christ's crucifixion and winning Jesus' robe in a dice game. The Robe was directed by Henry Koster in 1953.
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Where Eagles Dare is a Second World War action film based on the book by Alistair MacLean and starring Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Mary Ure, Patrick Wymark and Michael Hordern in a story about the rescue of a US General captured by the Nazis. Where Eagles Dare was directed by Brian G Hutton in 1969.
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