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Damon Runyon was born Alfred Damon Runyan to Alfred Lee and Elizabeth (Damon) Runyan. [6] His relatives in his birthplace of Manhattan, Kansas , included several newspapermen. [ 7 ] His grandfather was a newspaper printer from New Jersey who had relocated to Manhattan, Kansas, in 1855, and his father was the editor of his newspaper in the town.
The Damon Runyon Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race operated by the New York Racing Association (NYRA) at its Aqueduct Racetrack in South Ozone Park, Queens. First run in 1979, the annual event is currently contested on dirt over a distance of 7 furlongs. Restricted to horses bred in New York State, it was usually run in the late ...
About 500 people attended Masterson's service at Frank E. Campbell's Funeral Church at Broadway and 66th Street. Masterson's honorary pallbearers included Damon Runyon, Tex Rickard, and William Lewis. Runyon was a close friend of Masterson's and offered this memorable eulogy: "He was a 100 percent, 22-karat real man.
Pocketful of Miracles is a 1961 American comedy film starring Glenn Ford and Bette Davis, produced and directed by Frank Capra, filmed in Panavision.The screenplay by Hal Kanter and Harry Tugend was based on Robert Riskin's screenplay for the 1933 film Lady for a Day, which was adapted from the 1929 Damon Runyon short story "Madame La Gimp".
Around 1920 at age 12, ... The first charity telethon (for the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation) was hosted by Berle in 1949. ...
Saturday Night Live celebrated 50 years with some of the biggest names in comedy — but a few were noticeably absent.. On Sunday, Feb. 16, over 180 cast members and A-listers alike gathered at 30 ...
Guys and Dolls is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows.It is based on "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" (1933) and "Blood Pressure", which are two short stories by Damon Runyon, [1] [2] and also borrows characters and plot elements from other Runyon stories, such as "Pick the Winner".
Brent Runyon, writer born in 1977 who is best known for The Burn Journals; Damon Runyon (born Alfred Damon Runyan), hall-of-fame sports writer and short story writer; Jennifer Runyon, American TV actress born in 1960; Marie M. Runyon (1915-2018), New York political activist, state assembly member 1975–1976