Mud and Sand is a silent film starring Stan Laurel. The title spoofs the Rudolph Valentino film Blood and Sand, and many scenes directly parody that film:...
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0 in) in length. The bills are sensitive, allowing the birds to feel the mud and sand as they probe for food. They generally have dull plumage, with cryptic...
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starring role opposite Stan Laurel in the comedy Mud and Sand, a spoof of the Rudolph Valentino film Blood and Sand. In 1953, Anderson revived her career in music...
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alternating layers of mud and sand. Formed during periods of slack water, mud suspended in the water is deposited on top of small formations of sand once the water's...
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commonly found wading along shorelines and mudflats in order to forage for food crawling or burrowing in the mud and sand, usually small arthropods such as...
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Matinée idol (category Film and video terminology)
an example being Stan Laurel spoofing Rudolph Valentino in his film Mud and Sand. Now a somewhat old-fashioned term, the phenomenon reached its height...
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and tough spring. It gained fame among Spanish African and Civil War veterans as a strong and reliable pistol. This was especially so under mud and sand...
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Wheeler Dryden (section Life and career)
the growing film world as an actor, and later worked as a director. He appeared in Stan Laurel's Mud and Sand and was the "other man" in the melodrama...
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Kinorhyncha (redirect from Mud dragon)
invertebrates that are widespread in mud or sand at all depths as part of the meiobenthos. They are commonly called mud dragons. Modern species are 1 mm (0...
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Hudson Canyon (section General and cited references)
canyon have been recorded. As silt, sand and mud are carried down the Hudson River, they flow into the canyon and out into the deep sea. The Hudson Canyon...
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(most commonly drilling mud). Mud logging is usually performed by a third-party mud logging company. This provides well owners and producers with information...
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was an Australian-born vaudeville performer and actress. She was Stan Laurel's professional partner and common-law wife from 1917 to 1925. She was born...
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bedding is a sedimentary structure made up of interbedded deposits of sand and mud. It is formed mainly in tidal flats but can also be formed in glacial...
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Rudolph Valentino (section Childhood and emigration)
several times for television and the big screen. In 1923, he was referenced in the film Mud and Sand, a parody of Blood and Sand, which starred Stan Laurel...
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resulted in a temporary drop in the water level and in the colour briefly turning brown with mud and sand from the Biei River. Wikimedia Commons has media...
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angle, and 32 degrees of departure angle. It is also equipped with Jeep's "Selec-Terrain" drive mode (with Normal, Eco, Sport, Snow, Mud, and Sand modes)...
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Cyclo-cross (section Origins and history)
best advised to dismount and run while carrying the bike. Under-tire conditions include asphalt, hardpack dirt, grass, mud and sand. In comparison to cross-country...
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mud eroded from the mountains during the Middle and Late Ordovician period formed the Queenston Shale. The continuous deposition of the mud and sand from...
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and biomass are added to regulate indoor climate. Mud that is mostly clay, or a mixture of clay and sand may be used for ceramics, of which one form is the...
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Atlantic mudskipper (section Anatomy and morphology)
tidal flats and mangrove forests, where it readily crosses mud and sand surfaces out of the water. The Atlantic mudskipper is carnivorous and utilises an...
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"That's it! You be Sand. I'll be Blood". Blood and Sand was parodied by Stan Laurel in Mud and Sand (1922). In the film, Laurel portrays a character...
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are mainly used on off-road vehicles, specifically designed for use in sand and mud. They consist of a smooth tire core which has a series of large rubber...
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Quicksand (redirect from Quick sand)
sinking sand) is a colloid consisting of fine granular material (such as sand, silt or clay) and water. It forms in saturated loose sand when the sand is suddenly...
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Owen gun (category Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1942)
in mud and drenched with sand, while a Sten gun and a Thompson also tested stopped functioning at once. In jungle warfare, where both mud and sand were...
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Fatbike (redirect from Sand biking)
larger and rims 2.16 in (55 mm) or wider, designed for low ground pressure to allow riding on soft, unstable terrain, such as snow, sand, bogs and mud. Fatbikes...
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curative mud considered as a sea and lake mud, which satisfies the following requirements of “Therapeutic mud and sand to the technological requirements...
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Cumacea (section Reproduction and development)
unique appearance and uniform body plan makes them easy to distinguish from other crustaceans. They live in soft-bottoms such as mud and sand, mostly in the...
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