The Thumb is a region and a peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan, so named because the Lower Peninsula is shaped like a mitten. The Thumb area is generally...
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Tom Thumb is a character of English folklore. The History of Tom Thumb was published in 1621 and was the first fairy tale printed in English. The earliest...
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The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and a Selection of Entrées is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK...
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Maurice Costello (category American people of Irish descent)
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom (1905), supposedly playing the lead in what is regarded as the first serious film to feature the character...
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book, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes on 14 October 1892 by George Newnes, the publisher of The Strand Magazine. The initial print run of the book was...
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Spy Kids (film) (category 2000s adventure comedy films)
Pastor, and Charles Crocker portrays Thumb People. "I didn't want any guns or violence. I wanted it to be action/adventure for kids. A guy told me his son...
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List of feature films produced by Vitagraph Studios between 1914 and 1925, when it was absorbed into Warner Bros. The company also produced numerous short...
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detail of a print Political cartoon from 1900 depicting Australia as an ogre and referencing its origins as a penal colony The ogre from Hop-o'-My-Thumb at...
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still gave the game a thumbs up, saying, "With its emphasis on storytelling over mechanics, Werewolf gets closer to the heart of what role-playing’s supposedly...
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two of the novels and 17 of the short stories: A Study in Scarlet "A Case of Identity" "The Five Orange Pips" "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb" "The...
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P. T. Barnum (redirect from The Greatest Showman on Earth (book))
used the museum as a platform to promote hoaxes and human curiosities such as the Fiji mermaid and General Tom Thumb. In 1850, he promoted the American...
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1891) "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" (January 1892) "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" (February 1892) "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb" (March...
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in the fishmonger's window with its characteristic black spots known as the "thumb mark of St. Peter". She realised that the solution lay in the mysterious...
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Oyayubihime (film) (redirect from Thumb Princess)
Oyayubihime (親ゆび姫, Thumb Princess) is a 1999 Japanese TV movie, which is a take on the 1835 fairy tale "Thumbelina". Being a part of the Kowai Dōwa (コワイ童話...
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The Great Mouse Detective (released as Basil the Great Mouse Detective in some countries and The Adventures of the Great Mouse Detective during its 1992...
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with Jodi Benson as the voice of Thumbelina. The 2002 animated film The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina is loosely based on the fairy tale. Mattel's...
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Sherlock Holmes (redirect from Science of Deduction)
1189—"The Adventure of the Second Stain" Klinger II, p. 1667—"The Adventure of the Lion's Mane" Klinger I, p. 265—"The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb" Klinger...
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Eiger Dreams (section Chapters of the book)
Everest?" "The Burgess Boys" "A Bad Summer on K2" "The Devils Thumb" Recommending it for adventure collections for young adults, a 1990 review in School Library...
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Stagecoach. The poker player in the story, Scat Thumbs, was modelled after actor John Carradine who appeared in the film. The character of Hank Bully, the coach...
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Sung" in Adventure magazine. The lyrics of that version begin: There is a house in New Orleans, it's called the Rising Sun It's been the ruin of many poor...
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Sierra Entertainment (redirect from The ImagiNation Network)
1979 by Ken and Roberta Williams. The company is known for pioneering the graphic adventure game genre, including the first such game, Mystery House. It...
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The Adventures of Batman is an animated television series produced by Lou Scheimer's Filmation studios. It consists of the 12-minute Batman segments from...
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This is a list of Adventures of Superman episodes. The first two seasons, comprising 52 episodes and half of the series' whole, were filmed in black and...
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G.I. Joe (redirect from G.I. Joe: Super Joe Adventure Team)
was the placement of the right thumbnail on the underside of the thumb. Early trademarking, with "G.I. Joe™", was used through some point in 1965; the markings...
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search of his cousin. Reviews were generally positive on this adventure, which manages to keep the identity of the arch-criminal secret to the very end...
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Rodkin, Sean Vanaman (March 10, 2011). "The Idle Thumbs Conf Grenade 2011: GDC 2011: Games Kasavin". Idle Thumbs (Podcast). Event occurs at 46:40–53:10...
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being phased out in the 1950s. Adventure strips were phased out in the 1980s. Following the end of the print Dandy, The Dandy moved to the internet and became...
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Yeti (redirect from The Legend of the Abominable Snowman)
form of the print in 2008, noting that one of the large toes was the result of Macrodactyly. He also stated the alignment of the toes matched that of a great...
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(2019). The first three spin-off films produced were the made-for-television Star Wars Holiday Special (1978), The Ewok Adventure (1984) and Ewoks: The Battle...
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similar to the belt in "The Valiant Little Tailor", and his magical sword, shoes, cap, and cloak are similar to those owned by Tom Thumb or those found...
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