The Great White Hope is a 1967 play written by Howard Sackler, later adapted in 1970 for a film of the same name. The play was first produced by Arena...

Look up great white hope or white hope in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Great White Hope may refer to: James J. Jeffries (1875–1953), American boxer...

The Great White Hope is a 1970 American biographical romantic drama film written and adapted from the 1967 Howard Sackler play of the same name. The film...

The Great White Hype is a 1996 American sports comedy film directed by Reginald Hudlin. It stars Samuel L. Jackson, Peter Berg, Damon Wayans, Jeff Goldblum...

comic book supervillain The Great White Hope, a 1970 film about a boxing champion Great White Games, a games company Great White Way, nickname for a section...

heavyweight champion had failed to wrest the title from him after four and one-half years. The first of the Great White Hopes, former world heavyweight champ James...

performance in the Broadway production of The Great White Hope. Other Broadway credits include 6 Rms Riv Vu (1972), The Night of the Iguana (1988), The Sisters...

presented with the Honorary Academy Award in 2011 by Ben Kingsley. Jones received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for The Great White Hope (1970)....

Great White is an American hard rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1977. The band peaked with several albums during the mid-to-late 1980s, including the...

In 1968, he got a part in the play The Great White Hope. His first major success came when he played "God" in the guise of a Puerto Rican steam room attendant...

theater, winning the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role as a boxer in The Great White Hope (1968), which he reprised in the 1970 film adaptation...

"Saved by the Great White Hope" is the first episode of the ABC series Off the Map. The episode was originally broadcast on January 12, 2011, and a special...

Performance and a Theatre World Award for the role of Clara in The Great White Hope, which she reprised in the 1970 film version. Anderson, George (December...

his way to the top of the rankings. Writer Jack London coined the phrase "Great White Hope" to describe Jeffries in his attempt to win the heavyweight...

up white hope in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The White Hope may refer to: The White Hope (1915 film), a silent film directed by Frank Wilson The White...

The great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), also known as the white shark, white pointer, or simply great white, is a species of large mackerel shark...

Washington." Jenkins then gave the names of several young, white Republicans. "The Great White Hope," a phrase that originated in the early 1900s, was a reference...

playwright who is best known for having written The Great White Hope (play: 1967; film: 1970). The Great White Hope enjoyed both a successful run on Broadway...

by a Jack Johnson just outside the west door of the Church. Johnson's story is the basis of the play The Great White Hope and its 1970 film adaptation,...

(1968), and the Western television series Cimarron Strip. His other assistant directorial credits include The Great White Hope (1970), The Reivers (1969)...

also had a stage career. In 1968, he appeared in the original production of The Great White Hope at the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. In 1998, he appeared...

Film Registry as being worthy of preservation. The Great White Hope (1967 play) The Great White Hope (1970 film) Joe Frazier vs. Muhammad Ali List of...

sympathetic rancher in El Dorado (1966), Cap'n Dan in The Great White Hope (1970), outlaw Clell Miller in The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972), a bumbling...

called Cooney "The Great White Hope." The bout, held June 11, 1982 drew attention worldwide, and Larry Holmes vs. Gerry Cooney was one of the biggest...

Ravaggi The Big Bounce (1969) as Bob Rodgers The Great White Hope (1970) as Dixon Macédoine (1971) as Sandeberg $ (1971) as Attorney Bring Me the Head of...

fight Johnson and was nicknamed the "Great White Hope". After Johnson defeated Jeffries on July 4, 1910, many white people felt humiliated and began...

Broadway history. He also produced Gentleman Prefer Blondes, and the play The Great White Hope. He won two Tony Awards during his career. He died at New York...

premiere. He played a pastor in the Broadway premiere of The Great White Hope, which ran for over 500 performances at the Alvin Theatre during 1968–1970...

Children, The Practice and ER. Capers appeared in such films as Norwood (1970), The Great White Hope (1970), Lady Sings the Blues (1972), The North Avenue...

Green Hell, The Decks Ran Red, Porgy and Bess, A Raisin in the Sun, He Rides Tall, Roustabout, The Chase, The Learning Tree, The Great White Hope, Skin Game...