• Philip Van Doren Stern (September 10, 1900 – July 31, 1984) was an American writer, editor, and Civil War historian whose story "The Greatest Gift", published...
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    the short story and booklet "The Greatest Gift" self-published by Philip Van Doren Stern in 1943, which itself is loosely based on the 1843 Charles Dickens...
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  • Clinton Van Doren Philip Van Doren Stern (1900–1984), American author and Civil War historian Mamie Van Doren (b. 1931), American actress Mark Van Doren (1894–1972)...
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  • "The Greatest Gift" is a 1943 short story written by Philip Van Doren Stern, loosely based on the Charles Dickens 1843 novella A Christmas Carol, which...
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  • which is based on the 1943 short story "The Greatest Gift" by Philip Van Doren Stern. Filmed live, it is a recreation of Lux Radio Theater's 1947 production...
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  • never been born. The film was based on the 1943 short booklet by Philip Van Doren Stern, The Greatest Gift. Harnick and Raposo worked for many years to...
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  • The Greatest Gift is a 1943 short story written by Philip Van Doren Stern, which became the basis for the film It's a Wonderful Life. The Greatest Gift...
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    Bedford Falls is the fictional town in which Philip Van Doren Stern's 1943 short booklet The Greatest Gift, and RKO Pictures 1946 film adaptation It's...
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    Golden Age as "the Twenties" and "the Thirties". Symons notes that Philip Van Doren Stern's article, "The Case of the Corpse in the Blind Alley" (1941), "could...
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    a child, and is loosely based on George Pratt, a character in Philip Van Doren Stern's 1943 booklet The Greatest Gift. The character was portrayed by...
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    ISBN 0-521-45273-2. Thoreau, Henry David (1970). The Annotated Walden. Philip Van Doren Stern, ed. pp. 96, 132. Christie, John Aldrich (1965). Thoreau as World...
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    by Robert Carradine. Odbody is loosely based on "a stranger" in Philip Van Doren Stern's 1943 short story The Greatest Gift. In 1977's It Happened One Christmas...
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    as a child. She is loosely based on Mary Pratt, a character in Philip Van Doren Stern's 1943 short story The Greatest Gift. Mary Hatch is viewed by some...
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  • (translation of Saillens) Dylan Thomas, A Child's Christmas in Wales Philip Van Doren Stern, The Greatest Gift Kurt Vonnegut, While Mortals Sleep (book of short...
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  • (1928–1988), author of the Civil War book, The Killer Angels (B) Philip Van Doren Stern (1900–1984), author, editor, and Civil War historian whose 1943...
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  • is based on the copyrighted short story "The Greatest Gift" by Philip Van Doren Stern. Republic also purchased the exclusive rights to the film's copyrighted...
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  • as a "Sequel to Gangs of New York). The Breathless Moment (with Philip Van Doren Stern) (1935). The French Quarter: An Informal History of the New Orleans...
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    educational and scientific books were excluded. The CBW appointed Philip Van Doren Stern, a printing expert and former Pocket Books executive, as project...
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    Baseball League player. Lucas Steele, Tony award nominated actor. Philip Van Doren Stern (1900-1984), author and historian who wrote the original story to...
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    February 26, 1882. p. 4. Retrieved July 30, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Philip Van Doren Stern, Robert E. Lee: the Man and the Soldier, New York, 1963, p. 41....
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  • Budd Schulberg, Adrian Scott, Artie Shaw, Philip Van Doren Stern, I. F. Stone, Louis Untermeyer, Mark Van Doren, Frank Lloyd Wright, Charlie Chaplin, Oona...
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    Writings of Thomas De Quincey. The Modern Library, 1949. Edited by Philip Van Doren Stern. New Essays by De Quincey. Princeton University Press, 1966. Edited...
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  • New York Atom (Al Pratt), a comics character George Pratt, in Philip Van Doren Stern's short story "The Greatest Gift" Greg Pratt, in the television series...
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  • Worlds Eleanor Smith – Magic Lantern Howard Spring – Hard Facts Philip Van Doren Stern – The Greatest Gift (first trade publication) Rex Stout – Not Quite...
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    December 26, 2017. "Philip Van Doren Stern was born in the town of Wyalusing, Pennsylvania, the son of Isadore Ullman and Anne (Van Doren) Stern. He attended...
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  • December Philip Larkin, with a degree from the University of Oxford, takes his first post as a librarian in Wellington, Shropshire. Philip Van Doren Stern sends...
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  • Janwillem van de Wetering (1931–2008), Dutch-American author of police procedurals, Zen autobiographies and children's books Philip Van Doren Stern (1900–1984)...
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  • which was based on the fantasy short story "The Greatest Gift" by Philip Van Doren Stern. After an arbitration by the Screen Writers Guild, the script was...
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  • S. Lyon, Thomas De Quincey, New York, Twayne, 1969; pp. 63, 76. Philip Van Doren Stern, ed., Selected Writings of Thomas De Quincey, New York, Modern Library/Random...
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    Danced (1945), which was loosely based upon Montez's life story. Philip Van Doren Stern's novel Lola: A Love Story (Rinehart & Co., 1949) was based on her...
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