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	Olivia de Havilland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		She is the elder daughter of Walter de Havilland, a British patent attorney with a practice in Japan, and the former Lilian Augusta Ruse, an actress known by her stage name of Lilian Fontaine, who married in 1914.
		De Havilland mounted a lawsuit in the 1940s and was successful, thereby reducing the power of the studios and extending greater creative freedom to the performers.
		De Haviland was married and divorced from novelist Marcus Goodrich between 1946 and 1953, by whom she had a son, Benjamin, whom she has outlived.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Olivia_de_Havilland (1127 words)

	De Havilland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		De Havilland continued to produce high-performance aircraft including the high-speed twin-piston-engine DH.88 Comet mailplane, one of which became famous in its red livery as the winner of the MacRobertson Air Race from England to Australia.
		De Havilland Canada was formed in 1928 to build Moth aircraft for the training of Canadian airmen and continued after the war to build its own designs suited to the harsh Canadian operating environment.
		De Havilland (Canada) was eventually incorporated into the Bombardier group of companies and the Dash Eight remains in production with a particular emphasis being placed on its quiet operation in comparison to other aircraft of a similar size.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/De_Havilland (799 words)

	Olivia de Havilland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		She is the daughter of British parents attorney Walter de Havilland and actress Lillian Her sister is the actress Joan Fontaine (born 1917) from whom she is famously estranged.
		De Havilland and her sister Fontaine were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1942.
		De Havilland mounted lawsuit in the 1940s and was successful reducing the power of the studios and greater creative freedom to the performers.
	www.freeglossary.com /Olivia_de_Havilland (855 words)

	Olivia de Havilland at Reel Classics: Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		De Havilland with her younger sister, Joan Fontaine, after the Academy Awards ceremony of 1942, when Olivia was nominated as Best Actress for her role in HOLD BACK THE DAWN, but Joan won the Oscar for SUSPICION.
		De Havilland's first serious role came in 1939 when she was loaned out to David O. Selznick to play the angelic Melanie Wilkes alongside Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable and Leslie Howard in the epic Best Picture of the year, GONE WITH THE WIND.
		In 1943, de Havilland sued the studio for release from the contract, and after an 18 month court battle during which she was not permitted to make any films, in December 1945 she finally won.
	www.reelclassics.com /Actresses/deHavilland/dehav-bio.htm (1216 words)

	De Havilland Dove (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Oliva de Havilland Biografía y filmografía de esta actriz de la época de oro del cine norteamericano.
		De Havilland, Olivia Biografía, filmografía, premios y nominaciones a los mismos.
		de Havilland Support Ltd Responsible for ensuring the continued airworthiness of the worldwide fleet of de Havilland, Beagle Pup and Scottish Aviation Bulldog aircraft.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-De_Havilland_Dove.html (282 words)

	De Havilland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		De Havilland continued to produce high performance including the high speed twin piston engine DH.88 Comet mailplane one of which became famous its red livery as the winner of MacRobertson Air Race from England to Australia.
		De Havilland (Canada) was formed in 1928 to build Moth aircraft for the of Canadian airmen and continued after the to build its own designs suited to harsh Canadian operating environment.
		De Havilland (Canada) was eventually into the Bombardier group of companies and the Dash remains in production with a particular emphasis placed on its quiet operation in comparison other aircraft of a similar size.
	www.freeglossary.com /De_Havilland (645 words)

	Olivia de Havilland
		De Havilland won two Oscars, for To Each His Own, a 1946 drama in which her character became pregnant out of wedlock, and three years later as The Heiress, in which Montgomery Clift might be pursuing her only for her money.
		De Havilland was reportedly infatuated with Flynn, and while she never confirmed an affair, she has said, "He was the one I enjoyed kissing most.
		When de Havilland was "loaned out" again for the drama Hold Back the Dawn in 1941, she was again Oscar-nominated, but found herself competing with her sister, Joan Fontaine, who had been nominated for Alfred Hitchcock's Suspicion.
	www.nndb.com /people/741/000022675 (1386 words)

	Olivia De Havilland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		She is the daughter of British parents, patent attorney Walter de Havilland, and actress Lillian Fontaine.
		De Havilland and her sister Fontaine, were each nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1942.
		This was one of the earliest films to attempt a realistic portrayal of mental illness, and de Havilland was lauded for her willingness to play a role that was completely devoid of glamour and, which confronted such controversial subject matter.
	www.wikiverse.org /olivia-de-havilland (761 words)

	Terry de Havilland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Not only has de Havilland created the platform shoes for the past two Frost-French collections, but vintage Terry de Havilland platforms are now fetching upwards of £800 at auction and inspired MiuMiu’s s/s 2003 campaign (which featured a pair of patchwork snakeskin platforms).
		The Donatella of his generation, in his heyday de Havilland was the rock’n’roll cobbler to the stars.
		Together she and de Havilland dug out his back catalogue of designs and revived old favourites such as Leyla (three-tiered wedge), Electra (a curvaceous wedge heel) and Britt (a block-heel platform court) by tweaking the colourways of the metallic snakeskin and leathers used.
	www.terrydehavilland.com /elle2004.htm (476 words)

	Geoffrey De Havilland
		Flying was always the primary interest of Geoffrey de Havilland, even to his use of the private airplane as the normal mode of travel where others might use surface means.
		The great De Havilland triumph in World War II was the magnificent Mosquito light bomber of novel design and the fastest aircraft of its time.
		De Havilland led the world in entering the era of jet passenger flight with its first turbine powered aircraft, the Comet in 1949.
	www.allstar.fiu.edu /aero/havilland.htm (449 words)

	de Havilland, Olivia -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The daughter of a British patent attorney, de Havilland and her younger sister, Joan Fontaine, moved to California in 1919 with their mother, an actress.
		Olivia Mary de Havilland was born in Tokyo, Japan, to British parents on July 1, 1916.
		British airplane designer and manufacturer Geoffrey De Havilland was born in Buckinghamshire on July 27, 1882, and was the uncle of actresses Joan Fontaine and Olivia de Havilland.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9029593?tocId=9029593 (744 words)

	Olivia de Havilland at Reel Classics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		De Havilland in another of her earliest roles under contract to Warner Bros. -- as Lucille Jackson opposite James Cagney in THE IRISH IN US (1935), a comedy about policemen and prizefighters.
		Although Flynn's swashbuckling rebel hero is definitely the star of the film, de Havilland (as the daughter of a plantation owner who buys Flynn at a slave auction) is positively luminous in her scenes.
		In 1937, de Havilland played second fiddle to Leslie Howard and Warner Bros. ' rising diva Bette Davis in IT'S LOVE I'M AFTER, a fun, fierce comedy about two egotistical and romantically involved stage stars whose volatile relationship is further aggravated by the persistent attentions of a young admirer (de Havilland).
	www.reelclassics.com /Actresses/deHavilland/dehav.htm (465 words)

	The de Havilland Moth Club Home Page
		The de Havilland Moth Club evolved from a belief that an association of owners and operators of Moth aeroplanes should be formed to create a suitable environment for safeguarding the type; for the interchange of spare parts and encouragement of the widest possible spread of technical information and assistance.
		The de Havilland Moth Club welcomes anyone with an interest in the classic aeroplanes designed and built by the de Havilland Aircraft Company at Stag Lane and Hatfield between the wars.
		Together with the issue of Moth 112, at the end of December 2000, a statement of major significance was issued by the de Havilland Moth Club Secretary.
	www.dhmothclub.co.uk (186 words)

	British Aircraft Designers WW1 - Geoffrey De Havilland
		Geoffrey De Havilland constructed his first machine in 1909 without having seen an airplane in flight.
		De Havilland was responsible for the Mosquito light bomber used in World War II.
		De Havilland helped bring about the era of jet passenger flight with its first turbine powered aircraft, the Comet in 1949.
	www.wwiaviation.com /designers/designer_DeHavilland.shtml (193 words)

	De Havilland Aircraft Company
		Geoffrey de Havilland, born in 1882, was in his late twenties in 1909.
		De Havilland proceeded to build an engine, while Frank Hearle, the brother of his fiancée, helped to construct the aircraft.
		De Havilland used the same construction in an early four-engine airliner, the Albatross, which flew in 1937.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Aerospace/DeHavilland/Aero49.htm (1339 words)

	De Havilland's legacy still felt in dealmaking (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		But Olivia de Havilland had the ammunition of being a big star, and she waged her contract battle with Warner Bros. with grace and determination all the way to the California Supreme Court in 1945.
		If de Havilland refused to play a particular role, as was common industry practice then even for stars, she'd be benched by Warners without pay for as long as it took another actor to complete the part.
		Although most everything else de Havilland did was Page 1 worthy news for The Hollywood Reporter around this time, the coverage of her legal battle with Warners curiously was buried in the paper.
	www.hollywoodreporter.com /thr/film/feature_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000900533 (614 words)

	Dialogue: Olivia de Havilland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		De Havilland: The time during which I was enjoined by Warners from working at any other studio offered me a marvelous opportunity to do something I very much wanted to do: contribute to the welfare of our armed forces (during World War II).
		De Havilland: In the early 1950s, television, which had so long been kept at bay, became a serious threat to the film industry.
		De Havilland: I am both proud of and grateful for "the Rule" -- grateful to the judges who rendered it and grateful for the law which it concerned.
	www.hollywoodreporter.com /thr/film/feature_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000900532 (943 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		De Havilland will be able to offer the following trio to the air show circuit this year as the most exciting and historically unique jet exhibit on offer.
		Also available from the De Havilland Stable for the 2003 Air Display season is the Vintage Pair which consists of a De Havilland Vampire and Meteor.
		The De Havilland trio will be an exciting and unique memorial flight celebrating the country's aeronautical heritage and the resourcefulness of the British war bird movement.
	www.dehavilland.net /home.html (394 words)

	GEOFFREY DE HAVILLAND (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Während des Zweiten Weltkrieges wurden von seinen Flugzeugen besonders die de Havilland Mosquito berühmt.
		Nach dem Krieg brachte de Havilland das erste strahlgetriebene Verkehrsflugzeug der Welt heraus - die Comet.
		Nach dem Desaster mit der de Havilland Comet wurde de Havillands Firma 1959 durch Hawker Siddeley übernommen.
	www.toonorama.com /encyclopedia/G/Geoffrey_de_Havilland (385 words)

	Biography for Olivia de Havilland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Her father Walter Augustus de Havilland (1872-1968) was a patent attorney in Japan and also author of the 1910 book 'The ABC of go', which provides a detailed and comprehensive description of the Japanese board game.
		Warners loaned de Havilland to David O. Selznick, who cleverly cast her against type as the long-suffering Melanie in Gone With the Wind (1939), for which she earned a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award nomination, and screen immortality.
		De Havilland has also appeared in a handful of telefilms, including Murder Is Easy (1982), The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana (1982, as the Queen Mother), and The Woman He Loved (1988).
	us.imdb.com /name/nm0000014/bio (2432 words)

	Olivia De Havilland
		Als Hermia in Max Reinhardts phantasievoll-skurrilem "Ein Sommernachtstraum" (1935) fiel Olivia de Havilland erstmals auf, die Rolle hatte sie schon auf der Bühne gespielt.
		De Havilland besucht die High School in Los Angeles und spielt die Rolle der Hermia in einer amateurhaften Mittsommernachts-Schulproduktion, als Regisseur Max Reinhardt sie entdeckt.
		Olivia de Havilland war mehrfach für den Oscar nominiert, sie erhielt ihn schließlich für die aufopferungsvolle Mutter in Mitchell Leisens "Mutterherz" (1946).
	www.prisma-online.de /tv/person.html?pid=olivia_de_havilland (390 words)

	De Havilland Aircraft Company - netlexikon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		September 1920 aus der Airco hervor, als Geoffrey de Havilland diese Firma übernahm.
		De Havilland konnte sich 1921 mit Ronald Eric Bishop einen außerordentlich talentierten Konstrukteur sichern, der maßgeblich für die Erfolge der Firma verantwortlich zeichnete.
		Man konzentrierte sich daraufhin bei de Havilland auf den Passagierflugzeugbau und brachte mit der Comet auch das erste wirtschaftlich erfolgreiche Düsenpassagierflugzeug auf den Markt, das seinen Erstflug 1949 absolvierte und ab 1952 in den Liniendienst ging.
	www.lexikon-definition.de /De-Havilland-Aircraft-Company.html (593 words)

	De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Sandia National Laboratory, carried on a de Havilland of Canada DHC- 3 Otter, was used as a surrogate for a fighter aircraft radar.
		De Havilland of Canada is now owned by Canada's Bombardier.
		Bombardier annonce des commandes de Dash 8Q-300 par Wideroe de Norvege
	hallencyclopedia.com /De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-3_Otter (195 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: De Havilland Comet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		But the De Havilland Comet was also one of the first civilian aircraft to suffer explosive disintegration during flight, caused by a poor understanding of the devastating forces experienced by a high altitude, pressurized jet aircraft.
		Though the De Havilland Comet was a civil failure, a better designed version served the Royal Airforce as the "Nimrod," one of the longest-lived military patrol aircraft.
		De Havilland Comet contains everything the aviation student and the non-specialist general reader would want to know about this fascinating jet, its history, and its legacy to the world of aviation.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/1580070361 (568 words)

	De Havilland - free-definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In 1920 Geoffrey de Havilland changed the name of his company Airco, where he had previously been chief designer, to the De Havilland Aircraft Company.
		Less well known, but equally disastrous, was the explosion of the Sea Vixen prototype during the 1952 Farnborough Airshow, which killed members of the public.
		De Havillands was bought by Hawker-Siddeley, before incorporation into British Aerospace.
	www.free-definition.com /De-Havilland.html (447 words)

	De Havilland Mosquito
		The De Havilland Mosquito was so successful in many different combat roles that it was nicknamed "the wooden wonder".
		De Havilland claimed that instead of turrets, their proposed aircraft would rely on its speed and agility to avoid being intercepted by enemy fighters, but the doubtful air ministry totally rejected this bold idea.
		De Havilland with air marshall Freeman of the Air Council, finally changed the Mosquito's fate, and prototype construction was authorized.
	www.2worldwar2.com /mosquito.htm (1062 words)

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