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  Max Miller : Comedian Profile
Miller excelled as a stand-up comic playing to large audiences in variety theatres, where his skill was such that he could hold an audience in the palm of his hand.
Miller's first break came about when he joined a concert party on the Brighton sea front as a song and dance man. It was good training for the future and, from time to time, he would get the chance to tell a gag or two.
Max Miller would come on stage dressed in a flower-patterned suit with plus fours, co-respondent shoes and trilby hat, slightly tilted, to the sound of the orchestra playing his most famous song and signature tune Mary from the Dairy.
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 Leblanc On-line Bell   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In particular, Miller is enamored of the sound of the deeper-voiced members of the clarinet family, specifically the contrabass.
When Max opened the winter 1999 issue of the Leblanc Bell to find a photo of Leblanc president/CEO Leon Pascucci and communications VP Michael Craft Johnson taken outside the newly opened Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, he correctly perceived that Leblanc was a company that appreciated art of both the visual and musical variety.
Max’s work is critically acclaimed and can be found in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and in numerous private collections, including that of playwright Edward Albee.
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 Max Miller - Moviefone   (Site not responding. Last check: )
A statue of Miller was unveiled in his home town of Brighton on 1 May 2005 by Roy Hudd,...
Max Miller wore outrageous plus-four suits, florid kipper ties, co-respondent shoes, huge diamond rings and a white trilby hat that was a size too small.
Max Miller Comedian Profile in the Stand up comedians' A to Z with the world's funniest stand-up comedians and comedy performers.
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 Max Miller - Free Music Downloads, Videos, Lyrics, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
A record buyer excited by these accounts will indeed find Max Miller discs in the shops, but these are the work of a prolific British comedian and vaudeville entertainer whose career began just a bit later than the Chicagoan, although he was actually nearly 20 years older.
Miller is also mentioned in accounts of both the 1933 and 1934 World's Fair events in Chicago, where he gigged in various bands as a guitarist.
This is in stark contrast to the British Max Miller, who had his greatest period of popularity during the war years.
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 The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Max Miller (November 211894 - May 71963), the "Cheeky Chappie", was a 1930s English music hall comedian famous for his daringly risqué (for the period) repertoire (see Censorship) and gaudy suits.
Max died on May 7th 1963, at his home at 25 Burlington Street, Brighton, from a heart ailment, he had been cared for by his wife Kathleen Marsh.
A statue of Miller was unveiled in his home town of Brighton on 1 May 2005 by Roy Hudd, George Melly, June Whitfield and Norman Wisdom on behalf of the Max Miller Appreciation Society.
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 Max Miller - Windyridge VAR5
Max Miller - Confessions of a Cheeky Chappie (VAR5)
Max Miller was one the top Variety comedians of the 1930s and 1940s.
Whilst there have been a number of re-issues of Max Miller's live performances which he recorded for HMV around the time of World War II, it is not intended to repeat these here.
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 ::Max Miller::
Max Miller was the 'bad boy' of entertainment in World War Two.
Max Miller was very much the "Cheeky Chappie" and unlike Tommy Trinder, took his comedy to the limits - bringing him the occasional ban on BBC radio.
Max Miller was born in Brighton in 1894.
www.historylearningsite.co.uk /max_miller.htm   (378 words)

  
 Miller Max - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Miller Max - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Miller, Max (1894-1963), British comedian, mainly in music hall, who also appeared in 14 films between 1933 and 1942.
During the 1970s a film investment agency, a national film and television school, and an experimental film fund for low-budget films assisted the...
uk.encarta.msn.com /Miller_Max.html   (105 words)

  
 Max Bygraves - The Comic
Max Bygraves started in show business with impersonations of Charles Chaplin and Max Miller, from whom he borrowed the name Max.
Max seized his opportunity and impressed the great Val Parnell and was rewarded with seasons starring Abbott and Costello and then Donald Peers.
Max was happier to evolve and develop a performance, reacting to audiences and circumstances.
www.maxbygraves.com /pages/comic.htm   (1035 words)

  
 Moviehole.net - Exclusive Interview : George Miller
Miller has no regrets about his limited choices, and asked why he makes so few films, he says it’s because his real passion is writing.
Miller’s challenge was to marry a variety of technologies to bring the story of Mumble to the big screen.
Miller wanted to remind us that the penguins face a tough future, and his environmental message is a sharp, thematic facet of the film.
www.moviehole.net /interviews/20061108_exclusive_interview_george_mil_1.html   (1339 words)

  
 OZ CINEMA.com : People : Dr George Miller
George Miller followed his innovative film; it being one of the only Australian films whose dynamic, visceral style inspired new trends in international cinema - with an equally successful sequel, for which he was bestowed an AFI award for Best Director.
George Miller not only held his own within the distinguished group, but directed the what is unanimously regarded as the film's finest segment, the chilling Nightmare at 20,000 Feet.
While Witches displays George Miller's dramatic, visceral mastery of satirical genre films, he made a dramatic shift in style in the sensitive portrayal of a family's battle against their son's impending death from terminal illness in Lorenzo's Oil.
www.ozcinema.com /people/m/georgemiller.html   (695 words)

  
 Moviehole.net - Interview : George Miller
In all seriousness, says Miller - in town to promote his newest film, the family-comedy “Happy Feet” — he hasn’t got anybody firm in his mind for the role, but every man (or in this case ‘Max’) and his dog do seem to want to play the part.
Contrary to belief, Miller won’t have to re-write the character for a younger actor — because the film isn’t a prequel perse, but merely another chapter in Max’s life.
Miller, who says Irwin put his heart and soul into voicing that character, feels “Australia died when we lost Steve Irwin”.
www.moviehole.net /interviews/20061213_interview_george_miller.html   (1106 words)

  
 Autodesk - Autodesk® 3ds Max® software saves the day   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Although Miller credits the talent of Blur's artists as one reason they were able to step up to the challenge of delivering all the required shots on time and to the director's high expectations, he quickly adds that 3ds Max played an integral role as well.
According to Miller, several features in 3ds Max were crucial to helping the animators create all the CG elements for this project.
For instance, Miller recalls that at one point close to their deadline, the team decided they didn't like one of the live-action shots of Twain, so they replaced it with her digital counterpart.
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 Register of Max Miller Papers - MSS 0158
Miller is best known for his book I COVER THE WATERFRONT (1932), the first of nearly twenty books on subjects including the modern U.S. military, Southern California, and Baja California (Mexico).
Max Miller (1899-1967) was born in Traverse City, Michigan.
Miller, Max and Ernie Pyle, 1945 - 1947.
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 Mad Max - Dr George Miller
Spurred on by the success of Mad Max, George Miller felt that he had created a real hero, who was worth exploring further, and they returned to Australia to continue Max's story with Mad Max 2, retitled in the US as The Road Warrior.
Apart from the continuation of the character Max however, Miller's aim was to venture into territory completely different to the original film, and not just simply pick up where they had left off.
Following Thunderdome, George Miller has continued his work in the film industry, primarily in the roles of Director and Producer, on projects as diverse as "The Witches Of Eastwick", "Lorenzo's Oil", and the critically acclaimed "Babe".
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 Comedy Central: Movies - George Miller - Biography
Miller cut back to part-time work as a physician, and in off-hours he and Kennedy began to prolifically script and direct experimental shorts; in addition, Miller wrote a number of feature-length screenplays.
At first, Miller anticipated the end of Mad Max, without the presence of his longtime partner and friend, but he ultimately listened to his instincts and forged ahead at Kennedy-Miller, with the third installment of the Gibson series, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (co-starring rock diva Tina Turner), and two ten-hour television miniseries.
Miller's use of horror stylistics (low angles, harsh lighting) to evoke the terror at the heart of the couple's lives wowed critics and viewers around the world.
www.comedycentral.com /movies/person/173913/bio.jhtml   (823 words)

  
 Max Miller | internet radio on icebergradio.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The British comedian Max Miller, strongly associated with the Cheeky Chappie character he created, was a top star in the land of tea and crumpets from the '30s through the '50s.
Nonetheless, one of the best ways to focus attention his way is to mention that he is one of the people pictured on the front cover of Sgt.
Miller, whose real name was Thomas Sargent, can be seen in the third row of the famous montage, right next to the wax hairdresser's dummy.
www.icebergradio.com /performer/25782/max-miller   (200 words)

  
 Max Miller- Radio - Comedy - Music Hall - Cheeky Chappie   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Max Miller was born in Brighton in 1894, his real name was Thomas Henry Sargent.
A comedian who was always prepared to push the boundaries of his day with quick-witted jokes and stories packed with double-entendres, it is hardly surprising that he became known as the Cheeky Chappie.
Miller's top-flight career was shattered in the early 1960's when he told a joke on the BBC which the corporation felt went too far and ceased to give him broadcasting work which by then had largely displaced the theatre circuit for comedians.
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 Max Miller Award   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Born in Brighton in 1894, Max Miller fought in the First World War before pursuing a career in show business where he soon carved a niche as a quick-witted performer and a master of the double entendre who lived up to (and exceeded) his nickname of The Cheeky Chappie.
At the height of his career in the 1930’s, Miller topped the bill at theatres across the land, including the London Palladium.
Max died in 1963 in the city he loved, Brighton, having established himself as a true comedy great.
www.brightoncomedyfestival.co.uk /2005/maxmiller.asp   (203 words)

  
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During the scuffle ensuing a shot was fired and witness had an impression, from the position of the pistol and the smoke that Miller had been shot in the face.
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome is considered to be a classic Australian film as well as a blockbuster.
Miller was invited by Steven Spielberg to direct "Nightmare at 20, 000 feet", an episode of "Twilight Zone: The Movie".
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 LAUREL & HARDY MEET MAX MILLER   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Long before we had "The Cheeky Girls" there was "The Cheeky Chappie." In the 'thirties and 'forties the comic Max Miller reigned supreme on the London stage, and was considered by most of his peers to be "the Guv'nor" (a term applied to someone who is considered to be the best in a particular field).
Max was on the bill; I guess he'd just hit the big time.
I don't mean this in a nasty way, but I reckon that the Cheeky Chappie only came to life if you went to the theatre where he was appearing, and paid five shillings for a seat in the stalls.
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 BU | Terrier Athletics | Hall of Fame | Max Miller   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In an era when football players played both offense and defense, Max Miller was one of the Terriers' finest two-way performers.
Originally enrolled at Alabama where he was a classmate of Paul "Bear" Bryant, Miller transferred to B.U. where he was a mainstay on the Terriers' outstanding teams of 1936 and 1937 that had a combined record of 11-3-2.
En route to a 6-2 record, the defense, with Miller at nose guard, never gave up more than 12 points, and they held six opponents to seven points or less.
www.bu.edu /athletics/hall-of-fame/bios/miller-max.html   (291 words)

  
 Dexter Daily Statesman: Story: Max Miller
Max Robert Miller, son of the late Ethridge and Nellie Patterson Miller was born April 23, 1923 at Puxico and died on April 30, 2003 at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau at the age of 80.
Miller was a retired Lieutenant Colonel Air Force Pilot and Staff Officer.
He was a member of Masonic Lodge #310 in Sikeston, V.F.W. in Charleston, D.A.V. in Dexter and a resident of Sikeston.
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 Miller's Mad Max 4 Has Momentum
Back in 2005 we brought you the word that the franchise's creator George Miller was interested in doing it, but since nothing was ever heard again I think just about everyone consigned the idea to the depths of development hell.
Miller says soon, after he does something else.
Miller's last directing gig was on 1998's Babe: Pig in the City.
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 seMissourian.com: Story: Max Miller
Max Robert Miller, 80, of Sikeston died Wednesday, April 30, 2003, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau.
He was born April 23, 1923, at Puxico, Mo., son of Ethridge and Nettie Patterson Miller.
Miller was a pilot and staff officer in the Air Force.
www.semissourian.com /story/108147.html   (212 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Mad Max (Widescreen/Full Screen): DVD: George Miller,Steve Bisley,David Bracks,Tim Burns,David Cameron,Reg ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
MGM has thankfully released Mad Max the way it was meant to be seen on DVD, with the original Australian language track restored in place of the dubbed American accents that were infamously incorporated into the film for years on home video and television.
Max is a member of a fl leather-clad police force in an unspecified future.
It's Max that is after them for incidentally (to the KnightRider's cause) killing Max's child and wife, both of whom the gang coincidentally met up with while the family of Max (and Max too) were faraway on a vacation!
www.amazon.ca /Mad-Max-Widescreen-Full-Screen/dp/B00005R2IS   (1887 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/maxmillermakesmusic
Max Miller's Latest Blog Entry [Subscribe to this Blog]
Hey Max Miller, I just thought that i would put an end to those nasty stories about me being antisocial and say hey have a nice day.
max miller may be good but he is NOT better than john mayer
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 CD Baby: MAX MILLER: The Glass
Max Miller has been writing songs ever since the age of 7 or 8.
Max then decided that he didn't want a band.
Im looking forwards to max miller’s next cd, if it is as innovative as this one.
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 Fad to Fundamental: Airmail in America
Miller was the first pilot hired by Benjamin Lipsner for the Postal Service-operated Air Mail Service.
Max was married to Daisy Thomas who worked in Lipsner and Otto Praeger's office.
On September 1, 1920, Miller left Hazelhurst air field for Cleveland at 5:30 am in a Junkers-Larsen aircraft with mechanic Gustav Reierson and 600 pounds of mail.
www.postalmuseum.si.edu /airmail/pilot/pilot_old/pilot_four_miller.html   (178 words)

  
 Exclusive Interview: George Miller for "Happy Feet"
Miller, who originally set out to be a doctor, says it's that constant sense of curiosity that "lead me in to film in the first place, curiosity about process and more importantly curiosity as to why and how we tell each other stories.
Miller was actually ready to make the fourth Mad Max film before turning his attention to the Antarctic and Happy Feet.
A film that takes CG technology to a new level, Miller says that by the time he was ready to make Happy Feet, the technology would be available - unlike Babe.
www.darkhorizons.com /news06/miller.php   (1356 words)

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