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unusual facts about Louis B. Goodall


Louis B. Goodall

He became president of the Sanford National Bank from its organization in 1896, and became chairman of the Maine commission to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Mo., in 1904.


Bel Air Circuit

It was originally set-up by the movie moguls, including Louis B. Mayer and Daryl Zanuck, to allow them to view and critique new releases in the comfort and privacy of their own homes, but was later expanded into an invite-only exclusive service for wealthy patrons who could not go to regular cinemas for whatever reason, or who could simply afford their own home theatres, so chose to view movies this way.

Broadway Rhythm

The movie was originally slated to star Eleanor Powell and Gene Kelly but Louis B. Mayer and MGM loaned Kelly out to Columbia to play opposite Rita Hayworth in Cover Girl (1944).

Carl A. Roles

A Thoroughbred trainer and owner, he trained for prominent stable owners such as Ada L. Rice of Chicago and Hollywood film studio boss, Louis B. Mayer.

Catalina Casino

Film tycoons such as Cecil B. DeMille, Louis B. Mayer and Samuel Goldwin frequently came by yacht to the Casino to preview their newest productions.

Charles S. Slichter

Slichter was the husband of Mary Byrne Slichter and was the father of economist Sumner Slichter and geophysicist Louis B. Slichter, industrialist Allen Slichter and Donald Slichter, and the grandfather of physicist Charles Pence Slichter.

George M. Odom

During his career, George Odom operated a public stable whose clients over the years included Robert L. Gerry, Sr., Marshall Field III, and Hollywood film mogul Louis B. Mayer who owned Odom's most famous runner, Busher, a future Hall of Fame filly who was voted 1945 American Horse of the Year honors.

Herbert Stothart

In 1929, Stothart was signed to a large Hollywood contract by another would-be playwright of the day, Louis B. Mayer.

It Can't Happen Here

A film version was in preparation at this time at MGM, but studio head Louis B. Mayer soon canceled the production to the publicly announced pleasure of the Nazi regime in Germany.

Jane R. Goodall

She currently lectures in drama at the School of Community Arts, University of Western Sydney.

Larry R. Williams

Williams joined forces with long-time friend— trader and software developer Louis B. Mendelsohn — to create a comprehensive new line-up of trading indicators, within the Vantage Point software.

Lenore Marshall

She married James Marshall, son of famed New York lawyer, Louis Marshall.

Leonty Ramensky

This was long before Correspondence analysis was first used (1952), the now classic applications of ordination to plant communities by J. Roger Bray and John T. Curtis and David W. Goodall and the theoretical foundations of gradient analysis was developed by Whittaker and others (1970s onwards).

Louis B. Boudin

Throughout the 1930s and 1940s Boudin was a frequent contributor of book reviews to scholarly journals such as the Columbia Law Review, The American Journal of Sociology, and The Journal of Politics.

Louis B. Brodsky

Louis B. Brodsky was a magistrate in The Tombs court in New York City who made a progressive ruling regarding dancers and nudity in April 1935.

Louis B. Butler

NPR commented on the Senate's reluctance to confirm Butler in an August 4, 2011 article, stating that "Some of the longest waiting nominees, Louis Butler of Wisconsin, Charles Bernard Day of Maryland and Edward Dumont of Washington happen to be black or openly gay".

Butler was appointed to the Supreme Court by Governor Jim Doyle in August 2004; his term expired on July 31, 2008.

Louis B. Wilson

In 1918, Wilson went overseas as the assistant director of the AEF division of laboratories and infectious diseases.

Meadow Lea

It was sold in 1948 for £17,000 to Azzalin Romano, of the nightclub restaurant Romanos, who had sold his racehorse Bernborough in 1946 to Louis B. Mayer for £93,000.

Neil S. McCarthy

Among his clients were Paramount Pictures and well-known personalities such as producer Cecil B. DeMille, MGM Studios boss Louis B. Mayer, and actors Ginger Rogers, Joan Bennett, Betsey Cushing Roosevelt, Joan Crawford, Lana Turner, and Ava Gardner.

Philip Grausman

He has also contributed to the Art in Embassies Program through the U.S. State Department in Washington, D.C. His work is included in various private, museum, and university collections, such as the Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland; Louis B. Mayer Foundation, Los Angeles; Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Udine, Italy.

Rudd Weatherwax

According to legend, after seeing the first prints, the head of MGM, Louis B. Mayer, stated that "Pal had entered the water, but Lassie had come out," and a new star was born.

Slichter Foreland

Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Louis B. Slichter, Professor Emeritus of Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, who has been involved with planning scientific programs for the South Pole Station, and who has trained a number of geophysicists who have gone to Antarctica to implement those programs.

Stanley DeSantis

He appeared in 15 motion pictures, the last of which being The Aviator, in which he portrayed Louis B. Mayer.

Woman of the Year

These changes were made by Louis B. Mayer, producer Joseph L. Mankiewicz and director George Stevens.


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