Ronald Colman
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Ronald Charles Colman (9 February 1891 – 19 May 1958) was an English-born actor who started his career in theatre and silent film in his native country, then emigrated to the United States where he had a highly successful Hollywood film career. He starred in silent films and successfully transitioned to sound, aided by a distinctive, pleasing voice. He was most popular during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. He received Oscar nominations for Bulldog Drummond (1929), Condemned (1929) and Random Harvest (1942). Colman starred in several classic films, including A Tale of Two Cities (1935), Lost Horizon (1937) and The Prisoner of Zenda (1937). He also played the starring role in the Technicolor classic Kismet (1944), with Marlene Dietrich. In 1947, he won an Academy Award for Best Actor and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film A Double Life.
Colman was an inaugural recipient of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in motion pictures. He was awarded a second star for his television work.
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- High above the city on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince… - Stories For Christmas - Ronald Colman
- Far away, far away in a little street there is a poor house… - Stories For Christmas - Ronald Colman
- When day broke, he flew down to the river and had a bath… - Stories For Christmas - Ronald Colman
- In the square below there stands a little Match Girl… - Stories For Christmas - Ronald Colman
- So the swallow flew over the great city… - Stories For Christmas - Ronald Colman
- Leaf after leaf of the fine gold the swallow picked off… - Stories For Christmas - Ronald Colman
- Then the snow came… - Stories For Christmas - Ronald Colman
- Early the next morning, the Mayor was walking in the Square below… - Stories For Christmas - Ronald Colman
- 'Bring me the two most precious things in the city,' said God to one of his angels… - Stories For Christmas - Ronald Colman
- "God rest ye merry gentlemen" [Ebenezer Scrooge] - Stories For Christmas - Ronald Colman
- "Quickly I made myself ready for bed" [Marley's Ghost] - Stories For Christmas - Ronald Colman
- "There at my bedside" [First Spirit] - Stories For Christmas - Ronald Colman
- "Wake up, man!" [Second Spirit] - Stories For Christmas - Ronald Colman
- "And looking up, I beheld" [Third Spirit] - Stories For Christmas - Ronald Colman
- "I have the highest pleasure" [The Pickwickians set off to visit Mr. Wardle] - Stories For Christmas - Ronald Colman
- "But if they were cheerful and happy outside the house" [At the farm] - Stories For Christmas - Ronald Colman
- "We're all ready, I believe" [The dance] - Stories For Christmas - Ronald Colman
- The same winter sun that dances on the northern snow... - Stories For Christmas - Ronald Colman
- You see, Pablo, once upon a Christmas eve there was a small donkey… - Stories For Christmas - Ronald Colman
- Well, it was early afternoon when the small boy and his small donkey went through the town gates… - Stories For Christmas - Ronald Colman
- Well, the little boy and the little donkey left the marketplace, Pablo… - Stories For Christmas - Ronald Colman
- And so, Pablo, The Small One passed through the town gates… - Stories For Christmas - Ronald Colman
- Once upon a time of many, many years ago… - Stories For Christmas - Ronald Colman
- But at length and at last, he slowly approached the doorway… - Stories For Christmas - Ronald Colman
- And then in all those timeless days that followed… - Stories For Christmas - Ronald Colman
- The angels, dark angels, the seraphim, the cherubim… - Stories For Christmas - Ronald Colman
- A small, rough, unsightly box… - Stories For Christmas - Ronald Colman
- The littlest angel wept hot, bitter tears… - Stories For Christmas - Ronald Colman
- Then suddenly, the voice of God, like divine music, rose through Paradise.. - Stories For Christmas - Ronald Colman
- This story is as old as Christmas… - Stories For Christmas - Ronald Colman
- Yes, Ay-You was without the gift of speech… - Stories For Christmas - Ronald Colman
- But the most stupendous and overwhelming thing of all, he'd be able to sing… - Stories For Christmas - Ronald Colman
- But morning after morning God disappointed him… - Stories For Christmas - Ronald Colman
- And then without the slightest warning of all came the dreadful day… - Stories For Christmas - Ronald Colman
- And so Ay-You tried to sing... - Stories For Christmas - Ronald Colman
- After a while he fell asleep… - Stories For Christmas - Ronald Colman
- Then Ay-You knew why he had been born never to speak until this moment… - Stories For Christmas - Ronald Colman
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