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3 set 1971 · Bennett Cerf, the publisher and television personality who died last Friday at the age of 73, left an estate valued at more than $1‐million, according to his will, which was offered for probate ...
The Long Happy Life of Bennett Cerf. Why is “smiles” the longest word in English? Because there's a “mile” between the first letter and the last!!! March 1 1964 Thomas B. Morgan. Sign In to read this article. Get instant access to 85+ years of Esquire. Subscribe Now! Exclusive & Unlimited access to Esquire Classic - The Official Esquire ...
CV — Bennett Cerf: Cinematographer. AWARDS & NOMINATIONS. “U S E R S”. OFFICIAL SELECTION SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION. “THE HAUNTED SWORDSMAN”. 19 AWARDS AND SELECTED FOR OVER 40 FILM FESTIVALS. “ARTBOUND”. 2 DAYTIME EMMYS FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY. “A GIRL NAMED C”.
19 ott 2023 · Bennett Cerf was a man of many talents and achievements. He was a writer, publisher, editor, humorist, and television personality. He co-founded Random House, one of the most influential publishing houses in America, and published some of the greatest authors of the 20th century, such as William Faulkner, James Joyce, Ayn Rand, and Dr. Seuss.
He became known as an opponent of censorship. Bennett Alfred Cerf was born on May 25, 1898, in New York, New York. While attending Columbia University, he wrote a column for the school newspaper. Cerf received a bachelor’s of arts degree in 1919 and a bachelor’s degree in literature the next year. He then worked in finance for a few years.
So recounts Bennett Cerf in this wonderfully amusing memoir of the making of a great publishing house. An incomparable raconteur, possessed of an irrepressible wit and an abiding love of books and authors, Cerf brilliantly evokes the heady days of Random House’s first decades. Part of the vanguard of young New York publishers who ...
5 mar 2002 · Donald Klopfer and Bennett Cerf had been partners in Random House for seventeen years, but Donald decided that he had to become a part of an even greater endeavor—the defeat of Nazi Germany. Not long after Pearl Harbor, Donald, who was then forty years old, took a leave from Random House and joined the United States Army Air Forces.
