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Film distribution company in the silent film era
Norman C. Raff and Frank R. Gammon were two American businessmen who were known for distributing and promoting some of the Edison Studio films, and founding
Raff_&_Gammon
Edison film projection system
for the invention.[citation needed] Armat showed the Phantoscope to Raff & Gammon, owners of the Kinetoscope Company, who recognized its profit potential
Vitascope
American exhibition shooter (1860–1926)
May 13, 1994. Retrieved October 15, 2009. As titled and described by Raff & Gammon, Price list of films, ca. June 1895, p. 1 [MI]. "Annie Oakley". Library
Annie_Oakley
American film pioneer (1870–1941)
screens in the United States. He was briefly employed in New York City by Raff & Gammon, agents for the films and viewing equipment made by Thomas Edison, and
Edwin_S._Porter
1896 American film
shown.:viii:116 The film selection for the premiere had been curated by Raff & Gammon,:26 and it was the first commercially successful film screening in the
The_Monroe_Doctrine_(film)
that developed re-refining technique in 1889 Alfred O'Tate Norman Raff Frank Gammon Andrew and Edwin Holland, brothers Edison, Thomas A. (1989). The Papers
List of people who worked for Thomas Edison
List_of_people_who_worked_for_Thomas_Edison
American film director
unsuccessful in doing so. In 1896, he attempted to lease a vitascope from Raff & Gammon, but was again unsuccessful. He thus created his own projector, the
Lyman_H._Howe
Motion picture exhibition device
with Edison for their production; the firm, headed by Norman C. Raff and Frank R. Gammon, included among its investors Andrew M. Holland, one of the entrepreneurial
Kinetoscope
Brian Keith played Roosevelt in the 1975 film The Wind and the Lion. James Gammon portrayed him in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles episode "British East
Cultural depictions of Theodore Roosevelt
Cultural_depictions_of_Theodore_Roosevelt
American banker, investor and land speculator
Erastus Benson, along with Alfred O. Tate, Thomas Lombard, Norman C. Raff, Frank R. Gammon, and Andrew Holland. In 1906 Benson ran on the Republican Party
Erastus_Benson
Miller, Pearl Jones, Rhoda Griffis, Bob Gill, Nick Searcy, Joe Maggard Riff-Raff Fine Line Features / Parallax Pictures / Channel Four Films Ken Loach (director);
List of American films of 1993
List_of_American_films_of_1993
Former American theater award
Cooper 2 nominations Edward Herrmann Michael Gough Željko Ivanek James Gammon Bill Irwin Matt McGrath Ron Leibman Alfred Molina Billy Crudup Harris Yulin
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
Drama_Desk_Award_for_Outstanding_Featured_Actor_in_a_Play
Baseball stadium in the Bronx, New York City
home run totals through a similar number of games. ESPN commentator Peter Gammons denounced the new facility as "one of the biggest jokes in baseball" during
Yankee_Stadium
Richard Bonynge Alex Burnard Phillp Challis John Clegg Lance Dossor Phillip Gammon Colin Horsley Leonard Isaacs John Kuchmy Constant Lambert [pupils] George
List of music students by teacher: C to F
List_of_music_students_by_teacher:_C_to_F
Decade
with Edison for their production; the firm, headed by Norman C. Raff and Frank R. Gammon, included among its investors Andrew M. Holland, one of the entrepreneurial
1890s
Engineers (Averley) Pte. W. Gallimore, Liverpool Reg. (New-Brighton) Pte. R. Gammon, Rifle Brigade (Regents Park, London) Sgt. C. Gardiner, Nottinghamshire
1918_New_Year_Honours_(MM)
RAFF GAMMON
RAFF GAMMON
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Rolfe.German : variant spelling of Ruf.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Raft, Heaven
Boy/Male
Hindu
Raft, Heaven
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a variant spelling of Ralph.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Rolfe.North German : variant of Ruoff.
Male
Scandinavian
 Scandinavian form of Old Norse Ráðúlfr, RALF means "wise wolf." Compare with another form of Ralf.
Girl/Female
Arabic
Happy.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a respelling of Irish Taaffe. In England this name now occurs mainly in South Yorkshire.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Merciful, Gentle
Male
English
Medieval form of English Ralph, RAFE means "wise wolf."
Boy/Male
Indian
Who is every ones friend, Merciful, Kind
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Raft; Heaven
Boy/Male
Muslim
Patience, Tolerance, Endurance
Girl/Female
Greek
Bay tree, or laurel tree. The Greek mythological nymph Daphne was rescued from the unwanted...
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for someone who made or used iron hooks or crooks, Old French, Middle English gaffe.German : from a derivative of the stem geb- (see Gaffke).
Surname or Lastname
German
German : nickname for a tall thin man, from Middle High German rave ‘lath’.German : from a personal name, Raffo, as yet unexplained.English : variant of Ralph.
Boy/Male
English
Red wolf.
Male
Hebrew
Variant spelling of Hebrew Rapha, RAFA means "feeble, flaccid, weak," i.e. "a shade" living in Hades, void of blood and animal life; therefore weak and languid like a sick person, but still able to think.Â
Surname or Lastname
German (also Gräff), Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
German (also Gräff), Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Graf.English : metonymic occupational name for a clerk or scribe, from Anglo-Norman French grafe ‘quill’, ‘pen’ (a derivative of grafer ‘to write’, Late Latin grafare, from Greek graphein).
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, English, German, Hebrew
Red Wolf; Wolf Counsel
RAFF GAMMON
RAFF GAMMON
Boy/Male
Biblical Hebrew
A wood, honeycomb, watching closely.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Joyful
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Tamil, Traditional
Wisdom
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim, Sindhi
Truth; Without a Doubt; Not Suspicious
Girl/Female
Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu
River in Himalaya; Name of a Lake in Himalaya; Goddess Lakshmi; Conceived in the Mind; A River
Girl/Female
Indian, Tamil
Beautiful; Stream
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a person considered prodigious in some way, from Middle English, Old French merveille ‘miracle’ (Latin mirabilia, originally neuter plural of the adjective mirabilis ‘admirable’, ‘amazing’). The nickname was no doubt sometimes given with mocking intent.English : habitational name, from places called Merville. The one in Nord is named from Old French mendre ‘smaller’, ‘lesser’ (Latin minor) + ville ‘settlement’; that in Calvados seems to have as its first element a Germanic personal name, probably a short form of a compound name with the first element mari, meri ‘famous’.
Boy/Male
Scottish
Stranger with dark hair.
Girl/Female
French, German, Latin, Spanish
Victor
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu
Favourite Person of Godess Lakshmi; Beautiful Girl
RAFF GAMMON
RAFF GAMMON
RAFF GAMMON
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RAFF GAMMON
n.
The sweepings of society; the rabble; the mob; -- chiefly used in the compound or duplicate, riffraff.
a.
Resembling, or having the character of, raff, or a raff; worthless; low.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Raff
v. t.
To strike with a gaff or barbed spear; to secure by means of a gaff; as, to gaff a salmon.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Gaff
n.
A variety of the domestic pigeon, having a ruff of its neck.
imp. & p. p.
of Gaff
n.
A low fellow; a churl.
v. t.
To transport on a raft, or in the form of a raft; to make into a raft; as, to raft timber.
v. t.
To sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous sweep.
imp. & p. p.
of Ruff
imp. & p. p.
of Raft
n.
A small triangular sail having its foot extended upon the gaff and its luff upon the topmast.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Ruff
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Raft
a.
Furnished with a ruff.
n.
A limicoline bird of Europe and Asia (Pavoncella, / Philommachus, pugnax) allied to the sandpipers. The males during the breeding season have a large ruff of erectile feathers, variable in their colors, on the neck, and yellowish naked tubercles on the face. They are polygamous, and are noted for their pugnacity in the breeding season. The female is called reeve, or rheeve.
imp. & p. p.
of Raff
n.
A promiscuous heap; a jumble; a large quantity; lumber; refuse.
v. t.
To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.