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Francisco Goya was born on 30 March 1746 in Fuendetodos, Spain. He was a composer, known for Only Up! (2023) and Bir Resim Bir Hikaye (2019). He died on 16 April 1828 in Bordeaux, France.- Francisco Goya was born on March 30, 1746 in Fuendetodos, Aragon, Spain as Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes. He was an actor, known for Romantic Versus Classical Art (1973) and Five Revolutionary Painters (1959). He was a painter of the Romantic era and died of a stroke on April 16, 1828 in Bordeaux, France. Other painters of the Romantic era include John Constable, William Blake and Caspar David Friedrich.
- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Composer, church organist, and early musicologist John Stafford Smith was born in March in 1750 in Gloucester, England. He was the son of church organist Martin Smith and was baptized in Gloucester Cathedral on March 30. Smith attended the Gloucester Cathedral School, where he was a boy singer. John was a choir boy at the Chapel Royal in London, England and studied under famous composer William Boyce. Smith was elected as a member of the select Anacreontic Society and composed the music for the society's constitutional song "To Anacreon in Heaven" (a.k.a. "The Anacreontic Song)." "To Anacreon in Heaven" was first published by The Vocal Magazine and was later adopted as the melody for the American national anthem "The Star-Spangled Banner." John became a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal in 1784, an organist for the Chapel Royal in 1802, and a Master of the Children in 1805. Moreover, he was a lay-vicar of Westminster Abbey and the organist at the Three Choirs Festival held at Gloucester in 1790. In addition, Smith was a serious antiquarian and musicologist who collected works that dated back to the 12th century as well as manuscripts by noted composer Johann Sebastian Bach. His work "A Collection of English Song" was published in 1779. This was followed by the publication of "Musica Antiqua" in 1812. John died at age 86 on September 21, 1836 in London, England.- Hermann von Schmid was born on 30 March 1815 in Waizenkirchen, Upper Austria, Austrian Empire. Hermann was a writer, known for Der bayerische Hiasel (1920). Hermann died on 19 October 1880 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
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- Soundtrack
Paul Verlaine was born on 30 March 1844 in Metz, France. He was a writer, known for French Kiss (1995), Stonehearst Asylum (2014) and Norwegian Wood (2010). He was married to Mathilde Meuté de Fleurville. He died on 8 January 1896 in Paris, France.- Writer
- Art Department
- Actor
Vincent Willem van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853, in Zundert, Netherlands. His father, named Theodorus van Gogh, was a Protestant minister. His mother, named Anna Cornelia Carbentus, was a daughter of the "book-binder to the King" Willem Carbentus; who had bound the first Consitution of Holland. Vincent Van Gogh was given the name of his elder brother, who had died at birth a year before Van Gogh was born. He had two junior brothers and three sisters, and was strongly attached to his brother Theo.
Young Van Gogh was brought up in a religious and strict atmosphere. He was severely punished by his grandmother at one time. He had a very uncontrollable temper, was highly emotional, and lacked self-confidence. From the age of 7 to 11 he was taught at home by a governess. Then from the age of 11 to 15 he was sent to boarding schools in the Netherlands. His first art teacher was Constantijn Huysmans, a professional artist, who taught the young Van Gogh basic drawing and composition. From 1869-1873 Van Gogh worked for an established art dealer, Goupil & Cie, in the Hague. Then he worked in London and Paris until 1876, when he was fired for showing resentment to the customers. Van Gogh went to England as a minister's assistant. Then he studied theology at the University of Amsterdam for one year, but gave up. He tried to follow his father's profession and become a preacher in Belgium, but was dismissed after a year for "underminig the dignity of the priesthood."
He studied at the Royal Academy of Art in Brussels for six months in 1880 and 1881. In the summer of 1881 Van Gogh fell in love with his widowed cousin, Kee Vos, but was cruelly rejected by her. He became upset and resentful. This led to a violent quarrel with his father on Christmas, and he moved in with an alcoholic prostitute for a year. In 1884 Van Gogh had a romance with a neighbor's daughter, who shared his interest in art, but their marriage was opposed by both families. This and the death of his father in March of 1885 caused depression. At that time Van Gogh made his first major work, "The Potato Eaters". In September of 1885 he was accused of making one of his sitters, a young peasant girl, pregnant and was ostracized by the local Church. He moved to Antwerp, where he studied color theory and painting at the Antwerpen School of Arts, and matriculated in January of 1886. While he was away, his mother and sister moved. They left behind almost all of his paintings, of which 70 were bought by a junk dealer and some were burned.
From March 1886 to February 1888, Van Gogh lived in Paris. There he met the Impressionists: Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Edgar Degas, Alfred Sisley, Paul Signac, Georges Seurat, and brothers Lucien and Camille Pissarro. The Impressionist's use of light and color inspired Van Gogh on updating his own palette. During the Paris years, his color scheme became brighter and lighter. His use of complementary colors in proximity produced remarkable decorative effects. He wrote: "I want to use colours that complement each other, that cause each other to shine brilliantly, that complete each other like a man and a woman." Van Gogh also adopted some ideas of pointillism, but developed his own technique with stronger brush-strokes, sharp composition, and his own color scheme using complementary colors. He created about 200 oil paintings during his two years in Paris.
In February of 1888 Van Gogh moved to Arles with a plan to found an art colony. His friend Paul Gauguin joined in October. Van Gogh presented him several paintings of sunflowers, but their cooperation lasted only for two months. Their arguments about art and life were exacerbated by drinking and rivalry for prostitutes. Van Gogh's mental state was alternating between fits of depression and lucidity. At times, his madness led to aggressive actions. In December of 1888 he attacked Paul Gauguin with an open razor, was stopped, but eventually cut part of his ear off and gave it to a prostitute. Paul Gauguin sent a note to his brother Theo and left forever. Theo immediately came to help. Van Gogh was sent to the state mental hospital of St. Paul in Saint Remy de Provence. There he lived for a year and made some of his best works: "Starry Night", "Vincent's Bedroom", and several paintings of Irises.
Van Gogh was released in May of 1890 and moved to live in Auvers-sur-Oise under supervision of Dr. Gachet. His health improved enough to give him energy for the most intensive work marathon. In just two months there he painted ninety excellent works. This included portraits of Dr. Gachet, landscapes, still-lives, and "Wheat Field with Crows". In a state of depression he went out into the wheat field and shot himself in the chest on July 27, 1890. Fatally wounded, Van Gogh died two days later in the arms of his brother Theo. He was laid to rest at the cemetery of Auvers-sur-Oise.
Van Gogh's disobedience drove his creativity towards new horizons. Although categorized as a Post-impressionist, Van Gogh pioneered the style of Expressionism and had a very important influence on 20th century art. He influenced many artists and art movements, such as Henri Matisse and the French Fauves, Ernest Ludwig Kirchner and German Expressionists, as well as Francis Bacon and other artists. Van Gogh was been the topic of several biographical films. He was played most memorably by Kirk Douglas in Lust for Life (1956) and by Tim Roth in Vincent & Theo (1990). The highly popular song "Vincent" by Don McLean was a tribute to Van Gogh.- Soundtrack
Bessie Bellwood was born on 30 March 1856 in London, England, UK. Bessie was married to John Nicholson. Bessie died on 24 September 1896 in West Kensington, London, England, UK.- Gabriela Zapolska was born on 30 March 1857 in Podhajce, Galicia, Austrian Empire [now Pidhaytsi, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine]. She was a writer, known for Sezonowa milosc (1918), O czym sie nie mówi (1924) and O czym sie nie mówi... (1939). She was married to Stanislaw Janowski and Konstanty Sniezko-Blocki. She died on 17 December 1921 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine].
- Best-known for performing the most popular baseball poem, "Casey at the Bat." Filmed as one of the first talkies, 5 years before The Jazz Singer (1927), Casey at the Bat (1922), was included in Ken Burns' Baseball (1994). Hopper, a fervent New York Giant fan, first performed the then-unknown poem to the Giants and Chicago Cubs, on the day his friend, Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Tim Keefe had his record 19 game winning streak stopped, August 14, 1888. The dying General William T. Sherman was also in the audience that evening, along with Keefe and his brother-in-law shortstop/attorney John Montgomery Ward. 2 months later the Giants won New York's first world championship.
Hopper recited Casey for almost 40 years in films, on stage, records, radio etc. Known as the "Husband of His Country" for his 6 marriages. He became totally hairless, with blue-tinged skin, possibly from reaction to a patent medicine. Even so, his powerful voice and great sense of humor mesmerized women all his life. One of his wives was the gossip columnist Hedda Hopper. Their son, the white-maned William Hopper, played private investigator Paul Drake on Perry Mason for many years. - Henry Leone was born on 30 March 1858 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]. He was an actor, known for The Heart of the Hills (1916), Tangled Lives (1917) and Fair Lady (1922). He was married to Elizabeth and Anne Dale. He died on 9 June 1922 in Mount Vernon, New York, USA.
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Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset was born on 30 March 1862 in Fumay, Ardennes, France. Victorin-Hippolyte was a director and writer, known for Protéa (1913), Zigomar contre Nick Carter (1912) and Zigomar - the Black Scourge - Episode 1 (1913). Victorin-Hippolyte died on 22 June 1913 in Paris, France.- Cinematographer
- Director
- Camera and Electrical Department
Joe Rosenthal was born on 30 March 1864 in Whitechapel, London, England, UK. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Hiawatha (1903), Will the Express Overtake Them? (1903) and Indians Gambling for Furs: Is It War or Peace? (1903). He died in 1946 in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK.- André Dubosc was born on 30 March 1866 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for Le prince Jean (1928), Crimson Dynasty (1935) and L'argent des pauvres (1914). He died on 20 December 1935 in Paris, France.
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- Actor
Davidson worked in the garment trade before founding the Allgemeine Kinematographen-Theater Gesellschaft, Union-Theater für lebende und Tonbilder G.m.B.H. (A.K.T.G.) in Frankfurt am Main on 21 March 1906 and opening a cinema, the Union-Theater (U.T.), in Mannheim, Germany, in June the same year. Three years later on 4 September 1909, Davidson opens his first movie palace in Berlin, the U.T. am Alexanderplatz. He follows it with the even more plush U.T. Unter den Linden on 21 August 1910. In less than ten years, Davidson creates an empire of over 56 cinemas in Germany, Belgium, and Hungary, drawing 6 million patrons in 1913.
In 1909 Davidson transforms the A.K.T.G. into the Projektions-AG "Union" (PAGU), the first publicly traded film company in Germany. A year later he starts Germany's first distribution company, renting rather than selling outright prints of the Johnson-Jeffries Fight. By 1912, Davidson has also gone into production, financing two Max Reinhardt films, which open Davdison's newest movie palace, the U.T. Kurfürstendam in Berlin on 3. October 1913.
A financial crisis at the beginning of World War I forces Davidson to sell his cinema chain to the Danish Nordisk Film Company in August 1915. Davidson focuses forwith on film production and on his new star, soon to be star director, Ernst Lubitsch. When the Univversum Film A.G. (UFA) is created by decree of the German Military High Command in November 1917, the Nordisk's Union-Theater chain, as well as Davidson's PAGU are once again united under one roof. Lubitsch and Davidson's films continue to fill the coffers of the UFA.
On 7 April 1921, Davidson resigns from his positions as production head of UFA and on the Board of UFA, joining Lubtsch, Famous Players, Joe May, Dimitri Buchowetzki, and others in forming the Europäischen Film-Allianz (EFA). UFA looses its most successful producer, eventually finding a worthy replacement when Erich Pommer joins UFA after the merger with Decla-Bioscop AG in early 1922. Davidson's offers to buy the PAGU are rejected. After the failure of the EFA, Davidson founds the Paul-Davidson AG on 17 September 1924, producing films "independently" within the UFA. He cancels his contract in spring 1927 and enters a mental institution, not the first tiome he has exprienced a breakdown. He commits suicide at the institution a few months later.- Actor
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Charles B. Dillingham was born on 30 March 1868 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. He was an actor, known for Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925). He was married to Eileen Allen and Jennie Yeamans. He died on 30 August 1934 in New York City, New York, USA.- Hubert Henry Davies was born on 30 March 1869 in Woodley, Cheshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Cousin Kate (1921), Outcast (1928) and Outcast (1917). He died on 17 August 1917 in Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire, England, UK.
- Tommy Ryan was born on 30 March 1870 in Redwood, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Prince of Broadway (1926) and Safeguarded (1924). He died on 3 August 1948 in Granada Hills, California, USA.
- Actor
- Writer
Berthold Rose was born on 30 March 1870 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was an actor and writer, known for Donna Lucia (1918), Der Hilferuf (1916) and Der Millionenschuster (1916). He died on 8 March 1925 in Berlin, Germany.- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Frederic Austin was born on 30 March 1872 in London, England, UK. He was a composer, known for Emma (1996), Enemy of the State (1998) and Just Friends (2005). He was married to Amy Oliver. He died on 10 April 1952 in London, England, UK.- Sergei Vasilenko was born on 30 March 1872 in Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was a composer, known for Loss of Feeling (1935), Dzhulbars (1936) and Okraina (1933). He died on 11 March 1956 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Perhaps one of the most intriguing individuals associated with the Titanic because of the many unique events that happened both before and after the sinking. As a young man, he assured his sister the sea wasn't wet enough to drown him and went on to prove just that. Charles Lightoller's career at sea began in 1888 at the age of thirteen and was a harrowing one almost from the start. On his second voyage, his ship was demasted twice before running aground on a deserted island. In 1898, lured by the promise of riches, Lightoller left the sea to become one of the thousands who moiled for gold in the Klondike. Unfortunately, he was unsuccessful and after a brief stint as a cowboy, he rode the rails back east as a hobo before returning to England broke.
Eager to resume his sailing career, he joined the White Star Line around the turn of the century and was assigned as a junior officer on a run to Australia. It was on this run that he met his future wife Sylvia. He would later be assigned to the Titanic in 1912 and survived the ship's sinking by clinging to an overturned lifeboat in the freezing water with thirty other men all night before being rescued. Lightoller would survive still two more shipwrecks during World War I when the steamship Oceanic ran aground in 1914 and then again in 1918 when the destroyer Falcon. A month later, however, while commmanding the destroyer Garry, Lightoller rammed and sank a German U-Boat. Though badly damaged, the Garry remained afloat and Lightoller received a promotion for his actions.
After the war ended, Lightoller resumed service with the White Star Line, but found being associated with the Titanic had forever tainted him in his employer's eyes, dashing any hope of attaining a peacetime command. A disillusioned Lightoller quit the White Star Line and left the sea altogether, taking various jobs to support his family, including chicken farmer and owner of a guest home. The Lightoller family eventually acquired a small craft which Sylvia named the Sundowner, which was used by Lightoller, at the request of the British government, to survey the European coastline months before World War II broke out.
In June of 1940, he distinguished himself one final time by taking his beloved Sundowner across the English channel to rescue a hundred and twenty-seven men at the evacuation of Dunkirk. Lightoller spent his final years managing a boatyard used by the London River Police. The man the sea couldn't claim died on December 8, 1952 at the age of seventy-eight. - Additional Crew
Ned Wayburn was born on 30 March 1874 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He is known for Convention Girl (1935), The Great White Way (1924) and Mutual Weekly, No. 142 (1917). He was married to Marguerite L. Kirby, Helene Davis and Agnes Sayre. He died on 2 September 1942 in New York City, New York, USA.- Hilma Rantanen was born on 30 March 1875. She is known for Verettömät (1913), Nuori luotsi (1913) and Kesä (1915).
- Nikolay Monakhov was born on 30 March 1875 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for Inzhener Yelagin (1928), Chelovek s portfelem (1929) and Dubrovsky (1936). He died on 5 July 1936 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia].
- Additional Crew
Ebenezer Henry was born on 30 March 1875 in Colchester City, Nova Scotia.- Dominik Löscher was born on 30 March 1877 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was an actor, known for Der Tod von Phaleria (1919), This Ancient Law (1923) and Die graue Macht (1923). He died on 1 November 1941 in Munich, Germany.
- Arthur Bauer was born on 30 March 1878 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He is known for The Unfortunate Marriage (1917), The Mill on the Floss (1915) and Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight (1913).
- Evelina Paoli was born on 30 March 1878 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. She was an actress, known for We the Living (1942), Addio Kira! (1942) and Hanno rapito un uomo (1938). She died on 28 December 1972 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
- Margaret Vale was born on 30 March 1878 in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. She is known for A Gilded Fool (1915), Was He a Coward? (1915) and Our Mutual Girl (1914).
- Actress
- Writer
- Director
Constance Crawley was born on 30 March 1879 in London, England, UK. She was an actress and writer, known for Thais (1914), Charlotte Corday (1914) and Francesca da Rimini (1913). She was married to John Sayer Crawley. She died on 17 March 1919 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Aleksei Feona was born on 30 March 1879 in the Russian Empire. He was an actor, known for Poet i tsar (1927) and Kastus Kalinovskiy (1928). He died on 20 September 1949 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia].
- Ethel Royale was born on 30 March 1879 in Hoare Abbey Park, County Tipperary, Ireland. She was an actress, known for Twice Branded (1936), Fettered (1919) and If This Be Sin (1949). She died on 8 August 1972 in Eton, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.
- Actor
- Writer
Harcourt Williams was born on 30 March 1880 in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Roman Holiday (1953), Around the World in 80 Days (1956) and Hamlet (1948). He was married to Jean Sterling MacKinlay. He died on 13 December 1957 in London, England, UK.- Writer
- Soundtrack
Sean O'Casey was born on 30 March 1880 in Dublin, Ireland. He was a writer, known for Juno and the Paycock (1929), Pension pro svobodné pány (1968) and The Plough and the Stars (1936). He was married to Eileen Reynolds. He died on 18 September 1964 in Torquay, Devon, England, UK.- Walter C. Short was born on 30 March 1880. He died on 5 March 1949.
- Claude Payton was born on 30 March 1882 in Centerville, Iowa, USA. He was an actor, known for The Last Frontier (1932), Dangerous Odds (1925) and Set Free (1927). He was married to Lucy Payton and Lucy. He died on 1 March 1955 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Lowell Drew was born on 30 March 1882 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for The Greene Murder Case (1929), Lady from Nowhere (1936) and The Lone Star Vigilantes (1942). He died on 14 October 1942 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Gerhard Dammann was born on 30 March 1883 in Cologne, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Ganz unheimliche Geschichten (1920), Sein Strandliebchen (1918) and Theodor Körner (1914). He was married to Hansi Dege. He died on 21 February 1946 in Bad Ischl, Upper Austria, Austria.- Burton Mallory was born on 30 March 1883. He was an actor, known for The DuPont Show of the Month (1957), Kraft Theatre (1947) and Camera Three (1955). He died on 29 December 1962 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Frantisek Lasek was born on 30 March 1883 in Duchcov, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Batalion (1927), Prazský kat (1927) and V tom domecku pod Emauzy (1934). He died on 13 March 1957 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Jo Davidson was born on 30 March 1883 in New York, USA. He died on 2 January 1952 in Saché, Indre-et-Loire, France.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Alec Craig was born on 30 March 1884 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for Northern Pursuit (1943), They Made Her a Spy (1939) and Mutiny on the Bounty (1935). He died on 25 June 1945 in Glendale, California, USA.- Actor
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- Writer
Jean Hervé was born on 30 March 1884 in Paris, France. He was an actor and director, known for Le secret du Camélia (1928), Les deux soldats (1923) and Le Pauvre Village (1922). He died on 27 November 1966 in Paris, France.- Cinematographer
Walfrid Bergström was born on 30 March 1884 in Gävle, Gävleborgs län, Sweden. Walfrid was a cinematographer, known for Hon fick platsen (1911), Den glada änkan (1907) and Amerikaminnen (1908). Walfrid died on 27 June 1951 in Sollentuna, Stockholms län, Sweden.- Actor
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- Editor
Josef Coenen was born on 30 March 1885 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is known for Die Insel der Glücklichen (1919), Der Klub der Einäugigen (1917) and Die blonde Loo (1919).- Richard Barbee was born on 30 March 1885 in Lafayette, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Her Great Price (1916), To Mary - with Love (1936) and Wednesday's Child (1934). He died on 26 October 1965 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
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- Actor
Austrian-born Henry Lehrman entered the film industry in 1909 while working as a trolley conductor. Legend has it that he cornered director D.W. Griffith and claimed to be an agent for the French-based Pathe company, sent by them to work with Griffith. By the time Griffith found out that Lehrman's claims were untrue, he had already impressed Griffith with his talents as an actor and gagman; instead of firing him, Griffith made him a director, and Lehrman had earned the nickname "Pathe" Lehrman. He soon left Griffith and went to work as an actor, gagman and director for Mack Sennett at Keystone, appearing in (and directing) many entries in the Keystone Kops series. Lehrman struck out on his own and formed L-KO (Lehrman Knock-Out) Pictures, which made two-reel comedies for release by Universal. By 1917 Lehrman was working for Fox, directing the studio's Sunshine comedies. Although he was a major talent in his day, the thing he will probably be remembered for most is his involvement in the Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle scandal of the early 1920s. Lehrman was the boyfriend of actress Virginia Rappe, who died after a night of partying in a hotel room with Arbuckle.- Cinematographer
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- Visual Effects
Archie Stout was born on 30 March 1886 in Renwick, Iowa, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for The Quiet Man (1952), Fort Apache (1948) and The Arm of the Law (1932). He was married to Evelyn. He died on 10 March 1973 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Otto Klopsch was born on 30 March 1886 in Görlitz, Germany. He was an actor, known for Steputat & Co. (1938), Play in the Summer Breezes (1939) and Jud Süß (1940). He died on 14 February 1941 in Berlin, Germany.
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Hap Depew was born on 30 March 1887 in Brushton, New York, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for Shanghai Rose (1929), Two Sisters (1929) and Cold Steel (1921). He died on 11 April 1940 in Los Angeles, California, USA.