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swart (iou) and Aldrich, Robert (sh)


swart (iou)



swart adjective & noun. Now only dial., poet., & rhet. See also SWARTH adjective & noun4.
[Old English sweart = Old Frisian, Old Saxon swart, Old High German swarz (Dutch zwart, German schwarz), Old Norse svartr, Gothic swarts, from Germanic.]
A. adjective.
Dark in colour; black, blackish; spec. dark-complexioned, dusky, swarthy. OE.
b. Of the face or body: livid through suffering or emotion. LME-L16.
c. Of the sun, or some Other celestial object regarded as hot: producing a swarthy complexion. M17.
d. Dressed in black. L17.
Wicked, iniquitous; baleful, malignant. OE.
B. noun. A person of swarthy complexion. rare. LME-M19.
swartish adjective (obsolete exc. dial.) somewhat dark or swarthy LME.
swartness noun swarthiness, duskiness LOE.

Aldrich, Robert (sh)




born Aug. 9, 1918, Cranston, R.I., U.S.
died Dec. 5, 1983, Los Angeles, Calif.

U.S. Film director and producer.

He held various Jobs at RKO from 1941, working under such directors as Jean Renoir and Charlie Chaplin. After directing his first feature Film, The Big Leaguer (1953), he formed his own production company and earned a reputation for socially conscious yet often violent films, including Apache (1954), Kiss Me Deadly (1955), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), and The Dirty Dozen (1967).