Noel Gerson
Noel Bertram Gerson (1913-1988) was an American author who wrote 325 books, including several best sellers, and two that were made into movies, The Naked Maja and 55 Days at Peking.
Gerson used the following ten pseudonyms in addition to his own name: Anne Marie Burgess; Michael Burgess; Samuel Edwards; Nicholas Gorham; Paul Lewis; Leon Phillips; Donald Clayton Porter; Dana Fuller Ross; Philip Vail; and Carter A. Vaughan.
Life
He was the son of Sam Gerson, who directed the Shubert theaters in Chicago. Gerson attended the University of Chicago, and served as the campus correspondent for the Chicago Herald-Examiner. Following graduation, he became a reporter at the paper. He later joined Chicago-based WGN as a publicity writer, subsequently becoming its talent director and main scriptwriter. After his World War II military experience in Army intelligence, he began writing TV scripts before beginning his career as an author in 1950. He and his wife Marilyn had a son and three daughters.
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Noel (Phil Vassar album)
Noel is the first holiday album by American country music recording artist Phil Vassar. It was released through independent record label Rodeowave Entertainment on November 22, 2011 alongside Vassar's first live album, The Hits Live On Broadway. It was released as a digital download and CD, though the latter is only available online through Vassar's website. The album contains traditional Christmas songs as well as some original music that was orchestrated by Vassar himself. Though no singles were released from the album, a music video was shot for the track "Santa's Gone Hollywood."Noel was recorded in a single day and is Vassar's shortest studio cut to date.
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Noel (given name)
Noel is a masculine French given name derived from noël, meaning Christmas. The actual feminine form is Noelle, but in English-speaking regions Noel is sometimes used for females as well. The original French spellings are Noël and Noëlle.
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