Commentators (like Dana Jennings, in the Times) who have been complaining that the movie turns Robinson into an apolitical noble legend may not want to concede the extent to which he acquiesced in Rickey's conscious shaping of his public persona.
The first, the source of trouble, is a mad quest for a legal document; the second, the root of a great legacy and a noble legend, is the keeping of a promise.
Thus, Prince Eugene of Savoy, the "noble knight" of Habsburg legend, was not only the greatest general of the age but an impassioned bibliophile, a discerning connoisseur who managed his private life so discreetly that it remains a mystery to this day.
The legends about Palemonids, a noble family from the Roman Empire who settled in Lithuania and gave rise to the Duchy, are quite popular and widespread in these genealogies.
And Bergeron the legend, débutante, socialite, donor, scion of the noble Love family, some sort of mysterious yet commanding black sheep.
Built in 1140, the battles fought over Kerak between the Arab hero, Salah ud-Din and the vicious French noble, Reynald of Châtillon, are the stuff of silver screen legend.
But Costanza, who contrary to popular legend was not an obscure working-class girl but of noble birth, weathered this real-life Bernini drama and ended up making a comfortable living as an art and antiques dealer.
Here begins the enduring national legend of Wilson as Christ, the American leader clean of hands and noble at heart, betrayed by perfidious Europe and the "little group of willful men" back home in the Senate.
BARNES & NOBLE Frederick Reiken, author, will discuss and sign copies of his book "The Lost Legends of New Jersey".
Named for a Native American legend, Marys Peak is home to one of the last pockets of pure, old-growth noble fir, along with some magnificent Douglas firs.
In this, Tristan figured as the noblest of knights, and King Mark as a base villain, the whole being grafted onto Arthurian legend and bringing Tristan and King Arthur's knight Sir Lancelot into rivalry.
