Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell was a volume of poetry published jointly by the three Brontë sisters, Charlotte, Emily and Anne in 1846 (see 1846 in poetry), and their first work to ever go in print. To evade contemporary prejudice against female writers, the Brontë sisters adopted masculine first names. All three retained the first letter of their first names: Charlotte became "Currer Bell", Anne became "Acton Bell", and Emily became "Ellis Bell". The book was printed by Aylott and Jones, from London. The first edition failed to attract interest, with
Ray Ellis of the background music for cartoon studio Filmation from 1968 to 1982, according to DVD booklets for "Ark II", "Space Academy", and "Jason of Star Command." Before adopting the pseudonym Yvette Blais, Ellis used "Spencer Raymond" on 1968's "Fantastic Voyage," "George Blais" on some of Filmation's early '70s output and its feature films, and the name of his teenaged son Marc Ellis on 1969's "The Hardy Boys." (Marc would later become a composer, assisting his father without credit on Filmation scores receiving credit for co-composing the theme to the 1979 "Flash Gordon" cartoon.) On 1978's "Fabulous Funnies", Ellis was credited