A Rose For Mrs Miniver

Author : Michael Troyan
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813128420
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Rose for Mrs. Miniver written by Michael Troyan and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2010-09-12 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " In this first-ever biography of Greer Garson, Michael Troyan sweeps away the many myths that even today veil her life. The true origins of her birth, her fairy-tale discovery in Hollywood, and her career struggles at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer are revealed for the first time. Garson combined an everywoman quality with grace, charm, and refinement. She won the Academy Award in 1941 for her role in Mrs. Miniver , and for the next decade she reigned as the queen of MGM. Co-star Christopher Plummer remembered, ""Here was a siren who had depth, strength, dignity, and humor who could inspire great trust, suggest deep intellect and whose misty languorous eyes melted your heart away!"" Garson earned a total of seven Academy Award nominations for Best Actress, and fourteen of her films premiered at Radio City Music Hall, playing for a total of eighty-four weeks--a record never equaled by any other actress. She was a central figure in the golden age of the studios, working with legendary performers Clark Gable, Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor, Errol Flynn, Joan Crawford, Robert Mitchum, Debbie Reynolds, and Walter Pidgeon. Garson's experiences offer a fascinating glimpse at the studio system in the years when stars were closely linked to a particular studio and moguls such as L.B. Mayer broke or made careers. With the benefit of exclusive access to studio production files, personal letters and diaries, and the cooperation of her family, Troyan explores the triumphs and tragedies of her personal life, a story more colorful than any role she played on screen.

Author : Jan Struther
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504058089
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mrs. Miniver written by Jan Struther and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2019-05-21 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The beloved classic novel of an English housewife bravely enduring WWII—the basis for the Academy Award–winning film starring Greer Garson. Winston Churchill once remarked that Mrs. Miniver, the fictional British housewife featured in Jan Struther’s newspaper columns about quotidian English life, did more for the Allied cause than a flotilla of battleships. As tensions rose across Europe, Mrs. Miniver’s domestic concerns expanded from automobiles and Christmas shopping to include gas masks, keeping calm, and carrying on. An international sensation when it was first published, this novelized collection of those columns won America’s heart—and broad public support for entering WWII. Mrs. Miniver’s story was so essential to Allied morale that when William Wyler’s film adaption was made, President Roosevelt ordered it rushed to theaters.

Author : Steven Bingen
Publisher : Santa Monica Press
ISBN 13 : 1595808930
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book MGM written by Steven Bingen and published by Santa Monica Press. This book was released on 2011-02-25 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: M-G-M: Hollywood’s Greatest Backlot is the illustrated history of the soundstages and outdoor sets where Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer produced many of the world’s most famous films. During its Golden Age, the studio employed the likes of Garbo, Astaire, and Gable, and produced innumerable iconic pieces of cinema such as The Wizard of Oz, Singin’ in the Rain, and Ben-Hur. It is estimated that a fifth of all films made in the United States prior to the 1970s were shot at MGM studios, meaning that the gigantic property was responsible for hundreds of iconic sets and stages, often utilizing and transforming minimal spaces and previously used props, to create some of the most recognizable and identifiable landscapes of modern movie culture. All of this happened behind closed doors, the backlot shut off from the public in a veil of secrecy and movie magic. M-G-M: Hollywood’s Greatest Backlot highlights this fascinating film treasure by recounting the history, popularity, and success of the MGM company through a tour of its physical property. Featuring the candid, exclusive voices and photographs from the people who worked there, and including hundreds of rare and unpublished photographs (including many from the archives of Warner Bros.), readers are launched aboard a fun and entertaining virtual tour of Hollywood’s most famous and mysterious motion picture studio.

Author : Ysenda Maxtone Graham
Publisher : Tempus Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780752443065
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Real Mrs Miniver written by Ysenda Maxtone Graham and published by Tempus Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of Jan Struther

Author : John Kobal
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780486233529
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hollywood Glamor Portraits written by John Kobal and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1976-01-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 145 photos capture the stars from 1926 to 1949 -- Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Hedy Lamarr, Marlene Dietrich, Robert Montgomery, Marlon Brando, Veronica Lake -- 94 stars in all.

Author : E. M. Delafield
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Diary of a Provincial Lady (Unabridged Edition With Original Illustrations) written by E. M. Delafield and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-12-05 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "The Diary of a Provincial Lady (Unabridged Edition With Original Illustrations)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. When the editor of Time and Tide wanted some light "middles", preferably in serial form, E. M. Delafield promised to think of something to submit'. It was thus, in 1930, that her most popular and enduring work Diary of a Provincial Lady was written. This largely autobiographical novel which took the form of a journal of the life of an upper-middle class Englishwoman living mostly in a Devon village of the 1930s is a humorous account of a house-wife and a mother who juggles her life at home and yet goes on to successfully publish her first book. Excerpt: "November 7th.—Plant the indoor bulbs. Just as I am in the middle of them, Lady Boxe calls. I say, untruthfully, how nice to see her, and beg her to sit down while I just finish the bulbs. Lady B. makes determined attempt to sit down in armchair where I have already placed two bulb-bowls and the bag of charcoal, is headed off just in time, and takes the sofa." (The Diary of a Provincial Lady) E. M. Delafield (1890-1943) was a prolific English author who is best known for her autobiographical works like Zella Sees Herself, The Provincial Lady Series etc. which look at the lives of upper-middle class Englishwomen.

Author : Michael Troyan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1630761435
Total Pages : 737 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Twentieth Century Fox written by Michael Troyan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 737 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here it is: the first-time look at the remarkable American multinational mass media empire and its century of entertainment—the story of Twentieth Century Fox (1915–2015). Or, to borrow the title of a classic 1959 Fox film, The Best of Everything. This is the complete revelatory story—bookended by empire builders William Fox and Rupert Murdoch—aimed as both a grand, entertaining, nostalgic and picture-filled interactive read and the ultimate guide to all things Twentieth Century Fox. The controversies and scandals are here, as are the extraordinary achievements. Among other firsts, the book offers fun tours of its historic production and ranch facilities including never-before-told stories about its stars and creative personalities (Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, James Dean, and Shirley Temple got started there). Finally, it is the first such work approved by the company and utilizing its own unique resources. The authors primarily tell a celebratory tale, but most importantly, an accurate one.

Author : Rachel A. Levine
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1450232086
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Brooklyn Valentine written by Rachel A. Levine and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I love Brooklyn. And I don't think it's only because I was born and raised there. Now, in middle-age, I appreciate it more than ever. I wish I still lived there but ... that's a whole story of its own! The idea of this novel appealed to me because it would allow me to write about a place I knew and loved well, and also about the wonderful people I have known who lived there. Brooklyn itself is a "character" in this book. There is a place for everyone in Brooklyn, and everyone seems to make their way there eventually!

Author : Franklin Jarlett
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786404766
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Robert Ryan written by Franklin Jarlett and published by McFarland. This book was released on 1997-11-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first in-depth Ryan work has two parts: The biographical provides behind-the-scenes information and never-before-published interviews with Ryan's children. The reference part contains a filmography (70+ films: plot lines, themes, technical aspects, casts, credits, criticism), and a listing of stage appearances, television performances, narrations, guest appearances, recordings and videocassettes.

Author : Jacqueline Wilson
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1407045121
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lottie Project written by Jacqueline Wilson and published by Random House. This book was released on 2008-12-05 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hi! I'm Charlie (DON'T call me Charlotte - ever!). History is boring, right? Wrong! The Victorians weren't all deadly dull and drippy. Lottie certainly isn't. She's eleven - like me - but she's left school and has a job as a nursery maid. Her life is really hard, just work work work, but I bet she'd know what to do about my mum's awful boyfriend and his wimpy little son. I bet she wouldn't mess it all up like I do . . .