Accustomed To Her Face

Author : Axel Nissen
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786497327
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Accustomed to Her Face written by Axel Nissen and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-08-12 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on historical documents and newspaper reports, this book provides a fascinating portrait of a diverse group of character actresses who left their stamp on Hollywood from the early sound era through the 1960s. The lives of 35 actresses are explored in detail. Some are familiar: Margaret Hamilton starred in dozens of films before and after her signature role as the Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz; Una Merkel nearly died when her mother committed suicide in 1945. Others are nearly forgotten: Maude Eburne owed her career to a spectacular fall on the Broadway stage in 1914; Greta Meyer, who played the quintessential German maid, came to Hollywood after years in New York's Yiddish theater--though she wasn't Jewish.

Author : Nancy Olson Livingston
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813196205
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Front Row Seat written by Nancy Olson Livingston and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2022-11-22 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From her idyllic childhood in the American Midwest to her Oscar–nominated performance in Sunset Boulevard (1950) and the social circles of New York and Los Angeles, actress Nancy Olson Livingston has lived abundantly. In her memoir, A Front Row Seat, Livingston treats readers to an intimate, charming chronicle of her life as an actress, wife, and mother, and her memories of many of the most notable figures and moments of her time. Livingston shares reminiscences of her marriages to lyricist and librettist Alan Jay Lerner, creator of award-winning musicals Paint Your Wagon, Gigi, and My Fair Lady (which was dedicated to her), and to Alan Wendell Livingston, former president of Capitol Records, who created Bozo the Clown and worked with legendary musical artists, including Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, the Beach Boys, the Beatles, the Band, and Don McLean. One of the last living actors of the Golden Age of Hollywood, Livingston shares memorable encounters with countless celebrities—William Holden, Billy Wilder, Bing Crosby, Marilyn Monroe, and John Wayne, to name a few—and less pleasant experiences with Howard Hughes and John F. Kennedy that act as reminders of women's long struggle for equality. Entertaining and engrossing, A Front Row Seat deftly interweaves Livingston's life with her observations of the artists, celebrities, and luminaries with whom she came in contact—a paean to the twentieth century and a treasure for readers enamored with a bygone era.

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 734 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Axel Nissen
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476626065
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Accustomed to Her Face written by Axel Nissen and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on historical documents and newspaper reports, this book provides a fascinating portrait of a diverse group of character actresses who left their stamp on Hollywood from the early sound era through the 1960s. The lives of 35 actresses are explored in detail. Some are familiar: Margaret Hamilton starred in dozens of films before and after her signature role as the Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz; Una Merkel nearly died when her mother committed suicide in 1945. Others are nearly forgotten: Maude Eburne owed her career to a spectacular fall on the Broadway stage in 1914; Greta Meyer, who played the quintessential German maid, came to Hollywood after years in New York’s Yiddish theater—though she wasn’t Jewish.

Author : Alan Jay Lerner
Publisher : Pop Concert Full Orchestra
ISBN 13 : 9780757936234
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Fair Lady (Medley): Featuring "I Could Have Danced All Night," "On the Street Where You Live," "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face," and "G written by Alan Jay Lerner and published by Pop Concert Full Orchestra. This book was released on 2001-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Whitney has expertly cast this stunning new setting of selections from the time-honored musical. The medley includes "I Could Have Danced All Night," "On the Street Where You Live," "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face," and "Get Me to the Church on Time." A wonderful variety of styles and textures provides for an exciting and musical performance. A brilliant contribution to any program.

Author : Judy Fong Bates
Publisher : Emblem Editions
ISBN 13 : 1551991632
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book China Dog written by Judy Fong Bates and published by Emblem Editions. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the bestselling author of Midnight at the Dragon Café A Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection Focusing on the Chinese community in Canada, these vivid and poignant stories tell us something about the place of home and memory in our lives. Whether her characters find themselves caught between the life they left behind and the lonely realities of their new life in Canada, or torn between the traditions of the past and a desire to shape their own futures, Bates captures their struggles and triumphs with compassion and insight. Among the eight stories: The arrival of a beautiful mail-order bride incites a treacherous mix of jealousy and suspicion between two brothers. After years of sacrifice, an elderly woman seizes a last chance for happiness when she moves into a home of her own. For the sake of her family, a young woman must navigate her way through the unfamiliar demands of Chinese tradition after she elopes with her Canadian boyfriend. Richly textured, China Dog reminds us of the universal yearning for understanding and acceptance.

Author : George Bernard Shaw
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pygmalion Illustrated written by George Bernard Shaw and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-04-30 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Confessions of a Young Man is a memoir by Irish novelist George Moore who spent about 15 years in his teens and 20s in Paris and later London as a struggling artist. The book is notable as being one of the first English writings which named important emer

Author : Lor E. Lynn
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
ISBN 13 : 1643348302
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Love Stings written by Lor E. Lynn and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2020-11-20 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With Lord Blakely off on a mission to recover the Waverly heiress, and the Duke of Hawkhurst on his honeymoon, only Emmett and Lord Cortland are left to man the Home Office, which makes it difficult when both are sent on missions of their own. The Earl of Billingswood, Lord Cortland’s uncle, offers help where he can but is not actually employed there. They need someone else they can trust to head up the office while they are away. Mrs. Penelope Smythe uses her position as headmistress at the St. Joseph’s convent school as a front for her work. When she learns that Lord Davenport is trying to find her husband, she is distrustful of the charming lord and evades. After sending him on a wild goose chase to distract him from learning of Benedict’s death, he returns to find her home ablaze. Even though he’s torn between frustration and worry, he offers to help her uncover the truth. The same men who murdered her husband for finding something he wasn’t supposed to are determined to finish the job. An image of a coat of arms is their sole clue. Who is the mysterious Crowned Griffon Society, and what are they after?

Author : Charles Baudelaire
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 22266 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Greatest Works of French Literature (English Edition) written by Charles Baudelaire and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 22266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique collection of the greatest French classics books has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards: A History of French Literature François Rabelais: Gargantua and Pantagruel Molière: Tartuffe or the Hypocrite The Misanthrope The Miser The Imaginary Invalid The Impostures of Scapin… Jean Racine: Phaedra Pierre Corneille: The Cid Voltaire: Candide Zadig Micromegas The Huron A Philosophical Dictionary… Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Confessions Emile The Social Contract De Laclos: Dangerous Liaisons Stendhal

Author : Wilkie Collins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Armadale written by Wilkie Collins and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: