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Author : Scott O'Brien
Release : 2010
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 351/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Ann Harding - Cinema's Gallant Lady by : Scott O'Brien
Download or read book Ann Harding - Cinema's Gallant Lady written by Scott O'Brien. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Also includes lists of stage, radio and television appearances.
Author : Scott O'Brien
Release : 2016-06-20
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 218/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Ann Harding - Cinema's Gallant Lady (Hardback) by : Scott O'Brien
Download or read book Ann Harding - Cinema's Gallant Lady (Hardback) written by Scott O'Brien. This book was released on 2016-06-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the HARDBACK version. Ann Harding. Laurence Oliver, who starred with her in Westward Passage (1932), referred to her as an "angel." Director Henry Hathaway, who directed her and Gary Cooper in Peter Ibbetson (1935), claimed she was a "bitch." Critics hailed her as the finest actress to venture from Broadway to Hollywood. The Ann Harding story follows her from humble beginnings as the daughter of a career army office who moved around constantly, to her youth settling in New York. After spending a year attending Bryn Mawr college, she found work as a clerk and freelance script reader with a film company. Then, she made her stage debut in 1921, and eight years later, she made her film debut in an early talkie, Paris Bound, opposite Fredric March. She was the Gallant Lady (1933), an unwed mother, who gives up baby for adoption and hopes to get it back when the adoptive mother dies. Her unique, natural screen presence in Holiday (1930) earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. From 1929-1936, she reigned as cinema's "Gallant Lady." Her co-stars included Ronald Coleman, Mary Astor, Conrad Nagel, Leslie Howard, Melvyn Douglas, Richard Dix, and William Powell, among many others. Ann's ethereal quality belied a passionate nature. Her affairs with three remarkably talented and very married men associated with the film industry could have easily outraged fans and quashed her career. Theater visionary-director Jasper Deeter, Ann's life-long mentor, remarked that Ann was a master at hiding her childish, stubborn temperament. Friends of Ann's daughter, Jane Otto, claim that despite Ann's highly publicized custody battles, she was a detached mother. In the 1950s and 1960s, she appeared extensively on American television in series such as The Defenders (1961), Dr. Kildare (1961), Ben Casey (1961), Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961), and Burke's Law (1963). Scott O'Brien's richly researched and illustrated biography draws heavily from Ann's family, friends, and personal papers. The book includes behind-the-scenes anecdotes, contemporary reviews, and synopses of Ann's films. He pays tribute to her career and unveils a complex portrait of one of stage and cinema's most remarkable talents.
Author : B. Witham
Release : 2013-06-13
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 858/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Sustainable Theatre by : B. Witham
Download or read book A Sustainable Theatre written by B. Witham. This book was released on 2013-06-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Begun as an audacious experiment, for thirty years the Hedgerow Theatre prospered as America's most successful repertory company. While known for its famous alumnae (Ann Harding and Richard Basehart), Hedgerow's legacy is a living library of over 200 productions created by Jasper Deeter's idealistic and determined pursuit of 'truth and beauty.'
Author : Roy Liebman
Release : 2017-02-07
Genre : Performing Arts
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Book Rating : 154/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Broadway Actors in Films, 1894-2015 by : Roy Liebman
Download or read book Broadway Actors in Films, 1894-2015 written by Roy Liebman. This book was released on 2017-02-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many Broadway stars appeared in Hollywood cinema from its earliest days. Some were 19th century stage idols who reprised famous roles on film as early as 1894. One was born as early as 1829. Another was cast in the performance during which Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. One took her stage name from her native state. Some modern-day stars also began their careers on Broadway before appearing in films. This book details the careers of 300 performers who went from stage to screen in all genres of film. A few made only a single movie, others hundreds. Each entry includes highlights of the performer's career, a list of stage appearances and a filmography.
Author : Peter Shelley
Release : 2023-01-06
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 646/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis June Allyson by : Peter Shelley
Download or read book June Allyson written by Peter Shelley. This book was released on 2023-01-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: June Allyson (1917-2006) was an American film, television and stage actress, singer, dancer and author. After appearing in movie shorts and on Broadway as a chorus girl and featured player, she became an A-list box office attraction in the 1940s and 1950s in films like The Three Musketeers (1948), Little Women (1949), The Glen Miller Story (1954) and Strategic Air Command (1955). She went on to host and star in her own television anthology series from 1959 to 1961, and made many appearances in films in television shows. This first biography of Allyson covers her life and career, and features an appendix of her work.
