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Release : 1935
Genre : Escape me never (Motion picture)
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Author : Donat Gallagher
Release : 2011-04-18
Genre : Literary Collections
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Book Synopsis A Handful of Mischief by : Donat Gallagher
Download or read book A Handful of Mischief written by Donat Gallagher. This book was released on 2011-04-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Handful of Mischief: New Essays on Evelyn Waugh is a collection of essays based on presentations at the Evelyn Waugh Centenary Conference at Hertford College, Oxford in 2003. There are twelve different essays by authors from various countries, including Australia, Canada, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Author : Daria Santini
Release : 2019-09-05
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Exiles by : Daria Santini
Download or read book The Exiles written by Daria Santini. This book was released on 2019-09-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London, 1934. Austrian actress Elisabeth Bergner dominated the British theatre scene, poet and director Berthold Viertel shot two successful films for Gaumont British; two great actors from the Weimar era, Conrad Veidt and Fritz Kortner, became well-known faces in English-speaking cinema and the Hungarian journalist Stefan Lorant launched the first ever continental-style illustrated magazine for the British newspaper market. Exploring a phase in the history of Anglo-German relations during which the émigrés from Hitler's Germany were making their influence felt in Britain, Daria Santini traces their presence in London from around 1933 to 1935 when these characters made their presence truly felt, all while the Nazi threat loomed on the horizon.
Author : Karen Bell-Kanner
Release : 2013-09-13
Genre : Performing Arts
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Book Rating : 381/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Frontiers by : Karen Bell-Kanner
Download or read book Frontiers written by Karen Bell-Kanner. This book was released on 2013-09-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The daily life of Bonnie Bird, as an American modern dancer in the 1930s, is uniquely revealed in this book. Karen Bell-Kanner shares with the reader her fascinating interviews with Bonnie Bird and the intimate letters that Bonnie Bird wrote to her family in Seattle from New York when she was working with Martha Graham between 1931 and 1937. On her return to the Cornish School of Fine Arts in Seattle as dancer-teacher- choreographer, she had the then novice dancer Merce Cunningham among her students and the young John Cage as her accompanist. In New York again, she developed the popular dance entertainment for children, the Merry-Go-Rounders, in the 1950s. Bonnie Bird's applications of psychology led her to pioneer new concepts and techniques in dance education that have influenced generations of contemporary dance teachers. Her last twenty years were spent at London's Laban Centre for Movement and Dance, where the accomplishments of a lifetime were gathered together to expand the frontiers of
Author : Mark Thise
Release : 2008-01-01
Genre : Performing Arts
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Book Rating : 514/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Hollywood Winners & Losers A to Z by : Mark Thise
Download or read book Hollywood Winners & Losers A to Z written by Mark Thise. This book was released on 2008-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ultimate film reference (and trivia) book, Hollywood Winners and Losers features almost 900 separate entries for every actor and actress ever to be nominated for an Academy Award. From icons to would-be superstars and the forgotten faces that had only a moment in the sun, every personality is listed here along with their best-known films, real names, bios, and little-known facts. More than just a reference guide or "bet-settler," this is a perennial coffee-table read, perfect for film fans of all ages. It simply cannot be beat.
