Auntie Mame

Publisher : Crown
Release Date : 2002-02-05
ISBN : 0767910958
Pages : 320 pages
Rating Book: 4.6/5 (767 users)

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Download or read book Auntie Mame written by Patrick Dennis and published by Crown. This book was released on 2002-02-05 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a wit as sharp as a vodka stinger and a heart as free as her spirit, Auntie Mame burst onto the literary scene in 1955--and today remains one of the most unforgettable characters in contemporary fiction. Wildly successful when it was first published in 1955, Patrick Dennis’ Auntie Mame sold over two million copies and stayed put on the New York Times bestseller list for 112 weeks. It was made into a play, a Broadway and a Hollywood musical, and a fabulous movie starring Rosalind Russell. Since then, Mame has taken her rightful place in the pantheon of Great and Important People as the world’s most beloved, madcap, devastatingly sophisticated, and glamorous aunt. She is impossible to resist, and this hilarious story of an orphaned ten-year-old boy sent to live with his aunt is as delicious a read in the twenty-first century as it was in the 1950s. Follow the rollicking adventures of this unflappable flapper as seen through the wide eyes of her young, impressionable nephew and discover anew or for the first time why Mame has made the world a more wonderful place. "Outrageous, hilarious, ribald, sophisticated, slapsatiric." The Denver Post

Around the World With Auntie Mame

by Patrick Dennis

Publisher : Crown
Release Date : 2007-12-18
ISBN : 0307418812
Pages : 336 pages
Rating Book: 4.0/5 (37 users)

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Download or read book Around the World With Auntie Mame written by Patrick Dennis and published by Crown. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Encore, Encore! The brilliant sequel to the smash bestseller Auntie Mame is back and the reviews are in . . .

Uncle Mame

by Eric Myers

Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Release Date : 2000-11-11
ISBN : 1466805668
Pages : 304 pages
Rating Book: 4.6/5 (466 users)

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Download or read book Uncle Mame written by Eric Myers and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2000-11-11 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edward Everett Tanner III, under his pseudonyms of Patrick Dennis and Virginia Rowans, was the author of sixteen novels - most of them bestsellers - including the classics Little Me and Genius. But, despite the success of his other works, he is by best known and best remembered for his most indelible creation - Auntie Mame. Born and raised in the affluent suburbs of Chicago, Tanner moved to New York City after World War II and embarked upon a writing career. His first two books were published with a whimper - attracting few reviews and fewer sales - and his third book was rejected by nineteen publishers before being accepted at a relatively small house. But Auntie Mame became a phenomena spending two years on the bestseller lists, adapting into a successful play, movie, and later a musical. As a result of this and later successes, Tanner made millions and became the toast of a certain bohemian segment of Manhattan arts society. He also spent every cent he ever made. Torn between his wife and family and his own awakening realization of his homosexuality, he separated from his wife and moved to Mexico. By the early 70's, his writing career over, he embarked upon a new career - as a butler to some of the wealthiest families in America. Based on extensive interviews with co-workers, friends, and relatives, Uncle Mame is a revealing, appealing portrait of a great American character. Easily the counterpart of such revered wits as P. G. Wodehouse and Evelyn Waugh, Dennis is not only the man who brought camp to the American mainstream but he also lived a life as wild, poignant, madcap, and intriguing as any of his own books.

Forever Mame

by Bernard F. Dick

Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 2009-09-18
ISBN : 1604731397
Pages : 320 pages
Rating Book: 4.0/5 (64 users)

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Download or read book Forever Mame written by Bernard F. Dick and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2009-09-18 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it comes to living life to its fullest, Rosalind Russell's character Auntie Mame is still the silver screen's exemplar. And Mame, the role Russell (1907–1976) would always be remembered for, embodies the rich and rewarding life Bernard F. Dick reveals in the first biography of this Golden Age star, Forever Mame: The Life of Rosalind Russell. Drawing on personal interviews and information from the archives of Russell and her producer-husband Frederick Brisson, Dick begins with Russell's childhood in Waterbury, Connecticut, and chronicles her early attempts to achieve recognition after graduating from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Frustrated by her inability to land a lead in a Broadway show, she headed for Hollywood in 1934 and two years later played her first starring role, the title character in Craig’s Wife. Dick discusses all of her films along with her triumphal return to Broadway, first in the musical Wonderful Town and later in Auntie Mame. Forever Mame details Russell's social circle of such stars as Loretta Young, Cary Grant, and Frank Sinatra. It traces an extraordinary career, ending with Russell's courageous battle against the two diseases that eventually caused her death: rheumatoid arthritis and cancer. Russell devoted her last years to campaigning for arthritis research. So successful was she in her efforts to alert lawmakers to this crippling disease that a leading San Francisco research center is named after her.

Culture Clash

by Michael Bronski

Publisher : South End Press
Release Date : 1984
ISBN : 9780896082175
Pages : 260 pages
Rating Book: 4.8/5 (82 users)

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Download or read book Culture Clash written by Michael Bronski and published by South End Press. This book was released on 1984 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes sections on homosexuality in the movies ( Hollywood), in the theatre, in opera, and gay publishing.

LIFE

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Release Date : 1956-11-12
ISBN :
Pages : 212 pages
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Download or read book LIFE written by and published by . This book was released on 1956-11-12 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.

Queering the South on Screen

by Tison Pugh

Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Release Date : 2020
ISBN : 0820356727
Pages : 314 pages
Rating Book: 4.2/5 (82 users)

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Download or read book Queering the South on Screen written by Tison Pugh and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2020 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Within the realm of U.S. culture and its construction of its citizenry, geography, and ideology, who are Southerners and who are queers, and what is the South and what is queerness? Queering the South on Screen addresses these questions by examining "the intersections of queerness, regionalism, and identity" depicted in film, television, and other visual media about the South during the twentieth century. From portrayals of slavery to gothic horror films, the contributors show that queer southerners have always expressed desires for distinctiveness in the making and consumption of visual media. Read together, the introduction and twelve chapters deconstruct premeditated labels of identity such as queer and southern. In doing so, they expose the reflexive nature of these labels to construct fantasies based on southerner's self-identification based on what they were not"--

A Rose for Mrs. Miniver

by Michael Troyan

Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2010-09-12
ISBN : 9780813128429
Pages : 520 pages
Rating Book: 4.2/5 (128 users)

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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 520 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.

Film Stars

by Andrew Willis

Publisher : Manchester University Press
Release Date : 2004-09-04
ISBN : 9780719056451
Pages : 210 pages
Rating Book: 4.5/5 (56 users)

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Download or read book Film Stars written by Andrew Willis and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2004-09-04 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes as its focus film stars from the past and present, from Hollywood, its margins and beyond and analyzes them through a close consideration of their films and the variety of contexts in which they worked. Essays spread the net wide, looking at past stars from Rosalind Russell and Charlton Heston to present-day stars including Sandra Bullock, Jackie Chan and Jim Carrey, as well as those figures who have earned a certain film star cachet such as Prince, and the martial artist Cynthia Rothrock.

100 Greatest American Plays

by Thomas S. Hischak

Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2017-03-06
ISBN : 1442256060
Pages : 408 pages
Rating Book: 4.4/5 (442 users)

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Download or read book 100 Greatest American Plays written by Thomas S. Hischak and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-03-06 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 100 Greatest American Plays is the 1st book on the 100 greatest American, non-musical plays. Arranged alphabetically, each entry covers each play extensively including the plot, the production history, a summary of the critical reaction, its influence and long-range effects, cast lists of notable stage and film versions, and a playwright biography.

All about Thelma and Eve

by Judith Roof

Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 2002
ISBN : 9780252070471
Pages : 228 pages
Rating Book: 4.7/5 (7 users)

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Download or read book All about Thelma and Eve written by Judith Roof and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inviting us to "wallow in the middle," Judith Roof offers a fresh, inventive look at female comic secondary characters who, though never on center stage, play an indispensable role in enriching and complicating the course of the narrative. Paying attention to these characters shows that narrative is not always as straight as it might seem. Focusing on such superb comic seconds as Eve Arden, Thelma Ritter, Rosalind Russell, and Whoopi Goldberg, Roof explores what is queer about the middle--in the sense of eccentric and in terms of desire--and how that queerness functions as a part of and an antidote to narrative. Shrewd, pragmatic, self-denying, perceptive, outspoken, and witty, these female characters are able to cross the bounds of social groupings, gender expectations, and propriety, presenting possibilities that threaten the "fitting ends" of narrative closure: norms such as heterosexuality, production, reproduction, knowledge, and victory. Roof characterizes female seconds as modern-day versions of the Shakespearean fool, able to speak the truth without being punished for it. Discussing films ranging from Mildred Pierce, Auntie Mame, and Rear Window to Stage Door, Sister Act, and The Associate, she shows how Hollywood's recasting of the wise servant figure as female, unattached, and lower class reflects more general cultural anxieties about the role of women, gender confusion, race, and class distinctions. She also tracks changes in the form and function of the minor and middle from the stylized, hierarchical economy of classical Hollywood film to the expanded, serial variety fitted to 1990s commodity culture. A meticulous, playful rereading of Hollywood classics from the margins, All about Thelma and Eve registers both delight in these female characters and discernment of their integral role in unseating narrative and other norms.

LIFE

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Release Date : 1956-11-12
ISBN :
Pages : 212 pages
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Download or read book LIFE written by and published by . This book was released on 1956-11-12 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.

LIFE

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Release Date : 1956-11-12
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Pages : 212 pages
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Download or read book LIFE written by and published by . This book was released on 1956-11-12 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.

LIFE

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Release Date : 1956-11-12
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Pages : 212 pages
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Download or read book LIFE written by and published by . This book was released on 1956-11-12 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.

Martini, Straight Up

by Lowell Edmunds

Publisher : JHU Press
Release Date : 2003-04-11
ISBN : 9780801873119
Pages : 202 pages
Rating Book: 4.7/5 (873 users)

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Download or read book Martini, Straight Up written by Lowell Edmunds and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2003-04-11 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1998. From its contested origins in nineteenth-century California; through its popularity among the smart set of the 1930s, world leaders of the 1940s, and the men in the gray flannel suits of the 1950s; to its resurgence among today's retro-hipsters: Lowell Edmunds traces the history and cultural significance of the cocktail H. L. Mencken called "the only American invention as perfect as a sonnet."

Henry Brandon: King Of The Bogeymen — The Vicious Villain of Vintage Cinema

by Bill Cassara

Publisher : BearManor Media
Release Date : 2018-09-02
ISBN :
Pages : pages
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Download or read book Henry Brandon: King Of The Bogeymen — The Vicious Villain of Vintage Cinema written by Bill Cassara and published by BearManor Media. This book was released on 2018-09-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You’ve seen him stand shoulder to shoulder with John Wayne as Indian Chief Scar in “The Searchers”, as the insidious Fu Manchu with world domination desires and as Barnaby, the wicked nemesis to Laurel & Hardy in “Babes In Toyland.” What you might not know is the versatile Henry Brandon essayed a variety of characters in film, television and a stage career that spanned 55 years amassing over 200 roles. Authors Bill Cassara and Richard S. Greene team up to unveil Brandon’s career highlights as one of America’s most despicable villains and best character actors. As the vivid Hollywood story of this master craftsman unfolds, listen for Barnaby’s evil laughter echoing in the background.

LIFE

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Release Date : 1958-09-29
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Pages : 124 pages
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Download or read book LIFE written by and published by . This book was released on 1958-09-29 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.