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Author : Rhoda Watson
Publisher : Lapwing Publications
ISBN 13 : 1905425465
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (54 download)
Download or read book Mrs. Miniver's Hat written by Rhoda Watson and published by Lapwing Publications. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jan Struther
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1787203530
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (872 download)
Download or read book Mrs Miniver written by Jan Struther and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2017-01-23 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I can think of a hundred ways already in which the war has “brought us to our senses.” But it oughtn’t to need a war to make a nation paint its kerbstones white, carry rear-lamps on its bicycles, and give all its slum children a holiday in the country.” That’s just one sample of Mrs. Miniver’s homespun philosophy. Meet Mrs. Miniver. She is the universal, heart-warming symbol of the endurable and pleasant sides of existence. Against the shadow of the present she holds up to view the everyday domesticities, the comings and goings of family life, and finds them good. Mrs. Miniver at tea, Mrs. Miniver trying to discover what the windshield wiper is really saying, Mrs. Miniver and her three unpredictable children and her altogether too-predictable husband, Mrs. Miniver and the woman who said she could only accept the Really Nice Children as évacués—the writing and characters in these thumbnail sketches are disarmingly simple and recognizable, and yet, by the author’s gift of intense observation, the ordinary becomes extraordinary and important.
Author : Sarah Ban Breathnach
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781538750735
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (57 download)
Download or read book Simple Abundance written by Sarah Ban Breathnach and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic, mega-bestselling guide that has led so many women to lead more fulfilling, harmonious, joyful lives-fully updated for a new generation who needs it more than ever. In SIMPLE ABUNDANCE, Sarah Ban Breathnach helps us discover our true self and spirit to reclaim our authentic life, and to rediscover what it is that makes us truly happy. This powerful guidebook is needed now more than ever as we are assaulted by discord and stress due to constant tragic breaking news, as well as our 24-7 social media culture. Here are some examples of Sarah's wisdom: January 14: Start a Gratitude Journal, a blank book, and write down five things before you go to bed that you can be grateful for about that day. March 21: Observe the Vernal Equinox with a springtime dinner of Salmon cakes, fresh asparagus and new potatoes. September 1: On Labor Day Weekend, make a list of all the things you wanted to do this summer, but did not get a chance to do. Save this list, and clip it to next June in your calendar. When June comes around, schedule those postponed desires! By providing a meditation for each day of the year, Sarah illuminates our journey of self-discovery and shows us that simplicity does not imply doing without-true simplicity illuminates our lives from within. She teaches us how to re-order our priorities, carve out time for the personal pursuits that bring contentment, savor the joy of simple pleasures, and delight in the everyday rituals of home and garden. Not only does each day have a meditation updated for these times, but in this new edition, Sarah will add: - "A Caution Closet," which will encourage readers to gather everything they would need to evacuate in case of an emergency, transforming an intimidating task to a source of comfort and calm. - "Shepheard's Hotel," a creative exercise to nudge readers into dreaming new dreams and encourage them to re-imagine their lives through what they love.
Author : M. Todd Bennett
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807835749
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)
Download or read book One World, Big Screen written by M. Todd Bennett and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World War II coincided with cinema's golden age. Movies now considered classics were created at a time when all sides in the war were coming to realize the great power of popular films to motivate the masses. Through multinational research, One World,
Author : Jan Struther
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1623 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Moments in Time: Mrs. Miniver, A. A. Milne, and D'arcy Wentworth Thompson (Mrs. Miniver/ Not that It Matters/ On Growth and Form) written by Jan Struther and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2024-06-21 with total page 1623 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book 1: Mrs. Miniver by Jan Struther [ASIN: B09NZZKL6K] Step into the heartwarming world of Jan Struther's "Mrs. Miniver." Follow the delightful journey of an ordinary English family through the lens of Mrs. Miniver, capturing the essence of daily life and resilience during challenging times. Book 2: Not that It Matters by A. A. Milne [ASIN: B0CNLNJB87] Explore the wit and charm of A. A. Milne's "Not that It Matters." This collection of essays reflects on life's peculiarities and delights, inviting readers to find joy in the ordinary and appreciate the humor woven into everyday experiences. Book 3: On Growth and Form by D'arcy Wentworth Thompson [ASIN: B0CG6KB778] Embark on a scientific exploration with D'arcy Wentworth Thompson's "On Growth and Form." This influential work delves into the patterns and structures found in the natural world, offering profound insights into the interconnectedness of life and the beauty of biological forms.
Author : Ysenda Maxtone Graham
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1466870974
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)
Download or read book The Real Mrs Miniver written by Ysenda Maxtone Graham and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2014-05-13 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1937 the Court Page of the London Times began publishing a series of articles featuring a charming, upper-middle class English housewife named Mrs Miniver. The articles depicted an idyllically happy family with three children, a house in London, and a country cottage called Starlings. Two years later, Mrs Miniver was published in book form. While some critics derided the book as sentimental, many readers embraced it as a symbol of an increasingly endangered English way of life, and it went on to become the #1 bestseller in America. The Hollywood film, released in 1942 with Greer Garson in the title role, won five Oscars, including Best Picture, and did so much to promote the American war effort in Europe that even Josef Goebbels recognized it as an exemplary piece of propaganda. But who was the real Mrs Miniver? The articles were produced by Joyce Maxtone Graham, who wrote under the name Jan Struther and seemed to resemble her heroine: She was upper-middle class, and lived in a gracious, comfortable home with her husband and three children. After the war broke out, she served as an unofficial ambassador from Great Britain to the U.S. In truth, however, Jan Struther was not at all like the conventional Mrs Miniver. It wasn't merely that she didn't like tea--to the amazement of everyone in America--but her real life was neither simple nor saintly. Her marriage was ending, and she was secretly in love with a Jewish refugee from Nazi Austria. Written by Jan Struther's granddaughter Ysenda Maxtone Graham, The Real Mrs Miniver is a complex and fascinating biography. While the Hollywood version remains a powerful and inspirational movie, this book offers brilliant insights into the true impact of war upon real people's lives.
Author : Michael Troyan
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813128420
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)
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 : Colin Shindler
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317928490
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)
Download or read book Hollywood Goes to War written by Colin Shindler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-21 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historian’s view of the relationship between American history and the American film industry, this book is a witty and perceptive account of Hollywood and its films in the years from the outbreak of the Second World War in Europe to the end of the war in Korea, It describes how film makers and their industry were shaped by and responded to the strong political and social stimuli of wartime America. The author examines the recurring question of whether the movies were a reflection of the society in which they were produced, or whether by virtue of their undeniable propaganda power the films shaped that society. Combining evidence from literary, visual and oral sources, he covers a wide range of movies, emphasising in particular Casablanca, Mrs Miniver, The Best Years of Our Lives and Since You Went Away. In addition to placing the films in a social and political context, the author shows that Hollywood is a perfect example of the bone-headed way in which people behave when they are dealing with large amounts of money and power. Enjoyably nostalgic, this book will appeal to film enthusiasts as well as those interested in war and its effect on society.
Author : Robert L. McLaughlin
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813171377
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)
Download or read book We'll Always Have the Movies written by Robert L. McLaughlin and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2006-03-03 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We'll Always Have the Movies explores how movies made in Hollywood during World War II were vehicles for helping Americans understand the war. Far from being simplistic, flag-waving propaganda designed to evoke emotional reactions, these films offered audiences narrative structures that formed a foundation for grasping the nuances of war. These films asked audiences to consider the implications of the Nazi threat, they put a face on both our enemies and allies, and they explored changing wartime gender roles. We'll Always Have the Movies reveals how film after film repeated the narratives, character types, and rhetoric that made the war and each American's role in it comprehensible. Robert L. McLaughlin and Sally E. Parry have screened more than 600 movies made between 1937 and 1946—including many never before discussed in this context—and have analyzed the cultural and historical importance of these films in explaining the war to moviegoers. Pre-Pearl Harbor films such as Sergeant York, Foreign Correspondent, and The Great Dictator established the rationale for the war in Europe. After the United States entered the war, films such as Air Force, So Proudly We Hail! and Back to Bataan conveyed reasons for U.S. involvement in the Pacific. The Hitler Gang, Sahara, and Bataan defined our enemies; and Mrs. Miniver, Mission to Moscow, and Dragon Seed defined our allies. Some movies—The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, Hail the Conquering Hero, and Lifeboat among them—explored homefront anxieties about the war's effects on American society. Of the many films that sought to explain the politics behind and the social impact of the war—and why it concerned Americans—Casablanca is perhaps one of the most widely recognized. McLaughlin and Parry argue that Rick's Café Américain serves as a United Nations, sheltering characters who represent countries being oppressed by Germany. At Rick's, these characters learn that they share a common love of freedom, which is embodied in patriotism; from this commonality, they overcome their differences and work together to solve a conflict that affects them all. As the representative American, Rick Blain (Humphrey Bogart) cannot idly stand by in the face of injustice, and he ultimately sides with those being oppressed. Bogart's character is a metaphor for America, which could also come out of its isolationism to be a true world leader and unite with its allies to defeat a common enemy. Collectively, Hollywood's war-era films created a mythic history of the war that, even today, has more currency than the actual events of World War II.
Author : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 766 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Dialogue Cutting Continuities written by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 766 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The collection contains the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation dialogue cutting continuity scripts arranged chronologically by production date. Each script provides a cut-by-cut description of all camera shots, including the movement of camera and actors within shot, dialogue spoken within the shot, subtitle, in and out times and calculated duration.
Author : Gabriel Miller
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813142113
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)
Download or read book William Wyler written by Gabriel Miller and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2013-06-05 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During his forty-five-year career, William Wyler (1902--1981) pushed the boundaries of filmmaking with his gripping storylines and innovative depth-of-field cinematography. With a body of work that includes such memorable classics as Jezebel (1938), Mrs. Miniver (1942), Ben-Hur (1959), and Funny Girl (1968), Wyler is the most nominated director in the history of the Academy Awards and bears the distinction of having won an Oscar for Best Director on three occasions. Both Bette Davis and Lillian Hellman considered him America's finest director, and Sir Laurence Olivier said he learned more about film acting from Wyler than from anyone else. In William Wyler, Gabriel Miller explores the career of one of Hollywood's most unique and influential directors, examining the evolution of his cinematic style. Wyler's films feature nuanced shots and multifaceted narratives that reflect his preoccupation with realism and story construction. The director's later works were deeply influenced by his time in the army air force during World War II, and the disconnect between the idealized version of the postwar experience and reality became a central theme of Wyler's masterpiece, The Best Years of Our Lives (1946). None of Wyler's contemporaries approached his scope: he made successful and seminal films in practically every genre, including social drama, melodrama, and comedy. Yet, despite overwhelming critical acclaim and popularity, Wyler's work has never been extensively studied. This long-overdue book offers a comprehensive assessment of the director, his work, and his films' influence.
Author : Lorraine Hansberry
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307807444
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)
Download or read book A Raisin in the Sun written by Lorraine Hansberry and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-11-02 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Never before, in the entire history of the American theater, has so much of the truth of Black people's lives been seen on the stage," observed James Baldwin shortly before A Raisin in the Sun opened on Broadway in 1959. This edition presents the fully restored, uncut version of Hansberry's landmark work with an introduction by Robert Nemiroff. Lorraine Hansberry's award-winning drama about the hopes and aspirations of a struggling, working-class family living on the South Side of Chicago connected profoundly with the psyche of Black America—and changed American theater forever. The play's title comes from a line in Langston Hughes's poem "Harlem," which warns that a dream deferred might "dry up/like a raisin in the sun." "The events of every passing year add resonance to A Raisin in the Sun," said The New York Times. "It is as if history is conspiring to make the play a classic."
Author : Charlotte Bingham
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1409057364
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)
Download or read book The Enchanted written by Charlotte Bingham and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-12-15 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exciting and dramatic but tender and heartfelt; this is a novel that you will return to again and again. From the million copy and Sunday Times bestselling author Charlotte Bingham, for fans of Louise Douglas and Dinah Jeffries. 'A galloping read...Bingham relishes her period detail and social comedy and adds a touch of whimsy' -- SUNDAY TIMES 'Mesmerising' -- ***** Reader review 'I was hooked from beginning to end' -- ***** Reader review 'Held me enthralled' -- ***** Reader review 'LOVED IT, LOVED IT, LOVED IT!' -- ***** Reader review ************************************************************************************************* AN UNBREAKBLE BOND CAN LEAD TO EXTRAORDINARY THINGS When Kathleen finds a mare in foal, she and her father take him in, despite the fact that they can barely afford to feed her. Tragically the mare dies, leaving an orphan that they name The Enchanted. As the young horse grows up among Ireland's lush pastures, Kathleen loses her heart to him... But as Kathleen has always feared The Enchanted must be sold. Rory James and his father take a chance on the little horse in the hope of improving the fortune of their run-down racing yard. But luck does not run Rory's way when The Enchanted mysteriously sickens. It seems that only Kathleen can help. And it is only under her care that The Enchanted is able to live up to his name and astonishing things start to happen to all those around him.
Author : Ysenda Maxtone Graham
Publisher : Tempus Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780752443065
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (43 download)
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 : Neil Sinyard
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476603499
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book A Wonderful Heart written by Neil Sinyard and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-09-06 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revered by his cinematic peers, William Wyler (1902-1981) was one of the most honored and successful directors of Hollywood's Golden Age, with such classics as Dead End, Wuthering Heights, The Little Foxes, Roman Holiday and Ben-Hur. He won three directing Oscars and elicited over a dozen Oscar-winning performances from his actors. Such exacting performers as Bette Davis, Laurence Olivier and Charlton Heston counted him the best director they had worked with. Yet during the era of the "auteur" theory his films fell out of fashion, lacking, it was said, a distinctive stylistic and thematic signature. This new critical study of Wyler's work, the first in more than thirty years, challenges the notion of Wyler's impersonality and offers a comprehensive reappraisal of his work, particularly of the underrated postwar films. It also provides a rebuttal of the auteurist criticism whose rigid categorization of directors cannot adequately encompass the range of someone like Wyler, who put substance above style and had a breadth of human understanding that was not reducible to a cluster of characteristic themes. Supported by archival research in Los Angeles, the book traces the important milestones in Wyler's career, the context of his films, the importance of legendary producer Sam Goldwyn, his distinguished war record and his principled opposition to blacklisting during the McCarthy era.
Author : Alan Bailey
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0573696187
Total Pages : 65 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (736 download)
Download or read book Wedding Belles written by Alan Bailey and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 5f / Comedy / Exterior Four garden-club ladies meet a young girl who has come to their little Texas town to marry an infantryman before he ships off for World War II. The women impulsively decide to throw the girl an elaborate wedding, and their lives and friendships are thrown into turmoil as they race to accomplish the nuptials in one frenzied afternoon. "Delightful! ... Funny and folksy ... The ladies light up the stage!" - Dallas Morning News
Author : Melva Joyce Baker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Images of Women in Film written by Melva Joyce Baker and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
