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Author: Neil Sinyard Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 1476603499 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 258
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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 Bernard Newman Publisher: ISBN: 9789652299444 Category : Christians Languages : en Pages :
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"Yoni, a "lone soldier" from Middle America serving with the Israel Defense force in Gaza is injured in combat. As he is carried out on a stretcher, he ponders the deeper family story that brought him to this moment. Flash back to 1960: Bobby and Danny become aware of the Holocaust and its effect on their families. A lifelong friendship and commitment to Israel unites the Christian and Jewish families"--
Author: James West Davidson Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP ISBN: 0773585818 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 428
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In July 1903 Leonidas Hubbard set out to explore the uncharted interior of Labrador by canoe, accompanied by Dillon Wallace, his best friend, and George Elson, a Métis guide. Bad luck and bad judgment led the expedition into disaster and the party was forced to turn back. Hubbard died of starvation just thirty miles from camp. Two years later Wallace decided to complete the overland expedition and clear himself of blame for Hubbard's death. He had, however, a rival - Mina Hubbard. She blamed Wallace for her husband's death and, with Elson as her guide, intended to complete the trek first. The result was an epic race between the avenging widow and her husband's best friend. Reconstructing the story from the long-lost journals and diaries of the 1903 and 1905 expeditions, James Davidson and John Rugge trace the explorers' routes and re-create the saga. Great Heart is a gripping drama of individuals pushed to the limits of human endurance.
Author: Neil Sinyard Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 1476603499 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 258
Book Description
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: Dalai Lama Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1614293252 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 228
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This landmark of interfaith dialogue will inspire readers of all faiths. In The Good Heart, The Dalai Lama provides an extraordinary Buddhist perspective on the teachings of Jesus. His Holiness comments on well-known passages from the four Christian Gospels, including the Sermon on the Mount, the parable of the mustard seed, the Resurrection, and others. Drawing parallels between Jesus and the Buddha — and the rich traditions from which they hail — the Dalai Lama delivers a profound affirmation of the sacred in all religions. Readers will be uplifted by the exploration of each tradition’s endless merits and the common humanity they share.
Author: Shanae Jones Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1493199315 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 71
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In this book, as you read the short stories and poems, about my interactions about the guys that I dated, you will experience the actions of what happen while I was dating them. You will also feel what I felt at those times when I could express myself. The situations that brought me to the point where I had to break up with them. The poems are the feelings that I felt when I was down and depressed and hurt. There are time you're going to wonder and they're time when you will be proud. So open your hearts and mind to this book on my wonderful heart of love
Author: Roy T. Bennett Publisher: ISBN: 9780987917782 Category : Positive psychology Languages : en Pages : 0
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It's important that what thoughts you are feeding into your mind because your thoughts create your belief and experiences. You have positive thoughts and you have negative ones too. Nurture your mind with positive thoughts: kindness, empathy, compassion, peace, love, joy, humility, generosity, etc. The more you feed your mind with positive thoughts, the more you can attract great things into your life.
Author: Trisha Ashley Publisher: Random House ISBN: 1473526116 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 336
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'Trisha Ashley writes with remarkable wit and originality - one of the best writers around' KATIE FFORDE, author of A Springtime Affair It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man of over forty is in possession of a major defect . . . Cassandra Leigh has woken as if from a bad dream: desperate for a baby, and finally out of patience waiting for her 20 year affair with Max to end happily ever after. Maybe Max is not the only man for her? Perhaps she could find love with her friend Jason - though he's perhaps a little too rugged, and there's something strange about the way his wife disappeared . . . Or there's Dante, the mysterious stranger she meets on a dark night in his haunted manor house . . . Cass must throw caution to the wind and claim the life she's always wanted. Suddenly, it's a choice between Mr Right, Mr Wrong or Mr Right Now . . . Fantastically funny and whimsical, this heart-warming novel will charm fans of Milly Johnson and Jill Mansell. Readers love A Good Heart is Hard to Find: ***** 'Another Trisha Ashley treasure' ***** 'Funny and a joy to read. It left me with a smile on my face'