Author: Allen SaalburgPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Gouaches by Allen Saalburg
Author: Allen SaalburgPortfolio Featuring Allen Saalburg at Work on Mural Decoration of the Clairol Pavilion of the New York World's Fair of 1964-1965
Author: New York City
Author: Best Books onPublisher: Best Books on
ISBN: 1623760550
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 820
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Prologue
Author: Kate
Author: William J. MannPublisher: Henry Holt and Company
ISBN: 1429921978
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
The first major Katharine Hepburn biography independent of her control reveals the smart, complicated, and sophisticated woman behind the image Onscreen she played society girls, Spencer Tracy's sidekick, lionesses in winter. But the best character Katharine Hepburn ever created was Katharine Hepburn: a Connecticut Yankee, outspoken and elegant, she wore pants whatever the occasion and bristled at Hollywood glitter. So captivating was her image that she never seemed less than authentic. But how well did we know her, really? Was there a woman behind the image who was more human, more driven, and ultimately more triumphant because of her vulnerability? William J. Mann—a cultural historian and journalist, a sympathetic admirer but no mere fan—has fashioned an intimate, often revisionist, and truly unique close-up that challenges much of what we think we know about the Great Kate. Previous biographies—mostly products of friends and fans—have recycled the stories she hid behind, taking Hollywood myths at face value. Mann goes deeper, delivering new details from friends and family who have not been previously interviewed and drawing on materials only available since Hepburn's death. With affection, intelligence, and a voluminous knowledge of Hollywood history, Mann shows us how a woman originally considered too special and controversial for fame learned the fine arts of movie stardom and transformed herself into an icon as durable and all-American as the Statue of Liberty.
Annual of Advertising and Editorial Art and Design
Author: Public Works of Art Project
Author: United States. Department of the TreasuryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art and state
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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Esquire
Author: Victory
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 1068
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Count No 'Count
Author: Ben WassonPublisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1604739320
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Coming home to Oxford, Mississippi, in 1918 after a stint in the Royal Flying Corps, young William Faulkner was arty and dandified. He sometimes was seen in his airman's uniform, and he affected English manners. His pose amused some of his townsmen, and joking behind his back, they called him “The Count” and “Count No 'Count.” During this period Ben Wasson met Faulkner at the University of Mississippi, where both were students. Their interest in art and literature drew them together. Later Wasson became Faulkner's first literary agent, as well as an adviser and sounding board. In New York Wasson edited a Faulkner manuscript into a readable length. It was published as Sartoris. Also, Wasson helped Faulkner to place The Sound and the Fury with a New York publisher. Their friendship lasted for more than thirty years as their paths crossed and recrossed in New York, Hollywood, and Mississippi. In Count No 'Count Wasson muses over this long and close relationship in anecdotal accounts which he calls flashbacks. Wasson depicts a Faulkner who is humorous, occasionally naive, aggressive, and loving. At times he is the most courteous of gentlemen. At other times he is a tragic figure attempting to deal with griefs and disappointment by lapsing into alcoholic binges. The reader will discern a Faulkner whose artistic and creative nature produced sometimes bizarre behavior and destructive drives for achievement.