Download or read book Killer Tomatoes written by Ray Hagen and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2004-10-01 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No delicate ingenues, these. In the middle of the twentieth century, the Mary Pickfords of the movie world were replaced by a different sort of woman--drop-dead gorgeous, witty, not afraid to speak their minds, they could slay you with a look--and if that didn't work, look out for the pistol in the garter. These ground-breaking actresses helped change the course of movie history, charting a path for generations to come. These profiles of fifteen leading ladies--Lucille Ball, Lynn Bari, Joan Blondell, Ann Dvorak, Gloria Grahame, Jean Hagen, Adele Jergens, Ida Lupino, Marilyn Maxwell, Mercedes McCambridge, Jane Russell, Ann Sheridan, Barbara Stanwyck, Claire Trevor and Marie Windsor--include overviews of their lives and careers, and excerpts from interviews. Five photos supplement each profile. Jane Russell (one of the actresses profiled) provides a foreword.
Download or read book Ann Sheridan written by Michael D. Rinella and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2024-07-18 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ann Sheridan was much more than just Hollywood's glamorous and sexy "Oomph Girl." She was also a versatile actress who beguiled movie audiences with her vibrant personality and no-nonsense acting style opposite some of the biggest stars of the time like James Cagney, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant, and Errol Flynn. She excelled in multiple genres, including drama, comedy, and musical, with ease and individual style. Several of her movies, like Angels with Dirty Faces, Kings Row, and I Was a Male War Bride endure today as classic films from Hollywood's Golden Age. In this first-ever full-length biography, Ann Sheridan's colorful life and 34-year career are examined in detail, including her long climb to motion picture stardom, the years as a top box-office draw, her three marriages, and other significant romantic relationships.
Download or read book Ann Sheridan written by Margie Schultz and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1997-04-16 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ann Sheridan came to Hollywood in 1933 as a finalist in a beauty contest, a publicity stunt for Paramount's Search for Beauty. Of the 30 contestants who appeared in the picture and the 6 finalists whom Paramount put under contract, she was the only one to achieve stardom. Her films included Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), They Drive by Night (1940), Kings Row (1942), and Come Next Spring (1956). Through the years, she appeared on stage and on many radio and television programs. As with her film career, her broadcasting work was diverse, including appearances in dramas, comedies, talk shows, variety revues, and game shows. In 1965 she joined the cast of Another World, thus becoming one of the first movie stars to appear in a soap opera. Her role led to a prime time series, the situation comedy Pistols 'n' Petticoats (1966-1967). She died during production. This reference book chronicles Ann Sheridan's fascinating life and career. The volume begins with a biography that traces her rise to stardom and her many successes in the entertainment world. A chronology then summarizes the most important events in her life. The chapters that follow provide detailed information for her work in films, radio, and television. Entries are provided for each of her performances, with each entry giving cast and credit information, a plot summary, excerpts from reviews, and critical commentary. The book also includes information about recordings of Sheridan's songs, the various awards and honors that she won, and magazine covers on which she appeared. The volume also presents an extensive annotated bibliography of works about Sheridan and lists sources of archival material.
Download or read book Dynasty written by Sheridan Anne and published by Sheridan Anne. This book was released on 2021-01-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intimidating. Fearless. Destructive. They're everything a girl shouldn't want. Too bad this foster girl never had a daddy to chase away the monsters because I'm a sucker for a bad boy ... or four. Carver, King, Cruz, and Grayson-the Kings of Ravenwood Heights. When I was forced to come here, I was expecting just another run-down town to add to the ever-growing list of unwanted homes. What I wasn't expecting was them. They're dangerous and they're keeping one hell of a secret-a secret that's going to change it all. Boys of Winter is a Dark, Enemies to Lovers, Reverse Harem Romance. It contains explicit sexual content, detailed violence, and coarse language.
Download or read book Psychos written by Sheridan Anne and published by Sheridan Anne. This book was released on 2021-10-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eeny, meeny, miny, moe.Catch three psychos by the toe.If I squeal, they won't let me go.Eeny, meeny, miny, moe. Roman. Levi. Marcus. Psychos-that's what they are. The DeAngelis Brothers. Men tremble at the sound of their names while women run, their lives flashing before their eyes. They're the monsters under your bed, the boogeymen in your closet. Every living soul fears them. They're relentless and they're coming to play. They're the sons of the most notorious mafia boss, the leader of the DeAngelis Family, and they've just set their twisted sights on me. They stalked me through my apartment, haunted my hallways, and crippled me with fear. They led me straight into their trap and captured me as though they had every right. Little did I know, these three psychos already owned me. I was gifted to them like a caged animal and that's exactly how they intend to have me. I'm their prisoner. Their play toy. Their most exciting game. And unfortunately for me, death is my only way out. Depraved Sinners is a New Adult, Dark, Reverse Harem, Contemporary Romance series. It contains explicit sexual content, graphic violence, drug abuse, and coarse language. It is recommended for mature readers. Depraved Sinners is planned as a four book series.
Download or read book People Will Talk written by John Kobal and published by Alfred A. Knopf. This book was released on 1985 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some of the stars interviewed are LGBT: Brooks, Hepburn, Lupino, Stanwyck, Bankhead, Hurrell, Hermes Pan.
Download or read book Deity written by Sheridan Anne and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-03-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **BONUS EXTENDED EPILOGUE INCLUDED Betrayal cuts deeper than any knife stabbed through your back. It slices through you and makes you wish for the sweet demise of a bullet shot straight out of Carver's gun. I trusted them. King, Cruz, Grayson, and Carver were not only the Kings of Ravenwood Heights but the kings of my heart, and now ... they're my executioners. They took away everything I had. They stole my heart and made me believe in love. I should have trusted my gut. They gave me hope, and I was a fool who followed them blindly. Never again. I may have nothing left and not a damn soul in my corner, but I'm not nearly through. I. Am. Dynasty. I am my parents' legacy, and I won't stop until I've taken back what's rightfully mine. Watch out, boys. You've crossed the wrong bitch. I'm coming for you, and this time, I won't back down. This time-I'm fighting until the end. Boys of Winter is a Dark, Enemies to Lovers, Reverse Harem Romance. It contains explicit sexual content, graphic violence, and coarse language.
Download or read book The Maid of Bath written by Samuel Foote and published by . This book was released on 1778 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Glamorous Stars of the Forties Paper Dolls written by Tom Tierney and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1994-05-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ann Sheridan, Rita Hayworth, Lana Turner, Hedy Lamarr, Dorothy Lamour, Veronica Lake, Gene Tierney, and Maria Montez in gowns by Adrian, Travis Banton, Jean Louis, Edith Head, Oleg Cassini, Vera West, and other top Hollywood designers. A must for paper doll fans and lovers of costume design and film history. 16 plates.
Download or read book Joy Inc written by Richard Sheridan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-01-27 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A guidebook for how leaders can motivate, engage, and recognize their people all the while growing the business profitably.” —Forbes.com Every year, thousands of visitors come from around the world to visit Menlo Innovations, a small software company in Ann Arbor, Michigan. They make the trek not to learn about technology but to witness a radically different approach to company culture. CEO Rich Sheridan removed the fear and ambiguity that typically make a workplace miserable. With joy as the explicit goal, he and his team changed everything about how the company was run. The results blew away all expectations. Menlo has won numerous growth awards and was named an Inc. magazine “audacious small company.” Joy, Inc. offers an inside look at how Menlo created its culture, and shows how any organization can follow their methods for a more passionate team and sustainable, profitable results.
Download or read book The Women of Warner Brothers written by Daniel Bubbeo and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2001-10-29 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The lives and careers of Warner Brothers' screen legends Joan Blondell, Nancy Coleman, Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Glenda Farrell, Kay Francis, Ruby Keeler, Andrea King, Priscilla Lane, Joan Leslie, Ida Lupino, Eleanor Parker, Ann Sheridan, Alexis Smith, and Jane Wyman are the topic of this book. Some achieved great success in film and other areas of show business, but others failed to get the breaks or became victims of the studio system's sometimes unpleasant brand of politics. The personal and professional obstacles that each actress encountered are here set out in detail, often with comments from the actresses who granted interviews with the author and from those people who knew them best on and off the movie set. A filmography is included for each of the fifteen.
Download or read book My Wicked Wicked Ways written by Errol Flynn and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2002-11-04 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scandalous film star Errol Flynn tells all in this autobiography, detailing his pre-Hollywood career as a mercenary, and his trial for rape in 1943.
Download or read book National Portrait Gallery Mid Georgian Portraits 1760 1790 written by John Ingamells and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This catalogue includes such famous figures as David Garrick and Dr Samuel Johnson, Sarah Siddons and Emma Hamilton, and the work of such artists as Gainsborough, Reynolds and Romney. It has been compiled by one of the leading authorities on 18th-century English portraiture, John Ingamells.
Download or read book Heathens written by Sheridan Anne and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-12-13 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twinkle, twinkle little star. Heathens coming, brand new scar. Slaughter turns to pained goodbye. Never knowing if I'll die. A DeAngelis family war is brewing and these heathens are the vicious ringleaders, pulling the strings of their pawns for the greatest show of all-a show that will guarantee sweet, sweet victory. Only victory comes with a price. The question is, what are they willing to lose to get the one thing they've always wanted? They kidnapped me. Haunted me. Allowed me to believe that I could trust them, and I foolishly did. I'm in deeper than I could have known, and now there's no going back. When blood spilled, I ran at the first chance I got. That was my biggest mistake. Do. Not. Run. It's been drilled into my head since the moment they took me. A searing bullet through the chest is enough to seal my fate, and no matter how much I scream, they refuse to believe my innocence. They're out for blood and they won't stop until they've watched the life fade from my eyes. These heathens are nothing but the callous, cruel monsters the world has always known them to be and they hold every last card between their devious fingers. Their own flesh and blood fear them. They've locked them away for the greater good, but they won't be kept down, not anymore. This war just took a turn for the worst and navigating my way to freedom might just cost me my life. Depraved Sinners is a New Adult, Dark, Reverse Harem, Contemporary Romance series. It contains explicit sexual content, graphic violence, drug abuse, and coarse language. It is recommended for mature readers. Depraved Sinners is planned as a four book series.
Download or read book Jaxon Kings of Denver written by Sheridan Anne and published by Sheridan Anne. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cassie - I made the worst decision of my life when I left Denver three years ago. I broke his heart, I broke my family's hearts and I broke my own. I could never go back, yet here I am, staring my past in the face. Only things have changed. He isn't the same boy I once knew, he's now the Captain of the Denver Dragons, No longer a boy but a man, a man who has a reputation made by his many achievements in the bedroom. I know I should stay away but I can't, I want him back. Jaxon - I'm up for the best senior year known to man. I'm the king of campus. The captain of the Hockey Team with endless amounts of alcohol and chicks at my disposal. I worked hard not to have a damn string holding me down. Until my past comes back to haunt me. Why, might you ask? Because she's back. WARNING: Jaxon is a steamy romance with a HEA and NO CLIFFHANGER. It contains sexual content and coarse language and is recommended for mature readers. Please be aware that some scenes may cause stress for some readers.
Download or read book Logan written by Sheridan Anne and published by Sheridan Anne. This book was released on 2019-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cocky F ck written by Sheridan Anne and published by Sheridan Anne. This book was released on 2020-07-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rape. Death. Injustice. Bellevue Springs is not the place I thought it was going to be. Meeting Colton Carrington has changed my life but the jury is still out on how he changed it. Good ... bad? I guess I'll find out. I live in a dark world, but he was a darkness that was welcomed, a darkness that I certainly wasn't prepared for. Missing people. A dead billionaire. Gang war. Sexism. When does it end? Nic is bearing down on me. He wants me back in Breakers Flats where he can protect me, but I can't walk away, not now that the secrets are finally starting to spill. People aren't who they say they are and being careful in a rich man's world becomes more important than ever before. Will I survive this or am I destined to fail? All I know is that death has never come so close and for the first time in my life ... I'm f*cking terrified. WARNING: Rejects Paradise is a Young Adult / New Adult Dark High School Bully Romance series. It features dark themes and mature content.
