Download or read book The Magnificent Stranger written by John Porter and published by Publishamerica Incorporated. This book was released on 2008-05 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A daughter once sent to her mother a plaque that said, aSome people make the world special just by being in it.a Such can be said about books. aSome books make the world special just by being written.a Enter into the world of The Magnificent Stranger. Each character is special, and before you realize it, you are swept into their world and remain there throughout the whole book. Each chapter is unique, fascinating and captivating. You are drawn into many different worlds. You will be in high school again, find love and romance there, enter worlds of mystery, intrigue, and suspense, and you will even have to use aa little flick of your imagination.a It is truly a athriller.a Every character is in a class of their own. Donat be surprised if you find yourself liking all of them! Even the bad guys. You may think you know the ending, but be assured, you wonat! Not until you read the last page. ENJOY!
Download or read book Galusha The Magnificent written by Joseph C. Lincoln and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-01-02 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joseph Crosby Lincoln, a well-known American novelist best known for his New England-focused novels and short stories, wrote the book "Galusha the Magnificent." 1916 saw the book's initial publication. Galusha Bangs, a mild-mannered and slightly eccentric character, is the main character of the novel. He unexpectedly rises to a position of influence and authority. After inheriting a substantial amount of money, Galusha finds himself in a number of amusing and difficult scenarios while he gets used to his new situation. The influence of sudden fortune on a person's life, small-town living, and cultural expectations are all explored in this book. The writings of Joseph C. Lincoln frequently combine romance, humour, and a deep comprehension of human nature. Early in the 20th century, he wrote a great deal; his novels and novellas were well-liked by readers for their captivating stories and realistic portrayals of daily life. Among his numerous literary accomplishments, "Galusha the Magnificent" demonstrates how well Lincoln used humour and social satire to create a gripping story. This book can be fun to read if you like stories about oddball folks in small-town America with a hint of humour.
Download or read book The Making of The Magnificent Seven written by Brian Hannan and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-05-11 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story behind The Magnificent Seven could have been a movie in itself. It had everything--actors' strike, writers' strike, Mexican government interference and a row between the screenwriters that left one removing his name from the credits, all under the lingering gloom of post-McCarthy era Hollywood. A flop on release, it later became a box office hit. This book tells the behind-the-scenes story: how Yul Brynner became the biggest independent producer in Hollywood; why John Sturges was not the first choice after Brynner surrendered the director's chair; why Sturges quit; the truth about the Mirisch Company (producers); the details of the film's botched release and unlikely redemption; the creation of Elmer Bernstein's classic score; and how internecine fighting prevented the making of the television series in 1963. Myths about Steve McQueen, his feud with Brynner and the scene-stealing antics of the cast are debunked. A close examination of the various screenplay drafts and the writers' source material--Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai--shows who wrote what. Extensive analysis of Sturges' directorial work is provided.
Download or read book The Magnificent Strangers written by Brett Halsey and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-08-09 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sex, greed, money and power are all in a days work for the American exiles in the film community in Rome. Unknowns can become stars overnight, while wealthy men lose fortunes, and sexual prowess is always a way to get ahead. Caught up in the explosive world of fame, glamour, money, drugs and orgies are wealthy businessmen, playboys, social climbers, gold-diggers, actors and actresses, movie moguls, agents, and more. Rex Starr is a handsome actor used to playing the hero, who doesnt believe in love. Ellen Watson is unhappy in her marriage to one of the worlds wealthiest men. Sandy Kantor is an agent who has seen everything and wishes to keep parts of his own past secret. Dick Wynters is a professional stud whose sexual ability is a ticket to success. All play and scheme in the swinging movie colony which makes up Rome, where they are all Magnificent Strangers.
Download or read book The Magnificent 60s written by Brian Hannan and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-06-06 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hollywood in the 1960s walked a tightrope between boom and bust. Yet the decade spawned many of the greatest films ever made, saw the advent of the spy thriller, the revival of science fiction and horror, and represented the Golden Era of the 70mm roadshow. Blockbusters like Lawrence of Arabia and The Sound of Music shared marquees with low-budget hits such as Lilies of the Field and Easy Rider. New stars emerged--Steve McQueen, Sidney Poitier, Barbra Streisand, Sean Connery, Faye Dunaway, Clint Eastwood and Dustin Hoffman. Veteran directors like Billy Wilder and William Wyler were joined by the post-war generation of Robert Aldrich and Stanley Kramer, and the new wave of Stanley Kubrick and John Schlesinger. This book explores a period when filmmakers embraced revolutionary attitudes to sexuality, violence and racism, and produced a bewildering list of critically acclaimed classics that remain audience favorites.
Download or read book The Magnificent Ambersons written by Booth Tarkington and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-02-20 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The lives and changing fortunes of three generations of a once-powerful and socially prominent family are chronicled in this vivid portrait of the corrupting influence of greed and materialism.
Download or read book The Magnificent Ambersons written by Tarkington N.B. and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ньютон Бут Таркингтон - знаменитый американский писатель первой половины XX, один из немногих авторов, удостоенный Пулитцеровской премии более одного раза. "Великолепные Эмберсоны" - это одно из самых известных произведений Таркингтона, которое было экранизировано Орсоном Уэллсом. Действие разворачивается в начале XX века на Среднем Западе в богатой семье Эмберсонов, веривших в прочность и незыблемость своего положения. Но время не стоит на месте, и привычный мир рушится до основания...Читайте зарубежную литературу в оригинале!
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Download or read book Sergio Leone written by Christian Uva and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-01-10 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spectacle, myth, fable - these words instantly leap to mind when considering director Sergio Leone's celebrated films. His popularization of the Spaghetti Western genre, through works like A Fistful of Dollars (1964) and Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), continues to have a profound impact on filmmakers worldwide. In this exciting new study, Italian film scholar Christian Uva explores a side of Leone's works rarely before discussed: the political. Grappling with the contradictions between Leone's politically critical cinematic eye and his aversion to ideological classification, Sergio Leone: Cinema as Political Fable makes sense of how the director's internal political tensions shaped the radical themes of his Western fables. Looking at Leone and his films through a number of lenses, the book examines the elements of Italian history and identity interwoven in the director's stories, provides cultural context for a career spanning from Italy's fascist regime to Leone's death in 1989, and discusses the influences that formed Leone's directorial identity. Uva focuses in particular on the postmodernist theory behind Leone's works, revealing the critical basis of his stylistic and narrative innovations and newly analyzing the most iconic sequences from The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1967), Duck, You Sucker (1971), and Once Upon a Time in America (1984). An admirably thorough take on the man and his works, Sergio Leone: Cinema as Political Fable provides fresh perspective on a director long-established in cinema canon.
Download or read book The Complete O Henry Short Stories Rolling Stones Cabbages and Kings Options Roads of Destiny The Four Million The Trimmed Lamp The Voice of the City Whirligigs and more written by O. Henry and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2015-05-21 with total page 3500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "The Complete O. Henry Short Stories (Rolling Stones + Cabbages and Kings + Options + Roads of Destiny + The Four Million + The Trimmed Lamp + The Voice of the City + Whirligigs and more)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American writer. O. Henry's short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization, and surprise endings. Most of O. Henry's stories are set in his own time, the early 20th century. Many take place in New York City and deal for the most part with ordinary people: clerks, policemen, waitresses, etc. O. Henry's work is wide-ranging, and his characters can be found roaming the cattle-lands of Texas, exploring the art of the con-man, or investigating the tensions of class and wealth in turn-of-the-century New York. O. Henry had an inimitable hand for isolating some element of society and describing it with an incredible economy and grace of language. Some of his best and least-known work is contained in Cabbages and Kings, a series of stories each of which explores some individual aspect of life in a paralytically sleepy Central American town, while advancing some aspect of the larger plot and relating back one to another.
