Jeffrey Meyers's introduction provides an intriguing array of background details about Wilder, the film's casting and production, and the lives of those connected to what has become a classic. This facsimile edition of Sunset Boulevard makes it possible to get as much pleasure from reading the highly intelligent screenplay as from seeing the film. Mayer exclaimed: "We should throw this Wilder out of town!" The New York Times, however, gave the movie a rave review, praising "that rare blend of pungent writing, expert acting, masterly direction, and unobtrusively artistic photography." The film was nominated for Best Picture, and Wilder won an Academy Award for Best Story and Best Screenplay. Together they created a film both allusive and literate, with Hollywood's worst excesses and neuroses laid out for all to see. With William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson. Billy Wilder collaborated on the screenplay with the very able Charles Brackett, and with D. Overview A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity. Sunset Boulevard (1950) is one of the most famous films in the history of Hollywood, and perhaps no film better represents Hollywood's vision of itself. Sunset Boulevard (1950) PG (US) Drama 1h 50m User Score Play Trailer A Hollywood Story.
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7/8/2023 0 Comments Resistance by Bill McCayA flurry of stories over the past few days caught my eye, just after I had watched a movie that inspires more than passing interest in their subject. We haven’t even turned the page on the controversy over contraceptives, health care and religious freedom, when another thorny one comes into play involving personal conscience and public health. Reading a poem can be an act of resistance, because it can be an act of individual consciousness in this onslaught of information that's coming at us.Īnd rarely does a film issue such an inescapable invitation to think it could happen. We're now, you know, in a campaign season where what we're really watching is not so much political debate, though it's called that, as we are watching a movie in which candidates are contending to be our protagonist-in-chief. Maybe Maya could have ignored the simmering attraction between them if it weren’t for the earthquake, the tidal wave and being stranded alone with him on Kalamos Island. To make matters worse, he’s assigned to be one of her swimming partners. And he’s so damn hot, he makes her feel confused and distracted all the time. Books shelved as vacation-travel-abroad: Disfigured Love by Georgia Le Carre, Wild and Free by Kristen Ashley, Held Against You by Season Vining, Dare to. He boards the boat, pokes fun at her American mannerisms and asks way too many irritating questions. But Eros, a former Hellenic Navy SEAL, is one of her swimming tour companions. It wouldn’t be so bad if she never had to see him again. Instead, she trips and plunges straight into the water. When she spots a Greek man with a drool-worthy body, her plan is to look casual. She stumbles down to the Lefkada Island dock the first morning jetlagged and grumpy. When he realizes she’s in trouble, he rushes to save her. She’s unemployed and spent most of her savings hiring a lawyer to collect commissions her corrupt boss refused to pay. Wealthy defense systems CEO Nicholas Gallero spots a mysterious woman in the Sea of Cortez while whale watching from the patio of his Cabo San Lucas mansion. She figures her life can’t possibly get any worse. Even though she’s lost enthusiasm for this Greek island swimming vacation, she’s paid for the trip so she boards the plane. After a sudden job lay off, Maya holes up in her apartment, drinking wine and eating ice cream until the day she’s slated to leave for Greece. Renegades was released in the November 2017, and became the number 2 book. Serilda and Gild must try to thwart his plans, all while solving the mystery of Gild's forgotten name, freeing his younger sister who is trapped inside Gravenstone Castle, and trying to protect their unborn child.Romance, adventure, and Serilda's journey to finding her power as a woman, a mother, and a partner make this a retelling that Meyer fans-old and new-will treasure. Marissa Meyer (born February 19, 1984) is an American novelist. But he doesn't want just one god-he wants to capture all seven, and force them to bring down the veil that keeps the Dark Ones separate from the land of the mortals. Please note that estimated shipping dates are subject to change and we cannot guarantee delivery on publication date. Fairyloot Exclusive Edition, Hardcover, 496 pages. The estimated shipping date is in January/February 2023. Cursed (Gilded, 2) Published November 8th 2022 by Faber & Faber. Payment will be taken immediately at check-out. Book two of beloved New York Times-bestselling author Marissa Meyer's retelling of the Rumplestiltskin fairy taleNew York Times-bestselling author Marissa Meyer concludes her young-adult retelling of Rumpelstiltskin in Cursed, the sequel to Gilded.Serilda and Gild attempt to break the curses that tether their spirits to Adalheid's haunted castle before the Endless Moon, when the Erlking means to capture one of the seven gods and make a wish to return his lover, Perchta, from the underworld. This is an Exclusive Edition of Cursed (book 2) by Marissa Meyer. Strathers is powerless to intervene on her doting son’s behalf when his faithless wife, Molly, sets about poisoning him. Strathers: Paralysed by a stroke, old Mrs. I’m sure that The Belt is also a reworking of Henri Larne. Strathers are all from the Creeps series although they’ve reputedly been slightly amended/ updated. Just a quick note for the time being: The Harlem Horror, Shelter, Obsession and Old Mrs. Strathers, The Harlem Horror, Gran, Bring Back My Bonny, No More For Mary. Where Terror Stalked, New Faces, Obsession, Shelter, The Orphanage, Paris Pilgrimage, The Belt, Softly … Softly, Old Mrs. Lolalafabulous on Ronald Holmes – Witchcra…Ĭharles Birkin – Where Terror Stalked (Tandem, 1966) Toeland Robson's fat… on August Derleth – When Gr… But people come from all over the country to take entry-level jobs at the NACA, which offers better training and hands-on experience than the best engineering graduate school program in the world. NACA scientists drive salesmen in department stores crazy by doing things like dismantling toasters to check their quality. Locals call the people who work at Langley “NACA nuts,” “weirdos,” or “brain busters.” Famous people frequent the laboratory: Amelia Earhart, Howard Hughes, Clark Gable, Spencer Tracey, and Myrna Loy. Henry Reid tells his staff to be on the lookout for spies. Langley is one of the United States’ most powerful secret weapons. The NACA tries to build planes that will allow them to defeat the Germans from the air, destroying the science that will hand the opposition a military advantage. They fly Bell P-39 Airacobras, then Republic P-47 Thunderbolts and then, by the summer of 1944, North American P-51 Mustangs. and the 332nd Fighter Group make headlines flying fighter planes. Black readers follow the exploits of the Tuskegee Airmen in the press. This version includes the fragment "A mountain town in France", originally intended as the opening chapter, but often omitted and published as a separate essay. In Travels with a Donkey (1879), Robert Louis Stevenson explores the relatively unknown south-central Cévennes region of France, while paralleling the region’s history and landscape with those of his native Scotland. This morally ambiguous, dreamlike romance, with its larger-than-life villain Long John Silver as observed by young Jim Hawkins, was popular with juvenile and adult readers alike, including. Stevenson was in his late 20s and still dependent on his parents for support. Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 - Journey - France - Cvannes Mountains, Authors, Scottish - 19th century - Biography Publisher Boston : Herbert B. Humorous on his own failings as a traveller, and on his travails with Modestine the self-willed donkey, it is also an exploration of peasant life in an area marked by the violence of the wars of religion. Travels with a Donkey in the Cvennes (1879) is one of Robert Louis Stevenson's earliest published works and is considered a pioneering classic of outdoor literature. Download cover art Download CD case insert Travels with a Donkey in the CevennesĪ classic of travel writing, this book recounts Stevenson's adventures on an extended walk through uplands and mountains in south-western France. 7/7/2023 0 Comments Carnacki the ghost finder pdfIt was originally activated by being worn, but continued to summon the monster afterward. Summoning Artifact: In "Gateway of the Monster," the title being (a giant strangling hand) enters our world through the Luck Ring of the Andersons - a small pentagonal ring.Something Completely Different: The Find regards Carnacki investigating a book forgery and has no supernatural elements whatsoever.Scooby-Doo Hoax: One case has smugglers faking a haunting so they can use an abandoned building.Real After All: In at least one of the stories, a haunting is revealed as a hoax, and then as the hoaxer is being confronted, the real ghost puts in an appearance. Hodgsons literary career was tragically cut short by an artillery shell at the.Public Domain Character: Carnacki himself is one now, and has appeared as a character in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and the Doctor Who spin-off novel Foreign Devils, and been name-checked in Nightside and in Kim Newman's Diogenes Club stories. Post-Modern Magik: Carnacki is possibly the first protagonist to fully embrace this trope, devising updated versions of medieval-era protective wards that incorporate electrical wires and multicolored neon lighting. 7/6/2023 0 Comments Zita the spacegirl 2He also weaves the fantastic with the everyday, giving us robots, dragons, giants, goblins alongside a terrified mother, the complexity of navigating tween friendships, and the frustration of being “ordinary”. Hatke is a great storyteller, giving each of his characters a rich backstory and exciting quest. I love Hatke’s art, I love his storytelling and world-building, and I love sharing his books with the kids at my libraries. I’ve been a fan of Ben Hatke since 2012, when I first read Zita the Spacegirl. Zita, Jack, Lily, and Maddy have to get ready to battle once more. Is she jealous of Zita, or is there something more to it? Meanwhile, the giants are growing stronger and getting ready to invade above-ground: the gate between worlds is growing weaker, and they’re ready to use it to their advantage. Lily, Jack’s neighbor, who helped him fight the giants and rescue Maddy, his sister, is on edge, though. It’s a team-up he teased in 2017’s Mighty Jack and the Goblin King, and I have been waiting patiently for two years to find out what was going to happen.Īfter Zita and her friends arrive from their space-hopping adventures, Jack and his family have been housing and feeding the group. The latest Ben Hatke graphic novel brings together two of his best series: Zita the Spacegirl and Mighty Jack. Mighty Jack and Zita the Spacegirl, by Ben Hatke, (Sept. 7/6/2023 0 Comments Reckless brubakerThe women he was in love with back during his radical underground days. His assistant, the purple-haired punk Anna, operates his 1-800 number where people who need him call, but he's picky about the jobs he takes.Īnd then he gets a message from a former flame, Rainy. In Los Angeles, 1981, Ethan Reckless is a part-time private eye/repo man working out of a rundown movie theater. Your trouble is his business, for a price. If you have the money and a good story, Reckless will find whatever or whomever you need found. Written by Ed Brubaker and illustrated by Sean Phillips, it is the first in a series of graphic novels starring Ethan Reckless, a former undercover FBI Agent-turned surfer-turned hardboiled detective/repo man. Reckless is a 2020 graphic novel published by Image Comics. And if you got a good enough story, then there's this guy that shows up. |