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Edmond O'Brien

Author : Derek Sculthorpe

Publisher : McFarland

Page : 247 pages

File Size : 29,36 MB

Release : 2018-10-01

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 1476633797

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One of the most versatile actors of his generation, Edmond O'Brien made a series of iconic noir films. From a man reporting his own murder in D.O.A. (1949) to the conflicted title character in The Bigamist (1953), he portrayed the confusion of the postwar Everyman. His memorable roles spanned genres from Shakespeare to westerns and comedies--he also turned his hand to directing. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor as the harassed press agent Oscar Muldoon in Joseph Mankiewicz's bitter Cinderella fable The Barefoot Contessa (1954). This first in-depth study of O'Brien charts his life and career from Broadway to Hollywood and to the rise of television, revealing a devoted family man dedicated to his craft.



Edmond O'Brien

Author : Derek Sculthorpe

Publisher : McFarland

Page : 247 pages

File Size : 18,30 MB

Release : 2018-10-18

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 1476674434

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One of the most versatile actors of his generation, Edmond O'Brien made a series of iconic noir films. From a man reporting his own murder in D.O.A. (1949) to the conflicted title character in The Bigamist (1953), he portrayed the confusion of the postwar Everyman. His memorable roles spanned genres from Shakespeare to westerns and comedies--he also turned his hand to directing. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor as the harassed press agent Oscar Muldoon in Joseph Mankiewicz's bitter Cinderella fable The Barefoot Contessa (1954). This first in-depth study of O'Brien charts his life and career from Broadway to Hollywood and to the rise of television, revealing a devoted family man dedicated to his craft.



Edmond O'Brien 197 Success Facts - Everything You Need to Know about Edmond O'Brien

Author : Beverly Morin

Publisher : Emereo Publishing

Page : 228 pages

File Size : 17,40 MB

Release : 2014-06-09

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 9781488557750

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New, enriched Edmond O'Brien. This book is your ultimate resource for Edmond O'Brien. Here you will find the most up-to-date 197 Success Facts, Information, and much more. In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Edmond O'Brien's Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Lawrence of Arabia (film) - Cast, Robb White - Movie versions, Stopover Tokyo - Cast, Black Christmas (1974 film) - Production, Moon Pilot - Cast, D.O.A. (1950 movie), 32nd Academy Awards - Presenters, Stopover Tokyo - Plot, The Greatest Show on Earth (TV series) - Guest stars, Harbor Command - Guest stars, Fighter Squadron - Cast, Robert Stack - Career, Seven Days in May - Cast, The Other Side of the Wind - Cast, Film noir - Overview, Shield for Murder - Critical response, Ruth Roman - Career, Sylvia (1965 film) - Cast, The Long Hot Summer (TV series) - Main cast, White Heat (film), Frank Tuttle - Selected filmographyFrank Tuttle (I) (1892-1963). imdb.com. Retrieved January 30, 2014., Silver City (1951 film) - Cast, White Heat - Plot, For the Love of Mary, Parachute Battalion - Cast, Breaking Point (1963 TV series) - Guest stars, They Only Kill Their Masters - Cast, The Bold Ones: The Protectors - Guest stars, Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City - O, The Amazing Mrs. Holliday, Another Part of the Forest (film) - Cast, Brute Force (1947 film) - Cast, The Girl Can't Help It - Plot, Cavalcade of Stars - American Scene Magazine, Man in the Dark, The Eleventh Hour (1962 TV series) - Guest Stars, 33rd Academy Awards - Presenters, The Bigamist (1953 film) - Plot, The Virginian (TV series) - Season 6, and much more...



After Gandhi

Author : Anne Sibley O'Brien

Publisher : Charlesbridge

Page : 193 pages

File Size : 35,85 MB

Release : 2009-02-01

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 1607341360

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Over the last century brave people across the world have taken a stand against violence and oppression. Against all odds their actions have toppled governments, challenged unjust laws, and rebuilt societies. This is the power of nonviolent resistance, the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi. From individuals like Muhammad Ali, whose refusal to be drafted helped galvanize American resistance to the Vietnam War, to movements such as Argentina's Mothers of the Disappeared, whose courageous vigils for their missing children contributed to the fall of the military government responsible for the kidnappings, After Gandhi profiles some of the major figures of nonviolent resistance from around the world.



On Pluto: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer's

Author : Greg O'Brien

Publisher : Good Night books

Page : 309 pages

File Size : 10,11 MB

Release : 2018-02-27

Category : Health & Fitness

ISBN : 0991340191

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This is a book about living with Alzheimer’s, not dying with it. It is a book about hope, faith, and humor—a prescription far more powerful than the conventional medication available today to fight this disease. Alzheimer’s is the sixth leading cause of death in the US—and the only one of these diseases on the rise. More than 5 million Americans have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s or a related dementia; about 35 million people worldwide. Greg O’Brien, an award-winning investigative reporter, has been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's and is one of those faceless numbers. Acting on long-term memory and skill coupled with well-developed journalistic grit, O’Brien decided to tackle the disease and his imminent decline by writing frankly about the journey. O’Brien is a master storyteller. His story is naked, wrenching, and soul searching for a generation and their loved ones about to cross the threshold of this death in slow motion. On Pluto: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer’s is a trail-blazing roadmap for a generation—both a “how to” for fighting a disease, and a “how not” to give up!



Country Girl

Author : Edna O'Brien

Publisher : Little, Brown

Page : 358 pages

File Size : 26,75 MB

Release : 2013-04-30

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 0316230367

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"Country Girl is Edna O'Brien's exquisite account of her dashing, barrier-busting, up-and-down life."-National Public Radio When Edna O'Brien's first novel, The Country Girls, was published in 1960, it so scandalized the O'Briens' local parish that the book was burned by its priest. O'Brien was undeterred and has since created a body of work that bears comparison with the best writing of the twentieth century. Country Girl brings us face-to-face with a life of high drama and contemplation. Starting with O'Brien's birth in a grand but deteriorating house in Ireland, her story moves through convent school to elopement, divorce, single-motherhood, the wild parties of the '60s in London, and encounters with Hollywood giants, pop stars, and literary titans. There is love and unrequited love, and the glamour of trips to America as a celebrated writer and the guest of Jackie Onassis and Hillary Clinton. Country Girl is a rich and heady accounting of the events, people, emotions, and landscape that have imprinted upon and enhanced one lifetime.



I Just Freaking Love Edmond O'Brien

Author : Ash Publishing

Publisher :

Page : 110 pages

File Size : 50,57 MB

Release : 2021-12-04

Category :

ISBN :

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Funny Edmond O'Brien Journal A Perfect Notebook Journal For All Edmond O'Brien Lovers. Makes a perfect gift for all your friends who love Edmond O'Brien. Specifications : Cover Finish: Matte Dimensions: 6 x 9 (15.24cm x 22.86cm) Interior: Lined White Paper Pages: 110 Artful Cover Lined Paper



Cornell Woolrich from Pulp Noir to Film Noir

Author : Thomas C. Renzi

Publisher : McFarland

Page : 380 pages

File Size : 38,51 MB

Release : 2015-01-24

Category : Performing Arts

ISBN : 0786482818

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Extremely popular and prolific in the 1930s and 1940s, Cornell Woolrich still has diehard fans who thrive on his densely packed descriptions and his spellbinding premises. A contemporary of Hammett and Chandler, he competed with them for notoriety in the pulps and became the single most adapted writer for films of the noir period. Perhaps the most famous film adaptation of a Woolrich story is Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window (1954). Even today, his work is still onscreen; Michael Cristofer's Original Sin (2001) is based on one of his tales. This book offers a detailed analysis of many of Woolrich's novels and short stories; examines films adapted from these works; and shows how Woolrich's techniques and themes influenced the noir genre. Twenty-two stories and 30 films compose the bulk of the study, though many other additions of films noirs are also considered because of their relevance to Woolrich's plots, themes and characters. The introduction includes a biographical sketch of Woolrich and his relationship to the noir era, and the book is illustrated with stills from Woolrich's noir classics.



The Politics Of Murder

Author : Margo Nash

Publisher : Wildblue Press

Page : pages

File Size : 13,75 MB

Release : 2016-11-22

Category :

ISBN : 9781942266778

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In July of 1995, Eddie O'Brien, a 15-year-old boy, was charged with the first-degree murder of his best friend's mother. His case went to trial and he was convicted. The only problem was-he didn't do it. Attorney Margo Nash shows how justice was cast aside with the power and ambition of politicians.



Bad Boys

Author : Karen Burroughs Hannsberry

Publisher : McFarland

Page : 797 pages

File Size : 46,14 MB

Release : 2014-05-05

Category : Performing Arts

ISBN : 9781476604831

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The film noir male is an infinitely watchable being, exhibiting a wide range of emotions, behaviors, and motivations. Some of the characters from the film noir era are extremely violent, such as Neville Brand’s Chester in D.O.A. (1950), whose sole pleasure in life seems to come from inflicting pain on others. Other noirs feature flawed authority figures, such as Kirk Douglas’s Jim McLeod in Detective Story (1951), controlled by a rigid moral code that costs him his marriage and ultimately his life. Others present ruthless crime bosses, hapless males whose lives are turned upside down because of their ceaseless longing for a woman, and even courageous men on the right side of the law. The private and public lives of more than ninety actors who starred in the films noirs of the 1940s and 1950s are presented here. Some of the actors, such as Humphrey Bogart, Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, Edward G. Robinson, Robert Mitchum, Raymond Burr, Fred MacMurray, Jack Palance and Mickey Rooney, enjoyed great renown, while others, like Gene Lockhart, Moroni Olsen and Harold Vermilyea, were less familiar, particularly to modern audiences. An appendix focuses on the actors who were least known but frequently seen in minor roles.