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Movies

Classic Woman-centric Movie Review: Show Boat (1951)

Post author By Linotte Melodieuse
Post date Friday, June 28th, 2013
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This week’s classic movie pick masks the seriousness of some of the topic in the plot with glossy musical numbers and an engaging love story. The film is Show Boat, made in 1951 and based on the Edna Ferber novel and the musical of the same name by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II. The film […]

Tags ava gardner, edna ferber, george sidney, kathryn grayson, show boat

Books

Summer Reading: Four Books That Were Made into Classic Films

Post author By Linotte Melodieuse
Post date Monday, June 3rd, 2013
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Looking for a beach read that has some substance? Here are four books that promise to have both, and there’s a bonus: Each of these books was the basis for a classic film that you can watch once you’re finished. How cool is that?

Tags edna ferber, georgy girl, laura, margaret forster, now voyager, olive higgins prouty, show boat, summer reading, vera casparay