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The Girl in Berlin

Posted in Books, Fiction, tagged , , , , on May 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

My review of Elizabeth Wilson’s spy novel, The Girl in Berlin, is posted today at For Books’ Sake.

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The Divine Woman

Posted in Books, Fiction, Film, tagged , , , , , , , , , on May 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Many films of the silent era are now lost, but only one of them starred Greta Garbo. In 1993, a nine-minute reel from The Divine Woman (1928) was found at Moscow’s Gosfilmofond archive.

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Bookish Birthdays: Harper Lee

Posted in Books, Fiction, tagged , , , , , , on April 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

My tribute to Harper Lee – author of To Kill a Mockingbird – is posted today at For Books’ Sake.

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Marilyn Monroe: Private and Undisclosed

Posted in Books, Film, Marilyn Monroe, Non-Fiction, tagged , , , on April 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

This year marks the 5oth anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s death. Of the many books that will be published about the legendary star in coming months, Michelle Morgan‘s fully revised and updated biography, Marilyn Monroe: Private and Undisclosed, will surely rank among the finest. You can read my review over at For Books’ Sake.

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Banned Books: ‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings’

Posted in Books, Non-Fiction, tagged , , , , , on April 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

I consider the enduring appeal – and surrounding controversy – of I Know What the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou‘s 1969 memoir of her childhood in the Deep South of America, over at For Books’ Sake

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The Black Garbo: Nina Mae McKinney

Posted in Books, Film, Non-Fiction, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 31, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Nina Mae McKinney, who made her screen début in King Vidor’s Hallelujah! (1929) – one of the first Hollywood films to feature an all-black cast – was hailed by MGM’s Irving Thalberg as ‘the greatest acting discovery of the age’.

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Enchantments

Posted in Books, Fiction, History, tagged , , , , , , on March 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

My review of Enchantments, Kathryn Harrison’s novel about the fall of the Russian royal family, is published today at For Books’ Sake.

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Christine Keeler: ‘Secrets and Lies’

Posted in Books, History, Non-Fiction, Profumo Affair, tagged , , on March 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Secrets and Lies, the new memoir by Christine Keeler and co-writer Douglas Thompson, was published last month. However, it is essentially a reissue of her 2001 book, The Truth at Last. Apart from a new preface and postscript, some different photos, the content is mostly the same as before. John Profumo – the government minister [...]

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Ida Lupino: Beyond the Camera

Posted in Books, Film, Non-Fiction, tagged , , , on March 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Mary Ann Anderson was a friend and business manager to the actress and film director, Ida Lupino, for over a decade. She has also contributed to two books on the star, and has now written a biography, Ida Lupino: Beyond the Camera, featuring rare photos, press clippings, and transcribed interviews.

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The House on Paradise Street

Posted in Books, Fiction, tagged , , , , on March 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

The House on Paradise Street is a wonderful new novel by Sofka Zinovieff, looking at love, politics and war in Greece, past and present, through the contrasting viewpoints of two women from the same Athenian family. You can read my review at For Books’ Sake.

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