31 Thursday Dec 2015
Posted in Anniversaries, Film, Jeanne Eagels, Theatre
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Clemence Randolph, Dorothy Parker, H.L. Mencken, Jeanne Eagels, Jeanne Eagels: A Life Revealed, John Colton, John D. Willams, Man Woman and Sin, Rain, Sadie Thompson, Saint Wench, Sam H. Harris, The Exciters, The Sainted Wench, W. Somerset Maugham
John Colton was born in Minneapolis on December 31, 1887. He spent his first fourteen years in Japan, where his English father was a diplomat. This early experience of colonial life in the Far East would inspire his writing. Continue reading
29 Tuesday Dec 2015
Posted in Interviews, Jeanne Eagels, Periodicals
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Jeremy Richey talks to me about Jeanne Eagels: A Life Revealed in Issue 6 of Art Decades magazine, which is now available on Amazon for £9.91 in the UK, or $15 in the US.
This latest edition also includes a twenty-page interview with Miranda Lee Richards, and two photo-shoots inspired by her music; a look back at Elvis Presley’s last movie, Change of Habit, and 10cc’s How Dare You; and Marcelline Block’s interviews with author Mikita Brottman, and filmmaker Zach Weintraub.
A portion of this issue’s proceeds will go to Planned Parenthood. If you’d like to subscribe to Art Decades, click here.
17 Thursday Dec 2015
Posted in Anniversaries, Jeanne Eagels, Music
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Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops Orchestra, Jeanne Eagels, Jeanne Eagels: A Life Revealed, W. Somerset Maugham
Arthur Fiedler was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 17, 1894. His father, Emanuel, was an Austrian violinist; and his mother was a pianist. When Emanuel retired in 1910, the family moved to Europe. From 1911-15, Arthur studied violin in Berlin. As World War I began, he returned to America and joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Continue reading
07 Monday Dec 2015
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David Belasco, Fay Bainter, Jealousy, Jeanne Eagels, Jeanne Eagels: A Life Revealed, Reginald Venable, Ted Coy
Fay Okell Bainter was born in Los Angeles on December 7, 1893. Encouraged by her mother, Fay first went on the stage aged six, and joined Oliver Morosco’s travelling stock company before making her Broadway debut at seventeen. Continue reading
26 Thursday Nov 2015
Posted in Books, Film, Jeanne Eagels, Non-Fiction, Theatre
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Best Film Books of 2015, Huffington Post, Jeanne Eagels, Jeanne Eagels: A Life Revealed, Thomas Gladysz
Jeanne Eagels: A Life Revealed – the first biography of the legendary actress to be published in 85 years, which tells ‘the tragic story of the beautiful, Academy Award-nominated film and Broadway star’ – has been named among the Best Film Books of 2015 by historian Thomas Gladysz, in his annual round-up for the Huffington Post.
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