[NEohioPAL]Cleveland Public Library: Bogart, Zangwill, and Bogart

[Donald Boozer]

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Bogie=3A A Celebration of the Life and Films of Humphrey Bogart=2E
Foreword by Stephen Bogart=3B Appreciation by Richard Schickel=3B The =

Movies by George Perry=2E
St=2E Martin=92s Press=2C 2006=2E
(PN2287=2EB48 S35 2006)
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=22In the fifty years since his death in 1957 Humphrey Bogart has firmly =

established his position as one of the iconic figures in the history of =

cinema=2C a star of the same magnitude as Monroe=2C Gable or Chaplin=2C a=
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the personification of one of Hollywood=27s most enduring genres=2C film =

noir=2E In this illustrated survey of Bogart=27s life and work=2C Richard=
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Schickel assesses his career and enduring legacy while George Perry =

provides a detailed review of the films he made over three decades=2C =

with a particular focus on his key roles=2E Published with the =

authorization of the Estate of Humphrey Bogart=2C this official =

celebration is a fitting tribute to a much-loved star=2E=22 =96 from book=
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>From the Ghetto to the Melting Pot=3A Israel Zangwill=92s Jewish Plays=3A=
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Three Playscripts by Israel Zangwill=2E
Edited=2C with Introductions and Commentary by Edna Nahshon=2E
Wayne State University Press=2C 2006=2E
(PR5921 =2EN37 2006)
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=93This volume presents three plays written by Israel Zangwill=2C two of =

which=2C The King of Schnorrers and Children of the Ghetto=2C have never =

been published before=2E=94 =96 from the Preface=2E


George Fitzmaurice=3A =91Wild in His Own Way=92=3A Biography of an Abbey =

Playwright=2E
Fiona Brennan=2E
Carysfort Press=2C 2005=2E
(PR6011=2EI9 Z93 2005)
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=93In 2004=2C when the Abbey Theatre staged Conall Morrison=92s superb =

production of The Dandy Dolls as part of its centenary celebrations=2C =

there was a scent of regret in the air=2E The play=2C arguably George =

Fitzmaurice=92s best=2C belonged to the history of the Abbey=92s first =

century only through its absence=2E It was rejected by W=2EB=2E Yeats and=
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Lady Gregory in 1913=2C and Fitzmaurice was consigned to a purgatory of =

appalling neglect until his death=2C a full fifty years later=2E He becam=
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the great lost soul of twentieth century Irish theatre=2E The Dandy Dolls=
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reminded us of the zest and tang of his language=2C the breadth of his =

imagination and his mastery of a concentrated theatrical form in which =

the verbal and the visual engage in a fandango of terror and =

delight=2E=2E=2E=94 =96 from the Foreword by Fintan O=92Toole=2E
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Donald Boozer
Subject Department Librarian
Literature Department
Cleveland Public Library
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