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The only woman in the room / by Benedict, Marie,author.;
Hedy Kiesler is lucky. Her beauty leads to a starring role in a controversial film and marriage to a powerful Austrian arms dealer, allowing her to evade Nazi persecution despite her Jewish heritage. But Hedy is also intelligent. At lavish Vienna dinner parties, she overhears the Third Reich's plans. One night in 1937, desperate to escape her controlling husband and the rise of the Nazis, she disguises herself and flees her husband's castle. She lands in Hollywood, where she becomes Hedy Lamarr, screen star. But Hedy is keeping a secret even more shocking than her Jewish heritage: she is a scientist. She has an idea that might help the country and that might ease her guilt for escaping alone -- if anyone will listen to her. A powerful novel based on the incredible true story of the glamour icon and scientist whose groundbreaking invention revolutionized modern communication.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Lamarr, Hedy, 1913-2000; World War, 1939-1945; Women scientists; Jewish women; Motion picture actors and actresses; Austrian Americans;
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First-degree fudge / by DeSmet, Christine.;
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Fudge; Murder; Actors; Oosterling, Ava (Fictitious character); Specialty stores;
© 2013., Obsidian,
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Fever Pitch. by Evans, David,film director.; Guard, Bea,actor.; Firth, Colin,actor.; Aird, Holly,actor.; Stott, Ken,actor.; Aikman, Luke,actor.; Strong, Mark,actor.; Pearson, Neil,actor.; Claxton, Richard,actor.; Gemmell, Ruth,actor.; Shout Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Bea Guard, Colin Firth, Holly Aird, Ken Stott, Luke Aikman, Mark Strong, Neil Pearson, Richard Claxton, Ruth GemmellOriginally produced by Shout Studios in 1997.A sports fan's romantic courtship clashes with his obsession with his favorite football team. Based on the book by Nick Hornby.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Comedy.; Romance.; Sports.;
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Total recall : my unbelievably true life story / by Schwarzenegger, Arnold.; Petre, Peter.;
A memoir by the bodybuilder, actor, and former governor of California traces his journey to the United States and rise from Mr. Universe champion to millionaire businessman, and discusses his political achievements and the choices he regrets.
Subjects: Schwarzenegger, Arnold.; Actors; Austrian Americans; Bodybuilders; Celebrities; Governors;
© 2012., Simon & Schuster,
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Father Knows Best. by James, Ed,film director.; Gray, Billy,actor.; Donahue, Elinor,actor.; Wyatt, Jane,actor.; Bates, Jimmy,actor.; Chapin, Lauren,actor.; Wallace, Paul,actor.; Young, Robert,actor.; Selby, Sarah,actor.; Janiss, Vivi,actor.; Lime, Yvonne,actor.; Shout Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Billy Gray, Elinor Donahue, Jane Wyatt, Jimmy Bates, Lauren Chapin, Paul Wallace, Robert Young, Sarah Selby, Vivi Janiss, Yvonne LimeOriginally produced by Shout Studios in 1954.Maybe he didn't always know best, but beginning in 1954 insurance salesman Jim Anderson (Robert Young) of Springfield, Ohio, was America's favorite head of household.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Comedy.;
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1 buck [videorecording] / by Dufils, Fabien,film director.; Faught, River,actor.; Freeman, John(Actor),actor.; Green, Will,actor.; Kendrick, Darren,actor.; Ryan, Katie,actor.; Gravitas Ventures (Firm),publisher.;
John Freeman, Katie Ryan, Will Green, River Faught, Darren Kendrick.Shifting from one pocket to another, from one man's drama to another, a lowly dollar bill takes viewers on an odyssey through the heart of a forgotten town in Louisiana.PG.DVD-R ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Crime films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Communities; Money;
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The Blackwoods / by Colbert, Brandy,author.;
Told from multiple points of view, Ardith and Hollis Blackwood's lives are upended when their great-grandmother, legendary actress Blossom Blackwood, passes away, and family secrets emerge.014+.Grades 10-12.
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; African Americans; Fame; Families; Secrecy; Actors and actresses; African Americans; Fame; Family life; Families; Secrets;
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Can't we be friends : a novel of Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe / by Bryce, Denny S.,author.; Knight, Eliza,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."One woman was recognized as the premiere singer of her era with perfect pitch and tireless ambition. One woman was the most glamorous star in Hollywood, a sex symbol who took the world by storm. And their friendship was fast and firm ... 1952: Ella Fitzgerald is a renowned jazz singer whose only roadblock to longevity is society's attitude toward women and race. Marilyn Monroe's star is rising despite ongoing battles with movie studio bigwigs and boyfriends. When she needs help with her singing, she wants only the best--and the best is the brilliant Ella Fitzgerald. But Ella isn't a singing teacher and declines--then the two women meet, and to everyone's surprise but their own, they become fast friends. On the surface, what could they have in common? Yet each was underestimated by the men in their lives--husbands, managers, hangers-on. And both were determined to gain. Each fought for professional independence and personal agency in a time when women were expected to surrender control to those same men. This novel reveals and celebrates their surprising bond over a decade and serves as a poignant reminder of how true friendship can cross differences to bolster and sustain us through haunting heartbreak and wild success"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Novels.; Fitzgerald, Ella; Monroe, Marilyn, 1926-1962; Female friendship; Motion picture actors and actresses; Women jazz singers;
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Father Knows Best: S1. by James, Ed,film director.; Gray, Billy,actor.; Donahue, Elinor,actor.; Wyatt, Jane,actor.; Bates, Jimmy,actor.; Chapin, Lauren,actor.; Wallace, Paul,actor.; Young, Robert,actor.; Selby, Sarah,actor.; Janiss, Vivi,actor.; Lime, Yvonne,actor.; Shout Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Billy Gray, Elinor Donahue, Jane Wyatt, Jimmy Bates, Lauren Chapin, Paul Wallace, Robert Young, Sarah Selby, Vivi Janiss, Yvonne LimeOriginally produced by Shout Studios in 1954.Maybe he didn't always know best, but beginning in 1954 insurance salesman Jim Anderson (Robert Young) of Springfield, Ohio, was America's favorite head of household.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Comedy.;
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The girl in the middle : growing up between black and white, rich and poor / by Granofsky, Anais,author.;
"A moving and vivid memoir of a young girl switching between worlds, wanting only to be loved. When Anais Granofsky's parents met at Antioch College in Ohio in the early 1970s, they were each foreign and fascinating to the other - he, Stanley, the son of fantastically wealthy Jewish family from Toronto and she, Jean, one of 15 children from a poor Black Methodist family who are the direct descendants of the freed Randolph slaves. When they became pregnant at 19 and 22, they didn't anticipate being cut off by the wealthy Granofskys. Neither did they anticipate that Stanley, soon to rename himself Fakeer, would find his calling in the spiritual teaching of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (subject of the Netflix doc Wild, Wild Country) and leave his family for the ashram in India. The Girl in the Middle is the story of the child that was born into these two, very different worlds and who spent her life navigating between them. Alone, Anais and her mother teetered on the poverty line, sharing a mattress in a single room in social housing in Toronto, while her grandparents lived a twenty-minute car ride away on the mansion-lined Bridle Path. As Anais grew up, she was invited to spend weekends with her wealthy grandmother, putting on special clothes when she arrived and being served lunch by the pool, while often she and her mother did not know where their next meal would come from. Anais soon realized that if she wanted to be loved, she had to learn to live two lives. Anais's memoir offers a powerful lens into how these two families, one white and one Black, faced systematic oppression spanning multiple generations and came out at opposite economic classes-and how they clashed when they shared a granddaughter. With compassionate and vivid storytelling, Granofsky shares her experiences of living with each foot in opposing worlds and explores generational shame, grief, and prejudice, and ultimately love and forgiveness. Based on the viral Toronto Life article."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Granofsky, Anais; Granofsky, Anais; Poor; Television actors and actresses; Black Canadians;
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