NOTED PAPERBACKS.Byline: Orlando Sentinel The Orlando Sentinel is the primary newspaper of the Orlando, Florida region. It was founded in 1876 and is currently in its 131st year of publication. The Sentinel is owned by Tribune Company and is overseen by the Chicago Tribune. "Inside Oscar: The Unofficial History of the Academy Awards," by Mason Wiley and Damien Bona (Ballantine; $23): There is trivia: Peter Finch
Peter Finch (September 28, 1916 – January 14, 1977) was an English-born Australian actor. was the first actor to win an Oscar posthumously. And then there is trivia: Rack of lamb Noun 1. rack of lamb - a roast of the rib section of lamb crown roast rack - rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton lamb roast, roast lamb - a cut of lamb suitable for roasting with ginger sauce was served at the 1995 nominees' luncheon. You get plenty of all kinds of trivia in the 10th anniversary edition of this fulsome, often funny compendium/companion to the Academy Awards. Beginning with the first presentation in 1927 and continuing through last year's ceremony, the book dishes quotes, gossip, lists and memorable moments in exhaustive detail. "Hard-Boiled: Great Lines From Classic Noir Films," by Peggy Thompson and Saeko Usukawa (Chronicle Books; $14.95): "My, my," quipped Humphrey Bogart as private eye Philip Marlowe Noun 1. Philip Marlowe - tough cynical detective (one of the early detective heroes in American fiction) created by Raymond Chandler Marlowe U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. in "The Big Sleep." "Such a lot of guns around town and so few brains." Bogart was by no means the only actor talking tough and cracking wise in Hollywood's classic crime films. There was Richard Widmark in "The Street With No Name": "You open that window again, I'll throw you out of it." Myrna Dell in "Nocturne nocturne (nŏk`tûrn) [Fr.,=night piece], in music, romantic instrumental piece, free in form and usually reflective or languid in character. John Field wrote the first nocturnes, influencing Chopin in the writing of his 19 nocturnes for piano. ": "He was a lady-killer. But don't get any ideas - I ain't no lady." Anne Blyth in "Mildred Pierce": "I love you too, Mother. But let's not get sticky about it." "Lights, Camera, Poetry! American Movie Poems, the First Hundred Years," edited by Jason Shinder (Harvest/Harcourt Brace; $13): "When Plato said/ that what we see are shadows/ flickering on a cave wall,/ he must have meant/ the movies." So writes Linda Pastan in her poem "Popcorn." She's just one of a number of well-known poets writing about movies and moviegoing in this anthology of more than 100 works. Here's Ishmael Reed ("Life Is a Screwball screw·ball n. 1. Baseball A pitched ball that curves in the direction opposite to that of a normal curve ball. 2. Slang An eccentric, impulsively whimsical, or irrational person. adj. Comedy"), Delmore Schwartz ("Love and Marilyn Monroe"), Louise Erdrich ("Dear John Wayne"), Richard Wilbur ("The Prisoner of Zenda") and Lucille Clifton ("note, passed to superman"). |
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