Editorial: Good Press
A delightful contemporary fantasy novel by Caroline Mickelson. This charming story blends humor and magic as it explores the ups and downs of dealing with in-laws, fairy godmothers, and unexpected adventures. Mickelson's witty storytelling will keep readers entertained from start to finish.
Lucille Ball was an accomplished actress, comedian, model, entertainment studio executive and producer. She was the star of the self-produced TV sitcoms I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy and Life with Lucy as well as television specials aired under the title The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour. She began her career in 1929 as a model, graduating to Broadway and later to films. While a contract player at RKO, she met Cuban bandleader Desi Arnaz, and the two eloped in 1940. During radio's Golden Age, she starred in hundreds of radio programs, including her own series titled My Favorite Husband, opposite Richard Denning. In the 1950's, she ventured into television and in 1951, she and Arnaz created the sitcom I Love Lucy, a series that became one of the most beloved in television history. In 1962, Ball became the first woman to run a major television studio, Desilu Productions, which produced many popular series, including Mission: Impossible and Star Trek. This collection contains 10 of her popular radio performances and we hope you will Love Lucy all over again! The Kraft Music Hall 10-7-43 w/ Bing Crosby and Lucille Ball The Abbott & Costello Show 11-18-43 w/ Bud Abbott, Lou Costello and Lucille Ball Suspense 1-13-44 "Dime a Dance" w/ Lucille Ball and Hans Conried The Screen Guild Players 5/1/44 "A Night to Remember" w/ Lucille Ball and Brian Donlevy The Harold Lloyd Comedy Theatre 2/11/45 "A Girl, A Guy and a Gob" w/ Lucille Ball and George Murphy with Harold Lloyd (host) The Jimmy Durante Show 10/29/47 w/ Jimmy Durante and Lucille Ball The Kraft Music Hall 1/22/48 w/ Al Jolson and Lucille Ball The Lux Radio Theatre 3/27/50 "The Man Who Came to Dinner" w/ Lucille Ball and Clifton Webb (1-hour) My Favorite Husband 6/4/50 "George is a Slob" w/ Lucille Ball and Richard Denning The Screen Director's Playhouse 3/1/51 "A Foreign Affair" w/ Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Lucille Ball (1-hour)Ver libro
Mr Punch Presents: NATIONAL VELVET, telling the story of Velvet Brown (Elizabeth Taylor), the idealistic English farm girl with a passion for horses, who wins the spirited steed ‘Pie’ in the local town lottery. Her infectious enthusiasm encourages the embittered jockey Mi Taylor (Mickey Rooney) to train the horse ‘Pie’ for the Grand National - England's greatest racing event. Recreated for radio with the original stars. This high-quality audiobook has been re-mastered and re-edited from the original radio broadcast. Also available as part of the Hollywood Playhouse BOX SET, a collection of 14 Oscar winning ear-movies, adapted from the original screenplays & performed for the radio by many of the original film stars in front of a live studio audience. "These radio dramas were….to become as popular as the movies themselves." Hollywood Movie Memories "This is an excellent audio product that will appeal to the majority of audiobook listeners." Talking Business "A lovely series to add to any film, audio or crime lovers’ collection." Audio WorldVer libro
This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers during the month of August 2009.Ver libro
Edgar Allan Poe's ""The Raven,"" delves into the hidden horrors of the human psyche. One bleak December midnight a raven shows up at his door—with only one thing to say, “Nevermore!” The raven’s repetitious “Nevermore” slowly drives the narrator to madness. Yanai Pery brings to life the narrator and the raven in a truly unique way. The perfect book to revisit this classic poem and delve into its mysteries in a new and intriguing way.Ver libro
August Strindberg's gripping psychological drama about the battle of the sexes, in a version by Mike Poulton. Strindberg's play The Father is about a marriage wrecked by the parents' need to claim exclusive rights to their daughter's love, and to determine her future. By turns comic and deeply tragic, it shows an affable, scholarly father fall victim to a once loving wife who will stop at nothing to do what she thinks is right for her child. The only possible outcome is a grim, yet thrilling fight to the death in circumstances of almost unbearable tension. Written in 1887, The Father was first staged in Berlin in 1890. This English version by Mike Poulton was first staged at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester, in 2006. 'Poulton is the adapter of the moment... The Father is franker, more revealing than almost any other play, an X-ray of a gifted, deranged mind' - Observer 'Poulton's terrific new adaptation is absolutely true to Strindberg's dark spirit... blows the dust off the text while capturing all its wild and idiosyncratic torment... The Father will knock your socks off' - Telegraph 'A startling emotional roller-coaster ride' - Guardian 'Fully confirms the play's power to rivet and disturb' - The TimesVer libro
In 17th Century Sicily, a clever valet named Mascarille tries to help his boss Lélie win the girl of his dreams -- only to find that Lélie is a monumental dunce who ruins every one of his intricate schemes. Undaunted, Mascarille invents progressively wilder plots, only to see his best-laid plans go very awry in Molière's The Bungler. Translated by Richard Wilbur. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:Richard Easton as MascarilleAdam Godley as LelieAlan Mandell as TrufaldinDakin Matthews as ErgasteChristopher Neame as PandolphePaula Jane Newman as CelieDarren Richardson as AndresJohn Sloan as LéandreNorman Snow as AnselmeKate Steele as Hippolyte. This recording contains an interview with Mechele Leon, Associate Professor of Classical and Contemporary French Theatre at the University of Kansas. Directed by Dakin Matthews. Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood. ©2011 L.A. Theatre Works (P)2011 L.A. Theatre WorksVer libro
