Carole Landis
Carole Landis
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Carole Landis $30 Despite appearing in twenty-eight movies in little over a decade, Carole Landis (1919-1948) never quite became the major Hollywood star her onscreen presence should have afforded her. Although she acted in such enduring films as A Scandal in Paris and Moon over Miami , she was most often relegated to supporting roles. Even when she played the major role in a feature, as she did in The Powers Girl and the film noir I Wake Up Screaming! , she was billed second or third behind other actors. This biography traces Landis's life, chronicling her beginnings as a dance hall entertainer in San Francisco, her career in Hollywood and abroad, her USO performances, and ultimately her suicide. Using interviews with actors who worked with Landis, contemporary movie magazines and journals, and correspondence, biographer Eric Gans reveals a tragic figure whose life was all too brief. Landis's big break came in 1940 with Hal Roach's One Million B.C. She appeared in thirteen Twentieth Century-Fox pictures between 1941 and 1946. In 1942-43, Landis entertained troops in England and North Africa in the only all-female USO tour. The trip led to her memoir, Four Jills in a Jeep , and a Fox movie of the same title. After her last American film in 1947, she completed two projects in England while having an affair with married actor Rex Harrison. Tormented by a love that could not lead to matrimony and depressed about growing older, she took a fatal drug overdose on July 5, 1948. Eric Gans is professor of French at University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of numerous books including most recently The Scenic Imagination: Originary Thinking from Hobbes to the Present Day , and his articles have appeared in many periodicals. |
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Carole Landis, c.1941 $19.99 Carole Landis, c.1941 Premium Poster by . Product size approximately 12 x 16 inches. Available at Art.com. Embrace your Space – your source for high quality fine art posters and prints. |
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Carole Landis, Late 1930s $19.99 Carole Landis, Late 1930s Premium Poster by . Product size approximately 12 x 16 inches. Available at Art.com. Embrace your Space – your source for high quality fine art posters and prints. |
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Carole Landis, Mid-1940s $19.99 Carole Landis, Mid-1940s Premium Poster by . Product size approximately 12 x 16 inches. Available at Art.com. Embrace your Space – your source for high quality fine art posters and prints. |
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Brass Monkey $16.62 Based on an old British radio show, ‘The Brass Monkey’ is a fast-paced British mystery and comedy thriller. Caroll Levis stars as a radio personality who attempts to prevent a connoisseur of Buddhist artifacts from stealing the priceless Brass Monkey. The… |
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Moon Over Miami – Broadway Melody of 1938 $18.85 Moon Over Miami~~1. Oh Me, Oh Mi-ami~~2. You Started Something~~3. I’ve Got You All to Myself~~4. Is That Good~~5. Loveliness and Love~~6. Kindergarten Conga~~7. Solitary Seminole~~8. Finale~~~~Broadway Melody of 1938~~9. Overture “Broadway Melody”/Toreador “Carmen”~~10. Follow In My Footsteps~~11. Yours and Mine~~12. Everybody Sing~~13. Some of These Days~~14. I’m Feeling Like a Million~~15. Dear… |
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The Torrid History of Chocolate
Imagine if someone set a mug in front of you that held something that looked like mud, dark brown and thick and oily. Being polite, you take a sip. It's bitter - and spicy from the chili peppers they put in to try to make it taste better. You'd wonder why this drink was served with such ceremony- Why is it so precious?
This was the early history of chocolate. And if you drank the cup, you would find that you felt better, your mood would almost instantly lift, and you'd probably feel like having sex.
But that taste…
Then the Aztecs got a hold of it. They added vanilla bean and honey instead of the chili peppers. It was considered so precious that only royalty was allowed to drink it. Aztec legend says that a god was kicked out of the heavens for allowing mere mortals to have this precious drink.
Montezuma's court drank over 2000 cups a day. Montezuma himself was said to drink 50 cups a day himself, and always drank a cup before visiting his harem.
Then the Spanish got a hold of it. The effects of this not so great tasting drink were so astounding, they felt that they had to keep it to themselves – and they did – for 100 years.
But then, Chocoholic Queen Anne of Austria (formerly Princess Anne of Spain), married Louis XIII of France. Up to this point, chocolate was so hard to produce, and such high demand, that only royalty could possible afford it. Slaves were used to increase production from the plantations, and as you can imagine, it was not a great working environment. Working to supply addicts can be pretty tough. Addicts get pretty testy if their drug supply is in danger. But the chocolate addiction was about to get more civilized.
Chocolate gradually spread through Italy, England, Switzerland, and Holland. Each country worked diligently to make this magic elixir taste better. The Dutch invented the process which makes the chocolate less bitter. The Swiss made the chocolate creamier and lighter. The Swiss and the U.S. found ways to mass produce it so we can all enjoy it. Whew. Finally! It only took about 1500 years.
Here's a few more chocolate facts - Casanova drank chocolate to improve his love-making. M & Ms were invented so that soldiers could carry chocolate with them. It was issued as nutrition. Toll-House Cookies were invented by accident. The owner of the Toll-House Inn was making a dessert when she found that she had run out of Baker's chocolate. All she had was a Nestle chocolate bar. She broke it into little pieces and mixed it into her dough. But to her dismay, the chocolate didn't melt completely. Fortunately, everyone loved the new cookies. Nestle gave her a lifetime supply of chocolate for exclusive rights to the recipe. I wonder what That Was worth?
Though the chocolate today hardly resembles the chocolate of early times, they are finding that it is still good for your heart and your mood. What a sweet addiction!Carole thinks everyone should have chocolate everyday. It's good for your heart, and your soul! To satisfy your every chocolate whim – grab a copy of For the Love of Chocolate - 570 chocolate recipes.http://www.Linkbrander.com/go/28748
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A Scandal in Paris $24.99 Douglas Sirk, George Sanders,Signe Hasso,Carole Landis,Akim Tamiroff,Gene Lockhart,Jo Ann Marlowe, DVD - Black & White,KINO VIDEO, Running Time: 01:40:00 ***Usually ships within 24 hours*** 20120519110032583 |
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Betty Grable Collection-Vo1 $49.98 Down Argentine WayAmerican girl (Grable) on vacation in Argentina falls for wealthy racehorse owner (Ameche). Lots of scenery and musical entertainment. Carmen Miranda's debut.Moon Over MiamiDon Ameche and Betty Grable star in this musical remake of the play THREE BLIND MICE. When an inheritance turns out to be worth a fraction of its initial value after taxes, Kay Latimer (Grable) convinces her sister, Barbara (Carole Landis), and her aunt, Susan (Charlotte Greenwood), to spend the money on a trip to Miami, where Kay hopes to land a millionaire for a husband. The Dolly SistersIn 1904, Uncle Latsie comes to New York from Hungary with two little nieces, who immediately take to cafe dancing. In 1912 they're still at it, but to pay Uncle's card debts they decide to go into vaudeville. Singer Harry Fox, whom they meet en route, schemes to get them an audition with the great Hammerstein; but their resulting success takes them far out of Harry's league. Lots of songs with a little story.My Blue HeavenRadio star Kitty Moran, long married to partner Jack, finds she's pregnant, but miscarries. For a change, the couple turn their act into a series on early TV and try to adopt a baby, finally acquiring a girl in a somewhat back alley manner. Complications follow amid a series of musical numbers much too good for 1950 TV.Format: DVD MOVIE |
