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A Walk In The Sun (novel)
A Walk in the Sun may refer to: * ''A Walk in the Sun'' (1944), a novel by Harry Brown ** ''A Walk in the Sun'' (1945 film), a 1945 World War II war film adaptation of Harry Brown's novel *** "A Walk in the Sun", song and album by Earl Robinson Earl Hawley Robinson (July 2, 1910 – July 20, 1991) was a composer, arranger and folk music singer-songwriter from Seattle, Washington. Robinson is remembered for his music, including the cantata "Ballad for Americans" and songs such as " J ..., written for the 1945 film * ''A Walk in the Sun'' (1978 film), a 1978 Swedish drama film * "A Walk in the Sun" (short story), a 1991 science fiction short story by Geoffrey A. Landis {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Brown (writer)
Harry Peter McNab Brown Jr. (April 30, 1917 – November 2, 1986) was an American poet, novelist and screenwriter. Life Born in Portland, Maine, he was educated at Harvard University, where he was friends with American poet Robert Lowell. Brown dropped out of Harvard after his sophomore year to write poetry, work at ''Time magazine'', and he contributed to and became a sub-editor of ''The New Yorker''. Charles Scribner's Sons of New York published, in 1941, Brown's sustained unified poem ''The Poem of Bunker Hill''. The 158-page poetic epic won praise for its author's literary gifts as a poet and for the timely presentation of a vital topic – young men and war. Louise Bogan from ''The New Yorker'' stated: "Brown...possesses one of the most unmistakable poetic gifts which have recently appeared. Such a talent is not only basically good from the beginning but exhibits, also from the first, all the signs of virtuosity." Also published, early in that year, was Brown's first full-l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Walk In The Sun (1945 Film)
''A Walk in the Sun'' is a 1945 American war film based on the novel by Harry Brown, who was a writer for ''Yank, the Army Weekly'' based in England. The book was serialized in ''Liberty Magazine'' in October 1944. The film was directed by Lewis Milestone, stars Dana Andrews and features Richard Conte, George Tyne, John Ireland, Lloyd Bridges, Sterling Holloway, Norman Lloyd, Herbert Rudley and Richard Benedict, with narration by Burgess Meredith. In 2016, the film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress, and selected for preservation in its National Film Registry. Plot In September 1943, the diverse group of fifty-three soldiers comprising a lead Platoon of the Texas Division anxiously await their upcoming Allied invasion of Italy on a beach near Salerno, Italy. A landing barge carries them to their objective during the pre-dawn hours, and the increasing danger of their situation is demonstrated whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Robinson
Earl Hawley Robinson (July 2, 1910 – July 20, 1991) was a composer, arranger and folk music singer-songwriter from Seattle, Washington. Robinson is remembered for his music, including the cantata "Ballad for Americans" and songs such as " Joe Hill" and "Black and White", which expressed his left-leaning political views. He wrote many popular songs and music for Hollywood films, including his collaboration with Lewis Allan on the 1940s hit "The House I Live In" from the Academy Award winning film of the same name. He was a member of the Communist Party from the 1930s to the 1950s. The jazz clarinetist Perry Robinson (19382018) was his son. Career in music Robinson studied violin, viola and piano as a child, and studied composition at the University of Washington, receiving a BM and teaching certificate in 1933. In 1934 he moved to New York City where he studied with Hanns Eisler and Aaron Copland. He was also involved with the depression-era WPA Federal Theatre Project, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Walk In The Sun (1978 Film)
''A Walk in the Sun'' ( sv, En vandring i solen) is a 1978 Swedish drama film directed by Hans Dahlberg and starring Gösta Ekman, Inger Lise Rypdal and Margaretha Krook. At the 15th Guldbagge Awards, Sif Ruud won the award for Best Actress. The film was based on a 1976 novel by Stig Claesson. Premise An unsettled Swedish sports writer tries to escape from his relationship problems and the Swedish winter by taking a package holiday to Cyprus in the Mediterranean. Cast * Gösta Ekman as Tore * Inger Lise Rypdal as Marion * Margaretha Krook as Ellen * Sif Ruud as Siv * Margareta Byström as Ulla * Irma Christenson as Vera * Kjerstin Dellert as Lady from Sala * Mihalis Giannatos as waiter * Kenneth Haigh as George * Ragnar Pelka Hansson as Swede * Dimitris Ioakeimidis as taxi driver * Kostas Kastanas as doctor * Nikos Kouros as optician * Staffan Liljander as Erik * Kimon Mouzenidis as hairdresser * Konstantina Savvidi as grape woman * Grigorios Siskos as polic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
