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Kathleen Norris
Kathleen Thompson Norris (July 16, 1880 – January 18, 1966) was an American novelist and newspaper columnist. She was one of the most widely read and highest paid female writers in the United States for nearly fifty years, from 1911 to 1959. Norris was a prolific writer who wrote 93 novels, many of which became best sellers. Her stories appeared frequently in the popular press of the day, including ''The Atlantic'', ''The American Magazine'', ''McClure's'', '' Everybody's'', '' Ladies' Home Journal'', and ''Woman's Home Companion''. Norris used her fiction to promote family and moralistic values, such as the sanctity of marriage, the nobility of motherhood, and the importance of service to others. Life and career Kathleen Thompson Norris was born in San Francisco, California, on July 16, 1880. Her parents were Josephine (née Moroney) and James Alden Thompson. When she was 19 both her parents died. As the oldest sibling she became effectively the head of a large family and had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen Norris (novelist)
Kathleen Thompson Norris (July 16, 1880 – January 18, 1966) was an American novelist and newspaper columnist. She was one of the most widely read and highest paid female writers in the United States for nearly fifty years, from 1911 to 1959. Norris was a prolific writer who wrote 93 novels, many of which became best sellers. Her stories appeared frequently in the popular press of the day, including ''The Atlantic Monthly, The Atlantic'', ''The American Magazine'', ''McClure's'', ''Everybody's Magazine, Everybody's'', ''Ladies' Home Journal'', and ''Woman's Home Companion''. Norris used her fiction to promote family and moralistic values, such as the sanctity of marriage, the nobility of motherhood, and the importance of service to others. Life and career Kathleen Thompson Norris was born in San Francisco, California, on July 16, 1880. Her parents were Josephine (née Moroney) and James Alden Thompson. When she was 19 both her parents died. As the oldest sibling she became effec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's Suffrage
Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections. Beginning in the start of the 18th century, some people sought to change voting laws to allow women to vote. Liberal political parties would go on to grant women the right to vote, increasing the number of those parties' potential constituencies. National and international organizations formed to coordinate efforts towards women voting, especially the International Woman Suffrage Alliance (founded in 1904 in Berlin, Germany). Many instances occurred in recent centuries where women were selectively given, then stripped of, the right to vote. The first place in the world to award and maintain women's suffrage was New Jersey in 1776 (though in 1807 this was reverted so that only white men could vote). The first province to ''continuously'' allow women to vote was Pitcairn Islands in 1838, and the first sovereign nation was Norway in 1913, as the Kingdom of Hawai'i, which originally had universal suffrage in 1840, r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Change Of Heart (1934 Film)
''Change of Heart'' is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film starring Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, James Dunn, and Ginger Rogers. The movie, about a quartet of college chums who all move to 1934 New York City, was written by James Gleason and Sonya Levien from Kathleen Norris's novel, ''Manhattan Love Song'' and directed by John G. Blystone. ''Change of Heart'' was the last of almost a dozen romantic films pairing Gaynor and Farrell that includes Frank Borzage's '' Seventh Heaven'' (1927), '' Street Angel'' (1928), and ''Lucky Star'' (1929). Plot After their graduation from college, friends Catherine Furness (Janet Gaynor), Chris Thring (Charles Farrell), Mack McGowan ( James Dunn) and Madge Rountree (Ginger Rogers) move to New York City. Madge hopes to become an actress, lawyer Chris wants to work for a big firm, Mack aspires to being a radio crooner, and Catherine desires to be a writer. Although the quartet are great friends, their relationships are strained by their romantic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Passion Flower (1930 Film)
''Passion Flower'' is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed and produced by William C. deMille and starring Kay Francis, Kay Johnson and Charles Bickford in a romantic triangle. This production includes actor Ray Milland's American screen debut, although his appearance as a party guest is uncredited.Milland, Ray. ''Wide-eyed in Babylon''. New York: Morrow, 1974, pp. 124-126. Plot Wealthy socialite Dulce Morado is close to her cousin, Katherine ("Cassy") Pringle. One day, Cassy tells Dulce that she has fallen in love with Dan, the family chauffeur. Cassy's furious father, Leroy, kicks her out of the house. Dulce opens her home to the couple so they can marry the next day. Dulce and her much older husband, Tony, purchase a small farm as a wedding present for Cassy and Dan. However, Dan's pride will not allow him to take what he considers to be a handout. Dan and Cassy head into the city where they rent a small attic apartment in a boarding house run by Mrs. Harney. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Callahans And The Murphys
''The Callahans and the Murphys'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by George W. Hill. The film was based on a novel by Kathleen Norris, and was the first of several MGM films to star Marie Dressler and Polly Moran. The film was released on June 18, 1927, but subsequently withdrawn from distribution by MGM after protests were lodged by Irish-American organizations. The film is now presumed to be a lost film. Wayback Machine)..Retrieved July 19, 2018 Plot Mrs. Callahan (Dressler) and Mrs. Murphy (Moran), are a couple of feuding tenement housewives working to keep control of their many children. Dan Murphy (Gray) falls in love with Ellen Callaha ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Best Girl (1927 Film)
''My Best Girl'' is a 1927 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Sam Taylor starring Mary Pickford and Charles "Buddy" Rogers that was produced by Pickford. The film is notable for co-starring Rogers, who would be Pickford's future husband. Charles Rosher received an Academy Award nomination for his cinematography of this film in 1928. Plot The film starts out at The Merrill Department store where a very exhausted stockgirl named Maggie Johnson (Mary Pickford) is given a moment to attend to the sales counter. There she encounters a charming handsome man who pretends to be interested in purchasing some children's toys but, after many humorous demonstrations by Maggie, the manager comes over and gives the man his time card. The man is said to be Joe Grant (Buddy Rogers) though in reality he is the son of the owner; making him Joseph Merrill. To prove to his father he is ready for his engagement, he has taken the job of stockboy under an assumed name. Annoyed, Maggie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butterfly (1924 Film)
''Butterfly'' is an extant 1924 American silent film, silent romantic drama film feature directed by Clarence Brown and starring Kenneth Harlan, Laura La Plante, and Norman Kerry. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. Cast Preservation A print of ''Butterfly'' is maintained in the UCLA Film and Television Archive. References External links * *''Butterfly'' lobby card cluster(archived)Laura La Plante, ''Universal Weekly''(archived)#2 Laura La Plante, ''Universal Weekly'' (archived) 1924 films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Lost American films Films directed by Clarence Brown Films based on American novels Universal Pictures films 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burton K
Burton, Burtons, or Burton's may refer to: Companies * Burton (retailer), a clothing retailer ** Burton's, Abergavenny, a shop built for the company in 1937 **The Montague Burton Building, Dublin a shop built for the company between 1929 and 1930 *Burton Brewery Company *Burton Snowboards * Burton's Biscuit Company People *Burton (name) (includes list of people with the name) Places Australia * Burton, Queensland * Burton, South Australia Canada * Burton, British Columbia * Burton, New Brunswick * Burton Parish, New Brunswick * Burton, Prince Edward Island * Burtons, Nova Scotia United Kingdom England * Burton (near Neston), on the Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire * Burton (near Tarporley), in the area of Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire * Burton-in-Kendal, Cumbria * Burton, Dorset * Burton on the Wolds, Leicestershire * Burton, Lincolnshire * Burton-upon-Stather, North Lincolnshire * Burton in Lonsdale, North Yorkshire * Burton-on-Yore, North Yorkshire * Burt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Lindbergh
Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, and activist. On May 20–21, 1927, Lindbergh made the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris, a distance of , flying alone for 33.5 hours. His aircraft, the ''Spirit of St. Louis'', was designed and built by the Ryan Airline Company specifically to compete for the Raymond Orteig#Orteig Prize, Orteig Prize for the first flight between the two cities. Although not the Transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown, first transatlantic flight, it was the first solo transatlantic flight, the first nonstop transatlantic flight between two major city hubs, and the longest by over . It is known as one of the most consequential flights in history and ushered in a new era of air transportation between parts of the globe. Lindbergh was raised mostly in Little Falls, Minnesota and Washington, D.C., the son of prominent U.S. Congressman from Minnesota, Charles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Churchwell
Sarah Bartlett Churchwell (born May 27, 1970) is a professor of American Literature and Public Understanding of the Humanities at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, UK. Her expertise is in 20th- and 21st-century American literature and cultural history, especially the 1920s and 1930s. She has appeared on British television and radio and has been a judge for the Booker Prize, the Baillie Gifford Prize, the Women's Prize for Fiction, and the David Cohen Prize for Literature. She is the director of the Being Human festival and the author of three books: ''The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe''; ''Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and the Invention of The Great Gatsby''; and ''Behold America: A History of America First and the American Dream''. In April 2021, she was long listed for the Orwell Prize for Journalism. Early life Churchwell grew up in Winnetka, near Chicago, Illinois. She earned a BA in English Literature from Vassar College and an MA and PhD in English and Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazi Salute
The Nazi salute, also known as the Hitler salute (german: link=no, Hitlergruß, , Hitler greeting, ; also called by the Nazi Party , 'German greeting', ), or the ''Sieg Heil'' salute, is a gesture that was used as a greeting in Nazi Germany. The salute is performed by extending the right arm from the shoulder into the air with a straightened hand. Usually, the person offering the salute would say "''Heil Hitler!''" (lit. 'Hail Hitler!', ), ''"Heil, mein Führer!"'' ('Hail, my leader!'), or ''"Sieg Heil!"'' ('Hail victory!'). It was adopted in the 1930s by the Nazi Party to signal obedience to the party's leader, Adolf Hitler, and to glorify the German nation (and later the German war effort). The salute was mandatory for civiliansKershaw (2001), p. 60 but mostly optional for military personnel, who retained a traditional military salute until the failed assassination attempt on Hitler on 20 July 1944. Use of this salute is illegal in modern-day Germany (Strafgesetzbuch se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
America First Committee
The America First Committee (AFC) was the foremost United States isolationist pressure group against American entry into World War II. Launched in September 1940, it surpassed 800,000 members in 450 chapters at its peak. The AFC principally supported isolationism for its own sake, and its coalition included many Midwesterners, Republicans, conservatives, socialists, students, and leading industrialists, but it was controversial for the anti-Semitic and pro-fascist views of some of its most prominent speakers, leaders, and members. The AFC was dissolved on December 11, 1941, four days after the attack on Pearl Harbor brought the United States into the war. The AFC argued that no foreign power could successfully attack a strongly defended United States, that a British defeat by Nazi Germany would not imperil American national security, and that giving military aid to Britain would risk dragging the United States into the war. The group fervently opposed measures for the British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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