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Lester Burnham
American Beauty may refer to: Arts and media Books * ''American Beauty'' (Ferber novel), a 1931 novel by Edna Ferber * ''American Beauty'' (Dean novel), a 2006 novel by Zoey Dean in the ''A-List'' series Film * ''American Beauty'' (1999 film), a 1999 film starring Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening * ''American Beauty'' (1927 film), a lost 1927 silent film romantic drama * '' The American Beauty'' (1916 film), a lost silent film Music Albums * ''American Beauty'' (album), a 1970 album by the Grateful Dead * '' American Beauty: Original Motion Picture Score'', the original score to the 1999 film * ''American Beauty'' (soundtrack), a soundtrack to the 1999 film * ''American Beauty'' (EP), a 2014 EP by Bruce Springsteen (or its title track) * ''American Beauty/American Psycho'', a 2015 album by Fall Out Boy (or its title track) * ''American Beauty'', 1998 album by The Nashville Bluegrass Band Songs *"American Beauty", by Bruce Springsteen from ''American Beauty'' (EP), 2014 *" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Beauty (Ferber Novel)
''American Beauty'' is a 1931 novel by American author Edna Ferber first published by Doubleday Doran. Set in the Housatonic region of Connecticut, the story, spanning the years 1700 to 1930, relates the steady decline of the Oakes family and their property, as well as their tense relations with Polish immigrants. The title comes from a line within the book. According to the story, Christopher Wren, who helped design the Oakes family mansion, said Connecticut has "a kind of American beauty," resembling Kent but possessing larger and higher landscapes. Plot True Baldwin, a millionaire, unnerved by the stock market crash of 1929 The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as the Great Crash, was a major American stock market crash that occurred in the autumn of 1929. It started in September and ended late in October, when share prices on the New York Stock Exchange colla ... is advised to return to the Connecticut farm of his youth in order to buy land to till for his health ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nashville Bluegrass Band
The Nashville Bluegrass Band is an American bluegrass music ensemble founded in 1984. The group's members first played together in 1984 as a backing band for Vernon Oxford and Minnie Pearl; each of the members was an established musician from the Nashville bluegrass community. They signed to Rounder Records and recorded their Béla Fleck-produced debut, ''My Native Home'', in 1985. Incorporating elements of black gospel and spirituals, then a rarity in bluegrass, they became critical and popular successes both in America and abroad. The group toured in some 20 countries and were the first bluegrass band to ever play in China.Nashville Bluegrass Bandat Allmusic The group continued to record for Rounder and Sugar Hill into the 1990s; two of the albums, 1993's ''Waitin' for the Hard Times to Go'' and 1995's ''Unleashed'', won Grammy Awards for Best Bluegrass Album. Grammy Awards Allmusic.com Other albums were nominated for Grammys in the same category in 1988, 1990, 1991, 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Beauty/American Psycho (song)
"American Beauty/American Psycho" is a song by American rock band Fall Out Boy. It was released on December 15, 2014 as the second UK radio single from their sixth studio album of the same name, released in 2015. An accompanying music video was released. The song debuted at No. 15 on the US Hot Rock Songs chart. A remix of the song features vocals by ASAP Ferg which was included in the remixed album, ''Make America Psycho Again'' (2015). Background "American Beauty/American Psycho" was written by Fall Out Boy and produced by SebastiAn. Bassist Pete Wentz commented, "It's a little bit wrong but it's the right thing for us to do. Once we got that song and a few others, it really felt like he albumcame together as a body of work." The song is vocalist and guitarist Patrick Stump's favorite track from ''American Beauty/American Psycho''; he stated, "It's the right level of artistically interesting, but also just fun." Composition Tom Williams of ''Music Feeds'' described the song a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Beauty/American Psycho Tour
The American Beauty/American Psycho Tour was a concert tour by American rock band Fall Out Boy. Supporting the band's sixth studio album ''American Beauty/American Psycho'' (2015), the tour visited North America and Europe in 2015. The North American leg was co-headlined with American rapper Wiz Khalifa under the name The Boys of Zummer. The Boys of Zummer leg with Wiz Khalifa ranked fifty-ninth for Pollstar's Year End Top 200 North American Tours of 2015, grossing $18.2 million. Background and development In 2013, the band released their fifth album ''Save Rock and Roll''. To support the record, the band toured between 2013 and 2014, during the Save Rock and Roll Tour and the Monumentour with Paramore. In late 2014 during ''Momunentour'', the band started working on the new album, which was almost finished around November and was released in January 2015. The band played two small venue release shows in January 2015, in London and Chicago. In February and March, they played fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Beauty Rose (song)
"American Beauty Rose" is a 1950 song written by Hal David, Redd Evans and Arthur Altman, which was a minor hit for Eddy Howard and for Frank Sinatra in 1950. It was also popularized by Sinatra's second version as a charting single in 1961. The song was included on his ''Come Swing with Me!'' LP, as the B-side to " Sentimental Journey". Composer and critic Alec Wilder Alexander Lafayette Chew Wilder (February 16, 1907 – December 24, 1980) was an American composer. Biography Wilder was born in Rochester, New York, United States, to a prominent family; the Wilder Building downtown (at the "Four Corners") ... mentioned the song in passing in his book ''American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900–1950'', noting that "Sinatra could make every song but 'Jealous Lover' and 'American Beauty Rose' sound reputable." References {{authority control 1950 songs Frank Sinatra songs Songs with lyrics by Hal David Songs with lyrics by Redd Evans Songs with music by Arthur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levitsky Versus Marshall
Levitsky versus Marshall, also known as the Gold Coins Game, is a famous game of chess played by Stepan Levitsky and Frank Marshall. It was played in Breslau (now Wrocław) on July 20, 1912, during the master's tournament of the DSB Congress. According to legend, after Marshall's winning last move of the game, gold coins were tossed onto the board by spectators, although this is contested by other accounts. Game summary After the game started with a French Defence, Levitsky made some suboptimal moves, and then a big mistake allowing Marshall to win a . Levitsky tried to counterattack, but Marshall's unexpected winning move put his queen—his most valuable piece—on a square where it could be captured by three of Levitsky's pieces. Legend says that this move immediately triggered a shower of gold. The "shower of gold" It is unclear whether the legend that the winning queen move triggered a shower of gold coins is true. Marshall insisted that "the spectators ... threw gold pieces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosa 'American Beauty'
''Rosa'' 'American Beauty' is a deep pink to crimson rose cultivar, bred by Henri Lédéchaux in France in 1875, and was originally named Madame Ferdinand Jamin. Description The hybrid perpetual has cup-shaped flowers with a brilliant crimson colour and up to 50 petals, situated on long stiff stems. The buds are thick and globular and open to strongly scented, hybrid tea-like flowers with a diameter of 11 cm. They appear in flushes over a long period, but according to the RHS Encyclopedia of Roses, only sparingly. The height of the upright, vigorous shrub ranges between at an average width of . 'American Beauty' has prickly shoots, dark green foliage and is winter hardy up to −29 °C (USDA zone 5), but is susceptible to the fungi diseases mildew, rust and black spot. It is well suited as cut flower, and can be grown in greenhouses, in containers or as garden rose, planted solitary or in groups. History In 1875 it was brought to the United States by George V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |