The Cincinnati Kid

Posted by admin on January 13, 2012 Comments Off

The Cincinnati Kid
Steve McQueen brings his cool fire to the role of the Cincinnati Kid, a small-timer eager to take his chances in high-stakes poker. He gets his chance. Regal, ruthless Lancey Howard (Edward G. Robinson), the elite gambler called the Man, accepts the Kid?s challenge. Norman Jewison (In the Heat of the Night, Moonstruck) directs this taut exploration of back-room gaming, building suspense with each turn of a card. And Ann-Margret, Karl Malden, Rip Torn, National Board of Review Best Supporting Actress Award winner Joan Blondell and many more comprise a full house of talent. Grab a chair and ante up.

DVD Features:Audio Commentary:Commentary by Director Norman Jewison Scene specific commentary with David Foley and Phil Gordon, the hosts of Bravo’s Celebrity Poker ShowdownFeaturette:Vintage Featurette: The Cincinnati Kid Plays According to Hoyle

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Three Without, Doubled

Posted by admin on January 4, 2012 Comments Off

Three Without, Doubled
Another thing,” I says: When it come our turn to have the party, where would we stick ‘em all? We’d have to spread a sheet over the bathtub for one table, and have one couple set on the edges and the other couple toss up for the washbasin and the clothes-hamper. And another two couple’d have to kneel round the bed, and another bunch could stand up round the bureau. That’d leave the dinin’room table for the fourth set; and for a special treat the remainin’ four could play in the parlor.

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Gullible’s Travels

Posted by admin on December 31, 2011 Comments Off

Gullibles Travels
The Poinciana station’s a couple hundred yards from one end o’ the hotel, and that means it’s close to five miles from the clerk’s desk. By the time we’d registered and been gave our key and marathoned another five miles or so to where our room was located at, I was about ready for the inquest. But the Missus was full o’ pep and wild to get down to breakfast and look over our stable mates. She says we would eat without changin’ our clo’es; people’d forgive us for not dressin’ up on account o’ just gettin’ there.

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Me odiaria cada manana (Coleccion Barbaros) (Spanish Edition)

Posted by admin on December 28, 2011 Comments Off

Me odiaria cada manana (Coleccion Barbaros) (Spanish Edition)

A pilgrimage through the American century, this memoir tells the story of an award-winning screenwriter during the vanished age of the studio system—an existence made stranger by membership in the Hollywood branch of the American Communist Party. Lardner retraces the path that led him to a memorable confrontation with the House Committee on Un-American Activities and later to federal prison and life on the Hollywood blacklist. One of the lucky few who were able to resume their careers, Lardner won yet another Oscar for the screenplay to M.A.S.H. in 1970.

 

Una mirada al último siglo Americano, esta autobiografía cuenta la historia de un galardonado guionista durante la época antigua del sistema “estudio” del cine. La historia se vuelve aún más complicada ya que el autor es miembro del partido Comunista Americano. Lardner recuerda el camino que lo trajo a su famosa confrontación con el comité encargado de descubrir y castigar a los comunistas, después a la cárcel federal y luego a la lista negra de Hollywood. Uno de los pocos que logró continuar su carrera, Lardner consiguió ganar su segundo premio Oscar en 1970 por el guión de la película M.A.S.H.

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Horseshoes

Posted by admin on December 26, 2011 Comments Off

Horseshoes
I had met Grimes one day during the spring he was with the Cubs, but I knew he wouldn’t remember me. A ball player never recalls a reporter’s face on less than six introductions or his name on less than twenty. However, I resolved to speak to him, and had just mustered sufficient courage to open a conversation when he saved me the trouble. “Whose picture have they got there?” he asked, pointing to my paper.

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The Big Town

Posted by admin on December 22, 2011 Comments Off

The Big Town
Well, they’s some truth in that. I don’t want to go nowheres and I’ll take a job if it’s the right kind. We could get along on the interest from Ella’s money, but I’m tired of laying round. I didn’t do a tap of work all the time I was east and I’m out of the habit, but the days certainly do drag when a man ain’t got nothing to do and if I can find something where I don’t have to travel, I’ll try it out.

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Some Champions

Posted by admin on December 19, 2011 Comments Off

Ring Lardner has been resurrected as an authentic American humorist. Wit and style flash from this fresh collection of Lardner improbables. Listening to the stories and these current Lardner themes of innocence, of worldliness and its miscues, one realizes the people and times of which Lardner writes, while an authentic part of our recent past, are now dead as the dodo. A bracing illustration of the change in our national character, if any is needed.
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The Greatest

Posted by admin on December 11, 2011 Comments Off

The Greatest
The incredible career of perhaps the greatest boxer of all time, Muhammad Ali, is dramatized in this exciting film starring Ali himself. Fresh from his gold medal victory at the Olympic Games, 18-year-old Cassius Clay is ready to seek the heavyweight championship. Under the masterful guidance of trainer Angelo Dundee (Ernest Borgnine). Clay snatches the title from Sonny Liston. Soon afterward, Clay converts to the Islam religion and changes his name to Muhammad Ali. When he is suddenly classified 1A by the Draft Board that earlier rejected him, Ali refuses the draft on religious grounds. His hard-won title is taken from him. Winning a three-and-a-half year long court battle. Ali returns to the ring for what have been some of the greatest fights of all time.
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American Communists, including: Frederik Pohl, Ring Lardner, Jr., Pete Seeger, John Reed (journalist), Dashiell Hammett, Coleman Young, Huey P. … Joseph Muller, Lucy Parsons, Ray Ginger

Posted by admin on December 10, 2011 Comments Off

American Communists, including: Frederik Pohl, Ring Lardner, Jr., Pete Seeger, John Reed (journalist), Dashiell Hammett, Coleman Young, Huey P. ... Joseph Muller, Lucy Parsons, Ray Ginger
Hephaestus Books represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Hephaestus Books continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge. This particular book is a collaboration focused on American communists.

More info: The Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) is a Marxist-Leninist political party in the United States, established in 1919.
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Biography – Lardner, Ring(gold) (Wilmer), Jr. (1915-2000): An article from: Contemporary Authors

Posted by admin on December 3, 2011 Comments Off

Biography - Lardner, Ring(gold) (Wilmer), Jr. (1915-2000): An article from: Contemporary Authors
This digital document, covering the life and work of Ring(gold) (Wilmer) Lardner, Jr., is an entry from Contemporary Authors, a reference volume published by Thompson Gale. The length of the entry is 3136 words. The page length listed above is based on a typical 300-word page. Although the exact content of each entry from this volume can vary, typical entries include the following information:

  • Place and date of birth and death (if deceased)
  • Family members
  • Education
  • Professional associations and honors
  • Employment
  • Writings, including books and periodicals
  • A description of the author’s work
  • References to further readings about the author

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