Fannie Hurst
Рождение : 1885-10-19, Hamilton, Ohio, USA
Смерть : 1968-02-23
История
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Fannie Hurst (October 19, 1885 – February 23, 1968) was an American novelist and short-story writer whose works were highly popular during the post-World War I era. Her work combined sentimental, romantic themes with social issues of the day, such as women's rights and race relations. She was one of the most widely read female authors of the 20th century, and for a time in the 1920s she was one of the highest-paid American writers, along with Booth Tarkington. Hurst also actively supported a number of social causes, including feminism, African American equality, and New Deal programs.
Although her novels, including Lummox (1923), Back Street (1931), and Imitation of Life (1933), lost popularity over time and were mostly out-of-print as of the 2000s, they were bestsellers when first published and were translated into many languages. She also published over 300 short stories during her lifetime. Hurst is known for the film adaptations of her works, including Imitation of Life (1934), starring Claudette Colbert, Louise Beavers, Fredi Washington, and Warren William; Imitation of Life (1959), starring Lana Turner; Humoresque (1946), starring Joan Crawford; and Young at Heart (1954), starring Frank Sinatra.
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Türkan, a young woman, works as a secretary in a bank. Kemal works alongside his wealthy uncle. There is a big secret that Kemal kept from Türkan.
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Амбициозная, но не очень сговорчивая, Рэй Смит встречает красивого моряка Пола Сэксона, возвращающегося с войны и случайно проезжающего через Линкольн, штат Небраска. Между ними проскакивают искорки любви, но в силу обстоятельств, Пол вынужден покинуть её и немедленно уехать из города. Позже Рэй узнаёт, что Сэксон женат. Будучи преисполнена решимости сделать карьеру модельера, Рэй переезжает в Нью-Йорк, где добивается большого успеха. Однажды она случайно вновь встречается с Полом, который всё ещё пытается добиться её благосклонности. Пытаясь убежать от него, Рэй переезжает в Рим, где открывает новый магазин. Но и здесь судьба вновь сводит её с Полом. Они начинают тайно встречаться. Пол принимает решение начать бракоразводный процес со своей сварливой и много пьющей женой Лиз. Но та наотрез отказывается дать ему развод.
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Двенадцать лет из жизни четырех женщин, разбивших в кровь коленки в погоне за химерами счастья.
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Лори одна из трех дочерей музыканта Грегори Туттла они умны, красивы, воспитаны и давно хотят замуж. Лори и Эми договариваются о совместной свадьбе. Найдя подходящих женихов, они начинают приготовления к свадьбам. В это время Алекс — жених Лори, для своего нового проекта приглашает Барни Слоана — музыканта и аранжировщика, чтобы написать музыку. Барни поселяется в доме Грегори Туттла и постепенно знакомится со всей семьей. Он пессимист и считает себя неудачником, особенно он откровенен с Лори, они много говорят на разные темы. Приходит день свадьбы и неожиданно Лори понимает, что Алекс с которым она помолвлена, не ее мужчина, только меланхоличный Барни мил ее сердцу — именно он должен стать ее мужем и отцом будущих детей…
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Starring Mexican star Pedro Infante, "Black Angels" is about a couple formed by a beautiful woman and a singer, both white, who are parents of a black girl. The woman blames him, but the girl will suffer the racist treatment from her own mother. Mexican version of the famous novel by Fannie Hurst "Imitation of Life"
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Фильм о прекрасном юном скрипаче из трущоб, чью карьеру взялась поддержать немолодая, богатая и сексуально неудовлетворенная алкоголичка. Ни возраст, ни неверность, ни ревность не могут прекратить этот запретный роман, лишь страсть к музыке, в конце концов, оказывается сильнее любви, секса и денег.
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Красавица Рэй Смит и обаятельный Уолтер Саксел встречаются, влюбляются и планируют пожениться. К сожалению, их планы не осуществляются, Рэй опаздывает на церемонию. Спустя несколько лет они снова встречаются в Нью-Йорке, только теперь Уолтер женат. Рэй снова поддается его очарованию и становится его любовницей. Но смогут ли такие отношения принести ей счастье?
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Four married sisters face motherhood, financial, marital and family issues together.
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In this sequel to Four Daughters, Ann struggles to move on after the death of her husband as she falls in love with Felix, but on the day of her engagement discovers that she carries Mickey's child.
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Musician Adam Lemp and his four equally musical daughters, Emma, Ann, Kay, and Thea, live happily together. Each daughter has an upstanding young man for whom she cares. However, the arrival of a cynical, slovenly young composer named Mickey Borden turns the household upside-down, and romantic and tragic complications ensue.
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После смерти своего мужа, Беатрис Паллман пытается продолжить его бизнес, продавая кленовый сироп. Для облегчения работы по дому и воспитанию дочери она нанимает на работу чернокожую служанку Делилу, которая готова за крышу над головой, предоставленную ей и ее белокожей дочери Пеоле, помогать по хозяйству, поскольку у Беатрис совсем не было денег.
Делила оказывается превосходной поварихой, ее рецепт блинов с кленовым сиропом, побуждает Беатрис создать собственною «Блинную». Проходят годы, дела идут на лад, кафе превращается в сеть популярных закусочных, двадцать процентов в доле бизнеса принадлежит Делиле, но все это не радует Пеолу, она стесняется черного цвета кожи своей матери и старается избегать общения…
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The setting is a farm. Kate Smith and Sally Blane play sisters; assorted relatives live with the sisters, but everyone at home, and in the whole town, depends on Kate to hold everything together. The power company wants to build a dam which will require flooding many of the farms; Kate is holding out; if Kate sells, everyone else will sell; if Kate refuses, the rest of the town will refuse as well. Randolph Scott meets Kate's beautiful sister, Sally Blane, at a dance. Randolph Scott, as it turns out, is an agent for the power company. Kate thinks he's just using Sally; Sally believes that he truly likes her. Randolph comes to the farm and appears to woo Kate. Kate remains unconvinced about selling out, but falls for Randolph.
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A woman's love for and devotion to a married man results in her being relegated to the "back streets" of his life.
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A young doctor escapes the slums of New York City to make his fortune as a Park Avenue doctor. When a fatal mistake results in tragedy his resolve to continue working is severely tested. Based on a novel by Fannie Hurst.
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John owns the largest chain of five and ten cent stores in the country. He moves his family to New York from Kansas City and their life, though grand, is falling apart due to his constant working. Wife and mother Jenny is lonely. Son Avery hates his job. Daughter Jennifer is snubbed by classmate Muriel and her friends. At a charity bazaar, Jennifer meets Berry and sparks are evident. However, he is engaged to Muriel and Muriel will make sure that she, and only she, marries Berry. After the marriage, Berry still thinks of Jennifer as Jennifer thinks of Berry. Avery laments about the state of his family since they were happy in Kansas City.
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Bored with small town life, a woman leaves for the big city and winds up becoming the mistress of a ruthless businessman.
Novel
Lummox is a 1930 American Pre-Code sound film directed by Herbert Brenon, released through United Artists, and based on a 1923 novel by Fannie Hurst. The story of Bertha, a young immigrant woman who cleans the homes of the rich and is largely ignored by them, except for a young poet who considers her a muse.
Theatre Play
Soap-opera about a social-climbing Jewish man and his old-world parents who are heartbroken by his rejection of them. Young Morris Goldfish follows his immigrant father into business. His ruthless business practices cause him to become a big success, and he moves the family to Park Avenue. They go, but were happier back on the East Side. Morris is ashamed of this parents and his humble origins, but learns in the end that there is more to life than money.
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Adapted from the Fannie Hurst story of the same name, Mannequin is the story of Joan Herrick, kidnapped in infancy from her wealthy parents and raised by a slatternly slum woman. The film is still extant.
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Lily Becker is born in Paradise, Iowa and raised there by her prudish mother and her spineless father. Mrs Becker pressures Lily into marrying local yokel Albert Penny, who is extremely dull……
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This 1922 Frank Borzage film is a masterwork waiting to be rediscovered. Hester Bevins is a simple country girl who yearns for adventure. Though she has a handsome young man, Jerry, who is devoted to her, she leaves her village and goes to New York in search of a grander life. There she becomes the lover of a wealthy and unscrupulous businessman. But when Jerry returns blinded and dying from the war, Hester must choose between her new life and the man whose loyalty to her has never failed.
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A young woman attempts to find a good man to marry so that her mother may die in peace.
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Young Leon Kanter dreams of being a great violinist. His parents scrape up the money for a violin and for lessons, and Leon rewards them by becoming a great player. But as an adult, Leon finds that people want more from him than just music.
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Manhattan model Marion Buckley hesitates to accept a marriage proposal from wealthy upstate department store owner Warren Rogers, a widower with two daughters, because of her previous affair with her employer Leon Kessler, who had promised to marry her.
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