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Fabulous book for collector or lover of older era films.
This is a collector book for anyone interested in movies from the silent era through the 40's-50's.This book represents a sampling of Ronald Colman's career, I believe it, also, represents a value of morality, nonoffensive movies, when movies meant something and were movies with a realstory, touching, moving.This book has many numerous black and whitephotos of Colman's films and pictures of support actors/actresses andleading ladies.A real collector's item. ... Read more

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In an unprecedented career, Ronald Colman starred in high adventure, light comedy, delicate romance and intense drama. His acting was tempered by a lighthearted nature, an introspective sadness of the eyes, and the indefinable fragility of an exquisitely modulated voice. This critical evaluation of Colman's life and career is accompanied by scores of never before published photos. Complete cast and credits are given. ... Read more

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A comprehensive biography/filmography
If you are a Ronald Colman fan, this is the book for you!

Smith has one of the largest collections of Colman stills in the world, and this is the basis of his exhaustive filmography, covering lost silents, deleted scenes from Colman's films, and all of the favorites ("Lost Horizon," "Random Harvest," and many others).

Smith does not neglect the biographical aspects, and Colman's life is covered as well, in a well-written prose style that is easy to read, as well as informative.

Colman was a true gentleman of the cinema, as well as in his private life, and I can think of no better book to recommend than this one.Smith has done his job well, and I think every classic film fan, along with Colman's fans, will enjoy and learn much from this book.

Gentleman Film Star
This biography is a beautiful and sensitive portrayal of a gentleman actor who's dazzling career spanned four decades, and included such films as: RANDOM HARVEST, A TALE OF TWO CITIES and LOST HORIZON. It is evident that the author spent much time, care and love on this book in presenting the reader with all the facts of Ronald Colman's life and his films. Not only is there grand information, but the book is also full of wonderful photographs of the actor. A Wonderful biography. ... Read more

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One of the most enchanting figures of the silver screen, Ronald Colman appeared in such classic films as Beau Geste, The Prisoner of Zenda, Lost Horizon, and A Tale of Two Cities. He was nominated four times for the Academy Award, which he won for a spectacular performance in A Double Life. His voice was unrivaled, and he had a brilliant career in radio. But for all of his achievements, he has been sadly neglected. This volume expertly documents Colman's many hundreds of performances and offers fresh and insightful assessments of his works. Included are entries for all of his appearances, along with a critical annotated bibliography. ... Read more

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For the Love of Classic Stars
Ronald Colman was a very private individual despite being one of the biggest stars of his time.This book brings you behind the scenes and opens up the reader to the "secret" life of Ronald Colman.For any Ronald Colman fan, or classic movie fan, it is a must read. ... Read more

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Chapters: Charlie Chaplin, Victor Mclaglen, Boris Karloff, Ronald Colman, Elsa Lanchester, Stan Laurel, Donald Crisp, Lily Elsie, George Arliss, Arthur Bourchier, Rita Jolivet, Roland Young, Sydney Chaplin, Lupino Lane, Roy Redgrave, Lionel Atwill, Lady Diana Cooper, Heather Thatcher, Vesta Tilley, Reginald Denny, Montagu Love, Frederic Richard Sullivan, Edward Sloman, Jose Collins, Charles Hawtrey, Clifford Gray, Flora le Breton, Owen Nares, H. B. Warner, Alfred Paget, Norman Pritchard, Herbert Rawlinson, Valli Valli, John Loder, Doris Lloyd, Irene Rooke, Alison Skipworth, Hutin Britton, Betty Balfour, Tom Ricketts, Brandon Hurst, Albert Austin, Kate Lester, Clive Brook, Elisabeth Risdon, Nigel de Brulier, Ralph Forbes, Lionel Belmore, House Peters, Sr., Margaret Leahy, Jack Standing, Charley Rogers, Mabel Poulton, Joan Barry, John Hare, Benita Hume, Jameson Thomas, Peggy Hyland, Wyndham Standing, Flora Finch, Edith Yorke, Esme Percy, Mary Forbes, Elwood Bredell, George K. Arthur, Henry Edwards, Leslie Fenton, Stuart Paton, Lillian Hall-Davis, John Webb Dillon, Percy Marmont, Wilson Benge, Jimmy Aubrey, Donald Calthrop, Madge Titheradge, Lillian Rich, Lucy Beaumont, Harry Lorraine, Jack Trevor, Gibb Mclaughlin, Frederick Kerr, Tom Helmore, Gibson Gowland, Herbert Prior, Gordon Harker, Percy Standing, Franklin Dyall, Wilfred Noy, Fred Fox, Fred Goodwins, John Cossar, Fred Montague, Clare Greet, Malcolm Keen, Eille Norwood, Lizette Thorne, Boyd Irwin, Robert Bolder, Syd Crossley, Leslie Austin, Tom Mcguire, Violet Farebrother, Ben Webster, Frank Stanmore, George Bellamy, Marjorie Hume, Warwick Ward, William Tedmarsh, Courtenay Foote, Dorothy Boyd, Frank Elliott, Mary Brough, Constance Benson, Harry Terry. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 374. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Sir Charl...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=5142 ... Read more

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This is for audio CD 2721 D with two episodes from the 1950's show THE HALLS OF IVYFeigning IllnessHall Finds a DogFamed actor Ronald Colman (1947 Academy Award winner for his portrayal of a tormented actor in "A Double Life") was perfect for the part of William Todhunter Hall, the President of Ivy College in the little college town of Ivy. Colman had the authentic intelligent, English upper-crust manner to convince immediately. Coleman's wife, Benita (Colman) Hume played Hall's wife Vicky, whose background was as a former British stage actress. Thus, the pair was a great example of "opposites attract." A fine radio cast played the Ivy College's Board of Governors, the kids on campus, and the household of the Halls. Herbert Butterfield was the thorny Board of Directors member Clarence Wellman ... Read more

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Chapters: Ronald Colman, Henry Moore, Charles Eaton, Herbert Sumsion, Robert Edward Cruickshank, Sir Hugh Barrett-Lennard, 6th Baronet, Reginald Denning, Herbert Marshall, Eric Kennington, Arthur Henry Cross, Cecil Coles, Alfred Joseph Knight, Douglas Walter Belcher, Charles William Train, Frederick William Hedges, Leonard James Keyworth, John Alexander Christie, James Ross, Jack Harvey, Patrick Macgill, Richard Yorke, George Victor Berry. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 94. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Henry Spencer Moore OM CH FBA (30 July 1898 31 August 1986) was an English sculptor and artist. He was best known for his abstract monumental bronze sculptures which are located around the world as public works of art. His forms are usually abstractions of the human figure, typically depicting mother-and-child or reclining figures. Moore's works are usually suggestive of the female body, apart from a phase in the 1950s when he sculpted family groups. His forms are generally pierced or contain hollow spaces. Many interpreters liken the undulating form of his reclining figures to the landscape and hills of his birthplace, Yorkshire. Moore was born in Castleford, the son of a mining engineer. He became well-known through his larger-scale abstract cast bronze and carved marble sculptures, and was instrumental in introducing a particular form of modernism to the United Kingdom. His ability in later life to fulfil large-scale commissions made him exceptionally wealthy. Yet he lived frugally and most of the money he earned went towards endowing the Henry Moore Foundation, which continues to support education and promotion of the arts. Moore was born in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England, to Mary Baker and Raymond Spencer Moore. His mining engineer father was of Irish origin and beca...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=5517329 ... Read more

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Chapters: Edward Vi of England, John Turner, Mary Tudor, Queen of France, Margaret Tudor, Ronald Colman, Celia Johnson, Edward Viii of the United Kingdom, Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, Robert Dudley, Styled Earl of Warwick, Oliver Golding, John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, Lewis Hodges, Francis Perceval Eliot, James Szlumper, Cellarscape, Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk, Thomas Griffiths Wainewright, Robin Wood, Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Reginald Denny, Kenneth Cummins, Clive King, Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, J. Dover Wilson, Harry Hampton, Arthur Palliser, David Chipp, Keith Relf, Ella Edmondson, Paul Samwell-Smith, William Deane, Fred T. Jane, Alfred Archer, Robert Boyd, Colin Dann, Allan Gwynne-Jones, Trevor Dawson, Julie Mellor, Conrad Noel, John Baptist Butt. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 208. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Edward VI (12 October 1537 6 July 1553) became King of England and Ireland on 28 January 1547 and was crowned on 20 February at the age of nine. The son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, Edward was the third monarch of the Tudor dynasty and England's first ruler who was raised as a Protestant. During Edward's reign, the realm was governed by a Regency Council, because he never reached maturity. The Council was led by his uncle Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, (15471549), and then by John Dudley, 1st Earl of Warwick, (15501553), who later became Duke of Northumberland. Edward's reign was marked by economic problems, military withdrawal from Scotland and Boulogne-sur-Mer, and social unrest that, in 1549, erupted into riot and rebellion. It also saw the transformation of the Anglican Church into a recognisably Protestant body. Although Henry VIII had severed the link between the Church of England and Rome, he never ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=10245 ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ronald Charles Colman (9 February 1891 ? 19 May 1958) was an English actor.He was born in Richmond, Surrey, England, the second son and fourth child[1] of Charles Colman and his wife Marjory Read Fraser. His siblings included Eric, Edith, and Marjorie. He was educated at boarding school in Littlehampton, where he discovered he enjoyed acting. He intended to study engineering at The University of Cambridge, but his father's sudden death from pneumonia in 1907 made this financially impossible. ... Read more

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Set of 6 audio tape cassettes. As president of Ivy College in town of ivy , william Todhunter Hall, together with his wife vicky handled the problems of the college and its students with a more "modern fairness - much to the dismay of the stodgy board of directors". ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Journal of Business Administration and Policy Analysis, published by Journal of Business Administration on January 1, 1999. The length of the article is 5226 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: MEASURING GENUINE PROGRESS.(Statistical Data Included)
Author: Ronald Colman
Publication: Journal of Business Administration and Policy Analysis (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 1999
Publisher: Journal of Business Administration
Page: 135

Article Type: Statistical Data Included

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