ANN BLYTH: ACTRESS. SINGER. STAR.
Multitalented and remarkably versatile, Blyth began on radio as a child, appeared on Broadway at the age of twelve in Lillian Hellman's WATCH ON THE RHINE, and enjoyed a long and diverse career in films, theatre, television, and concerts. A sensitive dramatic actress, the youngest at the time to be nominated for her role in MILDRED PIERCE (1945), she also displayed a gift for comedy, and was especially endeared to fans for her expressive and exquisite lyric soprano, which was showcased in many film and stage musicals. Still a popular guest at film festivals, lovely Ms. Blyth remains a treasure of the Hollywood's golden age.
The book contains an in-depth exploration of Ms. Blyth’s long career, with detailed appendices on her films, television, radio, and theatre appearances. The 8 ½ x 11 “coffee table” sized book includes over 275 photographs.
Available in eBook and print from Amazon and CreateSpace, AND NOW AN AUDIO BOOK! Amazon, Audible, and iTunes.
Read by actress Toni Lewis, the audiobook is available from Amazon, Audible, and iTunes.
Here's what fans are saying:
I have to get back to your book and that luscious voice which invites me to join her in this fantastic journey. Thank you and Ms. Lewis for creating this luxurious and enticing experience.
Your narrator has an cool intensity in her delivery. She has my attention, engaging, and I suppose I'll have a crush on her before the book's end.
*****
I read Toni's biography and she is as beautiful as she sounds. I love the way she slightly changes her voice when quoting others. It isn't as though she's trying to imitate, the slight, but effective effort, is just letting us know she is reading a quotation. To say I'm impressed with you both would be a massive understatement. The book is wonderfully researched with critiques of Ms. Blyth's movies, talents, career and fascinating side stories about the supporting characters …
I am fascinated by your attention to detail, even the most minute detail has little chance of escaping your commitment to accuracy.
Here's what fans are saying:
I have to get back to your book and that luscious voice which invites me to join her in this fantastic journey. Thank you and Ms. Lewis for creating this luxurious and enticing experience.
Your narrator has an cool intensity in her delivery. She has my attention, engaging, and I suppose I'll have a crush on her before the book's end.
*****
I read Toni's biography and she is as beautiful as she sounds. I love the way she slightly changes her voice when quoting others. It isn't as though she's trying to imitate, the slight, but effective effort, is just letting us know she is reading a quotation. To say I'm impressed with you both would be a massive understatement. The book is wonderfully researched with critiques of Ms. Blyth's movies, talents, career and fascinating side stories about the supporting characters …
I am fascinated by your attention to detail, even the most minute detail has little chance of escaping your commitment to accuracy.
The three articles that comprise this book tell different stories about the Ames
Manufacturing Company of Chicopee, Massachusetts, which played an important role as an arms manufacturer during the American Civil War.
Together, they make up a kind of composite of the Northern Civil War
experience in the small, but dynamic, universe of a factory town.
We meet Nathan P. Ames and James T. Ames, brothers who founded the firm, the younger burdened with the responsibility to continue the company after the tragic and grisly death of the older brother.
We meet two workers in the factory, one of whom, Charles Tracy, was a machinist who left his position to join the army, and came home without a leg—and was awarded the Medal of Honor. He was cared
for by Clara Barton, and comforted by President Abraham Lincoln in the hospital ward. The other man, Melzar Mosman, just a boy of nineteen, worked in the foundry department of the factory, forging canon. He also left to
join the army, but after the war would become celebrated for forging bronze
statuary, including a number of Civil War monuments.
Available in print and eBook from Amazon, CreateSpace and other online merchants. Also from my Etsy shop, Lynch Twins Publishing.
Manufacturing Company of Chicopee, Massachusetts, which played an important role as an arms manufacturer during the American Civil War.
Together, they make up a kind of composite of the Northern Civil War
experience in the small, but dynamic, universe of a factory town.
We meet Nathan P. Ames and James T. Ames, brothers who founded the firm, the younger burdened with the responsibility to continue the company after the tragic and grisly death of the older brother.
We meet two workers in the factory, one of whom, Charles Tracy, was a machinist who left his position to join the army, and came home without a leg—and was awarded the Medal of Honor. He was cared
for by Clara Barton, and comforted by President Abraham Lincoln in the hospital ward. The other man, Melzar Mosman, just a boy of nineteen, worked in the foundry department of the factory, forging canon. He also left to
join the army, but after the war would become celebrated for forging bronze
statuary, including a number of Civil War monuments.
Available in print and eBook from Amazon, CreateSpace and other online merchants. Also from my Etsy shop, Lynch Twins Publishing.
This is a collection of essays which originally appeared on my New
England Travels blog, some of which were also previously published in
magazines and newspapers. This is New England as it was in the 19th century and first half of the 20th century. The 19th century chapters seem to illustrate the spawning of ideas and inventions which made history; the 20th century seems to show us reacting to events, like hurricanes, and juggling consequences. In the 19th century, through the Industrial Revolution, we drew upon a new workforce (women), and created a market for manufactured goods. In the early 20th century—we shopped—in grand, family-owned department stores just as paternalistic as the factories of the previous century.
These then are slices of New England, not just the place, but the idea and social movement, and the force that largely determined what the new middle class would be like.
Acoffee table-sized book of essays and nearly 200 photographs is now available in paperback from CreateSpace, my Etsy shop, and in paperback and as an eBook from Amazon.com.
England Travels blog, some of which were also previously published in
magazines and newspapers. This is New England as it was in the 19th century and first half of the 20th century. The 19th century chapters seem to illustrate the spawning of ideas and inventions which made history; the 20th century seems to show us reacting to events, like hurricanes, and juggling consequences. In the 19th century, through the Industrial Revolution, we drew upon a new workforce (women), and created a market for manufactured goods. In the early 20th century—we shopped—in grand, family-owned department stores just as paternalistic as the factories of the previous century.
These then are slices of New England, not just the place, but the idea and social movement, and the force that largely determined what the new middle class would be like.
Acoffee table-sized book of essays and nearly 200 photographs is now available in paperback from CreateSpace, my Etsy shop, and in paperback and as an eBook from Amazon.com.
Movies in Our Time: Hollywood Mimics and Mirrors the Twentieth Century - Essays from Another
Old Movie Blog - a new collection of essays on classic films as reflections of the eras in which they were made. Available in eBook from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Smaswords, and in paperback from CreateSpace, and my Etsy shop.
Old Movie Blog - a new collection of essays on classic films as reflections of the eras in which they were made. Available in eBook from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Smaswords, and in paperback from CreateSpace, and my Etsy shop.
Collected essays, from film noir to comedy, observations on classic films in the context of the eras they were made, taken from my Another Old Movie
Blog.
Available as an ebook (300,000 words) here from Amazon.
Blog.
Available as an ebook (300,000 words) here from Amazon.
