Stewart Granger

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Disappointing book more sychoanalysis than biography

Stewart Granger
Don Shiach
Manufacturer: Aurum Press, Limited
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 1845131673

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Stewart Granger was one of the few British stars who made it as a swashbuckling Hollywood screen hero during the golden age of the movies. In his most famous roles in films such as Scaramouche,KingSolomon's Mines and The Prisoner of Zenda, he established himself as a prototypical man of action: uncomplicatedly masculine, chivalrous, something of a buccaneer.

His private life was complicated and tempestuous: there was a torrid affair with Deborah Kerr (subsequently his co-star in King Solomon's Mines), and then marriage to the young screen idol Jean Simmons, who was the love of his life. Don Shiach's biography is the first comprehensive account of a glamorous and contradictory star whose legacy is several memorable and classic films.

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Disappointing book more sychoanalysis than biography.......2005-12-09

Sadly this book disappointed me. I had hopped to read a biography of Mr. Granger. What I found instead of a biography was a sort of psychoanalysis of Mr. Granger's own autobiography. That analysis was very much a feminist critique. Mr. Granger's `manliness' was set up only to be knocked down and derided. I suppose that might appeal to some.

The author often quote newspaper articles of the time. A sort of resume of what the critics said at the time. I would question that this has more than superficial anecdotal significance. Newspaper critics are after all just journalist filling copy. I for one had no idea who these critics where so clearly their reputations have not endure greatly. In fact most if not all the source material seemed rather remote from the subject with the exception of Mr. Granger's own autobiography.

There are absences in the autobiography which the author could perhaps have done more to fill. For example the autobiography contains accounts of two funerals but not those of his still born children. An examination of contempory letter or diaries made might have given some insight into this. However, I get the impression that the author did not have access to such things.

The author has a tendency to talk down to the reader by telling them how things where in `those days'; writing as though this was prehistory and out of living memory. Actually we are taking very much in living memory and I don't think the author has it quite right.

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Surprisingly good in every way
Never A Dull Moment
Missing 33 years but still good
One of the Best of Hollywoods Actors Can also Write!
Hollywood Actor not known for modesty

Sparks Fly Upward
Stewart Granger
Manufacturer: Wm Collins & Sons & Co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

ASIN: 0246114037

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Surprisingly good in every way.......2003-09-02

Stewart Granger, whose real name was Jimmy Stewart (already taken), writes surprisingly well. Parts of this book read like an exciting novel: hunting episodes in Africa; lawsuit pitting him and wife Jean Simmons against Howard Hughes (the Grangers unexpectedly won but asked for no settlement except expenses); a western battle with his crooked ranch manager. He drops his share of names just to prove he can, but some people with "names" were actually his close friends: Michael Wilding was his best friend; Laurence Olivier was a close one. Granger was generous to his friends, with money, time, sympathy, and favors.

Like Robert Mitchum, Granger didn't have much respect for bad movies. He minded more than Mitchum having to do films he didn't like, but he always needed money.

One reviewer called Granger a B-movie star. "King Solomon's Mines" and "Scaramouche" were no B movies. Even Clark Gable was forced to make a few bad movies.

Granger, Mitchum, and Gable were always on time and always knew their lines. Granger and Mitchum didn't hesitate to speak their minds on the set when they thought something wasn't right, and for this they were termed "difficult" by some directors.

Never A Dull Moment.......2002-10-19

Laurence Olivier was once quoted as saying, "Jimmy Granger is one of the top stage actors because he makes acting look easy, when it isn't!" Now this A+ actor shows he's an A+ writer, too. Written with wit, humor and warmth, Stewart gives a candid account of his "never-a-dull-moment" life with a flair that keeps the reader glued. A swashbuckler as much off-screen as on, he talks about his hair-raising, near-death experiences, many that happend during filming, he and Jean Simmons' courageous battle with RKO studio head, Howard Hughes, the love of his family and friends, who he put himself on the line for and more. He reveals all sides of his personality - his temper, stubborness, grit, sense of humor and compassion for others. Readers will also get a sense of his dislike for anything superficial and that there was more to this man than just a good actor. Like a reviewer on Ebay said, it would have been interesting to have met this man. Just an FYI - Stewart said he never planned to do a sequal.

Missing 33 years but still good.......2002-05-31

My only disappointment with Stewart Granger's autobiography is that, written in 1981, he stops it at 1960. And then he lived till 1993 without writing more! Yes, there is real charm in reading about the glory days of 40's and 50's movies, but he was such a good writer-- concise, witty and conversational, that I really wish he would have continued with his life story. He is gracious to the ladies and not afraid to deflate the pompous, including (sometimes) himself. An intelligent, satisfying book by someone not really given credit for his talent and ability. And no one ever looked better in an ascot!

One of the Best of Hollywoods Actors Can also Write!.......2000-09-17

The wonderful thing about this book is that absent the many famous names, it would still be a great read. Though trying for some to admit, this was a brilliant man. His powers of observation and wit plus great talent for spinning a yarn make this a good book even for people who don't like films.

Hollywood Actor not known for modesty.......1998-08-29

Granger was born James Stewart but changed his name early in his career so that he wouldn't be confused with the American actor James Stewart. Granger is widely known for his distaste for the movies he made. His often contrite and vain explanations of his life with sarcastic wit makes for good reading.

One of the most widely quoted books of the 50's Hollywood scene, Granger mentions everyone from Sinatra, Elvis, Howard Hughes to Cary Grant and Spencer Tracy.

An enjoable read of an interesting person and life!

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Well read, abridged version.

Jack London - Part Prolific Novelist, Part Wolf

The call of the wild

the call of the wild

Call of the Wild

Call of the Wild
Jack London , and Stewart Granger
Manufacturer: Durkin Hayes Publishing
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Binding: Paperback

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Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. Appropriate "reader friendly" type sizes have been chosen for each title-offering clear, accurate, and readable text. All editions are complete and unabridged, and feature Introductions and Afterwords.This edition of The Call of the Wild includes a Foreword, Biographical Note, and Afterword by Dwight Swain.Kidnapped form his safe California home. Thrown into a life-and-death struggle on the frozen Artic wilderness. Half St. Bernard, half shepard, Buck learns many hard lessons as a sled dog: the lesson of the leash, of the cold, of near-starvation and cruelty. And the greatest lesson he learns from his last owner, John Thornton: the power of love and loyalty.Yet always, even at the side of the human he loves, Buck feels the pull in his bones, an urge to answer his wolf ancestors as they howl to him.

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Well read, abridged version........2007-05-09

This is not a good version for a classroom setting. The cover doesn't reveal this.

Jack London - Part Prolific Novelist, Part Wolf.......2007-04-15

After reading "The Call of the Wild" or more precisely, after being transferred to another place and time, or even more to the point after being totally submerged into the being of this animal, I'm left completely awe-struck by London's work.

To see what Buck saw, to feel the forces and the instincts that he felt... that is the power of this book. Here's a passage from the third chaper to illustrate what I mean:

"At the mouth of the Tahkeena, one night after super, Dub (a member of the sled-dog team) turned up a snowshoe rabbit, blundered it, and missed. A hundred yards away was a camp of the Northwest Police, with fifty dogs, huskies all, who joined the chase. The rabbit sped down the river, turned off into a small creek, up the frozen bed of which it held steadily. It ran lightly on the surface of the snow, while the dogs plowed through by main strength. Buck led the pack, sixty strong, around bend after bend, but he could not gain. He lay down low to the race, whining eagerly, his splendid body flashing forward, leap by leap, in the wan white moonlight. And leap by leap, like some pale frost wraith, the snowshoe rabbit flashed on ahead.

All the stirring of old instincts which at stated periods drives men out from the sounding cities to forest and plain to kill things by chemically propelled leaden pellets, the blood lust, the joy to kill--all this was Buck's, only it was infinitely more intimate. He was ranging at the head of the pack, running the wild thing down, the living meat, to kill with his own teeth and wash his muzzle to the eyes in warm blood.

There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive. This ecstasy, this forgetfulness of living, comes to the artist, caught up and out of himself in a sheet of flame; it comes to the soldier, war-mad on a stricken field and refusing quarter; it came to Buck, leading the pack, sounding the old wolf-cry, straining after the food that was alive and that fled swiftly before him through the moonlight. He was sounding the deeps of his nature, and of the parts of his nature that were deeper than he, going back into the womb of Time. He as mastered by the sheer surging of life, the tidal wave of being, the perfect joy of each separate muscle, joint, and sinew in that it was everything that was not death, that it was aglow and rampant, expressing itself in movement, flying exultantly under the stars and over the face of dead matter that did not move."

The call of the wild .......2007-01-18

The call of the wild, by Jack London is a great book for all ages. Buck (the main character) is a tame dog in Santa Clara California living with Judge Miller, a man that everyone new and enjoyed. This changed when a rush for gold in Yukon made men need strong dogs to pull their sleds. Buck was a very strong dog and as a result, was kidnapped. He was then taken to Yukon where there was harsh snow and was very cold. He was treated poorly until he met John Thorton. John Thorton was very kind to Buck but then one day he died. Buck was left in the wild and became friends with a wild animal. I personally like it because it is always telling you what is happining in great detail. Jack London also got right to the point making it easy to understand.

the call of the wild .......2007-01-18

The call of the wild by Jack London is a great book for all ages. Buck (the main character) is a tame dog in Santa Clara California living with Judge Miller a man that evryone new and enjoyed. All this changed when a rush for gold in Yukon. These men needed strong dogs and because of the fact Buck was strong he was kidnapped. He was then tuck to Yukon where there was harsh snow and was very cold. he was treated poorly intill he met John Thorton. John Thorton was very kind to Buck but then one day he died. Buck was left in the wild and became friends with a wild animal and learned to live in the wild.

Call of the Wild.......2006-11-13

The book The Call of the Wild is an excellent book. It is about a dog named Buck, who had to struggle while turning from a tame dog to a wild dog. He ran into cruel people, but a man named John Thorton saved his life. Buck and Thorton were devoted to each other until Thorton was killed. Buck then had to live by himself in the wild. I enjoyed this book because of the interesting plot and descriptive phrases. I would recommend this book to other fourth and fifth graders because it is marvelous.

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Call of the Wild
Jack London
Manufacturer: Listen For Pleasure Ltd.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Audio Cassette

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2 cassettes. Text abridged by Frances Welsh. Produced by Richard Norman. Manufactured in Canada

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CATALOGUE OF HIGHLY IMPORTANT CHELSEA TOYS, MEISSEN HARLEQUIN FIGURES, ENGLISH AND CONTINENTAL PROCELAIN THE PROPERTY OF STEWART GRANGER, ESQ.
Staff
Manufacturer: Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000OAQ4II

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The Best Flynn Book
A masterpiece

Errol Flynn: The Movie Posters
Lawrence Bassoff
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Lawrence Bassoff is clearly a man of passion--for great movie posters in general, and of Errol Flynn's in particular. Bassoff has amassed a definitive collection of Flynn's film posters and one-sheets, and the resulting book is a wonderful glimpse at the long and sometimes sketchy career of one of the century's greatest actors. There are impressive spreads of full-color posters for Flynn's legendary leading-man vehicles, including 14 separate entries for The Adventures of Robin Hood and eight for Adventures of Don Juan. But as Flynn's star began to fade in the early '50s, and as his battle with alcohol was slowly being lost, the films leaned toward the pirate trifle Against All Flags and the amateurishly cheesy Cuban Rebel Girls. Accompanying the impressive poster collection is Bassoff's concise, affectionate film criticism, which makes for satisfying reading for any film fan. --Anne Hurley

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The Best Flynn Book.......2000-06-04

Although this large-scale art book focuses on Errol Flynn's movie posters, it manages to be the best book out there on Flynn's career. There is an evocative introduction by Stewart Granger, good essays on Flynn's bio and on the Warner Bros. poster style (which was, sadly, the weakest of the major U.S. studios in the movies' golden age). There are beautiful reproductions of the posters and lobby cards themselves, from an impressively detailed collection (with samples of other swashbuckling movie posters for comparison). And finally, there are essays on each of Flynn's films that are fond, witty, and succinct. Beyond all this, though, it's the best Flynn book because it provides a clear and objective look at the trajectory of a remarkable career. It's amazing to see Flynn's image placed front and center on the poster of his first starring film, "Captain Blood," and it's both hilarious and heartbreaking to see the Dorian Grey-like image on his last, "Cuban Rebel Girls." Bassoff is that rare thing: a committed fan who loves his subject and gives him his due, but is far from star-struck. A great book.

A masterpiece.......1999-06-18

This is a prestigious classy book and it's handsomely put together. The book will be a great collector's item.

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The One Hundred Greatest Books - Vol. 6, The Cassette Library. The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle read by James Mason, and Call of the Wild by Jack London read by Stewart Granger.

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Sparks Fly Upward
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Smart Mobs takes us on a journey around the world for a preview of the next techno-cultural shift. The coming wave, says Rheingold, is the result of super-efficient mobile communications-cellular phones, wireless-paging, and Internet-access devices-that will allow us to connect with anyone, anytime, anywhere.

Rheingold offers a penetrating perspective on the new convergence of pop culture, cutting-edge technology, and social activism. He also reminds us that the real impact of mobile communications will come not from the technology itself but from how people use it, resist it, and adapt to it.

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incohesive writing.......2006-01-20

This book suffers from incohesive writing and lacks a clear framework that covers the theme of smart mobs. The sequence of chapters does not provide a progressive build-up of a framework of any sort. Even more, the sequence inside each chapter does not carry the reader towards any defined theme. On one section the author describes teenagers in Finland sending text messages, then he jumps to his meeting with a company executive, then jumps to describing the mobile phone standards in Europe, etc.

The only common thread among sections in chapters and among the chapters is the smart mobs theme, obviously, but the author does not break down clearly this central theme into its parts. This makes for a very confusing and bothersome reading.

A whirlwind tour through the world next year........2005-10-09

Howard Rheingold has excellent credentials to write this book through his long involvement at Wired magazine. He blends an effervescent interest in smart new gadgetry (point your phone-cam at some foreign signwriting and have it translated into your own language) with a thirsty desire to understand what it means to our society. To hunt down the story he structures the narrative in a breathtaking first-person style that takes us from Shibuya Station in Tokyo to the wireless capital of the world, Helsinki, and then back across the Atlantic to Bell Laboratories - and beyond.

Clearly our society has been undergoing massive underlying change since the advent of the internet and mobile phones - but few writers have really grappled with the wider implications. If, as McLuhan said, the Medium is the Message then wireless technology provides a medium that totally re-engineers the way people can interact with their physical and social environment.

Rheingold calls on dramatic examples of how individuals, wireless and mobile, can outwit the top down forces of the establishment - for example in the World Trade protests at Seattle, and political protests in the Philippines. He uses these as a metaphor for how the top-down 20th Century style organisations, political, industrial or media are increasingly out of step in the mobile age. Rheingold looks to young urban people - urban tribes if you like - as a bellwether to tomorrow's society.

I loved this book. The writing is sharp, the insights deep and Rheingold's ability to take us into the labs of tomorrow a real treat. I strongly recommend it.

Smart Mobs. Smarter Marketers........2004-09-08

The cool thing about "Smart Mobs" is that it's really happening. People are behaving in "linked" ways that transcend the obvious demographic definitions of groups we typically think of as "behaving in unison." As technology and the infrastructure arriving with it enable increasingly extemporaneous networks between people, marketers are similarly challenged to reach outside of traditional mass channels. Howard Rheingold brings us a really nice set of actual examples--combined with his own unique insights--that provide the basis for next-generation communications strategies as what had been cohesive groups fragment into a foam of indivduals united (only) by this moments current interest and the task at hand. For marketers, it's a great read...and a big clue. Anyway, I liked it.

Remote Control To The World.......2004-04-08

How many of you recall that EF Hutton commercial that started off by saying, "When EF Hutton talks, people listen". The same thought can be applied to Howard Rheingold.

Rheingold is veteran technology watcher and well-publised futurist. He has identified yet another transformative technology. In 'Smart Mobs' he describes in vivid detail how large, geographically dispersed groups connected only by thin threads of communications techology, such as text messaging, e-mail, cell phones, two-way pagers, and web sites, can draw together in the blink of an eye, groups of people together for a collective cause.

From various parts of the world, Rheingold, has gathered stories about engineers and inventors of all sorts, working feverishly to create ever-smaller and more powerful devices that contribute to this new paradigm.

In this book,Rheingold points out examples of Smart Mobs such as the swarms of demonstrators who used mobile phones, Web sites, laptops and handheld computers to coordinate their protests against the World Trade Organization in November of 1999.

Rheingold shows a concern of smart mobs other than describing the weath of new communications technology that is available and coming. He is also concerned about the social, political, economic, environmental and even genetic consequences of the ever-expanding and more intrusive plethora of multidirectional communications technology.

This book is a must read.

Keen on Smart Mobs.......2004-04-07

As one who needed a basic primer on various areas of technology--past, present, and future--and their implications for the human being, I found "Smart Mobs" to be both helpful and conversational. Rheingold's journalistic style kept the topics easy to understand, interesting to read, and fairly light hearted in spite of some rather daunting conclusions that one could draw from his research. As well, those who want to delve further into the various topics discussed will find his endnotes quite helpful--annotated are works from a number of key figures who a) are making, or have made, breakthroughs in technology, or b) provided insightful critiques on those breakthroughs. I found that engaging in "Smart Mobs" opened the door to further research and understanding of this seemingly complex and very progressive area of study.

Broadband on the run. .(book on social aspects of the Internet)(Book Review): An article from: Issues in Science and Technology

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Broadband on the run. .(book on social aspects of the Internet)(Book Review): An article from: Issues in Science and Technology
Kathleen Courrier
Manufacturer: National Academy of Sciences
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Title: Broadband on the run. .(book on social aspects of the Internet)(Book Review)
Author: Kathleen Courrier
Publication: Issues in Science and Technology (Refereed)
Date: December 22, 2002
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
Volume: 19 Issue: 2 Page: 93(2)

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Smart Mobs. The Next Social Revolution [A book review from: Technological Forecasting & Social Change]

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Smart Mobs. The Next Social Revolution [A book review from: Technological Forecasting & Social Change]
B.J. Berry
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This digital document is a journal article from Technological Forecasting & Social Change, published by Elsevier in 2004. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Smart Mobs : The Next Social Revolution: Transforming Cultures and Communities in the Age of Instant Access

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Smart Mobs : The Next Social Revolution: Transforming Cultures and Communities in the Age of Instant Access
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