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289 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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At the age of four, Allegra Huston lost her mother and was introduced to her "father," the legendary film director John Huston. Then at age twelve she was introduced to her real father, the British aristocrat and historian John Julius Norwich. With clear-eyed tenderness, Allegra tells of how she forged bonds with both her famous fathers, transforming her mother's difficult legacy into a hard-won blessing.
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English
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"In this candid biography, newly updated and revised, Lawrence Grobel chronicles the remarkable story of the Huston family, which boasts three Oscar winners, from Walter to John to Angelica, with particular attention to the rich career and tumultuous personal life of director/actor John Huston (1906-1987)."--Page 4 of cover.
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English
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The first major biography of the famous and controversial director John Huston, whose thirty-seven films - including The Maltese Falcon, Key Largo, and The African Queen - are considered classics and garnered him fifteen Academy Award nominations and two wins.
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viii, 286 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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An account of the heroic but tragic campaign of Captain Henry Waskow's 36th Division documents their successful mission to drive away German forces from the mountain region infamously dubbed "Purple Heart Valley" at the cost of Waskow and 80 percent of his company.
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1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A brilliant, driven film director determines to turn his new film project in Africa into a grand personal adventure hunting a wild elephant, in a story loosely based on John Huston's filming of "The African Queen."
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