Christina Rice

Possessing a unique beauty and refined acting skills, Ann Dvorak (1911--1979) found success in Hollywood at a time when many actors were still struggling to adapt to the era of talkies. Seemingly destined for A-list fame, critics touted her as "Hollywood's New Cinderella" after film mogul Howard Hughes cast her as Cesca in the gangster film Scarface (1932). Dvorak's journey to superstardom was derailed when she walked out on her contractual obligations to Warner Bros. for an extended honeymoon. Later, she initiated a legal dispute over her contract, an action that was unprecedented at a time when studios exercised complete control over actors' careers.As the first full-length biography of an often-overlooked actress, Ann Dvorak: Hollywood's Forgotten Rebel explores the life and career of one of the first individuals who dared to challenge the studio system that ruled Tinseltown. The actress reached her pinnacle during the early 1930s, when the film industry was relatively uncensored and free to produce movies with more daring storylines. She played several female leads in films including The Strange Love of Molly Louvain (1932), Three on a Match (1932), and Heat Lightning (1934), but after her walk-out, Warner Bros retaliated by casting her in less significant roles.Following the casting conflicts and illness, Dvorak filed a lawsuit against the Warner Bros. studio, setting a precedent for other stars who eventually rebelled against the established Hollywood system. In this insightful memoir, Christina Rice explores the spirited rebellion of a talented actress whose promising career fell victim to the studio empire.

Los Angeles Central Library POPS: Celebrating a Century of the Light of Learning takes readers on a 3D adventure through the 100-year history of the iconic Los Angeles Central Library. Los Angeles Central Library POPS: Celebrating a Century of the Light of Learning is a thrilling 3-D adventure through the history of Los Angeles Public Library's beloved Central Library. Readers will tip, turn, and unfurl their way through the library's one-hundred-year history, while exploring iconic features like the Rotunda chandelier, sphinx statues, and the torch that tops the building's pyramid tower. A grand finale "pop" opens flat to reveal the entire exterior of Central Library in all its Art Deco glory. Filled with fun facts and engaging illustration, Central Library POPS is a guaranteed treasure for anyone who's been touched by the light of learning.

Late in 1872, in a small but bustling pueblo of barely 6,000 people, something big was happening. A fire department and high school had just been founded, along with the first theater. Now the residents of El Pueblo de la Reina de los ngeles knew what they wanted next for their town: a library. Two hundred citizens gathered to create the Los Angeles Library Association, which in 1878 would become the Los Angeles Public Library. A spirit of civic pride and boosterism helped residents quickly achieve their immediate goal of having a place for the latest-though sometimes very late to arrive-newspapers and magazines from the distant east. The founders of the library had a more ambitious vision-to make a permanent public library from their fledgling organization lodged in rented rooms above one of the settlement's busiest saloons. Thus the light of learning was sparked and one of the oldest institutions of Los Angeles was born.Population soared over the next fifty years as the City of Los Angeles grew at record rates-to a half million in 1920 and to over a million by 1930. During the same period, the Los Angeles Public Library grew, from a mere 750 donated books at its founding, to the highest circulation of any public library in the country by 1933. Through boom times and setbacks, the Los Angeles Public Library reflected this enormous expansion, ever eager to keep pace with, yet often struggling to match, the City's dynamic development. One of the shining constants of Los Angeles Public Library's history is the dedicated service to its community that the Library has provided and continues to provide. The Library offers a place of opportunity for everyone, and has flourished largely because of the community's committed support, both politically and, significantly, through the crucial work of volunteers.Los Angeles and its Library grew up together. LAPL 150-Our Story Is Yours: A Los Angeles Public Library Sesquicentennial Celebration is dedicated to the people of Los Angeles, and celebrates the story of our city through the Library's unique lens. While the Library's history is too expansive and complex to cover comprehensively in a single exhibit, we have highlighted some of the key aspects of the changing face of the Los Angeles Library System. How have the Library's collections, services and programs served the people of Los Angeles? How has the Library evolved to serve communities, and how have those communities helped the Library to grow? How has the Los Angeles Public Library continued to represent the democratic values of public libraries, providing free and open access to resources for life-long learning, and a commitment to equitable service for all?

pain, love, & purposeit's the pain that leads the way to the wisdom deep insideit cracks your heart wide open gives you nowhere else to hideand from that depth of feelingwe remember our own heartswhen we're on the path to lovesometimes pain is where it startsfrom my pain i found my purpose my feelings showed my truth pain guided me to passion and what i was meant to do when i avoided feeling pain i blocked myself from lovethrough pain, love, & purpose i found who i really was

Jane Russell's acting career was launched on one of the most notorious publicity campaigns in the history of cinema for The Outlaw, a film produced and ultimately directed by Howard Hughes. Russell should have quickly and quietly disappeared from public consciousness. Yet, she managed to use The Outlaw as a springboard for a noted entertainment career that found her starring opposite stars such as Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable, Robert Mitchum, Vincent Price, Frank Sinatra, and Groucho Marx. Ultimately, Russell herself would be elevated to the status of "film legend" during her lifetime.The book Mean Moody?Magnificent: Jane Russell and the Marketing of a Hollywood Legend explores Russell's life and career and examines how she used a constant stream of provocative publicity to her advantage while somehow managing to elevate her public persona above that publicity. The book also explores how the highly sexualized marketing of Jane Russell the Movie Star conflicted with the off-screen Russell, a woman of strong religious faith who spent much of her life devoted to advocating for international adoption. Serving as a companion to Russell's 1985 autobiography, Mean?Moody?Magnificent! is the first volume to explore the life and filmography of Jane Russell.

Introducing the Internationally Famous Yale PuppeteersThey amused Albert Einstein, enchanted Elsa Lanchester, discovered Odetta, and sort of impressed Amy Semple McPherson. Collectively known as the Yale Puppeteers, Harry Burnett (1901-1993), Forman Brown (1901-1996), and Richard "Roddy" Brandon (1904-1985) serendipitously found each other in the 1920s and formed a partnership that lasted until their deaths nearly 70 years later. The trio developed a shared vision of sophisticated adult entertainment in the form of marionettes and from 1941-1956 operated the Turnabout Theatre on La Cienega Boulevard in Los Angeles which brought them international fame.In 1998, the Los Angeles Public Library became custodian of a vast collection of ephemera chronicling the careers of the Yale Puppeteers and their Turnabout Theatre. For the first time, these programs, posters, scrapbooks, costumes, props, and marionettes are on exhibition. "Life on a String: The Yale Puppeteers and the Turnabout Theatre" presents the life's work of these three men who forged a professional and deeply personal bond that lasted a lifetime and who invited the city of Los Angeles to turnabout

An all-new series filled with intrigue and adventure, starring everyone's favorite fillies! The Cutie Mark Crusaders are on the case, solving crimes nopony else can! Will they be able to discover who's behind the local mysteries, like the theft of supplies from Ponyville Hospital, or the ransacking of the bowling alley? Most importantly, can they crack the case and get their homework done at the same time?

Granny Smith settles an ugly dispute between the Flim Flam brothers. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Spotlight is a division of ABDO.

Celebrate the magic of friendship in these stand-alone tales featuring allof your favorite characters. Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, PinkiePie, Fluttershy, and Rarity may be the Mane Six, but they still need helpsometimes! Join them on adventures with Princess Luna, Granny Smith, ShiningArmor, the Cutie Mark Crusaders, Cherry Jubilee, Daring Do, and many more! Thepower of friendship, compassion, and understanding can't bebeat!

Friends Forever celebrates the magic of friendship inthese stand-alone tales featuring all of your favorite characters. Shareadventures with Pinkie Pie and Cheese Sandwich, Twilight Sparkle and StarlightGlimmer, Rainbow Dash and Soarin, Rarity and Trixe, and Princess Celestia andPrincess Luna. Collects issues #34-38.

Friends Forever celebrates the magic of friendship in these stand-alone tales featuring all of your favorite characters. Share adventures with Princess Luna and Spike, Applejack and Mayor Mare, Twilight Sparkle and Big Mac, Rarity and The Cakes, and many more! Collects issues #13-24.