{"product_id":"ann-harding-cinemas-gallant-lady-hardback","title":"ANN HARDING: CINEMA'S GALLANT LADY (hardback)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;\"\u003eAnn Harding. Laurence Oliver, who starred with her in \u003ci\u003eWestward Passage\u003c\/i\u003e (1932), referred to her as an \"angel.\" Director Henry Hathaway, who directed her and Gary Cooper in \u003ci\u003ePeter Ibbetson\u003c\/i\u003e (1935), claimed she was a \"bitch.\" Critics hailed her as the finest actress to venture from Broadway to Hollywood.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';\"\u003e\u2028\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';\"\u003e\u2028\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;\"\u003eThe Ann Harding story follows her from humble beginnings as the daughter of a career army office who moved around constantly, to her youth settling in New York. After spending a year attending Bryn Mawr college, she found work as a clerk and freelance script reader with a film company. Then, she made her stage debut in 1921, and eight years later, she made her film debut in an early talkie, \u003ci\u003eParis Bound,\u003c\/i\u003e opposite Fredric March.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;\"\u003eShe was the \u003ci\u003eGallant Lady\u003c\/i\u003e (1933), an unwed mother, who gives up baby for adoption and hopes to get it back when the adoptive mother dies. Her unique, natural screen presence in \u003ci\u003eHoliday\u003c\/i\u003e (1930) earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. From 1929-1936, she reigned as cinema's \"Gallant Lady.\" Her co-stars included Ronald Coleman, Mary Astor, Conrad Nagel, Leslie Howard, Melvyn Douglas, Richard Dix, and William Powell, among many others.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';\"\u003e\u2028\u2028\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;\"\u003eAnn's ethereal quality belied a passionate nature. Her affairs with three remarkably talented and very married men associated with the film industry could have easily outraged fans and quashed her career. Theater visionary-director Jasper Deeter, Ann's life-long mentor, remarked that she was a master at hiding her childish, stubborn temperament. Friends of Ann's daughter, Jane Otto, claimed that despite Ann's highly publicized custody battles, she was a detached mother.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';\"\u003e\u2028\u2028\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;\"\u003eIn the 1950s and 1960s, she appeared extensively on American television in series such as \u003ci\u003eThe Defenders\u003c\/i\u003e (1961), \u003ci\u003eDr. Kildare\u003c\/i\u003e (1961), \u003ci\u003eBen Casey\u003c\/i\u003e (1961), \u003ci\u003eAlfred Hitchcock Presents\u003c\/i\u003e (1961), and \u003ci\u003eBurke’s Law\u003c\/i\u003e (1963).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';\"\u003e\u2028\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';\"\u003e\u2028\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;\"\u003eScott O’Brien’s richly researched and illustrated biography draws heavily from Ann’s family, friends, and personal papers. The book includes behind-the-scenes anecdotes, contemporary reviews, and synopses of Ann’s films. He pays tribute to her career and unveils a complex portrait of one of stage and cinema’s most remarkable talents.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eVisit the author's website!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BearManor Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50211231498497,"sku":"kkf1787307980816","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0756\/1979\/5201\/files\/ann-harding-cinemas-gallant-lady-hardback_1.png?v=1787307988","url":"https:\/\/www.juniperavenue.shop\/products\/ann-harding-cinemas-gallant-lady-hardback","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}