Edna Ferber
1) Cimarron
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Epic western about the Cravat family settling the Oklahoma prairie. Yancy Cravat is a newspaperman and lawyer who helps found the town of Osage. An adventurer, he finds town-life stifling and seeks his thrills even further into the frontier. His wife ends up becoming a town leader when his absences leave her no other choice.
Author
Series
Prairie classics volume no. 2
Publisher
Prairie Oak Press
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
4) Ice Palace
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Language
English
Description
A love story set in modern Alaska, with historical and social background.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A narrative of the making of the classic film discusses its production in the isolated wilds of Texas, the achievements of director George Stevens and other key contributors, and how the movie reflected America's rise as a superpower and the flowering of Texas culture as mythology.
8) Giant
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Bick Benedict, his society-gilded wife and three generations of land-rich Texas sons and daughters love, swagger, connive and clash in a monumental drama of family strife, racial bigotry and conflict between cattle barons and newly-rich oil tycoons.
Author
Series
Library of America volume 152
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
10) Show boat
Language
English
Description
Musical extravaganza which celebrates the loves and heartbreaks of a Mississippi riverboat troupe, starting with a young girl whose heart is stolen by a dashing gambler.
11) Show boat
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Edna Ferber's classic tale of life and love among a theatrical troupe on a Mississippi riverboat.
12) Show boat
Publisher
MGM/UA Home Video
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
Musical extravaganza which celebrates the loves and heartbreaks of a Mississippi riverboat troupe, starting with a young girl whose heart is stolen by a dashing gambler.
14) Dinner at eight
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
A Park Avenue snob gives a dinner party for a visiting English peer. Little does she realize that her shipping magnate husband is bankrupt and that her daughter is having an affair with an older man.
16) Cimarron
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2006, c1930]
Language
English
Description
"A nation rising to greatness through the work of men and women, new country opening, raw land blossoming, crude towns growing into cities, territories becoming rich states. In 1889, President Harrison opened the vast Indian Oklahoma lands for white settlement--2,000,000 acres free for the taking, poor and rich pouring in, swarming the border, waiting for the starting gun, at noon, April 22nd ..."--Prologue from title screens. Cimarron is a sprawling...
17) Saratoga trunk
Series
Publisher
Turner Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"Beautiful Clio Dulaine arrives in her New Orleans birthplace with one goal: to exact revenge on her father's family, who exiled Clio and her mother to Paris years earlier. She meets a Texas gambler, Clint Maroon, who is also looking for revenge on the railroad baron who ruined his father. The two schemers scrap and spar through a tale of blackmail, lies, high finance, and sudden disaster before they finally come together"--Container.
18) Stage door
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The film depicts the fears, setbacks and daily struggles of aspiring young performers, and, for the very few, stardom and success.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Lumberman Barney Glasgow abandons saloon girl Lotta to marry a timber heiress only to fall for Lotta's beautiful daughter twenty years later. But this time, Barney has a rival for the young woman's love : his own son.--Container.