Howard Smith

"Meeting Mozart: A Novel Drawn From the Secret Diaries of Lorenzo Da Ponte is a deftly plotted and richly detailed historical novel that spans generations and involves Mozart, mysteries, masquerades, opera, and spies. It brings to light the incredible life story of Mozart's librettist, Lorenzo Da Ponte, the Jewish-born priest who created The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, and Cosi Fan Tutte. According to one reviewer, Meeting Mozart is "the musical...

Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. Her next-door neighbor, a writer, is "sponsored" by a wealthy patroness. Guessing who's the right man for Holly is easy; seeing just how romance blossoms is one of the enduring delights of the film.

Account of economic and psychological conditions in Germany before the Second World War and of several months of the War that the author experienced inside the Reich.

A fascinating and revealing look at the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. filtered through the prism of three major conflicts: the struggle between black and white America, divisiveness with the civil rights movement itself, and an undeclared war in Vietnam. A salute to a man who remains an inspiration and a force for social change nearly forty years after his death at age 39.

Six high school friends are bound together again by a sinister chain letter passing into their lives through emails and text messages. If the deadly letter isn't passed on, the recipient faces a grisly, unexpected death--and nothing can stop it. As time runs out and the deadly letter's rules become more challenging, the survivors must untangle the chilling secret, or die trying. Features trailer.

Marjoe follows a firebrand preacher, who wholeheartedly exposed himself as a fraud, as he embarks on his "farewell to the faith" tour. Also contains Thoth, which shines the spotlight on a New York City performer who presents one-man operas on the street.

Larry Rhodes is a hobo with a powerful personality and a mean streak as wide as the Mississippi River. He is 'discovered' by Marcia Jeffries, who christens him "Lonesome" Rhodes, and makes him the star of her morning radio show, "A Face in the Crowd." Listeners are enthralled by his down-home, folksy charm, and after developing a large following, Rhodes begins a journey to national fame and TV stardom. A powerful business tycoon realizes that he can...