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The Empress of Ireland: A Chronicle of an Unusual Friendship

Christopher Robbins

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Description:Christopher Robbins was a struggling journalist in London when an ex-pat American hipster masquerading as a German count introduced him to an elderly Irishman, purportedly the "greatest Irish filmmaker ever."Brian Desmond Hurst had made some thirty films in his long career (including A Christmas Carol, Tom Brown's Schooldays, Simba, and Playboy of the Western World), and was close friends with people such as John Ford, Noel Coward, Sean O'Casey, William Butler Yeats, and a slew of other notables - from the exalted, such as Lord Mountbatten, to rather less exalted Guardsmen and rent boys.When the eighty-year-old, gay Irishman Hurst hired the young, straight Englishman Robbins as a screenwriter, an unlikely but profound friendship formed. The hilarious adventures of one of the world's ultimate Odd Couples is described here with humor and insight, tinged with heartbreak.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Empress of Ireland: A Chronicle of an Unusual Friendship. To get started finding The Empress of Ireland: A Chronicle of an Unusual Friendship, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 343

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ISBN: 1560257091

Description: Christopher Robbins was a struggling journalist in London when an ex-pat American hipster masquerading as a German count introduced him to an elderly Irishman, purportedly the "greatest Irish filmmaker ever."Brian Desmond Hurst had made some thirty films in his long career (including A Christmas Carol, Tom Brown's Schooldays, Simba, and Playboy of the Western World), and was close friends with people such as John Ford, Noel Coward, Sean O'Casey, William Butler Yeats, and a slew of other notables - from the exalted, such as Lord Mountbatten, to rather less exalted Guardsmen and rent boys.When the eighty-year-old, gay Irishman Hurst hired the young, straight Englishman Robbins as a screenwriter, an unlikely but profound friendship formed. The hilarious adventures of one of the world's ultimate Odd Couples is described here with humor and insight, tinged with heartbreak.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Empress of Ireland: A Chronicle of an Unusual Friendship. To get started finding The Empress of Ireland: A Chronicle of an Unusual Friendship, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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