Murder At The Music Hall

Author : Amy Myers
Publisher : Headline
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781472213891

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Murder At The Music Hall (Auguste Didier Mystery 8) by Amy Myers Pdf

The eighth Auguste Didier mystery. It's 1902 and Auguste Didier finds himself reluctantly recruited for a week's work at the Old King Cole music hall in the East End. Ostensibly there as chef of its greasy run-down eating house, Auguste has another role: to prevent a possible foul murder by being constant bodyguard to famous comedian Will Lamb. At first Will's fears of being the victim of someone's murderous intentions seem unfounded. After all, he's only had a portentous dream and he's really rather popular. But when other more sinister omens occur, Auguste begins to sense real danger - and Will Lamb dies on stage in front of his eyes. The search is on for a killer - and it has to be someone who's had access to the props. Auguste's job is made more complicated by the fact that a national treasure has also been reported missing from Windsor Castle. And there are enough tenuous threads to indicate that the crimes must somehow be linked...

Author : Kate Griffin
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780571302703

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Kitty Peck and the Music Hall Murders by Kate Griffin Pdf

Limehouse, 1880: Dancing girls are going missing from 'Paradise' - the criminal manor with ruthless efficiency by the ferocious Lady Ginger. Seventeen-year-old music hall seamstress Kitty Peck finds herself reluctantly drawn into a web of blackmail, depravity and murder when The Lady devises a singular scheme to discover the truth. But as Kitty's scandalous and terrifying act becomes the talk of London, she finds herself facing someone even more deadly and horrifying than The Lady. Bold, impetuous and blessed with more brains than she cares to admit, it soon becomes apparent that it's up to the unlikely team of Kitty and her stagehand friend, Lucca, to unravel the truth and ensure that more girls do not meet with a similar fate. But are Kitty's courage and common sense and Lucca's book learning a match for the monster in the shadows? Their investigations take them from the gin-fuelled halls and doss houses of the East End to the champagne-fuelled galleries of the West End. Take nothing at face value: Kitty is about to step out on a path of discovery that changes everything . . .

Author : Barry Anthony
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857726827

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Murder, Mayhem and Music Hall by Barry Anthony Pdf

The Strand is one of London's most iconic streets - today the bustling and thriving home of West End theatres and the luxurious Savoy hotel; in the Victorian era, the Strand was a much more seedy and destitute part of the city. Barry Anthony here explores the criminal and socially subversive behaviour which abounded in and around the Victorian Strand. He introduces us to a vast range of personalities - from prostitutes, confidence tricksters, vagrants and cadgers to the actors, comedians and music hall stars who trod the boards of the Strand's early theatres.

Author : J. Denver
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1988-01-01
Category : Musicals
ISBN : 0958790027

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Murder at the Music Hall by J. Denver Pdf

Author : Cheri Revai,Cheri Farnsworth
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0811732495

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Haunted New York by Cheri Revai,Cheri Farnsworth Pdf

More than 60 frightening tales. Covers all regions of the state.

Author : Clifford McCarty
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Music
ISBN : 0195114736

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Film Composers in America by Clifford McCarty Pdf

Film Composers in America is a landmark in the history of film. Here, renowned film scholar Clifford McCarty has attempted to identify every known composer who wrote background musical scores for films in the United States between 1911 and 1970. With information on roughly 20,000 films, the book is an essential tool for serious students of film and a treasure trove for film fans. It spans all types of American films, from features, shorts, cartoons, and documentaries to nontheatrical works, avant-garde films, and even trailers. Meticulously researched over 45 years, the book documents the work of more than 1,500 composers, from Robert Abramson to Josiah Zuro, including the first to score an American film, Walter C. Simon. It includes not only Hollywood professionals but also many composers of concert music--as well as popular music and other genres--whose cinematic work has never before been fully catalogued. The book also features an index that lets readers quickly find the composer for any American film through 1970. To recover this history, much of which was lost or never recorded, McCarty corresponded with or interviewed hundreds of composers, arrangers, orchestrators, musical directors, and music librarians. He also conducted extensive research in the archives of the seven largest film studios--Columbia, MGM, Paramount, RKO, 20th Century-Fox, Universal, and Warner Bros.--and wherever possible, he based his findings on the most reliable evidence, that of the manuscript scores and cue sheets (as opposed to less accurate screen credits). The result is the definitive guide to the composers and musical scores for the first 60 years of American film.

Author : Adrian Wright
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781843835424

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A Tanner's Worth of Tune by Adrian Wright Pdf

This book is not an encyclopaedia of the British musical in the twentieth century, but an examination of its progress as it struggled to find an identity. It shows how the British musical has reacted to social and cultural forces, suggesting that some of its leading composers such as Lionel Bart and Julian Slade contributed much more to the genre than has previously been acknowledged. As the British musical veered between opera, light opera, operetta, spectacle with music, kitchen-sink musical, recherché musical, adaptations of classic novels, socially conscious musicals et al., this fresh assessment of the writers and their work offers a new understanding of the art -- publisher description.

Author : Len D. Martin
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476609607

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The Republic Pictures Checklist by Len D. Martin Pdf

Republic Pictures Corporation, began as a motion picture laboratory in 1915. By 1935, Republic had become a studio and released its first movie, Westward Ho! starring a young John Wayne, who would stay with Republic for the next 17 years. Republic would go on to produce highly successful Westerns starring singing cowboys Gene Autry and Roy Rogers as well as serial adventure series. The studio cranked out so many exciting (not to mention money-making) serials that it became known as “The Thrill Factory.” Occasionally, Republic would produce and distribute “A” features, such as Macbeth and The Quiet Man, but it was the “B” Westerns and adventure serials that they knew best how to produce and market. Until its demise in 1959, Republic fed hungry moviegoers with a steady diet of “B” Westerns, serials, dramas, series pictures and musicals. The Republic Pictures Checklist provides a full listing of Republic releases, with plot synopses, release dates, alternate titles, chapter titles and awards. All of Republic’s output, including documentaries and training films, is included.

Author : Kate Griffin
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 615 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780571334636

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The Kitty Peck Mysteries by Kate Griffin Pdf

Kitty Peck is taking on the underworld of London's East End.The Music Hall Murders:It's 1880 and dancing girls are going missing from 'Paradise' - the criminal manor run with ruthless efficiency by the ferocious Lady Ginger. The Lady devises a singular scheme to discover the secret to the mystery, and suddenly seventeen-year-old music hall seamstress Kitty Peck is drawn into a web of blackmail, depravity and murder. Bold, impetuous and blessed with more brains than she cares to admit, Kitty, with the help of her stagehand friend, Lucca, is left to unravel the truth and ensure that more girls do not meet with a similar fate.The Child of Ill-Fortune:A year later, and Kitty Peck is the reluctant heiress to 'Paradise'. Far from the colour and camaraderie of the music hall where Kitty had been working, this new position brings with it isolation and uncertainty. Desperate to reconnect with Joey, her estranged brother, Kitty travels to Paris, but the joy of the reunion is overshadowed by his request for her to take a child back to London. Within days of her return it's clear that someone has followed them - and that this someone is determined to kill the child, along with anyone who stands in their way...

Author : Tracy Jennifer Johnson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1734421339

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The Music Hall Murder by Tracy Jennifer Johnson Pdf

Book 1 in the Demimondaine Detective Agency series introduces Ruby Redlick, a girl from Upper Norwood who dreams of the West End's bright lights but finds herself drawn into secret machinations of pre-war 1900s. Ruby is determined to become a real actress on the London Stage. But during the Edwardian era pretty girls are more often drawn to the music hall and become courtesans to lords and kings. She barely has a foot through the stage door, when a theft of jewels and a murder occurs. An avid reader of Sherlock Holmes mysteries, she believes she has the talent for amateur sleuthing and is drawn to investigate. With help from Soho anarchists and militant suffragettes, she delves deeper into solving the crime. Ruby's growing fame allows her access to London's pre-war glittering nightlife, but as she follows her intuition to find the murderer, someone has a deadly secret they're determined to keep at any cost. And someone else wants Ruby to engage in intrigue that will put her in a world of danger. The Music Hall Murder is historical fiction set in Edwardian England and the French Riviera gambling resort of Monte Carlo where all of Europe's notorious characters congregate. It features a wealth of real life characters and a murder mystery that will propel Ruby into a glamorous cloak-and-dagger world of intertwining conspiracy.

Author : Leonard Maltin
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 864 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-29
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780698197299

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Turner Classic Movies Presents Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide by Leonard Maltin Pdf

The definitive guide to classic films from one of America's most trusted film critics Thanks to Netflix and cable television, classic films are more accessible than ever. Now co-branded with Turner Classic Movies, Leonard Maltin’s Classic Movie Guide covers films from Hollywood and around the world, from the silent era through 1965, and from The Maltese Falcon to Singin’ in the Rain and Godzilla, King of the Monsters! Thoroughly revised and updated, and featuring expanded indexes, a list of Maltin’s personal recommendations, and three hundred new entries—including many offbeat and obscure films—this new edition is a must-have companion for every movie lover.

Author : Margaret Drinkall
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781845631383

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Rotherham Murders by Margaret Drinkall Pdf

Set in a social backdrop of recovery from two world wars, 'Rotherham Murders' concentrates on killings that took place in and around the town during the first 50 years of the 20th century. Most of the cases have not been written about in recent years, but are now investigated and told by a modern crime historian.

Author : Lee Michael-Berger
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000874747

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Modern Murders by Lee Michael-Berger Pdf

Modern Murders is the first comprehensive study of murder representations during the turn of the century, drawing on previously neglected archival material to explore the intellectual, cultural, and artistic contexts of the period. Most studies view the abundance of murder representations throughout the nineteenth century as an indicator of a supposedly typical Victorian appetite for sensation and melodrama. Modern Murders, however, demonstrates the turn of the century's backlash against melodramatic and sensational representations of murder and reads them as an important component in the struggles for better aesthetic standards in art and entertainment, and as a dominant feature in the debates on mass culture. Through a plethora of visual and written texts, representations of fictional and actual "real life" murders, and "high" and "popular" forms of writing, the volume considers the importance of murder in the elite claim to cultural authority versus its perception of plebian taste, in the context of the democratization of culture. This book will be of value to scholars and graduate students in a variety of research areas, as well as general readers interested in the role of murder as a central trope in modern art and culture.

Author : David Huxley,David James
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-27
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783030840280

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The Red Letter at the Music Hall by David Huxley,David James Pdf

This book reprints and analyses reviews of music hall acts from the family magazine The Red Letter, which was published by the Scottish based firm D C Thomson from 1899 to 1987. The articles under review range in date from 1902 to 1914, covering theatres all over Britain and acts from around the world. The reviews are uniquely detailed and shed light not only on the early acts of comics who would later go on to achieve wider fame, such as Will Hay and Robb Wilton, but also reveal the acts of long forgotten performers. These so-called ‘wines and spirits’ acts—acts that would never top the bill but who nevertheless toured the halls, sometimes for years on end, such as female impersonator Albert Letine, comedy magician Chris van Bern and female stand up Anna Dorothy amongst many others—deserve to be remembered every bit as much as the top of the bill acts. The articles are arranged in sections, covering race, gender, character comedy, physical comedy, male comedy and specialty or ‘spesh’ acts. The reviews reveal not only the contents of the acts but also the audience reactions to those acts and prevailing contemporary Edwardian attitudes. The articles are accompanied by their original illustrations, some of which are unique and, like the articles themselves, unseen for over a century.

Author : Amy Myers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Didier, Auguste (Fictitious character)
ISBN : 0747213364

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Murder at the Music Hall by Amy Myers Pdf

Eighth comic Victorian whodunnit featuring sleuthing chef Auguste Didier. By the author of M̀urder in the smokehouse'.