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She Wrote the Book is a 1946 American comedy film directed by Charles Lamont and starring Joan Davis, Jack Oakie, and Mischa Auer. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures . The screenplay concerns a shy midwestern professor who travels to New York City to visit a publisher of her friend's book which turns out to be a racy bestseller.
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In the mid-nineteenth century, the home was the heart of American society.Women’s work as housewives and mothers was considered valuable. The domesticnovel, a genre that focused on housewives and their sphere, became extremelypopular as well. Regarded as the spiritual and moral caretakers of theirfamilies, women also extended this moral guardianshi...
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Summaries. An unassuming professor is talked into journeying to New York on behalf of a colleague who has written a steamy bestseller under a pseudonym. While in the city, she receives a bump on the head and begins to believe that she is the author. A plain-Jane math professor (Joan Davis) at a small Midwestern college is talked into journeying ...
Jun 29, 2017 · In summary, the fairy tale of Snow White is a classic that contains many of the genre’s most recognisable features: the wicked stepmother; a love interest in the form of the prince; the patterning of three; the woodland setting; the generous helpers (the huntsman, the dwarfs); and the happy ending. Not all fairy tales end happily, but this ...
She Wrote the Book: Directed by Charles Lamont. With Joan Davis, Jack Oakie, Mischa Auer, Kirby Grant. An unassuming professor is talked into journeying to New York on behalf of a colleague who has written a steamy bestseller under a pseudonym.
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- Adventure, Comedy, Romance
- Charles Lamont
- 1946-05-31
A plain-Jane math professor (Joan Davis) at a small midwestern college is talked into journeying to New York on behalf of a colleague who has written a steamy bestseller under an assumed name. When she arrives she gets a bump on the head which brings on a form of amnesia and she begins to believe she is the author of the book. Hijinks and adventures follow.
by. By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘A Rose for Emily’ is a short story by William Faulkner, originally published in Forum in 1930 before being collected in Faulkner’s collection, These Thirteen, the following year. The story concerns an unmarried woman living in the American South who attracts the concern and suspicion of ...
