Jean Hersholt

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1) Andersen's fairy tales

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An illustrated collection of forty-one fairy tales by Andersen, including "The Mermaid," "The Red Shoes," and "The Swineherd."

2) Hans Christian Andersen tales

Author

Andersen, H. C

Series

Word cloud classics

Pub. Date

[2014]

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A collection of sixty-four fairy tales, including a translation by Compass Languages of "The Tallow Candle," written by Andersen early in his career but only recently discovered, and such classics as "Thumbelina" and "The Little Mermaid," as translated by Jean Hersholt.

3) Dinner at eight

Pub. Date

[2020]

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It is a vastly entertaining behind-closed-doors glimpse into the lives of the troubled and troublemaking who's who of people invited to a posh Manhattan party, is served with ample helpings of humor and melodrama. Buoyed by the success of the studio's multi-starred, multistoried Grand Hotel the year before, producer David O. Selznick aspired to something grander and found it in this George Cukor-directed adaptation of the George S. Kaufman/Edna Ferber...

4) Heidi

Pub. Date

[2001]

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Story of a girl sent to live with her hermit grandfather in the Alps, where her influence reconciles her grandfather to the town. Then her aunt takes her away from the grandfather she has come to love, to live in Frankfurt as the companion of a crippled girl whom Heidi encourages to try walking again.

5) Private lives

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Archive collection

Pub. Date

[1931 c[2010]

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Amanda and Elyot--a witty, sophisticated married couple--divorce and marry other mates. Amanda chooses stuffy Victor, while Elyot's selection is the tiresome Sibyl. Coincidentally, both newlywed couples honeymoon at the same Swiss hotel--in adjoining suites, in fact. Amanda and Elyot realize anew that the flame of their love has never been extinguished, but when both slip off for a lover's tryst, they fall into their old pattern of ceaseless bickering....

6) Grand Hotel

Pub. Date

1932.

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The most expensive hotel in Berlin furnishes the background for gaiety and sorrow in a multi-layered story portrayed by an all-star cast. Immersed in their own concerns, five desperate guests remain oblivious to each other until the hand of fate draws them together and changes their lives forever.