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The best of both worlds: the problem of John P. Marquand.
JOHN P. MARQUAND'S CREDENTIALS AS A MEMBER OF AMERICA'S BLUE-blood upper class are considerable. He was born to an elite lineage that included Joseph Dudley, Margaret Fuller, and Edward Everett Hale. At Harvard, he made Lampoon, if not the Harvard Club, and later returned to receive an honorary degree. He served honorably in Army Intelligence in both World Wars. His face adorned the cover of Time. He won a Pulitzer Prize for The Late George Apley, which was, an anonymous reviewer in the "Notes and Comment" section of the New Yorker wrote in Marquand's obituary tribute, "the best-wrought fictional monument to the nation's Protestant elite that we know of" (Birmingham 88). ...
- Late George Apley, The
- Reference information from: The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature James D. Hart January 1, 1986 700+ words
Late George Apley, The, novel by J. P. Marquand , published in 1937 and awarded a Pulitzer Prize. A dramatization...1945. Mr. Willing, contemporary and friend of the late George Apley, is requested by Apley's son John to describe his life...
- Movie Review: THE LATE GEORGE APLEY
- Newspaper article from: Cineman Syndicate Cineman Syndicate January 1, 1994 700+ words
...Syndicate Cineman Syndicate 01-01-1994 Movie Review: THE LATE GEORGE APLEY Starring: Ronald Colman, Peggy Cummins Released: 1946 Star...Mankiewicz, Rated ? Mildy entertaining film based on John P. Marquand's satirical novel about an aristocratic Boston family...
- Celebrating The Late John P. Marquand
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post JONATHAN YARDLEY January 10, 1988 700+ words
...us by; but at least so far as Marquand is concerned, that is a pity...This is a sentiment with which Marquand, were he still around to do...great success in 1937 of The Late George Apley, Marquand had worked for a decade and a...
- Marquand, J(ohn) P(hillips)
- Reference information from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger January 1, 1995 700+ words
Marquand, J[ohn] P[hillips] (1893...and personal desire, include The Late George Apley (1937, Pulitzer Prize), a supposed...autobiographical information about Dexter's and Marquand's hometown, Newburyport. Thirty Years...
- RICHARD MARQUAND DIRECTED 'RETURN OF THE JEDI'
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Associated Press September 6, 1987 700+ words
...LONDON - British film director Richard Marquand, whose successes included the box...near London, said yesterday that Mr. Marquand died Friday morning. Vine said he did...suffered a stroke Aug. 30. Among Mr. Marquand's other movie credits were "Eye of...
- Movie director Richard Marquand, 49
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times September 6, 1987 700+ words
LONDON (AP) Richard Marquand, who directed the movie box-office...a stroke last Sunday. Among Mr. Marquand's other movie credits were "Eye...The Birth of the Beatles." Mr. Marquand, son of former Health Minister Hilary...
- What a Piece of Work Is Marquand!
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post JONATHAN YARDLEY November 28, 1988 700+ words
...ale and a couple of novels by John P. Marquand. It works every time. Forty-eight...class, at the end of this trip through Marquand country I was also struck by the authority...portraying it accurately mattered to Marquand; we know, for example, from Millicent...
- Singer Bob Dylan to star in film, "Hearts of Fire," directed by Richard...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire August 18, 1986 700+ words
...directed by British director Richard Marquand whose previous films include the box...Return of the Jedi" and "Jagged Edge." Marquand describes the film as a love-triangle...Canada. "Hearts of Fire," produced by Marquand with his line-producer Iain Smith...
