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Laura Z. Hobson est une Scénariste Américaine née le 19 juin 1900
Laura Z. Hobson (June 19, 1900 – February 28, 1986) was an American novelist best known for her novel, ''Gentleman's Agreement.
Born Laura Kean Zametkin in New York City, the daughter of Jewish socialist immigrants, she graduated from Cornell University. On July 23, 1930, she married Francis Thayer Hobson, owner of William Morrow and Company. In 1934, she joined the promotional staff of Time, Life, and Fortune.
In 1935, her marriage ended in divorce. In 1937, she decided to adopt a baby, Christopher. She became pregnant with her second son Michael in 1941, raising both children on her own.
After 1940 she devoted herself to writing. Her 1943 novel, The Trespassers'', depicted refugees' flight from Nazism. On April 27, 1947, her most famous work, ''Gentleman's Agreement, about a gentile researching antisemitism for a national magazine. reached #1 on The New York Times'' best-sellers' list and sold over 1.6 million copies. A later novel, Consenting Adult (1975), about a mother dealing with her son's homosexuality, was based on her experience with her son, Christopher. It was adapted as a made-for-TV movie in 1985. She also wrote two volumes of autobiography in the 1980s.
Hobson died on February 28, 1986, in New York City.
(1947)
(Créateur de nouvelle)
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Born Laura Kean Zametkin in New York City, the daughter of Jewish socialist immigrants, she graduated from Cornell University. On July 23, 1930, she married Francis Thayer Hobson, owner of William Morrow and Company. In 1934, she joined the promotional staff of Time, Life, and Fortune.
In 1935, her marriage ended in divorce. In 1937, she decided to adopt a baby, Christopher. She became pregnant with her second son Michael in 1941, raising both children on her own.
After 1940 she devoted herself to writing. Her 1943 novel, The Trespassers'', depicted refugees' flight from Nazism. On April 27, 1947, her most famous work, ''Gentleman's Agreement, about a gentile researching antisemitism for a national magazine. reached #1 on The New York Times'' best-sellers' list and sold over 1.6 million copies. A later novel, Consenting Adult (1975), about a mother dealing with her son's homosexuality, was based on her experience with her son, Christopher. It was adapted as a made-for-TV movie in 1985. She also wrote two volumes of autobiography in the 1980s.
Hobson died on February 28, 1986, in New York City.
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Les Fils de Mademoiselle (1954)
, 1h31Réalisé par Robert Z. Leonard
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Comédie, Comédie dramatique
Acteurs Greer Garson, Robert Ryan, Barry Sullivan, Richard Haydn, James Arness, Barbara Lawrence
Note62%
Although she has no teaching experience, widow Jan Stewart is hired by headmaster Dr. Barrett to be the first woman to teach at The Oaks boarding school.
Le Mur invisible (1947)
, 1h58Réalisé par Elia Kazan
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Romance
Thèmes Film sur un écrivain, Journalisme, Le racisme, Religion, Religion juive, Films pour enfants
Acteurs Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, John Garfield, Celeste Holm, June Havoc, Anne Revere
Rôle Créateur de nouvelle
Note71%
Un journaliste est embauché par un journal libéral new-yorkais et doit faire, à l'initiative du propriétaire, une série d'articles sur l'antisémitisme. Il décide de se faire passer pour juif pendant 8 semaines, période durant laquelle il apprendra les frontières invisibles auxquelles se heurte le citoyen juif américain dans l'ensemble de ses démarches. Le drame se noue également au cœur même du couple qu'il s'apprête à fonder avec la nièce du propriétaire du journal.
Gentlemen's Agreement (1935)
, 1h11Réalisé par Elia Kazan, George Pearson
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Aventure
Acteurs Vivien Leigh, Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, Anthoney Holles, John Garfield, David Horne
Rôle Créateur de nouvelle
Note65%
A young doctor realises that his father is a quack.