Aviators in Early Hollywood
Aviators in Early Hollywood

Author: Shawna Kelly

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780738559025

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Hollywood's leading aviators were heroic knights of the sky on the screen as well as in real life. These leading aviators performed aerial stunt sequences and acted, plus some wrote and directed motion pictures. Directing giant Cecil B. DeMille was so enthralled with aviation that he owned three airfields. Charlie Chaplin's family airfield also doubled as a motion-picture set. Thomas H. Ince, the famous producer who invented the studio system, owned Ince Airfield, which became the hub of Hollywood aviation. Eternal legends Rudolph Valentino, Oliver Hardy, Harry Houdini, and Mary Pickford performed in aerials. Many aviators gave their lives making motion pictures; three fatalities were incurred for Howard Hughes's great air epic, Hell's Angels. Hughes himself broke records within aircraft and film production. Aviators brought their screen work to life between films through barnstorming. The roaring in 1920s Hollywood was often aviators soaring beyond limits.

Allied Invasion of Sicily
Allied Invasion of Sicily

Author: Richard G. Hole

Publisher: Richard G. Hole

Published:

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13:

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The always unpleasant fog prevented complete visibility. The British aircraft were flying in perfect formation in the direction of the predetermined objective. In the center of it the bombing devices were placed and covering these the fighters flew. Barely a quarter of an hour had passed since they had left the Africa base and were heading for the islands where they were to drop their deadly charges... Allied Invasion of Sicily is a story belonging to the World War II collection, a series of war novels set in World War II.

Brave Companions
Brave Companions

Author: David McCullough

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2022-09-20

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1668003546

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For more than two decades, McCullough has fascinated readers with portraits of exceptional men and women who not only have shaped the course of history but whose stories express much that is timeless about the human condition. From Harriet Beecher Stowe to a young Theodore Roosevelt, the subjects possess a sense of purpose that make for unforgettable reading.

A Blot on the Scutcheon
A Blot on the Scutcheon

Author: Mabel Winifred Knowles

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-09-16

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13:

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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "A Blot on the Scutcheon" by Mabel Winifred Knowles. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.