Results for "Noir" in Cultural & Regional

Once among New York City’s most recognizable faces, Walter Thornton—agent to future film-noir legends and architect of the WWII pin-up phenomenon—vanished from the glamorous world he helped create after a mid-1950s trial destroyed his reputation. A man once synonymous with glamour became a...

Nadine Cohodas's biography of the passionate, talented and difficult, but ultimately lovable, Nina Simone is an object lesson in American life. With thorough interviews and research, much new material and information that has never before come to light, Nadine tells the story of Eunice Wayman, born in Tryon NC in 1933, with a stunning musical talent that was spotted early by family and friends.