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Aug 15, 1885 — Apr 16, 1968· 82 yrs

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Edna Ferber

Also known as: Edna Photoplay Editions \ Ferber, Ferber, Edna, et al.

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Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 – April 16, 1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels include the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big (1924), Show Boat (1926; made into the celebrated 1927 musical), Cimarron (1930; adapted into the 1931 film which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), Giant (1952; made into the 1956 film of the same name) and Ice Palace (1958), which also received a film adaptation in 1960. She helped adapt her short story "Old Man Minick", published in 1922, into a play (Minick) and it was thrice adapted to film, in 1925 as the silent film Welcome Home, in 1932 as The Expert, and in 1939 as No Place to Go.

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THIS MARCH DAY the vast and brassy sky, always spangled with the silver glint of airplanes, roared and glittered with celestial traffic.

— from Giant, 1952

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Show Boat

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Narrative of the Hawks-Ravenal family on the Mississippi, in "Cotton Blossom", their floating palace theater.

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Giant

1952

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A large green giant and a small boy meet in the middle of a forest where the giant relates the tale of his life to the boy.

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A Kind of Magic

2007

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"The man I marry must dote on me..." Rosie already knew the sort of man she wanted to marry--and Fergus Cameron couldn't be further from that ideal! Arrogant and determined to always get his own way, he was much too sure of himself for Rosie's peace of mind. Yet he had also made it clear that he, too, had decided on the girl he wanted to marry... but did his plans include her? Only time would tell.

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