Helen Hayes

National Theatre, Washington, D.C., direction A.L. Erlanger Realty Corp. and W.H. Rapley, business management S.E. Cochran, third play of the American Theatre Society and Theatre Guild subscription season, the Theatre Guild presents "Mary of Scotland," a new play by Maxwell Anderson with Helen Hayes, Philip Merivale, Helen Menken, the production directed by Theresa Helburn, settings and costumes designed by Robert Edmond Jones.

Four Christmas romances. Christmas Eve by Virginia Henley Snowbound on Lake Michigan, a devout feminist discovers that a macho firefighter has something to teach her about the wonder and joy of being a woman... in love. The Miracle by Brenda Joyce In a remote castle on a windswept island, an American beauty challenges a wild Irish nobleman... and finds that after innocence, passion comes—and a very special Christmas gift. Part of Joyce's "Delanza" series. A Bright Red Ribbon by Fern Michaels Alone in her car, a weary traveler becomes lost in a blizzard. But a dog wearing a scarlet ribbon will lead Morgan Ames to a safe haven ... and into the arms of a most unlikely hero. My True Love by Jo Goodman Christmas in San Francisco brings a make-believe betrothal to a reluctant bridegroom and an even more reluctant bride. It will take faith, trust and the magic of love to heal two wary hearts... and make a cherished dream come true...

In addressing her grandchildren in the foreword to this autobiography, Helen Hayes writes: 'It is no longer fashionable to have faith; but your grandmother has never been famous for her chic.' It is, in fact, because of her tenacious faith in the world that Helen Hayes decided to write this book as a legacy for her grandchildren; to be read one day when they are grown. In setting down all the family stories, the backstage anecdotes and her recollections of spiritual struggle, she has produced a legacy for all of us. After years of unwillingness to discuss her private world—which even her bestselling book A Gift of Joy did not do—she has looked beyond her legend and directly at life’s lessons as she was forced to learn them. Deeply moving and affectionately witty, her autobiography is an affirmation of the faith that first gave it impetus. All the Helens are here: the ‘unrehearsed’ child and her shy but ambitious mother; the young actress who so appealed to such luminaries as John Drew and William Gillette; the young woman who forged a marriage with a brilliant renegade named Charles MacArthur; the mother of Mary and Jim; the keeper of an endless procession of hilariously tyrannical poodles; the friend of Fitzgerald, Harpo Marx and Dietrich; the lady who became out ‘First Lady of the Theater’; the mature woman, looking forward; and still, and always, the actress. On Reflection is in every sense, an unforgettable book.

The first lady of American theatre and the prolific and witty writer set out to discover the real New York with the intention of getting people out of their ruts and exploring their own environments.

A biography of the nineteenth-century author famous for the novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" which denounced slavery and intensified the disagreement between the North and South.