Pop Culture Hemingway And Salinger Saturday Evening Post

Norman Rockwell • B. 1894 in NYC • Started art school at age 14

Cary Grant • B. 1904 • Birth name • Archibald Alexander Leach • •

Cary Grant • Films: • • Arsenic and Old Lace Bringing up Baby The

Gary Cooper • B. 1901 in Montana • Birth name: • Frank James Cooper

Gary Cooper • Films: • • • Mr. Deeds Goes to Town A Farewell

Peter Lorre • B. 1904 in Austria-Hungary! • Birth name: • Laszlow Lowenstein (Lazzy)

Peter Lorre • Films: • The Maltese Falcon • Arsenic and Old Lace •

Robert Donat • B. 1905 in Manchester, England • Birth name: • Friedrich Robert

Robert Donat • Films: The 39 Steps The Count of Monte Cristo Goodbye, Mr.

Eustacia Vye • Thomas Hardy character • The Return on the Native • Beautiful

The Lunts • Alfred Lunt and Lynne Fontanne • Married 1922 in NYC •

References to Come… • • Look out for…. The Great Gatsby Romeo and Juliet

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Pop Culture Hemingway And Salinger

Saturday Evening Post

Norman Rockwell • B. 1894 in NYC • Started art school at age 14 • First commission was painting Christmas cards • First Post cover at 22 • Made a triple self-portrait

Mutt and Jeff

Cary Grant

Cary Grant • B. 1904 • Birth name • Archibald Alexander Leach • • • From Surrey and Bristol, England Acted in troupe of comedians Learned pantomime and acrobatics Broadway; stayed in US D. 1986

Cary Grant • Films: • • Arsenic and Old Lace Bringing up Baby The Philadelphia Story Suspicion To Catch a Thief North by Northwest Charade

Gary Cooper

Gary Cooper • B. 1901 in Montana • Birth name: • Frank James Cooper • Went to school in England • Too young to serve in WWI • Highest wage earner in US in 1939 ($482, 819) • Played leads in 2 films of Hemingway’s works! • D. 1961 (cancer)

Gary Cooper • Films: • • • Mr. Deeds Goes to Town A Farewell to Arms For Whom the Bell Tolls The Pride of the Yankees Meet John Doe High Noon

Peter Lorre

Peter Lorre • B. 1904 in Austria-Hungary! • Birth name: • Laszlow Lowenstein (Lazzy) • • Ran away from home Worked as bank clerk Trained for acting in Vienna D. 1964

Peter Lorre • Films: • The Maltese Falcon • Arsenic and Old Lace • Casablanca

Robert Donat

Robert Donat • B. 1905 in Manchester, England • Birth name: • Friedrich Robert Donath • • Had a stammer as a child Performed Shakespeare Hated Hollywood (fishbowl) D. 1958 (chronic asthma attack)

Robert Donat • Films: The 39 Steps The Count of Monte Cristo Goodbye, Mr. Chips The Ghost Goes West

Eustacia Vye • Thomas Hardy character • The Return on the Native • Beautiful • Wants an adventure out in the world • Thought to be a witch • Relationships with men • “tragic hero”

The Lunts • Alfred Lunt and Lynne Fontanne • Married 1922 in NYC • Broadway Theater named for them • Comic skills • Overlapping dialogue

References to Come… • • Look out for…. The Great Gatsby Romeo and Juliet A Farewell to Arms