
The film was noir and the dialogue was black - blacker than a doll in mourning, blacker than Mildred Pierce's steaming hot java, blacker than the seam up the back of Marlene Dietrich's leg.In the cult, crime, and noir films of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, everyone was supremely eloquent. Now you, too, can be infinitely clever with Great Lines from Classic Noir Films, a collection of ov
The story of a young Chippewa girl who gains new understanding about her place in the world by spending time in the woods with the plants and animals. From her new sense of being, she inspires her parents to value their Native heritage. ages 10 and up
by Peggy Thompson
Rating: 3.2 ⭐
A collection of quotables from those gritty movies from the mid-forties to the mid-fifties featuring losers and drifters, dreamers and grifters, immortalized by the TV late show.
Thompson, P., Usukawa, S.
by Peggy Thompson
Rating: 4.0 ⭐
Coyness and Crime in Restoration Comedy examines the extraordinary focus on coy women in late seventeenth-century English comedy. Plays by Etherege, Wycherley, Dryden, Behn, Shadwell, Congreve, Trotter, Southerne, Vanbrugh, and Pix—as well as much modern scholarship about them—taint almost all feminine modesty with intimations of duplicity and illicit desire that must be contained. Forceful respon
For more than 40 years, Peggy Thompson owned and operated a driving school in Little Rock, Arkansas. Teaching people to drive was more than a job for Peggy. Much more. It was a grand adventure and a thoroughly enriching career. Not only was she able to meet so many people, but helping them develop a life skill – a potentially life-saving skill – was something she found very gratifying. For Peggy,
by Peggy Thompson
Great lines for every week from classic noir films! This calendar, illustrated wtih full color promotional posters, B&W film stills and magazine advertisements, presents a glamorous overview of the unrestrained words and images of the drifters and dreamers, lovers and killers whose lives are the stuff of film noir.
by Peggy Thompson
Each week of the year is accompanied by magnificent reproductions of publicity photos, promotional posters, and film stills from over fifty of the greatest noir films of all time. Featuring great lines from the supremely eloquent dialogue of the noir, crime, and cult films of the 1930s, 40s, and 50s, The Hard-Boiled Engagement Calendar will fascinate noir fans and movie buffs alike.
With more than 130 photographs, many of them seen here for the first time, A History in Pictures offers a stunning portrait of this one-of-a kind place. A History in Pictures not only captures the beautiful landscape of this place, but also the lives lived, both humble and grand. We see St. Francis Xavier University in its early days, track and field events at Columbus Field and men leaving and co
by Peggy Thompson
by Peggy Thompson
Rating: 5.0 ⭐
Go on the journey with Peggy Thompson as she fights to overcome the obstacles of living on Section 8. You will embark on a journey of determination to survive through the lens of a single mother who cares deeply for her children. Her children living in a safe environment inspired and motivated her to continue to fight for tenant rights. Peggy continues to fight by advocating for herself, her child