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| Author | Rumer Godden |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Drama |
| Publisher | Michael Joseph |
Publication date | 1945 |
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A Fugue in Time is a 1945 novel by the British writer Rumer Godden. In the United States it was published under the alternative title Take Three Tenses. The plot explores the history of a London house and the family who have lived in it for many decades.
It was made into a 1948 Hollywood film Enchantment directed by Irving Reis and starring David Niven, Teresa Wright and Evelyn Keyes. [1]
Black Narcissus is a 1947 British psychological drama film written, produced, and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, and starring Deborah Kerr, Kathleen Byron, Sabu, David Farrar, Flora Robson, Esmond Knight, and Jean Simmons. The title refers to the Caron perfume Narcisse Noir.
Margaret Rumer Godden was an English author of more than 60 fiction and non-fiction books. Nine of her works have been made into films, most notably Black Narcissus in 1947 and The River in 1951.
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Sharon Maguire is a film director who came to prominence with Bridget Jones's Diary. The film was based on the book by her close friend Helen Fielding, and one of the main characters – "Shazzer" – is allegedly based on Maguire.
Carmen Bernos de Gasztold was a French poet who lived in a Benedictine abbey.
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Winsome Ruth Key Godden was an English novelist who wrote under the name Jon Godden. She was born in Assam, India. She was the elder sister of the better-known novelist Rumer Godden.
Tottie: The Story of a Doll's House is a 1984 stop motion animated television series produced by Smallfilms, directed and narrated by Oliver Postgate. It is based on Rumer Godden's The Dolls' House, originally published in 1947, and focuses on the toys in a Victorian dolls' house belonging to sisters Emily and Charlotte Dane. The programme debuted on BBC1 in the UK on 6 February 1984.
Rumer may refer to:
Kizzy is the name given to the 1976 BBC adaptation of Rumer Godden's 1972 novel The Diddakoi. It starred Vanessa Furst as the title character and was produced by Dorothea Brooking.
Someone at the Door is a 1936 British drama film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Aileen Marson, Billy Milton, Noah Beery, John Irwin and Edward Chapman. A journalist comes up with a scheme to boost his career by inventing a fake murder but soon becomes embroiled in trouble when a real killing takes place. It is based on a successful West End play by Campbell Christie and his wife Dorothy.
Thursday's Child may refer to:
The Farmer's Wife is a 1941 British drama film directed by Norman Lee and Leslie Arliss and starring Basil Sydney, Wilfrid Lawson and Nora Swinburne. It is based on the play The Farmer's Wife by Eden Phillpotts which had previously been adapted by Alfred Hitchcock for a 1928 film of the same name. It was produced by ABPC at Welwyn Studios, at a time when the company's main Elstree Studios had been requisitioned for wartime use.
The Diddakoi is a 1972 novel for children by Rumer Godden. It won the 1972 Whitbread Award in the Children's Book category. It is the story of an orphan traveller or Romani girl called Kizzy, who faces persecution, grief and loss in a hostile, close-knit village community. The title is an alternative spelling of the term "didicoy".
Godden is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
In This House of Brede is a novel by Rumer Godden published in 1969 by Viking in the US and by Macmillan in the UK.
Innocent Sinners is a 1958 British film directed by Philip Leacock and starring Flora Robson.
Black Narcissus is a British drama serial, based on the 1939 novel of the same name by Rumer Godden. The series features one of the final performances of Diana Rigg, who died in September 2020. The drama premiered on November 23, 2020 on FX in the US, and on December 27, 2020 on BBC One in the UK.
Black Narcissus is the third novel by Rumer Godden and was published in 1939. It was adapted into a 1947 film Black Narcissus. The title refers to the Caron perfume Narcisse Noir.
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