Damon Runyon
Author
Language
English
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Formats
Description
MASTER OF THE MAIN STEM!
Here are some stories by Damon Runyon-the man who, according to Walter Winchell, knows more about the Roaring Forties than any other writing man. Included are many of the stories that have made him famous. There are "Little Miss Marker," "The Hottest Guy in the World," and "Madame La Gimp," who went Hollywood and became the celebrated Lady for a Day.
You'll enjoy meeting some of Mr. Runyon's friends, socially. You'll like...
Author
Series
Modern library of the world's best books volume 58
Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
[1958]
Physical Desc
xvi, 428 pages 19 cm.
Language
English
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Description
A collection of his stories, sketches, newspaper work, and verse about colorful figures of the American West and New York City.
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xxxvi, 391 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Burned out by working the baseball beat for years, in the summer of 1922 Damon Runyon was looking for a new sport to cover for The New York American as a change of pace. Having pilloried golf just a few years before, he went to Saratoga that August to sample horse racing and found that "There, right in front of him, were so many of the characters he so loved from his time covering the comings and goings of the Manhattan night crowd." Runyon didn't...
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (137 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An aging apple seller poses as a wealthy grande dame to help her daughter marry into a legitimately wealthy family. A comic collection of gangsters help her in her charade.
12) Guys and dolls
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (149 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A gentleman-gambler falls in love with a missionary, while a floating crap-game operator avoids marriage to his long-time fiancee.
13) Guys and dolls
Publisher
Distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
2006, 1955
Edition
Widescreen deluxe ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (149 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Musical comedy about the romancing of a beautiful Salvation Army missionary on a bet by a New York gentleman gambler. What initally begins as a bet, however, turns into true love.
14) Money from home
Publisher
Legend Films
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Herman owes a huge gambling debt, and in order to pay it off he tries to fix a horse race with the help of his cousin, a veterinarian's apprentice.
15) The big street
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Haughty nightclub singer Gloria Lyons doesn't have time for the little people, including Little Pinks, the busboy who adores her. Then Gloria is paralyzed when a mobster knocks her down the stairs, and those little people are the only ones who help her.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
©2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (163 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Little Miss Marker: Shirley Temple melts the hearts of a gang of hardened gangsters when she's left as an IOU for a debt.
Now and Forever: Shirley Temple stars as a little rich girl whose father, a jewel thief, comes to claim her from his late wife's relatives.
