Amelia Earhart

Larry Harnisch reflects on Los Angeles history After the release of "Amelia," the film about Amelia Earhart, I thought it would be fun to get into The Times' photo archives and see what we had. Here are two pictures dated March 25, 1937,...

In this article: Los Angeles, Los Angeles Times, Amelia, and California

Sign up here. Dowagiac has tie to Earhart mystery Navy pilot John Lambrecht led search for missing aviatrix. DOWAGIAC - How did Amelia Earhart die? No one knows but it turns out efforts to solve the mystery are ongoing and a Dowagiac...

In this article: Fred Noonan, Dowagiac, USS Oriskany, USS Colorado, and Howland Island

September 2009, Paperback, 516 pages, $15.95 Originally published in 1997, author Susan Butler's East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart gets a new edition from De Capo Press to coincide with the release of Mira Nair's film, Amelia,...

In this article: Susan Butler, Gore Vidal, Ninety-Nines, National Aeronautic Association, Purdue University, MIT, Harvard, and Fred Noonan

The film of Amelia Earhart's life stars double Oscar-winner Hilary Swank An author behind a new film of the life of Amelia Earhart - the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic - has said she cannot wait to see the movie. The rights...

In this article: Mary S Lovell, Hilary Swank, Ewan McGregor, Richard Gere, Oscar, Atlantic, Hollywood, Brockenhurst, and US Navy

By ANNA SMITH - Friday, November 13, 2009 Hilary Swank as pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart The most fascinating thing about Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly the Atlantic solo, was her disappearance in 1937. At least that's what...

In this article: Hilary Swank, Oscar, George Putnam, Ewan McGregor, Richard Gere, ANNA Smith, Atlantic, and Kansas

...Swank cashes in her Oscar chips here, executive producing and starring in this biopic of America's first woman aviation ace, Amelia Earhart. Sadly, what should have been a soaring, inspirational, complex epic has been grounded by bad...

In this article: Hilary Swank, Ewan McGregor, Mira Nair, Richard Gere, Oscar, Monsoon Wedding, and Vanity Fair

...starring Richard Gere, Hilary Swank Hilary Swank, sporting gamine haircut and mannish clothes, looks great as fearless aviatrix Amelia Earheart, but she fights a losing battle trying to get this lumpen biopic off the ground. Richard Gere...

In this article: Amelia Earheart, Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Hejira, George Putnam, Amelia, Ron Bass, Ewan McGregor, and Joni Mitchell

This account of Amelia Earhart's solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean is less compelling than it should be. On paper, Amelia looks very strong. Its director, Meera Nair, made the excellent Monsoon Wedding. The lead role is played by...

In this article: Meera Nair, The English Patient, Atlantic Ocean, Oscars, DVD, Hilary Swank, and Richard Gere

...together this story and performance. And here's the essence of Swank's explanation of how she became Amelia. So whether you find Amelia Earhart's story inspirational or not (after all we sort of know the ending), her relationship with the...

In this article: Hilary Swank, Mira Nair, Oscar, Los Angeles, Cadre, Ninety Nines, World War 2, and Fort Hood

...bees creating unique gifts for everyone in the family. Read ' Amelia' never takes flight despite material Considering the risks Amelia Earhart took, losing her life in the call of aviation, Hilary Swank and director Mira Nair don't put...

In this article: Hilary Swank, Amelia, Amelia, Academy Award, Mira Nair, Purdue University, Pacific Ocean, and Atlantic and Pacific