Mary S. Lovell

...were and assumed it was Ireland. "They opened the door in the side of the aeroplane and peered out through thin veils of rain," says Mary Lovell in The Sound of Wings, a biography of Earhart which has been reprinted to cope with demand for...

In this article: Amelia Earhart, Hilary Swank, Atlantic, Mary Lovell, Wales, Ninety Nines, New York Sun, and Cosmopolitan magazine

...fresh elements of Earhart's life. In 2007, he bought rights to two recent biographies -- Susan Butler's "East to the Dawn" and Mary Lovell's "The Sound of Wings" -- then quickly brought in Oscar-winning screenwriter Ron Bass ("Rain Man")...

In this article: Mira Nair, Amelia Earhart, Amelia, Ron Bass, Ted Waitt, Electra Junior, Hilary Swank, and Hachiko: A Dog's Story

...51 minutes. Directed by Mira Nair; written by Ron Bass and Anna Hamilton Phelan; from biographies by Susan Butler and Mary S. Lovell; photography by Stuart Dryburgh; starring Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Joe Anderson,...

In this article: Amelia Earhart, Amelia, George P. Putnam, Amelia, Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Fred Noonan, Atlantic, Ron Bass, and Mira Nair

The narrative of Earhart's life-constructed by the screenwriters Ron Bass and Anna Hamilton Phelan, who adapted biographies by Mary S. Lovell and Susan Butler-is framed by her doomed last flight. She took off from Miami on June 1, 1937, at the...

In this article: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, Mira Nair, Hilary Swank, Amelia, Richard Gere, and The Aviator

...by Ron Bass and Anna Hamilton Phelan, based on the books "East to the Dawn" by Susan Butler and "The Sound of Wings" by Mary S. Lovell; director of photography, Stuart Dryburgh; edited by Allyson C. Johnson and Lee Percy; music by Gabriel...

In this article: Amelia Earhart, Mira Nair, Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Amelia, Amelia, William Cuddy, George Palmer Putnam, Ron Bass, and Gore Vidal

...in the Earhart of public acclaim and purported scandal. Drawing from two Earhart biographies (Susan Butler's East to the Dawn and Mary S. Lovell's The Sound of Wings), they narrowly limit their view to the decade from her 1928 rise to fame to...

In this article: Amelia Earhart, Monsoon Wedding, Mira Nair, Hilary Swank, Toronto, Richard Gere, Atlantic Ocean, Ewan McGregor, and Oscar

Written by Ronald Bass and Anna Hamilton Phelan, based on the books East to the Dawn by Susan Butler and The Sound of Wings by Mary S. Lovell. Directed by Mira Nair. 111 minutes. Rated PG. Also opening this week: Astro Boy: This...

In this article: Amelia Earhart, Oscar, Mira Nair, Hilary Swank, The Aviator, Ewan McGregor, Richard Gere, Cate Blanchett, John Mayer, and Martin Scorsese

...screenplay by Ron Bass and Anna Hamilton Phelan is based on two books about Earhart -- Susan Butler's "East to the Dawn" and Mary S. Lovell's "The Sound of Wings" -- and is almost old-fashioned in its linear path. Without expositional...

In this article: Amelia Earhart, Hilary Swank, The English Patient, Mira Nair, Ewan McGregor, Stuart Dryburgh, Academy Award, and William Cuddy

...the movie is based on two books:</p><p><strong>•“The Sound of Wings: The Life of Amelia Earhart,&rdquo; </strong>by Mary Lovell, a biography with a sharp focus on the relationship between Earhart and her husband, George P....

In this article: Amelia Earhart, George P. Putnam, and Mary Lovell

...into the ocean. Haunted by her Earhart endures because the mystery of her fate endures, says another biographer, Mary Lovell, whose The Sound of Wings (1989) also served as a basis for the new movie. Lovell, author of an acclaimed...

In this article: Amelia Earhart, Mira Nair, Mary Lovell, George Putnam, Hilary Swank, and Howland