Amelia

Amelia Earhart: The Thrill of It, by Susan Wells (Running Press; 208 pages; $35). The movie "Amelia" flopped, but this book by Wells, a San Francisco author, delivers. Packed with photos and memorabilia illustrating Earhart's daredevil life...

In this article: Norman Rockwell, Amelia Earhart, 1906 Earthquake, and Star Wars

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: Amelia Earhart, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Times, and California

...senior aviator on the USS Colorado in 1937, John Lambrecht, of Dowagiac, led the search for Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, in the South Pacific. Interest in Earhart has resurfaced with the recent release of the movie "Amelia."

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

"Amelia" struggled to get airborne By Frank Swertlow LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - A hijacking nearly brought "Amelia" crashing to the ground. It was July 15, 2008, three days before shooting was scheduled to get under way on the $40...

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

Bend celebrates "Amelia" connection Turns out Amelia Earhart has a six degrees of separation connection with the city of Bend. Actually, only two degrees separate her from Central Oregon, where her husband, George Palmer Putnam was editor...

In this article: George Palmer Putnam, Bend, Oregon, Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh, Salem, Atlantic, and Oregon

...send us back to a time when a plane's arc above a Kansas field established a girl's passion for flight and fueled her destiny. "Amelia" flies forward. Amid great fanfare, Earhart (Hilary Swank), the first woman to make a solo flight...

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

<font color="red"><b>Movie Review:</font></b> 'Amelia' hardly gets off the ground Hilary Swank as Amelia Earhart in "Amelia." With as much fascinating insight that director Mira Nira offers into the life of legendary aviatrix Amelia Earhart...

In this article: Amelia Earhart, Oscar, Ronald Bass, Hilary Swank, George Putnam, Ewan McGregor, and Richard Gere

...Earhart plunked down in a Northern Ireland pasture instead of Paris. If there's one parallel to be made between Amelia the person and "Amelia" the movie, it's that tendency to veer off course and wind up somewhere unexpected, and, in the...

In this article: Amelia Earhart, Amelia, Richard Gere, Ron Bass, Mira Nair, Hilary Swank, and Oscar

...Richard Gere as Earhart's promoter-publisher husband, George Putnam. They even have nice onscreen chemistry. But Mira Nair's big-screen "Amelia" is one thing Earhart was not - safe. It's sometimes moving and occasionally even thrilling and...

In this article: Amelia Earhart, Hilary Swank, Mira Nair, Amelia, George Putnam, Atlantic, Oscar, and Charles Lindbergh

Amelia Earhart wore pants. Also, men's neckties and a boy's tousled haircut. And she refused to cover up her abundant freckles with makeup -- at least according to "Amelia," a drama starring Hilary Swank as the pioneering aviator. She...

In this article: Amelia Earhart, The Namesake, Hilary Swank, Amelia, Mira Nair, Fred Noonan, George Putnam, Atlantic Ocean, and Oscar