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Roger Manvell
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BIOGRAPHY

Biographer and film historian. University Professor of Film, Boston University. Director, British Film Academy, 1947–59. Author of Ellen Terry; coauthor of Hermann Göring; The Technique of Film Animation; and many others.

Primary Contributions (5)
Ellen Terry.
Ellen Terry was an English actress who became one of the most popular stage performers in both Great Britain and North America. For 24 years (1878–1902) she worked as the leading lady of Sir Henry Irving in one of the most famous partnerships in the theatre. In the 1890s she began her famous “paper…
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Publications (1)
Goering: The Rise and Fall of the Notorious Nazi Leader
Goering: The Rise and Fall of the Notorious Nazi Leader
By Roger Manvell, Heinrich Fraenkel
A revealing portrait of a notorious Nazi henchman, the head of Germany’s Luftwaffe. In Goering, Roger Manvell and Heinrich Fraenkel use first-hand testimonies and a variety of historical documents to tell the story of a monster lurking in Hitler’s shadows. After rising through the ranks of the German army, Hermann Goering became Hitler’s right hand man and was hand-picked to head the Luftwaffe, one of history’s most feared fighting forces. As he rose in power,...
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