Cover image for The mystery of Mazo de la Roche [DVD video] = Le mystère de Mazo de la Roche.
Title:
The mystery of Mazo de la Roche [DVD video] = Le mystère de Mazo de la Roche.
Publication Information:
[Toronto, Ont.] : Red Queen Productions, 2011 ; [Montreal, Que.] : National Film Board of Canada, [2012]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (ca. 53 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Abstract:
"Mazo de la Roche was one of the most successful and prolific women writers of the 20th century. Her novel Jalna, the dramatic story of a family dynasty, skyrocketed her to international fame and fortune in 1927. By the time she died, 11 million copies of her book had been sold in 93 languages; she remains one of this country's bestselling authors to date. Despite her great fame, her private life was indeed a mystery, for de la Roche was a fabulist in the grandest sense: she and her lifelong companion, Caroline Clement - Mazo's "adopted sister, " cousin and muse - constructed public personas that protected their own very hidden lives. Since her death in 1961, de la Roche has become a figure of fascination and speculation for subsequent generations of readers around the world."--Container.
General Note:
Originally produced in 2011.

Produced by Red Queen Productions in co-production with The National Film Board of Canada ; in association with Bravo!
Performers:
Featuring interviews with: Esmée Rees, Kim De la Roche, Kildaire Dobbs, Marie-Claire Blais, Daniel Bratton, Heather Kirk, Susan Swan, Lorraine York ; cast: Severn Thompson, Deborah Hay.
Contents:
Introduction -- Jalna -- A Boston marriage -- Wild happiness -- Renny & Alayne -- The failings of my sex -- An outcast from the normal world -- Whiteoaks of Jalna -- Mummie & Auntie Cara -- The well of loneliness -- The compulsion to write -- Hand in hand we kept the faith.
Technical Details:
DVD ; widescreen ; Dolby digital 5.1 or Dolby digital 2.0 ; NTSC.
Language:
English
Additional Language:
In English, with optional French subtitles; closed captioned.
Audience:
No rating available.
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Adult film Film nonfiction 928.152 DEL I31399782 39066032046464
Film nonfiction