The mystery of Mazo de la Roche [DVD video] = Le mystère de Mazo de la Roche.

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Title:

Added Author:

Gallus, Maya.

Pimlott, Justine.

Lee, Anita.

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.

Personal Subject:

De la Roche, Mazo, 1879-1961.

De la Roche, Mazo, 1879-1961. Jalna.

Clement, Caroline.

Subject Term:

Authors, Canadian -- 20th century -- Biography.

Women authors, Canadian -- 20th century -- Biography.

Novelists, Canadian (English) -- 20th century -- Biography.

Women novelists, Canadian -- 20th century -- Biography.

Recluses as authors -- Ontario.