Half a Bride island along with the yacht's young captain who followed after her. "Half a Bride" was released on June 16, 1928 by Paramount Pictures in the United States. "Half a Bride" received generally good reviews upon its theatrical release, with one reviewer called it "a clever, entertaining picture". Patience Winslow (Esther Ralston) is an impulsive thrill-seeking heiress who spends most of her time going from one wild party to another. One night after attending several parties, she smashes her car and spends the rest of the night in jail. The following morning, she comes home and announces to her father (William
A House Divided (novel) A House Divided (novel) A House Divided (1935) is the sequel to the 1932 novel "Sons", and the third book in "The House of Earth" trilogy, all written by Nobel Prize winner Pearl S. Buck. It centers on the third generation of Wang Lung's family, focusing particularly on his grandson Wang Yuan. Shortly after the confrontation between Wang the Tiger and his son Wang Yuan at the end of "Sons", Yuan travels to the old earthen house where his grandfather Wang Lung had lived. He intends merely to hide here for a while and wait out the revolution in which