Ramona is an 1884 American novel written by Helen Hunt Jackson. Set in Southern California after the Mexican-American War, it portrays the life of a mixed-race Scots–Native American orphan girl, who suffers racial discrimination and hardship. Originally serialized in the Christian Union on a weekly basis, the novel became immensely popular. It has had more than 300 printings, and been adapted four times as a film. A play adaptation has been performed annually outdoors since 1923.
The novel's influence on the culture and image of Southern California was considerable. Its sentimental portrayal of Mexican colonial life contributed to establishing a unique cultural identity for the region. As its publication coincided with the arrival of railroad lines in the region, countless tourists visited who wanted to see the locations of the novel.
Plot summary
In Southern California, shortly after the Mexican-American War, a Scots-Native American orphan girl, Ramona, is raised by Señora Gonzaga Moreno, the sister of Ramona's deceased foster mother. Ramona is referred to as illegitimate in some summaries of the novel, but chapter 3 of the novel says that Ramona's parents were married by a priest in the San Gabriel Mission. Señora Moreno has raised Ramona as part of the family, giving her every luxury, but only because Ramona's foster mother had requested it as her dying wish. Because of Ramona's mixed Native American heritage, Moreno does not love her. That love is reserved for her only child, Felipe Moreno, whom she adores. Señora Moreno considers herself a Mexican, although California has recently been taken over by the United States. She hates the Americans, who have cut up her huge rancho after disputing her claim to it.
Ramona is a 1936 American Technicolor drama film directed by Henry King, based on Helen Hunt Jackson's 1884 novel Ramona. This was the third adaptation of the film, and the first one with sound. It starred Loretta Young and Don Ameche.
The New York Times praised its use of new Technicolor technology but found the plot "a piece of unadulterated hokum." It thought "Ramona is a pretty impossible rôle these heartless days" and Don Ameche "a bit too Oxonian" for a chief's son.
Plot
Ramona (Loretta Young), is a half-Indian girl who falls in love with the young man Felipe Moreno (Kent Taylor).
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Ramona is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Edwin Carewe, based on Helen Hunt Jackson's 1884 novel Ramona, and starring Dolores del Rio and Warner Baxter.
Mordaunt Hall of the New York Times found much to praise in what he called "an Indian love lyric": "This current offering is an extraordinarily beautiful production, intelligently directed and, with the exception of a few instances, splendidly acted. The scenic effects are charming.... The different episodes are told discreetly and with a good measure of suspense and sympathy. Some of the characters have been changed to enhance the dramatic worth of the picture, but this is pardonable, especially when one considers this subject as a whole."
This was the first United Artists film with a synchronized score and sound effects, but no dialogue, and so was not a talking picture.
The story had been filmed by D. W. Griffith in 1910 with Mary Pickford, remade in 1916 with Adda Gleason, and again in 1936 with Loretta Young.
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- Das Beste aus der ZDF Hitparade mit Dieter Thomas Heck [4 DVDs]Das Beste aus der ZDF Hitparade mit Dieter Thomas Heck [4 DVDs] released: 2009
- Mallorca Party 2005 released: 2005
- Schlager der 70er Jahre released: 2001
- Käfer-Hits released: 1999
- 25 Jahre Deutsche Hit Parade: 1972 released: 1995
- Hit Comeback, Ausgabe 3: Himmlische Oldies 1968-1978 released: 1988
Das Beste aus der ZDF Hitparade mit Dieter Thomas Heck [4 DVDs]Das Beste aus der ZDF Hitparade mit Dieter Thomas Heck [4 DVDs]
Released 2009- Moskau
- Sieben Fässer Wein
- Ein Lied zieht hinaus in die Welt
- Monika
- Steig in das Boot heute Nacht, Anna Lena
- Michaela
- Babicka
- Sommer in der Stadt
- Dann heirat' doch dein Büro
- Du lebst in deiner Welt
- Zeit macht nur vor dem Teufel halt
- Lieber dich und kein Geld
- How Do You Do
- Bonjour, mon amour
- Komm unter meine Decke
- Olala l'amour
- Jeder hat dich gern - einer hat dich lieb
- Hello Mary Lou
- Bianca
- Ein Schlafsack und eine Gitarre
- Spaniens Gitarren
- Hab' Sonne im Herzen
- Das Tor zum Garten der Träume
- Zigeunerwagen
- My Boy Lollipop
- Ich fang' für Euch den Sonnenschein
- Liebe auf Zeit (Le Réve)
- Tränen lügen nicht
- Am Tag, als Conny Kramer starb
- Marie, der letzte Tanz ist nur für dich
Mallorca Party 2005
Released 2005- Reiss die Hütte ab! (Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep)
- De lustigen Holzhackerleit
- Der held
- Uiii tuat des weh!
- Agadou
- Dial My Number
- Amazing Life
- Die Partykarawane
- Summer Dreaming
- Blackberry Way
- Stuck on You
- Cold as Ice
- Everybody
- You'll Never Walk Alone
- Lady Lay
- Do You Really Want to Hurt Me
- Chef Ade, Urlaub Ole
- The Challenge
- Überall daheim wo es bier gibt
- Born Slippy
Käfer-Hits
Released 1999- Mit siebzehn
- Heißer Sand
- Halbstark
- Lollipop
- Kiddy, Kiddy, Kiss Me
- Motorbiene
- Liebeskummer lohnt sich nicht My Darling
- Der Schatz im Silbersee
- Der Mann im Mond
- Das Leben geht weiter
- Die Zuckerpuppe (aus der Bauchtanz-Gruppe)
- Kalkutta liegt am Ganges
- Ich will 'nen Cowboy als Mann
- Lazy Lady
- Es geht eine Träne auf Reisen
- Am Sonntag will mein Süßer mit mir segeln geh'n
- Moonlight
- Wunderbar
25 Jahre Deutsche Hit Parade: 1972
Released 1995- Komm gib mir deine Hand
- Eine neue Liebe ist wie ein neues Leben
- Zeit macht nur vor dem Teufel halt
- Lieber dich und kein Geld
- Hab' Sonne im Herzen
- Michaela
- Ich hab' die Liebe geseh'n
- Ich Träume Von Dir Mit Offenen Augen
- Überall Auf Der Welt
- Er ist nicht wie du
- Dann kamst du
- Du lebst in deiner Welt
- Mamy Blue
- 6 Uhr Früh Auf Der Straße
- Carneval in Rio
- Olala l´amour
- Beautyful sunday
- Ich fang für euch den Sonnenschein
Hit Comeback, Ausgabe 3: Himmlische Oldies 1968-1978
Released 1988- Azzurro
- Ra-ta-ta
- Mädchen mit roten Haaren
- Ob es so oder so oder anders kommt
- Hab' ich dir heute schon gesagt, daß ich dich liebe
- Alles, was wir woll'n auf Erden
- Monika
- Willst du mit mir geh'n
- Eviva Espana
- Das war Hollywood von gestern
- Es war einmal eine Gitarre
- Schmidtchen Schleicher
- So ein Mann
- Tanze Samba mit mir
- Das bißchen Haushalt ... sagt mein Mann
- Mama Leone
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- A Tribute to Alkaline Trio released: 2011
- Unity: A Benefit for the Children of the Japanese Tsunami Disaster released: 2011
- Les Inrockuptibles : Un automne 2010 released: 2010
A Tribute to Alkaline Trio
Released 2011- Clavicle
- Stupid Kid
- Madam Me
- My Little Needle
- If You Had a Bad Time
- You're Dead
- Bleeder
- Goodbye Forever
- Southern Rock
- Sorry About That
- Jaked on Green Beers
- I'm Dying Tomorrow
- Help Me
- Message From Kathlene
- Maybe I'll Catch Fire
- Warbrain
- My Standard Break From Life
- Radio
- Snake Oil Tanker
- Cooking Wine
- Nose Over Tail
- Tuck Me In
- This Could Be Love
- Sun Dials
- All on Black
- Exploding Boy
- Another Innocent Girl
- Take Lots With Alcohol
- You've Got So Far to Go
- She Took Him to the Lake
- San Francisco
- 97
- My Friend Peter
- Sleepyhead
- I Lied My Face Off
- Sadie
- Keep Em Coming
- Fuck You Aurora
- Cop
Unity: A Benefit for the Children of the Japanese Tsunami Disaster
Released 2011- The Alibi
- Colours Bleed to Red
- Whatever Happened, Happened
- Our Father's Sons ('08 demo)
- You Sew Me Up
- Losing My Religion
- Tell Me I'm Wrong
- Young Summer
- Second Best
- Chapters
- Sixteen (acoustic)
- The Lion and the Wolf
- Don't Know When
- The Day No One Needed to Know (early acoustic version)
- Goodnight
- Stumble Home Thursday
- We All Wear Crowns
- Shades of Neon
- Run Something Terrible
- Fail
- The Only One
- Kids in Tokyo
- Jelly, Jelly, How to Survive such a Trip
- After the White Star Disappears
- Virga
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- When the Sun Goes Down, Volume 6: Poor Man's Heaven released: 2003
When the Sun Goes Down, Volume 6: Poor Man's Heaven
Released 2003- Eddie Cantor's Tips on the Stock Market
- A Tale of the Ticker
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
- Remember My Forgotten Man
- It Must Be Swell
- Raising the Rent
- Sittin' on a Rubbish Can
- Ten Cents a Dance
- Poor Man's Heaven
- The Rich Man and the Poor Man
- Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
- All in Down and Out Blues
- Taxes on the Farmer Feed Them All
- How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?
- The Farm Relief Song
- Dusty Old Dust (So long It's Been Good to Know Yuh)
- 35 Depression
- California Desert Blues
- It's Hard Time
- President Roosevelt Is Everybody's Friend
- CWA Blues
- Jimmy Shut His Store Doors
- Welfare Store Blues
- Poor but Ambitious
Born: 1909-03-11
Died: 1972-12-14
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Ramona
by: GusterRamona, where have you been?
I couldn't go to sleep till you came in
Ramona, you're Miss Oklahoma
and you miss Oklahoma
I'll get you what you want
There were days when a refrain
Would brighten our corner of Hickory Lane
When you would sing that song for me
Just like your favorite singer
Why'd you have to be so nice?
A wink and a girlish smile
And why'd you have to punch my eye?
That was something
but I still want you to stay
When I was younger and thought of myself
I never dreamed I'd become like this
A snap of your fingers,
and end to the arguments
Anything for you, love
There were days when a refrain
Would brighten our corner of Hickory Lane
When you would sing that song for me
The only one you know
But I know now, not at the start,
We're going to pieces, we're falling apart
So won't you sing that song for me
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