American author and music critic Marcia Davenport was born Marcia Glick in New York City on June 9, 1903, the daughter of opera singer Alma Gluck and Bernard Glick, and she became the step-daughter of violinist Efrem Zimbalist when Gluck remarried. New York City, officially named the City of New York, is the most populous city in the United States, the most densely populated major city in North America, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ... Jump to: navigation, search June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ... 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... Jump to: navigation, search The foyer of Charles Garniers Opéra, Paris, opened 1875 Opera refers to an European art form consisting of a dramatic stage performance set to music. ... Alma Gluck (1884-1938) was a soprano. ... Efrem Zimbalist, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1933 Efrem Zimbalist (April 9, 1889-February 22, 1985) was one of the worlds most prominent concert violinists, as well as a composer, teacher and conductor. ...

Davenport traveled extensively with her parents and was educated intermittently at the Friends School in Philadelphia and the Shipley School at Bryn Mawr. She began at Wellesley College, but eloped to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in April 1923 and married Fred D. Clarke. Eventually she earned her B.A. at the University of Grenoble. Her first child was born in 1924, but in 1925 she divorced from Clarke. Philadelphia is a village located in Jefferson County, New York. ... Brynmawr (Bryn-mawr) is a market town in the county borough of Blaenau Gwent, traditional county of Brecknockshire, mid Wales. ... Wellesley College is a womens liberal arts college that opened in 1875, founded by Henry Fowle Durant and his wife Pauline Fowle Durant. ... Jump to: navigation, search (This article is about the city. ...

She took an advertising copywriting job to support herself and her daughter. In 1928 she began her writing career on the editorial staff of The New Yorker, where she worked until 1931. On May 13, 1929 she married Russell Davenport, who soon after became editor of Fortune magazine. Davenport's second daughter was born in 1934. That same year she began as the music critic of Stage magazine. The New Yorkers first cover, which is reprinted most years on the magazines anniversary. ... Jump to: navigation, search Russell Wheeler Davenport (1899–1954) was an American publisher and writer. ... Categories: Magazines stubs | Time Warner subsidiaries | Business magazines ...

Marcia Davenport, naturally, had close ties through her mother and step-father to the classical music world and particularly to the heady opera world of Europe and America in the first half of the twentieth century. She was first celebrated as a writer for her first book, Mozart, the first published American biography of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Jump to: navigation, search W. A. Mozart, 1790 portrait by Johann Georg Edlinger Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791) is among the most significant and enduringly popular composers of European classical music. ...

She also wrote many popular novels, most notably The Valley of Decision. It is a family saga which traces the Scott Iron Works in Pittsburgh from 1873 to the events of Pearl Harbor. Davenport lived in Pittsburgh for two years researching the steel industry for this her magnum opus and bestseller, which was publsihed at a length of 788 pages. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Jump to: navigation, search Satellite image of Pearl Harbor. ... Steel framework Steel is a metal alloy whose major component is iron, with carbon being the primary alloying material. ... Magnum opus (sometimes Opus magnum), from the Latin meaning great work, refers to the best or most renowned achievement of an author, artist, or composer. ... A bestseller is a book that is identified as extremely popular by its inclusion on a list of top-sellers. ...

Two of Davenport's novels were made into films: The Valley of Decision and East Side, West Side. The Valley of Decision movie stars Greer Garson, Gregory Peck, Donald Crisp, Lionel Barrymore, Preston Foster, Marsha Hunt, Gladys Cooper, Reginald Owen, Dan Duryea and Jessica Tandy. The film was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Greer Garson) and Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture. The Valley of Decision is a 1945 film which tells the story of a young house maid who falls in love with the son of the local coal mine owner. ... Greer Garson Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson (September 29, 1904 – April 6, 1996) was an Academy Award winning actress, most known for being the leading lady in many pictures co-starring Walter Pidgeon. ... Gregory Peck Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916–June 12, 2003) was an American film actor. ... Donald Crisp (July 27, 1880 – May 25, 1974) was a film actor and director. ... Lionel Barrymore Lionel Barrymore (April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954), original name: Lionel Blythe, was an American actor of stage, radio and film, elder brother of Ethel and John Barrymore. ... Preston Foster (August 24, 1901-July 14, 1970) was an American stage and film actor. ... For the African American singer and novelist, see Marsha Hunt (singer and novelist). ... Dame Gladys Constance Cooper (December 18, 1888 - November 17, 1971) was an English actress, who was knighted for her services to the theatre. ... Publicity photo for Duryea Dan Duryea (January 23, 1907-June 7, 1968) was a hard-working TV and movie actor. ... Jessica Tandy (born Jessie Alice Tandy) was born on June 7, 1909 in London, UK and was a noted British-American theatre, film and TV actress. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... The Academy Award for Best Actress is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... Greer Garson Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson (September 29, 1904 – April 6, 1996) was an Academy Award winning actress, most known for being the leading lady in many pictures co-starring Walter Pidgeon. ... From Rule Sixteen of the Special Rules for The Music Awards Original Score: An original score is a substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by the submitting composer. ...

The marriage of Marcia and Russell Davenport ended in 1944.

In 1967 appeared her memoir Too Strong For Fantasy, which describes the people, the music, the places and the political forces which shaped her life. Of particular interest is her telling of the events leading up to the tragic death of the Czech diplomat Jan Masaryk in 1948 and of her close relationship with Masaryk over many years. Jan Masaryk (September 14, 1886 – March 10, 1948) was a Czechoslovak diplomat and politician. ...

Marcia Davenport died on January 15, 1996, in Monterey, California at the age of ninety-two. Jump to: navigation, search January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Jump to: navigation, search The City of Monterey is located on Monterey Bay along the Pacific coast in central California in the United States. ...

Works

• Mozart, a biography (New York: Scribner, 1931)
• Of Lena Geyer, a novel (New York: Scribner, 1936)
• The Valley of Decision, a novel (New York: Scribner, 1942)
• East Side, West Side, a novel (New York: Scribner, 1947)
• My Brother's Keeper, a novel (New York: Scribner, 1954)
• Garibaldi: Father of Modern Italy, a juvenile biography (New York: Random House, 1956)
• The Constant Image, a novel (New York: Scribner, 1960)
• Too Strong for Fantasy, an autobiography (New York: Scribner, 1967)
• Jan Masaryk: Posledni Portret, a memoir (Czechoslovakia: 1990)

The Valley of Decision is a 1945 film which tells the story of a young house maid who falls in love with the son of the local coal mine owner. ...

References

• Davenport, Marcia (1993) Too Strong for Fantasy, Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 0822959097