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Conversations with Legendary Television Stars

Author : James Bawden
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813177650
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Conversations with Legendary Television Stars written by James Bawden and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Insightful, often humorous, and always fascinating remembrances by some of the greatest names in entertainment history . . . a vibrant portrait of a bygone era.” —Brent Phillips, author of Charles Walters: The Director Who Made Hollywood Dance During television's first fifty years—long before Hulu, Netflix, and the like—families would gather around their sets nightly to watch such shows as I Love Lucy, Gunsmoke, M*A*S*H, The Beverly Hillbillies, Fantasy Island, and The Rockford Files. Seasoned journalists James Bawden and Ron Miller have captured provocative and entertaining interviews with beloved stars of shows like these, important figures from TV’s first half century. These thirty-nine interviews, selected from conversations conducted from 1971-1998, present a fascinating glimpse of some of television’s most influential performers. Featured are exclusive interviews with major stars (including Donna Reed, James Garner, and Ricardo Montalban), icons of comedy (including Lucille Ball, George Burns, and Milton Berle), TV hosts (including Dick Clark and Ed Sullivan), and notable musical entertainers (such as Glen Campbell, Mary Martin, and Lawrence Welk). Each chapter explores the subject’s television work—with detailed behind-the-scenes disclosures—and includes additional information about the subject’s performances in film and on stage.

Conversations with Classic Film Stars

Author : James Bawden
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813167116
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Conversations with Classic Film Stars written by James Bawden and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Bawden: Seeing the way people behave when they're around you, is it still fun being Cary Grant? Cary Grant: I don't like to disappoint people. Because he's a completely made-up character and I'm playing a part. It's a part I've been playing a long time, but no way am I really Cary Grant. A friend told me once, "I always wanted to be Cary Grant." And I said, "So did I."—from the book In Conversations with Classic Film Stars, retired journalists James Bawden and Ron Miller present an astonishing collection of rare interviews with the greatest celebrities of Hollywood's golden age. Conducted over the course of more than fifty years, they recount intimate conversations with some of the most famous leading men and women of the era, including Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Joseph Cotten, Cary Grant, Gloria Swanson, Joan Fontaine, Loretta Young, Kirk Douglas, and many more. Each interview takes readers behind the scenes with some of cinema's most iconic stars. The actors convey unforgettable stories, from Maureen O'Hara discussing Charles Laughton's request that she change her last name, to Bob Hope candidly commenting on the presidential honors bestowed upon him. Humorous, enlightening, and poignant, Conversations with Classic Film Stars is essential reading for anyone who loves classic movies.

Creating Television

Author : Robert Kubey
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1135694281
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book Creating Television written by Robert Kubey and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2004-05-20 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creating Television brings television and its creators to life, presenting fascinating in-depth interviews with the creators of American TV. Having interviewed more than 100 television professionals over the course of his 15 years of research, Professor Robert Kubey presents here the 40 conversations that provide the most illuminating insights about the industry and the people working in it. These interviews bring television's creators to life, revealing their backgrounds, work, and thoughts about the audience and the television programs they create. Each interview tells a compelling tale of an individual's struggles and successes within a complex collaborative and highly commercial medium, offering readers rare insights on the human component in television's development. Featured in this volume are actors, agents, writers, directors, producers, and executives, representing television's earliest days through to the present day. Spanning shows from I Love Lucy and The Tonight Show through to Seinfeld, The Simpsons, and The Sopranos, these creators share the stories of how they gained entry to the industry and built their careers, offering readers a rare opportunity to meet, up close, the people involved in creating many of the most famous and successful programs in the medium's history, and linking the creators' personal histories to the television programs they create. With its unique insights on the people responsible for making television, this volume will be of interest to scholars and researchers in television history, sociology of culture, human creativity, television production, media studies, and mass media ethics. It will also be a popular reader for undergraduate and graduate students in courses addressing television, mass culture, media and society, American Studies, creativity, television history, and media ethics.

They Made the Movies

Author : James Bawden
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813197546
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book They Made the Movies written by James Bawden and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2023-10-10 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For decades, James Bawden and Ron Miller have established themselves as maestros of provocative interviews, giving fans unmatched insights into the lives of Hollywood A-listers. In their fourth collection, the authors pay tribute to film pioneers who lit up Tinseltown from the 1930s through the 1960s. They Made the Movies features conversations with legendary directors who created many of film's all-time classics, including Frank Capra (It's A Wonderful Life, 1946), Richard Fleischer (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 1954), Alfred Hitchcock (Psycho, 1960), Ralph Nelson (Lilies of the Field, 1963), Robert Wise (The Sound of Music, 1965), and Chuck Jones (How the Grinch Stole Christmas! 1966). Tantalizing firsthand details about many acclaimed films are revealed, such as the revelation of Mervyn LeRoy's first-choice of lead actress for The Wizard of Oz ("Shirley Temple... but Shirley couldn't sing like Judy [Garland]"), Billy Wilder's insights on directing ("You have to be a sycophant, a sadist, a nurse, a philosopher"), and how megaproducer Hal B. Wallis purchased an unproduced play titled Everybody Comes to Rick's and transformed it into Casablanca ("The part [of Sam] almost went to Lena Horne, but I thought she was too beautiful"). The authors also celebrate the contributions of marginalized filmmakers such as Ida Lupino, James Wong Howe, Oscar Micheaux, and Luis Valdez, who prevailed in Hollywood despite the discrimination they faced throughout their careers. They Made the Movies appeals to film and television enthusiasts of all ages.

Conversations with the Great Moviemakers of Hollywood's Golden Age at the American Film Institute

Author : George Stevens, Jr.
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307518124
Total Pages : 734 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Conversations with the Great Moviemakers of Hollywood's Golden Age at the American Film Institute written by George Stevens, Jr. and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2009-05-27 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ONE OF THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER'S 100 GREATEST FILM BOOKS OF ALL TIME • The first book to bring together interviews of master moviemakers from the American Film Institute’s renowned seminars, Conversations with the Great Moviemakers, offers an unmatched history of American cinema in the words of its greatest practitioners. Here are the incomparable directors Frank Capra, Elia Kazan, King Vidor, David Lean, Fritz Lang (“I learned only from bad films”), William Wyler, and George Stevens; renowned producers and cinematographers; celebrated screenwriters Ray Bradbury and Ernest Lehman; as well as the immortal Ingmar Bergman and Federico Fellini (“Making a movie is a mathematical operation. It’s absolutely impossible to improvise”). Taken together, these conversations offer uniquely intimate access to the thinking, the wisdom, and the genius of cinema’s most talented pioneers.

My Classic Radio Interviews With The Stars Volume One

Author : Michael Dante
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781629337609
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (376 download)

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Download or read book My Classic Radio Interviews With The Stars Volume One written by Michael Dante and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-30 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories about their lives and careers have been preserved herein for all generations to enjoy, in perpetuity.

TV Creators

Author : James L. Longworth, Jr.
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815629535
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (295 download)

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Download or read book TV Creators written by James L. Longworth, Jr. and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2002-05-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sequel provides yet another dozen of today's most acclaimed writers and producers an open, uncensored forum in which they discuss everything from their work ethic to the political, social, and economic issues affecting the television industry. The West Wing, C.S.I., and Judging Amy are just a few of the dramas that launched a new era of television at the turn of the millennium. TV Creators gives scholars and fans alike an exclusive, firsthand account of the lives, philosophies, and contributions of some of the best television scribes of the past two decades. TV Creators: Volume Two includes revelations such as Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing) admitting that he is not a natural storyteller, and Martha Williamson (Touched by an Angel) announcing that "There is nothing more gender blind than an executive producer who desperately needs a good writer." Glenn Gordon Caron (Moonlighting, Now & Again) confesses, "I always think that disaster is an inch away," while Paul Haggis (Family Law) reveals, "I always like to do something that I think I can fail at." Also interviewed are: Aaron Spelling (Charmed, Beverly Hills 90210); Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer); Roy Huggins (The Fugitive); Clifton Campbell (Profiler); Barbara Hall (Judging Amy); Anthony Zuiker (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation); John McNamara (The Fugitive); and Don Bellisario (JAG, Magnum P.I.).

Off Camera

Author : Richard Levinson
Publisher : Plume
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Off Camera written by Richard Levinson and published by Plume. This book was released on 1986 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

TV Land Legends

Author : TV Land (Television network)
Publisher : Pocket Books
ISBN 13 : 9781416531531
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book TV Land Legends written by TV Land (Television network) and published by Pocket Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a collection of photographs of television personalities, such as Milton Berle, Lucille Ball, Ed Asner, Katie Couric, Michael J. Fox, and Bob Newhart.

Chuck Jones

Author : Chuck Jones
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 9781578067299
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (672 download)

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Download or read book Chuck Jones written by Chuck Jones and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2004 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interviews with the legendary Warner Bros. artist who helped shaped the history of American animation

Conversations with Wilder

Author : Cameron Crowe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780571203864
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Conversations with Wilder written by Cameron Crowe and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The renowned director talks to Cameron Crowe about 30 years at the very heart of Hollywood. Wilder's distinct voice provides a fascinating insider's view of the film industry past and present.

Emmy

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 756 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Emmy written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

I Was a Monster Movie Maker

Author : Tom Weaver
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786462650
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (626 download)

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Download or read book I Was a Monster Movie Maker written by Tom Weaver and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-06-21 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Phil Brown, who played Luke Skywalker's uncle in Star Wars, said, "In my long life in films, there are ones I'm proud of and those I'm not proud of. The Jungle Captive and Weird Woman fall into the latter category." House of Wax co-star Paul Picerni was fired by the film's director when he refused to put his head in a working guillotine during a climactic fight scene. Packed with wonderful tidbits, this volume collects 22 interviews with the moviemakers responsible for bringing such films as This Island Earth, The Haunting, Carnival of Souls, Pit and the Pendulum, House of Wax, Tarzan the Ape Man, The Black Cat, Them! and Invasion of the Body Snatchers to the movie screen. Faith Domergue, Michael Forest, Anne Helm, Candace Hilligoss, Suzanna Leigh, Norman Lloyd, Maureen O'Sullivan, Shirley Ulmer, Dana Wynter and many more are interviewed.

Television Series Regulars of the Fifties and Sixties in Interview

Author : Dina-Marie Kulzer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Television Series Regulars of the Fifties and Sixties in Interview written by Dina-Marie Kulzer and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this collection of 22 interviews (with Ralph Bellamy, Angela Cartwright, Barbara Eden, Kathy Garver, Gale Gordon, Don Grady, Linda Kaye Henning, Anne Jeffreys, Meredith MacRae, Gary Owens, Paul Peterson, Kasey Rogers, Rose Marie, James Stacy, Connie Stevens, Deborah Walley, Ray Walston, Julie Newmar, Dawn Wells, Jane Wyatt, Dick York, and Alan Young) some of the biggest stars of 1950s and 1960s television reminisce about their experiences, look at the show's impact on their life, and provide insight into the creative process of those classic television shows.

Conversations with Cronkite

Author : Walter Cronkite
Publisher : Briscoe Ctr for Amer History Ut-Austin
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Conversations with Cronkite written by Walter Cronkite and published by Briscoe Ctr for Amer History Ut-Austin. This book was released on 2010-08-15 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers snapshots of the anchorman's life and career through excerpts from interviews conducted by oral historian Don Carleton.

Creating Television

Author : Robert William Kubey
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9780805810776
Total Pages : 509 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Creating Television written by Robert William Kubey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creating Televisionpresents fascinating, personal, in-depth interviews with 40 leading television creators from television's earliest days through to the present day, and in so doing, television and its creators come to life on the page.

The Elephant to Hollywood

Author : Michael Caine
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
ISBN 13 : 9781429982863
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (828 download)

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Download or read book The Elephant to Hollywood written by Michael Caine and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2010-10-26 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charming, engaging, and surprisingly forthright, Michael Caine gives us his insider's view of Hollywood and the story of his brilliant second act When he was in his late fifties, Michael Caine believed his glamorous, rags-to-riches Hollywood career had come to an end. The scripts being sent his way were worse and worse. When one script really disappointed, he called the producer to complain about the part. The producer said, "No, no, we don't want you for the lover, we want you for the father." Salvation came in the unlikely form of his old friend Jack Nicholson, who convinced him to give acting one more shot. What followed was not only an incredible personal transformation but also one of the most radical comebacks in film history. Learning to accept his new role both on camera and in his own life, Caine went on to win his second Oscar, be knighted by the queen, and deliver some of his best performances to date. Now he shares the spectacular story of his life, from his humble upbringing in London's poverty-stricken Elephant and Castle, his military service, touching marriage and family life, and lively adventures with friends, to legendary meetings with fellow stars, forays as a restaurateur, and hilarious off-screen encounters from his glittering five-decade career. Caine's The Elephant to Hollywood brings his gift for storytelling and his insider's view to a tale that is funny, warm, and deeply honest.