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Actresses of a Certain Character

Author : Axel Nissen
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786427469
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Actresses of a Certain Character written by Axel Nissen and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2007 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Information presented regarding birth, death, film credits and analyzes each player's unique talents, signature roles and career development. Representative range of backgrounds, character types and career experiences including actresses such as Agnes Moorehead, Thelma Ritter, Beulah Bondi, Sara Allgood, and Jessie Ralph, among others. A fascinating tour through Hollywood's big studio era and the lives of its characters"--Provided by publisher.

Cora Witherspoon

Author : Axel Nissen
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 147668510X
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Cora Witherspoon written by Axel Nissen and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-04-29 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born into an upper-crust family in New Orleans, Cora Bell Witherspoon (1890-1957) was an orphan by the age of 10 and a professional actress by 15. She was seen on Broadway from 1910 till 1946 in 36 productions and was a popular character actress in Hollywood between 1931 and 1954. On stage she played roles like Sallie McBride in Daddy Long Legs, Josephine Trent in The Awful Truth, Martha Culver in The Constant Wife, Prudence in Camille, and Mrs. Grant in The Front Page. Like many Hollywood supporting players, her screen time was limited. She made the most of it, whether as W.C. Fields's shrewish wife in The Bank Dick, Bette Davis's fair weather friend Carrie in Dark Victory, the earthy, amorous maid Patty in Quality Street, or the overbearing dowager Mrs. Williamson in The Mating Season. On both stage and screen, Witherspoon portrayed a range of stereotypes of older women. In the end, though, she created her own type, incarnating the fashionable, frivolous, flighty, and fawning society woman, often with a thinly veiled libidinous quality. In addition to a detailed account of Witherspoon's theater and film career, this groundbreaking biography reveals her upbringing and family background and discusses her struggle with substance abuse, which resulted in two highly publicized arrests and one conviction.

"It's the Pictures That Got Small"

Author : Charles Brackett
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231538227
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book "It's the Pictures That Got Small" written by Charles Brackett and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2014-12-16 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Brackett’s diaries read like a funnier, better-paced version of Barton Fink.” —Newsweek Screenwriter Charles Brackett is best remembered as the writing partner of director Billy Wilder, who once referred to the pair as “the happiest couple in Hollywood,” collaborating on such classics as The Lost Weekend and Sunset Boulevard. He was also a perceptive chronicler of the entertainment industry, and in this annotated collection of writings from dozens of Brackett’s unpublished diaries, film historian Anthony Slide clarifies Brackett's critical contribution to Wilder’s films and enriches our knowledge of Wilder’s achievements in writing, direction, and style. Brackett’s diaries re-create the initial meetings of the talent responsible for Ninotchka, Hold Back the Dawn, Ball of Fire, The Major and the Minor, Five Graves to Cairo, The Lost Weekend, and Sunset Boulevard, recounting the breakthroughs and the breakdowns that ultimately forced these collaborators to part ways. In addition to a portrait of Wilder, this is rare view of a producer who was a president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Screen Writers Guild, a New Yorker drama critic, and a member of the Algonquin Round Table. With insight into the dealings of Paramount, Universal, MGM, and RKO, and legendary figures such as Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Edna Ferber, and Dorothy Parker, this book reveals the political and creative intrigue at the heart of Hollywood’s most significant films. “A fascinating look at Hollywood in its classic period, and a unique and indispensable must-have for any movie buff.” —Chicago Tribune “This feels as close as we can get to being in the presence of Wilder’s genius, and he emerges as the cruelest as well as the wittiest of men.” —The Guardian “Not only rare insight into their often-stormy partnership but also an insider’s view of Hollywood during that era.” —Los Angeles Times “Very entertaining.” —Library Journal

Our Kith and Kin, Or, A History of the Harris Family

Author : Mary Letitia Strong Chalmers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Our Kith and Kin, Or, A History of the Harris Family written by Mary Letitia Strong Chalmers and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Theatre Magazine

Author : W. J. Thorold
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 880 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Theatre Magazine written by W. J. Thorold and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 880 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Arts & Decoration

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 996 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Arts & Decoration written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 996 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Accustomed to Her Face

Author : Axel Nissen
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786497327
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Accustomed to Her Face written by Axel Nissen and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-08-26 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on historical documents and newspaper reports, this book provides a fascinating portrait of a diverse group of character actresses who left their stamp on Hollywood from the early sound era through the 1960s. The lives of 35 actresses are explored in detail. Some are familiar: Margaret Hamilton starred in dozens of films before and after her signature role as the Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz; Una Merkel nearly died when her mother committed suicide in 1945. Others are nearly forgotten: Maude Eburne owed her career to a spectacular fall on the Broadway stage in 1914; Greta Meyer, who played the quintessential German maid, came to Hollywood after years in New York's Yiddish theater--though she wasn't Jewish.

Champion of Civil Rights

Author : Joel William Friedman
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807133842
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (338 download)

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Download or read book Champion of Civil Rights written by Joel William Friedman and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the least publicly recognized heroes of the civil rights movement in the United States, John Minor Wisdom served as a member of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit from 1957 until his death in 1999 and wrote many of the landmark decisions instrumental in desegregating the American South. In this revealing biography, law professor Joel William Friedman explores Judge Wisdom's substantial legal contributions and political work at a critical time in the history of the South. In 1957, President Eisenhower appointed Wisdom to the Fifth Circuit, which included some of the most deeply segregated southern states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. In the tumultuous two decades following its decision in Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court issued only a few civil rights decisions, preferring instead to affirm Fifth Circuit Court opinions or let them stand without hearing an appeal. Judge Wisdom, therefore, authored many of the decisions that transformed the South and broke down barriers of all kinds for African Americans, including the desegregation of public schools. In preparing this first full-length biography of Judge Wisdom, Friedman had unrestricted access to Wisdom's voluminous repository of personal and professional papers. In addition, he draws on personal interviews with law clerks who served under Judge Wisdom, resulting in a unique, behind-the-scenes account of some of the nation's most important legal decisions: the admission of the first black student to the University of Mississippi, the initiation of contempt proceedings against Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett, and the destruction of obstacles that had previously kept black Americans from voting. Friedman also explores Wisdom's political life prior to joining the federal bench, including his pivotal role in resurrecting the Louisiana Republican Party and in securing the Republican presidential nomination for Eisenhower. A compelling account of how a child of privilege from one of America's most socially and racially stratified cities came to serve as the driving force behind the legal effort to end segregation, Champion of Civil Rights offers judicial biography at its best.

Broadway Plays and Musicals

Author : Thomas S. Hischak
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786453095
Total Pages : 645 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Broadway Plays and Musicals written by Thomas S. Hischak and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2009-04-22 with total page 645 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York City's Broadway district is by far the most prestigious and lucrative venue for American performers, playwrights, entertainers and technicians. While there are many reference works and critical studies of selected Broadway plays or musicals and even more works about the highlights of the American theater, this is the first single-volume book to cover all of the activities on Broadway between 1919 and 2007. More than 14,000 productions are briefly described, including hundreds of plays, musicals, revivals, and specialty programs. Entries include famous and forgotten works, designed to give a complete picture of Broadway's history and development, its evolution since the early twentieth century, and its rise to unparalleled prominence in the world of American theater. The productions are identified in terms of plot, cast, personnel, critical reaction, and significance in the history of New York theater and culture. In addition to a chronological list of all Broadway productions between 1919 and 2007, the book also includes approximately 600 important productions performed on Broadway before 1919.

Bogie

Author : Richard Schickel
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312366292
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (662 download)

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Download or read book Bogie written by Richard Schickel and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2006-12-12 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features photographs from the private archives of the Hollywood icon and includes coverage of his Oscar-winning performance in "The African Queen," his relationship with Lauren Bacall, and the ongoing legacy of "Casablanca."

David Merrick, the Abominable Showman

Author : Howard Kissel
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9781557831729
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (317 download)

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Download or read book David Merrick, the Abominable Showman written by Howard Kissel and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 1993 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Applause Books). David Merrick is the most astonishing showman of our time, and perhaps of all time. No other producer, not even Florenz Ziegfeld nor the combined lights of the Shubert brothers, has equalled his percentage of hits or his demonic flair for publicity. In this first-ever biography, Howard Kissel from his decade-long investigation reveals the man, the mask, and the myth of David Merrick. The charismatic and reclusive mogul emerges as a Broadway version of Howard Hughes, with his own panoply of eccentricities, genius and neuroses. Merrick's much publicized and oftentimes staged battles and feuds are re-ignited here full force with such major personalities as Barbra Streisand, Jackie Gleason, Ethel Merman, Lena Horne, Woody Allen, Peter Ustinov, Andy Griffith, Anthony Newley, Peter Brook, and Carol Channing. Over a hundred interviews with the major players in Merrick's drama from his pre-Merrick St. Louis childhood as David Margoulies to his latest divorce has yielded the first serious interrogation of a life that until now has been the sole creation of Merrick's own invention and press wizardry.

New York Times Essential Library: Children's Movies

Author : Peter M. Nichols
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1429934735
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book New York Times Essential Library: Children's Movies written by Peter M. Nichols and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-11-06 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An indispensable guide for parents from a leading expert on children's film For years Peter M. Nichols has been offering vital advice and information for parents about current movies in his regular "Taking the Children" column. But parents need the same kind of guidance when renting or buying videos and DVDs for their family. They may know that movies such as Toy Story and Chicken Run are good choices for their children, but Nichols helps parents go beyond the obvious choices to more unconventional movies like The African Queen and Some Like It Hot. From the classics of animation to a host of great comedies and dramas, Nichols provides a knowing and illuminating guide to one hundred great cinematic works. Each brief original essay not only explains why the children will enjoy the film but also allows Nichols to offer timely bits of film history and to discuss certain films in a larger cultural context. Nichols's knowledge and understanding of films is broad and deep, and many of his choices-especially of films that we might not have thought of as "children's films"-will surprise and delight readers.

Christmas in July

Author : Diane Jacobs
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520335414
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Christmas in July written by Diane Jacobs and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this first critical biography of Preston Sturges, Diane Jacobs brings to life the great comic filmmaker whose career Andrew Sarris described as "one of the most brilliant and bizarre bursts of creation in the history of the American cinema." Jacobs uses letters and manuscripts never before revealed, as well as interviews with people who knew Sturges—including three of his wives—to portray this fascinating, contradictory man. In addition to discussing his major films, she also examines heretofore unknown work and shows that Sturges was highly creative even near the end of his life, a time when many believed he had lost his touch. Sturges secured his place in film history as the creator of such classic films as The Lady Eve, Sullivan's Travels, and The Palm Beach Story. In 1939 he became the first screenwriter to win the right to direct his own script—the result was the Oscar-winning The Great McGinty. Creator of Unfaithfully Yours, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, and Hail the Conquering Hero, he was the third highest-paid man in the United States by the late 1940s. He owned a swank Hollywood restaurant and was known as an ebullient raconteur as well as a world-famous filmmaker. A little over a decade later, Sturges died in New York, impoverished and rejected by Hollywood. The euphoria of success, the fitfulness of luck, the promise and poignancy of the American Dream—the themes of Sturges's work also marked the man. Diane Jacobs achieves a singular success in illuminating his extraordinary life. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1992.

Myrna Loy

Author : Emily W. Leider
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520949633
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Myrna Loy written by Emily W. Leider and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2011-10-03 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the beginning, Myrna Loy’s screen image conjured mystery, a sense of something withheld. "Who is she?" was a question posed in the first fan magazine article published about her in 1925. This first ever biography of the wry and sophisticated actress best known for her role as Nora Charles, wife to dapper detective William Powell in The Thin Man, offers an unprecedented picture of her life and an extraordinary movie career that spanned six decades. Opening with Loy’s rough-and-tumble upbringing in Montana, the book takes us to Los Angeles in the 1920s, where Loy’s striking looks caught the eye of Valentino, through the silent and early sound era to her films of the thirties, when Loy became a top box office draw, and to her robust post–World War II career. Throughout, Emily W. Leider illuminates the actress’s friendships with luminaries such as Cary Grant, Clark Gable, and Joan Crawford and her collaborations with the likes of John Barrymore, David O. Selznick, Sam Goldwyn, and William Wyler, among many others. This highly engaging biography offers a fascinating slice of studio era history and gives us the first full picture of a very private woman who has often been overlooked despite her tremendous star power.

Mothers, Mammies and Old Maids

Author : Axel Nissen
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786490454
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Mothers, Mammies and Old Maids written by Axel Nissen and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Continuing the exploration which began in Actresses of a Certain Character: Forty Familiar Hollywood Faces from the Thirties to the Fifties (McFarland, 2006), this companion volume analyzes the contributions of female supporting players in the films of Hollywood's Golden Age. The twenty-five actresses profiled herein range from the easily recognizable (Marie Dressler, Ethel Waters) to the long forgotten (Esther Howard, Evelyn Varden), and from the prolific (Clara Blandick, Mary Forbes) to the "one-work wonders" (Jane Cowl, Queenie Vassar). Each profile captures the essence of the individual performer's on-screen persona, unique talents and popular appeal--with special emphasis on a single definitive performance of the actress's motion picture career (who, for example, could ever forget Josephine Hull in Harvey?). The appendix offers a list of "The 100 Top Performances by Character Actresses in Hollywood, 1930-1960."

Olympia

Author : Ferenc Molnár
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Olympia written by Ferenc Molnár and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Mariner’s Filmography

Author : Lawrence P. Treadwell Jr.
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1664131973
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (641 download)

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Download or read book A Mariner’s Filmography written by Lawrence P. Treadwell Jr. and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2020-12-27 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is a UNIQUE movie film guide of seagoing and related films from 1930 to 2020. Included are four hundred Navy, Marine, Coast Guard, Merchant Marine movies of all genres - historical, classic, adventure, drama, comedy, musical, wartime productions from Hollywood and the U.K. Each film listed has its title alphabetically in order with the year distributed and the Distributor/Producer. Next are the Director, the Cast, and a Playbook. Films portray all types of ships big and small - liners, warships, submarines, freighters, yachts, sail, craft, fishing types, cutters. “ALL’S FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR!" Pirates, NAVY Seals, U-boats, shipwrecks, mutiny, sea battles, lifeboats, carriers, whalers, deserted islands : all and more are shown in these films, mostly in times past. The reference book is a must for all kinds of sailors and sea lovers to recall their favorites, and to learn about new movies they missed.