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Singin' in the Rain

Author : Earl J. Hess
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700617574
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Singin' in the Rain written by Earl J. Hess and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2009-05-12 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no movie musical more fun than Singin' in the Rain, and few that remain as fresh over the years. . . . It is a transcendent experience, and no one who loves movies can afford to miss it.—Roger Ebert America's most popular film critic is hardly alone in singing the praises of Singin' in the Rain. This quintessential American film-made in Hollywood's Golden Age, showcasing the genius of Gene Kelly, and featuring what Ebert calls "the most joyous musical sequence ever filmed"-has inspired love and admiration from fellow critics, film scholars, and movie buffs worldwide for more than half a century. Indeed, its reputation continues to grow: the American Film Institute now ranks it number 1 on its list of the Greatest Movie Musicals of All Time and number 5 on its list of the Greatest American Films of All Time. Echoing the enthusiasm of the film's most devoted fans, Earl Hess and Pratibha Dabholkar embrace and illuminate both the film and its reputation. Combining lucid prose with meticulous scholarship, they provide for the first time the complete inside story of how this classic movie was made, marketed, and received. They re-create the actual movie-making experience, on the set and behind the scenes, and chronicle every step in production from original concept through casting, scripting, rehearsals, filming, scoring, and editing. They then trace its distribution, critical reception, and enduring reputation. The book is brimming with human interest, bursting with anecdotes and quotes by and about the film's stars and makers. Here are Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor at the top of their form, along with Debbie Reynolds and Cyd Charisse in their breakthrough roles. Here, too, are fascinating tidbits-about censorship troubles, continuity flaws, stunt doubles for Kelly, voice doubles for cast members, the dubbing of taps, and genealogy of all the songs. Hess and Dabholkar also provide in-depth analyses of each of the major song-and-dance performances, including details of everything from the dynamics of "Gotta Dance!" to the physical challenges of the remarkable title number. Based on exhaustive research in oral histories, studio production records, letters, memoirs, and interviews, their book is factually impeccable, compulsively readable, and indispensable for anyone who loves movies at their absolute best.

Creating an American Masterpiece

Author : Paula Mohr
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Creating an American Masterpiece written by Paula Mohr and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Making Masterpiece

Author : Rebecca Eaton
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101620412
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Making Masterpiece written by Rebecca Eaton and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Emmy Award-winning producer of PBS’s Masterpiece Theatre and Mystery! reveals the secrets to Downton Abbey, Sherlock, and its other hit programs For more than twenty-five years and counting, Rebecca Eaton has presided over PBS’s Masterpiece Theatre, the longest running weekly prime time drama series in American history. From the runaway hits Upstairs, Downstairs and The Buccaneers, to the hugely popular Inspector Morse, Prime Suspect, and Poirot, Masterpiece Theatre and its sibling series Mystery! have been required viewing for fans of quality drama. Eaton interviews many of the writers, directors, producers, and other contributors and shares personal anecdotes—including photos taken with her own camera—about her decades-spanning career. She reveals what went on behind the scenes during such triumphs as Cranford and the multiple, highly-rated programs made from Jane Austen’s novels, as well as her aggressive campaign to attract younger viewers via social media and online streaming. Along the way she shares stories about actors and other luminaries such as Alistair Cooke, Maggie Smith, Diana Rigg, Benedict Cumberbatch and Daniel Radcliffe, whose first TV role was as the title character in David Copperfield. Readers will also get to know Eaton on a personal level. With a childhood steeped in theater, an affinity for nineteenth century novels and culture, and an “accidental apprenticeship” with the BBC, Eaton was practically born to lead the Masterpiece and Mystery! franchises. Making Masterpiece marks the first time the driving force behind the enduring flagship show reveals all.

Portrait of a Novel: Henry James and the Making of an American Masterpiece

Author : Michael Gorra
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0871403285
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (714 download)

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Download or read book Portrait of a Novel: Henry James and the Making of an American Masterpiece written by Michael Gorra and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2012-08-27 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize Finalist for National Book Critics Circle Award (Biography) One of the Best Books of 2012: The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal, Guardian, The Millions, Kirkus Reviews, Boston Phoenix A revelatory biography of the American master as told through the lens of his greatest novel. Henry James (1843–1916) has had many biographers, but Michael Gorra has taken an original approach to this great American progenitor of the modern novel, combining elements of biography, criticism, and travelogue in re-creating the dramatic backstory of James’s masterpiece, Portrait of a Lady (1881). Gorra, an eminent literary critic, shows how this novel—the scandalous story of the expatriate American heiress Isabel Archer—came to be written in the first place. Traveling to Florence, Rome, Paris, and England, Gorra sheds new light on James’s family, the European literary circles—George Eliot, Flaubert, Turgenev—in which James made his name, and the psychological forces that enabled him to create this most memorable of female protagonists. Appealing to readers of Menand’s The Metaphysical Club and McCullough’s The Greater Journey, Portrait of a Novel provides a brilliant account of the greatest American novel of expatriate life ever written. It becomes a piercing detective story on its own.

In Search of The Color Purple

Author : Salamishah Tillet
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1683356853
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book In Search of The Color Purple written by Salamishah Tillet and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mixing cultural criticism, literary history, biography, and memoir, an exploration of Alice Walker’s critically acclaimed and controversial novel, The Color Purple Alice Walker made history in 1983 when she became the ï¬?rst black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for The Color Purple. Published in the Reagan era amid a severe backlash to civil rights, the Jazz Age novel tells the story of racial and gender inequality through the life of a 14-year-old girl from Georgia who is haunted by domestic and sexual violence. Prominent academic and activist Salamishah Tillet combines cultural criticism, history, and memoir to explore Walker’s epistolary novel and shows how it has inï¬‚uenced and been informed by the zeitgeist. The Color Purple received both praise and criticism upon publication, and the conversation it sparked around race and gender still continues today. It has been adapted for an Oscar-nominated ï¬?lm and a hit Broadway musical. Through archival research and interviews with Walker, Oprah Winfrey, and Quincy Jones (among others), Tillet studies Walker’s life and how themes of violence emerged in her earlier work. Reading The Color Purple at age 15 was a groundbreaking experience for Tillet. It continues to resonate with her—as a sexual violence survivor, as a teacher of the novel, and as an accomplished academic. Provocative and personal, In Search of The Color Purple is a bold work from an important public intellectual, and captures Alice Walker’s seminal role in rethinking sexuality, intersectional feminism, and racial and gender politics.

Masterpiece in the Making

Author : Ruth Mitchell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578631745
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (317 download)

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Download or read book Masterpiece in the Making written by Ruth Mitchell and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-27 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Masterpiece In the Making In a world that loves imitation, strive to be the original you were created to be. Our culture says blend in, imitate me and follow the status quo. Being original can be challenging. YouTube stars and Insta-celebrities dictate everything from fashion, food, and cool logic. It's important to know that you are not alone. You are God's best work. He designed you to be a stunning work of art that represents the very image of God. If you long to be the masterpiece God created you to be and don't understand how to unveil your unique beauty, this is your book. Based on Ephesians 2:10, Hillsong Pastor Ruth Mitchell, incorporates practical wisdom and personal experience, to guide you on your personal exploration to help you uncover who God created you to be. Mitchell will challenge you with thought provoking personal questions, as she shares stories from her life and the lives of others. The teachings will help you understand you are His masterpiece- created to be a world changer.

Make Each Day Your Masterpiece

Author : Michael Lynberg
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1449441203
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (494 download)

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Download or read book Make Each Day Your Masterpiece written by Michael Lynberg and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make Each Day Your Masterpiece is an extraordinary statement on what it means to live a rich and successful life. Michael Lynberg has assembled a wealth of uplifting stories and powerful ideas, coaching and inspiring readers to embrace the life they have imagined and achieve dreams they once thought were impossible. Featuring the hard-won wisdom of some of the most remarkable people who have ever lived, and formatted in the popular style of Don't Sweat the Small Stuff, Make Each Day Your Masterpiece is a treasure chest of unforgettable life-lessons that readers can use immediately to tap their extraordinary, sometimes hidden potential.

Creating an American masterpiece

Author : Elsa M. Santoyo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book Creating an American masterpiece written by Elsa M. Santoyo and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

West Side Story as Cinema

Author : Ernesto R. Acevedo-Muñoz
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700619216
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book West Side Story as Cinema written by Ernesto R. Acevedo-Muñoz and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For millions of moviegoers unable to see the original stage version of West Side Story, director Robert Wise’s adaptation was a cinematic gift that brought a Broadway hit to a mass audience. Ernesto Acevedo-Muñoz argues that Wise’s film was not only hugely popular, but that it was also an artistic triumph that marked an important departure in the history of American movie making. With a score by Leonard Bernstein and choreography by Jerome Robbins, this update of the Romeo and Juliet story remains one of the most revered and highly popular American movie musicals, with only Singin’ in the Rain ranking higher in the AFI’s list of the best of the genre. Acevedo-Muñoz draws on previously unreleased production documents—from interoffice memos to annotations on the director’s script—to go beyond publicity accounts and provide an inside look at this critically acclaimed film classic, offering details of its filming that have never before been published. From location scouting to scripting to casting to filming, Acevedo-Muñoz focuses on little-known details of the actual production. He provides close analyses of dramatic sequences and musical numbers, emphasizing the film’s technical innovations and its visual and aural coding as a means for defining character and theme. He carefully explains the differences between Broadway and film versions, exposing censorship and creative issues that the filmmakers were forced to confront. And taking readers behind the cameras, he highlights the creative differences and financial difficulties that led to the departure of Robbins—who had conceived and directed the stage version—long before filming was complete. Acevedo-Muñoz makes a strong case for the film’s daring vision in combining music, dance, dialogue, and visual elements—especially color—in highly creative ways, while also addressing the social, racial, and class tensions of American society. Drawing on his own Puerto Rican heritage, he provides a Hispanic perspective on the cultural aspects of the story and explores the ways in which the film’s portrayal of Puerto Rican identity is neither as transparent nor as negative as some critics have charged. Bursting with facts, insights, and inside stories, this book boasts a wealth of material that has never been explored before in print. Both history and homage, it is a must for scholar and buff alike.

Building Masterpiece Miniatures

Author : Joseph William Daniele
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Building Masterpiece Miniatures written by Joseph William Daniele and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Washington Crossing the Delaware

Author : Carrie Rebora Barratt
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 1588394395
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book Washington Crossing the Delaware written by Carrie Rebora Barratt and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2011 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emanuel Leutze's life-size "Washington Crossing the Delaware" commemorates the critical moment in the American Revolution when George Washington led a surprise attack against troops supporting the British forces in Trenton. When Leutze created the painting in 1850, after he had returned from America to his native Germany, he was hoping to rally support for the revolutionary movements then sweeping Europe. He sent the work to New York in 1851, and within four months 50,000 people had paid to see it. Today the painting is an icon of American visual culture and one of the most beloved objects in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 2007, Leutze's masterpiece became the focus of the most ambitious conservation and reframing project in the museum's history. This book is a behind-the-scenes report on that project, prefaced by an account of the history of the painting's acquisition and display at the museum.

The Making of a Masterpiece

Author : Sally Tippett Rains
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780981822228
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (222 download)

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Download or read book The Making of a Masterpiece written by Sally Tippett Rains and published by . This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Making of a Masterpiece" is a fresh, exciting and unique look at one of the world's most popular books. Based on several years of investigation and over 70 interviews, including material from a recently discovered scrapbook of one of Margaret Mitchell's relatives, Author Sally Rains reveals for the first time that Mitchell certainly based scenes from her book, and characters in her book, on real events and real people.

Timeless Masterpiece

Author : "infitain" Sean Mitchell Caldwell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578420981
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Timeless Masterpiece written by "infitain" Sean Mitchell Caldwell and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-28 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When this book was originally written, Independent Artist & Entrepreneur "Infitain" Sean Mitchell Caldwell had quit his full time Marketing Research job 15 years prior. Throughout that time he focused on creating and growing his small business/record label INFITAINMENT "More Than Just A Label"resulting in selling over 50,000 cds and various projects. This is an autobiographical look at life and the road traveled to manifest thoughts in to reality. Overcoming countless setbacks and obstacles along the way this book includes a full documented year before Infitain trademarked his brand Timeless Masterpiece and took his business to the next level. Revealing encouraging words of wisdom combined with a productive creative outlook on life, Timeless Masterpiece is a must read for those who respect the journey of turning nothing in to the extraordinary.

Fallingwater: The Building of Frank Lloyd Wright's Masterpiece

Author : Marc Harshman
Publisher : Roaring Brook Press
ISBN 13 : 1250194202
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Fallingwater: The Building of Frank Lloyd Wright's Masterpiece written by Marc Harshman and published by Roaring Brook Press. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Bear Run, Pennsylvania, a home unlike any other perches atop a waterfall. The water's tune plays differently in each of its sunlight-dappled rooms; the structure itself blends effortlessly into the rock and forest behind it. This is Fallingwater, a masterpiece equally informed by meticulous research and unbounded imagination, designed by the lauded American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. This book guides young readers through Wright's process designing Fallingwater, from his initial inspirations to the home's breathtaking culmination. It is a exploration of a man, of dreams, and of the creative process; a celebration of potential. Graceful prose and rich, dynamic illustrations breathe life into the story of Frank and Fallingwater, a man and home utterly unlike any other. A Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books 2017 Blue Ribbon Book A National Council for the Social Studies Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People

Singin' in the Rain

Author : Earl J. Hess
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Singin' in the Rain written by Earl J. Hess and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title combines prose with scholarship to provide the complete inside story of how 'Singin' in the Rain' was made, marketed, and received.

Thomas Jefferson's Academical Village

Author : Richard Guy Wilson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thomas Jefferson's Academical Village written by Richard Guy Wilson and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Jefferson's design for the University of Virginia is widely hailed as a masterpiece. It is his greatest architectural accomplishment, the summation of his quest for intellectual freedom. The story of the University encompasses the political and architectural worlds, as Jeffeson struggled against great opposition to establish a new type of educational institution. Thomas Jefferson's Academical Village offers a comprehensive look at Jefferson's design for the University, at how it came into being, at the different perecptions of its successes and failures, and at the alterations that have taken place down through the years. The revised edition incorporates research that has been ongoing since the book first appeared in 1993, and includes a preface by Richard Guy Wilson, essays on architecture and education and the Lawn, additional architectural drawings and historic photographs, a foreword by President John T. Casteen III, and numerous color illustrations.

American Scripture

Author : Pauline Maier
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307791955
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book American Scripture written by Pauline Maier and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2012-02-15 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pauline Maier shows us the Declaration as both the defining statement of our national identity and the moral standard by which we live as a nation. It is truly "American Scripture," and Maier tells us how it came to be -- from the Declaration's birth in the hard and tortuous struggle by which Americans arrived at Independence to the ways in which, in the nineteenth century, the document itself became sanctified. Maier describes the transformation of the Second Continental Congress into a national government, unlike anything that preceded or followed it, and with more authority than the colonists would ever have conceded to the British Parliament; the great difficulty in making the decision for Independence; the influence of Paine's []Common Sense[], which shifted the terms of debate; and the political maneuvers that allowed Congress to make the momentous decision. In Maier's hands, the Declaration of Independence is brought close to us. She lets us hear the voice of the people as revealed in the other "declarations" of 1776: the local resolutions -- most of which have gone unnoticed over the past two centuries -- that explained, advocated, and justified Independence and undergirded Congress's work. Detective-like, she discloses the origins of key ideas and phrases in the Declaration and unravels the complex story of its drafting and of the group-editing job which angered Thomas Jefferson. Maier also reveals what happened to the Declaration after the signing and celebration: how it was largely forgotten and then revived to buttress political arguments of the nineteenth century; and, most important, how Abraham Lincoln ensured its persistence as a living force in American society. Finally, she shows how by the very act of venerating the Declaration as we do -- by holding it as sacrosanct, akin to holy writ -- we may actually be betraying its purpose and its power.