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My Place in the Sun

Author : George Stevens Jr.
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813195411
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book My Place in the Sun written by George Stevens Jr. and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The son of a celebrated Hollywood director emerges from his father's shadow to claim his own place as a visionary force in American culture. George Stevens, Jr. tells an intimate and moving tale of his relationship with his Oscar-winning father and his own distinguished career in Hollywood and Washington. Fascinating people, priceless stories and a behind-the-scenes view of some of America's major cultural and political events grace this riveting memoir. George Stevens, Jr. grew up in Hollywood and worked on film classics with his father and writes vividly of his experience on the sets of A Place in the Sun (1951), Shane (1953), Giant (1956) and The Diary of Anne Frank (1958). He explores how the magnitude of his father's talent and achievements left him questioning his own creative path. The younger Stevens began to forge his unique career when legendary broadcaster Edward R. Murrow recruited him to elevate the Motion Picture Service at the United States Information Agency in John F. Kennedy's Washington. Stevens' trailblazing efforts initiated what has been called the "golden era" of USIA filmmaking and a call to respect motion pictures as art. His appointment as founding director of the American Film Institute in 1967 placed him at the forefront of culture and politics, safeguarding thousands of endangered films and training a new generation of filmmakers. Stevens' commitment to America's cultural heritage led to envisioning the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors and propelled a creative life of award-winning films and television programs that heightened attention to social justice, artistic achievement, and the American experience. Stevens provides a rare look at a pioneering American family spanning five generations in entertainment: from the San Francisco stage in the 19th century to silent screen comedies, Academy Award-winning films, Emmy Award-winning television programs and a Broadway play in the 21st century. He reveals the private side of the dazzling array of American presidents, first ladies, media moguls, and luminaries who cross his path, including Elizabeth Taylor, Sidney Poitier, the Kennedys, Yo-Yo Ma, Cary Grant, James Dean, Bruce Springsteen, Barack and Michelle Obama, and many more. In My Place in the Sun, George Stevens, Jr. shares his lifelong passion for advancing the art of American film, enlightening audiences, and shining a spotlight on notable figures who inspire us. He provides an insightful look at Hollywood's Golden Age and an insider's account of Washington spanning six decades, bringing to life a sparkling era of American history and culture.

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.

Giant

Author : Marilyn Ann Moss
Publisher : Terrace Books
ISBN 13 : 0299204332
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book Giant written by Marilyn Ann Moss and published by Terrace Books. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marilyn Ann Moss’s Giant examines the life of one of the most influential directors to work in Hollywood from the 1930s to the 1960s. George Stevens directed such popular and significant films as Shane, Giant, A Place in the Sun, and The Diary of Anne Frank. He was the first to pair Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy on film in Woman of the Year. Through the study of Stevens’s life and his production history, Moss also presents a glimpse of the workings of the classic Hollywood studio system in its glory days. Moss documents Stevens’s role as a powerful director who often had to battle the heads of major studios to get his films made his way. She traces the four decades Stevens was a major Hollywood player and icon, from his earliest days at the Hal Roach Studios—where he learned to be a cameraman, writer, and director for Laurel and Hardy features—up to when his films made millions at the box office and were graced by actors such as Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, Alan Ladd, and Montgomery Clift.

George Stevens

Author : George Stevens
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781578066384
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (663 download)

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Download or read book George Stevens written by George Stevens and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interviews that showcase the deep moral vision of a director who is as meticulous, discerning, and contemplative in his conversations as he is in his filmmaking

Giant

Author : Don Graham
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1250061903
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Giant written by Don Graham and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2018-04-10 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Featuring James Dean, Rock Hudson, and Elizabeth Taylor, Giant is an epic film of fame and materialism, based around the discovery of oil at Spindletop and the establishment of the King Ranch of south Texas. Isolating his star cast in the wilds of West Texas, director George Stevens brought together a volatile mix of egos, insecurities, sexual proclivities, and talent. Stevens knew he was overwhelmed with Hudson's promiscuity, Taylor's high diva-dom, and Dean's egotistical eccentricity. Yet he coaxed performances out of them that made cinematic history, winning Stevens the Academy Award for Best Director and garnering nine other nominations, including a nomination for Best Actor for James Dean, who died before the film was finished. Don Graham chronicles the stories of Stevens, whose trauma in World War II intensified his ambition to make films that would tell the story of America; Edna Ferber, a considerable literary celebrity, who meets her match in the imposing Robert Kleberg, proprietor of the vast King Ranch; and Glenn McCarthy, an American oil tycoon; and Errol Flynn lookalike with a taste for Hollywood. Drawing on archival sources Graham's Giant is a comprehensive depiction of the film's production showing readers how reality became fiction and fiction became cinema. "--Adapted from dust jacket.

Lecture on Heads

Author : George Alexander Stevens
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Lecture on Heads written by George Alexander Stevens and published by . This book was released on 1799 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Real James Dean

Author : Peter Winkler
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1613734743
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (137 download)

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Download or read book Real James Dean written by Peter Winkler and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the decades following his death, many of those who knew James Dean best––actors, directors, friends, lovers (both men and women), photographers, and Hollywood columnists––shared stories of their first-person experiences with him in interviews and in the articles and autobiographies they wrote. Their recollections of Dean became lost in fragile back issues of movie magazines and newspapers and in out-of-print books that are extremely hard to find. Until now. The Real James Dean is the first book of its kind: a rich collection spanning six decades of writing in which many of the people whose lives were touched by Dean recall their indelible experiences with him in their own words. Here are the memorable personal accounts of Dean from his high school and college drama teachers; the girl he almost married; costars like Rock Hudson, Natalie Wood, Jim Backus, and Raymond Massey; directors Elia Kazan, Nicholas Ray, and George Stevens; entertainer Eartha Kitt; gossip queen Hedda Hopper; the passenger who accompanied Dean on his final, fatal road trip; and a host of his other friends and colleagues.

George Stevens

Author : Neil Sinyard
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 078647775X
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book George Stevens written by Neil Sinyard and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-04-23 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "George Stevens could do anything," said veteran Hollywood producer Pandro S. Berman, "break your heart or make you laugh." Winner of two Best Director Oscars--for A Place in the Sun (1951) and Giant (1956)--Stevens excelled in a range of genres, gave luster to some of Hollywood's brightest stars and was revered by his peers. Yet his work has been largely neglected by critics and scholars. This career retrospective highlights Stevens' achievements, particularly in his sweeping "American Dream" trilogy (A Place in the Sun, Shane (1953) and Giant). His recurrent themes and characteristic style reveal a progressive attitude towards women's experiences and highlight the continued relevance of his films today.

Call Me Lucky

Author : Mike Farris
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806185740
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Call Me Lucky written by Mike Farris and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Do you think you could teach Rock Hudson to talk like you do?” The question came from famed Hollywood director George Stevens, and an affirmative answer propelled Bob Hinkle into a fifty-year career in Hollywood as a speech coach, actor, producer, director, and friend to the stars. Along the way, Hinkle helped Rock Hudson, Dennis Hopper, Carroll Baker, and Mercedes McCambridge talk like Texans for the 1956 epic film Giant. He also helped create the character Jett Rink with James Dean, who became a best friend, and he consoled Elizabeth Taylor personally when Dean was killed in a tragic car accident before the film was released. A few years later, Paul Newman asked Hinkle to do for him what he’d done for James Dean. The result was Newman’s powerful portrayal of a Texas no-good in the Academy Award–winning film Hud (1963). Hinkle could—and did—stop by the LBJ Ranch to exchange pleasantries with the president of the United States. He did likewise with Elvis Presley at Graceland. Good friends with Robert Wagner, Hinkle even taught Wagner’s wife Natalie Wood how to throw a rope. He appeared in numerous television series, including Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Dragnet, and Walker, Texas Ranger. On a handshake, he worked as country music legend Marty Robbins’s manager, and he helped Evel Knievel rise to fame. From his birth in Brownfield, Texas, to a family so poor “they could only afford a tumbleweed as a pet,” Hinkle went on to gain acclaim in Hollywood. Through it all, he remained the salty, down-to-earth former rodeo cowboy from West Texas who could talk his way into—or out of—most any situation. More than forty photographs, including rare behind-the-scenes glimpses of the stars Hinkle met and befriended along the way, complement this rousing, never-dull memoir.

George Stevens

Author : Neil Sinyard
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476636605
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book George Stevens written by Neil Sinyard and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-04-11 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "George Stevens could do anything," said veteran Hollywood producer Pandro S. Berman, "break your heart or make you laugh." Winner of two Best Director Oscars--for A Place in the Sun (1951) and Giant (1956)--Stevens excelled in a range of genres, gave luster to some of Hollywood's brightest stars and was revered by his peers. Yet his work has been largely neglected by critics and scholars. This career retrospective highlights Stevens' achievements, particularly in his sweeping "American Dream" trilogy (A Place in the Sun, Shane (1953) and Giant). His recurrent themes and characteristic style reveal a progressive attitude towards women's experiences and highlight the continued relevance of his films today.

Thurgood

Author : George Stevens (Jr.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780881455922
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (559 download)

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Download or read book Thurgood written by George Stevens (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 2014-04-30 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THURGOOD depicts the life of Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Supreme Court justice, and his role in the historic decision on the Brown v. Board of Education case. "Stirring and absorbing. THURGOOD may actually feel like a sweet escape to happier times, every bit as cheering (and a whole lot more edifying) than the giddiest of Broadway musicals. As I left, I found myself misty eyed." -Charles Isherwood, The New York Times "All bio dramas should be as vivid and entertaining as THURGOOD. A story rich in history, humanity and humor." -Joe Dziemianowicz, New York Daily News "A superb bravura performance! Compelling and engrossing." -Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter "Riveting and inspiring! This fine production does Thurgood Marshall supreme justice." -Roma Torre, NY1 "A don't miss event! As riveting as anything ever seen on the stage." -Liz Smith, syndicated columnist "The verdict on THURGOOD: Excellent!" -Elysa Gardner, USA Today

It Was All a Lie

Author : Stuart Stevens
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0593080971
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book It Was All a Lie written by Stuart Stevens and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the most successful Republican political operative of his generation, a searing, unflinching, and deeply personal exposé of how his party became what it is today “A blistering tell-all history. In his bare-knuckles account, Stevens confesses [that] the entire apparatus of his Republican Party is built on a pack of lies." —The New York Times Stuart Stevens spent decades electing Republicans at every level, from presidents to senators to local officials. He knows the GOP as intimately as anyone in America, and in this new book he offers a devastating portrait of a party that has lost its moral and political compass. This is not a book about how Donald J. Trump hijacked the Republican Party and changed it into something else. Stevens shows how Trump is in fact the natural outcome of five decades of hypocrisy and self-delusion, dating all the way back to the civil rights legislation of the early 1960s. Stevens shows how racism has always lurked in the modern GOP's DNA, from Goldwater's opposition to desegregation to Ronald Reagan's welfare queens and states' rights rhetoric. He gives an insider's account of the rank hypocrisy of the party's claims to embody "family values," and shows how the party's vaunted commitment to fiscal responsibility has been a charade since the 1980s. When a party stands for nothing, he argues, it is only natural that it will be taken over by the loudest and angriest voices in the room.

The Art of Wood Inlay

Author : George Stevens
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781895569827
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (698 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Wood Inlay written by George Stevens and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inlay is a wonderful way to create flowers, scenes, figures, and other intricate and colorful designs on wood objects--and a great opportunity to work with small quantities of rare and costly woods (also precious metals, leather, mother-of-pearl, and other materials). Today, since veneers and marquetry have come to substitute for inlay, this book helps to carry on the tradition of an almost forgotten art, and shows modern craftspeople how to use it to make plain objects special. Through detailed instructions, diagrams, and photographs, every step in the inlay process unfolds, including a special section on finishing. The spectacular projects feature everything from a pretty floral tray to Christmas ornaments, from a bookstand to a set of nested bowls--even jewelry!

George Stevens

Author : Donald Richie
Publisher : Facsimiles-Garl
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book George Stevens written by Donald Richie and published by Facsimiles-Garl. This book was released on 1970 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Songs, Comic, and Satyrical

Author : George Alexander Stevens
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Songs, Comic, and Satyrical written by George Alexander Stevens and published by . This book was released on 1772 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

George Washington and the Winter at Valley Forge

Author : Nick Spender
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN 13 : 1433960559
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (339 download)

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Download or read book George Washington and the Winter at Valley Forge written by Nick Spender and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The survival of the American troops during the brutal winter at Valley Forge is one of the most harrowing tales of the Revolutionary War. In this book, readers witness the dedication of a civilian army that persevered through a fatal lack of supplies in order to continue the fight for independence from Britain. Readers discover George Washington before his days as president, serving as the impassioned military leader who kept his men together during such a trying time. Presented in graphic-novel form with accessible text and detailed artwork, this book is sure to keep even the most reluctant readers interested in this amazing tale and its historical context.

Shane

Author : Edward Countryman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1838718141
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (387 download)

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Download or read book Shane written by Edward Countryman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-25 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text looks at the film 'Shane' (1983) directed by George Stevens, then one of Hollywood's most successful film-makers. Alan Ladd plays the charismatic outsider who defends a community against a predatory gang and, in so doing, transforms the life of a family.