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Edmond O'Brien

Author : Derek Sculthorpe
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476633797
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Edmond O'Brien written by Derek Sculthorpe and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-10-01 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most versatile actors of his generation, Edmond O'Brien made a series of iconic noir films. From a man reporting his own murder in D.O.A. (1949) to the conflicted title character in The Bigamist (1953), he portrayed the confusion of the postwar Everyman. His memorable roles spanned genres from Shakespeare to westerns and comedies--he also turned his hand to directing. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor as the harassed press agent Oscar Muldoon in Joseph Mankiewicz's bitter Cinderella fable The Barefoot Contessa (1954). This first in-depth study of O'Brien charts his life and career from Broadway to Hollywood and to the rise of television, revealing a devoted family man dedicated to his craft.

The Evolution of Stars

Author : Graham Hill
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527558797
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)

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Download or read book The Evolution of Stars written by Graham Hill and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2020-08-27 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why write a book about the stars? Of what use is their study? This book covers this ground with a number of anecdotes arising from the author’s almost 60 years’ experience as a research scientist who has worked with some of the largest telescopes in the world. The text exposes much of what is glossed over in the canned information that the public get and holds nothing back with respect to uncertainties within the subject. People want answers, want somehow to be reassured that someone out there has a handle on things. This book details the basis for our knowledge of the universe, warts and all, and offers important insights as to where the science is going.

Stars in the Ring: Jewish Champions in the Golden Age of Boxing

Author : Mike Silver
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1630761400
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Stars in the Ring: Jewish Champions in the Golden Age of Boxing written by Mike Silver and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-03-04 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than sixty years—from the 1890s to the 1950s—boxing was an integral part of American popular culture and a major spectator sport rivaling baseball in popularity. More Jewish athletes have competed as boxers than all other professional sports combined; in the period from 1901 to 1939, 29 Jewish boxers were recognized as world champions and more than 160 Jewish boxers ranked among the top contenders in their respective weight divisions. Stars in the Ring,by renowned boxing historian Mike Silver, presents this vibrant social history in the first illustrated encyclopedic compendium of its kind.

What Dreams Were Made Of

Author : Sean Griffin
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 081355084X
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book What Dreams Were Made Of written by Sean Griffin and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2011-04-28 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humphrey Bogart. Abbott and Costello. Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney. John Wayne. Rita Hayworth and Betty Grable. Images of these film icons conjure up a unique moment in cinema and history, one of optimism and concern, patriotism and cynicism. What Dreams Were Made Of examines the performers who helped define American cinema in the 1940s, a decade of rapid and repeated upheaval for Hollywood and the United States. Through insightful discussions of key films as well as studio publicity and fan magazines, the essays in this collection analyze how these actors and actresses helped lift spirits during World War II, whether in service comedies, combat films, or escapist musicals. The contributors, all major writers on the stars and movies of this period, also explore how cultural shifts after the war forced many stars to adjust to new outlooks and attitudes, particularly in film noir. Together, they represented the hopes and fears of a nation during turbulent times, enacting on the silver screen the dreams of millions of moviegoers.

Kokomo, Indiana

Author : Thomas D. Hamilton
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738520261
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Kokomo, Indiana written by Thomas D. Hamilton and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to legend, Kokomo, Indiana was named after a Miami Indian Chief who lived in the area, "Ma Ko Ko Mo" -meaning Black Walnut. Founded in 1842 by David Foster, a frontier trader, Kokomo has since become the home to many of the nation's most influential inventions. From the birthplace of the automobile to the introduction of stainless steel and the development of canned tomato juice, Kokomo has been a leader in ingenuity, earning its nickname, the "City of Firsts." In this collection of reminiscent images, Kokomo, Indiana illustrates the charming history of an area which has developed from a small community to what is now one of the largest cities in Indiana. The book is an exploration of the city's streets and a stroll through the history of its growing neighborhoods, tracing the fascinating past of a bygone age.

My Life With the Stars

Author : Maximilian S. Simcovitch
Publisher : Fulton Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book My Life With the Stars written by Maximilian S. Simcovitch and published by Fulton Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-08-25 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My entire life has been an exuberant roller-coaster ride with the most fantastic stars, professionally and socially. After forty years as a motion picture and television producer, My Life with the Stars captures all those wonderful and ebullient moments of hobnobbing and intermingling with luminaries such as the Beatles, Clint Eastwood, Elvis, Frank Sinatra, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Judy Garland, Marlon Brando, Bette Davis, Sandy Koufax, Orson Welles, Johnny Cash, and many other legendary and celebrated celebrities This memoir shares with you numerous exhilarating events, humorous scenes, jubilant situations, and spontaneous wild happenings that you only wish or dream about. The stars come down to earth and freely express their unrestrained feelings, natural emotions, and unaffected sensibilities, demonstrating that they can be just as human as you and I, especially, behind the scenes.

Stars Collide (Backstage Pass Book #1)

Author : Janice Thompson
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1441214283
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (412 download)

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Download or read book Stars Collide (Backstage Pass Book #1) written by Janice Thompson and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kat Jennings and Scott Murphy don't just play two people who are secretly in love on a television sitcom--they are also head over heels for each other in real life. When the lines between reality and TV land blur, they hope they can keep their relationship under wraps. But when Kat's grandmother, an aging Hollywood starlet with a penchant for wearing elaborate evening gowns from Golden Age movies, mistakes their on-screen wedding proposal for the real deal, things begin to spiral out of their control. Will their secret be front-page news in the tabloids tomorrow? And can their budding romance survive the onslaught of paparazzi, wedding preparations, and misinformed in-laws? From the sound stage to a Beverly Hills mansion to the gleaming Pacific Ocean, Stars Collide takes readers on a roller-coaster tour of Tinseltown, packing both comedic punch and tender emotion.

Movie-star Portraits of the Forties

Author : John Kobal
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780486235462
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (354 download)

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Download or read book Movie-star Portraits of the Forties written by John Kobal and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1977-01-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One hundred six famous actresses and actors are portrayed in full-page pictures by twenty-four leading Hollywood photographers

Just Remember This

Author : Colin Bratkovich
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1483645193
Total Pages : 941 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (836 download)

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Download or read book Just Remember This written by Colin Bratkovich and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-05-08 with total page 941 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I have completed this manuscript Just Remember This, or as American Pop Singers 1900-1950+, about music before the 1950s in America. It perhaps offers knowledge and insights not previously found in other musical reference books. I have moreover been working on this book very meticulously over the past twelve-plus years. It started as a bit of fun and gradually became serious as I began to listen along with the vocalists of popular music, of the era before 1950, essentially just before the dawn of rock and roll. If you can call it that! Indeed genre and labeling of American music started here, and then from everywhere. While the old adage of always starting from somewhere could be noted in every century, the 1900s had produced the technology. Understanding the necessity, more so, finds a curiosity on the part of a general public hungry for entertainment, despite 6 day work weeks, World War I, the Great Depression, and World War II.

Hit Songs, 1900-1955

Author : Don Tyler
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786429461
Total Pages : 555 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Hit Songs, 1900-1955 written by Don Tyler and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2007-04-16 with total page 555 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a chronology of the most famous songs from the years before rock 'n' roll. The top hits for each year are described, including vital information such as song origin, artist(s), and chart information. For many songs, the author includes any web or library holdings of sheet music covers, musical scores, and free audio files. An extensive collection of biographical sketches follows, providing performing credits, relevant professional awards, and brief biographies for hundreds of the era's most popular performers, lyricists, and composers. Includes an alphabetical song index and bibliography.

Larger Than Life

Author : R. Barton Palmer
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813547660
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Larger Than Life written by R. Barton Palmer and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Volume in the Star Decades: American Culture/American Cinema series, edited by Adrienne L. McLean and Murray Pomerance --Book Jacket.

Women in Film Noir

Author : E. Ann Kaplan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1839021233
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Women in Film Noir written by E. Ann Kaplan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-25 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first edition of 'Women in Film Noir' (1978) assembled a group of scholars and critics committed to understanding the cinema in terms of gender, sexuality, politics, psychoanalysis and semiotics. This edition is expanded to include further essays which reflect the renewed interest in Film Noir. Exploring 'neo-noir', postmodernism and other contemporary trends, new essays offer readings of, among others, 'Bound' and 'Basic Instinct', broadening the scope of the book to include questions of race and homosexuality.

Film Stars' Television Projects

Author : Richard Irvin
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476669163
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Film Stars' Television Projects written by Richard Irvin and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-10-13 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bette Davis as a madam. Orson Welles hosting The Twilight Zone. Mae West voicing a cartoon character. Shirley Temple playing a social worker. While Hollywood stars like Lucille Ball, Loretta Young and Donna Reed successfully transitioned to television in its early days, many others tried and failed to become TV regulars. Drawing on contemporary interviews and other sources, this book profiles more than 50 actors--including Joan Crawford, Barbara Stanwyck, Gary Cooper, Alan Ladd and Buster Keaton--and their unsuccessful pilots and short-lived series roles.

The Negro Leagues Revisited

Author : Brent Kelley
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476612366
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book The Negro Leagues Revisited written by Brent Kelley and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-05-20 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a followup volume to the acclaimed Voices from the Negro Leagues, (McFarland, 1998; softcover 2005) which features interviews with 52 former Negro League players from the 1920s to 1960s. Interviewed in this new volume are Bobby Robinson, Double Duty Radcliffe, Red Lindsay, Pullman Porter, Earl Wilson, Sr., Percy Reed, Joe Burt Scott, Willie Simms, Bo Campbell, Big Train Dudley, Mex Johnson, Buck O'Neil, Herbert Barnhill, Bernard Fernandez, Dick Powell, Jimmy Barnes, Charlie Biot, Monk Favors, Alton King, Buster Haywood, Casey Jones, Hickey Redd, Tommy Sampson, John Gibbons, Schoolboy Gulley, Schoolboy Kimbrough, Briefcase Simpson, Doc Dennis, Ralph Johnson, Lefty LaMarque, Junior Miller, Tex Williams, Baby Face Peatros, Big Jim McCurine, Eddie Williams, Zipper Zapp, Billy Fender, Dave Pope, Bill Powell, Marvin Price, Bob Scott, Dirk Gibbons, Hoss Ritchey, Lefty Bo Maddix, Hank Presswood, Mickey Stubblefield, Josh Gibson, Jr., Bobo Henderson, Fancy Dan Porter, Jumpin Johnny Wilson, Quack Brown, Granny Gladstone, Hoppy Hopkins, Carl Long, Jim Robinson, Juan Armenteros, Peanut Johnson, Eddie Reed, Ricky Maroto, Peachhead Mitchell, Ted Rasberry, Pedro Sierra, Jim Cobbin, Dick Scruggs, Sonny Webb and Tommy Taylor. Rare personal photographs and complete-as-possible statistics supplement the interviews.

ROY, “ROCKY” & RED RYDER; “HOPPY,” DURANGO & MO[O]RE

Author : Dr. Jim Vickrey, Ph.D., J.D.
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1480990337
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book ROY, “ROCKY” & RED RYDER; “HOPPY,” DURANGO & MO[O]RE written by Dr. Jim Vickrey, Ph.D., J.D. and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-11 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ROY, “ROCKY” & RED RYDER; “HOPPY”, DURANGO & MO(O)RE By: Dr. Jim Vickrey, Ph.D., J.D. From Chapter One: The Wages of Cinema -- on Coming of Age on the B-Western Movie Range, to the Conclusion: Why You Can Yet Join Me in Riding the Range Again ..., author Dr. Jim Vickrey is "hopeful that the experiences I've had while researching and writing this movie-related memoir will engender within readers the same happy thoughts I had and have resulting from my first and every subsequent encounter thereafter with the world of Western, particularly B-Western, cinema”

British Cinema in the Fifties

Author : Christine Geraghty
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415171571
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (715 download)

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Download or read book British Cinema in the Fifties written by Christine Geraghty and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text explores some of the key debates about British cinema and film theory, and examines the curious mix of rebellion and conformity which marked British cinema in the post-war era.

Voices from the Negro Leagues

Author : Brent Kelley
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786422791
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (227 download)

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Download or read book Voices from the Negro Leagues written by Brent Kelley and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2005-03-17 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baseball lore is replete with the tales of such legendary Negro League stars as Satchel Paige, Cool Papa Bell, Josh Gibson and a few others. But the stories of the many other African Americans, both stars and journeymen, have largely been forgotten. These were the men who barnstormed the country, playing in loosely organized leagues and eking out a living doing what they did best, playing baseball. In this work, 52 players reminisce about what it was like to play in the Negro Leagues, from the great teams and players to the terrible Jim Crow conditions they faced in the South. Now in their sixties, seventies and eighties, these men reflect on their careers with humor, bluntness, and poignancy, providing a rich record of a part of the game that is quickly being lost to history.