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Author : Charles Barr
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520000858
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Laurel & Hardy written by Charles Barr and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1968 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Fred Lawrence Guiles
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1684424798
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (844 download)
Download or read book Stan written by Fred Lawrence Guiles and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stan, surprisingly, is the first full-length biography of the legendary comic who was the creative half of the universally loved duo, Laurel and Hardy. Based upon scores of interviews with family and friends (including the intimate diaries of Virginia Ruth Laurel, whom Stan married three times) and enhanced by a magnificent collection of previously unpublished photographs, Stan tells the very human story of Laurel’s struggle to survive against difficult odds, personal and professional. From precarious beginnings in vaudeville with Charlie Chaplin, skinny Stan changed his name and rose to enjoy success and universal acclaim with his big-bellied partner Oliver Hardy. Yet beneath the exterior of the wistful comic whose sense of humor gave pleasure to so many millions was a man beset by financial worries, alcohol, and unhappy personal relationships that encompassed many dalliances and six marriages. This superb biography provides new insight into the supremely talented man behind the screen image and a fascinating panorama of show business in the first half of this century.
Author : Simon Louvish
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 146682722X
Total Pages : 746 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)
Download or read book Stan and Ollie written by Simon Louvish and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-07-01 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy have remained, from 1927 to the present day, the screen's most famous and popular comedy double act, celebrated by legions of fans. But despite many books about their films and individual lives, there has never been a fully researched, definitive narrative biography of the duo, from birth to death. Louvish traces the early lives of Stanley Jefferson and Norvell Hardy and the surrounding minstrel and variety theatre, which influenced all of their later work. Louvish examines the rarely seen solo films of both our heroes, prior to their serendipitous pairing in 1927, in the long-lost short "Duck Soup." The inspired casting teamed them until their last days. Both often married, they found balancing their personal and professional lives a nearly impossible feat. Between 1927 and 1938, they were able to successfully bridge the gap between silent and sound films, which tripped up most of their prominent colleagues. Their Hal Roach and MGM films were brilliant, but their move in 1941, to Twentieth Century Fox proved disastrous, with the nine films made there ranking as some of the most embarrassing moments of cinematic history. In spite of this, Laurel and Hardy survived as exemplars of lasting genius, and their influence is seen to this day. The clowns were elusive behind their masks, but now Simon Louvish can finally reveal their full and complex humanity, and their passionate devotion to their art. In Stan and Ollie: The Roots of Comedy: The Double Life of Laurel and Hardy, Louvish has seamlessly woven tireless and thorough research into an authoritative biography of these two important and influential Hollywood pioneers.
Author : I. Joseph Hyatt
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781484164471
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (644 download)
Download or read book Stan Laurel's Valet written by I. Joseph Hyatt and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2013-04-20 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are classic icons of film comedy. Jimmy Murphy was Stan Laurel's valet and close friend. His life is now documented in "Stan Laurel's Valet - The Jimmy Murphy Story". Photos from archives and other private collections, including Jimmy's own are used throughout the book. Having worked for Morton Downey, Tom Mix, Al Steele (husband to Joan Crawford) Burt Wheeler (of Wheeler and Woolsey) and Stan Laurel, Jimmy's life reads like a Hollywood publicity tale. His friends included President Ronald Reagan and King Edward VIII, and many other politicians, royalty, and stars. Special attention has been paid to the two major American theater tours of Laurel and Hardy. Complete dates and locations are published here for the first time. Amazing interviews with Jimmy Murphy, the crew, musicians and stars that worked with the team recreate these shows as if you were present.
Author : Charles Barr
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Laurel and Hardy written by Charles Barr and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1967 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kyp Harness
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476608415
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book The Art of Laurel and Hardy written by Kyp Harness and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-01-09 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the early days of film came Laurel and Hardy, a comedy team that created slapstick hilarity from life's simplest situations. Some seventy years after their heyday, Arthur Stanley Jefferson and Oliver Norvell "Babe" Hardy are still remembered for the comic chaos they created in film shorts. They gave us something to laugh at by reminding us of our own foibles, in a way that was genuine and unpretentious. The lanky Stan Laurel (1890-1965) and portly Ollie Hardy (1892-1957) had but one objective: to create as many laughs as would fit in one short film. And that, they did. The book begins by exploring their comedy in the early days of film. A chapter is dedicated to each of "the boys"--Laurel from Ulverston, England, and Hardy from the state of Georgia--as a person and performer. Further chapters explore the slapstick and gags of Laurel and Hardy and how the pair survived the transition to sound that left behind many actors of the day. It was only when they began to work for large studios, churning out cookie-cutter scripts, that their art began to lose its way. The book takes the reader through the ups and downs of their careers and to a final comeback. A filmography lists works from 1917 to 1951 with information on availability.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 638 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Motion Picture Herald written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Simon Louvish
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312325985
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (259 download)
Download or read book Stan and Ollie: The Roots of Comedy written by Simon Louvish and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-07 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of Laurel and Hardy describes their original teaming in the 1927 short, "Duck Soup, " their considerable innovations, and their ongoing influence.
Author : Paul Dickson
Publisher : Atlantic Monthly Press
ISBN 13 : 0802147682
Total Pages : 583 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)
Download or read book The Rise of the G.I. Army, 1940–1941 written by Paul Dickson and published by Atlantic Monthly Press. This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A must-read book that explores a vital pre-war effort [with] deep research and gripping writing.” —Washington Times In The rise of the G.I. Army, 1940–1941, Paul Dickson tells the dramatic story of how the American Army was mobilized from scattered outposts two years before Pearl Harbor into the disciplined and mobile fighting force that helped win World War II. In September 1939, when Nazi Germany invaded Poland and initiated World War II, America had strong isolationist leanings. The US Army stood at fewer than 200,000 men—unprepared to defend the country, much less carry the fight to Europe and the Far East. And yet, less than a year after Pearl Harbor, the American army led the Allied invasion of North Africa, beginning the campaign that would defeat Germany, and the Navy and Marines were fully engaged with Japan in the Pacific. Dickson chronicles this transformation from Franklin Roosevelt’s selection of George C. Marshall to be Army Chief of Staff to the remarkable peace-time draft of 1940 and the massive and unprecedented mock battles in Tennessee, Louisiana, and the Carolinas by which the skill and spirit of the Army were forged and out of which iconic leaders like Eisenhower, Bradley, and Clark emerged. The narrative unfolds against a backdrop of political and cultural isolationist resistance and racial tension at home, and the increasingly perceived threat of attack from both Germany and Japan.
Author : Scott Allen Nollen
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Boys written by Scott Allen Nollen and published by McFarland. This book was released on 1989 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Boys provides new ways to view and evaluate the work of this famous comedy team. The initial chapter summarizes the critical reception of the two and compares Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy to other contemporary comedians. Brief biographies analyze their early solo films and the development of the team. Special attention is given to the team's cinematic and comic style, use of camera techniques, early sound practice, and gag development. The comics' complex relationship is detailed and analyzed.A complete filmography, including a rating and an indication of contents, covers each film. The team's final film, Atoll K (1951), is discussed in depth. Throughout the text quotes from such persons as Laurel and Hardy themselves, Buster Keaton, George Stevens, Dick Van Dyke, and Woody Allen enlighten and entertain. Great stills and posters.
Author : Keith Scott
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1466867434
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)
Download or read book The Moose That Roared written by Keith Scott and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For those of us who love The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, these names conjure up memories of some of the wittiest, most inspired, and relentlessly hilarious half-hours of animation ever produced. There was a kind of gleeful magic to the shows, a cumulative joy that transcended the crude animation and occasionally muddy sound, and it's this quality that was the essence of the legendary Jay Ward and Bill Scott. Jay Ward was the magnificent visionary, the outrageous showman who lobbied Washington for statehood for Moosylvania, and invited the press to a picnic on the floor of the Plaza Hotel's august Grand Ballroom. Bill Scott was the genial, brilliant head writer, coproducer, and all-purpose creative whirlwind, often described as the "soul" of the shows. In fact, Scott even provided the voices for most of the star characters, giving life to Bullwinkle J. Moose, Mr. Peabody, Dudley Do-Right, and George of the Jungle. From their tiny, oddball animation studio, Jay Ward Productions, they created some of the most memorable animation of all time, and gave birth to a family of characters whose undying popularity has cast them forever into the pop culture firmament. With their distinctively unorthodox, artist-friendly philosophy, Ward and Scott attracted some of the most talented writers and voice actors in the industry, and for a time, Jay Ward Productions was a kind of Camelot of cartoons. Now, through exclusive interviews with Bill Scott, Tiffany Ward, June Foray, and dozens of others intimately involved with the Ward epoch, as well as access to original scripts, artwork, story notes, letters, and memos, Keith Scott has created the definitive history of Jay Ward Productions, including episode guides and voice credits for all the Jay Ward cartoons. From the first "Hey Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of a hat!" to the last "Watch out for that tree!", The Moose That Roared is not only the record of a legendary chapter in animation history, but also the story of a rare and magical relationship between two artists who were wildly, exuberantly ahead of their time, and the fascinating story of the struggle to bring their vision of bad puns and talking animals to unforgettable life.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 880 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Exhibitors Daily Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 880 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nown, Graham
Publisher : Mississauga, Ont. : Cupress
ISBN 13 : 9780920691045
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (91 download)
Download or read book When the World was Young : Lost Empires written by Nown, Graham and published by Mississauga, Ont. : Cupress. This book was released on 1986 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Steven Weisenburger
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 9780820310268
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (12 download)
Download or read book A Gravity's Rainbow Companion written by Steven Weisenburger and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steven provides a page-by-page, often line-by-line, guide to the welter of historical references, scientific data, cultural fragments, anthropological research, jokes and puns around which Pynchon wove his novel. This is a guide book to one of the most important, and intractable, literary works of our time.
Author : American Jersey Cattle Club
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 796 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (32 download)
Download or read book Herd Register written by American Jersey Cattle Club and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : American Film Institute
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520215214
Total Pages : 1464 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (152 download)
Download or read book AFI Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States written by American Film Institute and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 1464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Neil Grant
Publisher : Gramercy
ISBN 13 : 9780517141687
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (416 download)
Download or read book Laurel and Hardy written by Neil Grant and published by Gramercy. This book was released on 1995-07 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy were the ultimate comedy team. They were partners in fun for thirty years; friends as well as co-workers, they claimed never to have had a serious argument. Here, Stan and Ollie talk about the first time they went on stage; the characters they played; how they worked together; and going on tour. They recall working with other comedy 'greats', including Charlie Chaplin; and reveal how their standard gags came about. There are also tales of back-stage antics, plus the classic 'Stan and Ollie' lines from the early 'talkies' and the feature films. If you love a good laugh, you will delight in this book, which includes the best film stills from the Laruel and Hardy films and pictures of the comedians' off-screen lives.
