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Author : EZRA GOODMAN
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book THE FIFTY YEAR DECLINE AND FALL OF HOLLYWOOD written by EZRA GOODMAN and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Austin
Publisher : SP Books
ISBN 13 : 9781561711420
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (114 download)
Download or read book Tales of Hollywood the Bizarre written by John Austin and published by SP Books. This book was released on 1992 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A chilling expose of true murder, lust, depravity and greed--everything the press never dared reveal to the public! Exposes how Universal Pictures kept Rock Hudson's homosexuality secret for 30 years, how Raquel Welch won a $15-million-dollar lawsuit against MGM (and why she'll never act in Hollywood again!), plus more compellings accounts on Burt Reynolds, Cliff Robertson, and others. Photographs.
Author : Frank Manchel
Publisher : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN 13 : 9780838631867
Total Pages : 988 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Film Study written by Frank Manchel and published by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 988 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The four volumes of Film Study include a fresh approach to each of the basic categories in the original edition. Volume one examines the film as film; volume two focuses on the thematic approach to film; volume three draws on the history of film; and volume four contains extensive appendices listing film distributors, sources, and historical information as well as an index of authors, titles, and film personalities.
Author : Denise Mann
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 145291334X
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (529 download)
Download or read book Hollywood Independents written by Denise Mann and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Hollywood Independents' explores the crucial period between 1948 and 1962 when independent film producers first became key components of the modern corporate entertainment industry. Mann examines their impact, the decline of the studios, the rise of television, and the rise of potent talent agencies such as MCA.
Author : Samantha Barbas
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520940246
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (42 download)
Download or read book The First Lady of Hollywood written by Samantha Barbas and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2005-10-24 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hollywood celebrities feared her. William Randolph Hearst adored her. Between 1915 and 1960, Louella Parsons was America's premier movie gossip columnist and in her heyday commanded a following of more than forty million readers. This first full-length biography of Parsons tells the story of her reign over Hollywood during the studio era, her lifelong alliance with her employer, William Randolph Hearst, and her complex and turbulent relationships with such noted stars, directors, and studio executives as Orson Welles, Joan Crawford, Louis B. Mayer, Ronald Reagan, and Frank Sinatra—as well as her rival columnists Hedda Hopper and Walter Winchell. Loved by fans for her "just folks," small-town image, Parsons became notorious within the film industry for her involvement in the suppression of the 1941 film Citizen Kane and her use of blackmail in the service of Hearst's political and personal agendas. As she traces Parsons's life and career, Samantha Barbas situates Parsons's experiences in the broader trajectory of Hollywood history, charting the rise of the star system and the complex interactions of publicity, journalism, and movie-making. Engagingly written and thoroughly researched, The First Lady of Hollywood is both an engrossing chronicle of one of the most powerful women in American journalism and film and a penetrating analysis of celebrity culture and Hollywood power politics.
Author : Allan R. Ellenberger
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476607826
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book Ramon Novarro written by Allan R. Ellenberger and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ramon Novarro was Ben-Hur to moviegoers long before Charlton Heston. The 1926 film made Novarro--known as "Ravishing Ramon"--one of Hollywood's most beloved silent film idols. His bright and varied career, spanning silents, talkies, the concert stage, theater, and television, came to a dark conclusion with his murder in 1968. This comprehensive work details both the private and public aspects of Novarro's life to return him to his rightful place in film history. Includes a complete filmography and numerous photos.
Author : George Garrett
Publisher : Ardent Media
ISBN 13 : 9780829022780
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (227 download)
Download or read book Film Scripts written by George Garrett and published by Ardent Media. This book was released on 1989 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These scripts from 1964-65 movies are presented to aid in understanding filmmaking. The reader/viewer can study the script and "finished" images to compare film script with movie productions.
Author : Jeffrey Richards
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1847250076
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (472 download)
Download or read book Hollywood's Ancient Worlds written by Jeffrey Richards and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new, full analysis of the Ancient World epic and how this film genre continues to comment on modern-day issues.
Author : Peter Hay
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195364422
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)
Download or read book Movie Anecdotes written by Peter Hay and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1991-12-12 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hollywood, Walter Winchell quipped, is where they shoot too many movies and not enough actors. Always looking for an angle, always, scheming, always the scene of clashing egos, the movie industry is where they place you under contract instead of observation--and if you don't have anything nice to say, write it down. "In 1940, I had my choice between Hitler and Hollywood," French director Ren'e Clair recalled, "and I preferred Hollywood--just a little." In Movie Anecdotes, Peter Hay treats us to a delightful ride through the world that has captivated audiences for almost a century, with stories that are often hilarious, sometimes tragic, and always entertaining. He takes us from the rough-and tumble early days (when one studio paid Pancho Villa $25,000 to launch his attacks only in daylight, after a film crew had set up) to the studio era (when Joan Crawford refused to cross the street on the MGM lot except in a chauffeured limousine) to the shenanigans of today's global industry. Here are stories about all the legends: Charlie Chaplin, Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Mae West, Lucille Ball, Marilyn Monroe, Errol Flynn, Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, Judy Garland, Sophia Loren, John Wayne, and, of course, Ronald Reagan. There are the great directors from D.W. Griffith, Hitchcock, and Eisenstein, to Kurosawa, Bergman, Visconti, Huston, Ford, and Woody Allen. And Hay has selected tales of the writers, the wits, and the grand moguls, including perhaps the largest collection of Goldwynisms--both genuine and apocryphal. Along with the laughter, this volume recreates the conflicts that have torn the movie world, from battles over money and contracts, to discrimination, divorces, and scandals. Colorful, incredible, bitter, funny--the stories about moviemaking are as fantastic as the pictures themselves. Now they have been gathered together in an irresistible bouquet that is certain to delight every movie buff and provide fascinating insights for serious students of film.
Author : William Fadiman
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780871405562
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (55 download)
Download or read book Hollywood Now written by William Fadiman and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1972 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : E.J. Fleming
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786454954
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book The Fixers written by E.J. Fleming and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-01-28 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eddie Mannix and Howard Strickling are virtually unknown outside of Hollywood and little-remembered even there, but as General Manager and Head of Publicity for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, they lorded over all the stars in Hollywood's golden age from the 1920s through the 1940s--including legends like Garbo, Dietrich, Gable and Garland. When MGM stars found themselves in trouble, it was Eddie and Howard who took care of them--solved their problems, hid their crimes, and kept their secrets. They were "the Fixers." At a time when image meant everything and the stars were worth millions to the studios that owned them, Mannix and Strickling were the most important men at MGM. Through a complex web of contacts in every arena, from reporters and doctors to corrupt police and district attorneys, they covered up some of the most notorious crimes and scandals in Hollywood history, keeping stars out of jail and, more importantly, their names out of the papers. They handled problems as diverse as the murder of Paul Bern (husband of MGM's biggest star, Jean Harlow), the studio-directed drug addictions of Judy Garland, the murder of Ted Healy (creator of The Three Stooges) at the hands of Wallace Beery, and arranging for an unmarried Loretta Young to adopt her own child--a child fathered by a married Clark Gable. Through exhaustive research and interviews with contemporaries, this is the never-before-told story of Eddie Mannix and Howard Strickling. The dual biography describes how a mob-related New Jersey laborer and the quiet son of a grocer became the most powerful men at the biggest studio in the world.
Author : Allan R. Ellenberger
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786483419
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (834 download)
Download or read book The Valentino Mystique written by Allan R. Ellenberger and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-06-24 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The circumstances surrounding the death of legendary star Rudolph Valentino have been a constant source of fascination for admirers worldwide. This work examines every aspect of his passing, analyzing the circumstances and gathering information into one convenient source for the Valentino scholar and enthusiast. The first part examines every moment of the last days of Rudolph Valentino, his illness and operation, the reactions of such intimates as Pola Negri, and all controversy such as riots, suicides, and fights over his funeral and estate. Part two gives tours of Valentino-related sites in New York, Hollywood and West Hollywood, downtown and suburban Los Angeles, and Beverly Hills, explaining each site's part in Valentino's history, giving quotes from the star and his associates about the place, and describing its present state. Part three consists of eleven appendices giving such information as the infamous "Pink Powder Puff" editorial and Valentino's responses, the medical diagnosis, operation on and treatment of the idol, tributes and eulogies, the list of mourners attending his funerals, his last will and testament, the summation of his estate, quotes about his death, references from newspapers, and a complete filmography.
Author : Jonas Mekas
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231541589
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)
Download or read book Movie Journal written by Jonas Mekas and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his Village Voice "Movie Journal" columns, Jonas Mekas captured the makings of an exciting movement in 1960s American filmmaking. Works by Andy Warhol, Gregory J. Markapoulos, Stan Brakhage, Jack Smith, Robert Breer, and others echoed experiments already underway elsewhere, yet they belonged to a nascent tradition that only a true visionary could identify. Mekas incorporated the most essential characteristics of these films into a unique conception of American filmmaking's next phase. He simplified complex aesthetic strategies for unfamiliar audiences and appreciated the subversive genius of films that many dismissed as trash. This new edition presents Mekas's original critiques in full, with additional material on the filmmakers, film studies scholars, and popular and avant-garde critics whom he inspired and transformed.
Author : John Austin
Publisher : SP Books
ISBN 13 : 9780944007730
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (77 download)
Download or read book More of Hollywood's Unsolved Mysteries written by John Austin and published by SP Books. This book was released on 1991 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the much requested sequel to 'Hollywoods Unsolved Mysteries', which gained national attention for its controversial revelations about the mysterious deaths of Natalie Wood, Bob Crane, George Reeves, and others. In 'More of Hollywood's Unsolved Mysteries' John Austin picks up where he left off, answering the tough questions and uncovering the truth -- the truth that Hollywood doesnt want you to know.
Author : William J. Mann
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547134649
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (471 download)
Download or read book How to be a Movie Star written by William J. Mann and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2009 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A narrative account of Elizabeth Taylor's career, with particular attention paid to how the consummate movie star influenced and crafted her image over the years.
Author : Gary Giddins
Publisher : Back Bay Books
ISBN 13 : 0316091561
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Bing Crosby written by Gary Giddins and published by Back Bay Books. This book was released on 2009-11-29 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Bing Crosby's early days in college minstrel shows and vaudeville, to his first hit recordings, from his 11 year triumph as star of America's most popular radio show, to his first success in Hollywood, Gary Giddins provides a detailed study of the rise of this American star.
Author : John Cones
Publisher : Algora Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1628941162
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (289 download)
Download or read book Motion Picture Biographies written by John Cones and published by Algora Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hollywood movies are famous for promoting negative stereotypes of all kinds, especially against minorities, women, Southerners, and Christians. To what extent are biographical films selected for production according to certain biases, conscious or unconscious, among the Hollywood elite? An expert on the U.S. film industry gives readers brief synopses of Hollywood biopics produced and/ or released from 1912 through 1994. This survey provides the basis for discussion and analysis. Tracking these one-sided depictions over a longer period of time, the patterns of bias - and the source of the problem - become more clear. The problem appears to be that most of the people who have green-light authority in the U.S. film industry - for either the production and/or distribution of a motion picture - share a common ethnic/religious/cultural background. Thus, the stories of their own cohort and those of all other ethnic, religious and/or cultural groups (whose members seldom achieve positions of power in Hollywood) are being filtered through the cultural sensibilities of a single group. John Cones suggests that the solution could lie in increasing diversity at the highest levels in the U.S. film industry.
