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Author : James Robert Parish
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 862 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (918 download)
Download or read book The MGM Stock Company written by James Robert Parish and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 862 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Robert Parish
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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (251 download)
Download or read book The MGM Stock Company written by James Robert Parish and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Rbert & Ronald L. Parish & Bowers
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Download or read book Mgm Stock Company: Golden Era written by James Rbert & Ronald L. Parish & Bowers and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Parish
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781515387015
Total Pages : 726 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (87 download)
Download or read book The Mgm Stock Company written by James Parish and published by . This book was released on 2015-12-22 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of the Encore Film Book Classics series, this is a reprint of the original text to The MGM STOCK COMPANY: THE GOLDEN ERA by James Robert Parish and Ronald L. Bowers. June Allyson was born in the Bronx, Edward Arnold once considered running for Republican Senator from California. Brawny Wallace Beery entered show business as a chorus boy. At 61, Marie Dressler made a major comeback and became MGM's highest paid star. A clerk in MGM's legal department saw young Ava Gardner's photo in the window of a New York photographer and distributed 60 copies throughout the MGM offices. Stewart Granger's real name was James Stewart (any wonder why he changed it!) These are just some of the thousands of cinematic facts in The MGM Stock Company: The Golden Era. This reference directory to gigantic MGM-home to "more stars than are in the heavens"-is a cornucopia of film lore, with carefully detailed biographies and career studies of nearly 150 studio greats from June Allyson to Robert Young. This volume also stars Fred Astaire, Mary Astor, Lew Ayres, Lucille Ball, all three Barrymores, Leslie Caron, Joan Crawford, Marion Davies, Jimmy Durante, Nelson Eddy, Clark Gable, Greta Garbo, Greer Garson, John Gilbert, Jean Harlow, Helen Hayes, Katharine Hepburn, Lena Horne, Van Johnson, Gene Kelly, Hedy Lamarr, Angela Lansbury, Mario Lanza, Myrna Loy, Jeanette MacDonald, Robert Montgomery, Maureen O'Sullivan, Walter Pidgeon, Eleanor Powell, Jane Powell, William Powell, Luise Rainer, Mickey Rooney, Rosalind Russell, Norma Shearer, Red Skelton, Ann Sothern, Elizabeth Taylor, Robert Taylor, Franchot Tone, Spencer Tracy, Lana Turner, Robert Walker, Johnny Weismuller, Esther Williams, and nearly 100 more of the film lot's magical stars and beloved supporting players. Also included are feature film listings for each talent profiled. Rich in quotes from the stars themselves, replete with fascinating salary statistics and contemporary reviews, The MGM Stock Company: The Golden Era is an anatomy of Hollywood's greatest studio and its glittering array of contracted notables during the lot's magical heyday.
Author : James Robert Parish
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Total Pages : 860 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The MGM Stock Company written by James Robert Parish and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 860 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Steven Bingen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493067966
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)
Download or read book The MGM Effect written by Steven Bingen and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-08-15 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s emblem, which has opened thousands of movies since 1924, is the most recognized corporate symbol in the world. Not just in the entertainment industry, it should be noted, but of any industry, anywhere, in the history of human civilization. But MGM has been a competitively insignificant force in the motion picture industry for nearly as long as it once, decades ago, dominated that industry. In fact, the MGM lion now presides not over movies alone, but over thirty world-class resorts, and is, or has been, also a recognized leader in the fields of real estate, theme parks, casinos, golf courses, consumer products, and even airlines, all around the world. But the MGM mystique remains. This book is a look at what made MGM the Mount Rushmore of studios, how it presented itself to the world, and how it influenced everything from set design to merchandising to music and dance, and continues to do so today.
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Total Pages : 862 pages
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Download or read book Cue written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 862 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Earl J. Hess
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700617574
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (6 download)
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.
Author : Stephen Michael Shearer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493077058
Total Pages : 493 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)
Download or read book Gloria Swanson written by Stephen Michael Shearer and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2024-11-19 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gloria Swanson is most remembered today for her role as “Norma Desmond” in Billy Wilder’s noir sound classic Sunset Boulevard (1950), but Swanson during her heyday was heralded as filmdom’s leading fashion queen, as proclaimed by director Cecil B. DeMille in such silent motion pictures as Male and Female (1919), Why Change Your Husband (1921), and The Affairs of Anatol (1922). Throughout that decade and well into the 1930s, Swanson set fashion standards on and off the screen in creations designed by such illustrious couturieres as Mitchell Leisen, Paul Iribe, Norman Norell, Sonia Delaunay, Max Ree, Capt. Edward H. Molyneux, Coco Chanel, Rene Hubert, and later Edith Head. In the 1950s, she designed and managed her own line of ready to wear fashion patterns called Forever Young for women of a discernible age. Gloria Swanson: Hollywood’s First Glamour Queen is a photographic tribute to this extraordinary woman. Focusing on sense of style and fashion, the book contains hundreds of personal and professional photographs, many never before published, and running biographical commentary by biographer Stephen Michael Shearer, author of the definitive book of the star, Gloria Swanson: The Ultimate Star (St. Martin’s Press-Macmillan).
Author : Steven Bingen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493070894
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)
Download or read book The 50 MGM Films That Transformed Hollywood written by Steven Bingen and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Movies don’t exist in a vacuum. Each MGM movie is a tiny piece of a large, colorful (although often black-and-white) quilt, with threads tying it into all of the rest of that studio’s product, going forward, yes, but also backward, and horizontally, and three-dimensionally across its entire landscape. Not necessarily a “best of” compilation, this book discusses the films that for one reason or another (and not all of them good ones) changed the trajectory of MGM and the film industry in general, from the revolutionary use of “Cinerama” in 1962’s How the West Was Won to Director Alfred Hitchcock’s near-extortion of the profits from the 1959 hit thriller North by Northwest.And there are the studio’s on-screen self-shoutouts to its own past or stars, in films like Party Girl (1958), the That’s Entertainment series, Garbo Talks (1984), Rain Man (1955), and De-Lovely (2004), or the studio’s acquisition of other successful franchises such as James Bond. But fear not—what we consider MGM’s classic films all get their due here, often with a touch of irony or fascinating anecdote. Singin' in the Rain (1952), for example, was in its day neither a financial blockbuster nor critically acclaimed but rather an excuse for the studio to reuse some old songs it already owned. The Wizard of Oz (1939) cost almost as much to make as Gone With the Wind (also 1939) and took ten years to recoup its costs. But still, the MGM mystique endures. Like the popular Netflix series The Movies that Made Us, this is a fascinating look behind the scenes of the greatest—and at times notorious—films ever made.
Author : Allan R. Ellenberger
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476604010
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book Margaret O'Brien written by Allan R. Ellenberger and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-09-11 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among Hollywood's child stars are some talented children, normal and pleasant who find fame in film. Margaret O'Brien is one; her career began in 1941. The fresh-faced moppet quickly became a sensation and won the 1944 Academy Award for Outstanding Child Actress. As Adele in Jane Eyre (1944) and Beth in Little Women (1949), Margaret endeared herself to millions. Despite the strain of growing up on screen, O'Brien continues to perform today. This reference work details O'Brien's remarkable and varied career on stage, screen, and television: it includes a biography and a complete listing of all her film, radio, stage, and television appearances, as well as references to her in magazines and newspapers. Each entry includes complete production information, as well as reviews and behind-the-scenes commentary. Included are forewords by Robert Young and O'Brien herself, who provided much of the information in this book. Dozens of photos, including many from O'Brien's personal collection, illustrate the text and show the varied stages of a career that includes both famous roles and famous friendships.
Author : Michael D. Rinella
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476675236
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book Margaret Sullavan written by Michael D. Rinella and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-07-29 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1933, Margaret Sullavan made her film debut and was an overnight sensation. For the next three decades, she enchanted audiences and critics in any medium she chose--film, theater, television--and was regarded as one of the foremost dramatic actresses. Off screen, she epitomized the Southern Belle--beauty, hospitality and flirtatiousness. Deep down, she suffered from crippling insecurity, especially as a mother--a feeling exacerbated by progressive hearing loss. By age 50, she could no longer cope and took an overdose of sleeping pills. This biography covers her film career with insightful criticism from the period and details her personal life, including her marriage to Henry Fonda, her special friendship with James Stewart and her bitter rivalry with Katharine Hepburn.
Author : David Quinlan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780389204084
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (4 download)
Download or read book The Illustrated Guide to Film Directors written by David Quinlan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1983 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com.
Author : Robert J. Lentz
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786487224
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book Gloria Grahame, Bad Girl of Film Noir written by Robert J. Lentz and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A marvelous actress, Gloria Grahame (1923-1981) was also an iconic figure of film noir. Her talents are showcased in several classic motion pictures of the 1940s and 1950s, including It's a Wonderful Life, Crossfire, In a Lonely Place, The Greatest Show on Earth, The Big Heat, Oklahoma!, and The Bad and the Beautiful, for which she earned an Academy Award. This comprehensive overview of Gloria Grahame's life and work examines each of her feature films in detail, as well as her made-for-television productions, her television-series appearances and her stage career. Also discussed are the varied ways in which Grahame's acting performances were affected by her tumultuous personal life--which included four marriages, the second to director Nicholas Ray and the fourth to Ray's stepson Anthony.
Author : Robert Nott
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476667071
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book The Films of Budd Boetticher written by Robert Nott and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Budd Boetticher (1916-2001) was a bullfighter, a pleasant madman and a talented journeyman filmmaker who could--with the right material and drive--create a minor Western film classic as easily as he could kill a bull. Yet pain and passion naturally mixed in both endeavors. Drawing on studio archives and featuring insightful interviews with Boetticher and those who worked with him, this retrospective looks at each of his 33 films in detail, covering his cinematic career from his days as an assistant's assistant on the set of Hal Roach comedies to his last documentary some 45 years later.
Author : Michael Sragow
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813144426
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)
Download or read book Victor Fleming written by Michael Sragow and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2013-12-10 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This definitive biography chronicles the life and work of the legendary director of Gone With the Wind and The Wizard of Oz. Victor Fleming was the most sought-after director in Hollywood’s golden age, renowned for his work across an astounding range of genres—from gritty westerns to screwball comedies, romances, boddy pictures, and family entertainment. Yet this chameleon-like versatility has resulted in his relative obscurity today—despite his having directed two of the most iconic movies of all time. Fleming is best remembered for Gone With the Wind and The Wizard of Oz, but he directed more than forty films, including classics like Red Dust, Test Pilot, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Captains Courageous. Fleming created enduring screen personas for Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, and Gary Cooper, as well as for Ingrid Bergman, Clara Bow, and Norma Shearer—who were among his many lovers. In this definitive biography, Michael Sragow restores the director to the pantheon of great American filmmakers, correcting a major oversight in Hollywood history. It is the dramatic story of a man at the center of the most exciting period in American filmmaking.
Author : Michael Troyan
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813128420
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)
Download or read book A Rose for Mrs. Miniver written by Michael Troyan and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2010-09-12 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " In this first-ever biography of Greer Garson, Michael Troyan sweeps away the many myths that even today veil her life. The true origins of her birth, her fairy-tale discovery in Hollywood, and her career struggles at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer are revealed for the first time. Garson combined an everywoman quality with grace, charm, and refinement. She won the Academy Award in 1941 for her role in Mrs. Miniver , and for the next decade she reigned as the queen of MGM. Co-star Christopher Plummer remembered, ""Here was a siren who had depth, strength, dignity, and humor who could inspire great trust, suggest deep intellect and whose misty languorous eyes melted your heart away!"" Garson earned a total of seven Academy Award nominations for Best Actress, and fourteen of her films premiered at Radio City Music Hall, playing for a total of eighty-four weeks--a record never equaled by any other actress. She was a central figure in the golden age of the studios, working with legendary performers Clark Gable, Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor, Errol Flynn, Joan Crawford, Robert Mitchum, Debbie Reynolds, and Walter Pidgeon. Garson's experiences offer a fascinating glimpse at the studio system in the years when stars were closely linked to a particular studio and moguls such as L.B. Mayer broke or made careers. With the benefit of exclusive access to studio production files, personal letters and diaries, and the cooperation of her family, Troyan explores the triumphs and tragedies of her personal life, a story more colorful than any role she played on screen.
