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Van Heflin

Author : Derek Sculthorpe
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 078649686X
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Van Heflin written by Derek Sculthorpe and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-03-09 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A versatile craftsman, actor Van Heflin was never concerned with popularity or comfortable with stardom. Lauded by his peers, Heflin won over moviegoers with his portrayal of resolute homesteader Joe Starrett in George Stevens' classic Shane (1953). He impressed in all genres, convincingly portraying every type of character from heel to hero. Van Heflin first garnered attention as the sensitive, alcoholic friend of gangster Johnny Eager (1941), for which he won an Academy Award, and later gave notable performances in a string of noirs, dramas and westerns. He was memorable as the psychotic cop in Joseph Losey's masterpiece The Prowler (1951) but equally impressive as the doubtful executive in Jean Negulesco's smart satire Woman's World (1954). This first full-length biography of Heflin covers his early life as a sailor and his career on stage and screen, providing detailed commentary on all his films.

The Complete Smoking Diaries

Author : Simon Gray
Publisher : Granta Books
ISBN 13 : 184708866X
Total Pages : 901 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Smoking Diaries written by Simon Gray and published by Granta Books. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 901 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When he turned sixty-five, playwright Simon Gray began to keep a diary in which he reflected on a life filled with cigarettes (continuing), alcohol (stopped), several triumphs and many more disasters, shame, adultery, friendship and love. Bringing together the four parts of The Smoking Diaries (The Smoking Diaries, The Year of the Jouncer, The Last Cigarette, and Coda) this beautiful volume is filled with comedy and serious reflection, sharp observation and painful self-disclosure. A brilliant and moving account of life's unsteady progress, it takes the reader to the heart of one man's brilliant struggle towards some kind of personal truth.

Charles Bronson

Author : Michael R. Pitts
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476610355
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Charles Bronson written by Michael R. Pitts and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-09-17 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work covers Bronson's entire output in film and on television, and includes many film stills and photographs. Alphabetical entries list film or episode, complete cast and credits, and year of release. Accompanying each entry's plot synopsis and discussion is a survey of the critical responses to the work. The great Charles Laughton once said Bronson "has the strongest face in the business, and he is also one of its best actors." Pretty high praise for an actor who, though loved by fans worldwide, has been consistently underestimated by critics. Bronson's career has spanned five decades, from such television appearances in The Fugitive, Rawhide, Bonanza and Have Gun, Will Travel as well as the telemovie A Family of Cops (1995) and its two sequels. He will long be remembered for his role as urban vigilante Paul Kersey in the Death Wish films. Bronson is one of the most enigmatic, and also most recognizable, of all film stars.

Highball,

Author : Lawrence Treadwell
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
ISBN 13 : 1662472374
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book Highball, written by Lawrence Treadwell and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2022-06-30 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highball is an old signal from the train conductor to engineer that the train was clear to start from its stop and proceed at speed. Two green balls, one above the other, were the visual signal. Railroads were running long before motion pictures. Soon after silent movies were invented, directors liked trains in their films as railroading became an important business for America, passengers, and freight trains. From the beginning, Hollywood loved trains. In the book are over 450 films with the title, the year distributed, director, cast, producer/distributer, and an overview, which set forth the key train link. Hollywood produced all sort/type of films: comedy, mystery, drama, Western, war, adventure, crime, construction, musical, and epic with combinations of genre. Every film in the book has a railroad link or connection of some sort, which makes this a stand-alone edition. Movies included begin in the Silent Era, 1920s, and continue to the present day. The Hollywood Golden Age through World War II produced great films and continued using different techniques and emphasis. Dangerous cargoes, revivals, scenarios, and technology reflect the extraordinary genius of moviemakers today. With jet aircraft, passenger train travel declined to the extent that passenger trains became too expensive for America’s railroads to operate. In 1971, Congress created Amtrak, a quasi-public corporation, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation. Freight continued with the railroads, which today consist of five major train, class I companies: CSX, NS (Norfolk Southern), BNSF (Burlington and Santa Fe), UP (Union Pacific), and KCS (Kansas City Southern). Canadian Pacific (CP) operates both passenger and freight trains. Movies produced overseas are included with the United Kingdom being a large contributor to the book. The reference book is a must for all railroaders and movie lovers to recall their favorites and to see movies that they missed. All aboard!

Breach of Promise

Author : James Scott Bell
Publisher : HarperChristian + ORM
ISBN 13 : 0310559960
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Breach of Promise written by James Scott Bell and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2009-05-26 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How far will a father go to get back his only daughter? And how will he survive in a legal system that crushes those who can't afford to fight back?Mark Gillen has the storybook life other men dream of, complete with a beautiful wife and an adoring five-year-old daughter. Then his wife announces she’s leaving him. And taking their daughter with her. The other man is a famous film director with unlimited funds and the keys to stardom and wealth for Paula. How can Mark begin to compete? But the most bitter blow comes when he is kept from seeing his daughter because of false charges . . . and a legal system ill-suited for finding the truth.Forged in the darkest valley Mark has ever walked through, his faith in God may ultimately cost him everything in the eyes of the family law system. But it is the one thing that can keep him sane—and give him the strength to fight against all odds for what matters most.

Paramount World

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Paramount World written by and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Screen World Vol. 6 1955

Author : Blum, Daniel
Publisher : Biblo & Tannen Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780819602619
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Screen World Vol. 6 1955 written by Blum, Daniel and published by Biblo & Tannen Publishers. This book was released on 1969 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Cinemascope Two

Author : John Reid
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1411622480
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book Cinemascope Two written by John Reid and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2005-02-01 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If it were not for the vision and enterprise of Darryl F. Zanuck and 20th Century-Fox, chances are none of us would be enjoying widescreen films today. Instead, we'd still be watching movies and TV on the same postage-stamp screen that became standard when movies began to talk in 1927. This survey of Fox's contributions to the CinemaScope Revolution which that studio started back in 1953, examines no less than 140 key films (with extensive cast and technical credits, plus release details and other background information, including prizes and awards).

California. Court of Appeal (2nd Appellate District). Records and Briefs

Author : California (State).
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book California. Court of Appeal (2nd Appellate District). Records and Briefs written by California (State). and published by . This book was released on with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

French literature on screen

Author : Homer B. Pettey
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526133164
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book French literature on screen written by Homer B. Pettey and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2019-05-16 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection presents new essays in the complex field of French literary adaptation. Using a variety of textual and interpretive approaches, it sheds light on issues of gender, sexuality, class, politics and social conventions while acknowledging a range of contexts, from the commercial to the archival and the aesthetic. The chapters, written by eminent international scholars, run chronologically from The Count of Monte Cristo through Proust and Bonjour, Tristesse to Philippe Djian’s Oh... (adapted for the screen as Elle). Collectively, they fill a need for contemporary discussions on the significance of France’s literary representations in the history of global cinema.

Screen Savers II: My Grab Bag of Classic Movies

Author : John Dileo
Publisher : Hansen Publishing Group LLC
ISBN 13 : 1601826575
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Screen Savers II: My Grab Bag of Classic Movies written by John Dileo and published by Hansen Publishing Group LLC. This book was released on 2015-04-19 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Screen Savers II is John DiLeo's three-part grab bag of classic movies, beginning with his extensive essays about ten remarkable and underappreciated movies, as in the first Screen Savers, and representing a variety of genres and stars such as Barbara Stanwyck, James Stewart, Ginger Rogers, and DiLeo favorite Joel McCrea. Part Two collects and categorizes posts from DiLeo's classic-film blog screensaversmovies.com, containing his musings on classics revisited, sleepers and stinkers, films old and new, plus his memorial tributes to Hollywood notables. Part Three might be called a delayed bonus round to DiLeo's 1999 quiz book, with all-new matching quizzes. Can you identify the films in which a character writes a book titled Hummingbird Hill; Fred Astaire dances with Betty Hutton; a character named Sean Regan is important but never seen?

Columbia Noir

Author : Gene Blottner
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786470143
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Columbia Noir written by Gene Blottner and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This filmography covers Columbia Pictures' noir titles released in the classic noir era, October 1940 to June 1962. All sub-genres are covered including British, western and science fiction. Included are the great Columbia films Gilda, Lady from Shanghai, All the Kings Men, In a Lonely Place, On the Waterfront, Anatomy of a Murder and Experiment in Terror. The films are examined in detail, with release dates, cast and production credits, production dates, synopses, reviews, notes and commentary on each film, the author's summation and the publicity "tag lines."

LIFE

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book LIFE written by and published by . This book was released on 1947-11-10 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.

Brian Donlevy, the Good Bad Guy

Author : Derek Sculthorpe
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476626588
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Brian Donlevy, the Good Bad Guy written by Derek Sculthorpe and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-01-25 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brian Donlevy (1901-1972) was an underrated film actor with surprising range and a little-heralded gift for comedy. Often typecast as a villain, he played the definitive bad guy in such films as Destry Rides Again, Union Pacific and Beau Geste (all in 1939). He showed his versatility in the title role of Preston Sturges' political satire The Great McGinty (1940) and impressed both New York critics and the Soviet government as the cooly authoritative Major Caton in Wake Island (1942). Donlevy was fondly remembered as globe-trotting U.S. Special Agent Steve Mitchell in the television series Dangerous Assignment (1952) and as Professor Quatermass in two acclaimed science fiction films. This first ever biography of Donlevy covers his colorful early life as a boy soldier, his years playing comedy roles on Broadway and his long career in Hollywood.

I Saw Stars in the 40's and 50's

Author : Eddie Garrett
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1412058384
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book I Saw Stars in the 40's and 50's written by Eddie Garrett and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Never before seen photos of celebrities from the 1940's and the 1950's, taken by a 16 year old boy, who went on himself to become an actor. 117 black and white photos with brief highlights of the actor's life and a few notes by the author remembering the "instant of shooting the picture."

Hollywood's Miracles of Entertainment

Author : John Howard Reid
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1411635221
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book Hollywood's Miracles of Entertainment written by John Howard Reid and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2005-05 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 120 movies are detailed in this 8th book in the "Hollywood Classics" series. The movies range from marvels of special effects like "King Kong" to the first sound-on-disc feature, "Don Juan". Charismatic film stars like Humphrey Bogart, Jeanette MacDonald, Bing Crosby, Deanna Durbin, John Wayne, Errol Flynn, Eddie Cantor, Lana Turner, Alan Ladd, Elizabeth Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck, Kay Francis, John Garfield, Jane Powell and Roy Rogers enlivened many of these classic films.

Film Noir Guide

Author : Michael F. Keaney
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 078646366X
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Film Noir Guide written by Michael F. Keaney and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-12-06 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 700 films from the classic period of film noir (1940 to 1959) are presented in this exhaustive reference book--such films as The Accused, Among the Living, The Asphalt Jungle, Baby Face Nelson, Bait, The Beat Generation, Crossfire, Dark Passage, I Walk Alone, The Las Vegas Story, The Naked City, Strangers on a Train, White Heat, and The Window. For each film, the following information is provided: the title, release date, main performers, screenwriter(s), director(s), type of noir, thematic content, a rating based on the five-star system, and a plot synopsis that does not reveal the ending.