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Book Synopsis Arliss at the Alamo by : Connie Callender Lindsay
Download or read book Arliss at the Alamo written by Connie Callender Lindsay and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-07 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Titan written by Marc Eliot and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As he did in his bestselling biographies of Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, and Clint Eastwood, Marc Eliot offers an exciting, groundbreaking new take on an American icon—the most legendary Western film hero of all time, John Wayne An audience favorite and top box-office draw for decades, John Wayne symbolized masculinity, power, and patriotism, and inspired millions of Americans. Yet despite his popularity and success, he was unfairly dismissed as a "B" movie actor lacking elegance, creativity, range, and depth. American Titan challenges conventional wisdom and reevaluates Wayne's life and vital cinematic legacy, ultimately placing the man known as "Duke" among a select and brilliant pantheon of "actor auteurs"—artists whose consistency of style in their work reflects their personal creative vision. In American Titan, Eliot demonstrates that Wayne possessed a distinct and remarkable vision rooted in his unique Midwestern and West Coast childhood that would become manifest in one of the most enduring screen personalities of all time: the elusive, stoic frontier loner. Wayne's heroic outsider also influenced a new generation of actors and filmmakers who would borrow from it to use in their own movies. Drawing on his deep, extensive knowledge of Hollywood and film, Eliot contends that the primary driving force behind Wayne's extraordinary career and body of work was the result of his own ambitions and his collaborations with directors John Ford and Howard Hawks. Eliot offers as evidence the distinct personality that runs through Wayne's staggering 169 films, from Stage Coach and The Searchers to The Quiet Man and The Green Berets. Setting Wayne's life within the sweeping political and social transformations that defined the nation, Eliot's masterly revisionist portrait is a remarkable in-depth look at a life that embodied the spirit of the twentieth century. What emerges is nothing less than a powerful understanding of and appreciation for a true American titan. Marc Eliot is the New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen books on popular culture, among them the highly acclaimed Cary Grant, the award-winning Walt Disney: Hollywood's Dark Prince, and American Rebel: The Life of Clint Eastwood. He writes for a number of publications and frequently speaks about film at universities and to film groups, and on radio and television. He lives in New York City and Woodstock, New York. MarcEliot.net
Book Synopsis American Classic Screen Interviews by : John C. Tibbetts
Download or read book American Classic Screen Interviews written by John C. Tibbetts and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2010-07-23 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In American Classic Screen Interviews, editors John C. Tibbetts and James M. Welsh have assembled some of the most significant and memorable interviews conducted for the magazine over its ten-year history. This collection contains rare conversations with some of the brightest stars of yesteryear, as well as gifted filmmakers, celebrated animators, and highly revered historians. This compendium of interviews recaptures the spirit and scholarship of that time and will appeal to both scholars and fans who have an abiding interest in the American motion picture industry.
Book Synopsis Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide by : Leonard Maltin
Download or read book Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide written by Leonard Maltin and published by Plume Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A One-of-a-Kind Guide to Classic Movies from the Leading Authority on Film From Leonard Maltin, author of the bestselling annual Movie Guide, comes the only guide to classic movies. Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide includes more than 9,000 capsule reviews of classic movies, including The Birth of a Nation (1915), Gone With the Wind (1939), The Philadelphia Story (1940), High Noon (1952), and The Ten Commandments (1956). In addition, this comprehensive volume offers a star and director index, and Leonard Maltin's personal list of top classic DVDs. The result is an authoritative, dynamic guide to the classics that no film aficionado should be without.
Book Synopsis American Silent Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Feature Films, 1913-1929 by : John T. Soister
Download or read book American Silent Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Feature Films, 1913-1929 written by John T. Soister and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 831 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Silent Era, when most films dealt with dramatic or comedic takes on the "boy meets girl, boy loses girl" theme, other motion pictures dared to tackle such topics as rejuvenation, revivication, mesmerism, the supernatural and the grotesque. A Daughter of the Gods (1916), The Phantom of the Opera (1925), The Magician (1926) and Seven Footprints to Satan (1929) were among the unusual and startling films containing story elements that went far beyond the realm of "highly unlikely." Using surviving documentation and their combined expertise, the authors catalog and discuss these departures from the norm in this encyclopedic guide to American horror, science fiction and fantasy in the years from 1913 through 1929.
Book Synopsis Southwest Writers Anthology by : Martin Shockley
Download or read book Southwest Writers Anthology written by Martin Shockley and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Turner Classic Movies Presents Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide by : Leonard Maltin
Download or read book Turner Classic Movies Presents Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide written by Leonard Maltin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-09-29 with total page 866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive guide to classic films from one of America's most trusted film critics Thanks to Netflix and cable television, classic films are more accessible than ever. Now co-branded with Turner Classic Movies, Leonard Maltin’s Classic Movie Guide covers films from Hollywood and around the world, from the silent era through 1965, and from The Maltese Falcon to Singin’ in the Rain and Godzilla, King of the Monsters! Thoroughly revised and updated, and featuring expanded indexes, a list of Maltin’s personal recommendations, and three hundred new entries—including many offbeat and obscure films—this new edition is a must-have companion for every movie lover.
Book Synopsis Halliwell's Filmgoer's & Video Viewer's Companion by : Leslie Halliwell
Download or read book Halliwell's Filmgoer's & Video Viewer's Companion written by Leslie Halliwell and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1995 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A must for movie fans and trivia buffs alike, this famed film guide contains a wealth of information and is fully updated to include the latest stars. The more than 10,000 alphabetically arranged entries provide complete details on each film, including award-winners and nominees, personal data on actors and directors, notes from critics, and more.
Book Synopsis Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide by :
Download or read book Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 1662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide by : Leonard Maltin
Download or read book Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide written by Leonard Maltin and published by Signet Book. This book was released on 1994 with total page 1608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 25th anniversary edition! Going strong after 25 years, this movie and video guide by the film correspondent for top-rated Entertainment Tonight offers more than 19,000 capsule movie reviews--with over 300 new entries. Includes updated and expanded indexes of stars and directors, plus an updated list of mail-order sources.
Book Synopsis Coming Back to a Theater Near You by : Brian Hannan
Download or read book Coming Back to a Theater Near You written by Brian Hannan and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-06-05 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Silent Era, film reissues were a battle between rival studios--every Mary Pickford new release in 1914 was met with a Pickford re-release. For 50 years after the Silent Era, reissues were a battle between the studios, who considered old movies "found money," and cinema owners, who often saw audiences reject former box office hits. In the mid-1960s, the return of The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)--the second biggest reissue of all time--altered industry perceptions, and James Bond double features pushed the revival market to new heights. In the digital age, reissues have continued to confound the critics. This is the untold hundred-year story of how old movies saved new Hollywood. Covering the booms and busts of a recycling business that became its own industry, the author describes how the likes of Charlie Chaplin, Humphrey Bogart and Alfred Hitchcock won over new generations of audiences, and explores the lasting appeal of films like Napoleon (1927), Gone with the Wind (1939), The Rocky Horror Show (1975) and Blade Runner (1982).
Book Synopsis Pacific Coast Exhibitor Bulletin by :
Download or read book Pacific Coast Exhibitor Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Movie Roadshows written by Kim R. Holston and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work examines a film distribution system paralleling the rise of early features and persisting until 1972, when Man of La Mancha was the final roadshow to require reserved seating. Synonymous with Hollywood's star-studded premieres, roadshows were longer and cost more than regular features, making the experience similar to attending the legitimate theater. Roadshows, often epic in subject matter, played selected (usually only one) theaters in major urban centers until demand decreased. De rigueur by the 1960s were musical overtures, intermissions, entre'acte and exit music and souvenir programs for sale in the lobby. Throughout the text are recollections by people who attended roadshows, including actor John Kerr and actresses Barbara Eden and Ingrid Pitt. The focus is on roadshows released in the United States but an appendix identifies international roadshows and films forecast but not released as roadshows. Included are plots, contemporary critical reaction, premiere dates, production background, and methods of promotion--i.e., the ballyhoo.
Book Synopsis Cultures of the States by : Jack Rimmel Frymier
Download or read book Cultures of the States written by Jack Rimmel Frymier and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cultures of the States: How Effective Are State Governments? is a study of the effectiveness of states in the United States in dealing with governance problems. It includes a summary ranking of all states and problems profile for each state on 15 governance factors, plus a database of more than 700 tables of statistical information in which every state is ranked on each of the 700 variables, along with a historical interpretation.
Download or read book Motion Picture Herald written by and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 880 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Screen of Change by : Peter Hopkinson
Download or read book The Screen of Change written by Peter Hopkinson and published by UKA Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The account of a life spanning almost sixty years of work in the film industry in England, Hollywood, India, and throughout the world. Peter Hopkinson joined Denham Studios as a clapper loader at 16 and quickly became a camera assistant, working with directors like King Vidor and Michael Powell, and stars such as Marlene Dietrich and Robert Donat. In 1940 he joined the army and, working for the British Army Film and Photographic Unit, helped to film the Battle of Alamein, allied landings in Italy, partisan actions in Yugoslavia and Greece and the Japanese surrender in Siam (Thailand), among many other assignments. After the war he became a director-cameraman, mainly for the March of Time newsreels, continuing to film from war zones and trouble spots, but also creating documentaries (many of them award-winning) that analysed life in peacetime: politics, scientific advance, social upheaval in the developing world and changing lifestyles at home. In later life he was hired by UNESCO to pass on his mastery of documentary film-making to a new generation of international youth at the Film Institute of India. In this book Peter Hopkinson presents not just an account of his own amazing life and work but a lucid and comprehensive history of the moving image itself, the supreme popular art form of our time. Includes more than 100 photographs. 'A history of the moving image told from the perspective of somebody who has experienced many of the major developments in the industry at first hand.' Melvyn Bragg (Controller Arts, London Weekend Television) "A real contribution to the literature of film in the 20th century." Raymond Fielding (Dean and Professor School of Motion Picture Television and Recording Arts Florida State University)
Download or read book The Billboard written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 872 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: