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Author : Larry Swindell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Body and Soul written by Larry Swindell and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Larry Swindell
Publisher : Echo Point Books & Media
ISBN 13 : 9781626546127
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (461 download)
Download or read book Body and Soul written by Larry Swindell and published by Echo Point Books & Media. This book was released on 2016-12-23 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I believe the more successful an actor becomes, the more chances he should take. An actor never stops learning." John Garfield Before there was Brando and James Dean, there was John Garfield. The son of Russian Jewish immigrants, young Jacob Julius Garfinkle's talent and charisma carried him from membership in some of the Bronx's toughest street gangs to the boards of the prestigious American Laboratory Theater. As mercurial as he was talented, Garfield chafed at what he deemed "unfair" casting choices in New York and headed west to Hollywood, scoring an Academy Award nomination for his very first film role. Strong-willed, and with a gambler's bravado, Garfield was one of the first Hollywood stars to buck the studio system and start his own independent production company before being caught up in the career-jeopardizing web of McCarthyism.Author Larry Swindell tells the tortured tale of this cult movie icon, whose incredible talent and turbulent lifestyle made his tragically short life so compelling decades after his death.
Author : Patrick J. McGrath
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786428481
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book John Garfield written by Patrick J. McGrath and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2006-08-23 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most gifted actors of the 1930s and 1940s, John Garfield is too little remembered today. His gritty, true-to-life performances in 35 films, including Body and Soul, which was one of the first movies to raise the ugly specter of race relations in the United States, and in 16 Broadway productions were all highly acclaimed. Garfield is best recalled, by some, for having been targeted by the House Un-American Activities Committee for his liberal political beliefs. Garfield was one of many Hollywood stars blacklisted by Senator Joseph McCarthy and his cronies. "Acting is my life," he said in a speech in 1939. Deprived of that opportunity, he died in 1952. This generously illustrated work examines the actor's personal and professional life, recounting a bygone era of Hollywood and American history.
Author : Larry Swindell
Publisher : William Morrow &Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Body and Soul, the Story of John Garfield written by Larry Swindell and published by William Morrow &Company. This book was released on 1975 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biography of John Garfield.
Author : Carl Rollyson
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1604735678
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (47 download)
Download or read book Hollywood Enigma written by Carl Rollyson and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2012-06-22 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Dana Andrews (1909-1992)
Author : Tony Williams
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810849938
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (499 download)
Download or read book Body and Soul written by Tony Williams and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Body and Soul explores the work of Robert Aldrich, a producer and director responsible for several notable films, including The Flight of the Phoenix, The Dirty Dozen, Too Late the Hero, The Longest Yard and Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? Author Tony Williams examines the relationship of Aldrich's films to the Cultural Front movement of the 1930s as well as to the blacklist of the 1950s. He also delineates Aldrich's attempts to follow the progressive ideals of such mentors as Jean Renoir, Lewis Milestone, and Charlie Chaplin. From the noir classic Kiss Me Deadly to the controversial thriller Twilight's Last Gleaming, Body and Soul focuses on the dilemmas--both personal and political--that affect individuals in all of Aldrich's films.
Author : Robert Nott
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780879109851
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)
Download or read book He Ran All the Way written by Robert Nott and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2003 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: But soon, seduced by the myth of Hollywood and the reality of Warner Brothers, he made his movie debut, in 1938, in Four Daughters and immediately established himself as an earthy, rebellious and electrifying presence on the screen - in retrospect, the James Dean of the Depression era.
Author : Paul Buhle
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520236726
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)
Download or read book A Very Dangerous Citizen written by Paul Buhle and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Going beyond a biography, this text uses the life of blacklisted Hollywood writer and director Abraham Lincoln Polonsky to help us understand the relationship between art and politics in American culture and to uncover the effects of US anticommunism and anti-Semitism.
Author : Frank Conroy
Publisher : HMH
ISBN 13 : 0547729014
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (477 download)
Download or read book Body & Soul written by Frank Conroy and published by HMH. This book was released on 1993-09-29 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This saga of a son of the working class who grows into a piano prodigy is “hypnotically readable . . . The best story I know of in a long, long time” (Vanity Fair). As a boy, Claude Rawlings looks up through the grated window of his basement apartment to watch the world go by. Poor, lonely, supported by a taxi-driver mother whose eccentricities spin more and more out of control, he faces the terrible task of growing up on the margins of life, destined to be a spectator of that great world always hurrying out of reach. But there is an out-of-tune piano in the small apartment, and in unlocking the secrets of its keys, as if by magic, Claude discovers himself. He is a musical prodigy. Body & Soul is the story of a young man whose life is transformed by a gift. The gift is not without price—the work is relentless, the teachers exacting—but the reward is a journey that takes him to the drawing rooms of the rich and powerful, private schools, a gilt-edged marriage, and Carnegie Hall. Claude moves through this life as if he were playing a difficult composition, swept up in its drama and tension, surprised by its grace notes. Music, here, becomes a character in its own right, equaled in strength only by the music of Frank Conroy’s own unmistakable and true voice. Bristling with character and invention, Body & Soul is Dickensian in its range and richness. This is a novel with all the emotional appeal and moral gravity of a classic bildungsroman, but with a tone as contemporary as a jazz riff—an unforgettable achievement by one of the great writers of our time.
Author : Candice Millard
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0385535007
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)
Download or read book Destiny of the Republic written by Candice Millard and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2011-09-20 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The extraordinary account of James Garfield's rise from poverty to the American presidency, and the dramatic history of his assassination and legacy, from the bestselling author of The River of Doubt. "Crisp, concise and revealing history.... A fresh narrative that plumbs some of the most dramatic days in U.S. presidential history." —The Washington Post James Abram Garfield was one of the most extraordinary men ever elected president. Born into abject poverty, he rose to become a wunderkind scholar, a Civil War hero, a renowned congressman, and a reluctant presidential candidate who took on the nation's corrupt political establishment. But four months after Garfield's inauguration in 1881, he was shot in the back by a deranged office-seeker named Charles Guiteau. Garfield survived the attack, but become the object of bitter, behind-the-scenes struggles for power—over his administration, over the nation's future, and, hauntingly, over his medical care. Meticulously researched, epic in scope, and pulsating with an intimate human focus and high-velocity narrative drive, The Destiny of the Republic brings alive a forgotten chapter of U.S. history. Look for Candice Millard’s latest book, River of the Gods.
Author : Carla Valderrama
Publisher : Running Press Adult
ISBN 13 : 0762495855
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (624 download)
Download or read book This Was Hollywood written by Carla Valderrama and published by Running Press Adult. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this one-of-a-kind Hollywood history, the creator of Instagram's celebrated @ThisWasHollywood reveals the forgotten past of the film world in a dazzling visual package modeled on the classic fan magazines of yesteryear. From former screen legends who have faded into obscurity to new revelations about the biggest movie stars, Valderrama unearths the most fascinating little-known tales from the birth of Hollywood through its Golden Age. The shocking fate of the world's first movie star. Clark Gable's secret love child. The film that nearly ended Paul Newman's career. A former child star who, at ninety-three, reveals her #metoo story for the first time. Valderrama unfolds these stories, and many more, in a volume that is by turns riveting, maddening, hilarious, and shocking. Drawing on new interviews, archival research, and an exhaustive library of photographs, This Was Hollywood is a compelling and visually stunning catalogue of the lost history of the movies.
Author : Larry Swindell
Publisher : Echo Point Books & Media, LLC
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Screwball written by Larry Swindell and published by Echo Point Books & Media, LLC. This book was released on 2022-04-19 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uninhibited, vivacious, and a startling talent, Carole Lombard was the darling of her day. Her wit and charm made her the social as well as artistic hub around which Hollywood revolved during the '30's. She was years before her time in her sophistication, and her independence established her as an oracle of the New Woman. She was an enchanting beauty and a great artist—the supreme comedienne during the high point of American film comedy. Larry Swindell vividly recreates her career and extraordinary personal life. Her fabled love affair and marriage with Clark Gable are here put into proper focus for the first time. Told by a master chronicler o f the movies, this is a vibrant biography of the hometown girl who became one of greatest stars of Hollywood's golden age.
Author : Robert Rossen (Director)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (664 download)
Download or read book BODY AND SOUL. written by Robert Rossen (Director) and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Garfield delivers an Oscar nominated knockout performance in this story of driving ambition in and out of the ring that stands as a classic of its genre. Garfield stars as Charley Davis, a strong willed young prizefighter whose ruthless quest for a shot at the championship title forces him to mortgage his humanity to a Mafia-run boxing syndicate - plunging him into a whirlpool of deceit, double-dealing - and death. But when faced with the chance to regain his self-respect, Charlie climbs into the ring one last time - in an unforgettable climatic fight scene. Widely regarded as one of the best boxing stories ever made.
Author : Ray Didinger
Publisher : Running Press Adult
ISBN 13 : 0762439211
Total Pages : 593 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (624 download)
Download or read book The Ultimate Book of Sports Movies written by Ray Didinger and published by Running Press Adult. This book was released on 2009-09-22 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guys love movies. Especially sports movies, where every underdog has his day, every team achieves glory, and every hero gets his moment of redemption. Next to watching Monday Night Football, there's nothing more enjoyable than plopping down on the couch with the remote and a bottle of beer and firing up the special-edition DVD of Rocky, Hoosiers, Caddyshack, or any other fan favorite. Now, two nationally renowned sports media personalities take on the task of ranking the top 100 sports movies of all time, including entertaining and informative lists, special features, and contributions from over 75 top sports figures. From drama to comedy to tragedy to documentary, all the greatest sports films are here, brought to life through detailed summaries, fun facts and trivia, behind-the-scenes revelations, plus images from the greatest moments in sports film history. Original comments from some of the top personalities in sports and entertainment -- including Peyton and Eli Manning, Charles Barkley, Tony Romo, James Gandolfini, Bill Parcells, Dennis Quaid, Arnold Palmer, and many more -- provide further insight and marketing punch.
Author : Joan Kramer
Publisher : Beaufort Books
ISBN 13 : 0825306728
Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (253 download)
Download or read book In the Company of Legends written by Joan Kramer and published by Beaufort Books. This book was released on 2015-04-16 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting with their award winning profiles of Fred Astaire in 1980, Joan Kramer and David Heeley documented the lives and careers of many Hollywood legends, establishing a reputation for finding the un-findable, persuading the reluctant, and maintaining unique relationships long after the end credits rolled. These were recognized as high-quality, definitive film portraits, which revitalized the genre and made it a mainstay of television programming. This is their insiders’ view of the famous and the powerful: Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart, Johnny Carson, Frank Sinatra, Lew Wasserman, Ronald Reagan, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Jane Fonda, Richard Dreyfuss, Audrey Hepburn, and Bette Davis, among others. Kramer and Heeley’s behind the scenes stories of the productions and the personalities involved are amusing, sometimes moving, often revealing, and have never been told before.
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 : Eddie Muller
Publisher : Running Press Adult
ISBN 13 : 076249896X
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (624 download)
Download or read book Dark City written by Eddie Muller and published by Running Press Adult. This book was released on 2021-07-20 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised and expanded edition of Eddie Muller's Dark City is a film noir lover's bible, taking readers on a tour of the urban landscape of the grim and gritty genre in a definitive, highly illustrated volume. Dark Cityexpands with new chapters and a fresh collection of restored photos that illustrate the mythic landscape of the imagination. It's a place where the men and women who created film noir often find themselves dangling from the same sinister heights as the silver-screen avatars to whom they gave life. Eddie Muller, host of Turner Classic Movies' Noir Alley, takes readers on a spellbinding trip through treacherous terrain: Hollywood in the post-World War II years, where art, politics, scandal, style -- and brilliant craftsmanship -- produced a new approach to moviemaking, and a new type of cultural mythology.
