Allan Dwan And The Rise And Decline Of The Hollywood Studios
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Allan Dwan And The Rise And Decline Of The Hollywood Studios
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Author : Frederic Lombardi
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2013-03-29
Allan Dwan And The Rise And Decline Of The Hollywood Studios written by Frederic Lombardi and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-29 with Performing Arts categories.
It could be said that the career of Canadian-born film director Allan Dwan (1885-1981) began at the dawn of the American motion picture industry. Originally a scriptwriter, Dwan became a director purely by accident. Even so, his creativity and problem-solving skills propelled him to the top of his profession. He achieved success with numerous silent film performers, most spectacularly with Douglas Fairbanks Sr. and Gloria Swanson, and later with such legendary stars as Shirley Temple and John Wayne. Though his star waned in the sound era, Dwan managed to survive through pluck and ingenuity. Considering himself better off without the fame he enjoyed during the silent era, he went on to do some of his best work for second-echelon studios (notably Republic Pictures' Sands of Iwo Jima) and such independent producers as Edward Small. Along the way, Dwan also found personal happiness in an unconventional manner. Rich in detail with two columns of text in each of its nearly 400 pages, and with more than 150 photographs, this book presents a thorough examination of Allan Dwan and separates myth from truth in his life and films.
Douglas Fairbanks And The American Century
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Author : John C. Tibbetts
language : en
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 2014-06-02
Douglas Fairbanks And The American Century written by John C. Tibbetts and has been published by Univ. Press of Mississippi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-02 with Performing Arts categories.
Douglas Fairbanks and the American Century brings to life the most popular movie star of his day, the personification of the Golden Age of Hollywood. At his peak, in the teens and twenties, the swashbuckling adventurer embodied the new American Century of speed, opportunity, and aggressive optimism. The essays and interviews in this volume bring fresh perspectives to his life and work, including analyses of films never before examined. Also published here for the first time in English is a first-hand production account of the making of Fairbanks’s last silent film, The Iron Mask,/i>. Fairbanks (1883–1939) was the most vivid and strenuous exponent of the American Century, whose dominant mode after 1900 was the mass marketing of a burgeoning democratic optimism, at home and abroad. During those first decades of the twentieth century, his satiric comedy adventures shadow-boxed with the illusions of class and custom. His characters managed to combine the American Easterner’s experience and pretension and the Westerner’s promise and expansion. As the masculine personification of the Old World aristocrat and the New World self-made man—tied to tradition yet emancipated from history—he constructed a uniquely American aristocrat striding into a new age and sensibility. This is the most complete account yet written of the film career of Douglas Fairbanks, one of the first great stars of the silent American cinema and one of the original United Artists (comprising Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Charles Chaplin, and D. W. Griffith). John C. Tibbetts and James M. Welsh’s text is especially rich in its coverage of the early years of the star’s career from 1915 to 1920 and covers in detail several films previously considered lost.
Those Who Made It
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Author : John C. Tibbetts
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2015-09-15
Those Who Made It written by John C. Tibbetts and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-15 with Performing Arts categories.
What was it like to work behind the scenes, away from the spotlight's glare, in Hollywood's so-called Golden Age? The interviews in this book provide eye-witness accounts from the likes of Steven Spielberg and Terry Gilliam, to explore the creative decisions that have shaped some of Classical Hollywood's most-loved films.
Claire Trevor
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Author : Derek Sculthorpe
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2018-05-03
Claire Trevor written by Derek Sculthorpe and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Claire Trevor (1910–2000) is best remembered as the alluring blonde femme fatale in such iconic noir films as Murder, My Sweet (1944) and Raw Deal (1948). Yet she was a versatile performer who brought rare emotional depth to her art. She was effective in a range of diverse roles, from an outcast prostitute in John Ford’s classic Stagecoach (1939) to the ambitious tennis mother in Hard, Fast and Beautiful (1951) to the embittered wife of a landowner in William Wellman’s overlooked gem My Man and I (1952). Nominated for three Oscars, she deservedly won Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Gaye Dawn, a gangster’s broken-down moll in Key Largo (1948). The author covers her life and career in detail, recognizing her as one of the finest actresses of her generation.
Burt Reynolds On Screen
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Author : Wayne Byrne
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2019-12-19
Burt Reynolds On Screen written by Wayne Byrne and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-19 with Performing Arts categories.
In a prolific career spanning six decades, actor Burt Reynolds was one of the world's most famous stars of film and television. As much a folk hero as a Hollywood celebrity, he began as a stuntman and bit player in B Westerns and TV shows before landing a starring role on NBC's Riverboat (1959-1961). His breakthrough role in Deliverance (1972) made him famous and the sleeper hit Smokey and the Bandit (1977) made his name a household word. This first critical overview of Reynolds' work examines his complete filmography, featuring candid discussions with costars and collaborators, exclusive behind-the-scenes photos and a wealth of film stills.
Allan Dwan
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Author : Peter Bogdanovich
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1971
Allan Dwan written by Peter Bogdanovich and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with Cinema categories.
Ray Milland
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Author : James McKay
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2020-01-31
Ray Milland written by James McKay and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-31 with Performing Arts categories.
With no formal training as an actor, Welsh-born Ray Milland (1907-1986), a former trooper in the British Army's Household Cavalry, enjoyed a half-century career working alongside some of the great directors and stars from the Golden Age of cinema. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as the alcoholic writer in The Lost Weekend (1945), a defining moment that enabled him to break free from romantic leads and explore darker shades of his debonair demeanor, such as the veiled menace of his scheming husband in Hitchcock's Dial M For Murder (1954). A consummate professional with wide range, Milland took the directorial reins in several of his starring vehicles in the 1950s, most notably in the intelligent Western A Man Alone (1955). He comfortably slipped into most genres, from romantic comedy to adventure to film noir. Later he turned to science fiction and horror movies, including two with cult filmmaker Roger Corman. This first complete filmography covers the actor's screen career, with a concise introductory biography and an appendix listing his extensive radio and television credits.
The Dream Team
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Author : Daniel M. Kimmel
language : en
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher
Release Date : 2006
The Dream Team written by Daniel M. Kimmel and has been published by Ivan R. Dee Publisher this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Business & Economics categories.
On October 12, 1994, Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen - announced they would form a new studio that was eventually called Dreamworks. Dreamworks would produce feature films, television series, and pop music recordings. In The Dream Team, Daniel M. Kimmel tells the behind-the-scenes story of DreamWorks' rise and the end of the dream eleven years later, when most of the company was sold off or shut down.
The Hollywood Reporter
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1936
The Hollywood Reporter written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1936 with Motion picture industry categories.
Schirmer Encyclopedia Of Film
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Author : Barry Keith Grant
language : en
Publisher: Schirmer Books
Release Date : 2007
Schirmer Encyclopedia Of Film written by Barry Keith Grant and has been published by Schirmer Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Performing Arts categories.
This reference source covers all aspects of the cinema, including film history, production, national cinemas, genre theory and criticism, and cultural contexts.