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Serial Film Stars
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Author : Buck Rainey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Serial Film Stars written by Buck Rainey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Pearl White, William Duncan, William Desmond, Ben Wilson, Walter Miller, Francis Ford, Charles Hutchinson, Jack Dougherty, and Eddie Polo are just a few of the stars to start up a whirlwind of enthusiasm among serial devotees. They took the movies by storm offering a thrills-a-minute world of ridiculous plots, weird disguises, hair-raising escapes, hidden treasures, diabolic scientific devices, wild animals, depraved men, runaway trains, and endless procession of knock-down, drag-out fights. Who could resist? This comprehensive reference work highlights 446 serial performers who thrilled generations. Each entry includes the performer's birth and death dates, details of life before and after the movies, as well as covering the major films.
The Origins Of The Film Star System
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Author : Andrew Shail
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2019-05-30
The Origins Of The Film Star System written by Andrew Shail and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-30 with History categories.
Drawing on a wide range of archival sources, Andrew Shail traces the emergence of film stardom in Europe and North America in the early 20th century. Modifying and supplementing Richard deCordova's account of the birth of the US star system, Shail describes the complex set of economic circumstances that led film studios and actors to consent to the adoption of a star system. He then explores the film industry's turn, from 1908, to making character-based series films. He details how these characters both prefigured and precipitated the star system, demonstrating that series characters and the 'firmament' of film stars are functionally equivalent, and shows how openly fictional characters still provide the model for 'real' film stars.
Quinlan S Illustrated Directory Of Film Stars
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Author : David Quinlan
language : en
Publisher: B. T. Batsford Limited
Release Date : 1996
Quinlan S Illustrated Directory Of Film Stars written by David Quinlan and has been published by B. T. Batsford Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Including over 1800 entries, this guide provides a short biography for each star, with a complete filmography of all film, television, voice-overs and guest appearances. Those featured include Jim Carrey, Uma Thurman and Brad Pitt, and there is also updated information on all stars with re-assessments of career turnarounds, such as John Travolta and Tommy Lee Jones.
Encyclopedia Of American Film Serials
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Author : Geoff Mayer
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2017-02-09
Encyclopedia Of American Film Serials written by Geoff Mayer and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-09 with Performing Arts categories.
From their heyday in the 1910s to their lingering demise in the 1950s, American film serials delivered excitement in weekly installments for millions of moviegoers, despite minuscule budgets, nearly impossible shooting schedules and the disdain of critics. Early heroines like Pearl White, Helen Holmes and Ruth Roland broke gender barriers and ruled the screen. Through both world wars, such serials as Spy Smasher and Batman were vehicles for propaganda. Smash hits like Flash Gordon and The Lone Ranger demonstrated the enduring mass appeal of the genre. Providing insight into early 20th century American culture, this book analyzes four decades of productions from Pathe, Universal, Mascot and Columbia, and all 66 Republic serials.
Women Filmmakers In Early Hollywood
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Author : Karen Ward Mahar
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2006-11-10
Women Filmmakers In Early Hollywood written by Karen Ward Mahar and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-11-10 with History categories.
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Quinlan S Film Stars
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Author : David Quinlan
language : en
Publisher: Batsford
Release Date : 2000
Quinlan S Film Stars written by David Quinlan and has been published by Batsford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This is an A-Z of biographical profiles of filmstars, listing all the films and the years they were made.
Exporting Perilous Pauline
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Author : Marina Dahlquist
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 2013-06-01
Exporting Perilous Pauline written by Marina Dahlquist and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-01 with Performing Arts categories.
Exceptionally popular during their time, the spectacular American action film serials of the 1910s featured exciting stunts, film tricks, and effects set against the background of modern technology, often starring resourceful female heroines who displayed traditionally male qualities such as endurance, strength, and authority. The most renowned of these "serial queens" was Pearl White, whose career as the adventurous character Pauline developed during a transitional phase in the medium's evolving production strategies, distribution and advertising patterns, and fan culture. In this volume, an international group of scholars explores how American serials starring Pearl White and other female stars impacted the emerging cinemas in the United States and abroad. Contributors investigate the serial genre and its narrative patterns, marketing, and cultural reception, and historiographic importance, with essays on Pearl White's life on and off the screen as well as the "serial queen" genre in Western and Eastern Europe, India, and China. Contributors are Weihong Bao, Rudmer Canjels, Marina Dahlquist, Monica Dall'Asta, Kevin B. Johnson, Christina Petersen, and Rosie Thomas.
Beyond The Stars Stock Characters In American Popular Film
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Author : Paul Loukides
language : en
Publisher: Popular Press
Release Date : 1990
Beyond The Stars Stock Characters In American Popular Film written by Paul Loukides and has been published by Popular Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Social Science categories.
Beyond the Stars contains 20 essays on stock characters, and character conventions which neatly divide into four categories: ethnic and racial stereotyping; social classis; professions; and the idiosyncratic type. Stock figures in American movies are part of our cultural heritage; they deserve an honored place in theliterature of film and popular culture.
Go West Young Women
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Author : Hilary Hallett
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2013-01-15
Go West Young Women written by Hilary Hallett and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-15 with History categories.
In the early part of the twentieth century, migrants made their way from rural homes to cities in record numbers and many traveled west. Los Angeles became a destination. Women flocked to the growing town to join the film industry as workers and spectators, creating a "New Woman." Their efforts transformed filmmaking from a marginal business to a cosmopolitan, glamorous, and bohemian one. By 1920, Los Angeles had become the only western city where women outnumbered men. In Go West, Young Women, Hilary A. Hallett explores these relatively unknown new western women and their role in the development of Los Angeles and the nascent film industry. From Mary Pickford’s rise to become perhaps the most powerful woman of her age, to the racist moral panics of the post–World War I years that culminated in Hollywood’s first sex scandal, Hallett describes how the path through early Hollywood presaged the struggles over modern gender roles that animated the century to come.
The Hall Of Fame Of Western Film Stars
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Author : Ernest N. Corneau
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
The Hall Of Fame Of Western Film Stars written by Ernest N. Corneau and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Here they are all in one book The greatest collection of western film stars ever assembled--beginning with Broncho Billy Anderson and ending with the arrival of the television cowboy heroes. The author's work covers a span of over fifty years and will acquaint the reader with alll the matinee idols of the western genre...Tom Mix, Buck Jones, Hoot Gibson, from the Silent Flickers, the cliff-hanging Serials, the early Talkies and the Classic Westerns.