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Silent Extras
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Author : Arnon Grunberg
language : en
Publisher: Arrow
Release Date : 2001
Silent Extras written by Arnon Grunberg and has been published by Arrow this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Humorous stories categories.
Ewald, Broccoli and the exotic Elvira are three young friends on the run - from the horrifying possibility of living mundane lives. They all want just one thing - to be magnificent, on screen or off it, but ideally in front of thousands of people. So Broccoli, self-styled svengali and 'President of the Society of Geniuses', begins Operation Brando, an insanely ambitious plan to make them the biggest stars Hollywood has ever known.Sadly, things don't quite follow this plan and their path to global obscurity is by turns hilarious, absurd and tragic. Operation Brando begins badly and gets rapidly worse- Broccoli is only able to secure auditions for his disciples as extras in risible youth theatre productions and lousy commercials. He thinks Ewald would be perfect for the non-speaking role of a spotty kid, for instance, who has only to fall down stairs to get the part, but even this stretches Ewald's talents a little too far. All three suffer badly from the burning need to be somebody else, somebody none of them are quite able to be, and this focus on the abyss separating desire and reality makes for a richly comic and ultimately moving novel by one of Europe's most exciting young authors.
Silent Extras
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Author : Arnon Grunberg
language : en
Publisher: Harvill Secker
Release Date : 2000
Silent Extras written by Arnon Grunberg and has been published by Harvill Secker this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Actors categories.
Een onafscheidelijk drietal jongeren droomt van een toekomst in de wereld van de film.
Silent Players
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Author : Anthony Slide
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2010-09-12
Silent Players written by Anthony Slide and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09-12 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
" From his unique perspective of friendship with many of the actors and actresses about whom he writes, silent film historian Anthony Slide creates vivid portraits of the careers and often eccentric lives of 100 players from the American silent film industry. He profiles the era’s shining stars such as Lillian Gish and Blanche Sweet; leading men including William Bakewell and Robert Harron; gifted leading ladies such as Laura La Plante and Alice Terry; ingénues like Mary Astor and Mary Brian; and even Hollywood’s most famous extra, Bess Flowers. Although each original essay is accompanied by significant documentation and an extensive bibliography, Silent Players is not simply a reference book or encyclopedic recitation of facts culled from the pages of fan magazines and trade periodicals. It contains a series of insightful portraits of the characters who symbolize an original and pioneering era in motion history and explores their unique talents and extraordinary private lives. Slide offers a potentially revisionist view of many of the stars he profiles, repudiating the status of some and restoring to fame others who have slipped from view. He personally interviewed many of his subjects and knew several of them intimately, putting him in a distinctive position to tell their true stories.
Resilience Silence Without An Extra I
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Author : Dr. Mary J. Crane
language : en
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
Release Date : 2023-06-07
Resilience Silence Without An Extra I written by Dr. Mary J. Crane and has been published by Dorrance Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-07 with Poetry categories.
About the Book Resilience — Silence Without an Extra "I": Reflections explores how America has changed since 9/11. It gives one food for thought about what has happened and is happening through poetry. What is our truth? How can we make changes for the better of brotherhood, despite color, creed, or other individual personal difference? One person’s truth may not be another person’s truth, and this is perfectly okay in America. Mary Crane was inspired to write these poems to process the present events of American history. The poems contained in this collection deliver peace without prejudice, and unity of all people. About the Author Being in education, Mary J. Crane enjoys different attributes, talents, and professional fields. Rotary has helped Crane branch out with people in different fields and interests. Crane’s special interests include reading, writing, camaraderie, dancing, working out, and socializing. In 1997, Crane ran the New York Marathon. She is a certified scuba diver and likes to challenge herself. Crane has two sons, an entrepreneur and a computer scientist. Crane has two granddaughters. Crane is retired from teaching as an educational specialist. She was certified in eight areas. Special Education was her specialty. When a student was prognosed with dyslexia or word blindness, she taught them. Crane taught various grade levels. She also taught teachers from the district level over nine schools. It was her passion to see a student succeed.
Acting For The Silent Screen
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Author : Chris O'Rourke
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2016-11-30
Acting For The Silent Screen written by Chris O'Rourke and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-30 with Performing Arts categories.
A shop girl wins a newspaper competition and is transformed overnight into a transatlantic celebrity. An aristocrat swaps high society for the film studio when she 'consents' to perform in a series of films, thus legitimising acting for what some might have considered a 'low' art. Stories like these were the stuff of newspaper headlines in 1920s and reflected a 'craze' for the cinema. They also demonstrated radical changes in attitudes and values within society in the wake of World War I. Chris O'Rourke investigates the myths and material practices that grew up around film actors during the silent era. The book sheds light on issues such as the social and cultural reception of cinema, the participatory film culture expressed through fan magazines, instructional booklets and movie star competitions, and the working conditions encountered by actors behind-the-scenes of silent films. Drawing on extensive research and a wealth of archival materials, O'Rourke examines how dreams of stardom were fuelled and exploited in the interwar period, and reconstructs the personal narratives and experiences of the first generation to imagine making a living on screen.In doing so, he reveals a missing - and much sought after - piece of cinematic history to bring to life the developing industries, social attitudes and norms of a period of enormous change.
Hollywood Unknowns
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Author : Anthony Slide
language : en
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 2012-09-05
Hollywood Unknowns written by Anthony Slide 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 2012-09-05 with Performing Arts categories.
Extras, bit players, and stand-ins have been a part of the film industry almost from its conception. On a personal and a professional level, their stories are told in Hollywood Unknowns, the first history devoted to extras from the silent era through the present. Hollywood Unknowns discusses the relationship of the extra to the star, the lowly position in which extras were held, the poor working conditions and wages, and the sexual exploitation of many of the hardworking women striving for a place in Hollywood society. Though mainly anonymous, many are identified by name and, for perhaps the first time, receive equal billing with the stars. And Hollywood Unknowns does not forget the bit players, stand-ins, and doubles, who work alongside the extras facing many of the same privations. Celebrity extras, silent stars who ended their days as extras, or members of various ethnic groups—all gain a deserved luster in acclaimed film writer Anthony Slide's prose. Chapters document the lives and work of extras from the 1890s to the present. Slide also treats such subjects as the Hollywood Studio Club, Central Casting, the extras in popular literature, and the efforts at unionization through the Screen Actors Guild from the 1930s onwards. Slide chronicles events such as John Barrymore's walking off set in the middle of the day so the extras could earn another day's wages, and Cecil B. DeMille's masterful organizing of casts of thousands in films such as Cleopatra. Through personal interviews, oral histories, and the use of newly available archival material, Slide reveals in Hollywood Unknowns the story of the men, women, and even animals that completed the scenes on the silver screen.
The Structure And Performance Of Euripides Helen
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Author : C. W. Marshall
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2014-12-04
The Structure And Performance Of Euripides Helen written by C. W. Marshall and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-04 with Drama categories.
In his detailed study of Euripides' play, Helen, C. W. Marshall expands our understanding of Athenian tragedy and Classical performance.
Aristophanic Comedy
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Author : K. J. Dover
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1972-03
Aristophanic Comedy written by K. J. Dover 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 1972-03 with Drama categories.
Professor Dover's newest book is designed for those who are interested in the history of comedy as an art form but who are not necessarily familiar with the Greek language. The eleven surviving plays of Aristophanes are treated as representative of a genre. Old Attic Comedy, which was artistically and intellectually homogeneous and gave expression to the spirit of Athenian society in the late fifth and early fourth centuries B.C. Aristophanes is regarded primarily not as a reformer or propagandist but as a dramatist who sought, in competition with his rivals, to win the esteem both of the general public and of the cultivated and critical minority. He succeeded in this effort by making people laugh, and the book pays more attention than has generally been paid to the technical means, whether of language or of situation, on which Aristophanes' humor depends. Particular emphasis is laid on his indifference-positively assisted by the physical limitations of the Greek theatre and the conditions of the Athenian dramatic festivals-to the maintenance of continuous “dramatic illusion” or to the provision of a dramatic event with the antecedents and consequences which might logically be expected. More importance is attached to Aristophanes' adoption of popular attitudes and beliefs, to his creation of uninhibited characters with which the spectators could identify themselves, and to his acceptance of the comic poet's traditional role as a mordant but jocular critic of morals, than to any identifiable and consistent elements in his political standpoint.
Sessional Papers Read At The Royal Institute Of British Architects
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Author : Royal Institute of British Architects
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1888
Sessional Papers Read At The Royal Institute Of British Architects written by Royal Institute of British Architects and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1888 with Architecture categories.
Engineering Building Record And The Sanitary Engineer
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1888
Engineering Building Record And The Sanitary Engineer written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1888 with Building categories.