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Winnie Lightner

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Author : David L. Lightner
language : en
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 2016-12-14

Winnie Lightner written by David L. Lightner 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 2016-12-14 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Winnie Lightner (1899-1971) stood out as the first great female comedian of the talkies. Blessed with a superb singing voice and a gift for making wisecracks and rubber faces, she rose to stardom in vaudeville and on Broadway. Then, at the dawn of the sound era, she became the first person in motion picture history to have her spoken words, the lyrics to a song, censored. In Winnie Lightner: Tomboy of the Talkies, David L. Lightner shows how Winnie Lightner's hilarious performance in the 1929 musical comedy Gold Diggers of Broadway made her an overnight sensation. She went on to star in seven other Warner Bros. features. In the best of them, she was the comic epitome of a strident feminist, dominating men and gleefully spurning conventional gender norms and moral values. So tough was she, the studio billed her as "the tomboy of the talkies." When the Great Depression rendered moviegoers hostile toward feminism, Warner Bros. tried to craft a new image of her as glamorous and sexy. Executives assigned her contradictory roles in which she was empowered in the workplace but submissive to her male partner at home. The new persona flopped at the box office, and Lightner's stardom ended. In four final movies, she played supporting roles as the loudmouthed roommate and best friend of actresses Loretta Young, Joan Crawford, and Mona Barrie. Following her retirement in 1934, Lightner faded into obscurity. Many of her films were damaged or even lost entirely. At long last, this biography gives Winnie Lightner the recognition she deserves as a notable figure in film history, in women's history, and in the history of show business.

Winnie Lightner

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Author : David L. Lightner
language : en
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 2016-12-14

Winnie Lightner (1899–1971) stood out as the first great female comedian of the talkies. Blessed with a superb singing voice and a gift for making wisecracks and rubber faces, she rose to stardom in vaudeville and on Broadway. Then, at the dawn of the sound era, she became the first person in motion picture history to have her spoken words, the lyrics to a song, censored. In Winnie Lightner: Tomboy of the Talkies, David L. Lightner shows how Winnie Lightner's hilarious performance in the 1929 musical comedy Gold Diggers of Broadway made her an overnight sensation. She went on to star in seven other Warner Bros. features. In the best of them, she was the comic epitome of a strident feminist, dominating men and gleefully spurning conventional gender norms and moral values. So tough was she, the studio billed her as “the tomboy of the talkies.” When the Great Depression rendered moviegoers hostile toward feminism, Warner Bros. tried to craft a new image of her as glamorous and sexy. Executives assigned her contradictory roles in which she was empowered in the workplace but submissive to her male partner at home. The new persona flopped at the box office, and Lightner's stardom ended. In four final movies, she played supporting roles as the loudmouthed roommate and best friend of actresses Loretta Young, Joan Crawford, and Mona Barrie. Following her retirement in 1934, Lightner faded into obscurity. Many of her films were damaged or even lost entirely. At long last, this biography gives Winnie Lightner the recognition she deserves as a notable figure in film history, in women's history, and in the history of show business.

Performing Gender And Comedy

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Author : Shannon Eileen Hengen
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 1998

Performing Gender And Comedy written by Shannon Eileen Hengen and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Art categories.

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Wild Bill Elliott

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Author : Gene Blottner
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2011-09-30

Wild Bill Elliott written by Gene Blottner and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-30 with Performing Arts categories.

Wild Bill Elliott was a major western star. His screen persona met evil head-on and emerged victorious, bringing cheers from Saturday audiences. This book covers Elliott's entire career. It begins with a biographical sketch and then discusses each of his 78 starring roles as well as his more than 130 supporting roles. The film entries include studio, release date, alternate titles, cast and credit listings, songs, location filming, color, running time, source, story synopsis, notes and commentary, quotations from published reviews and a critical summation of the film. Appendices include Elliott's short films, TV and radio appearances and comic books.

The First Hollywood Musicals

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Author : Edwin M. Bradley
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2004-08-25

The First Hollywood Musicals written by Edwin M. Bradley and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-08-25 with Performing Arts categories.

As Hollywood entered the sound era, it was rightly determined that the same public fascinated by the novelty of the talkie would be dazzled by the spectacle of a song and dance film. In 1929 and 1930, film musicals became the industry's most lucrative genre--until the greedy studios almost killed the genre by glutting the market with too many films that looked and sounded like clones of each other. From the classy movies such as Sunnyside Up and Hallelujah! to failures such as The Lottery Bride and Howdy Broadway, this filmography details 171 early Hollywood musicals. Arranged by subgenre (backstagers, operettas, college films, and stage-derived musical comedies), the entries include studio, release date, cast and credits, running time, a complete song list, any recordings spawned by the film, Academy Award nominations and winners, and availability on video or laserdisc. These data are followed by a plot synopsis, including analysis of the film's place in the genre's history. Includes over 90 photographs.

Chester Morris

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Author : Scott Allen Nollen
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2020-01-03

Chester Morris written by Scott Allen Nollen and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

The prodigious but humble scion of a New York theatrical family, Chester Morris acted on Broadway as a teenager and earned an Academy Award nomination for his first role in a Hollywood "talkie," Alibi (1929). He became leading man to filmdom's top female stars and starred in the popular series of "Boston Blackie" mysteries before creating substantial characters in the theater and the burgeoning medium of television. This first book about Morris provides a detailed account of his life and career on stage, film, radio and television, and as a celebrated magician. It also constructs a fascinating record of his previously undocumented labor activism during the early years of the Screen Actors Guild and his tireless efforts to aid U.S. troops on the home front during World War II.

Vaudeville Old New

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Author : Frank Cullen
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2007

Vaudeville Old New written by Frank Cullen and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Entertainers categories.

A Song In The Dark

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Author : Richard Barrios
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1995

A Song In The Dark written by Richard Barrios and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Musical films categories.

Chronicling the early musical film years from 1926 to 1934, A Song in the Dark offers a fascinating look at these innovative films, the product of much of the major experimentation that went on during the development of sound technology. The triumphs, disasters and offscreen intrigue of this era form a remarkable story of this vital and unique film history.

Nick Lucas

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Author : Michael R. Pitts
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2023-03-28

Nick Lucas written by Michael R. Pitts and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-28 with Music categories.

For more than seven decades Nick Lucas was an entertainer, beginning as a child street musician and becoming one of the most popular singer-guitarists of all time. He was a popular sideman in bands, and his solo career conquered radio, recordings, vaudeville, Broadway, films, night clubs and television. He is credited with being the first musician to replace the banjo with the guitar in big bands and on records, and with initiating the "intimate style" of singing, making him the first crooner. Nick Lucas' guitar playing contributed significantly to the instrument's popularity, and he influenced generations of players with his instruction books and by having a line of popular guitar picks bearing his name. He was the first guitarist to have a custom-made model, "The Nick Lucas Special." This biography comprehensively covers Nick Lucas' career as he entertained audiences in the United States, England and Australia, becoming a beloved star and influencing popular music to the present day.

The First Hollywood Sound Shorts 1926 1931

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Author : Edwin M. Bradley
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2009-04-27

The First Hollywood Sound Shorts 1926 1931 written by Edwin M. Bradley and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-27 with Performing Arts categories.

This study of early sound shorts begins with an explanation of the development of sound motion pictures in Hollywood by such influential companies as Warner Bros. and Fox, with an emphasis on short subjects, leading up to the first few months when all of the major studios were capable of producing them. The next chapters discuss the impact on other mass entertainments, the development of audible news reels and other non-fiction shorts, as well as the origins of animated sound subjects. A comprehensive list of pre–1932 American–made shorts completes the volume.

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