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McFarland & Co Inc Nick Lucas
Book Synopsis 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 Table of Contents Table of Contents Acknowledgments viii Preface Biography Discography Songbooks and Song Folios Songs Sheet Music Filmography Radio Television Stage Shows Bibliography Index
£30.39
McFarland & Co Inc Conrad Veidt Demon of the Silver Screen
Book Synopsis This book depicts the life of Conrad Veidt (1893-1943), the defining German actor of Expressionist cinema in the 1920s. His legendary performance in Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1919/20) earned him the epithet Demon of the Screen and made Veidt an international star. To this day, Veidt is considered an icon of early horror film. He showed his acting range in more than a hundred films, among them masterpieces such as The Indian Tomb (1921), Orlac''s Hands (1924), The Man Who Laughs (1928), The Thief of Bagdad (1940), and Casablanca (1942). Conrad Veidt used his acting career to become socially and politically involved, starting with the film Anders als die Anderen, the first film to advocate homosexual rights, in 1919. After the Nazis came to power, he left Germany to protest anti-Semitism and Nazi rule. Along with his biography, this book provides insights into the development of filmmaking from its beginnings through thTrade ReviewSplendid… Here, in the English translation of Dämon der Leinwand, Dr. Schwientek guides those many legions of Veidt's fans and followers not fließend Deutsch (fluent in German) through the actor's tragically brief life, his fascinating career, and the development of the cinema into a fascinating art form."—John T. Soister, author of Conrad Veidt on Screen"Conrad Veidt studies benefit tremendously from Sabine Schwientek's wonderful book on the film actor whose work included everything from The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) to Casablanca (1943). Highly recommended."—Gary D. Rhodes, Ph.D., author of The Birth of the American Horror Film"I first liked Conrad Veidt the actor. When I was growing up, most of his English-language films were shown regularly on TV…But when I learned of his humanitarian efforts before and during WWII, I became a fan of Conrad Veidt the man. Conrad Veidt deserves to be remembered for both reasons, his great acting and his great humanitarian activism, and Sabine's book captures both the actor and the man wonderfully."—Barbara Peterson, president, Conrad Veidt Society"Conrad Veidt was one of the great actors of the German screen and a courageous man as well so it's shocking so little has been written about him. Sabine Schwientek here does much to correct this injustice with a very detailed biography of Veidt and a close examination of his work in film and on stage. Though his German period gets a heavy emphasis, his time in England and later the United States is also covered thoroughly. Fans of horror are apt to emphasize Veidt's appearance in Caligari while lovers of vintage film remember him mainly for his Nazi major in Casablanca but Schwientek outlines in her book how much more there was to his extraordinary career."—Henry Nicolella, author of Frank Wisbar, the Director of Ferryman Maria, from Germany to America and Back"A comprehensive account of a giant of German cinema in the 1920s and 30s who resisted the rise of Nazism and in 1935 was forced into exile in Britain and the United States where he continued to struggle against racism, antisemitism, and homophobia. … Conrad Veidt's sympathy for the marginalized homosexual and his pioneering resistance to the rising tide of antisemitism in Jew Süß, a sympathetic portrayal of a Jewish victim of persecution, provide Schwientek with an opportunity to describe and define the social and political currents that shaped Veidt's career. In our day, a time of global environmental, social, and political crisis, a German voice of resistance to Nazi racism and authoritarianism is extremely relevant. Speaking uncomfortable truth to your own people on behalf of the marginalized, despised, and persecuted is the essence of a true nobility that resides not in blood but in courage and compassion."—Charles McCollester, past president of the Pennsylvania Labor History Society and the Battle of Homestead FoundationTable of Contents Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction 1. Reflections 2. World Premiere 3. The Olympus 4. "My master is waiting for you!" 5. Stage and Film 6. "Let there be light!" 7. Different from the Others 8. "You must become Caligari!" 9. Demon of the Silver Screen 10. Danse Macabre 11. Veidt's Many Faces 12. Conrad "Fight" 13. The Man Who Laughs 14. Sound or Silence 15. Journey into the Night 16. The Other Side 17. Between Fear and Freedom 18. Jew Süss 19. A New Home and Old Friends 20. Cheerful to Cloudy 21. Under a Foreign Flag 22. Over the Rainbow 23. Cinema of War 24. As Time Goes By 25. The Final Curtain 26. The Conrad Veidt Society Filmography Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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McFarland & Co Inc Charlotte Cushman
Book Synopsis Charlotte Cushman, one of the great actors of 19th century American theatre, was a lesbian who kept her identity hidden by focusing her career on male characters (Romeo, Claude Melnotte, Wolsey), and also on strong and passionate women (Lady Macbeth, Bianca in Fazio, and Queen Katherine in Henry VIII). This biography is an authoritative record of Cushman''s life and performances, showing how her complex gender identity illuminates and is illuminated by 19th century theatre critical views. Part One is a biography; Part Two is a performance history listing all of Cushman''s known performances, often with a description of her role and critical commentary.Trade ReviewA vivid picture emerges of Charlotte Cushman both on and off the stage in this sorely-needed update of her life and performance history. Arthur Bloom has captured definitively the essence of Cushman's challenges, successes, and relationships (both professional and personal). Significantly, he combines extensive contemporary documentation and context with an appropriate 21st Century interpretation to pay overdue homage to this uniquely powerful actress."—Thomas A. Bogar, author of American Presidents Attend the Theatre and Backstage at the Lincoln Assassination"An engaging biographical account of a colorful female actor of the nineteenth century. A must-read for those who have only just begun discussing non heteronormativity in acting—you might have much to learn from theatre history and indeed this precious book!"—Professor Ross W. Prior, author of Teaching Actors: Knowledge Transfer in Actor Training."Precisely researched and skillfully written, Charlotte Cushman: A Biography and Performance History qualifies as an important addition to the field of cultural studies. Arthur W. Bloom delivers an engrossing account of a woman who had the boldness to follow her passions—both on and off the stage."—David Freeland, author of American Hotel: The Waldorf-Astoria and the Making of a Century"With meticulous research and careful commentary, Bloom walks through the challenge and success of Cushman's navigating life in the nineteenth century as an actor and a queer woman. At a time when women were expected to conform to acceptable values of 'true womanhood,' brash Cushman (who towered over her male counterparts in height and emotion as Lady Macbeth) comes across as both remarkable and relatable in her efforts to be good in the public eye, to be great onstage, and to be true to herself throughout."—Betsy Golden Kellem, historian and media attorney, board member of the Barnum Museum and the Circus Historical SocietyTable of Contents Table of Contents Acknowledgments Part Introduction One. Pilgrim Roots and Early Performances: 1816–1835 Two. New Orleans: 1835–1836 Three. Acting in New York and Albany: 1836–1837 Four. Stock Company Actress, Manager and Leading Lady: 1837–1844 Five. Working with Macready Six. First English Tour: "I Could Make a Fortune Here" Seven. "Miss Cushman is a very dangerous young man": 1846–1849 Eight. Return to America: 1849–1852 Nine. Italy, England and Ireland: 1852–1857 Ten. American Tour and Emma Crow: 1857–1858 Eleven. On the Via Gregoriana: 1858–1860 Twelve. Touring During the Civil War: 1860–1863 Thirteen. Retirement: 1863–1871 Fourteen. "I Never Give Up": 1870–1875 Fifteen. Death: 1875–1876 Sixteen. "My Genius Is Hard Work" Part Performance History Sources for Appendix and Performance History of Charlotte Cushman Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
£32.39
McFarland & Co Inc Ann Sheridan
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£27.54
McFarland and Company, Inc. From the Footlights to the Tenderloin
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£27.54
Simon & Schuster Playing to the Gods
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Thrilling [and] deeply researched. [Rader] has a sizzling way of delivering 100-year-old scandals.” — The New York Times“Playing to the Gods is the best sort of dual biography, deftly intertwining the lives of two fascinating people. Rader masterfully plays these powerful women off each other. This is the book for all of us who binge-watched Feud.” —Daniel de Visé, author of Andy & Don: The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American TV Show“Rader’s fluid narrative moves from stage to boudoir with grace and intrigue, pitting two great theater rivals against one another in an epic battle of styles that elevates both to the iconic status they deserve.” —Michael Sucsy, writer, director, and producer of Grey Gardens“Playing to the Gods argues that the Duse-Bernhardt rivalry, dragging on for years, was more than just personal, it was crucial to the art of modern acting.... [Rader] has done his research and he clearly has sympathy for his leading ladies.” — The Wall Street Journal “Writing in a style both humorous and romantic, and throwing in juicy tidbits (catty notes, cheating lovers) all along.... This entertaining chronicle illustrates how both women captivated audiences and made a lasting impact on the theater.” —Publishers Weekly“Palpably sensuous. Rader brings surging back to life two 19th century theatrical titans and the world they inhabited. Bravo!” —Scott Eyman, bestselling author of Hank and Jim: The Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stuart “Theater buffs will love the way Rader captures a global moment in theater—Ibsen, Chekhov, and Shaw all make appearances. A fascinating and thoroughly enjoyable book.” —Booklist“Lovers of theater and theater history will devour this book, an entertaining and immaculate look at a time that in many ways served as the primordial beginnings of the modern stage.” —The Maine Edge“Delightfully readable and informative, Rader’s book examines a rivalry that defined modern theater while also exploring the origins of modern celebrity culture. A well-researched and thoroughly entertaining dual biography.” —Kirkus Reviews“Entertaining and insightful. Rader has taken two legendary figures from theater’s past and put flesh on their bones—bringing them to life, charting their amazing careers, and illuminating their impact on the modern stage.” —Richard Zoglin, author of Hope: Entertainer of the Century
£14.45
Simon & Schuster Im Not a Terrorist But Ive Played One on TV
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Simon & Schuster I Know What Im Doing And Other Lies I Tell
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Simon & Schuster A View from A Broad
Book SynopsisBette Midler-the indomitable and incomparable singer, actor and comedienne -revisits her classic memoir with a new introduction.
£26.25
Simon & Schuster I Hate Myselfie
Book SynopsisNew York Times Bestseller ● Publishers Weekly Bestseller ● Los Angeles Times Bestseller ● Wall Street Journal Bestseller A brilliant, hilarious, and honest essay collection from #1 New York Times bestselling author and YouTube sensation Shane Dawson about how messy life can get when you’re growing up but how rewarding it can feel when the clean-up is (pretty much) done.From his first vlog back in 2008 to his full-length film directorial debut Not Cool, Shane Dawson has been an open book when it comes to documenting his life. But behind the music video spoofs, TMI love life details, and outrageous commentary on everything the celebrity and Internet world has the nerve to dish out is a guy who grew up in a financially challenged but loving home in Long Beach, California, and who suffered all the teasing and social limitations that arise when you’re a morbidly obese kid with a pretty faceTrade Review“Though Shane is infamous for his biting wit and crude humor, I Hate Myselfie is as much heart as it is crass.... [It] proves that laughing at yourself can help overcome even the most embarrassing experiences.... Shane may 'hate his selfie,' but his millions of fans will love it.” * AccessHollywood.com *"This book is a haven for difference in a sea of more of the same with YouTuber books. The essay approach really worked for the book." * The Guardian *
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Simon & Schuster Janis
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AuthorHouse Girl Groups
£26.83
University of Texas Press Meyerhold at Work
Book Synopsis “Not a mirror but a magnifying glass”—such, in the poet Mayakovsky’s words, was the theater of Vsevolod Meyerhold. The first to insist on the primacy of the director’s role, indeed the first to conceive of it as a role, this passionately dedicated Russian director tore down the fourth wall and forced the actors and audience together into one inescapable community of experience. Yet Meyerhold recorded few of his theories in writing, and the intensity and brilliance of his work must be recaptured through the actors and artists who helped create the performances. Focusing on Meyerhold’s postrevolutionary career, Paul Schmidt has assembled in this book journals, letters, reminiscences, and, of special interest, actual rehearsal notes that build a fascinating, intimate picture of Meyerhold as a theorist and as a man. Included are Meyerhold’s frantic notes to his teacher, friend, and bête noire Stanislavsky; detailed descripTable of Contents Introduction A Brief Chronology of Meyerhold’s Life and Major Productions I. “… These Past Generations of Theater” II. Working with Actors III. Shaping the October Revolution in Theater IV. Meyerhold and Pushkin V. Meyerhold and Music VI. Zinaida Raikh and Camille VII. The Lost Theater VIII. Epilogue Glossary of Names
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University of Texas Press Red Hot Mama
Book SynopsisThis entertaining biography of the “Last of the Red Hot Mamas” reveals how Sophie Tucker became one of the most powerful women in show business, blazing a trail for performers such as Judy Garland, Carol Channing, and Bette Midler.Trade ReviewSklaroff assembled an engrossing portrait of this oft-overlooked legend of early Broadway. * Playbill *Sklaroff does Tucker proud; this volume is a winner on every level that should find a well-deserved place in popular culture collections from the Borscht Belt to Tinseltown. * Library Journal, Starred Review *An enjoyable portrait of a remarkable woman. * Theater Jones *Sophie Tucker didn’t influence Madonna or Lady Gaga— she anticipated them. . . . Sklaroff traces Tucker from her beginnings as a singing waitress at her parents’ kosher restaurant through stardom and her genial fade into nostalgia. * Milwaukee Shepherd Express *Sklaroff celebrates Tucker as a pioneer who helped make possible the success of subsequent female performers who did not conform to conventional expectations of what a star’s personality or physique should be. * The Jewish News of Northern California *This biography makes a significiant contribution to our understanding of American history...through the wealth of archival material on which it draws and its engagement with the cultural forces that shaped not only Tucker's life but also the lives of the female immigrants who shared her struggle to belong in a foreign environment. * Journal of American History *Tucker shines as the bold star of her own show in Red Hot Mama...What Tucker represents as a woman, a Jew, a businessperson, and an entertainer means that this biography is critical to appreciating many of these issues in our recent history. * American Jewish History *Sklaroff tells [Sophie Tucker's] story in a thoroughly engrossing way…Scholars and lay readers alike will enjoy learning about this remarkable woman and, at the same time, will broaden their understanding of key historical developments, such as urbanization, Jewish immigration, racism and race relations in the entertainment industry, labor organizing, and changing tastes and technologies in music and other forms of popular culture. * The Historian *Bold and sassy, the legendary Sophie Tucker influenced generations of women entertainers. . . Sklaroff sensitively traces the unlikely rise of the daughter of Jewish immigrants, a woman who never fit the svelte body image of popular female entertainers and whose ‘sexual movements and provocative delivery’ shocked some viewers. * Kirkus Reviews *Table of Contents Introduction 1. Breaking with Tradition 2. Finding a Place in the City 3. Acceptance as a Rising Star 4. The Hazards of Becoming a Jazz Queen 5. Everybody’s Mama 6. Grasping for Recognition 7. The Value of Devotion 8. Sophie Tucker for President Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes Photo Credits Index
£20.89
Hal Leonard Corporation Too Fast to Live Too Young to Die
Book SynopsisIn ÊToo Fast to Live Too Young to DieÊ readers take an evocative journey with author Keith Elliot Greenberg as he pieces together the puzzle of James Dean''s final day and its everlasting impact. Greenberg travels to Dean''s hometown to talk with folks who knew the star and all the way to the California roads that underlay the tires of the actor''s infamous Porsche Spyder. Taking the story back and forth in time Greenberg gives insight into what drove Dean to live on the edge ä the early loss of his mother his relentless drive to explore for the sake of his craft. Dean once said Dream as if you''ll live forever. Live as if you''ll die today. He lived to experience and the one love that compared to his love of acting was his love of racing cars. Greenberg puts the event in historical context reflecting on the world Dean lived in at the time an era after World War II the end of the Korean War the advent of rock and roll with the sixties coming down the pike. The star''s too
£17.09
Open Road Media Goddess
£24.29
Archway Publishing Studio Life
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£9.33
AuthorHouse Never Quote the Weather to a Sea Lion
£15.48
House of Anansi Press Hollywood Eden
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£13.29
University of Toronto Press Insecurity
Book SynopsisInsecurity: Perils and Products of Theatres of the Real begins with the premise that although the inclusion of real objects and real words on the stage would ostensibly seem to increase the epistemological security and documentary truth-value of the presentation, in fact the opposite is the case.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Real People Part 1: Winning and/or losing the game of life in autobiographical performance—Winners and Losers 3. Real People Part 2: Insecurity and ethical failure in the encounter with stranger—100% Vancouver, RARE, and Polyglotte 4. Real Words: Reproducing life in remediated verbatim theatre—Seeds and 300 TAPES 5. Real Space: The insecure geographies of site-specific audio walks—Garden/ /Suburbia and Landline 6. Real Bodies Part 1: The traumatic real in immersive performances of political crisis and insecurity—Counting Sheep and Foreign Radical 7. Real Bodies Part 2: Narcissistic spectatorship in theatrical "haunted houses" of solo immersive performance—Everyman 8. Coda: Theatres of the real in the age of post-reality
£47.60
University of Toronto Press Drawing the Curtain
Book SynopsisMiguel de Cervantes’s experimentation with theatricality is frequently tied to the notion of revelation and disclosure of hidden truths. Drawing the Curtain showcases the elements of theatricality that characterize Cervantes’s prose and analyses the ways in which he uses theatricality in his own literary production. Bringing together the works of well-known scholars, who draw from a variety of disciplines and theoretical approaches, this collection demonstrates how Cervantes exploits revelation and disclosure to create dynamic dramatic moments that surprise and engage observers and readers. Hewing closely to Peter Brook’s notion of the bare or empty stage, Esther Fernández and Adrienne L. Martín argue that Cervantes’s omnipresent concern with theatricality manifests not only in his drama but also in the myriad metatheatrical instances dispersed throughout his prose works. In doing so, Drawing the Curtain sheds light on the ways in which CervTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Poetics of the Imagined Stage Esther Fernández and Adrienne L. Martín Part One: Alternate Theatricalities in Cervantes’s Drama 1. Cervantes and the Simple Stage Bruce R. Burningham 2. Queer Cambalaches in El rufián dichoso John Slater 3. Of Players and Wagers: The Theatricality of Gambling for Salvation in El rufián dichoso Sonia Velázquez 4. Writing to Rescue from Oblivion: The Phantasms of Captivity in El trato de Argel Julia Domínguez 5. Captivating Music, Memory, and Emotions in Los baños de Argel Sherry Velasco 6. In the Name of Love: Cervantes’s Play on Captivity in La gran sultana Ana Laguna 7. Revolving Sets: Spatial Revelations in the Entremeses Esther Fernández and Adrienne L. Martín Part Two: Acts of Disclosure in Cervantes’s Prose 8. Coups de théâtre in the Novelas ejemplares B.W. Ife 9. Captive Audiences: Performing Captivity in Cervantes’s Prose Narrative Catherine Infante 10. Painting into Theatre: “The Suicide of Lucretia” as a Tableau Vivant in El curioso impertinente Mercedes Alcalá-Galán 11. “Muchas y muy verdaderas señales”: The Theatrics of Truth and Sincerity of Fiction in La Galatea Paul Michael Johnson 12. Eavesdropping or Spying? Secret Places and Spaces in Don Quixote Eduardo Olid Guerrero 13. Don Quixote and the Performance of Aging Masculinities in Early Modern Spain José R. Cartagena Calderón
£47.60
University of Toronto Press Hope in a Collapsing World
Book SynopsisFor young people, the space of the drama classroom can be a space for deep learning as they struggle across difference to create something together with common purpose. Collaborating across institutions, theatres, and community spaces, the research in Hope in a Collapsing World mobilizes theatre to build its methodology and create new data with young people as they seek the language of performance to communicate their worries, fears, and dreams to a global network of researchers and a wider public. A collaboration between a social scientist and a playwright and using both ethnographic study and playwriting, Hope in a Collapsing World represents a groundbreaking hybrid format of research text and original script titled Towards Youth: A Play on Radical Hope for reading, experimentation, and performance. Table of ContentsDedication Figures and Tables Acknowledgements I Acknowledgements II Prologue Part I: Listening, Pedagogy, Theatre, and Cultural Citizenship Listening as an Artful Practice of Care Listening and Caring as Political Acts Creating Social Value from Theatre The System: Worlds Apart but Structurally Familiar The Settings: Brief Social, Political and Educational Portraits of Athens, Lucknow, Coventry, Tainan, Toronto Athens, Greece: Setting the Context Lucknow, India: Setting the Context Coventry, England: Setting the Context Tainan, Taiwan: Setting the Context Toronto, Canada: Setting the Context Ethnography and its Ecologies An Overview of Data Collection A Word about Ethnography The Qualitative Landscape: Care and Cultural Citizenship Daring to Dream in Greek Austerity Misfit Citizenship and Political Personhood in India: A Methodology of Critical Dialogue and Rehearsed Futurity Hope, Performance Pedagogies, and Democratic Citizenship Canley Youth Theatre’s Missive to the World—Listen A Pedagogy of Hope Tainan Students Making the World they Need The Self, the Collective: Theatre and Social Change Interdependency Against All Odds Voicing Toronto Stories for a more Equal World The Territory of Race, Racism, and Gender in Verbatim Theatre Creation Visible and Invisible Vulnerabilities in Oral History Storytelling Muckles’ Story of Hearing and Being Heard Youth Alienation from Mainstream Politics: Who is the Knowledgeable Citizen? Devising Theatre, Identity and the Search for Structure and Meaning Hope and Care in the Quantitative Landscape Key Quantitative Findings Across Sites ‘Outside the Mainstream’ and the Nature of Personal Hope and Experiences of Care Generating Hope through Self-Creation in the School, the Community, and in the Drama-Making Space Young People as Care-Givers Finding and Giving Care in Context To Conclude: Wrestling Towards Hope through Relationships of Care Epilogue: Acting in Concert Turning Towards Part II: Towards Youth Audience Research Part II: A Step Towards Youth By Andrew Kushnir Towards Youth: A Play on Radical Hope By Andrew Kushnir Appendix References Index
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AuthorHouse No Time To Cry
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Globe Pequot Press The Trials of Annie Oakley
Book SynopsisLong before the silver screen placed Mary Pickford before the eyes of millions of Americans, this girl, born August 13, 1860 as Phoebe Anne Oakley Moses, had won the right to the title of the first America's Sweetheart. After winning first prize at a shooting match as a teenager, Annie quickly gained worldwide fame as an incredible crack shot.
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Rowman & Littlefield Remembering Katharine Hepburn
Book SynopsisA sweet, inspiring, and captivating look at a woman who was an inspiration for many and whose legacy and stories should be shared with a new generation of fans. Journalist and news anchor, Ann Nyberg, delves into the long, extraordinary life of Katharine Hepburn through the personal stories of those whose lives she influenced in even the tiniest way. From tales from her beloved Fenwick in Connecticut to stories about her days in Hollywood to adventures with Aunt Kat, Nyberg interviews the people who knew Kate and cared for herher friends, her fans, her family, and her neighborsas they recount endearing tales of about her life. Alongside these stories and iconic photographs are inspiring quotes from Katharine herself, and the famous characters she played, that highlight her individuality, confidence, determination, and zest for life! She was bold, brash, and beautifula woman way ahead of her time with a unique spunk admired by many.
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Rowman & Littlefield Living with Grace
Book SynopsisLiving with Grace is a captivating look at the elegant and unforgettable Grace Kelly who has been an inspiration for many and whose legacy enlightens a new generation of fans.Trade Review"The book is enhanced with dozens of stunning photographs paired with boxed quotes of the actress's own encouraging words...Readers will still come away with a new appreciation for Kelly as an ordinary person turned starlet." -- Publishers' Weekly
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Globe Pequot The Young Duke
Book SynopsisBy the time Stagecoach made John Wayne a silver-screen star in 1939, the thirty-one-year-old was already a veteran of more than sixty films, having appeared in B Westerns for five studios. By the 1950s he was destined to become an American icon. This biography reveals the story of his early life, illustrated with rare archival images.
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Rowman & Littlefield Wanderer
Book SynopsisTrade Review...one unforgettable voyage...under a captain whose words may echo in your mind and whose attitude may inform your spirit for the rest of your life. * The Times (UK) *An impressive writer. Like Fitzgerald, Hayden is a romantic. His writing about the sea evokes echoes of Conrad and McFee, of London and Galsworthy...Beautifully done. * Los Angeles Times *A superb piece of writing...Echoes from Poe and Melville to Steinbeck and Mailer. A work of fascination on every level. * New York Post *Hayden's wonderful autobiography Wanderer ...should be in every main salon aboard every boat. Hayden's life can't be emulated, but it is instructive * Ocean Navigator *Table of ContentsIntroduction to the 1977 Edition Book I: Man at Bay Book II: Outward Bound Book III: Exile from Oblivion Book IV: Ironed Wanderer Book V: Abysmal Voyage Book VI: Cold Star Blazing
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Globe Pequot Press John Waynes Way
Book SynopsisAs John Wayne's character said in The Alamo: There's right and there's wrong. You got to do one or the other. The ultimate measure of a man is how he chooses to act. From the pithy to the humorous to the profound, the film career of the man known as The Duke is full of life lessons for today. In John Wayne''s Way, author Doug Brode explores the film legacy of the Duke and provides commentary on the lessons learned from the archetypes of the West and American manhoodWaynedisplayed on the silver screen. Complete with quotes and photographs from the movies, these pithy lessons will be appealing to John Wayne fansand Western film buffs.Trade ReviewMarion Morrison of Winterset, IA, moved to Southern California in 1914 at age seven. He went to the University of Southern California on a football scholarship, which led to bit parts in the movies, and was noticed and rebranded as John Wayne. In 1939, the director John Ford made him a star in the movie Stagecoach. Wayne made two dozen films with Ford and remained a renowned actor until his death in 1979. Eliot, who has written biographies of Cary Grant, Clint Eastwood, and Walt Disney, studies Wayne as an auteur. Eliot’s focus is on the films—how they got made, their messages, the acting, and the critical and public response. He particularly highlights Wayne’s politics. Unlike most of the big stars of that time, Wayne did not serve in the armed forces in World War II, and Eliot traces his superpatriotism and anticommunist fervor to that fact. The actor detested the 1952 Western High Noon, starring Gary Cooper, as thoroughly un-American and repeatedly pushed a hard-line message in his films such as The Alamo (1960) and The Green Berets (1968). It’s a readable, solid book based on library research. Screenwriter and playwright Brode’s book is a well-illustrated guide to the Duke’s films, describing each with a short life lesson (e.g., the lesson from 1968’s Hellfighters is 'A man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do; his woman must either accept and live with that or cut and run.' VERDICT Eliot’s book is a great account of the star’s life more for film buffs in general than for fans of Wayne. Brode’s well-done work will make an excellent present for those who love Wayne’s films. * Library Journal *This volume is a chatty, often humorous or pithy, overview of John Wayne and Wayne's characters in film. The author explores the film legacy of the Duke, providing commentary on the lessons learned from the archetypes of the West. * Communication Booknotes Quarterly *
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Rowman & Littlefield Douglas Fairbanks
Book SynopsisFew people have influenced Hollywood history thanDouglas Fairbanks. And who better than his niece and Fairbanks familyhistorian, Letitia, to relate that story? On-screen and offscreen, he was aforce of nature, progressing in easy leaps and bounds from the Broadwaystage to silent movies when feature-length film was just a few years old. His happy, healthy characters and acrobatic acting style brought a newenergy to the medium. But it was through his extraordinary success as aproducer that Fairbanks achieved the goal of all creative people: to runhis own show. This he did by co-founding United Artists in 1919 with hissoon-to-be wife Mary Pickford, Charles Chaplin, and D. W. Griffith. Asa producer, he showed visionary taste, collaborating with his directorsand designers to enact gallant tales in spectacular settings. Whether heplayed a young man on the go or a swashbuckling hero in a fairy-taleland, Fairbanksone of the thirty-six founders of the Academy of MotionPicture Arts and Science
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Rowman & Littlefield Valentino Affair
Book SynopsisIn 1922, Rudolph Valentino was one of the most famous men alive. But few knew that the star had a dirty secret that he desperately wanted to bury. The lurid tale began a decade earlier when former Yale football star and notorious playboy Jack de Saulles made headlines across three continents by pursuing the beautiful young Chilean heiress Blanca Errazuriz, known as the Star of Santiago. After the birth of their son, though, the marriage soured. Jack was going after every chorus girl on Broadway, claiming that Blanca had banished him from their bed. By 1916, Blanca wanted a divorce, rare then and even more so in a wealthy, powerful Catholic family. Enter Valentino, then still known as Rodolfo Guglielmi, a professional dancer in New York City, famous for the Argentinean tango. Blanca discovered that her husband had been sleeping with Joan Sawyer, Rodolfo's dance partner, so she set about cultivating the hungry young performer. Whether Blanca and Guglielmi became lovers remains unclear, bTrade ReviewThis meticulously reconstructed account of a 1917 murder trial features a lurid cast and copious melodrama. Almost as soon as Chilean heiress Blanca Errázuriz married New York real estate mogul Jack De Saulles in 1912, she suffered terrible humiliations. The rakish De Saulles schemed to get access to his wife’s family fortune to finance his business deals and taste for luxury, and was notorious for his philandering. The birth of their son, Jack Jr., failed to put things right, and after muddling along for four years, Blanca filed for divorce in 1916. Less than a year later, she shot and killed De Saulles in front of several witnesses during a custody dispute; she was acquitted during a sensational trial in 1917. As the marriage fell apart, De Saulles’s liaisons with actresses and Broadway stars, including the dancer Joan Sawyer, pulled Sawyer’s dance partner, a struggling tango dancer named Rudolfo Guglielmi (who became silent film star Rudolf Valentino), into Jack and Blanca’s orbit. While Valentino provides modern readers with a reference point, his rumored connection to Blanca is an aside in Evans’s work, which documents one in a string of the era’s 'wronged women' cases that all ended in acquittals of the killers. * Publishers Weekly *"A narrative reminiscent of the background melodramas of The Great Gatsby or the musical Chicago ... A sordid narrative presented in brisk, entertaining fashion ... A well-researched tale of a distant-seeming era and crime, echoing our own time’s obsession with celebrity transgression and capacity for justifying violence."—Kirkus Reviews"This meticulously reconstructed account ... features a lurid cast and copious melodrama."—Publishers WeeklyPraise for The Casebook of Forensic Detection:“Pithy, concise, and remarkably accurate.” —Science Books & Films“A mystery novelist’s essential resource guide.” —Book News“Even the most dedicated devotee of the genre will find much that is new in these brief but exciting accounts.” —Publishers WeeklyPraise for The Father of Forensics:“Evans’s account … grips from the outset like a thriller. It is a riveting story.” —Good Book Guide“A full plate of murder … Evans proves to be a verbally agile narrator of the macabre. … A page-turner.” —BooklistPraise for Blood on the Table:“A fascinating story … complete with clues to be discovered, internal intrigue, cut-throat politics and lots of local color. Evans writes with vibrant detail … and keeps things clicking while sticking to the facts; true crime buffs will not want to miss it.”—Publishers Weekly starred review“Pithy portraits … Rendering these grim stories with verve, Evans … again taps a loyal readership.” —BooklistPraise for Slaughter on a Snowy Morn:“With a cast of characters brought to life in superb style, Evans cannot fail to keep you gripped until the very last page.” —History Books Review“An astonishing story, and Colin Evans tells it with tremendous gusto. … He marshals all his research with great skill to produce a narrative as gripping and exciting as most thrillers.” —Waterstones Quarterly“A detailed and very readable account” —The Crime Writers’ Association
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Globe Pequot Press Hello Norma Jeane
Book SynopsisHer unforgettable image is seared into the minds of fans everywhere, and her private life continues to inspire headlines and controversy, but Marilyn Monroe is one of the most famousand misunderstoodwomen in the world who remains a mystery to most people. On Marilyn cuts through the rumors and myths to present the real person behind the queen of movies and pop culture. From her chaotic childhood in Depression-era Los Angeles to her rise in the world of Hollywood and finally her untimely deathOn Marilyn explores the legendary star's family history, connection to the movies from childhood, her personal life as an adult, and her interest in continually educating herself. On Marilyn is compulsively readableinstead of chronological dates and dry accounts of events, there are chapters about specific aspects of her life and career. What did Marilyn like to eat? What types of books did she read? Was she really plus size? Did she nearly bring down a political empire?
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Taylor Trade Publishing Deanna Durbin Judy Garland and the Golden Age of
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Kensington Publishing Elizabeth and Monty
Book SynopsisViolet-eyed siren Elizabeth Taylor and classically handsome Montgomery Clift were the most gorgeous screen couple of their time. Over two decades of friendship they made, separately and together, some of the era''s defining movies--including Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Misfits, Suddenly, Last Summer, and Cleopatra. Yet the relationship between these two figures--one a dazzling, larger-than-life star, the other hugely talented yet fatally troubled--has never truly been explored until now. Monty, Elizabeth likes me, but she loves you. —Richard BurtonWhen Elizabeth Taylor was cast opposite Montgomery Clift in A Place in the Sun, he was already a movie idol, with a natural sensitivity that set him apart. At seventeen, Elizabeth was known for her ravishing beauty rather than her talent. Directors treated her like a glamorous prop. But Monty took her seriously, inspiring and encouraging her. In her words, That''s when I began to act.
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Kensington Publishing Elizabeth and Monty
Book SynopsisThe critically acclaimed dual biography of the lifelong, platonic “love affair” between Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift – now in paperback! Violet-eyed siren Elizabeth Taylor and classically handsome Montgomery Clift were the most gorgeous screen couple of their time. Over two decades of friendship they made, separately and together, some of the era’s defining movies—including Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; The Misfits; Suddenly, Last Summer; and Cleopatra. Yet the relationship between these two figures—one a larger-than-life star, the other hugely talented yet fatally troubled—has never truly been explored. . . until now.“Monty, Elizabeth likes me, but she loves you.” —Richard Burton When Elizabeth Taylor was cast opposite Montgomery Clift in A Place in the Sun, he was already a movie idol, with a natural sensitivity that set him apart. A
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MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi Eric Rohmer Interviews
Book SynopsisThe interviews in this book offer a range of insights into the theoretical, critical, and practical circumstances of Eric Rohmer's remarkably coherent body of films, but also allow Rohmer to act as his own critic, providing us with an array of readings concerning his interest in setting, season, colour, and narrative.
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MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi Werner Herzog Interviews
Book SynopsisOver the course of his career, legendary director Werner Herzog (b. 1942) has made almost sixty films and given more than eight hundred interviews. This collection features the best of these, focusing on all his major films. Together, these interviews offer an unprecedented look at Herzog's work, his career, and his public persona as it has developed and changed over time.
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University Press of Mississippi David Fincher Interviews
Book SynopsisDavid Fincher (b. 1962) did not go to film school and hates being defined as an auteur. He prefers to see himself as a craftsman, dutifully going about the art and business of making film. This collection of interviews highlights Fincher's unwavering commitment to his craft as he evolved from an entrepreneurial music video director into an enterprising feature filmmaker.
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MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi Woody Allen Interviews
Book SynopsisAn expansive and insightful collection of interviews with one of cinema's highly regarded filmmakers.
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MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi Harmony Korine Interviews
Book SynopsisTracks filmmaker Harmony Korine's stunning rise, fall, and rise again through his own evolving voice. Bringing together interviews collected from over two decades, this unique chronicle includes rare interviews unavailable in print for years and an extensive, new conversation recorded at the filmmaker's home in Nashville.
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MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi Todd Haynes
Book SynopsisA pioneer of the New Queer Cinema, Todd Haynes (b. 1961) is a leading American independent filmmaker. He has garnered numerous awards and nominations and an expanding fan base for his provocative and engaging work. Gathering interviews from 1989 to 2012, this collection presents a range of themes, films, and moments in the burgeoning career of Todd Haynes.
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MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi Peter Bogdanovich Interviews
Book SynopsisBefore he was the Academy Award-nominated director of The Last Picture Show, Peter Bogdanovich interviewed some of cinema's great masters. Since becoming an acclaimed filmmaker himself, he has given countless interviews to the press about his own career. This volume collects thirteen of his best, most comprehensive, and most insightful of these interviews.
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MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi Alexander Payne Interviews
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MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi Fred Schepisi
Book SynopsisIncludes twenty interviews with Fred Schepisi and two with longtime collaborators, cinematographer Ian Baker and composer Paul Grabowsky. The interviews trace the filmmaker's career from his beginnings in advertising, through his two early Australian features to his subsequent work in the United States and beyond.
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MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi On Sunset Boulevard
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1998, On Sunset Boulevard describes the life of acclaimed filmmaker Billy Wilder (1906-2002). This definitive biography takes the reader on a fast-paced journey from Billy Wilder's birth outside of Krakow to Vienna, where he grew up, to Berlin, where he moved as a young man, and triumphantly to Hollywood.
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MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi Baz Luhrmann
Book SynopsisThough he has made only five films in two decades, Australian writer-director Baz Luhrmann is an internationally known brand name. In this collection of interviews, Luhrmann discusses his methods and his motives, explaining what has been important to him and his collaborators from the start and how he has been able to maintain an independence from the studios that have backed his films.Trade ReviewThis work aims to capture- mostly in his own words- the director's distinctive vision and the origins and evolution of his highly romantic, camp style.""- The Age (Melbourne, Australia)
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MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi David O. Russell
Book SynopsisDavid O. Russell (b. 1958) boasts a diverse body of work as a writer and director, spanning multiple genres and featuring radically differing aesthetic styles. This career-spanning volume features conversations with scholars and journalists as well as filmmakers, revealing Russell's evolving writing and directing process, and opening his life to reveal how a remarkable body of work has come to be.
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MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi John Cassavetes
Book SynopsisAmerican filmmaker John Cassavetes (1929-1989) made only nine independent films during a quarter century, but those films affected the cinema culture of the 1960s to the 1980s in unprecedented ways. With a close nucleus of actors and crew members on his team, Cassavetes created films that explored the gritty side of human relationships.Trade ReviewOldham . . . identifies the essences of this pioneer: an actor's director 'who felt compelled to let his actors unleash their potentials, shape their own cinematic realities, and play them out naturally on the screen'; . . . a specialist 'in men-women relationships and their emotional dysfunctions'; . . . and always an artist 'with almost child-like admissions of a belief in humanity's better self ' and 'a surprising naiveté he transferred to his characters, both male and female.'"" - Kurt Brokaw, The Independent""A particularly important book for film courses, either as a primary text to provide a definition of how a consummate independent filmmaker feels and works or as a supporting text in a course on filmmaking and critical studies."" - Lowell Harris, adjunct professor of film studies, University of Tampa
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