50 Of The Finest Films Hollywood Ever Made

Author : John Howard Reid
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-14
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781105758966

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50 of the Finest Films Hollywood Ever Made by John Howard Reid Pdf

More than 50 of Hollywood's most famous movies are examined in detail in this book, which provides full cast and production credits, release dates, background information, DVD suppliers, plus up-to-date assessments and reviews. This information not only covers almost everything you would want to know about some of your favorite movies, but guides you towards further classic films you might enjoy! To name just twenty of the more than fifty titles, they include An American in Paris, The Apartment, The Caine Mutiny, Casablanca, China Seas, Duck Soup, From Here To Eternity, Gone With The Wind, The Greatest Show On Earth, If I Had a Million, In Old Chicago, It Happened One Night, Laura, Out of the Past, The Palm Beach Story, the Picture of Dorian Gray, A Place in the Sun, two versions of State Fair, The Wizard of Oz, Wonder Bar, and Yankee Doodle Dandy.

Author : John Howard Reid
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781304056023

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History in Movies Hollywood Style by John Howard Reid Pdf

Author : John Howard Reid
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781329551893

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500 Famous Films by John Howard Reid Pdf

Author : John Pascoe
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-17
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476635590

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Madeleine Carroll by John Pascoe Pdf

At the height of her celebrity, Madeleine Carroll (1906-1987) was the world's highest-paid actress. She worked alongside such greats as Laurence Olivier and Charles Laughton, British directors Victor Saville and Alfred Hitchcock, and Hollywood directors John Ford and Otto Preminger. She also did radio and television shows--all of which she abandoned to become a Red Cross worker. Piecing together long-lost facts, the author describes Carroll's almost indescribable life, narrating her personal highs and lows, as well as her fervent commitment to helping others--particularly child victims of war.

Author : Josh Hull
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781683359180

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Underexposed! by Josh Hull Pdf

The untold stories behind the 50 greatest movies never made, illustrated by 50 new and original posters For most films, it’s a long, strange road from concept to screen, and sometimes those roads lead to dead ends. In Underexposed! The 50 Greatest Movies Never Made, screenwriter and filmmaker Joshua Hull guides readers through development hell. With humor and reverence, Hull details the speed bumps and roadblocks that kept these films from ever reaching the silver screen. From the misguided and rejected, like Stanley Kubrick’s Lord of the Rings starring the Beatles; to films that changed hands and pulled a U-turn in development, like Steven Spielberg’s planned Oldboy adaptation starring Will Smith; to would-be masterpieces that might still see the light of day, like Guillermo del Toro’s In the Mountains of Madness, Hull discusses plotlines, rumored casting, and more. To help bring these lost projects to life, 50 artists from around the world, in association with the online art collective PosterSpy, have contributed original posters that accompany each essay and give a glimpse of what might have been.

Author : Mark Glancy
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1999-08-20
Category : History
ISBN : 0719048532

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When Hollywood Loved Britain by Mark Glancy Pdf

When Hollywood Loved Britain examines the Hollywood "British" film--American feature films that were set in Britain, based on British history or literature and included the work of British producers, directors, writers and actors. "British" films include many of the most popular and memorable films of the 1930s and 1940s, yet they have received little individual attention from film historians and even less attention as a body of films. While the book is centered on wartime "British" films, it also investigates wider issues: the influence of censorship and propaganda agencies during Hollywood’s studio era, studio finances, the isolationist campaign in the United States between 1939 and 1941, and American perceptions of Britain at war.

Author : Chris Gore
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1999-07-30
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 031220082X

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The 50 Greatest Movies Never Made by Chris Gore Pdf

Think you know Hollywood movies? Think again! No matter how many movies you've seen, no matter how many trivia contests you've won, this book is sure to have some surprises for you. The fifty flicks featured here aren't playing at the local Google-Plex or renting at your video store. These films never actually made it to the big screen---they're the gems that got lost in the Hollywood shuffle, consigned to Development Hell. Imagine, if you will: * Alfred Hitchcock's The Blind Man, about a pianist suddenly given the ability to see * Destino, the surreal fusion of two gigantic artistic talents: Salvador Dalí and Walt Disney * The unmade Star Trek film, Starfleet Academy * Greta Garbo's triumphant return to the screen that never happened, Lover and Friend * A senior citizens' Animal House?!? Each movie here is a treat for the imagination, and also a lesson in the dos and (mostly) don'ts of Hollywood. In here are dramas, sci-fi flicks, comedies, sequels, animated films, and biopics certain to stir the imagination! For the movie enthusiast, this book is a speculative joy, and for the aspiring filmmaker, it's a crash course in cinematic survival.

Author : Joel R. Campbell
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-14
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781793635174

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Politics Go to the Movies by Joel R. Campbell Pdf

This examination of film genres discusses how various films in five genres reflect or comment on political themes and ideas. The author uses constructivist and feminist political theory to examine the development of the political discourse in these films, and considers new ways to conceptualize the relationship between film or television and politics.

Author : Peter E. Bondanella
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 082641544X

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Hollywood Italians by Peter E. Bondanella Pdf

"This book is a celebration of nearly a century of images of Italians in American motion pictures and their contribution to popular culture." "Hollywood Italians covers the careers of dozens of stars including Rudolph Valentino, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, John Travolta, Sylvester Stallone, Marisa Tomei, James Gandolfini, and many others. In addition, the book reviews the work of such Italian American directors as Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese." "In all, Hollywood Italians discusses scores of films with a concentration on the most important, including their literary and European-cinematic roots. The book is capped by a comprehensive examination of The Godfather and its two sequels, as well as the international television phenomenon The Sopranos."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : James J. Dowd
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000208436

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Social Life in the Movies by James J. Dowd Pdf

Through an analysis of hundreds of Hollywood movies, this book examines some of the most contentious social issues of our time, including racism, social inequality, sexism, and gerontophobia. With studies of some of the most enduring film genres in Hollywood’s history, including romantic films such as Casablanca, war movies from World War II through the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts, alienation films, including Five Easy Pieces and Lost in Translation, the school movie, from Goodbye, Mr. Chips to other films set in academia, including Dead Poets Society and Dangerous Minds, the book outlines and demonstrates the sociological approach to viewing films and highlights the socially conservative nature of much Hollywood movie production, which draws on common stereotypes and reinforces dominant cultural values - but is also capable of challenging and serving to change them.

Author : Laura L. Finley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 778 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2023-03-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781440874130

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Women in Popular Culture [2 volumes] by Laura L. Finley Pdf

Including more than 300 alphabetically listed entries, this 2-volume set presents a timely and detailed overview of some of the most significant contributions women have made to American popular culture from the silent film era to the present day. The lives and accomplishments of women from various aspects of popular culture are examined, including women from film, television, music, fashion, and literature. In addition to profiles, the encyclopedia also includes chapters that provide a historical review of gender, domesticity, marriage, work, and inclusivity in popular culture as well as a chronology of key achievements. This reference work is an ideal introduction to the roles women have played, both in the spotlight and behind it, throughout the history of popular culture in America. From the stars of Hollywood's Golden Age to the chart toppers of the 2020s, author Laura L. Finley documents how attitudes towards these icons have evolved and how their influence has shifted throughout time. The entries and essays also address such timely topics as feminism, the #MeToo movement, and the gender pay gap.

Author : Wikipedia contributors
Publisher : e-artnow sro
Page : 1103 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9784057664156

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Focus On: 100 Most Popular American Teen Comedy Films by Wikipedia contributors Pdf

Author : Vincent Canby,Janet Maslin
Publisher : Three Rivers Press
Page : 1028 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0812930010

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The New York Times Guide to the Best 1000 Movies Ever Made by Vincent Canby,Janet Maslin Pdf

Gathers New York Times reviews for the best American and foreign films that were released from 1929 to 1998.

Author : David Bianculli
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2000-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0815606532

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Teleliteracy by David Bianculli Pdf

The phenomena of television is examined, from the historical context and television as an art form to television in various aspects of modern society such as TV in the classroom and on the battlefield.

Author : Wikipedia contributors
Publisher : e-artnow sro
Page : 2028 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Focus On: 100 Most Popular English-language Film Directors by Wikipedia contributors Pdf