Author : Rick Atkins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1644300168
Among the Rugged Peaks
Rick Atkins
Among The Rugged Peaks An Intimate Biography Of Carla Laemmle
Among The Rugged Peaks An Intimate Biography Of Carla Laemmle Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle version is available to download in english. Read online anytime anywhere directly from your device. Click on the download button below to get a free pdf file of Among The Rugged Peaks An Intimate Biography Of Carla Laemmle book. This book definitely worth reading, it is an incredibly well-written.
Carla Laemmle, an Intimate Biography
Rick Atkins
Author : Rick Atkins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Motion picture actors and actresses
ISBN : 1370479522
Carla Laemmle, an Intimate Biography by Rick Atkins Pdf
Carla Laemmle has led numerous lives during her 90 plus years. She appeared with Lon Chaney in The Phantom of the Opera, as was a passenger in the coach traveling the Borgo Pass in 1931's Dracula. This bio presents an intriguing portrait of a life lived in the strange place that is Hollywood.
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 21
Stephen Jones
Author : Stephen Jones
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781849016728
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 21 by Stephen Jones Pdf
The year's best, and darkest, tales of terror, showcasing the most outstanding new short stories and novellas by both contemporary masters of the macabre and exciting newcomers. As ever, this acclaimed anthology also offers the most comprehensive annual overview of horror around the world in all its incarnations; a comprehensive necrology of famous names; and a list of indispensable contact addresses for the dedicated horror fan and writer alike. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror remains the world's leading annual anthology dedicated solely to presenting the best in contemporary horror fiction. Praise for Stephen Jones: 'The best horror anthologist in the business is, of course, Stephen Jones, whose Mammoth Book of Best New Horror is one of the major bargains of this as of any other year.' Roz Kavaney 'An essential volume for horror readers.' Locus 'Stephen Jones . . . has a better sense of the genre than almost anyone in this country.' Lisa Tuttle, The Times Books
MOVIES ARE A CONSPIRACY Selected Essays on Cinema
Matthew Coniam
Author : Matthew Coniam
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-24
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780244466909
MOVIES ARE A CONSPIRACY Selected Essays on Cinema by Matthew Coniam Pdf
Matthew Coniam, author of 'The Annotated Marx Brothers' and 'Egyptomania Goes To The Movies' would dearly love to dedicate his energies to the higher things in life. But alas, cinephilia infected him at a young age and, as yet, there is no cure. In this collection of essays on movies and moviemakers culled from several years' worth of blog posts, magazine articles and book chapters, he shares some of the symptoms in the hope of spreading it further.
Growing Up with Monsters
Carla Laemmle,Daniel Kinske,Ray Bradbury
Author : Carla Laemmle,Daniel Kinske,Ray Bradbury
Publisher : Bearmanor Media
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 159393341X
Growing Up with Monsters by Carla Laemmle,Daniel Kinske,Ray Bradbury Pdf
A lovely book that tells the true story of how the classic Universal Studios Monsters were born from a centenarian who was there when it happened. Enjoy Carla's tale of growing up on her uncles Universal Studio Lot from 1921 to 1937 and not only witnessing the filming of such early classics as The Hunchback of Notre Dame in 1923, but actually being in The Phantom of the Opera in 1925 and Dracula in 1931, where her "bit" part was that of having the first line of spoken dialogue in that perennial classic vampire film. Beware of vampires and hearses, but enjoy her story's verses! Wonderfully illustrated by MAD Magazines Jack Davis and Hermann Mejia. Foreword provided by master of horror and sci-fi, Ray Bradbury.
The Divo and the Duce
Giorgio Bertellini
Author : Giorgio Bertellini
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780520301368
The Divo and the Duce by Giorgio Bertellini Pdf
At publication date, a free ebook version of this title will be available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. In the post–World War I American climate of isolationism, nativism, democratic expansion of civic rights, and consumerism, Italian-born star Rodolfo Valentino and Italy’s dictator Benito Mussolini became surprising paragons of authoritarian male power and mass appeal. Drawing on extensive archival research in the United States and Italy, Giorgio Bertellini’s work shows how their popularity, both political and erotic, largely depended on the efforts of public opinion managers, including publicists, journalists, and even ambassadors. Beyond the democratic celebrations of the Jazz Age, the promotion of their charismatic masculinity through spectacle and press coverage inaugurated the now-familiar convergence of popular celebrity and political authority. This is the first volume in the new Cinema Cultures in Contact series, coedited by Giorgio Bertellini, Richard Abel, and Matthew Solomon.
Guest Parking
Rick Atkins
Author : Rick Atkins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2011-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1593936184
Guest Parking by Rick Atkins Pdf
Zita Johann graced the New York stages beginning in the summer of 1922. With her advanced intuitive professionalism in drama and the help of two great men of the theatre, Basil Sydney and Arthur Hopkins, Zita became a Broadway star in 1928. Hollywood came calling twice, and during a brief period in the early 1930s, Zita Johann became a Hollywood movie star. This would later be much to her chagrin. The Mummy (Universal Pictures, 1932), with Boris Karloff, and The Sin of Nora Moran (Majestic Pictures, 1933) with Paul Cavanaugh, are her two best-known motion pictures of eight. Guest Parking allotted Zita Johann eighty-nine years of life. Zita shared her life story with author Rick Atkins during their nineteen-year friendship. She told of her tumultuous family, with whom she immigrated at age six to America, her long love of the stage, her experiences in Hollywood, her failed marriages, and the reawakening that later changed her life. Zita's unpublished play, And Then It Was Morning, is within these covers, and the book concludes with an inspired Afterword written by actor Liesl Ehardt, a cousin to Zita Johann.
Disney A to Z
Dave Smith
Author : Dave Smith
Publisher : Hyperion Books
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : UOM:39015038025048
Disney A to Z by Dave Smith Pdf
Includes full descriptions of all Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Pluto, and Goofy cartoons; the story of Mickey's birth; the Disney Channel Premiere films and Disney television shows; the Disney parks; Disney Academy Awards and Emmy Awards; the Mouseketeers throughout the years; and details of Disney company personnel and primary actors.
Let's Scare 'em!
Rick Atkins
Author : Rick Atkins
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : UOM:39015040626353
Let's Scare 'em! by Rick Atkins Pdf
Since the sound film appearances of Boris Karloff as Frankensteins monster, Bla Lugosi as the Count, and Lon Chaney as the Wolf Man, audiences have enjoyed horror and fantasy thrillers. This work documents and illustrates the suspension of disbelief and audience manipulation integral to these three decades of horror, fantasy, and monster movies with interviews, with 122 photographs and a filmography of 251 of the best known (and some not so known) releases, beginning with The Cat Creeps (1930) through The Innocents (1961). Leading producers, directors, actors (e.g., Carl Laemmle, Jr., Kenneth Strickfaden, William Castle, John Carradine, and Forrest J Ackerman) discuss the genre, their colleagues, directing styles, business deals and moviemaking secrets. The extensive filmography covers 251 films and gives credits for the original story, screenwriter, camera, and production crew, and cast members and their roles.
The Lair of the White Worm
Bram Stoker
Author : Bram Stoker
Publisher : Jovian Press
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781537811185
The Lair of the White Worm by Bram Stoker Pdf
In a tale of ancient evil, Bram Stoker creates a world of lurking horrors and bizarre denizens: a demented mesmerist, hellbent on mentally crushing the girl he loves; a gigantic kite raised to rid the land of an unnatural infestation of birds, and which receives strange commands along its string; and all the while, the great white worm slithers below, seeking its next victim...
Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff
Gregory William Mank
Author : Gregory William Mank
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 702 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2010-03-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786454723
Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff by Gregory William Mank Pdf
Dracula and Frankenstein's Monster are horror cinema icons, and the actors most deeply associated with the two roles also shared a unique friendship. Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff starred in dozens of black-and-white horror films, and over the years managed to collaborate on and co-star in eight movies. Through dozens of interviews and extensive archival research, this greatly expanded new edition examines the Golden Age of Hollywood, the era in which both stars worked, recreates the shooting of Lugosi and Karloff's mutual films, examines their odd and moving personal relationship and analyzes their ongoing legacies. Features include a fully detailed filmography of the eight Karloff and Lugosi films, full summaries of both men's careers and more than 250 photographs, some in color.
City of Dreams
Bernard F. Dick
Author : Bernard F. Dick
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-09
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780813153650
City of Dreams by Bernard F. Dick Pdf
Horror films. Deanna Durbin musicals. Francis, the talking mule. Ma and Pa Kettle. Ross Hunter weepies. Theme parks. E.T. (1982). Apollo 13 (1995). These are only a few of the many faces of Universal Pictures. In February 1906, Carl Laemmle, German immigrant and former clothing store manager, opened his first nickelodeon in Chicago, where he quickly moved from exhibition to distribution and then to film production. A master of publicity and promotions, within ten years "Uncle Carl" had moved his entire operation to Southern California, founded a city, and established Universal Pictures as one of the major Hollywood studios. In City of Dreams, Bernard F. Dick traces the history of Universal Pictures from its humble early origins to the modern day and analyzes the studio's films, from horror flicks featuring Karloff and Lugosi to comedies starring Abbott and Costello and W. C. Fields. Dick details how the Laemmle family was eventually forced out of the Universal empire, replaced by a string of studio heads who entered and exited one after another—the beginning of the age of corporate Hollywood, which transformed Universal Pictures into NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. Dick explains how the Universal-International merger in 1946, Decca's stock takeover in the early 1950s, and MCA's buyout in 1962 all presaged today's Hollywood, where the art of the deal often eclipses the art of making movies. Ultimately, although stars and executives have come and gone, shaping and reshaping the studio's image, Universal's revolving globe logo has lit up screens around the world through it all.
A Perfect Union of Contrary Things
Maynard James Keenan
Author : Maynard James Keenan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781495082900
A Perfect Union of Contrary Things by Maynard James Keenan Pdf
A Perfect Union of Contrary Things is the authorized biography of musician and vintner Maynard James Keenan. Co-author Sarah Jensen's 30-year friendship with Keenan gives her unique insight into his history and career trajectory. The book traces Keenan's journey from his Midwest childhood to his years in the Army to his time in art school, from his stint at a Boston pet shop to his place in the international spotlight and his influence on contemporary music and regional winemaking. A comprehensive portrayal of a versatile and dedicated artist, A Perfect Union of Contrary Things pays homage to the people and places that shaped the man and his art. Until now, Maynard's fans have had access to only an abridged version of his story. A Perfect Union of Contrary Things presents the outtakes, the scenes of disappointment and triumph, and the events that led him to take one step after the next, to change direction, to explore sometimes surprising opportunities. Included are sidebars in his own words, often humorous anecdotes that illuminate the narrative, as well as commentary by his family members, friends, instructors, and industry colleagues. The book also features a foreword by Alex Grey, an American visionary artist and longtime friend of Keenan. Accompanying the text are photos of Keenan from childhood to the present. Maynard's story is a metaphor for the reader's own evolution and an encouragement to follow one's dreams, hold fast to individual integrity, and work ceaselessly to fulfill our creative potential.
Lugosi
Robert Cremer
Author : Robert Cremer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105036541790
Lugosi by Robert Cremer Pdf
Hearst Over Hollywood
Louis Pizzitola
Author : Louis Pizzitola
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 922 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2002-01-09
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780231507554
Hearst Over Hollywood by Louis Pizzitola Pdf
Hollywood—crossroads of filmmaking, mythmaking, and politics—was dominated by one man more than any other for most of its history. It was William Randolph Hearst who understood how to use cinema to exploit the public's desire for entertainment and to create film propaganda to further his own desire for power. From the start, Hearst saw his future and the future of Hollywood as one and the same. He pioneered and capitalized on the synergistic relationship between yellow journalism and advertising and motion pictures. He sent movie cameramen to the inauguration of William McKinley and the front lines of the Spanish-American War. He played a prominent role in organizing film propaganda for both sides fighting World War I. By the 1910s, Hearst was producing his own pictures—he ran one of the first animation studios and made many popular and controversial movie serials, including The Perils of Pauline (creating both the scenario and the catchphrase title) and Patria. As a feature film producer, Hearst was responsible for some of the most talked-about movies of the 1920s and 1930s. Behind the scenes in Hollywood, Hearst had few equals—he was a much-feared power broker from the Silent Era to the Blacklisting Era. Hearst Over Hollywood draws on hundreds of previously unpublished letters and memos, FBI Freedom of Information files, and personal interviews to document the scope of Hearst's power in Hollywood. Louis Pizzitola tells the hidden story of Hearst's shaping influence on both film publicity and film censorship—getting the word out and keeping it in check—as well as the growth of the "talkies," and the studio system. He details Hearst's anti-Semitism and anti-Communism, used to retaliate for Citizen Kane and to maintain dominance in the film industry, and exposes his secret film deal with Germany on the eve of World War II. The author also presents new insights into Hearst's relationships with Marion Davies, Will Hays, Louis B. Mayer, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Mussolini, Hitler, and the Kennedys. Hearst Over Hollywood is a tour de force of biography, cultural study, and film history that reveals as never before the brilliance and darkness of Hearst's prophetic connection with Hollywood.