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Burt Lancaster

Author : Kate Buford
Publisher : Aurum
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781781312001

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Burt Lancaster is perhaps most widely remembered as the tough, iron-jawed star of films such as Gunfight at the OK Corral and Airport. But as this superbly readable and insightful biography demonstrates, he was an actor with much broader ambitions – brilliantly realised in Visconti’s The Leopard – as well as the founder of the first actor-led production company in Hollywood. Lancaster’s liberal political views led not only to frequent clashes with the House Un-American Activities Committee and a voluminous FBI file, but also a private life that was colourful even by Hollywood standards. Although a devoted father and husband (to three wives), the actor took numerous lovers – of both sexes. In his sexual tastes as in his choice of roles, he defied classification. Kate Buford’s definitive biography offers a full, frank, sensitive and compelling portrait of the star of Atlantic City, From Here to Eternity and Elmer Gantry (for which he won a Best Actor Oscar). Lancaster emerges as a man of restless energy, relentless curiosity and continual development as an actor: a star every bit as interesting offscreen as on. As one American reviewer put it: ‘Not many film stars receive first-class biographies; Burt Lancaster not only deserved one, he got one.’ Acclaimed biographer Kate Buford has been a regular commentator on National Public Radio in the United States since 1994.

Against Type

Author : Gary Fishgall
Publisher : Scribner Book Company
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105012427360

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The first major biography of one of Hollywood's most enduring and innovative stars. In a glorious career that spanned the final days of Hollywood's Golden Age to the advent of the miniseries, Burt Lancaster chalked up more than 80 films. From his poverty-stricken childhood in East Harlem to his delibilitating stroke in 1990, this book tells the complete story of this true screen legend. 16 pages of photos.

Burt Lancaster

Author : Ed Andreychuk
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476606491

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With a career in films spanning nearly fifty years, Burt Lancaster brought his unique charisma and energy to roles in films ranging from the adventurous to the bittersweet. This comprehensive filmography of Lancaster’s career is accompanied by a biography that provides the background for his immense range of work on the screen. Production information, a synopsis, and commentary is provided for each of Lancaster’s 85 films, from the first—The Killers—to the last—Separate But Equal. Photographs from nearly all of Lancaster's films accompany the text, and an index and bibliography are also included.

The Careers of Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas as Referenced in Literature

Author : Henryk Hoffmann
Publisher : Vernon Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-05
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781648890840

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The Careers of Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas as Referenced in Literature by Henryk Hoffmann Pdf

"The Careers of Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas as Referenced in Literature" is a study of the perception of these two Hollywood megastars and their work, as presented in the text and context of references and allusions found in world literature. This book also aims to establish the impact factor of the two actors and their major films, as well as to provide extensive data for further studies of the complex and bilateral relationships between film and literature. The pertinent quotations have been extracted from over 150 works—novels, short stories, plays, poems and some nonfiction biographies and memoirs (excluding those focused on film celebrities)—by more than 120 authors. The main body of the book consists of two parts, each devoted to one actor and each having five identical sections. In the first section, references to the actor’s films are discussed while the second section presents references to the actor himself. The third section shows the complete list of references found to the actor and his films, including references not mentioned in the first two sections—either because of their relative insignificance, the lack of an English translation in case of foreign-language works or repetitiveness and/or abundance in a given work. The fourth section offers the credits of the films referenced, and the fifth section presents the actor’s complete monographic bibliography. The third part of the book, ‘Epilogue: Final Remarks and Conclusions,’ provides an analysis and classification of all the references and allusions presented in the main body, and it elaborates on the friendship of the two actors. College professors and students interested in film studies, particularly film analysis and criticism, film perception and film genres, will find this book of great interest. It will also appeal to people interested in biographical books on movie personalities and movie fans, especially those interested in westerns, film noir and the careers of Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas.

Burt Lancaster

Author : Michael Munn
Publisher : Robson Books Limited
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0860519708

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A portrait of Burt Lancaster, which looks at his rise to fame, the setting up of his own production company, the films in which he performed most of his own stunts, his turbulent private life and the reputation he acquired of being a tempestuous character.

Burt Lancaster

Author : Minty Clinch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Motion picture actors and actresses
ISBN : 0812882571

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Tough as Nails

Author : Douglass K. Daniel
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780299251239

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Tough as Nails by Douglass K. Daniel Pdf

Called “God’s angry man” for his unyielding demands in pursuit of personal and artistic freedom, Oscar-winning filmmaker Richard Brooks brought us some of the mid-twentieth century’s most iconic films, including Blackboard Jungle, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Elmer Gantry, In Cold Blood, and Looking for Mr. Goodbar. “The important thing,” he once remarked, “is to write your story, to make it believable, to make it live.” His own life story has never been fully chronicled, until now. Tough as Nails: The Life and Films of Richard Brooks restores to importance the career of a prickly iconoclast who sought realism and truth in his films. Douglass K. Daniel explores how the writer-director made it from the slums of Philadelphia to the heights of the Hollywood elite, working with the top stars of the day, among them Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant, Elizabeth Taylor, Jean Simmons, Sidney Poitier, Sean Connery, Gene Hackman, and Diane Keaton. Brooks dramatized social issues and depicted characters in conflict with their own values, winning an Academy Award for his Elmer Gantry screenplay and earning nominations for another seven Oscars for directing and screenwriting. Tough as Nails offers illuminating insights into Brooks’s life, drawing on unpublished studio memos and documents and interviews from stars and colleagues, including Poitier, director Paul Mazursky, and Simmons, who was married to Brooks for twenty years. Daniel takes readers behind the scenes of Brooks’s major films and sheds light on their making, their compromises, and their common threads. Tough as Nails celebrates Brooks’s vision while adding to the critical understanding of his works, their flaws as well as their merits, and depicting the tumults and trends in the life of a man who always kept his own compass. Best Books for General Audiences, selected by the American Association of School Librarians Outstanding Book, selected by the Public Library Reviewers

The Careers of Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas As Referenced in Literature

Author : Henryk Hoffmann
Publisher : Vernon Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1648892302

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The Careers of Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas As Referenced in Literature by Henryk Hoffmann Pdf

The Careers of Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas as Referenced in Literature is a study of the perception of these two Hollywood megastars and their work, as presented in the text and context of references and allusions found in world literature. This book also aims to establish the impact factor of the two actors and their major films, as well as to provide extensive data for further studies of the complex and bilateral relationships between film and literature. The pertinent quotations have been extracted from over 150 works--novels, short stories, plays, poems and some nonfiction biographies and memoirs (excluding those focused on film celebrities)--by more than 120 authors. The main body of the book consists of two parts, each devoted to one actor and each having five identical sections. In the first section, references to the actor's films are discussed while the second section presents references to the actor himself. The third section shows the complete list of references found to the actor and his films, including references not mentioned in the first two sections--either because of their relative insignificance, the lack of an English translation in case of foreign-language works or repetitiveness and/or abundance in a given work. The fourth section offers the credits of the films referenced, and the fifth section presents the actor's complete monographic bibliography. The third part of the book, 'Epilogue: Final Remarks and Conclusions, ' provides an analysis and classification of all the references and allusions presented in the main body, and it elaborates on the friendship of the two actors. College professors and students interested in film studies, particularly film analysis and criticism, film perception and film genres, will find this book of great interest. It will also appeal to people interested in biographical books on movie personalities and movie fans, especially those interested in westerns, film noir and the careers of Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas.

Burt Lancaster

Author : Robert Windeler
Publisher : St Martins Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1984-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0312108699

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Traces the life of the famous star from his boyhood in East Harlem to his acting career and role as the first important actor/producer

Western Movie References in American Literature

Author : Henryk Hoffmann
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-05
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786466382

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Western Movie References in American Literature by Henryk Hoffmann Pdf

References to western movies scattered over some 250 works by more than 130 authors constitute the subject matter of this book, arranged in an encyclopedic format. The entries are distributed among western movies, television series, big screen and television actors, western writers, directors and miscellaneous topics related to the genre. The data cover films from The Great Train Robbery (1903) to No Country for Old Men (2007) and the entries include many western film milestones (from The Aryan through Shane to Unforgiven), television classics (Gunsmoke, Bonanza) and great screen cowboys of both "A" and "B" productions.

Interactions Between Iranian and American Literatures

Author : Naghmeh Esmaeilpour
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781040010334

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Interactions Between Iranian and American Literatures by Naghmeh Esmaeilpour Pdf

Introducing "narrative mobility" as a new approach in comparative studies of Iran and the US, this book reinterprets the politics and aesthetics of relations between the nations through an analysis of Iranian and American authors. The book focuses specifically on three authors—Simin Daneshvar, Shahriar Mandanipour, and Don DeLillo—who each employ narrative mobility to rethink intercultural negotiation, addressing parallel issues in America and Iran from different, but complementary, perspectives. The book analyzes the employment of parallel narrational techniques, presenting physically and virtually mobile characters who embody their respective countries as they move from one culture to another. The strange affinity between Iran and the US is ultimately revealed by viewing literary works as a "contact zone" through which the complicated relations and shared history of the two nations can be renegotiated. On a more theoretical level, the book reflects on the role of literature—in particular the novel as a transnational medium—as a bridge between nations in a period of globalization. With its focus on cross-cultural connections, the book will be of interest to anyone studying or researching comparative literature, US–Iran relations, and cultural studies generally.

On Wings of Eagles

Author : Ken Follett
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1984-09-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781101175385

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#1 bestselling author Ken Follett tells the inspiring true story of the Middle East hostage crisis that began in 1978, and of the unconventional means one American used to save his countrymen. . . . When two of his employees were held hostage in a heavily guarded prison fortress in Iran, one man took matters into his own hands: businessman H. Ross Perot. His team consisted of a group of volunteers from the executive ranks of his corporation, handpicked and trained by a retired Green Beret officer. To free the imprisoned Americans, they would face incalculable odds on a mission that only true heroes would have dared. . . .

Screen World Vol. 6 1955

Author : Blum, Daniel
Publisher : Biblo & Tannen Publishers
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0819602612

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Burt Lancaster

Author : Allan Hunter
Publisher : St Martins Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0312108702

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A retrospective, illustrated study of the distinguished film career of Burt Lancaster offers a complete filmography, with information on cast, production details, plot synopses, and reviews

"Have You Seen . . . ?"

Author : David Thomson
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 1026 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2008-10-14
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780307270528

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"Have You Seen . . . ?" by David Thomson Pdf

In 1975, David Thomson published his Biographical Dictionary of Film, and few film books have enjoyed better press or such steady sales. Now, thirty-three years later, we have the companion volume, a second book of more than 1,000 pages in one voice—that of our most provocative contemporary film critic and historian. Juxtaposing the fanciful and the fabulous, the old favorites and the forgotten, this sweeping collection presents the films that Thomson offers in response to the question he gets asked most often—“What should I see?” This new book is a generous history of film and an enticing critical appraisal written with as much humor and passion as historical knowledge. Not content to choose his own top films (though they are here), Thomson has created a list that will surprise and delight you—and send you to your best movie rental service. But he also probes the question: after one hundred years of film, which ones are the best, and why? “Have You Seen . . . ?” suggests a true canon of cinema and one that’s almost completely accessible now, thanks to DVDs. This book is a must for anyone who loves the silver screen: the perfect confection to dip into at any point for a taste of controversy, little-known facts, and ideas about what to see. This is a volume you’ll want to return to again and again, like a dear but argumentative friend in the dark at the movies.