Eleanor Roosevelt On Screen

Author : Angela S. Beauchamp
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-30
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476693026

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Eleanor Roosevelt on Screen by Angela S. Beauchamp Pdf

Eleanor Roosevelt recognized the power of film and television, especially as educational tools to reach young people. She hosted three political talk shows in the 1950s and early 1960s, often appearing in guest spots to promote the United Nations, Democratic candidates, and progressive issues with Ed Sullivan, Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Mike Wallace, and Edward R. Murrow. In the 1930s and '40s, fan magazines such as Photoplay and Modern Screen published her opinions on the movies, and she boldly appeared in an interventionist prologue to the 1940 anti-Nazi film Pastor Hall. During World War II, she contributed to civil defense films and became a staple joke in Hollywood comedies. She also negotiated postwar representations of FDR on the big screen, culminating in 1960's Sunrise at Campobello, which portrayed her as the perfect wife. This book is the first to address Eleanor Roosevelt's moving image record and her relationship to film and television in the three decades from the 1932 presidential campaign to her death in 1962.

Author : Enis Dinç
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780755602032

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Atatürk on Screen by Enis Dinç Pdf

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was not widely known when he led the national resistance movement in Anatolia in 1919. However, the effort and attention that his government devoted to the creation of his public image gradually turned him into a superhuman figure in the eyes of many. Film played a crucial role in the creation and dissemination of this image and helped Atatürk to advance his project of building a new “imagined community” of the Turkish nation. But despite the impact of film and film-making on the political and cultural life of Early Republican Turkey, there is almost no research that has analysed this footage. Atatürk on Screen uncovers various film archives to reveal the significant, albeit paradoxical, role of film during this period. Enis Dinç shows that while film-making was crucial for the creation of Atatürk's public image and the presentation of Turkey's new modern image to the world, it also posed risks as it could be re-used, re-edited and re-framed for the purposes of counter-propaganda. The main analysis in the book is of the film footage itself, including rare contemporary cinematic sources which have never received comprehensive analysis before. The book also makes use of other primary sources such as letters, memoirs, newspapers, reports, newsletters and production files, providing readers with a multi-layered account of the period.

Author : Lisa Nowak
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site (N.Y.)
ISBN : PURD:32754076788227

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Cultural Landscape Report for Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site: Introduction, site history, existing conditions, analysis by Lisa Nowak Pdf

Author : Peter Hopkinson
Publisher : UKA Press
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Camera operators
ISBN : 9781905796120

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The Screen of Change by Peter Hopkinson Pdf

The account of a life spanning almost sixty years of work in the film industry in England, Hollywood, India, and throughout the world. Peter Hopkinson joined Denham Studios as a clapper loader at 16 and quickly became a camera assistant, working with directors like King Vidor and Michael Powell, and stars such as Marlene Dietrich and Robert Donat. In 1940 he joined the army and, working for the British Army Film and Photographic Unit, helped to film the Battle of Alamein, allied landings in Italy, partisan actions in Yugoslavia and Greece and the Japanese surrender in Siam (Thailand), among many other assignments. After the war he became a director-cameraman, mainly for the March of Time newsreels, continuing to film from war zones and trouble spots, but also creating documentaries (many of them award-winning) that analysed life in peacetime: politics, scientific advance, social upheaval in the developing world and changing lifestyles at home. In later life he was hired by UNESCO to pass on his mastery of documentary film-making to a new generation of international youth at the Film Institute of India. In this book Peter Hopkinson presents not just an account of his own amazing life and work but a lucid and comprehensive history of the moving image itself, the supreme popular art form of our time. Includes more than 100 photographs. 'A history of the moving image told from the perspective of somebody who has experienced many of the major developments in the industry at first hand.' Melvyn Bragg (Controller Arts, London Weekend Television) "A real contribution to the literature of film in the 20th century." Raymond Fielding (Dean and Professor School of Motion Picture Television and Recording Arts Florida State University)

Author : Keri F. Dearborn
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9798216078111

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Eleanor Roosevelt by Keri F. Dearborn Pdf

Eleanor Roosevelt was an American influencer. Using her own words, personal documents, past perspectives, and new biographical research, this book introduces young adult readers to Roosevelt not only within her own historical context, but connected to contemporary issues. Using Eleanor Roosevelt's own words, personal correspondences, private documents, and a wide range of past perspectives and new biographical research, this book tells the intimate story of a real woman who struggled with a lack of self confidence but built a supportive network of like-minded activist women to realize change. One hundred years ago, Roosevelt was drawn into politics and public service by events that seem ripped from current events—an opiate crisis, a global pandemic, unsafe working conditions for immigrant women, and the human costs of war. Roosevelt's story mirrors the challenges of the 21st century and offers real examples of how change is possible. For students of history, politics, and women's studies, this book brings together past perspectives with new biographical scholarship, primary resources, and Roosevelt's own words to understand the female role models who shaped her and how Roosevelt in turn built a women's network of friends and activists that changed U.S. politics and society.

Author : Susan Delson
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-07
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780253058553

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Soundies and the Changing Image of Black Americans on Screen by Susan Delson Pdf

In the 1940s, folks at bars and restaurants would gather around a Panoram movie machine to watch three-minute films called Soundies, precursors to today's music videos. This history was all but forgotten until the digital era brought Soundies to phones and computer screens—including a YouTube clip starring a 102-year-old Harlem dancer watching her younger self perform in Soundies. In Soundies and the Changing Image of Black Americans on Screen: One Dime at a Time, Susan Delson takes a deeper look at these fascinating films by focusing on the role of Black performers in this little-known genre. She highlights the women performers, like Dorothy Dandridge, who helped shape Soundies, while offering an intimate look at icons of the age, such as Duke Ellington and Nat King Cole. Using previously unknown archival materials—including letters, corporate memos, and courtroom testimony—to trace the precarious path of Soundies, Delson presents an incisive pop-culture snapshot of race relations during and just after World War II. Perfect for readers interested in film, American history, the World War II era, and Black entertainment history, Soundies and the Changing Image of Black Americans on Screen and its companion video website (susandelson.com) bring the important contributions of these Black artists into the spotlight once again.

Author : Eleanor Roosevelt
Publisher : Citadel Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0806524782

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The Wisdom of Eleanor Roosevelt by Eleanor Roosevelt Pdf

Hailed as the First Lady of the World' by Harry S. Truman, Eleanor Roosevelt was one of America's great reforming leaders who changed national policy toward youths, blacks, women, the poor and the United Nations. The wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, she was one of the most active First Ladies as well as an esteemed public figure in her own right. Gathered here are quotations from her speeches, writings and interviews, conveying the indomitable spirit and passion of this woman who remains an inspiration to leaders of civil and women's rights movements around the world.'

Author : Maurine Hoffman Beasley
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 025201376X

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Eleanor Roosevelt and the Media by Maurine Hoffman Beasley Pdf

Author : J. William T. Youngs
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2005-02
Category : Presidents' spouses
ISBN : 032132885X

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Eleanor Roosevelt by J. William T. Youngs Pdf

Examines Eleanor Roosevelt's life as a professional woman, a wife and mother, and, finally, a woman who illuminated her times and exemplified the complexities of womanhood in the twentieth century.

Author : Darwin Porter
Publisher : Blood Moon Productions, Ltd.
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0974811823

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Brando Unzipped by Darwin Porter Pdf

That ongoing, barely under control drama known as Marlon Brando--Hollywood's Ultimate Bad Boy, Megastar, and Sexual Outlaw--with a special focus on his early rise to fame and his social and sexual associations with the A-list legends of the 40s, 50s, and 60s. Brando Unzipped is the definitive gossip guide to the late, great actor's life --New York Daily News. Lurid, raunchy, perceptive, and certainly worth reading, it's one of the best show-biz biographies of the year. --London's Sunday Times. Brando Unzipped received an Honorable Mention from Foreword Magazine in its Book of the Year competition, and it won a Silver Ippy award for Best Biography from the Independent Publisher's Association.

Author : David A. Adler
Publisher : Holiday House
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1995-04-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0823411575

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A Picture Book of Eleanor Roosevelt by David A. Adler Pdf

Eleanor Roosevelt went from being a sad, shy child to becoming an adult who reached out to people everywhere. She married Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1904. She became America's first lady while he served as president from 1932 - 1945. During the years of the Great Depression, she visited towns, cities, and farms all over the country and brought hope to millions of people. She made many speeches, had a radio program, and wrote a newspaper column. Eleanor Roosevelt called on American soldiers during World War II and served as chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights at the United Nations after her husband's death. She was an important, beloved figure of her time and is remembered as one of America's greatest women.

Author : Edward F. Roberts
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2009-03-06
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781440107870

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The Ag Boys by Edward F. Roberts Pdf

An unforgettable look at an obscure part of the deep south just before the dawning of the Civil Rights movement and the turbulent 1960s would forever change it forever. A unique blend of humor, pathos, and bitter reality throws a harsh and revealing light on this this strange time and the people who were a part of it. Examine a place where the past is never past, and history hangs over the hot dirt roads and swamps like a morning mist. Examine a now forgotten world where men could die over a load of wet cotton, a cock fight, a fence line, a missing hog, or a romantic promise not kept. A place where the past lies like a rattlesnake under a bush waiting to strike. A world where little boys had hookworms and old black men sold Bolita. A world where a dream book could tell the future and a root doctor could cure an illness or fix a romance gone bad. It is a strange and mysterious world, full of fear and superstitions, strange people and strange customs. It is a world where black magic and old time religion go hand in hand. A world of tobacco fields and outhouses, pulpwood and moonshine stills, juke joints and whore houses. In the fall of 1959, a small group of frightened young high school boys gather in the late afternoon twilight to become a part of their local chapter of the Future Farmers of America. However, this was to be much more than a simple initiation. This was to become more than just one more school function. This night would change all their lives as they have to decide what price was too much to pay for being one of The Ag Boys.

Author : Eleanor Roosevelt
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780062355928

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The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt by Eleanor Roosevelt Pdf

A candid and insightful look at an era and a life through the eyes of one of the most remarkable Americans of the twentieth century, First Lady and humanitarian Eleanor Roosevelt. The daughter of one of New York’s most influential families, niece of Theodore Roosevelt, and wife of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt witnessed some of the most remarkable decades in modern history, as America transitioned from the Gilded Age, the Progressive Era, and the Depression to World War II and the Cold War. A champion of the downtrodden, Eleanor drew on her experience and used her role as First Lady to help those in need. Intimately involved in her husband’s political life, from the governorship of New York to the White House, Eleanor would eventually become a powerful force of her own, heading women’s organizations and youth movements, and battling for consumer rights, civil rights, and improved housing. In the years after FDR’s death, this inspiring, controversial, and outspoken leader would become a U.N. Delegate, chairman of the Commission on Human Rights, a newspaper columnist, Democratic party activist, world-traveler, and diplomat devoted to the ideas of liberty and human rights. This single volume biography brings her into focus through her own words, illuminating the vanished world she grew up, her life with her political husband, and the post-war years when she worked to broaden cooperation and understanding at home and abroad. The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt includes 16 pages of black-and-white photos.

Author : Michael Troyan
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780813128429

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A Rose for Mrs. Miniver by Michael Troyan Pdf

" In this first-ever biography of Greer Garson, Michael Troyan sweeps away the many myths that even today veil her life. The true origins of her birth, her fairy-tale discovery in Hollywood, and her career struggles at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer are revealed for the first time. Garson combined an everywoman quality with grace, charm, and refinement. She won the Academy Award in 1941 for her role in Mrs. Miniver , and for the next decade she reigned as the queen of MGM. Co-star Christopher Plummer remembered, ""Here was a siren who had depth, strength, dignity, and humor who could inspire great trust, suggest deep intellect and whose misty languorous eyes melted your heart away!"" Garson earned a total of seven Academy Award nominations for Best Actress, and fourteen of her films premiered at Radio City Music Hall, playing for a total of eighty-four weeks--a record never equaled by any other actress. She was a central figure in the golden age of the studios, working with legendary performers Clark Gable, Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor, Errol Flynn, Joan Crawford, Robert Mitchum, Debbie Reynolds, and Walter Pidgeon. Garson's experiences offer a fascinating glimpse at the studio system in the years when stars were closely linked to a particular studio and moguls such as L.B. Mayer broke or made careers. With the benefit of exclusive access to studio production files, personal letters and diaries, and the cooperation of her family, Troyan explores the triumphs and tragedies of her personal life, a story more colorful than any role she played on screen.

Author : Tim Collins
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12-28
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9781119989097

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GED Test Prep 2023/2024 For Dummies with Online Practice by Tim Collins Pdf

Your secret weapon to succeeding on the GED test the first time around Congratulations on committing to your education! You’ve studied hard and made it a long way. All that stands in your way now is the GED test. We know you can do it. You know you can do it. It’s just a matter of studying hard, studying smart, and getting in the right mindset to conquer the test once and for all. In GED Test 2023/2024 For Dummies, you’ll find all the content review and practice you need to perfect your grammar and punctuation, take the fear out of math and science, and master social studies. You’ll get a handle on your test anxiety, practice the parts where you need extra work, and prepare with two full-length practice exams. You’ll also find: Brand-new practice problems updated for the latest version of the test in the book and online Refreshed information about testing procedures and mechanics Tips and tricks to help you improve the efficiency of your studying and thorough coverage of updates to the test made for 2023-2024 Yes, the GED test is challenging. But with the right preparation and resources you can go into the test confident in your ability to ace every one of the math, language arts, science, and social studies sections.