Elmo Williams

Author : Elmo Williams
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2006-09-12
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786426218

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Elmo Williams by Elmo Williams Pdf

"Fate has thrown me some interesting curves," says Elmo Williams, the farm boy turned film editor, director and producer. As a young boy, he traveled with his family in a covered wagon to a new life in a New Mexico homestead. After struggling to help raise his siblings, in 1932 as a young teen he began working for film editor Merrill White. As White's gopher, he spent his spare time watching and learning the art of film editing. Within three years he was a partner in an editing company with White in London. In subsequent years his career bloomed to include producing, editing and directing. In 1954 he was awarded an Academy Award for film editing for High Noon. He also worked for Walt Disney, Darryl F. Zanuck Productions, 20th Century-Fox and others. His works include the films The Tall Texan, The Longest Day, Tora! Tora! Tora!, The Poseidon Adventure, Zorba The Greek, and Caravans, and the TV series Hee Haw, Explore, Soggy Bottom U.S.A. and Man, Woman and Child. This memoir traces Williams's life from his early childhood to his views on life at age 93. It is a story of hard work rewarded with a satisfying life, and of one man's efforts to communicate with others in the universal language of film--and of laughter. "I intend to keep laughing," he says, "a habit I adopted as a child. If I can keep it up, I'll still be around to celebrate my centennial."

Author : Markus Nornes
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780816650415

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Cinema Babel by Markus Nornes Pdf

Uncovering the vital role of interpreters, dubbers and subtitlers in global film, Nornes examines the relationships between moving-image media and translation and contends that film was a globalized medium from its beginning and that its transnational traffic has been greatly influenced by interpreters.

Author : Tanine Allison
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-25
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780813597508

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Destructive Sublime by Tanine Allison Pdf

The American popular imagination has long portrayed World War II as the “good war,” fought by the “greatest generation” for the sake of freedom and democracy. Yet, combat films and other war media complicate this conventional view by indulging in explosive displays of spectacular violence. Combat sequences, Tanine Allison argues, construct a counter-narrative of World War II by reminding viewers of the war’s harsh brutality. Destructive Sublime traces a new aesthetic history of the World War II combat genre by looking back at it through the lens of contemporary video games like Call of Duty. Allison locates some of video games’ glorification of violence, disruptive audiovisual style, and bodily sensation in even the most canonical and seemingly conservative films of the genre. In a series of case studies spanning more than seventy years—from wartime documentaries like The Battle of San Pietro to fictional reenactments like The Longest Day and Saving Private Ryan to combat video games like Medal of Honor—this book reveals how the genre’s aesthetic forms reflect (and influence) how American culture conceives of war, nation, and representation itself.

Author : United States Commission on Civil Rights
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 866 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : African Americans
ISBN : UOM:39015027011793

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Hearings Before the United States Commission on Civil Rights by United States Commission on Civil Rights Pdf

Author : Rachael Low
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-26
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781136206962

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The History of British Film (Volume 7) by Rachael Low Pdf

This set is one of the cornerstones of film scholarship, and one of the most important works on twentieth century British culture. Published between 1948 and 1985, the volumes document all aspects of film making in Britain from its origins in 1896 to 1939. Rachael Low pioneered the interpretation of films in their context, arguing that to understand films it was necessary to establish their context. Her seven volumes are an object lesson in meticulous research, lucid analysis and accessible style, and have become the benchmark in film history.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1376 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Cleveland (Ohio)
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CU04026152

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Cleveland City Directory by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1454 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1949
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015036626961

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Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the Navy of the United States and of the Marine Corps by United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel Pdf

Author : Hiroshi Tasogawa
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781480329737

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All The Emperor's Men by Hiroshi Tasogawa Pdf

ALL THE EMPEROR'S MEN: KUROSAWA'S PEARL HARBOR

Author : Howard Maxford
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 993 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476629148

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Hammer Complete by Howard Maxford Pdf

Think you know everything there is to know about Hammer Films, the fabled "Studio that Dripped Blood?" The lowdown on all the imperishable classics of horror, like The Curse of Frankenstein, Horror of Dracula and The Devil Rides Out? What about the company's less blood-curdling back catalog? What about the musicals, comedies and travelogues, the fantasies and historical epics--not to mention the pirate adventures? This lavishly illustrated encyclopedia covers every Hammer film and television production in thorough detail, including budgets, shooting schedules, publicity and more, along with all the actors, supporting players, writers, directors, producers, composers and technicians. Packed with quotes, behind-the-scenes anecdotes, credit lists and production specifics, this all-inclusive reference work is the last word on this cherished cinematic institution.

Author : John Reid
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2005-02-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781411622487

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Cinemascope Two by John Reid Pdf

If it were not for the vision and enterprise of Darryl F. Zanuck and 20th Century-Fox, chances are none of us would be enjoying widescreen films today. Instead, we'd still be watching movies and TV on the same postage-stamp screen that became standard when movies began to talk in 1927. This survey of Fox's contributions to the CinemaScope Revolution which that studio started back in 1953, examines no less than 140 key films (with extensive cast and technical credits, plus release details and other background information, including prizes and awards).

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 756 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Cleveland (Ohio)
ISBN : UIUC:30112033564516

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The Cleveland Directory Co.'s Cleveland (Cuyahoga County, Ohio) City Directory by Anonim Pdf

Author : Bob Herzberg
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476689876

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Imperial Japan on Screen, 1931-2022 by Bob Herzberg Pdf

This book deals with film depictions of Imperial Japan from the time it was a totalitarian power to the productions of recent years. It especially covers wartime depictions, as well as the historical events that inspire the stories behind these productions. In the 1930s, Hollywood gave us the likeable Mr. Moto at the same time Japan was set on its expansionist course. When war broke out, both the Allies and the Axis produced propaganda films that increased hatred for the enemy. In the postwar years as the Cold War took hold, the U.S. government encouraged friendship with their former wartime enemy. This book details correspondence between studio personnel and the Production Code office, as well as the critiques of film reviewers, historians and military figures from both sides of the conflict. Also examined are behind-the-scenes machinations from both the Japanese and American governments in the censorship of controversial film content.

Author : Richard Burton
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 705 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780300180107

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The Richard Burton Diaries by Richard Burton Pdf

The personal diaries of the renowned actor and glamorous celebrity describe his life from 1939 to 1983, including his struggles with weight, drinking and jealousy when other men looked at the love of his life, Elizabeth Taylor.

Author : Susan Robertson
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781644248010

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Bucking Hollywood by Susan Robertson Pdf

A unique and gifted actor once bucked the system in Hollywood. This is the life story of movie and TV actor Dale Robertson, told by the person who knew him best: his wife, Susan. Susan says she is not a professional writer but wanted to write this book totally herself with her own thoughts, ideas, time frame, and no ghost writer. She laughs when someone says, "Well, you are a writer now." As she states in the book, Dale would joke when someone would approach him to do his autobiography. He'd say, "Not now." It was because he did not know how it ended. Also he would remind them of all the thousands of interviews he had done over the years and to "let the younger actors do these interviews now." Because the autobiography had not been done, Susan wanted to do it to help in some way to preserve his legacy. Susan now resides in San Diego, California, to be closer to family and hopes folks will enjoy the book. She knows her husband better and that he did not compromise himself in the film industry and in life.

Author : Scott Allen Nollen
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-22
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786466771

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The Making and Influence of I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang by Scott Allen Nollen Pdf

Robert E. Burns, a World War I veteran coerced into taking part in a petty crime in Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced to hard labor on a chain gang in 1922. Twice escaping and on the lam for decades, he was aided only by his minister-poet brother, Vincent G. Burns. Their collaborative work, I Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang! was the basis for Darryl F. Zanuck's and Mervyn Leroy's hard-hitting 1932 film adaptation from Warner Bros. This book traces the making and influence of the film--which launched a string of imitators--and the Burns brothers' efforts to obtain a pardon for Robert, which never came.