Frank Borzage

Author : Hervé Dumont
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-14
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476613314

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Frank Borzage by Hervé Dumont Pdf

This work brings to readers of English a comprehensive and engaging treatment of one of America’s greatest, if largely forgotten, film directors. Dumont’s celebrated 1993 study, translated from the French by Jonathan Kaplansky, offers complete coverage of Borzage’s entire career—the more than 100 films he made and the effect of those films on movie audiences, especially between 1920 and 1940. Lavishly illustrated with 120 photographs, the book also contains a complete filmography, a chronological bibliography, and an index.

Author : Kingsley Canham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
ISBN : UOM:39015003841379

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The Hollywood Professionals: Howard Hawks. Frank Borzage. Edgar G. Ulmer by Kingsley Canham Pdf

Author : Kenneth R. Morefield,Nicholas S. Olson
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-05
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781443874984

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Faith and Spirituality in Masters of World Cinema, Volume III by Kenneth R. Morefield,Nicholas S. Olson Pdf

Faith and Spirituality in Masters of World Cinema, Volume III continues the work presented in the first two volumes of this title, published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing in 2008 and 2011. It provides informed yet accessible articles that will provide readers with an introduction to masters of world cinema whose works explore the themes of human spirituality and religious faith. Volume III contains essays dealing with canonical directors notably absent from the first two entries of the series, such as De Sica and Hitchcock, while also including examinations of contemporary auteurs who are still actively working, like Asghar Farhadi and Apichatpong Weerasethakul. While retaining an international emphasis similar to the first two volumes, it also includes a focused look at a few American auteurs not yet considered in the series. Volume III also acts as an important contribution to canon formation, illustrating the complexity and variety in the films of those who are truly the masters of world cinema. Built solidly around close, formal readings of selective films, the essays in Volume III also demonstrate familiarity with film history and bring insight from varied disciplines. Framed by the question “What makes movies material?”, Volume III continues the series’ endeavour to have faith and spirituality provide a context for considering what makes cinema significant.

Author : John Reid
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2004-10-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781411614321

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Award-Winning Films of the 1930s by John Reid Pdf

Eighty prize-winning films of the 1930s are discussed in detail, with complete cast and technical credits, background notes, etc. Movies covered include "Gone With The Wind," "The Wizard of Oz," "Garden of Allah," "The Hurricane," "San Francisco," "In Old Chicago," "Lost Horizon," "It Happened One Night," "Sweethearts," "The Broadway Melody," "The Adventures of Robin Hood," "Tabu," "Wings," "Stagecoach," "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" (both Fredric March and Spencer Tracy versions), "Cimarron," "Cleopatra," "Grand Hotel."

Author : Steven Neale
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-06
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780861969296

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Screening the Stage by Steven Neale Pdf

Introduced by a comprehensive account of the factors governing the adaptation of stage plays and musicals in Hollywood from the early 1910s to the mid-to-late 1950s, Screening the Stage consists of a series of chapter-length studies of feature-length films, the plays and musicals on which they were based, and their remakes where pertinent. Founded on an awareness of evolving technologies and industrial practices rather than the tenets of adaptation theory, particular attention is paid to the evolving practices of Hollywood as well as to the purport and structure of the plays and stage musicals on which the film versions were based. Each play or musical is contextualized and summarized in detail, and each film is analyzed so as to pinpoint the ways in which they articulate, modify, or rework the former. Examples range from dramas, comedies, melodramas, musicals, operettas, thrillers, westerns and war film, and include The Squaw Man, The Poor Little Rich Girl, The Merry Widow, 7th Heaven, The Cocoanuts, Waterloo Bridge, Stage Door, I Remember Mama, The Pirate, Dial M for Murder and Attack.

Author : Lynn Kear,John Rossman
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02-12
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786454990

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Kay Francis by Lynn Kear,John Rossman Pdf

Kay Francis came of age in the Roaring Twenties and relished the era's hedonistic pursuits. Her career as an actress was launched at the same time, and before her death in 1968, she had appeared on many theater stages, in more than 60 films, on radio, in USO tours, as a model, and on television. The tall, stylish actress had a husky voice and dark beauty that was striking on film. Despite her financial success, relaxed morals, and life as a socialite, the millionaire actress shunned luxuries such as limousines and sprawling estates popular among Hollywood elite. The actress, who insisted she wanted to be forgotten, left behind scrapbooks, boxes of memorabilia and detailed diaries. These rich resources help provide an exhaustive look at the life of one of Hollywood's most intriguing early stars. Francis' biography is the heart of this book, beginning with her family background and her upbringing by a vaudevillian actress mother. The story of her extensive career and never-ending romantic pursuits is peppered with comments from the media and her own diaries, and supplemented with ample photographs. A chronology gives dates of theater openings, film releases, marriages, television and radio appearances, births and deaths. A filmography includes complete cast and credit lists.

Author : Marcia Landy
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0814320651

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Imitations of Life by Marcia Landy Pdf

On melodrama.

Author : Ivy Press
Publisher : Heritage Capital Corporation
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2005-10
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 1599670046

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Heritage Vintage Movie Poster Signature Auction 2005 Catalog #624 by Ivy Press Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 876 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1927
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105015160323

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Dress & Vanity Fair by Anonim Pdf

Author : George A. Katchmer
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-20
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476609058

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A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses by George A. Katchmer Pdf

Long before sound became an essential part of motion pictures, Westerns were an established genre. The men and women who brought to life cowboys, cowgirls, villains, sidekicks, distressed damsels and outraged townspeople often continued with their film careers, finding success and fame well into the sound era--always knowing that it was in silent Westerns that their careers began. More than a thousand of these once-silent Western players are featured in this fully indexed encyclopedic work. Each entry includes a detailed biography, covering both personal and professional milestones and a complete Western filmography. A foreword is supplied by Diana Serra Cary (formerly the child star "Baby Peggy"), who performed with many of the actors herein.

Author : Michael R. Pitts
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-27
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476673516

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Thrills Untapped by Michael R. Pitts Pdf

Giving deserved attention to nearly 150 neglected films, this book covers early sound era features, serials and documentaries with genre elements of horror, science fiction and fantasy, from major and minor studios and independents. Full credits, synopses, critical analyses and contemporary reviews are provided for The Blue Light, The Cat Creeps, College Scandal, Cosmic Voyage, The Dragon Murder Case, The Haunted Barn, Lost Gods, Murder in the Red Barn, The New Gulliver, Return of the Terror, Seven Footprints to Satan, S.O.S. Iceberg, While the Patient Slept, The White Hell of Pitz Palu and many others.

Author : Hervé Dumont
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015032456454

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Frank Borzage by Hervé Dumont Pdf

This work brings to readers of English a comprehensive and engaging treatment of one of America's greatest, if largely forgotten, film directors. Dumont's celebrated 1993 study, translated from the French by Jonathan Kaplansky, offers complete coverage of Borzage's entire career--the more than 100 films he made and the effect of those films on movie audiences, especially between 1920 and 1940. Lavishly illustrated with 120 photographs, the book also contains a complete filmography, a chronological bibliography, and an index.

Author : Michael D. Rinella
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-29
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476675237

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Margaret Sullavan by Michael D. Rinella Pdf

In 1933, Margaret Sullavan made her film debut and was an overnight sensation. For the next three decades, she enchanted audiences and critics in any medium she chose--film, theater, television--and was regarded as one of the foremost dramatic actresses. Off screen, she epitomized the Southern Belle--beauty, hospitality and flirtatiousness. Deep down, she suffered from crippling insecurity, especially as a mother--a feeling exacerbated by progressive hearing loss. By age 50, she could no longer cope and took an overdose of sleeping pills. This biography covers her film career with insightful criticism from the period and details her personal life, including her marriage to Henry Fonda, her special friendship with James Stewart and her bitter rivalry with Katharine Hepburn.

Author : James McKay
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-31
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476638492

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Ray Milland by James McKay Pdf

With no formal training as an actor, Welsh-born Ray Milland (1907-1986), a former trooper in the British Army's Household Cavalry, enjoyed a half-century career working alongside some of the great directors and stars from the Golden Age of cinema. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as the alcoholic writer in The Lost Weekend (1945), a defining moment that enabled him to break free from romantic leads and explore darker shades of his debonair demeanor, such as the veiled menace of his scheming husband in Hitchcock's Dial M For Murder (1954). A consummate professional with wide range, Milland took the directorial reins in several of his starring vehicles in the 1950s, most notably in the intelligent Western A Man Alone (1955). He comfortably slipped into most genres, from romantic comedy to adventure to film noir. Later he turned to science fiction and horror movies, including two with cult filmmaker Roger Corman. This first complete filmography covers the actor's screen career, with a concise introductory biography and an appendix listing his extensive radio and television credits.

Author : Nathan Abrams
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780810132849

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Hidden in Plain Sight by Nathan Abrams Pdf

Hidden in Plain Sight: Jews and Jewishness in British Film, Television, and Popular Culture is the first collection of its kind on this subject. The volume brings together a range of original essays that address different aspects of the role and presence of Jews and Jewishness in British film and television from the interwar period to the present. It constructs a historical overview of the Jewish contribution to British film and television, which has not always been sufficiently acknowledged. Each chapter presents a case study reflective of the specific Jewish experience as well as its particularly British context, with cultural representations of how Jews responded to events from the 1930s and '40s, including World War II, the Holocaust, and a legacy of antisemitism, through to the new millennium.