Location Filming In Long Beach

Author : Tim Grobaty
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781614237754

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Location Filming in Long Beach by Tim Grobaty Pdf

Long Beach's proximity to Hollywood has made the waterfront city a picturesque and easily accessed locale for hundreds of films and television shows. Silent movies produced by Balboa Studios here starred Fatty Arbuckle and Buster Keaton, and the city's resume includes the Oscar-winning best pictures The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) and American Beauty (1999). Cameras continue to roll in the port metropolis, which has been host for such TV favorites as CHiPs and The Mod Squad and now twenty-first-century series such as NCIS, Dexter and CSI: Miami. Longtime newspaperman Tim Grobaty has been watching, in person and in his living room, and tracks the history of the city on celluloid in the comprehensive Location Filming in Long Beach.

Author : Karie Bible,Marc Wanamaker,Harry Medved
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738581323

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Location Filming in Los Angeles by Karie Bible,Marc Wanamaker,Harry Medved Pdf

Los Angeles has reigned for more than a century as the world capital of the film industry, a unique and ever-changing city that has been molded and recast thousands of times through the artistic visions and cinematic dreams of Hollywood's elite. As early as 1907, filmmakers migrated west to avoid lengthy eastern winters. In Los Angeles, they discovered an ideal world of abundant and diverse locales blessed with a mild and sunny climate ideal for filming. Location Filming in Los Angeles provides a historic view of the diversity of locations that provided the backdrop for Hollywood's greatest films, from the silent era to the modern age.

Author : Geraldine Knatz
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467131292

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Long Beach's Los Cerritos by Geraldine Knatz Pdf

Evolving from a 27,000-acre rancho, to a colony of farmers, and then to a neighborhood subdivision, Long Beach's Los Cerritos is the story of a fiercely independent community established prior to William Willmore's vision of a city of Long Beach took hold. Life centered around the historic Rancho Los Cerritos throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries as John Temple's cattle ranching was replaced by Jotham Bixby's sheep ranching and tenant farming operations. Jotham Bixby sold off land for small farms to create the Cerritos Colony, and further subdivided land to create the Los Cerritos neighborhood. Invaded by oil drilling rigs after the discovery of oil in nearby Signal Hill, fires and noise caused the residents to flee. Los Cerritos declined but rebounded in the 1930s, aided by the presence of the Virginia County Club, stately homes designed by world-renowned architects, and the restoration of the historic rancho adobe by the Bixby family.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of Defense
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1222 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015078063107

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Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 1978 by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of Defense Pdf

Author : Jean-Jacques Jura,Rodney Norman Bardin II
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476609010

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Balboa Films by Jean-Jacques Jura,Rodney Norman Bardin II Pdf

From 1913 through 1918, Long Beach, California, was home to the largest independent film company in the world, the largely forgotten Balboa Studio. Founder Herbert M. Horkheimer bought the studio from Edison Company in 1913, and by 1915 Balboa’s expenses exceeded $2,500 a day and its output hit 15,500 feet of film per week. Bert Bracken, Fatty Arbuckle, Henry King, Baby Marie Osborne, Thomas Ince, and William Desmond Taylor began their careers with the studio. In 1918, Horkheimer stunned the industry by declaring bankruptcy, shutting down Balboa, and walking away from moviemaking. The closing of the studio effectively ended Long Beach’s runs as a major film location and left many wondering about the true reasons behind Horkheimer’s decision. Most of Balboa’s films have been lost, and little has until now been written about the studio. This book first explores the history of filmmaking in Long Beach and then fully details the story of Balboa. The extensive filmography includes length, copyright date when available, cast and credits, and a plot summary.

Author : Jörg Pieper
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2009-05-17
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781409283010

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The Solo Beatles Film & TV Chronicle 1971-1980 by Jörg Pieper Pdf

This book is meant as a companion volume to The Beatles Film & TV Chronicle 1961-1970 and covers the first ten years of the solo careers of the individual Beatles from 1971 to 1980. It is the indispensable reference book for every serious Beatles video collector, with several years worth of research and investigation into the massive amount of film material held in archives around the world. The book includes details on over 100 hours worth of solo material, with many items covered for the very first time, and is fully illustrated with over one hundred and eighty thumbnail images (b/w) taken from a variety of film sources. As a bonus, the book also includes a chapter of updates regarding recently discovered and new information about films of The Beatles as a group during the years from 1961 to 1970. Through the years the author has been consulted for several Beatles film and book projects, including the 2011 Martin Scorsese documentary: George Harrison - Living in the Material World.

Author : Tim Grobaty
Publisher : SCB Distributors
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781941932070

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I'm Dyin' Here by Tim Grobaty Pdf

Long Beach Press-Telegram writer Tim Grobaty was promoted to columnist at his newspaper back when it was still a glamorous and coveted job. In I’m Dyin’ Here, the author means two things: He’ll likely die at the job that he’s spent nearly four decades doing, and at the same time his profession, too, is seeing its last days. Weaving together personal history and a selection of columns written over the course of his storied career, Grobaty offers readers a rare glimpse into the inner workings of a dying breed: the local columnist. With everyday life — fatherhood, holidays, suburbia, and random encounters with animals — serving as fodder for his column, Grobaty reveals his sources of motivation and vulnerability, all the while struggling to maintain relevance in a rapidly changing industry.

Author : Robert Neuman
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-10-31
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476648804

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From Hollywood to Disneyland by Robert Neuman Pdf

From its beginnings, Disneyland was destined to be something entirely different from the standard mid-century amusement park. To sell his dream park to investors and the public, Walt Disney recruited Hollywood art directors and sketch artists to design the grounds around the mythic settings and high-minded ideals commonly expressed on the silver screen. This book focuses on the initial planning of Disneyland and its first year of operation, a time when Walt personally oversaw every detail of the park's development. Divided into chapters by park zone, it reveals how the five sectors were constructed using illusionistic tricks of stage design. Reaching beyond structure and design, chapters also explore how the sectors--Main Street, U.S.A., Frontierland, Tomorrowland, Adventureland and Fantasyland--represented themes found in Disney stories, familiar movie genres and American culture at large.

Author : Peter Shelley
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-19
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476662428

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Anne Bancroft by Peter Shelley Pdf

Anne Bancroft (1931-2005) was an American film, television and stage actress, stage producer and film director. Respected for her acting prowess and versatility, she won the "Triple Crown"--an Oscar, a Tony and an Emmy. Her stage portrayal of Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker won the Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in 1959. She reprised the role for the 1962 film of the same name, winning the Oscar for Best Actress, but was perhaps best known as Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate (1967). Her extensive television work included numerous roles in movies and series, including Deep in My Heart (1999), for which she won an Emmy for Best Supporting Actress. A filmography/videography and information about DVD availability are included.

Author : Joan Mickelson
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780786468805

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Joseph W. Young, Jr., and the City Beautiful by Joan Mickelson Pdf

Joseph W. Young, Jr., was acknowledged as one of the five or six major city builders in boomtime Florida. From practically nothing in 1920 he created Hollywood By-the-Sea with an elegant Beaux Arts plan of circles and lakes, calling it a "City Beautiful," an ideal first propounded by Daniel Burnham of Chicago. Young had a rare talent for publicity and a knack for making and spending millions--supported by an immense personal charm that is still remembered decades after his death. This first full biography of Young covers his start as city builder in turn-of-the-century California where new cities blossomed and were ballyhooed, his move to Indianapolis, home of Carl Fisher who developed Miami Beach, his creation of Hollywood and Port Everglades, and his move to his Adirondack resort, ending with his dreams to expand Hollywood, fulfilled after his early death.

Author : Bill Osgerby
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134814688

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American Pie by Bill Osgerby Pdf

American Pie represents the most commercially successful example of the vulgar teen comedy, and this book analyses the film's development, audience-appeal and cultural significance. American Pie (1999) is a film that exemplifies that most disparaged of movie genres – the vulgar teen comedy. Largely aimed at young audiences, the vulgar teen comedy is characterised by a brazenly over-the-top humour rooted in the salacious, the scatological and the squirmingly tasteless. In this book, consideration is given to the relationship between American Pie’s success and broad shifts within both the youth market and the film business. Attention is also given to the film’s representations of youth, gender and sexuality, together with the distinctive character of its comedy and the enduring place of such humour in contemporary popular culture. While chiefly focusing on the original American Pie movie, the book also considers the development of the franchise, with discussion of the movie's three sequels and four direct-to-DVD releases. The book also charts the history, nature and appeal of vulgar teen comedy as a whole, providing the first concerted analysis of this generally overlooked category of youth film. Clear, concise and comprehensive, the book is ideal for students, scholars and general readership worldwide.

Author : Hal Erickson
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-21
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786462902

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Military Comedy Films by Hal Erickson Pdf

Beginning with Charlie Chaplin's Shoulder Arms, released in America near the end of World War I, the military comedy film has been one of Hollywood's most durable genres. This generously illustrated history examines over 225 Army, Navy and Marine-related comedies produced between 1918 and 2009, including the abundance of laughspinners released during World War II in the wake of Abbott and Costello's phenomenally successful Buck Privates (1941), and the many lighthearted service films of the immediate postwar era, among them Mister Roberts (1955) and No Time for Sergeants (1958). Also included are discussions of such subgenres as silent films (The General), military-academy farces (Brother Rat), women in uniform (Private Benjamin), misfits making good (Stripes), anti-war comedies (MASH), and fact-based films (The Men Who Stare at Goats). A closing filmography is included in this richly detailed volume.

Author : Anthony Slide
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-25
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781135925543

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The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry by Anthony Slide Pdf

The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry is a completely revised and updated edition of Anthony Slide's The American Film Industry, originally published in 1986 and recipient of the American Library Association's Outstanding Reference Book award for that year. More than 200 new entries have been added, and all original entries have been updated; each entry is followed by a short bibliography. As its predecessor, the new dictionary is unique in that it is not a who's who of the industry, but rather a what's what: a dictionary of producing and releasing companies, technical innovations, industry terms, studios, genres, color systems, institutions and organizations, etc. More than 800 entries include everything from Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences to Zoom Lens, from Astoria Studios to Zoetrope. Outstanding Reference Source - American Library Association

Author : Debbie Hemela
Publisher : Debbies Book, Inc
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-28
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781938666117

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2018 - DEBBIES BOOK(R) 30th Edition by Debbie Hemela Pdf

2018 Debbies Book® 30th Edition Digital/Printable Book 5 ways to experience Debbies Book®! • Physical book for users who want to hold it in their hands • Printable book for users who want to print certain pages • Searchable eBook PDF with the full exported database • Mobile App for iOS & Android Devices • Blog featuring how-tos, vendors and news The book is organized by categories in alphabetical order. Addresses for Prop Houses and Costume Rental Houses are only displayed in the Prop House and Costume Rental House categories to save space.

Author : Seerley Reid,Anita Cecile Arsenault Carpenter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Motion picture film collections
ISBN : MINN:31951000932152Z

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A Directory of 2660 16mm Film Libraries by Seerley Reid,Anita Cecile Arsenault Carpenter Pdf