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Mary Pickford Rediscovered

Kevin Brownlow
Mary Pickford Rediscovered Book PDF

Author : Kevin Brownlow
Publisher : Abradale Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1999-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015043788317

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Mary Pickford Rediscovered by Kevin Brownlow Pdf

Not only does this volume feature, as the title suggests, many previously unpublished photos of the silent film star (these consisting of film stills, production shots, and personal photographs drawn from the collection of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences), it also contains extensive commentary on Pickford's career and each of her films. Not merely the most popular actress of her day, Pickford also exercised complete control over her films, making her a pioneer for women in positions of power in the film industry. For film historians and fans, this valuable volume contains a wealth of otherwise unavailable information about--as well as images of--her career. 9x12". Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Mary Pickford

Christel Schmidt
Mary Pickford Book PDF

Author : Christel Schmidt
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780813140551

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Mary Pickford by Christel Schmidt Pdf

“Explains Pickford’s roles as not only a talented actress, but also as a philanthropist and industry leader who managed to end up her own producer.” —Time Out In the early days of cinema, when actors were unbilled and unmentioned in credits, audiences immediately noticed Mary Pickford. Moviegoers everywhere were riveted by her magnetic talent and appeal as she rose to become cinema’s first great star. In this engaging collection, co-published with the Library of Congress, an eminent group of film historians sheds new light on this icon’s incredible life and legacy. Pickford emerges from the pages in vivid detail, revealed as a gifted actress, a philanthropist, and a savvy industry leader who fought for creative control of her films and ultimately became her own producer. With extensive photos and illustrations, this book paints a fascinating portrait of a key figure in American cinematic history. Includes over 200 photos, illustrations, and stills from the collections of the Library of Congress and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

My Rendezvous with Life

Mary Pickford
My Rendezvous with Life Book PDF

Author : Mary Pickford
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 19 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781787208902

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My Rendezvous with Life by Mary Pickford Pdf

First published in 1935, this book by famous film actress Mary Pickford is an essay on death and her belief in an afterlife and the undying human spirit. “When we stop to consider that all of life, as we understand it, springs from a little seed, then a progression of life beyond this present experience should not seem such a miraculous thing. “The development of a Sequoia tree growing two hundred and fifty feet into the air and living five thousand years is, to me, more amazing than the transition we call death. “And so why do we humans in this world think of our progression out of it as such a great mystery when the wise ones through the ages have assured us that the only part of us that really can be destroyed is our false and limited conception of life?”—Mary Pickford

Anita Loos Rediscovered

Anita Loos
Anita Loos Rediscovered Book PDF

Author : Anita Loos
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2003-11-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520228948

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Anita Loos Rediscovered by Anita Loos Pdf

"I adored Anita, as did the entire fashion and literary world. She was four feet nine inches of lithe, slender, dramatic chic."—Carol Channing "This book celebrates a character as memorable as any Anita Loos created in her writing. She was an indomitable, wise-cracking prodigy who not only helped create Hollywood, but managed to survive it."—John Sayles "If we can't have the wonderful Anita Loos-smart, witty, literate and fun- writing today's Hollywood movies, at least we can get reacquainted with her and her work through this delightful book. Filled with previously unpublished material, it shows that while gentlemen may have preferred blondes, everyone else in town wisely preferred the irresistible Ms. Loos."—Kenneth Turan, film critic for the Los Angeles Times "This is a wonderful book about a talented, fascinating, and groundbreaking woman. Her life epitomizes a certain era in show business and describes a Hollywood in which few women were allowed to rise to the top. Anita Loos did and we were all the beneficiaries. I loved the book!"—Peter Duchin "Not only is it valuable to have these delightful Anita Loos pieces, but the biographical chapters are fascinating too."—Kevin Brownlow, author of David Lean: A Biography

Without Lying Down

Cari Beauchamp
Without Lying Down Book PDF

Author : Cari Beauchamp
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1998-03-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780520214927

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Without Lying Down by Cari Beauchamp Pdf

Draws on personal letters, journals, and interviews with family members and colleagues to capture the life and times of Frances Marion

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Peggy Dymond Leavey
Mary Pickford Book PDF

Author : Peggy Dymond Leavey
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781554889464

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Mary Pickford by Peggy Dymond Leavey Pdf

Mary Pickford’s ambition, passion, innate talent, and savvy business acumen sent her career into the stratosphere and set the blueprint for the modern movie star. Born Gladys Louise Smith in 1892, Pickford was raised in a house on University Avenue in Toronto and began her acting career on the stage. However, her determination led her to the new world of motion pictures, where she not only revolutionized acting method but negotiated her own terms for the highest salary for any actress and complete creative control over her films – unheard of behaviour for a woman of that period. Pickford co-founded United Artists in 1919 with Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin, which turned the existing studio system on its head. The actress’s subsequent marriage to Fairbanks incited a fan frenzy comparable to today’s obsession with couples like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Although Pickford’s star faded with the advent of talking pictures, she was the catalyst for the culture of Hollywood celebrity that enthralls us today.

Mary Pickford

Kathleen A. Feeley
Mary Pickford Book PDF

Author : Kathleen A. Feeley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429978661

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Mary Pickford by Kathleen A. Feeley Pdf

On screen and off, movie star Mary Pickford personified the 'New Woman' of the early 1900s, a moniker given to women who began to demand more autonomy inside and outside the home. Well educated and career-minded, these women also embraced the new mass culture in which consumption and leisure were seen to play a pivotal role in securing happiness. Mary Pickford: Hollywood and the New Woman examines Pickford's role in the rise of industrial capitalism and consumer culture, and uses her life and unprecedented career as a wildly popular actress and savvy film mogul to illustrate the opportunities and obstacles faced by American women during this time. Following Pickford's life from her childhood on stage to her rise as a powerful studio executive, this book gives an overview of her enduring contribution to American film and mass culture. It also explores her struggles to surpass her confining public film persona as 'America's Sweetheart' with her creative and business achievements, mirroring how women, both then and today, must reconcile domestic life with professional aspirations and work. About the Lives of American Women series: Selected and edited by renowned women's historian Carol Berkin, these brief biographies are designed for use in undergraduate courses. Rather than a comprehensive approach, each biography focuses instead on a particular aspect of a woman's life that is emblematic of her time, or which made her a pivotal figure in the era. The emphasis is on a 'good read' featuring accessible writing and compelling narratives, without sacrificing sound scholarship and academic integrity. Primary sources at the end of each biography reveal the subject's perspective in her own words. Study questions and an annotated bibliography support the student reader.

Mary Pickford, Queen of the Silent Film Era

George A. Walker
Mary Pickford Queen of the Silent Film Era Book PDF

Author : George A. Walker
Publisher : The Porcupine's Quill
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-24
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9780889848702

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Mary Pickford, Queen of the Silent Film Era by George A. Walker Pdf

At the age of 17, Toronto-born Gladys Louise Smith, known to the world as Mary Pickford, burst onto the silent-film scene. But Pickford was more than just ‘the girl with the curls’. In addition to her acting career—an unequivocal success spanning 52 features—Pickford helped establish the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as well as the studio United Artists. The first woman to create her own film corporation, she pioneered the roles of the independent actress, film star, producer and distributor. In Mary Pickford, Queen of the Silent Film Era, wood engraver George A. Walker tells the story of Pickford’s life in a visual, sequential narrative not unlike the silent films of old. Walker’s black-and-white wood engravings recall the monochromatic media of Pickford’s films, and echo the experience of interpreting stories visually. Mary Pickford, Queen of the Silent Film Era originated as a limited edition of 35 copies hand printed in Walker’s studio in Leslieville, Toronto.

Pickford

Eileen Whitfield
Pickford Book PDF

Author : Eileen Whitfield
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2007-08-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0813191793

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Pickford by Eileen Whitfield Pdf

A comprehensive biography of film's first star traces her rise to fame with the growth of the medium, her influence as a partner in United Artists, her relationship with Douglas Fairbanks, and her struggles later in life. UP.

Buster Keaton Remembered

Eleanor Keaton,Jeffrey Vance
Buster Keaton Remembered Book PDF

Author : Eleanor Keaton,Jeffrey Vance
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2001-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015050799678

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Buster Keaton Remembered by Eleanor Keaton,Jeffrey Vance Pdf

In this unique illustrated survey of Keaton's career, Eleanor Keaton, his wife of 26 years, & film historian Jeffrey Vance provide a personal account of this icon of American cinema. - Tie in with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.

The Parade's Gone By

Kevin Brownlow
The Parade s Gone By Book PDF

Author : Kevin Brownlow
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0520030680

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The Parade's Gone By by Kevin Brownlow Pdf

Well illustrated book on history of silent movies

Adventures of a Hollywood Secretary

Valeria Belletti
Adventures of a Hollywood Secretary Book PDF

Author : Valeria Belletti
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2006-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520247802

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Adventures of a Hollywood Secretary by Valeria Belletti Pdf

Personal letters of Samuel Goldwyn's personal secretary provides an inside look at life as a young professional in 1920's Los Angeles.

Silent Players

Anthony Slide
Silent Players Book PDF

Author : Anthony Slide
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 595 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2002-09-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780813137452

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Silent Players by Anthony Slide Pdf

" From his unique perspective of friendship with many of the actors and actresses about whom he writes, silent film historian Anthony Slide creates vivid portraits of the careers and often eccentric lives of 100 players from the American silent film industry. He profiles the era's shining stars such as Lillian Gish and Blanche Sweet; leading men including William Bakewell and Robert Harron; gifted leading ladies such as Laura La Plante and Alice Terry; ingénues like Mary Astor and Mary Brian; and even Hollywood's most famous extra, Bess Flowers. Although each original essay is accompanied by significant documentation and an extensive bibliography, Silent Players is not simply a reference book or encyclopedic recitation of facts culled from the pages of fan magazines and trade periodicals. It contains a series of insightful portraits of the characters who symbolize an original and pioneering era in motion history and explores their unique talents and extraordinary private lives. Slide offers a potentially revisionist view of many of the stars he profiles, repudiating the status of some and restoring to fame others who have slipped from view. He personally interviewed many of his subjects and knew several of them intimately, putting him in a distinctive position to tell their true stories.

Silent Stars

Jeanine Basinger
Silent Stars Book PDF

Author : Jeanine Basinger
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-17
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780307829184

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Silent Stars by Jeanine Basinger Pdf

From one of America's most renowned film scholars: a revelatory, perceptive, and highly readable look at the greatest silent film stars -- not those few who are fully appreciated and understood, like Chaplin, Keaton, Gish, and Garbo, but those who have been misperceived, unfairly dismissed, or forgotten. Here is Valentino, "the Sheik," who was hardly the effeminate lounge lizard he's been branded as; Mary Pickford, who couldn't have been further from the adorable little creature with golden ringlets that was her film persona; Marion Davies, unfairly pilloried in Citizen Kane; the original "Phantom" and "Hunchback," Lon Chaney; the beautiful Talmadge sisters, Norma and Constance. Here are the great divas, Pola Negri and Gloria Swanson; the great flappers, Colleen Moore and Clara Bow; the great cowboys, William S. Hart and Tom Mix; and the great lover, John Gilbert. Here, too, is the quintessential slapstick comedienne, Mabel Normand, with her Keystone Kops; the quintessential all-American hero, Douglas Fairbanks; and, of course, the quintessential all-American dog, Rin-Tin-Tin. This is the first book to anatomize the major silent players, reconstruct their careers, and give us a sense of what those films, those stars, and that Hollywood were all about. An absolutely essential text for anyone seriously interested in movies, and, with more than three hundred photographs, as much a treat to look at as it is to read.

Anita Loos

Gary Carey
Anita Loos Book PDF

Author : Gary Carey
Publisher : Alfred A. Knopf
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015041869879

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Anita Loos by Gary Carey Pdf

Intertwines the stories of rock star and vampire Lestat, beautiful twins haunted by a gruesome tragedy, and Akasha, mother of all vampires, who dreams of godhood.