Mothers Mammies And Old Maids

Author : Axel Nissen
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786490455

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Mothers, Mammies and Old Maids by Axel Nissen Pdf

Continuing the exploration which began in Actresses of a Certain Character: Forty Familiar Hollywood Faces from the Thirties to the Fifties (McFarland, 2006), this companion volume analyzes the contributions of female supporting players in the films of Hollywood's Golden Age. The twenty-five actresses profiled herein range from the easily recognizable (Marie Dressler, Ethel Waters) to the long forgotten (Esther Howard, Evelyn Varden), and from the prolific (Clara Blandick, Mary Forbes) to the "one-work wonders" (Jane Cowl, Queenie Vassar). Each profile captures the essence of the individual performer's on-screen persona, unique talents and popular appeal--with special emphasis on a single definitive performance of the actress's motion picture career (who, for example, could ever forget Josephine Hull in Harvey?). The appendix offers a list of "The 100 Top Performances by Character Actresses in Hollywood, 1930-1960."

Author : Axel Nissen
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476626062

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Accustomed to Her Face by Axel Nissen Pdf

Drawing on historical documents and newspaper reports, this book provides a fascinating portrait of a diverse group of character actresses who left their stamp on Hollywood from the early sound era through the 1960s. The lives of 35 actresses are explored in detail. Some are familiar: Margaret Hamilton starred in dozens of films before and after her signature role as the Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz; Una Merkel nearly died when her mother committed suicide in 1945. Others are nearly forgotten: Maude Eburne owed her career to a spectacular fall on the Broadway stage in 1914; Greta Meyer, who played the quintessential German maid, came to Hollywood after years in New York’s Yiddish theater—though she wasn’t Jewish.

Author : Axel Nissen
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-23
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476681887

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Beulah Bondi by Axel Nissen Pdf

Best known for her roles in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, It's a Wonderful Life, and Make Way for Tomorrow, Beulah Bondi (1889-1981) had a 60-year long acting career and an interesting on-screen life. Despite starting her professional acting career at 30, she made her mark on the film industry as a character actress. Before making a name for herself on-screen, she worked at the Stuart Walker stock company and performed on Broadway. This biography is the first to unpack Bondi's life before and throughout her film career. This work also explores Bondi's early family life in Indiana with a Jewish underwear salesman and a Presbyterian poet for parents.

Author : Caroline Fevrier
Publisher : Book Guild Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-03-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781912575329

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Maggie Smith by Caroline Fevrier Pdf

Dame Maggie Smith stands as a remarkable example of the concomitance – in a performer’s career – of typecasting and characterisation, that is the ability to impersonate ‘against type’ infinitely various screen or stage characters. This book of appreciation essentially aims at correcting the preconceived image that the general public has of Dame Maggie Smith. Focusing on the last twenty-five years, it examines, through the many parts she has played since the early 1990s, her ability to go beyond typecasting and give, thanks to her chameleon skills, nuanced and convincing portrays of infinitely diverse characters. From The Importance of Being Earnest to Gosford Park and Becoming Jane, to Downton Abbey and Sister Act, to The Last September and the Harry Potter saga, Dame Maggie Smith has had a wide spanning career in TV and Film. Not to mention her theatrical work on the stage. Author Caroline Fevrier lives in Paris, France and has a passion for theatre and performing. Caroline holds a PhD in Literature and Humanities and an MA in Literature and Drama. She was also trained as a professional performer and has been involved in several stage productions and short movies. Caroline regularly gives lectures on theatre and performance to academic audiences and had published several books on literature and humanities, and now focuses closely on the performing arts.

Author : Axel Nissen
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780810891371

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The Films of Agnes Moorehead by Axel Nissen Pdf

Before she achieved immortality on the long-running situation comedy Bewitched, Agnes Moorehead had established a distinguished career as a character actress. After her screen debut in Citizen Kane (1941), Moorehead became one of the most familiar female faces on the silver screen. For moviegoers of the 1940s and ‘50s, she was the quintessential character actress, earning four Academy Award nominations during a career that saw her gain the respect of her peers in all four major entertainment media: radio, film, theater, and television. In The Films of Agnes Moorehead, Axel Nissen looks at the actress’s sixty-three feature films between 1941 and 1973. Each film is profiled here, with particular emphasis placed on the films that merit closer attention: Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, Mrs. Parkington, Dark Passage, All That Heaven Allows, The Left Hand of God, The Swan, Tempest, The Bat, and Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte. Arranged in chronological order, the discussion of these films highlights Moorehead’s contribution to each feature. In addition to analyzing her performances, the author discusses the development of Moorehead’s career as a whole, along with her relationship with various studios, directors, producers, and fellow actors. Based on extensive interviews with the actress’s surviving friends and co-workers, as well as detailed archival research into primary sources, this book brings to light new information not just about Moorehead’s work in film, but on her life and career in general. Though this book will certainly appeal to movie buffs, The Films of Agnes Moorehead will also be of interest to students and scholars of classic Hollywood films, including those interested in women and film, gender studies, and film history.

Author : Roy Liebman
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-07
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476626154

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Broadway Actors in Films, 1894-2015 by Roy Liebman Pdf

Many Broadway stars appeared in Hollywood cinema from its earliest days. Some were 19th century stage idols who reprised famous roles on film as early as 1894. One was born as early as 1829. Another was cast in the performance during which Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. One took her stage name from her native state. Some modern-day stars also began their careers on Broadway before appearing in films. This book details the careers of 300 performers who went from stage to screen in all genres of film. A few made only a single movie, others hundreds. Each entry includes highlights of the performer's career, a list of stage appearances and a filmography.

Author : Axel Nissen
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2022-04-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781476685106

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Cora Witherspoon by Axel Nissen Pdf

Born into an upper-crust family in New Orleans, Cora Bell Witherspoon (1890-1957) was an orphan by the age of 10 and a professional actress by 15. She was seen on Broadway from 1910 till 1946 in 36 productions and was a popular character actress in Hollywood between 1931 and 1954. On stage she played roles like Sallie McBride in Daddy Long Legs, Josephine Trent in The Awful Truth, Martha Culver in The Constant Wife, Prudence in Camille, and Mrs. Grant in The Front Page. Like many Hollywood supporting players, her screen time was limited. She made the most of it, whether as W.C. Fields's shrewish wife in The Bank Dick, Bette Davis's fair weather friend Carrie in Dark Victory, the earthy, amorous maid Patty in Quality Street, or the overbearing dowager Mrs. Williamson in The Mating Season. On both stage and screen, Witherspoon portrayed a range of stereotypes of older women. In the end, though, she created her own type, incarnating the fashionable, frivolous, flighty, and fawning society woman, often with a thinly veiled libidinous quality. In addition to a detailed account of Witherspoon's theater and film career, this groundbreaking biography reveals her upbringing and family background and discusses her struggle with substance abuse, which resulted in two highly publicized arrests and one conviction.

Author : Axel Nissen
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-12
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476630359

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Agnes Moorehead on Radio, Stage and Television by Axel Nissen Pdf

In a career spanning six decades, Agnes Moorehead (1900-1974) was perhaps unique among 20th-century American actresses in making her name in four entertainment media--radio, theater, film and television--after age 40. Focusing on 25 of her most representative performances, this retrospective analyzes her work on radio serials like Mayor of the Town (1942-1949) and Suspense (1942-1962), her stage productions of Don Juan in Hell and Gigi, her television appearances on Bewitched and The Twilight Zone and her Emmy-winning appearance on The Wild Wild West. The author presents Moorehead's roles in the context of her personal life, discusses her relationship with directors, producers and other performers and provides little known facts about the productions.

Author : Lauren Rosewarne
Publisher : Springer
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-19
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783030158910

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Sex and Sexuality in Modern Screen Remakes by Lauren Rosewarne Pdf

Sex and Sexuality in Modern Screen Remakes examines how sexiness, sexuality and revisited sexual politics are used to modernize film and TV remakes. This exploration provides insight into the ever-evolving—and ever-contested—role of sex in society, and scrutinizes the politics and economics underpinning modern media reproduction. More nudity, kinky sex, and queer content are increasingly deployed in remakes to attract, and to titillate, a new generation of viewers. While sex in this book refers to increased erotic content, this discussion also incorporates an investigation of other uses of sex and gender to help a remake appear woke and abreast of the zeitgeist including feminist reimaginings and ‘girl power’ make-overs, updated gender roles, female cast-swaps, queer retellings, and repositioned gazes. Though increased sex is often considered a sign of modernity, gratuitous displays of female nudity can sometimes be interpreted as sexist and anachronistic, in turn highlighting that progressiveness around sexuality in contemporary media is not a linear story. Also examined therefore, are remakes that reduce the sexual content to appear cutting-edge and cognizant of the demands of today’s audiences.

Author : Barbara Jane Brickman
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-10
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781978828278

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Suffering Sappho! by Barbara Jane Brickman Pdf

An ever-expanding and panicked Wonder Woman lurches through a city skyline begging Steve to stop her. A twisted queen of sorority row crashes her convertible trying to escape her queer shame. A suave butch emcee introduces the sequined and feathered stars of the era’s most celebrated drag revue. For an unsettled and retrenching postwar America, these startling figures betrayed the failure of promised consensus and appeasing conformity. They could also be cruel, painful, and disciplinary jokes. It turns out that an obsession with managing gender and female sexuality after the war would hardly contain them. On the contrary, it spread their campy manifestations throughout mainstream culture. Offering the first major consideration of lesbian camp in American popular culture, Suffering Sappho! traces a larger-than-life lesbian menace across midcentury media forms to propose five prototypical queer icons—the sicko, the monster, the spinster, the Amazon, and the rebel. On the pages of comics and sensational pulp fiction and the dramas of television and drive-in movies, Barbara Jane Brickman discovers evidence not just of campy sexual deviants but of troubling female performers, whose failures could be epic but whose subversive potential could inspire. Supplemental images of interest related to this title: George and Lomas; Connie Minerva; Cat On Hot Tin; and Beulah and Oriole.

Author : Tracey L Walters
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-16
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781978808591

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Not Your Mother's Mammy by Tracey L Walters Pdf

Not Your Mother’s Mammy examines how black artists of the African diaspora, many of them former domestics, reconstruct the black female subjectivities of domestics in fiction, film, and visual and performance art. In doing so, they undermine one-dimensional images of black domestics as victims lacking voice and agency and prove domestic workers are more than the aprons they wear. An analysis of selected media by Alice Childress, Nandi Keyi, Victoria Brown, Kara Walker, Mikalene Thomas, Rene Cox, Lynn Nottage, and others provides examples of generations of domestics who challenged their performative roles of subservience by engaging in subversive actions contradicting the image of the deferential black maid. Through verbal confrontation, mobilization, passive resistance, and performance, black domestics find their voices, exercise their power, and maintain their dignity in the face of humiliation. Not Your Mother’s Mammy brings to life stories of domestics often neglected in academic studies, such as the complexity of interracial homoerotic relationships between workers and employers, or the mental health challenges of domestics that lead to depression and suicide. In line with international movements like #MeToo and #timesup, the women in these stories demand to be heard.

Author : Margaret Mitchellová,Sabrina D. Harris
Publisher : Edika
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-01
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9788026615620

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Jih proti Severu B1/B2 by Margaret Mitchellová,Sabrina D. Harris Pdf

Mnozí autoři napsali desítky knih, a marně čekali na úspěch. Margaret Mitchellové, americké novinářce a spisovatelce, k jeho dosažení stačilo napsat jen knihu jedinou. Jih proti Severu. Nejznámější milostný příběh všech dob, který se okamžitě po svém vydání v roce 1936 stal americkým a světovým bestsellerem. Příběh s hlavní postavou nezkrotné Scarlett O'Harové ale není pouhou love story. Čtenářům nabízí hlubší poznání životního osudu dívky, jejíž romantické sny se rozplynuly ve vichru občanské války. Okolnosti ale její vnitřní sílu a sebedůvěru nezlomí. Navzdory smrti nejbližších a svému zlomenému srdci neztrácí životní jiskru. Jiskru, která k ní všechny tolik přitahuje. Publikace nabízí zkrácenou verzi románu, jež je určena pro mírně pokročilé studenty angličtiny. Anglický text doplňuje český zrcadlový překlad, který čtenářům umožní zkontrolovat, zda cizojazyčnému textu správně porozuměli. V závěru knihu doplňují zajímavé informace o autorce a stejnojmenném filmu. Audionahrávka, na níž text vypráví rodilá mluvčí, je k dispozici zdarma na stránkách nakladatelství.

Author : J.J. Long,Andrea Noble,Edward Welch
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06-02
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781135253639

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Photography: Theoretical Snapshots by J.J. Long,Andrea Noble,Edward Welch Pdf

Over the past twenty-five years, photography has moved to centre-stage in the study of visual culture and has established itself in numerous disciplines. This trend has brought with it a diversification in approaches to the study of the photographic image. Photography: Theoretical Snapshots offers exciting perspectives on photography theory today from some of the world’s leading critics and theorists. It introduces new means of looking at photographs, with topics including: a community-based understanding of Spencer Tunick’s controversial installations the tactile and auditory dimensions of photographic viewing snapshot photography the use of photography in human rights discourse. Photography: Theoretical Snapshots also addresses the question of photography history, revisiting the work of some of the most influential theorists such as Roland Barthes, Walter Benjamin, and the October group, re-evaluating the neglected genre of the carte-de-visite photograph, and addressing photography’s wider role within the ideologies of modernity. The collection opens with an introduction by the editors, analyzing the trajectory of photography studies and theory over the past three decades and the ways in which the discipline has been constituted. Ranging from the most personal to the most dehumanized uses of photography, from the nineteenth century to the present day, from Latin America to Northern Europe, Photography: Theoretical Snapshots will be of value to all those interested in photography, visual culture, and cultural history.

Author : Alice Turner Curtis
Publisher : Applewood Books
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Virginia
ISBN : 9781557093332

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A Little Maid of Virginia by Alice Turner Curtis Pdf

In the spring of 1781 at her home near Yorktown, Virginia, eleven-year-old Rose Elinor Moore and her young cousin share adventures, including witnessing the surrender of Lord Cornwallis.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 982 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Periodicals
ISBN : CHI:72981649

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Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine ... by Anonim Pdf