The Thrill Makers

Author : Jacob Smith
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520952362

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Well before Evel Knievel or Hollywood stuntmen, reality television or the X Games, North America had a long tradition of stunt performance, of men (and some women) who sought media attention and popular fame with public feats of daring. Many of these feats—jumping off bridges, climbing steeples and buildings, swimming incredible distances, or doing tricks with wild animals—had their basis in the manual trades or in older entertainments like the circus. In The Thrill Makers, Jacob Smith shows how turn-of-the-century bridge jumpers, human flies, lion tamers, and stunt pilots first drew crowds to their spectacular displays of death-defying action before becoming a crucial, yet often invisible, component of Hollywood film stardom. Smith explains how these working-class stunt performers helped shape definitions of American manhood, and pioneered a form of modern media celebrity that now occupies an increasingly prominent place in our contemporary popular culture.

Author : Jacob Smith
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520270893

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“Starring human flies, daredevil aviators, bridge jumpers, and lion tamers, The Thrill Makers is a great read, as evocative as it is theoretically savvy, and convincingly argued. Culling telling details from a host of long-overlooked sources, Jacob Smith’s account of sensational, high-risk public performance from the Victorian age to the 1930s unearths and illuminates the interwoven histories of public spectacle, masculinity, the motion picture industry, new forms of celebrity, and the expanding American metropolis.”—Greg Waller, Department of Communication and Culture, Indiana University. “The Thrill Makers is an historical tour-de-force that illuminates the origins of risk-taking performance in American entertainment, and shows how its practitioners were gradually marginalized as invisible stunt doubles during the rise of the motion picture industry. Smith’s analysis of the lion tamer, the human fly, and the airplane wing-walker—as well as the many others who thrilled audiences before and during the advent of cinema—inspires us to reconsider the nature of media spectacle, masculinity, performance, celebrity, and labor at the turn of the last century. Impeccably researched, this book is a captivating read that re-frames the emergence of cinema in the context of its relationship to other forms of modern entertainment.”—Barbara Klinger, author of Beyond the Multiplex: Cinema, New Technologies, and the Home.

Author : Brad Hart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:9771566

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Author : Stephen Dolginoff
Publisher : Offstage Drama Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2024-01-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9798218255442

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Thrill Maker by Stephen Dolginoff Pdf

Stephen Dolginoff's Off-Broadway musical Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story was called "breathtaking" by The New York Times. It was honored with both Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations for Best Musical. It then went on to have over two hundred productions spanning twenty-five countries and seventeen languages-and counting! His thirty-year odyssey with Thrill Me began in 1994 when he first started writing the script and score. Once it was finished, he experienced a series of "thrilling" events that he never could have predicted. From putting on staged readings himself in New York City, to attending opening nights of the show all around the world, he's collected plenty of behind-the-scenes stories, secrets, and surprises to share. What was the key to the success of Thrill Me? Determination? Luck? Talent? All three? In Thrill Maker, Stephen takes an honest look back over the past thirty years to help discover how a non-household-name musical-about two notorious murderers-could fly under the radar to become a bona fide worldwide hit. You may have never even heard of the musical Thrill Me-but after reading Thrill Maker, it's a good bet that you'll be "dying" to see it!

Author : Royal Bouschor
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781728305769

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The Maker’s Wolf by Royal Bouschor Pdf

It’s a fast action-packed Western. Reincarnation comes at a heavy price when Wolfgang Beaumont, known as Wolf, agrees to accept the terms of the deal. His destiny is to fight evil in the Wild West in the 1880s and follow a quest that will be revealed to him. When Wolf questioned his guide how to find evil, he was informed this, “Don’t worry, evil will find you.” His trek from New Orleans to Montana is fraught with danger and deadly encounters and only his skill developed through intensive and continuing training and practice will hopefully sustain him. But for how long—and at what price?

Author : David Pawson
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Maker's Instructions by David Pawson Pdf

King Alfred is perhaps best remembered for allowing cakes to become burnt, but he did something far more significant and of lasting value. He used ten commandments, given to the Jewish people centuries before, as the foundation of English law. He instinctively knew they contained the recipe for a safe and successful society. The secret they all contain is respect. Respect for God first, for his uniqueness, his nature, his name, his special day; then respect for each other, our families, life itself, marriage, property and reputation. Churches have urged members to memorise the Ten Commandments, along with the Lord’s Prayer and the Apostles’ Creed, often putting all three up on the wall as summaries of the Christian faith and life, as well as using them in worship. But how can principles laid down so long ago and so far away be relevant to contemporary society? Well, as one New Testament translator (J B Phillips) puts it: ‘By the straight edge of God’s law we find out how crooked we are.’ Only after this discovery are we ready to consider the gospel of Jesus.

Author : MRS. OLIPHANT
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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THE MAKERS OF VENICE by MRS. OLIPHANT Pdf

Author : Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Art, Italian
ISBN : UOM:39015058474761

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The Makers of Venice by Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) Pdf

Author : Margaret Oliphant
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11631812

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Author : Jacob Habgood,Mark Overmars
Publisher : Apress
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2006-12-31
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781430201595

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The Game Maker's Apprentice by Jacob Habgood,Mark Overmars Pdf

The Game Maker's Apprentice shows you how to create nine exciting games using the wildly popular Game Maker game creation tool. This book covers a range of genres, including action, adventure, and puzzle games--complete with professional quality sound effects and visuals. It discusses game design theory and features practical examples of how this can be applied to making games that are more fun to play. Game Maker allows games to be created using a simple drag-and-drop interface, so you don't need to have any prior coding experience. It includes an optional programming language for adding advanced features to your games, when you feel ready to do so. You can obtain more information by visiting book.gamemaker.nl. The authors include the creator of the Game Maker tool and a former professional game programmer, so you'll glean understanding from their expertise.

Author : Jeffrey Breslow,Cynthia Beebe
Publisher : Post Hill Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781637584385

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A Game Maker's Life by Jeffrey Breslow,Cynthia Beebe Pdf

In his captivating memoir, Jeffrey Breslow tells how: •Creating a game is a mix of Rube Goldberg, Santa’s elves, mass production, and the bottom line. •He oversaw two multi-million dollar businesses that earned profits for more than four decades. Even while the industry transformed itself from using cardboard and plastics into electronics, his companies never acquired debt and never borrowed money from a bank! •He overcame the terrible misfortune of a deadly workplace shooting and led his shaken employees through the tragedy and back to running a thriving business. Millions of people around the world have played with games and toys Breslow and his partners invented—perhaps you have, too! Now, read Breslow’s remarkable story and see how a flash of inspiration, followed by hard work and ingenuity, brought these wonderful games to life.

Author : Brendan Dooley
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674369092

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A Mattress Maker's Daughter by Brendan Dooley Pdf

In explaining an improbable liaison and its consequences, A Mattress Maker's Daughter explores changing concepts of love and romance, new standards of public and private conduct, and emerging attitudes toward property and legitimacy just as the age of Renaissance humanism gives way to the Counter Reformation and Early Modern Europe.

Author : Kathryn Marie Dudley
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-10
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780226095417

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Guitar Makers by Kathryn Marie Dudley Pdf

It whispers, it sings, it rocks, and it howls. It expresses the voice of the folk—the open road, freedom, protest and rebellion, youth and love. It is the acoustic guitar. And over the last five decades it has become a quintessential American icon. Because this musical instrument is significant to so many—in ways that are emotional, cultural, and economic—guitar making has experienced a renaissance in North America, both as a popular hobby and, for some, a way of life. In Guitar Makers, Kathryn Marie Dudley introduces us to builders of artisanal guitars, their place in the art world, and the specialized knowledge they’ve developed. Drawing on in-depth interviews with members of the lutherie community, she finds that guitar making is a social movement with political implications. Guitars are not simply made—they are born. Artisans listen to their wood, respond to its liveliness, and strive to endow each instrument with an unforgettable tone. Although professional luthiers work within a market society, Dudley observes that their overriding sentiment is passion and love of the craft. Guitar makers are not aiming for quick turnover or the low-cost reproduction of commodities but the creation of singular instruments with unique qualities, and face-to-face transactions between makers, buyers, and dealers are commonplace. In an era when technological change has pushed skilled artisanship to the margins of the global economy, and in the midst of a capitalist system that places a premium on ever faster and more efficient modes of commerce, Dudley shows us how artisanal guitar makers have carved out a unique world that operates on alternative, more humane, and ecologically sustainable terms.

Author : Andrew Warren,Chris Gibson
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780824838294

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Surfing Places, Surfboard Makers by Andrew Warren,Chris Gibson Pdf

Over the last forty years, surfing has emerged from its Pacific islands origins to become a global industry. Since its beginnings more than a thousand years ago, surfing’s icon has been the surfboard—its essential instrument, the point of physical connection between human and nature, body and wave. To a surfer, a board is more than a piece of equipment; it is a symbol, a physical emblem of cultural, social, and emotional meanings. Based on research in three important surfing locations—Hawai‘i, southern California, and southeastern Australia—this is the first book to trace the surfboard from regional craft tradition to its key role in the billion-dollar surfing business. The surfboard workshops of Hawai‘i, California, and Australia are much more than sites of surfboard manufacturing. They are hives of creativity where legacies of rich cultural heritage and the local environment combine to produce unique, bold board designs customized to suit prevailing waves. The globalization and corporatization of surfing have presented small, independent board makers with many challenges stemming from the wide availability of cheap, mass-produced boards and the influx of new surfers. The authors follow the story of board makers who have survived these challenges and stayed true to their calling by keeping the mythology and creativity of board making alive. In addition, they explore the heritage of the craft, the secrets of custom board production, the role of local geography in shaping board styles, and the survival of hand-crafting skills. From the olo boards of ancient Hawaiian kahuna to the high-tech designs that represent the current state of the industry, Surfing Places, Surfboard Makers offers an entrée into the world of surfboard making that will find an eager audience among researchers and students of Pacific culture, history, geography, and economics, as well as surfing enthusiasts.

Author : J.R. Roberts
Publisher : Speaking Volumes
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781612324289

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The Legend Maker by J.R. Roberts Pdf