The Wizard Of Worsley Woods

Author : P. G. Wilson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798719383149

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The Wizard of Worsley Woods by P. G. Wilson Pdf

No one knew about the Wizard of Worsley Woods, he kept himself to himself, hidden away from all the other people of the world. He was shy, as wizards tend to be, and he didn't like lots of people and the fuss they brought. So he hid in the far corners of the woods, away from all the dog walkers and families and children that went there for walks. His favourite times where when the wood was empty; when all the children were at school, or at dusk and dawn, or when the weather was really bad. Then he could wander around wherever he wanted without the fear of being spotted. So if you ever go to Worsley Woods you won't see him, but he might see you!

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 870 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1843
Category : Cattle
ISBN : CORNELL:31924078824970

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Herdbook Containing the Pedigree of Improved Short-horn Cattle by Anonim Pdf

Vols. - include the Shorthorn Society's Grading register for beef Shorthorn cattle; v. - include the society's Herd book of poll shorthorns.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1034 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Petroleum
ISBN : STANFORD:36105016819448

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International Oil and Gas Development by Anonim Pdf

Author : Joseph Maddrey
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2010-07-27
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786482740

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Nightmares in Red, White and Blue by Joseph Maddrey Pdf

What's weighing on Americans? Look to horror movies for your answer--they're one of the best measures of the American consciousness. From an early fascination with the Gothic, to the mutant horrors of the Atomic Age and alien enemies of the Cold War, to the inner demons of the psyche and the American Dream turned nightmare, the history of American horror films is a reflection of changing American cultural attitudes and values--and the fears that accompany them. This survey of the pivotal horror films produced in America examines the history of the genre as a reflection of cultural changes in the United States. It begins with an exploration of the origins of the genre, and follows its development until the present, using various films to document the evolution of Hollywood horror flicks and illustrate their cultural significance. The second part focuses on eight pivotal directors whose personal visions helped shape the genre--from early pioneers like Tod Browning and Alfred Hitchcock, to modern masters like John Carpenter and Wes Craven. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Author : Robert K. Klepper
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2005-01-21
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476604848

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Silent Films, 1877Ð1996 by Robert K. Klepper Pdf

This film reference covers 646 silent motion pictures, starting with Eadweard Muybridge’s initial motion photography experiments in 1877 and even including The Taxi Dancer (1996). Among the genres included are classics, dramas, Westerns, light comedies, documentaries and even poorly produced early pornography. Masterpieces such as Joan the Woman (1916), Intolerance (1916) and Faust (1926) can be found, as well as rare titles that have not received critical attention since their original releases. Each entry provides the most complete credits possible, a full description, critical commentary, and an evaluation of the film’s unique place in motion picture history. Birth dates, death dates, and other facts are provided for the directors and players where available, with a selection of photographs of those individuals. The work is thoroughly indexed.

Author : John T. Soister
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010-06-28
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786481859

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Up from the Vault by John T. Soister Pdf

A number of thrillers made in the 1920s and 1930s have become available again thanks to new technology. There are a few, however, that remain elusive to most, if not all, movie buffs. This book covers 21 thrillers from those decades that are well-regarded and eagerly sought, but difficult to find--The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu (1923), The Unknown Purple (1923), The Sorrows of Satan (1926), While London Sleeps (1926), The Monkey Talks (1927), The Chinese Parrot (1927), Stark Mad (1929), The Unholy Night (1929), High Treason (1929), The Spider (1931), Eran Trece (1931), The Monkey's Paw (1933), Trick for Trick (1933), Deluge (1933), The Vanishing Shadow (1934), The Witching Hour (1934), Double Door (1934), Black Moon (1934), Le Golem (1936), The Scarab Murder Case (1937), and Sh! The Octopus (1937). For each film, the author provides such details as the production company, running time, release date(s), cast and production credits, a synopsis, and commentary.

Author : Dan Dietz
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 622 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-26
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781538150283

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The Complete Book of 1910s Broadway Musicals by Dan Dietz Pdf

The 1910s shaped the future of the American musical. While many shows of the decade were imports of European operettas, and even original Broadway musicals were influenced by continental productions, the musicals of the 1910s found their own American voice. In The Complete Book of 1910s Broadway Musicals, Dan Dietz covers all 312 musicals that opened on Broadway during this decade. Among the shows discussed are The Balkan Princess, The Kiss Waltz, Naughty Marietta, The Firefly, Very Good Eddie, Leave It to Jane, Watch Your Step, See America First, and La-La-Lucille. Dietz places each musical in its historical context, including the women’s suffrage movement and the decade’s defining historical event, World War I. Each entry features the following: Plot summary Cast members Creative team, including writers, lyricists, composers, directors, choreographers, and producers Opening and closing dates Number of performances Critical commentary Musical numbers and the performers who introduced the songs Numerous appendixes include a chronology, discography, filmography, Gilbert and Sullivan productions, Princess Theatre musicals, musicals with World War I themes, and published scripts, making this book a comprehensive and significant resource. The Complete Book of 1910s Broadway Musicals will captivate and inform scholars, historians, and casual fans about this influential decade in musical theatre history.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1840
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015018029747

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The Spectator by Anonim Pdf

Author : Mark Wallace Maguire
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1534815597

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Alexandria Rising by Mark Wallace Maguire Pdf

His grandfather left him with one task. Destroy a map that had been kept hidden for centuries. He could never imagine the journey it would lead him on and the secrets he would discover. This action adventure novel has a dose of historical fiction to keep the reader glued to the page and is the first in a trilogy. While its content is unique, author Mark Wallace Maguire's style and storytelling has been compared to Robert Ludlum, Tom Clancy and Dan Brown.

Author : Robert Gordon,Olaf Jubin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 777 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780199988747

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The Oxford Handbook of the British Musical by Robert Gordon,Olaf Jubin Pdf

The first comprehensive academic survey of British musical theatre from its origins, The Oxford Handbook of the British Musical offers both a historical account of musical theatre from 1728 and a range of in-depth critical analyses of key works and productions that illustrate its aesthetic values and sociocultural meanings.

Author : David M. Inman
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-03
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476608778

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Television Variety Shows by David M. Inman Pdf

For the few hundred television viewers in 1946, a special treat on the broadcast schedule was the variety show called Hour Glass. It was the first TV program to go beyond talking heads, cooking demonstrations, and sporting events, featuring instead dancers, comics, singers, and long commercials for its sponsor, Chase and Sanborn coffee. Within two years, another variety show, Texaco Star Theatre, became the first true television hit and would be credited with the sales of thousands of television sets. The variety show formula was a staple of television in its first 30 years, in part because it lent itself to a medium where everything had to be live and preferably inside a studio. Most of the early television stars--including Jackie Gleason, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Ed Sullivan, Red Skelton, Dinah Shore, and Arthur Godfrey--rose to prominence through weekly variety shows. In the 1960s, major stars such as Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, Judy Garland and Danny Kaye were hosting variety shows. By the 1970s, the format was giving way to sitcoms and dramas, but pop music stars Sonny and Cher, Tony Orlando and Dawn, and Donny and Marie Osmond hosted some of the last of the species. This book details 57 variety shows from the 1940s through the 1990s. A history of each show is first provided, followed by a brief look at each episode. Air date, guest stars, sketches performed, and a listing of songs featured are included.

Author : Bartłomiej Paszylk
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786453276

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The Pleasure and Pain of Cult Horror Films by Bartłomiej Paszylk Pdf

The horror genre harbors a number of films too bold or bizarre to succeed with mainstream audiences, but offering unique, startling and often groundbreaking qualities that have won them an enduring following. Beginning with Victor Sjostrom's The Phantom Carriage in 1921, this book tracks the evolution and influence of underground cult horror over the ensuing decades, closing with William Winckler's Frankenstein vs. the Creature from Blood Cove in 2005. It discusses the features that define a cult film, trends and recurring symbols, and changing iconography within the genre through insightful analysis of 88 movies. Included are works by popular directors who got their start with cult horror films, including Oliver Stone, David Cronenberg and Peter Jackson.

Author : Sue Dwiggins Worsley
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0810832771

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From Oz to E.T. by Sue Dwiggins Worsley Pdf

Wally Worsley's autobiography describes one man's extensive experience with the Hollywood studio system, beginning on the bottom rung at M-G-M in the 1930s, at the time of The Wizard of OZ, and culminating in the 1980s with E.T. His career bridged a half-century and provides a comprehensive overview of the development of Hollywood studio production. His autobiography has been assembled from his voluminous business diaries, a project first begun by Worsley himself, then completed by his widow following his death. The book presents a fascinating picture of Hollywood at work, from the Old Golden Age to the new one, with excursions to the film worlds of postwar Singapore and Europe.

Author : Roy Hudd
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781843176343

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A Fart in a Colander by Roy Hudd Pdf

Roy Hudd's career began in the 1950s and since then he has worked with most of the major stars of the last forty years. Born in Croydon in 1936, his early life was turbulent. His father left home and his mother committed suicide during the war, leaving his formidable, but adored grandmother, to raise him, and it was she who gave him the title for this book. His big television break came with Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life with David Frost, John Bird and John Fortune and he also had a brief stint in the popular TV soap Coronation Street. His radio career includes the hugely popular The News Huddlines, which he starred in and ran for twenty-six years. With over thirty pantomimes under his belt, as well as many memorable Variety and West End performances, perhaps most notably as Fagin in Cameron Mackintosh's first production of Oliver!, A Fart in a Colander brings together some wonderful stories from his life, and sparkles with the fun and laughter Roy has brought to millions of people throughout his career.

Author : Andrew Greig
Publisher : Quercus
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781623656461

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Fair Helen by Andrew Greig Pdf

Elderly narrator Harry Langton looks back on the adventures and friends of his youth, transporting the reader to the Scottish Borderlands at the end of the 16th century... The much younger Langton returns to his birthplace to aid an old friend, the brash Adam Fleming, who has fallen for legendary beauty Helen of Annandale. He has also, it seems, fallen foul of a rival for her hand, Robert Bell, a man as violent as he is influential. Fleming confesses to Langton that he fears for his life. In a land where minor lairds vie for power and blood feuds are settled by the sword, Fleming faces a battle to win Helen's hand. By virtue of being the lovers' confidant, Langton is thrust into the middle of this dangerous triangle, and discovers Helen is not so chaste as she is fair. But Langton has his own secrets to keep--and other powers to serve. Someone has noticed Langton's connections to the major players in the Border disputes, and has recruited him in their bid to control the hierarchy of the Border families--someone who would use the lovers as pawns in a game of war. Packed with swordplay, intricate politics, and star-crossed lovers whose actions could change the course of history, Fair Helen is a sumptuous, rousing adventure novel that brings to life one of English poetry's most intriguing heroines.