Author : John Mitchum
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Actors
ISBN : IND:30000092125214
Them Ornery Mitchum Boys
John Mitchum
Them Ornery Mitchum Boys
Them Ornery Mitchum Boys Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle version is available to download in english. Read online anytime anywhere directly from your device. Click on the download button below to get a free pdf file of Them Ornery Mitchum Boys book. This book definitely worth reading, it is an incredibly well-written.
Robert Mitchum
Lee Server
Author : Lee Server
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2002-03-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781429908733
Robert Mitchum by Lee Server Pdf
One of the movies' greatest actors and most colorful characters, a real-life tough guy with the prison record to prove it, Robert Mitchum was a movie icon for an almost unprecedented half-century, the cool, sleepy-eyed star of such classics as The Night of the Hunter; Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison; Cape Fear; The Longest Day; Farewell, My Lovely; and The Winds of War. Mitchum's powerful presence and simmering violence combined with hard-boiled humor and existential detachment to create a new style in movie acting: the screen's first hipster antihero-before Brando, James Dean, Elvis, or Eastwood-the inventor of big-screen cool. Robert Mitchum: "Baby, I Don't Care" is the first complete biography of Mitchum, and a book as big, colorful, and controversial as the star himself. Exhaustively researched, it makes use of thousands of rare documents from around the world and nearly two hundred in-depth interviews with Mitchum's family, friends, and associates (many going on record for the first time ever) ranging over his seventy-nine years of hard living. Written with great style, and vividly detailed, this is an intimate, comprehensive portrait of an amazing life, comic, tragic, daring, and outrageous.
Ava Gardner
Lee Server
Author : Lee Server
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781429908740
Ava Gardner by Lee Server Pdf
"The most complete and engrossing biography yet of this exotic Southern girl...Excellent."—Liz Smith She was the sex symbol who dazzled all the other sex symbols. She was the temptress who drove Frank Sinatra to the brink of suicide and haunted him to the end of his life. Ernest Hemingway saved one of her kidney stones as a sacred memento, and Howard Hughes begged her to marry him—but she knocked out his front teeth instead. She was one of the great icons in Hollywood history—star of The Killers, The Barefoot Contessa, and The Night of the Iguana—and one of the few whose actual life was grander and more colorful than any movie. Her jaw-dropping beauty, charismatic presence, and fabulous, scandalous adventures fueled the legend of Ava Gardner—Hollywood's most glamorous, restless and uninhibited star. In this acclaimed first full biography of Gardner, Lee Server recreates—with great style and vivid detail—the actress's life, from her beginnings as a barefoot North Carolina farm girl to her heady days as a Hollywood goddess. He paints the full spectacle of her tumultuous private life—including her string of failed marriages to Mickey Rooney, Sinatra and Artie Shaw—and Gardner's lifelong search for adventure and love. Ava Gardner: "Love is Nothing" is both an exceptional work of biography and a richly entertaining read.
The Western Films of Robert Mitchum
Gene Freese
Author : Gene Freese
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-22
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476637464
The Western Films of Robert Mitchum by Gene Freese Pdf
Robert Mitchum was--and still is--one of Hollywood's defining stars of Western film. For more than 30 years, the actor played the weary and cynical cowboy, and his rough-and-tough presence on-screen was no different than his one off-screen. With a personality fit for western-noir, Robert Mitchum dominated the genre during the mid-20th century, and returned as the anti-hero again during the 1990s before his death. This book lays down the life of Mitchum and the films that established him as one of Hollywood's strongest and smartest horsemen. Going through early classics like Pursued (1947) and Blood on the Moon (1948) to more recent cult favorites like Tombstone (1993) and Dead Man (1995), Freese shows how Mitchum's nuanced portrayals of the iconic anti-hero of the West earned him his spot in the Cowboy Hall of Fame.
America, Why I Love Her
John Mitchum,Cindy Mitchum,Katie West
Author : John Mitchum,Cindy Mitchum,Katie West
Publisher : Vesta Pub
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2009-08-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 160481635X
America, Why I Love Her by John Mitchum,Cindy Mitchum,Katie West Pdf
Mitchum
Jerry Roberts
Author : Jerry Roberts
Publisher : Limelight Editions
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780879102920
Mitchum by Jerry Roberts Pdf
"Mitchum's tales include beatings, hanging producers by their shoelaces, killings in Mexican bars and slapping Teutonic helmer Otto Preminger. And there are classic observations, such as his quip to Variety that 'the best producer is an absent one.' Mitchum editor Jerry Roberts...conducted one of the interviews, and has done a terrific job piecing together vintage conversations with David Frost, Dick Lochte, Richard Schickel and Charles Champlin, as well as collecting a wonderful array of prize quotes by and about Mitchum." -Steven Gaydos, Variety
A Dream Realized
Mike Bright
Author : Mike Bright
Publisher : Xulon Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781594672637
A Dream Realized by Mike Bright Pdf
I was a TV Horror Host, Or, Memoirs of a Creature Features Man
John Stanley
Author : John Stanley
Publisher : Creatures at Large
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Creature features (Television program)
ISBN : 0940064111
I was a TV Horror Host, Or, Memoirs of a Creature Features Man by John Stanley Pdf
John Stanley, who hosted Creature Features in the San Francisco-Bay Area for six years (1979-84) introduced old horror and science fiction movies on late-night programming. This title provides 559 photos, Stanley's exclusive interview material to describe such leading players as Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner and Gene Roddenberry of Star Trek.
The Gang that Shot Up Hollywood
John Stanley
Author : John Stanley
Publisher : Creatures at Large
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Firearms
ISBN : 0940064138
The Gang that Shot Up Hollywood by John Stanley Pdf
John Stanley, thirty-three-year veteran entertainment writer for the San Francisco Chronicle, stalks the environs of Hollywood and San Francisco to profile male and female stars of yesteryear who blasted their way through movies and TV series with high-powered handguns, curvaceous, slinky bodies, and other weapons of excessive destruction, all for decent box office. Savor four classic Clint Eastwood encounters: Two "Dirty Harry" moments with actor Clint and two Iwo Jima moments with director Clint. Can hard-hitting martial arts star Chuck Norris survive three showdowns with Stanley? James Stewart survived two Stanley encounters: one about his hard-boiled Westerns, the other about his Hitchcock classics. Meet Robert and John Mitchum, ornery fighting brothers whom Stanley knew intimately, and learn the full truth behind Robert's 1948 arrest for marijuana use, never before revealed. Karl Malden faces Stanley in five showdowns on the streets of San Francisco. The book also includes text and imagery material that will shake up any motion picture lover.
Three Hollywood Stalwarts in Literature
Henryk Hoffmann
Author : Henryk Hoffmann
Publisher : Vernon Press
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781648893391
Three Hollywood Stalwarts in Literature by Henryk Hoffmann Pdf
This book focuses on the perception of the names, personae, performances and films of three Hollywood megastars, Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum and William Holden, as presented in the references and allusions encountered in American and foreign literature. Its secondary aim is to establish the ‘impact factor’ of the three actors and their major films and provide extensive data for further studies on the complex and bilateral relationships between film and literature. The pertinent quotations in ‘Three Hollywood Stalwarts in Literature: A Study in Film Perception Through References to Peck, Mitchum and Holden’ have been extracted from nearly 220 works by about 140 authors. The majority of the works were written by acclaimed authors; amongst them are some well-known American mainstream writers such as John Updike, John Irving, Fannie Flagg and Anne Tyler; some leaders of the mystery genre include Martha Grimes, Stuart Kaminsky, Elmore Leonard, Sara Paretsky; and a few masters of other popular genres, such as Stephen King and Dean Koontz. The global flavor of the citations is provided by international authors (e.g., Julio Cortázar, Elizabeth Hay, Henri Charrière, Sebastien Japrisot) and authors born to first-generation U.S. immigrants (e.g., Oscar Hijuelos). Almost seventy films referenced in world literature are discussed in the book, and those mentioned in the biggest number of works include ‘Sunset Boulevard’, ‘The Wild Bunch’, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, ‘Roman Holiday’, ‘Spellbound’, ‘The Guns of Navarone’, and ‘Duel in the Sun’, among others. This book will appeal to college professors and students interested in film studies, specifically film analysis and criticism, film perception, and film genres. It will also hold interest for the general reader interested in biographies of movie personalities and the careers of the three actors, movie and stage actors, and fans of the western, film noir, and war genres.
Songs of America
Jon Meacham,Tim McGraw
Author : Jon Meacham,Tim McGraw
Publisher : Random House
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780593132968
Songs of America by Jon Meacham,Tim McGraw Pdf
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A celebration of American history through the music that helped to shape a nation, by Pulitzer Prize winner Jon Meacham and music superstar Tim McGraw “Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw form an irresistible duo—connecting us to music as an unsung force in our nation's history.”—Doris Kearns Goodwin Through all the years of strife and triumph, America has been shaped not just by our elected leaders and our formal politics but also by our music—by the lyrics, performers, and instrumentals that have helped to carry us through the dark days and to celebrate the bright ones. From “The Star-Spangled Banner” to “Born in the U.S.A.,” Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw take readers on a moving and insightful journey through eras in American history and the songs and performers that inspired us. Meacham chronicles our history, exploring the stories behind the songs, and Tim McGraw reflects on them as an artist and performer. Their perspectives combine to create a unique view of the role music has played in uniting and shaping a nation. Beginning with the battle hymns of the revolution, and taking us through songs from the defining events of the Civil War, the fight for women’s suffrage, the two world wars, the Great Depression, the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, and into the twenty-first century, Meacham and McGraw explore the songs that defined generations, and the cultural and political climates that produced them. Readers will discover the power of music in the lives of figures such as Harriet Tubman, Franklin Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Martin Luther King, Jr., and will learn more about some of our most beloved musicians and performers, including Marian Anderson, Elvis Presley, Sam Cooke, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Duke Ellington, Carole King, Bruce Springsteen, and more. Songs of America explores both famous songs and lesser-known ones, expanding our understanding of the scope of American music and lending deeper meaning to the historical context of such songs as “My Country, ’Tis of Thee,” “God Bless America,” “Over There,” “We Shall Overcome,” and “Blowin’ in the Wind.” As Quincy Jones says, Meacham and McGraw have “convened a concert in Songs of America,” one that reminds us of who we are, where we’ve been, and what we, at our best, can be.
In Lonely Places
Imogen Sara Smith
Author : Imogen Sara Smith
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786489084
In Lonely Places by Imogen Sara Smith Pdf
Although film noir is traditionally associated with the mean streets of the Dark City, this volume explores the genre from a new angle, focusing on non-urban settings. Through detailed readings of more than 100 films set in suburbs, small towns, on the road, in the desert, borderlands and the vast, empty West, the author investigates the alienation expressed by film noir, pinpointing its motivation in the conflict between desires for escape, autonomy and freedom--and fears of loneliness, exile and dissolution. Through such films as Out of the Past, They Live by Night and A Touch of Evil, this critical study examines how film noir reflected radical changes in the physical and social landscapes of postwar America, defining the genre's contribution to the eternal debate between the values of individualism and community.
Designs on the Past
Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
Author : Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780748675654
Designs on the Past by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones Pdf
Anagram Solver
Bloomsbury Publishing
Author : Bloomsbury Publishing
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 719 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781408102572
Anagram Solver by Bloomsbury Publishing Pdf
Anagram Solver is the essential guide to cracking all types of quiz and crossword featuring anagrams. Containing over 200,000 words and phrases, Anagram Solver includes plural noun forms, palindromes, idioms, first names and all parts of speech. Anagrams are grouped by the number of letters they contain with the letters set out in alphabetical order so that once the letters of an anagram are arranged alphabetically, finding the solution is as easy as locating the word in a dictionary.
Shooting Stars of the Small Screen
Douglas Brode
Author : Douglas Brode
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780292783317
Shooting Stars of the Small Screen by Douglas Brode Pdf
Since the beginning of television, Westerns have been playing on the small screen. From the mid-1950s until the early 1960s, they were one of TV's most popular genres, with millions of viewers tuning in to such popular shows as Rawhide, Gunsmoke, and Disney's Davy Crockett. Though the cultural revolution of the later 1960s contributed to the demise of traditional Western programs, the Western never actually disappeared from TV. Instead, it took on new forms, such as the highly popular Lonesome Dove and Deadwood, while exploring the lives of characters who never before had a starring role, including anti-heroes, mountain men, farmers, Native and African Americans, Latinos, and women. Shooting Stars of the Small Screen is a comprehensive encyclopedia of more than 450 actors who received star billing or played a recurring character role in a TV Western series or a made-for-TV Western movie or miniseries from the late 1940s up to 2008. Douglas Brode covers the highlights of each actor's career, including Western movie work, if significant, to give a full sense of the actor's screen persona(s). Within the entries are discussions of scores of popular Western TV shows that explore how these programs both reflected and impacted the social world in which they aired. Brode opens the encyclopedia with a fascinating history of the TV Western that traces its roots in B Western movies, while also showing how TV Westerns developed their own unique storytelling conventions.
