Download or read book H ros d Hollywood written by George Perry and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nous avons tous un acteur préféré. Mais pourquoi un tel plutôt qu'un autre ? Est-ce son physique avantageux, son talent, son sex-appeal, les rôles qu'il incarne, sa vie personnelle ou bien un mélange charismatique du tout ? Anciens journalistes au grand quotidien du Sunday Times, et cinéphiles avertis, les auteurs, George et Matthew Perry, recensent et présentent les cent meilleurs acteurs de cinquante ans de cinéma. En évoquant la séduction sensuelle et ténébreuse de Rudolph Valentino, l'image sophistiquée et suave de Cary Grant, le charme bagarreur de Steve McQueen, la non-conformité de Russell Crowe, l'icône toujours adulée que représente James Dean, et le beau Keanu Reeves, Héros d'Hollywood rend hommage à ces grandes stars hollywoodiennes qui figurent parmi les premières dans le cœur du grand public. Parfaite référence du panthéon des stars, ce livre fait découvrir dans le détail ces immenses comédiens et leur public. 100 grands acteurs du cinéma hollywoodien, de la grande star du muet, Rudolph Valentino, au grand héros ; Sean Connery, jusqu'au dernier élu, Brendan Fraser. 100 superbes photographies, comprenant des extraits de films et les grands studios. Biographie et profil de chaque acteur, analysant l'adulation de son public
Download or read book Who s who in the Film World written by Fred C. Justice and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Canadian Reference Sources written by Mary E. Bond and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 1102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In parallel columns of French and English, lists over 4,000 reference works and books on history and the humanities, breaking down the large divisions by subject, genre, type of document, and province or territory. Includes titles of national, provincial, territorial, or regional interest in every subject area when available. The entries describe the core focus of the book, its range of interest, scholarly paraphernalia, and any editions in the other Canadian language. The humanities headings are arts, language and linguistics, literature, performing arts, philosophy, and religion. Indexed by name, title, and French and English subject. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Clint Eastwood The Biography of Cinema s Greatest Ever Star written by Douglas Thompson and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2007-08-15 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clint Eastwood is a true living legend. For over forty years he has dominated Hollywood and his success both in front of and behind the camera has assured his place in cinema history alongside such superstars as Marlon Brando, John Wayne and Robert De Niro..."Clint" reveals the man behind the myth.Bestselling author Douglas Thompson draws on exclusive interviews with the star, to provide the definitive portrait of Clint Eastwood. From his early days as a jobbing actor on $75 a week to his directorial triumph with "Million Dollar Baby", "Clint" reveals the personal highlights of one of the most celebrated careers in cinema history.
Download or read book Picture Personalities written by Richard DeCordova and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moving pictures existed for over a decade before anything resembling a star system appeared. Then American cinema went from being devoid of stars to being dependent on them. This is an account of this development in cinema and modern culture.
Download or read book Joan Crawford written by David Bret and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2009-04-15 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first biography of Joan Crawford to give the full, uncensored story, bestselling author David Bret tells Crawford's rags to riches climb, from working in a Kansas City laundry to collecting an Oscar for her defining role in Mildred Pierce, and on to her devotion to Christian Science and reliance on vodka. He discusses the star's legendary relationship with Clark Gable, her countless love affairs, her marriages -- three of them to gay men -- and her obsession with rough sex. Bret divulges what really happened that led her to disinherit two of her four children, earning her the nickname "Mommie Dearest," as well as how her loathed mother forced Crawford to work as a prostitute, appear in pornographic films, and sleep her way to the top. Bret analyzes Crawford's films, many of which were constructed purely as vehicles where actress and character were often indistinguishable. Overtly generous towards her coterie of gay friends, she was heartless towards her enemies, particularly Bette Davis, her co-star in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, with whom she shared a lifelong feud. Drawing on a wealth of unpublished material and interviews, David Bret presents a unique, fascinating portrait of a single-minded, uncompromising woman.
Download or read book Natalie Wood written by Gavin Lambert and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2012-01-11 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She spent her life in the movies. Her childhood is still there to see in Miracle on 34th Street. Her adolescence in Rebel Without a Cause. Her coming of age? Still playing in Splendor in the Grass and West Side Story and countless other hit movies. From the moment Natalie Wood made her debut in 1946, playing Claudette Colbert and Orson Welles’s ward in Tomorrow Is Forever at the age of seven, to her shocking, untimely death in 1981, the decades of her life are marked by movies that–for their moments–summed up America’s dreams. Now the acclaimed novelist, biographer, critic and screenwriter Gavin Lambert, whose twenty-year friendship with Natalie Wood began when she wanted to star in the movie adaptation of his novel Inside Daisy Clover, tells her extraordinary story. He writes about her parents, uncovering secrets that Natalie either didn’t know or kept hidden from those closest to her. Here is the young Natalie, from her years as a child actress at the mercy of a driven, controlling stage mother (“Make Mr. Pichel love you,” she whispered to the five-year-old Natalie before depositing her unexpectedly on the director’s lap), to her awkward adolescence when, suddenly too old for kiddie roles, she was shunted aside, just another freshman at Van Nuys High. Lambert shows us the glamorous movie star in her twenties—All the Fine Young Cannibals, Gypsy and Love with the Proper Stranger. He writes about her marriages, her divorces, her love affairs, her suicide attempt at twenty-six, the birth of her children, her friendships, her struggles as an actress and her tragic death by drowning (she was always terrified of water) at forty-three. For the first time, everyone who knew Natalie Wood speaks freely–including her husbands Robert Wagner and Richard Gregson, famously private people like Warren Beatty, intimate friends such as playwright Mart Crowley, directors Robert Mulligan and Paul Mazursky, and Leslie Caron, each of whom told the author stories about this remarkable woman who was both life-loving and filled with despair. What we couldn’t know–have never been told before–Lambert perceptively uncovers. His book provides the richest portrait we have had of Natalie Wood.
Download or read book Man on the Flying Trapeze written by Simon Louvish and published by W W Norton & Company Incorporated. This book was released on 1997 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing a detailed account of W.C. Fields's artistic path to the cinema, this biography aims to disentangle the facts from the lies and myths nurtured by Fields himself. It traces the origins of his comedy in the vaudeville sketches which he wrote himself, and then follows his career from stage to silent screen, revealing the sources of his familiar talkie routines. The book also highlights Fields's later struggle - against studio heads, censorship, alcohol addiction and illness - to create some of the most celebrated scenes in the history of cinema humour.
Download or read book L histoire noire du cin ma am ricain written by Dimitri Timacheff and published by La Boîte à Pandore. This book was released on 2018-04-25 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Le monde du cinéma, ses mystères et scandales fianciers, mafieux et sexuels ! Plongez au cœur du cinéma et découvrez ses mystères et ses scandales financiers, mafieux ou sexuels, ce que l’on cache depuis toujours à propos de stars du passé comme Charlie Chaplin, Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable, Frank Sinatra et jusqu’à aujourd’hui, avec Tom Cruise, Michael Douglas, Roman Polanski, Woody Allen, Bill Cosby... Cette grande machine engendre des stars, mais la célébrité et l’argent font d’elles des personnages à la limite de la normalité. Découvrez entre autres... - la sexualité incontrôlée de Charlie Chaplin - la corruption de la police et des journalistes - les meurtres suspects - les dégâts de la drogue ...et surtout, un milieu sombre et peu reluisant ! Cette grande machine engendre des stars, mais la célébrité et l’argent font d’elles des personnages à la limite de la normalité. EXTRAIT Marylin signa d’abord un contrat pour la Fox avant de devenir la maîtresse du président du studio, Joseph Schenk, 69 ans, qui avait repéré la jeune femme lorsqu’elle fut engagée comme hôtesse le temps d’une fête à son domicile. Toutefois, le contrat de la future star fut cassé au bout de six mois, tout comme son contrat suivant, chez Columbia. Marilyn Monroe persévéra et continua surtout à fréquenter les cercles huppés d’Hollywood, où elle finit par rencontrer un agent de 53 ans qui quitta son épouse pour elle. Grâce à lui, Marilyn resigna pour la Twentieth Century Fox, cette fois pour sept ans et, en quelques films, elle devint une star internationale. Personne n’aurait dit qu’elle était une grande actrice, mais son mélange d’innocence et de vulgarité, son charisme indéniable devant les caméras avaient fait d’elle une valeur sûre au box-office.
Download or read book Stars written by Lucy Fischer and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From two distinguished academics, this book includes contributions from top scholars such as Richard Dyer, and brings together key writings and new perspectives on stars and stardom in cinema across the world.
Download or read book Monty written by Robert LaGuardia and published by Plume Books. This book was released on 1988 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Victor Fleming written by Michael Sragow and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2013-12-10 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best remembered for the iconic classics Gone with the Wind (1939) and The Wizard of Oz (1939) to the silver screen, Victor Fleming also counted successful films such as Red Dust (1932), Captains Courageous (1937), Test Pilot (1939), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), and the groundbreaking Joan of Arc (1948) among his more than forty directing credits. One of the most sought-after directors in Hollywood's golden age, Fleming (1889--1949) was renowned for his ability to make films across a wide range of genres. In Victor Fleming: An American Movie Master, author Michael Sragow paints a comprehensive portrait of the talented and charismatic man who helped create enduring screen personas for stars such as Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, and Gary Cooper.
Download or read book Eighty Silent Film Stars written by George A. Katchmer and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 1096 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eighty good-sized biographies of significant silent-era players hard to find in other reference works, and almost nowhere at this length. The villains and sidekicks of two-reelers (Jim Corey, Nelson McDowell), cowboy action stars (Jack Hoxie, Art Acord, Hoot Gibson, et al.), comedians, character actors, matinee idols and other talented and reliable performers.A comprehensive filmography (compiled for this book by Richard E. Braff and listing year, studio, director, screenplay, story or author, length and cast) accompanies each entry. The biographies are revised and edited versions of a series that ran in the film periodical Classic Images.
Download or read book The Girl Who Walked Home Alone written by Charlotte Chandler and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-12-09 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of Human Bondage, Jezebel, All About Eve, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? Just this short list of Bette Davis' films gives an unmistakable sense of the role she played in twentieth-century cinema as one of the finest performers in Hollywood history. Drawing on an extensive series of conversations that took place during the last decade of Bette Davis' life, this biography draws heavily on the actresses own words. Looking back over the decades, from her teenage decision to become an actress to the pain and outrage over her daughter's bitter portrayal of her, Davis speaks with extraordinary candour. She explains how her father's abandonment of her a child reverberated through her four marriages, and discusses the persistent Hollywood legend that she was difficult to work with. Immersing readers in the drama and glamour of movie-making's golden age, The Girl Who Walked Home Alone is a startling portrait of an enduring icon.
Download or read book Elizabeth written by J. Randy Taraborrelli and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2006-08-29 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than six decades Elizabeth Taylor has been a part of our lives. Now acclaimed biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli looks past the tabloid version of Elizabeth's life and offers the first-ever fully realized portrait of this American icon. You'll meet her controlling mother who plotted her daughter's success from birth...see the qualities that catapulted Elizabeth to stardom in 1940s Hollywood...understand the psychological and emotional underpinnings behind the eight marriages...and, finally, rejoice in Elizabeth's most bravura performance of all: the new success in family, friendships, and philanthropy she achieved despite substance abuse and chronic illness. It's the story of the woman you thought you knew--and now can finally understand.
Download or read book Robert Mitchum written by Lee Server and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2002-03-06 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
