Download or read book Acting Counsel written by Morgana Bevan and published by Kings of Screen. This book was released on 2023-06-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A forced proximity Hollywood romance following an attorney, her irresistible client, a British A-list actor, and the forbidden kiss that will either ignite their romance or destroy their careers.

Download or read book Defying Ella A Close Proximity Rock Star Romance written by Morgana Bevan and published by C Bevan Publishing. This book was released on 2022-09-27 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy the fourth in the True Platinum Series from Morgana Bevan - a steamy enemies-to-lovers rock star romance following the bad boy drummer with a secret snowed-in with his off-limits obsession. ✓ One cabin in the Italian Alps ✓ A sexy, but grumpy bad-boy drummer with a secret ✓ A sassy, but sunny heroine ready for a break ✓ Two enemies trapped without escape by a snowstorm ✓ And the power cut forcing them to share a bed One cabin, one badly timed snowstorm, and one asshole drummer. What could possibly go wrong? He has it – that thing. You know the one I mean, right? It’s not just the natural-born talent that cascades from him in musical waves when he's on stage, and it’s more than drive, more than passion. It’s the one indescribable thing I can’t nail down for myself, and the man I despise more than anything right now, is throwing it away like it’s nothing. It’s infuriating. He’s infuriating. I didn't expect to spend so much time with him, near him, on this tour. And so, when the opportunity arose to escape to the quiet of the cabin, I took it. Only for the self-obsessed prick to turn up not long after. Now, I can’t escape him and the reminders of the week we shared, what feels like a lifetime ago. He’s got what I want, what I need. But can he help me find mine? And do I even want him to? === Defying Ella is a steamy rockstar romance. It is the fourth book following the Rhiannon men and the fourth in the True Platinum Series. Can be read as a standalone. If you love bad boy rock stars with a secret soft side meeting their match in an optimistic, strong-willed heroine, then Defying Ella is for you. For Readers Who Like Work By Kylie Scott, Crystal Kaswell, Olivia Cunning, Toni Kenyon, Sian Ceinwen, Carian Cole, Tania Joyce, and Terri Anne Browning. Other books in the True Platinum series: Chasing Alys (A Strangers-to-Lovers Rock Star Romance) Winning Nia (A Second Chance Rock Star Romance) Enticing Mel (A Secret Baby Rock Star Romance) Defying Ella (A Close Proximity Rock Star Romance) Needing Emily (An Accidental Vegas Wedding/ Runaway Bride Rock Star Romance) Braving Lily (An Opposites Attract Rock Star Romance) Daring Ceri (A Second Chance Rock Star Romance) Keywords: contemporary romance, rockstar romance, Morgana Bevan, True Platinum Series, British rock band, Welsh heroes, Wales-based romance, strong women, hot and steamy sexy times, fast burn, secret cinnamon roll, drummer, music romance, musician romance, close proximity, snowed-in, trapped in a cabin, Enemies-to-lovers, grumpy sunshine, best friend's sister, one bed, celebrity romance, bad boy, anxiety-ridden hero

Download or read book Charming Daphne A Close Proximity Rock Star Romance Novella written by Morgana Bevan and published by Morgana Bevan. This book was released on 2022-10-25 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A steamy rock star romance from Welsh romance author, Morgana Bevan. ✔️ A hot, Scottish red-haired band manager ✔️ A feisty, grudge-holding entertainment lawyer ✔️ A surprise second chance in a close proximity ✔️ Quick, binge-able read ✔️ And fiery scenes inside an elevator. There’s always one, isn’t there? And he was it; Matt Brodie. The one that sabotaged my biggest opportunity. I picked my ass up and changed the game plan, I found another way. But I never would have had to, if he hadn’t stepped in and blocked my path. I thought I’d put it behind me and moved on with my life, but when he steps in before the elevator doors close, I know I haven’t. It’s been five years and now I’m trapped in an enclosed space with the biggest obstacle I’ve ever faced. Will I be forced to work with my unresolved feelings? Or can he find his way back in to my good graces? Charming Daphne is a steamy rock star romance and is a companion novella to the True Platinum series. Can be read as a standalone. Join Daphne and Matt trapped in the elevator and watch the sparks fly. For Readers Who Like Work By Kylie Scott, Crystal Kaswell, Olivia Cunning, Toni Kenyon, Sian Ceinwen, Carian Cole, Tania Joyce, and Terri Anne Browning. Other books in the True Platinum series: Chasing Alys (A Strangers-to-Lovers Rock Star Romance) Winning Nia (A Second Chance Rock Star Romance) Enticing Mel (A Secret Baby Rock Star Romance) Defying Ella (A Close Proximity Rock Star Romance) Needing Emily (An Accidental Vegas Wedding/ Runaway Bride Rock Star Romance) Braving Lily (An Opposites Attract Rock Star Romance) Daring Ceri (A Second Chance Rock Star Romance)

Download or read book Chasing Alys A Rock Star Romance written by Morgana Bevan and published by C Bevan Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy this rock star romance from steamy romance author Morgana Bevan, the first in the True Platinum Series... ✔️ A Cinnamon Roll. British Rock Star ✔️ A Love Resistant, Jaded Heroine ✔️ He Falls First ✔️ A Ride-Or-Die Best Friend ✔️ And a hard-won one-night stand that doesn’t end there. Rockstars don't chase, they get chased. Until he met her. Ryan Evans was meant to be a fling. Men don’t change and I don’t do serious. Especially not with rock stars. Once a player, always a player. And all men, in my experience, are. It's like they can't help themselves. Usually, that reminder is enough. I dismiss most before I even meet them. Especially the hot ones. But now Ryan, lead singer of Rhiannon, wants more. He keeps turning up, tempting me with his kisses and wearing me down with his charm, insisting that this time it's different. That he's different, and I'm the one he can't forget. Against every reason not to, I'm starting to believe that maybe he's right. ==== Chasing Alys is a slow burn steamy rock star romance. The first in the True Platinum series, this spicy contemporary romance follows Ryan as he tries to convince Alys that he's in this for the long haul. If you enjoy hot British, cinnamon roll heroes, Welsh settings, take no-nonsense heroines, hookups gone wrong and steamy love scenes, you'll love getting lost in Ryan and Alys's story. Discover your next book boyfriend now! For Readers Who Like Work By Kylie Scott, Crystal Kaswell, Olivia Cunning, Toni Kenyon and Sian Ceinwen. Other books in the True Platinum series: Chasing Alys (A Strangers-to-Lovers Rock Star Romance) Winning Nia (A Second Chance Rock Star Romance) Enticing Mel (A Secret Baby Rock Star Romance) Defying Ella (A Close Proximity Rock Star Romance) Needing Emily (An Accidental Vegas Wedding/ Runaway Bride Rock Star Romance) Braving Lily (An Opposites Attract Rock Star Romance) Daring Ceri (A Second Chance Rock Star Romance)

Download or read book Braving Lily An Opposites Attract Rock Star Romance written by Morgana Bevan and published by C Bevan Publishing. This book was released on 2023-03-21 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy the fifth steamy rock star romance in the True Platinum Series from Morgana Bevan - an opposites attract romance following the superstar lead singer of The Brightside and the nerdy normal guy determined to resist her. ✓ A female rock star ✓ A nerdy, wounded British app developer ✓ A second chance at love ✓ Opposites attract ✓ And an unlikely meet cute What happens when the limelight isn't all it was meant to be? Lily It's like the entire world is rushing ahead and I just want to stop the ride, I want to get off. I need a rest. A break. An easy half-hour with someone who doesn't have stars in their eyes and money on their mind. So, I sold a date in a charity auction, and when the recipient doesn't even bother to turn up, I question whether normal men are worth the effort. Turns out the rock star variety aren't. But it irks me. Men don't stand me up – nobody does. I'm Lily Tyler, goddamnit. What I know of this man is enough to pique my interest, and I'm not going to take no for an answer now. I'm having this date, one way or another. Rhys A setup, with a rockstar, organised by my mother. That's not what I'm looking for. Some self-entitled little girl looking for a doe-eyed boy to worship her, I think not. It's safe to say, after my marriage crumbled before my eyes, that I'm not interested in opening myself up to any kind of heartbreak again, ever. But when I find myself backed into a corner, when she's asking for nothing more than a coffee, can I say no? Will Lily manage to strong-arm her way into this date? Will Rhys get more than he bargained for if she does? ----- Braving Lily is a steamy rock star romance. It's the fifth book in the True Platinum series. Can be read as a standalone. If you love strong and sassy rock stars falling for the heartbroken boy next door, then Braving Lily is for you. For Readers Who Like Work By Kylie Scott, Crystal Kaswell, Olivia Cunning, Toni Kenyon, Sian Ceinwen, Carian Cole, Tania Joyce, and Terri Anne Browning. Other books in the True Platinum series: Chasing Alys (A Strangers-to-Lovers Rock Star Romance) Winning Nia (A Second Chance Rock Star Romance) Enticing Mel (A Secret Baby Rock Star Romance) Defying Ella (A Close Proximity Rock Star Romance) Needing Emily (An Accidental Vegas Wedding/ Runaway Bride Rock Star Romance) Braving Lily (An Opposites Attract Rock Star Romance) Daring Ceri (A Second Chance Rock Star Romance) Keywords: contemporary romance, rockstar romance, Morgana Bevan, True Platinum Series, British rock band, Welsh heroes, Wales-based romance, strong women, hot and steamy sexy times, fast burn, secret cinnamon roll, music romance, musician romance, celebrity romance, auction date, opposites attract, nerd gets the girl, grumpy sunshine, reverse billionaire

Download or read book Needing Emily An Accidental Marriage Rock Star Romance written by Morgana Bevan and published by C Bevan Publishing. This book was released on 2023-02-07 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A steamy rock star romance from Welsh romance author, Morgana Bevan. ✔️A cinnamon roll rockstar ✔️A runaway bride ✔️An accidental marriage in Vegas ✔️And an opportunity to fall in love after marriage One night in Vegas with Owen Parry. It should have been simple. It wasn’t. He’s hot. He’s always been hot. Half of the problem is that he knows it - something the Marable following aren’t shy about letting him know. Of course, with a few drinks in hand, one thing led to another. You can see where this is going... What I wasn’t expecting, was the ring I woke up wearing. I’m not ashamed to say I ran. I have no doubt he's only looking for arm candy, this rock star life isn't made for marriage. For love. Either way, the knock on my door comes as a surprise. He’s here, and he wants a chance to get to know his wife. Is there more to Owen than meets the eye, or should you always go with your gut? Needing Emily is a steamy rockstar romance. It’s an accompanying novella to the True Platinum Series. Can be read as a standalone. If you love cinnamon roll rock stars that fight for what, and who, they want and a heroine struggling to believe she’s enough, then Needing Emily is for you. For Readers Who Like Work By Kylie Scott, Crystal Kaswell, Olivia Cunning, Toni Kenyon, Sian Ceinwen, Carian Cole, Tania Joyce, and Terri Anne Browning. Other books in the True Platinum series: Chasing Alys (A Strangers-to-Lovers Rock Star Romance) Winning Nia (A Second Chance Rock Star Romance) Enticing Mel (A Secret Baby Rock Star Romance) Defying Ella (A Close Proximity Rock Star Romance) Needing Emily (An Accidental Vegas Wedding/ Runaway Bride Rock Star Romance) Braving Lily (An Opposites Attract Rock Star Romance) Daring Ceri (A Second Chance Rock Star Romance)

Download or read book Winning Nia A Second Chance Rock Star Romance written by Morgana Bevan and published by Morgana Bevan. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy the second steamy rock star romance in the True Platinum Series from Morgana Bevan - a second chance romance following a struggling band photographer and the guitarist who broke her heart. ✓ A secretly soft, tattooed British rock star ✓ A stubborn heroine refusing to be won a second time ✓ A surprise second chance with a tempting offer she can’t refuse ✓ Sparks flying despite a broken heart ten years past ✓ And two awesome, Ride-or-Die BFFs I don't need a rockstar to be my knight in shining armour. Especially one who already had his chance. My first love broke my heart when I was sixteen. James Tyler was everything I’d ever wanted, until he up and left. That’s what I get for falling for a musician whose plans for world domination never included me. My second love, photography, would never let me down. Or so I thought until I discovered that making it as a music photographer is a lot harder in reality than in my dreams – and my savings account can only take a beating for so long until I have to swallow my pride and start grovelling to my arrogant, estranged father. And if things couldn’t get any worse, James is back… Arriving with a job offer I shouldn’t refuse, and a confession big enough to send shockwaves through the past, he throws my entire life upside down. But I don’t care how successful his band is or that he insists I’m the one for him. If he thinks I forgive him tossing me aside ten years ago, he’s got another thing coming. To anyone else, James is a second chance wrapped in muscle and black ink. Too bad for him, I’ve never believed in second chances. ==== Winning Nia is a steamy rock star romance. It is the second book following the Rhiannon men and the second in the True Platinum Series. Can be read as a standalone. If you love obsessed rock stars, determined independent heroines who want to solve their own problems and childhood sweethearts getting a second chance, then Winning Nia is for you. Get it now! For Readers Who Like Work By Kylie Scott, Crystal Kaswell, Olivia Cunning, Toni Kenyon, Sian Ceinwen, Carian Cole, Tania Joyce, and Terri Anne Browning. Other books in the True Platinum series: Chasing Alys (A Strangers-to-Lovers Rock Star Romance) Winning Nia (A Second Chance Rock Star Romance) Enticing Mel (A Secret Baby Rock Star Romance) Defying Ella (A Close Proximity Rock Star Romance) Needing Emily (An Accidental Vegas Wedding/ Runaway Bride Rock Star Romance) Braving Lily (An Opposites Attract Rock Star Romance) Daring Ceri (A Second Chance Rock Star Romance) Keywords: contemporary romance, rockstar romance, Morgana Bevan, True Platinum Series, British rock band, Welsh heroes, Wales-based romance, strong women, hot and steamy sexy times, fast burn, secret cinnamon roll, guitarist, band photographer, music romance, musician romance, close proximity, second chance, celebrity romance, childhood sweethearts

Download or read book Marrying Olivia An Accidental Vegas Wedding Rock Star Romance written by Morgana Bevan and published by C Bevan Publishing. This book was released on 2024-05-23 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sizzling, opposites-attract rock star romance from Welsh author, Morgana Bevan. ✓ One instalove chance encounter ✓ A small-town girl with big dreams and an even bigger crush ✓ A sexy, but jaded world-famous bassist searching for inspiration ✓ and the relationship they’re keeping secret during a world tour A rock star romance that began with a teenage crush...and led to an unexpected "I do." Lewis I've spent years perfecting the art of keeping people at arm's length. But Olivia, with her angel's voice and her heart on her sleeve, slips past my defences like they're made of paper. She makes me want things I never thought I could have. Love. Commitment. A future. But the price of fame is high, and I don't know if I'm strong enough to pay it. Olivia All I’ve ever wanted is to share my music with the world. But I never imagined I'd get to open for The Brightside, the band I've idolised since high school. And I definitely didn't expect to fall for Lewis, their sexy bassist who once graced my teenage bedroom walls. One wild night in Vegas, and we wake up hitched. Now I'm torn between my teenage fantasy and the fear of getting my heart broken by a man who's never had to let anyone in. Can we turn this accidental marriage into a forever kind of love? Marrying Olivia is a steamy, opposites-attract rock star romance about a small-town singer and her teenage crush turned accidental husband. For readers who love watching sparks fly, navigating the challenges of fame, and proving that sometimes, the biggest risks lead to the greatest rewards.

Download or read book Daring Ceri A Second Chance Rock Star Romance written by Morgana Bevan and published by Morgana Bevan. This book was released on 2023-09-26 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New spicy rock star romance from Welsh romance author, Morgana Bevan. ✓ A surprise marriage ✓ and a second chance at love ✓ for a playboy rockstar ✓ and an ex-dancer ✓ forced proximity on tour ✓ tour bus antics and smexy times ✓ and best of all, he’s all in from the start! The spotlights stole her heart once. Now they're stealing her future — and she's not leaving without a fight. Alex Who knew a drunken ceremony in Fiji could be legally binding? Not me, but I'm not complaining. I couldn't figure out how to make her give me a second chance, how to prove I've changed from the jerk who dumped her years ago. Now I have my chance to show her the man I've become — and this time, the finale will be just the start. Ceri I'm engaged. I've moved on. Yet destiny drops the man who broke my heart back into my life with no warning. Now the rock god who ditched me for fame is blackmailing me into a three-month tour that will wreck everything I've worked for. I know better. Some days, I hate him. But despite our history, his rhythm still calls to me. I won't be another conquest. If he thinks I'll surrender to the same fantasy that ruined me before, he's wrong. But refusing him could mean losing it all. Daring Ceri is a steamy second chance rock star romance following two childhood sweethearts and an eight-year-old accidental marriage. For readers who love forced proximity, second chance love, and the kind of romance that never fades. For Readers Who Like Work By Kylie Scott, Olivia Cunning, Toni Kenyon, and Terri Anne Browning. Other books in the True Platinum series: Chasing Alys (A Strangers-to-Lovers Rock Star Romance) Charming Daphne (A Forced Proximity Rock Star Romance) Winning Nia (A Second Chance Rock Star Romance) Enticing Mel (A Secret Baby Rock Star Romance) Defying Ella (A Close Proximity Rock Star Romance) Needing Emily (An Accidental Vegas Wedding/ Runaway Bride Rock Star Romance) Braving Lily (An Opposites Attract Rock Star Romance) Daring Ceri (A Second Chance Rock Star Romance) Marrying Olivia (An Accidental Vegas Wedding Rock Star Romance)

Download or read book Enticing Mel A Secret Baby Rock Star Romance written by Morgana Bevan and published by Morgana Bevan. This book was released on 2022-05-31 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy the third steamy romance in the True Platinum Series from Morgana Bevan - A second chance secret baby romance following the loveable giant bassist and the one that got away with a toddler-sized secret. What happens when your past catches up with your present? I’m not sure I want to know. Five years ago, my childhood sweetheart left me with more than a broken heart as his band rose to stardom. I’ve tried to move on and build a life without him. I should’ve known the peace wouldn’t last. Eventually, his band would come home, and I’d be forced to face the dreamy bassist who still owns my heart. But I’ve been hiding something and my secret is about to be revealed. As much as I don’t want his flaky lifestyle impacting my daughter — our daughter — I can’t lie anymore. Dan still makes my heart flutter and steals my breath. He’s sure we can pick up where we left off now that he’s not touring. But I’m not the carefree girl anymore, and I’m not sure I can let him in again, not when someone else’s heart is on the line. Will I listen when my head says no? Or will he be able to entice my heart once more? === Enticing Mel is a steamy rock star romance. It’s the third book following the Rhiannon men and the third in the True Platinum Series. Can be read as a standalone. If you love obsessed rock stars and childhood sweethearts getting a second chance with a secret baby keeping the heroine on her toes, then Enticing Mel is for you. For Readers Who Like Work By Kylie Scott, Crystal Kaswell, Olivia Cunning, Toni Kenyon, Sian Ceinwen, Carian Cole, Tania Joyce, and Terri Anne Browning. Other books in the True Platinum series: Chasing Alys (A Strangers-to-Lovers Rock Star Romance) Winning Nia (A Second Chance Rock Star Romance) Enticing Mel (A Secret Baby Rock Star Romance) Defying Ella (A Close Proximity Rock Star Romance) Needing Emily (An Accidental Vegas Wedding/ Runaway Bride Rock Star Romance) Braving Lily (An Opposites Attract Rock Star Romance) Daring Ceri (A Second Chance Rock Star Romance) Keywords: contemporary romance, rockstar romance, Morgana Bevan, True Platinum Series, British rock band, Welsh heroes, Wales-based romance, strong women, hot and steamy sexy times, fast burn, secret cinnamon roll, bassist, band photographer, music romance, musician romance, close proximity, second chance, secret baby, single mother, childhood sweethearts

Download or read book Caught Up In a Rockstar A Rock Star Romance Boxset Books 4 6 written by Morgana Bevan and published by Morgana Bevan. This book was released on 2024-07-16 with total page 845 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THREE BOOKS IN THE TRUE PLATINUM SERIES! Over 700 pages long! DEFYING ELLA One snowstorm. One cabin. One infuriating drummer. Ella's determined to resist Jared's magnetic pull, but when they're trapped together, sparks fly. Can she see past his arrogance to the passion that drives him, or will their rocky history keep them out of sync? BRAVING LILY A rock star desperate for normalcy. A man burned by love. When Lily and Rhys cross paths after a missed charity date, sparks fly – but not the kind either expected. Will Lily's determination to have her date lead to something more, or will Rhys's guarded heart keep them apart? DARING CERI She's moved on. He wants redemption. When a drunken Fijian ceremony comes back to haunt them, Ceri and Alex are forced to confront their past. Will three months on tour mend their broken melody, or prove that some second chances are too dangerous to take? If you love captivating rock star romances filled with stubborn British heroes, fiery heroines who don't back down, and love stories that hit all the right notes, then this True Platinum Series collection will have you swooning from the first page to the last.

Download or read book A Date With A Rockstar A Rock Star Romance Boxset Books 1 3 written by Morgana Bevan and published by Morgana Bevan. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 998 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THREE BOOKS IN THE TRUE PLATINUM SERIES! Over 1000 pages long! ✔️ 3 Welsh Cinnamon roll rockstars ✔️ 3 heroes who are all in even though the heroines are resistant AF ✔️ 3 spicy reads ✔️ 2 second chances ✔️ 2 childhood sweethearts ✔️ 1 one night stand gone wrong ✔️ 1 secret baby ✔️ 1 bearded bassit Chasing Alys I’m determined to resist Ryan Evan’s charms. Who cares if he has a voice that lights me up? Our beats are thoroughly out of sync. I am definitely never again waking up to a stupid thank you note, for a night that shouldn’t have happened, with a guy who’s already on a plane out of here. But still, he creeps into my heart… and my bed, until I’m so wound up in him, there’s only one way it can possibly end… Winning Nia I don't need a rockstar to be my knight in shining armour. Not after James Tyler shattered my heart when I was sixteen. But life has a twisted sense of humour, throwing the guitarist back into my world with a tempting job offer and a confession that threatens to unravel everything. He thinks I'll forgive and forget, but I'm no believer in second chances. Enticing Mel Five years ago, my childhood sweetheart left me to chase fame. Now he's back, wanting to pick up where we left off. As much as I don’t want his flaky lifestyle impacting my daughter — our daughter — I can’t lie anymore. Dan Lloyd still makes my heart flutter. But I’m not the carefree girl anymore. I don’t know if I can let him in again, not when someone else’s heart is on the line. Will I listen when my head says no? Or will he be able to entice my heart once more? If you love captivating rock star romances filled with British cinnamon roll heroes, second chances, secret babies, hookups gone wrong, and take-no-nonsense heroines, then the True Platinum Series boxset will sweep you off your feet.

Download or read book Women Method Acting and the Hollywood Film written by Keri Walsh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-04-26 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women, Method Acting, and the Hollywood Film is the first study dedicated to understanding the work of female Method actors on film. While Method acting on film has typically been associated with the explosive machismo of actors like Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro, this book explores an alternate tradition within the Method—the work that women from the Actors Studio did in Hollywood. Covering the period from the end of the Second World War until the 1970s, this study shows how the women associated with the Actors Studio increasingly used Method acting in ways that were compatible with their burgeoning feminist political commitments and developed a style of feminist Method acting. The book examines the complex intersection of Method acting, sexuality, and gender by analyzing performances such as Kim Hunter’s in A Streetcar Named Desire, Julie Harris’s in The Member of the Wedding, Shelley Winters’s in The Big Knife, Geraldine Page’s in Sweet Bird of Youth, and Jane Fonda’s in Coming Home. Challenging the longstanding assumption that Method acting’s approaches were harmful to women and incompatible with feminism, this book argues that some of Hollywood’s most interesting female actors, and leading feminists, emerged from the Actors Studio in the period between the 1950s and the 1970s. Written for students and scholars of Film Studies, Cultural Studies, Theatre and Performance Studies, and Gender Studies, Women, Method Acting, and the Hollywood Film reshapes the way we think of a central strain in American screen acting, and in doing so, allows women a new stake in that tradition.

Download or read book Screen World Presents the Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors From the silent era to 1965 written by Barry Monush and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2003 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Applause Books). For decades, Screen World has been the film professional's, as well as the film buff's, favorite and indispensable annual screen resource, full of all the necessary statistics and facts. Now Screen World editor Barry Monush has compiled another comprehensive work for every film lover's library. In the first of two volumes, this book chronicles the careers of every significant film actor, from the earliest silent screen stars Chaplin, Pickford, Fairbanks to the mid-1960s, when the old studio and star systems came crashing down. Each listing includes: a brief biography, photos from the famed Screen World archives, with many rare shots; vital statistics; a comprehensive filmography; and an informed, entertaining assessment of each actor's contributions good or bad! In addition to every major player, Monush includes the legions of unjustly neglected troupers of yesteryear. The result is a rarity: an invaluable reference tool that's as much fun to read as a scandal sheet. It pulsates with all the scandal, glamour, oddity and glory that was the lifeblood of its subjects. Contains over 1,000 photos!

Download or read book By Love Reclaimed written by Adrian Finkelstein and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-07 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In July 1932, MGM producer and notorious nice guy Paul Bern marries the love of his life, screen icon Jean Harlow. Two months later, he is found shot to death in their Benedict Canyon home, the victim of a Hollywood cover-up that eventually portrays him in the media as a sick, impotent wife-beater. Modern day intuitive Valerie Franich and renowned psychiatrist Adrian Finkelstein partner together in order to dispel Hollywood lore and share the true story of Harlow and Bern. Through the use of hypnotic regressions and extensive research, Franich and Finkelstein offer a glimpse into the life of the young ingénue as she makes her way in Hollywood, falls in love with the older Bern, and becomes the innocent prey of MGM boss Louis Mayer who fixes the evidence to make her beloved husband's death look like a suicide. As Harlow returns to reclaim her husband's good name and stellar reputation, she reminds everyone that love is indeed eternal. By Love Reclaimed shares an enlightening and heartwarming look at reincarnation and the Hollywood scene during the 1930s while shedding a new light on an old mystery. Winner of The Pinnacle Book Achievement Award for Fall 2012

Download or read book Lillian Gish written by Stuart Oderman and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a theatrical career spanning nearly 100 years, Gish saw motion pictures evolve from flickers to blockbusters. Usually playing someone needing to be rescued or protected, her trademark delicacy and vulnerability belied a strong and complex woman whose fatherless childhood taught her frugality, love for her mother and her sister, Dorothy, and a distrust of men. The author, who was her friend, chronicles the hardships, heartaches, and fierce determination that shaped her all her days. With rare photographs and intimate recollections of Lillian, Dorothy, and many other important figures.

Download or read book Unfriendly Witnesses written by Milly S. Barranger and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2008-06-10 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unfriendly Witnesses: Gender, Theater, and Film in the McCarthy Era examines the experiences of seven prominent women of stage and screen whose lives and careers were damaged by the McCarthy-era “witch hunts” for Communists and Communist sympathizers in the entertainment industry: Judy Holliday, Anne Revere, Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Parker, Margaret Webster, Mady Christians, and Kim Hunter. The effects on women of the anti-Communist crusades that swept the nation between 1947 and 1962 have been largely overlooked by cultural critics and historians, who have instead focused their attention on the men of the period. Author Milly S. Barranger looks at the gender issues inherent in the investigations and at the destructive impact the investigations had on the lives and careers of these seven women—and on American film and theater and culture in general. Issues of gender and politics surface in the women’s testimony before the committeemen, labeled “unfriendly” because the women refused to name names. Unfriendly Witnesses redresses the absence of women’s histories during this era of modern political history and identifies the enduring strains of McCarthyism in postmillennial America. Barranger recreates the congressional and state hearings that addressed the alleged Communist influence in the entertainment industry and examines in detail the cases of these seven women, including the appearance of actress Judy Holliday before the committee of Senator Pat McCarran, who aimed to limit the immigration of Eastern Europeans; actress Anne Revere and playwright Lillian Hellman, appearing before the House Un-American Activities Committee, sought the protections of the Fifth Amendment with different outcomes; of writer Dorothy Parker, who testified before a New York state legislative committee investigating contributions to “front” groups; and of director Margaret Webster, before Senator Joseph McCarthy’s subcommittee, whose aim was the indictment of Senator J. William Fulbright and the U.S. State Department. None escaped subsequent blacklisting, denial of employment, and notations in FBI files that they were threats to national security. Unfriendly Witnesses is enhanced by nine illustrations and extensive excerpts from Red Channels: The Report of Communist Influence in Radio and Television, originally published in 1950 at the height of the Red Scare, and which listed 151 allegedly subversive writers, directors, and performers. Barranger includes the complete entries from Red Channels for the seven women she discusses, which include the “subversive” affiliations that prompted the women’s interrogation by the government.