Download or read book More New Light On Movie Bests written by John Howard Reid and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-12-04 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning movie critic, John Howard Reid, provides full details and expert reviews for over 80 classic films which he feels would qualify as some of the best that Hollywood and other national studios have produced to date. Among these treasures are such movies as Beau Geste, Blues in the Night, Camille, Duck Soup, Fedora, The Great Gatsby, King Kong, The Shepherd of the Hills, Tales of Manhattan, Tom Jones, Trade Winds, Ace in the Hole/The Big Carnival, Bicycle Thieves, Trio, Crossfire, The Citadel, French Connection, Folly To Be Wise, Foreign Correspondent, Inherit the Wind, The Hound of the Baskervilles. (And the good news is that nearly all of the 80 are now available on DVD).
Download or read book A Risky Business Crime in the Movies written by John Howard Reid and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-08-02 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crime is not exactly a risky business for movie makers. In fact, this category has always been high on Hollywood's agenda, and there are very few crime films that have actually lost money. Crime and film noir make such a fascinating subject, that although the author set out to detail 150 of his favorite films, he has actually reviewed 185! 125 of these movies are also supplied with their exhaustive credit details, as well as copyright and other release information, plus a brief synopsis. Fortunately, many of these movies - both justly famous and even the unjustly neglected - are now available on DVD. Many are also frequently presented on pay TV.
Download or read book Success in the Cinema MoneyMaking Movies written by John Howard Reid and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2006-06-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Basically, there are three measures of success in the cinema. First off are pictures like "The Crowd" and "Applause" that achieve rave reviews and even go on to win awards, but don't recover their negative costs. Then there are the movies the critics hate, but the public enjoys. All three versions of "Back Street", for instance. Finally come the pictures everyone loves, like "From Here To Eternity" or "Sunset Boulevard". In the annals of success in Hollywood's Golden Age, one name stands out above all others: Cecil B. DeMille. His famous pictures reviewed here include both versions of "The Buccaneer", "The Crusades", "Sign of the Cross", "The Story of Dr Wassell" and "Union Pacific". But the book also notes a DeMille "B" movie that tied up a fair amount of money but proved so unpopular it was released in some territories as a support. The book also covers some of Hollywood's other disastrous failures, including the M-G-M movie that cost over $4 million to make and returned virtually nothing.
Download or read book Hollywood Classic Movies 1 written by John Reid and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2004-06-25 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone has a "best" list of favorite movies. I introduce my list and then provide complete details on 80 films, some from my "best" list, a few from my "worst", and a couple "in-between".
Download or read book 500 Famous Films written by John Howard Reid and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-09-13 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning films and movies, plus those motion pictures that were critically acclaimed, plus some purely personal picks (or should I say, "pix"?) figure in this new movie book by acclaimed (but also disparaged) critic, John Howard Reid. (You can't win them all!)
Download or read book Science fiction Fantasy Cinema written by John Howard Reid and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science-fiction, fantasy and horror movies cover a broad canvas including Frankenstein and Tod Slaughter, Dracula and Donald Duck, moon men and mad doctors, gorillas and crazy scientists, talking mules and helpful angels. Other categories covered in this book include Alien Encounters, Lost Worlds, Space Travel, Monsters, Creepy Old Houses, Phantom Killers, Mystery Thrillers, Animated Cartoons, and Horror Spoofs such as "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein."
Download or read book Great Cinema Detectives written by John Howard Reid and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2006-08-03 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing an overview of the entire thriller genre, this book examines over 160 movies from classic Hollywood and British studios, including such essential film noir entries as "Murder, My Sweet," "The Dark Corner," "The Maltese Falcon" and "Afraid To Talk." Great cinema detectives are represented by William Powell (all six of his Thin Man pictures are detailed and discussed), Basil Rathbone (Sherlock Holmes), Warner Oland (Charlie Chan), Sidney Toler (Charlie Chan), Peter Ustinov (Hercule Poirot), Margaret Rutherford (all four of her Miss Marple films are covered), and others including the Saint, the Falcon, Bulldog Drummond and Philo Vance. From director Alfred Hitchock comes "Notorious," "Saboteur," "Number 17" and "Rich and Strange." A few comedies and spoofs, such as "Satan Met a Lady" (an amazing re-make of the original "Maltese Falcon" with Bette Davis and Warren William) and "Who Done It?" (with Abbott and Costello) round out the survey.
Download or read book Great Hollywood Westerns written by John Howard Reid and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2006-09-20 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A round-up of favorite westerns from "Aces and Eights" to "River of No Return," from "Colorado Sundown" to "Under California Stars," from "Big Calibre" to "The Yodellin' Kid from Pine Ridge." Featured stars include Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Bill Boyd, Charles Starrett, Buck Jones, Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele, Rex Bell, Tex Ritter, Ken Maynard, Tim McCoy, Jack Perrin, Johnny Mack Brown, Robert Mitchum, Randolph Scott.
Download or read book Modern Wedding Photography written by michael allen and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-06-06 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael is an editorial photographer for Southern Bride Magazine, and has traveled all over the South, from Florida to New Orleans, and to such destinations as Mexico. His wedding photography style is beautiful and keeps his studio booked year round with weddings. Michael's commercial photography projects have also attracted a lot of attention, he shoots for major companies photographing such celebrity music stars as Lauren Alaina, Dierks Bentley, and many more. He has recently worked on a major shoot with Conde Naste for GQ magazine as an assistant photographer for Sebastion Kim, the worlds top fashion photographer. One of his recent portrait clients includes Leigh Anne Tuohy from the film "Blind Side". This book goes into detail about shooting high end weddings, photography styles, business management, marketing and the gear needed. A perfect book for new photographers that want to gain insights into the editorial side of wedding photography & what it takes to be a successful photographer.(Revised Edition)
Download or read book Hollywood s Classic Comedies Featuring Slapstick Romance Music Glamour Or Screwball Fun written by John Howard Reid and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007-06-26 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 200 films reviewed and rated, covering all genres of movie comedy from slapstick to sardonic, from madness to manners. Featured comedians include Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey, W.C. Fields, Will Rogers, Bob Hope, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Bing Crosby, The Three Stooges, Eddie Cantor, Charlie Chaplin, Jacques Tati, Sid Field, The Crazy Gang, George Burns and Gracie Allen, Jack Hulbert, Joe E. Brown, Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson, Clifton Webb, Red Skelton, Ronald Shiner, Cecil Kellaway, Norman Wisdom, Frankie Howerd, Toto, Arthur Askey, Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Claudette Colbert, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Joan Davis, Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Stanley Holloway, Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake.
Download or read book Classic Movies The Best and the Worst Pictures to see Films to avoid written by John Howard Reid and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-03-03 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gathered in this large volume paperback are some of Hollywood's best loved and most famous movies. In addition to the many film classics, however, the author has included a number of equally entertaining films that deserve to be better known. Many of these movies are now available on DVD. Full credits and detailed reviews are provided for over a hundred of these classic films. Over two hundred more movies are represented by short reviews. Many of the reviews contain DVD details. Of course, not all classic movies have surfaced on DVD to date, but they are being issued at the rate of around forty a month! If you love classic movies, this book will provide an invaluable guide to some of the enjoyable films that are now available (and also, of course, some of the disappointing films that you might wisely avoid).
Download or read book Zhang Yimou written by Frances K. Gateward and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eleven years of interviews with the acclaimed Chinese film director of such movies as Red Sorgham, Shanghai Triad, and Not One Less
Download or read book Best Life written by and published by . This book was released on 2006-07 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best Life magazine empowers men to continually improve their physical, emotional and financial well-being to better enjoy the most rewarding years of their life.
Download or read book PCPhoto Best Tips and Techniques for Digital Photography written by Lark Books and published by Lark Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best digital tips...from the world's leading digital photo periodical! PCPhoto presents the ultimate beginners' volume on going digital. It's packed with the magazine's best how-tos and tip-oriented articles, and covers information that's indispensable for the newcomer. In short, it serves as a welcoming portal into the digital world. Shooting techniques, cameras, and accessories are just the beginning. There's advice on using the camera controls and making sense of histograms, as well as coverage of a wide range of image processing options available in the digital darkroom. Check out the details of different types of editing software, and gain fundamental knowledge on how to create the best inkjet prints possible. There are 10 recipes for producing great photos, courtesy of PCPhoto editor Rob Sheppard and Wes G. Pitts; a list of digital dos and don'ts; guidance on color correction; and much, much more.
Download or read book HOLLYWOOD CLASSICS INDEX Books 1 16 A L written by John Howard Reid and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Best of Star Wars Insider Volume 9 The Original Trilogy written by Jonathan Wilkins and published by Titan Comics. This book was released on 2019-05-21 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Star Wars: The Original Trilogy celebrates Episodes IV-VI of the Star Wars saga: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi. This collection includes classic interviews with Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels, Billy Dee Williams and profiles of actors Sir Alex Guinness and Harrison Ford. Also included are in-depth examinations of key scenes, essential trivia and rarely seen images from the creation of the epic space fantasy that changed cinema forever.
Download or read book The Best Years of British Film Music 1936 1958 written by Jan G. Swynnoe and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2002 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the British contribution to film music, detailing the idiosyncracies of British film, and showing how the differences between it and Hollywood affected composers on both sides of the Atlantic. Jan Swynnoe's study is concerned with the special British contribution to film music, detailing how the idiosyncracies of British film, and of the British character, set it apart from its Hollywood counterpart. She shows how the differences between the two industries in all aspects of film making variously affected composers on both sides of the Atlantic. In the mid 1930s, when film composers in America were perfecting the formulae of the classical Hollywood score, film music in Britain scarcely existed; within a year or so, however, top British composers were scoring British films. How this transformation was brought about, and how established British concert composers, including Vaughan Williams and Arnold Bax, faced the challenge of the exacting and often bewildering art of scoring for feature film, is vividly described here, and the resulting scores compared with the work of seasoned Hollywood composers. JAN SWYNNOE researched the material on which her book is based over several years, at the same time pursuing her musical life as pianist, percussionist and composer.
