Download or read book Pictures and the Picturegoer 1924 Vol 7 written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Pictures and the Picturegoer, 1924, Vol. 7: The Screen Magazine Anyone born upon March 4 has his character formed by Uranus, which would render him rather changeable in ideas and actions. This very changeability, however, makes for extreme progressiveness in all matters. Any forlorn hope which requires new ideas will be the better for the counsel of a Uranus subject, as his creative thoughts are prolific. Health of the March 4 born is also apt to vary, as one day an Uranus subject will be {rightfully ill and the next as well as ever. Quick recoveries are invariably the rule. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Silent Film Adaptations of Novels by British and American Women Writers 1903 1929 written by Jamie Barlowe and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-08-08 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Silent Film Adaptations of Novels by British and American Women Writers, 1903–1929 focuses on fifty-three silent film adaptations of the novels of acclaimed authors George Eliot, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Mary Shelley, Louisa May Alcott, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Willa Cather, and Edith Wharton. Many of the films are unknown or dismissed, and most of them are degraded, destroyed, or lost—burned in warehouse fires, spontaneously combusted in storage cans, or quietly turned to dust. Their content and production and distribution details are reconstructed through archival resources as individual narratives that, when considered collectively, constitute a broader narrative of lost knowledge—a fragmented and buried early twentieth-century story now reclaimed and retold for the first time to a twenty-first-century audience. This collective narrative also demonstrates the extent to which the adaptations are intertextually and ideologically entangled with concurrently released early “woman’s films” to re-promote and re-instill the norm of idealized white, married, domesticated womanhood during a time of extraordinary cultural change for women. Retelling this lost narrative also allows for a reassessment of the place and function of the adaptations in the development of the silent film industry and as cinematic precedent for the hundreds of sound adaptations of the literary texts of these eight women writers produced from 1931 to the 2020s.

Download or read book Transition and Transformation written by Bo Florin and published by Amsterdam University Press. This book was released on 2012-12-24 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Victor Sjöström (1879-1960), or Victor Seastrom as he was known during his Hollywood career, was undoubtedly one of the most renowned silent film directors. Focusing on his masterpieces such as 'The Scarlet Letter' and 'The Wind', but also including films he had made in Sweden before moving to Hollywood, as well as film fragments and films considered lost, Florin analyses Sjöström's austere and naturalistic style and the transformations it underwent during his Hollywood years.

Download or read book Sherlock Holmes The Hero With a Thousand Faces written by David MacGregor and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sherlock Holmes: The Hero With a Thousand Faces ambitiously takes on the task of explaining the continued popularity of Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective over the course of three centuries. In plays, films, TV shows, and other media, one generation after another has reimagined Holmes as a romantic hero, action hero, gentleman hero, recovering drug addict, weeping social crusader, high-functioning sociopath, and so on. In essence, Sherlock Holmes has become the blank slate upon which we write the heroic formula that best suits our time and place. Volume One looks at the social and cultural environment in which Sherlock Holmes came to fame. Victorian novelists like Anthony Trollope and William Thackeray had pointedly written "novels without a hero," because in their minds any well-ordered and well-mannered society would have no need for heroes or heroic behavior. Unfortunately, this was at odds with a reality in which criminals like Jack the Ripper stalked the streets and people didn't trust the police, who were generally regarded as corrupt and incompetent. Into this gap stepped the world's first consulting detective, an amateur reasoner of some repute by the name of Sherlock Holmes, who shot to fame in the pages of The Strand Magazine in 1891. When Conan Doyle proceeded to kill Holmes off in 1893, it was American playwright, director, and actor William Gillette who brought the character back to life in his 1899 play Sherlock Holmes, creating a sensation on both sides of the Atlantic with his romantic version of Holmes, and cementing his place as the definitive Sherlock Holmes until the late 1930s. By that point, Sherlock Holmes had developed a cult following who facetiously maintained that Holmes was a real person, formed clubs like The Baker Street Irregulars, and introduced the idea of cosplay to the embryonic world of fandom. These well-educated fanboys subsequently became the self-assigned protectors of Sherlock Holmes, anxious that their version of the character not be besmirched or defamed in any way. In spite of this, there was considerable besmirching and defaming to be seen in the early silent films featuring Sherlock Holmes, which effectively turned him into an action hero due to the lack of sound. When sound films took the industry by storm in the late 1920s, there were a numbers of pretenders who reached for the Sherlock Holmes crown, including Clive Brook, Reginald Owen, and Raymond Massey, but it took more than a decade before a new definitive Sherlock Holmes would be crowned in 1939 in the person of Basil Rathbone.

Download or read book Colour Films in Britain written by Sarah Street and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-25 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did the coming of colour change the British film industry? Unlike sound, the arrival of colour did not revolutionise the industry overnight. For British film-makers and enthusiasts, colour was a controversial topic. While it was greeted by some as an exciting development – with scope for developing a uniquely British aesthetic – others were deeply concerned. How would audiences accustomed to seeing black-and-white films – which were commonly regarded as being superior to their garish colour counterparts – react? Yet despite this initial trepidation, colour captivated many British inventors and film-makers. Using different colour processes, these innovators produced films that demonstrated remarkable experimentation and quality. Sarah Street's illuminating study is the first to trace the history of colour in British cinema, and analyses the use of colour in a range of films, both fiction and non-fiction, including The Open Road, The Glorious Adventure, This is Colour, Blithe Spirit, This Happy Breed, Black Narcissus, The Red Shoes, The Tales of Hoffmann and Moulin Rouge. Beautifully illustrated with full colour film stills, this important study provides fascinating insights into the complex process whereby the challenges and opportunities of new technologies are negotiated within creative practice. The book also includes a Technical Appendix by Simon Brown (Kingston University, UK), which provides further details of the range of colour processes used by British film-makers.

Download or read book Early American Cinema written by Anthony Slide and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a concise history of the American motion picture industry before 1920.

Download or read book Texas Gothic written by James Pylant and published by Jacobus Books. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It began in the 1800s. In the Texas town of Mineral Wells, people drinking the strange-tasting water claimed to be cured of insanity, rheumatism, and terminal illness. Discovery of the phenomenon beguiled thousands of tourists, curiosity seekers, and the afflicted who desperately sought cures. Yet, the town that promoted its “crazy water” attracted eccentric citizens, including wealthy Will and Anna Johnson, who, unable to cope with the deaths of their children, spared no expense in preserving the bodies for entombment in a mausoleum; paperclip inventor David Galbraith, the builder of a house in the shape of a honeycomb; and influential mortician Bob Beetham, who gained power by keeping the town’s secrets. In Texas Gothic, author James Pylant also uncovers the mysterious life of beautiful and ambitious Mineral Wells resident Corinne Griffith. After becoming a famous star of the silent screen and one of America’s richest women, she made a shocking courtroom claim that she was not the “real” Corinne Griffith. Under the looming 14-story Baker Hotel, Mineral Wells thrived with visits from movie stars; yet, the “crazy water” beckoned exploiters and predators. Texas Gothic reveals true tales of the town’s forgotten past: murder, white slavery, prostitution, and mysterious deaths.

Download or read book Pola Negri written by Sergio Delgado and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Femme fatale Pola Negri (1897-1987) was one of the great stars of the silent film era, an actress whose personal story of hardships and successes, loves and tragedies is more compelling than most Hollywood dramas. Yet today she is largely overlooked, her name tarnished by myths and scandals. Taking a fresh look at her life and career, this book debunks the myths and gossip, presenting a candid portrait of one of the silent screen's most sensational leading ladies. Rare photographs are included, along with in-depth discussions of her films.

Download or read book Pictures and the Picturegoer Vol 5 written by Odhams Press and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-21 with total page 794 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Pictures and the Picturegoer, Vol. 5: The Screen Magazine; January, 1923 Every screen-struck girl who has Visions of leading the life of a movie star should read this enthralling Behind the Screen article of life in a kinema city. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Picturegoer Vol 7 written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-14 with total page 974 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Picturegoer, Vol. 7: July 3, 1937 Of course, she confessed, she tried to raise Cain at the front office periodically, but thought it foolish to get unpleasant about it. If you have read so far you will doubtless recognise that this is not a fairy story and that its heroine's name is Kay Francis. We mention this pleasant impression we have always had of you because in view of it we find it particularly hard to believe the increasing number of Hollywood gossip stories which have recently appeared charging you with being concerned in studio incidents, clashes with directors and fellow artistes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Star Attractions written by Tamar Jeffers McDonald and published by Fandom & Culture. This book was released on 2019 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During Hollywood's "classic era," from the 1920s to 1950s, roughly twenty major fan magazines were offered each month at American newsstands and abroad. These publications famously fed fan obsessions with celebrities such as Mae West and Elvis Presley. Looking at these magazines with fresh regarding eyes and treating them as primary sources, the contributors of this collection provide unique insights into contemporary assumptions about the relationship between fan and star, performer and viewer. In doing so, they reveal the magazines to be a huge and largely untapped resource on a wealth of subjects, including gender roles, appearance and behavior, and national identity.

Download or read book Pictures and the Picturegoer Vol 9 written by Fred Dangerfield and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Pictures and the Picturegoer, Vol. 9: The Picture Theatre Weekly Magazine; October, 1915 to March, 1916 A Select Circle confined to people who have not seen Charlie has been formed. The members, says the Cinema. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Pictures and the Picturegoer written by Odhams Press and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-12 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Pictures and the Picturegoer: The Screen Magazine; Vol. 9-10; January-December, 1925 17013 - Dr. N. Writes: I am prescribing the tablets regularly. Please send a box to my brother (invoice to me) as I want him to take the treatment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Film Stardom Myth and Classicism written by M. Williams and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-11-16 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the golden era of silent movies, stars have been described as screen gods, goddesses and idols. This is the story of how Olympus moved to Hollywood to divinise stars as Apollos and Venuses for the modern age, and defined a model of stardom that is still with us today.

Download or read book Pictures and the Picturegoer Vol 8 written by Fred Dangerfield and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-21 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Pictures and the Picturegoer, Vol. 8: The Picture Theatre Weekly Magazine; April to September, 1915 America on the Film, 153 American Cinema Through British Eyes, The, 59 America's Greatest Dance Exponent Suc cumbs to Pictures, 30 Big Themes for Photo-plays, 132 Britain's Greatest Film-players, 247 Chat with Keystone Fatty, A, 313 Creator of Colonel Heeza Liar 96 Deep -sea Moving Pictures, 170 Does Photo-p lay Writing Pay 316 Famous Artiste Helps Belgians, 112 For King and Country, 419 German Films ln England, 451 Girl on the Film, The, 434 Gold Medal Player, a, a 91 Heroine of romance, a 268 How It Is Done, 370 How to Write a Picture-play, 474 Eggs Would You Like to Play to Pictures, Idol of the Picture World, The, 468 Irreg ulars of Filmdom, The, 311 J 111s5t4about Myself, by Harold Lockwood, Just About My self, by Stewart Rome, 371 moving-pictures Mysteries, 254 My Old Dutch in the Making, 219 Neptune's Daughter, 25 On pand Off the Screen, 43, 75, 111, 193, 314, 397, 459 Peer Gy nt in the Making, 356 People in the Pictures, 60, 156, 179, 232, 294, 352, 376 ggclztures Chat with Grace Cunard, A. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book D W Griffith written by Anthony Slide and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2012 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interviews with one of the great early film directors, maestro of The Birth of a Nation, Intolerance, and Hearts of the World

Download or read book The Moving Picture World Vol 70 written by Chalmers Publishing Company and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-07 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Moving Picture World, Vol. 70: September 6, 1924 One after the other, as consistently as day follows night, the big Famous Forty hits are coming. In New York, follow-the crowds into the Rivoli this week and see how perfectly Lily of the Dust pleases them. A vastly interesting picture, beauti ful to the eye and splendidly directed, says the New York Herald Tribune. And the Times: Pola Negri will win many admirers by her sincereper. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.