Download or read book The Films of Lana Turner written by Lou Valentino and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biography of Lana Turner focuses on her career as an actress and her motion pictures.

Download or read book Lana Turner written by Cheryl Crane and published by Running Press Adult. This book was released on 2008-10-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lana Turner was the ultimate personification of the term “movie star.” The actress and world-class beauty lived the glamorous life to the hilt, and was part of one of the most notorious scandals in Hollywood history. Lana’s daughter, Cheryl Crane, now tells her mother’s story for the first time, featuring hundreds of never-before-seen photos from her private family collection. Lana: The Memories, the Myths, the Movies will chronicle her life and 50-year career, starting with the Cinderella story of a girl discovered at a soda shop at age fifteen and made a star overnight. From blonde bombshell to box-office queen of the ’40s, Lana led a whirlwind life marked by seven marriages and a murder trial that made her and her daughter infamous. While Lana’s private adventures inspired the press, her talent and provocative presence shone on the silver screen. Her films The Postman Always Rings Twice, The Bad and the Beautiful, and Imitation of Life are extensively covered as part of a complete filmography. And from chapters on her lovers to her makeup tips, Lana will show the complete spectrum of the woman, at work and at play. The gorgeous photographs throughout showcase not only the stunning glamour of one of Hollywood’s classic celebrities, but also reveal her other facets: as a mother, a wife, an adventurer, and above all, a woman with a zest for life.

Download or read book Detour written by Cheryl Crane and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Lana Turner written by Jeanine Basinger and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book 25 Best Films of Lana Turner written by Abby Books and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-07-20 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting the 25 Best Films of Lana Turner: A Movie Poster Mini-Book... A collection of vintage posters and poster art from the top 25 films of glamour star Lana Turner, best known for her films, The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) and Peyton Place (1957) and for her "Sweater Girl" films which were favorite pinups of World War II Gis. Included in this mini-book are full-sized posters and poster art on 8 x 10 pages presented in descending order, based on their IMDb (Internet Movie Database) Rating. Films included are: A Life of Her Own (1950), Bachelor in Paradise (1961), Cass Timberlane (1947), Dancing Co-Ed (1939), Diane (1956), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), Dramatic School (1938), Flame and the Flesh (1954), Green Dolphin Street (1947), Homecoming (1948), Honky Tonk (1941), Imitation of Life (1959), Johnny Eager (1941), Keep Your Powder Dry (1945), Madame X (1966), Peyton Place (1957), Portrait in Black (1960), Slightly Dangerous (1943), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946), The Sea Chase (1955), The Three Musketeers (1948), These Glamour Girls (1939), Week-End at the Waldorf (1945) and Ziegfeld Girl (1941). During a 43-year career, beginning in 1937, Turner made more than 50 films. As the story goes, she was "discovered" while sipping a Coke at Los Angeles cafe a diner counter. By the early 1940s, she was a leading actress, appearing in Johnny Eager (1941), Honky Tonk (1941), Ziegfeld Girl (1941), and Somewhere I'll Find You (1942). Through the 1950s her popularity continued, with her role in Peyton Place (1957) earning her a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actress. (Note: Several films in Turner's original IMDb top 25 films listing are not included in this book because her roles were either small, uncredited or she did not receive credit on promotional posters. Films include Topper (1937), The Great Garrick (1937), Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938), Four's a Crowd (1938) and DuBarry Was a Lady (1943). 30 Pages/Full Color on White Paper

Download or read book Lana The Lady The Legend The Truth written by Lana Turner and published by Dean Street Press. This book was released on 2021-10-04 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A memoir, first published in 1982.

Download or read book Imitation of Life written by Fannie Hurst and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2004-12-07 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reprint of the 1933 classic novel, the basis for two film versions, with a new introduciton.

Download or read book The Private Diary of My Life with Lana written by Eric Root and published by Audio Literature. This book was released on 1996 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Root was the actresses companion from the early 70's until 1994.

Download or read book The Sex Goddess in American Film 1930 1965 written by Jessica Hope Jordan and published by Cambria Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the first critical study of the sex goddess in film, Jessica Hope Jordan illustrates how Jean Harlow uses her sexualized body to "affect" and seduce viewers away from any primary identification with those characters and their plotlines that are supposed to lead the film, to identifying instead with the kind of sexual empowerment and self-possession her characters consistently display. Linking the idea of sexual empowerment to the filmic and public celebration of hyper-feminine sexuality, the book additionally covers previous feminist discussions of Mae West's performances as "feminist camp" to argue that West sought to both celebrate and embody for women viewers what she viewed as cultural ideals of femininity and women's sexuality. With Lana Turner and the "cinematic code," the book considers the many problems inherent in both the filmic and public celebration of hyper-feminine sexuality in relation to censorship and considers the effects of the Hays Code on hyper-feminine sexuality as depicted in film noir." "The book also importantly presents the first critical discussion of the actress Jayne Mansfield, suggesting that her 1950s open acceptance, celebration, and public promotion of her feminine sexuality, both onscreen and off, makes her not only a precursor of the more sexually liberated 60s, but also, like the other actresses discussed here, a kind of prescient performance artist, even theorist, of feminine sexuality in particular, and cultural ideas about sexuality more generally. Beyond recouping her image as feminist, the book demonstrates how the kind of desire aroused by the sex goddess, a desire which remains endlessly suspended, works as a supreme example of the aesthetic apparatus of cinema itself." --Book Jacket.

Download or read book Lana Turner written by H Hughes and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-29 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lana Turner, born Julia Jean Turner on February 8th, 1921, at Providence Hospital, in Wallace, Idaho, U.S., was an actress who worked in the movies, TV, theatre and radio. Over the course of her nearly 50-year career, Turner became famous as both a pin-up model and a dramatic actress, as well as for her highly publicized personal life. During the mid-'40s, she was one of the highest-paid women in the US, and one of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's (MGM) biggest stars, with her films making the studio over $50 million during her 18-year contract with them. Lana is often cited as an icon of Hollywood glamour in popular culture.

Download or read book Lana Turner 145 Success Facts Everything You Need to Know about Lana Turner written by Lori Preston and published by Emereo Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-20 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest Lana Turner sensation. 'Lana Turner' (February 8, 1921 - June 29, 1995) was an American feature and TV female actor. This book is your ultimate resource for Lana Turner. Here you will find the most up-to-date 145 Success Facts, Information, and much more. In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Lana Turner's Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: The Rich Man's Wife - Critical reception, The Great Ziegfeld, Michael Rennie - 20th Century-Fox, The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946 film) - Critical response, Somewhere I'll Find You, Where Love Has Gone (film) - Critic response, Johnny Stompanato - In popular culture, 30th Academy Awards - Presenters, Lana Turner - In literature, Diana Muldaur - Television films, Universal International - MCA takes over, Imitation of Life (1959 film) - Release and critical reaction, Cameron Mitchell (actor) - Early life and career, Pin-up - Notable pin-up girls, Mervyn LeRoy - Career, Lex Barker - Personal life, Eugene Pallette - Selected filmography, Luisa Mattioli - Early work (1945-1959), Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows - Part One, Diana Dors - Early life, Keep Your Powder Dry - Cast, Homecoming (1948 film) - Background, Love Finds Andy Hardy - Plot, 1939 in film - Notable films released in 1939, Two Girls on Broadway - Cast, The Sea Chase - Cast, 26th Academy Awards - Presenters, John Garfield - Warner Bros., Who's Got the Action? - Plot, Audrey Totter - Career, 1961 in film - Notable films released in 1961, Portrait in Black - Home video release, Dinner theater - Popularity, Love Has Many Faces - Plot, Marx Brothers - MGM, RKO, and United Artists, Hollywood: The Fabulous Era - Cast, Honky Tonk (1941 film) - Production, and much more...

Download or read book Lana Turner written by S. Connery and published by . This book was released on 2022-03-04 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lana Turner, born Julia Jean Turner on February 8th, 1921, at Providence Hospital, in Wallace, Idaho, U.S., was an actress who worked in the movies, TV, theatre and radio. Over the course of her nearly 50-year career, Turner became famous as both a pin-up model and a dramatic actress, as well as for her highly publicized personal life. During the mid-'40s, she was one of the highest-paid women in the US, and one of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's (MGM) biggest stars, with her films making the studio over $50 million during her 18-year contract with them. Lana is often cited as an icon of Hollywood glamour in popular culture. The daughter of working-class parents in northern Idaho, Turner spent her early life there before her family moved to San Francisco. Julia was 15 years old when she was discovered while buying a soft drink at the Top Hat Malt Shop in Hollywood. At the age of 16, she was signed to a personal contract by Warner Bros. director Mervyn LeRoy, who took her with him when he moved to MGM in 1938. Turner attracted attention when playing the role of a murder victim in her first film, LeRoy's They Won't Forget (1937), later being cast in featured roles, often appearing as an ingénue. Lana established herself as a leading actress and one of MGM's top performers during the early '40s, appearing in pictures including the film noir Johnny Eager (1941); the musical Ziegfeld Girl (1941); the horror movie Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) then the romantic war drama Somewhere I'll Find You (1942), one of several pictures in which she starred opposite Clark Gable. Turner's reputation as a glamorous femme fatale was enhanced by her critically praised performance in the film noir The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946), which established her as a serious dramatic actress. Her popularity was maintained in the '50s in dramas including The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) and Peyton Place (1957), Lana being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for the latter. Media controversy surrounded Turner during 1958, when her 14-year-old daughter Cheryl Crane stabbed Lana's lover Johnny Stompanato to death in their home during a domestic struggle. Turner's next movie, Imitation of Life (1959), was one of the biggest box office hits of her career, with her final starring role in Madame X (1966) leading to her receiving a David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Actress.

Download or read book Imitations of Life written by Marcia Landy and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On melodrama.

Download or read book Imitation of Life written by Douglas Sirk and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Douglas Sirk (Claus Detler Sierck) was born in Hamburg, Germany, in 1900. He made nine films before fleeing Nazi Germany, eventually coming to America. His best-known films, made during the 1950s--all of them melodramas--were Magnificent Obsession, All That Heaven Allows, The Tarnished Angels, Written on the Wind, and Imitation of Life (made in 1958, released in 1959). This volume includes the complete continuity script of the film, critical commentary and published reviews, interviews with the director, and a filmography and bibliography. It also includes an excellent introduction by Lucy Fischer.

Download or read book Film Noir Style written by Kimberly Truhler and published by Goodknight Books. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores twenty definitive film noir titles from 1941 to 1950 and traces the evolution of popular fashion in the decade of the 1940s, the impact of World War II on home-front fashion, and the influence of the film noir genre on popular fashion.

Download or read book The Postman Always Rings Twice written by James M. Cain and published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard. This book was released on 2010-11-03 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling sensation—and one of the most outstanding crime novels of the 20th century—that was banned in Boston for its explosive mixture of violence and eroticism, and acknowledged by Albert Camus as the model for The Stranger. The basis for the acclaimed 1946 film. An amoral young tramp. A beautiful, sullen woman with an inconvenient husband. A problem that has only one grisly solution—a solution that only creates other problems that no one can ever solve. First published in 1934, The Postman Always Rings Twice is a classic of the roman noir. It established James M. Cain as a major novelist with an unsparing vision of America's bleak underside and was acknowledged by Albert Camus as the model for The Stranger.

Download or read book Star Texts written by Jeremy G. Butler and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of previously published works on performance and stardom, examining the relationship between genre and performance, the position of the star within ideology, the construction of a semiotics of performance and stardom, the function of the actor within experimental or independent cinema, and the distinction between performance and everyday behavior. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR