Download or read book Idols of Modernity written by Patrice Petro and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2010-03-04 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With its sharp focus on stardom during the 1920s, Idols of Modernity reveals strong connections and dissonances in matters of storytelling and performance that can be traced both backward and forward, across Europe, Asia, and the United States, from the silent era into the emergence of sound. Bringing together the best new work on cinema and stardom in the 1920s, this illustrated collection showcases the range of complex social, institutional, and aesthetic issues at work in American cinema of this time. Attentive to stardom as an ensemble of texts, contexts, and social phenomena stretching beyond the cinema, major scholars provide careful analysis of the careers of both well-known and now forgotten stars of the silent and early sound era—Douglas Fairbanks, Buster Keaton, the Talmadge sisters, Rudolph Valentino, Gloria Swanson, Clara Bow, Colleen Moore, Greta Garbo, Anna May Wong, Emil Jannings, Al Jolson, Ernest Morrison, Noble Johnson, Evelyn Preer, Lincoln Perry, and Marie Dressler.
Download or read book Movie Idols written by John Wrathall and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The easy riders, the raging bulls, the divas of the silver screen; the premieres, the hot affairs, and the Hollywood Dream.
Download or read book Movie Stars written by Jack Pendarvis and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These stories are linked by humor, setting, themes and recurring characters -- cat lovers, murderers, gamblers, ghosts and fools -- but mostly by the movie stars, gods and goddesses who look down on us struggling mortals with a mixture of benevolence and wrath. From Scarlett Johansson to Joan Crawford, Clint Eastwood to Jerry Lewis, they represent the impossible ideals to which lesser beings turn for hope in an otherwise baffling world.
Download or read book Cult Movie Stars written by Danny Peary and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Great Movie Stars written by David Shipman and published by Sphere. This book was released on 1993 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Moon Pies and Movie Stars written by Amy Wallen and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-06-24 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Setting out in a Winnebago after seeing her runaway daughter in a television commercial, Ruby Kincaid engages in a madcap road trip from the dusty flats of Texas to the glitter of Hollywood, accompanied by two friends and a pair of unruly grandchildren. A first novel. Reprint.
Download or read book Idols of Modernity written by Patrice Petro and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on stardom during the 1920s, this title reveals strong connections & dissonances in matters of storytelling & performance that can be traced both backwards & forwards, from the silent era to the emergence of sound.
Download or read book Weddings and Movie Stars written by Graham Marsh and published by Reel Art Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ultimate photo album.' (Harper's Bazaar). A movie lover's encyclopedia of weddings and a tribute to the most iconic Hollywood stars. Will quench your thirst for impeccable glamour and salacious gossip.
Download or read book 501 Movie Stars written by Steven Jay Schneider and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humphrey Bogart. . . Marilyn Monroe. . . Meryl Streep. . . James Dean. . . Paul Newman. . .Not just run-of-the-mill film actors but larger-than-life movie stars who have captured the collective imagination, inspired millions of fans across the world, and gained immortality through their performances on and off the screen. 501 Movie Stars pays homage to these legends, trend-setters, and pop culture idols, with a dazzling and comprehensive gallery of the biggest movie stars from around the world. Every notable name to have worked their magic in front of the camera is here, from Gloria Swanson to Julia Roberts, from Frank Sinatra to Arnold Schwarzenegger... and 497 more! the A-Z approach of 501 Movie Stars allows you to locate any actor with maximum ease, making it an ideal movie-lover's reference. Each star has at least one full page devoted to their work, with a complete filmography and feature boxes on awards, cameos, favourite directors and stylistic trademarks. With 501 Movie Stars to hand, you'll have a one-stop resource to the larger-than-life faces of film that you can turn to and enjoy again and again.
Download or read book Rating the Movie Stars for Home Video TV Cable written by Joel Hirschhorn and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Movie Stars Story written by Robyn Karney and published by Crescent. This book was released on 1984 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biographical profiles of five hundred of Hollywood's stars, from the 1920s to the 1980s, include career retrospectives and assessment of major film performances -- Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Movie Stars written by Gareth Thomas and published by Parragon Pubishing India. This book was released on 2005 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of stunning photographs from the archives of the Daily Mail, along with the detailed commentary, provide a wealth of information on the stars' public and private faces. It is an indispensable addition to the movie fan's collection.
Download or read book Movies Movie Stars and Me written by Alan Neff and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2007 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alan Neff wrote movie and book reviews and interviewed Hollywood stars for the Seattle Gay News from 1983-1993; he has been published in the Advocate. Movies, Movie Stars, and Me boasts Jim Henson, Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Spike Lee, Lily Tomlin, John Waters, Pauline Kael, Rita Mae Brown, and other exciting personalities caught unguarded and exposed. Reviews of Labyrinth, Top Gun, No Way Out, Dirty Dancing, The Whales of August, Pretty Woman, The Grifters, Switch, George Cukor: A Double Life, Tales of the City, (and much more!), are lively reading and can be used for reference or as a guide to picking videos. And included in this format are Alan Neff's politically-charged "letters-to-the-editor," re-printed from major periodicals.
Download or read book Glamour in a Golden Age written by Adrienne L. McLean and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shirley Temple, Clark Gable, Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford and Norma Shearer, Marlene Dietrich and Greta Garbo, William Powell and Myrna Loy, Jean Harlow, and Gary Cooper-Glamour in a Golden Age presents original essays from eminent film scholars that analyze movie stars of the 1930s against the background of contemporary American cultural history. Stardom is approached as an effect of, and influence on, the particular historical and industrial contexts that enabled these actors and actresses to be discovered, featured in films, publicized, and to become recognized and admired-sometimes even notorious-parts of the cultural landscape. Using archival and popular material, including fan and mass market magazines, other promotional and publicity material, and of course films themselves, contributors also discuss other artists who were incredibly popular at the time, among them Ann Harding, Ruth Chatterton, Nancy Carroll, Kay Francis, and Constance Bennett.
Download or read book Idols of Modernity written by Patrice Petro and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With its sharp focus on stardom during the 1920s, Idols of Modernity reveals strong connections and dissonances in matters of storytelling and performance that can be traced both backward and forward, across Europe, Asia, and the United States, from the silent era into the emergence of sound.
Download or read book All Stars and Movie Stars written by Ron Briley and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sports films are popular forms of entertainment around the world, but beyond simply amusing audiences, they also reveal much about class, race, gender, sexuality, and national identity. In All-Stars and Movie Stars, Ron Briley, Michael K. Schoenecke, and Deborah A. Carmichael explore the interplay between sports films and critical aspects of our culture, examining them as both historical artifacts and building blocks of ideologies, values, and stereotypes. The book covers not only Hollywood hits such as Field of Dreams and Miracle but also documentaries such as The Journey of the African American Athlete and international cinema, such as the German film The Miracle of Bern. The book also explores television coverage of sports, commenting on the relationship of media to golf and offering a new perspective on the culture and politics behind the depictions of the world's most popular pastimes. The first part of the book addresses how sports films represent the cultural events, patterns, and movements of the times in which they were set, as well as the effect of the media and athletic industry on the athletes themselves. Latham Hunter examines how the baseball classic The Natural reflects traditional ideas about gender, heroism, and nation, and Harper Cossar addresses how the production methods used in televised golf affect viewers. The second section deals with issues such as the growth of women's involvement in athletics, sexual preference in the sports world, and the ever-present question of race by looking at sports classics such as Rocky, Hoosiers, and A League of Their Own. Finally, the authors address the historical and present-day role sports play in the international and political arena by examining such films as Visions of Eight and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner. This important and unique collection illuminates the prominent role that sports play in society and how that role is reflected in film. Analysis of the depiction of sports in film and television provides a deeper understanding of the appeal that sports hold for people worldwide and of the forces behind the historic and cultural traditions linked to sports.
Download or read book Glamorous Movie Stars of the Thirties Paper Dolls written by Tom Tierney and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1978-01-01 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crawford, MacDonald, Lombard, Harlow, Garbo, Bennett, Garland, and Carroll with 38 authentic film costumes. 16 plates in full color.
