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Author |
: Edward Watz |
Publisher |
: McFarland |
Total Pages |
: 337 |
Release |
: 2016-12-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781476616841 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1476616841 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis Wheeler & Woolsey by : Edward Watz
During the Depression years, the comedy team of Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey were second only to Laurel and Hardy at the box office. Each of their over 20 comedies are analyzed in detail here; full filmographic data, production notes, plot synopses, and critical commentary are provided. The research is supplemented by an interview with Bert Wheeler.
Author |
: Edwin M. Bradley |
Publisher |
: McFarland |
Total Pages |
: 404 |
Release |
: 2004-08-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0786420294 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780786420292 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (94 Downloads) |
Synopsis The First Hollywood Musicals by : Edwin M. Bradley
As Hollywood entered the sound era, it was rightly determined that the same public fascinated by the novelty of the talkie would be dazzled by the spectacle of a song and dance film. In 1929 and 1930, film musicals became the industry's most lucrative genre--until the greedy studios almost killed the genre by glutting the market with too many films that looked and sounded like clones of each other. From the classy movies such as Sunnyside Up and Hallelujah! to failures such as The Lottery Bride and Howdy Broadway, this filmography details 171 early Hollywood musicals. Arranged by subgenre (backstagers, operettas, college films, and stage-derived musical comedies), the entries include studio, release date, cast and credits, running time, a complete song list, any recordings spawned by the film, Academy Award nominations and winners, and availability on video or laserdisc. These data are followed by a plot synopsis, including analysis of the film's place in the genre's history. Includes over 90 photographs.
Author |
: Scott Balcerzak |
Publisher |
: Wayne State University Press |
Total Pages |
: 270 |
Release |
: 2013-10-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780814339664 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0814339662 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (64 Downloads) |
Synopsis Buffoon Men by : Scott Balcerzak
Fans and scholars of film history, gender studies, and broadcast studies will appreciate Balcerzak's thorough exploration of the era's fascinating gender constructs.
Author |
: Edward Bernds |
Publisher |
: Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages |
: 333 |
Release |
: 1999-04-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781461697084 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1461697085 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis Mr. Bernds Goes to Hollywood by : Edward Bernds
Edward Bernds came to Hollywood in 1928 to help United Artists make the transition to sound. He worked with some of the most notable directors in Hollywood including Frank Capra, Leo McCarey, and Howard Hawks. Though Bernds loved sound work, he had higher aspirations, and hoped to become a writer and director. His first breakthrough came during the mid-1940s on Columbia shorts starring the Three Stooges. Bernds worked with Moe, Larry, Curly, Shemp, and company for over twenty years as the Stooges' favorite director. A second breakthrough came when he wrote and directed feature length films, among them the science fiction classics: World Without End, Return of the Fly, Spacemaster X7, and Zsa-zsa Gabor's Queen of Outer Space. Edward Bernds witnessed all of the profound changes that Hollywood underwent from the advent of sound to the start of the Easy Rider era. Fortunately for students and fans of film, he tells his story in this fascinating and vivid account of his life in Hollywood.
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Total Pages |
: 1448 |
Release |
: 1916 |
ISBN-10 |
: STANFORD:36105020106915 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis Husted's Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley City Directory by :
Author |
: Richard B. Jewell |
Publisher |
: Univ of California Press |
Total Pages |
: 340 |
Release |
: 2012-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780520271791 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0520271793 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (91 Downloads) |
Synopsis RKO Radio Pictures by : Richard B. Jewell
"Enjoying exclusive access to RKO archives before they were dispersed to the winds, Rick Jewell has crafted a powerful and unprecedented company history that is rich in detail and sharp in insight. Pinpointing both industry ambitions and corporate shenanigans, Jewell offers a tale both gripping and instructive. A major contribution to Hollywood studio history in the classic era." —Dana Polan, author of Scenes of Instruction: The Beginnings of the U.S. Study of Film “Richard Jewell has written a definitive portrait of a major Hollywood studio during the heyday of the movies. Enriched by a lode of archival material, Jewell’s RKO story reconstructs the dynamics of the studio system; its stresses and strains; its logistical challenges; and its in-house rivalries. Some big names are vividly brought to life: David Sarnoff, Pandro Berman, Fred Astaire, Katharine Hepburn, Orson Welles, to name a few. Jewell interweaves RKO’s corporate maneuverings and production agenda with great skill. A more compelling history of a Hollywood major is hard to imagine.” —Tino Balio, author of The Foreign Film Renaissance on American Screens, 1946–1973 “A painstakingly researched and lucidly written business history of RKO Studios from its founding through 1942, Richard Jewell’s RKO Studios: A Titan is Born not only traces the shifting economic fortunes of the studio that gave us King Kong, the Astaire-Rogers musicals, and Citizen Kane but also fills an important gap in our understanding of how the studio system survived and at times even thrived during the Golden Age of Hollywood.” —Charles Maland, author of Chaplin and American Culture
Author |
: David Fantle |
Publisher |
: Badger Books Inc. |
Total Pages |
: 356 |
Release |
: 2004 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1932542043 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781932542042 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Synopsis 25 Years of Celebrity Interviews from Vaudeville to Movies to TV, Reel to Real by : David Fantle
This book is a compilation of 25 years of interviews with stars ranging from vaudeville to Gregory Peck, Charlton Heston and Bob Hope with rare photos taken by the authors themselves.
Author |
: Thomas Inglis |
Publisher |
: Lulu.com |
Total Pages |
: 118 |
Release |
: 2007 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780978411206 |
ISBN-13 |
: 097841120X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Sheet Music of George Gershwin by : Thomas Inglis
Author |
: Richard Barrios |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages |
: 509 |
Release |
: 1995 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780195088113 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0195088115 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Song in the Dark by : Richard Barrios
Chronicling the early musical film years from 1926 to 1934, A Song in the Dark offers a fascinating look at these innovative films, the product of much of the major experimentation that went on during the development of sound technology. The triumphs, disasters and offscreen intrigue of this era form a remarkable story of this vital and unique film history.
Author |
: John C. Tibbetts |
Publisher |
: Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages |
: 346 |
Release |
: 2010-09-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780810876798 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0810876795 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis American Classic Screen Features by : John C. Tibbetts
In American Classic Screen Features, editors John C. Tibbetts and James M. Welsh have assembled some of the most significant and memorable essays and critical pieces written for the magazine over its ten-year history. This collection contains fascinating accounts of Hollywood history including articles on Marilyn Monroe's first screen test, John Ford's favorite film, Olivia De Havilland's lawsuit against Warner Bros., Walt Disney's unfinished projects, and Stanley Kubrick's early noir classics. This volume also contains in-depth examinations of classic films, including Birth of a Nation, The Big Parade,The Jazz Singer, King Kong, and Citizen Kane. This compendium of essays recaptures the spirit and scholarship of that time and will appeal to both scholars and fans who have an abiding interest in the American motion picture industry.