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63 produkter
Inside the Hollywood Fan Magazine
A History of Star Makers, Fabricators, and Gossip Mongers
Häftad, 2026
331 kr
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The fan magazine has often been viewed simply as a publicity tool, a fluffy exercise in self-promotion by the film industry. But as an arbiter of good and bad taste, as a source of knowledge, and as a gateway to the fabled land of Hollywood and its stars, the American fan magazine represents a …
"It's the Pictures That Got Small"
Charles Brackett on Billy Wilder and Hollywood's Golden Age
Inbunden, 2014
351 kr
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Golden Age Hollywood screenwriter Charles Brackett was an extremely observant and perceptive chronicler of the entertainment industry during its most exciting years. He is best remembered as the writing partner of director Billy Wilder, who once referred to the pair as "the happiest couple in …
"It's the Pictures That Got Small"
Charles Brackett on Billy Wilder and Hollywood's Golden Age
Av Charles Brackett, Anthony Slide
E-bok, 2014
227 kr
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Golden Age Hollywood screenwriter Charles Brackett was an extremely observant and perceptive chronicler of the entertainment industry during its most exciting years. He is best remembered as the writing partner of director Billy Wilder, who once referred to the pair as the happiest couple in …
Some Joe You Don't Know
An American Biographical Guide to 100 British Television Personalities
E-bok, 1996
1044 kr
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Americans have been watching and enjoying British television programming since the mid-1950s, but the information on the personalities involved is difficult, if not impossible, to find in the United States. This guide provides biographical essays, complete with bibliographies, on 100 of the best …
International Film, Radio, and Television Journals
Inbunden, 1985
927 kr
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Television Industry
A Historical Dictionary
Inbunden, 1991
955 kr
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As the title implies, the business of television rather than its programming is the focus of this historical dictionary. Its entries briefly relate the histories of production companies, networks, cable stations, industry associations, and public interest pressure groups. The focus is on the …
Before Video
A History of the Non-Theatrical Film
Inbunden, 1992
1135 kr
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The video revolution in the 1980s affected all areas of the American entertainment industry; its impact was most dramatic--ultimately devastating--to the non-theatrical film field. Non-theatrical film is the term used to describe motion pictures which are not shown in movie theaters, but are …
Some Joe You Don't Know
An American Biographical Guide to 100 British Television Personalities
Inbunden, 1996
984 kr
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Americans have been watching and enjoying British television programming since the mid-1950s, but the information on the personalities involved is difficult, if not impossible, to find in the United States. This guide provides biographical essays, complete with bibliographies, on 100 of the best …
de Toth on de Toth
E-bok, 2011
137 kr
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This book provides a fascinating survey of the career of one of Hollywood's great mavericks. In his memoir Fragments, Andre de Toth took his readers on a roller coaster ride through his life. He gave scant mention to his film work. In De Toth on De Toth, he redresses the balance and expounds - in …
Nitrate Won't Wait
A History of Film Preservation in the United States
Häftad, 2000
384 kr
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This study looks at the preservation process: newsreel, television, and color preservation; the often controversial issue of colorization; and commercial film archives. It provides detailed histories of the major players in the preservation battle including the International Museum of Photography …
Big V
A History of the Vitagraph Company
Av Anthony Slide, Alan Grevinson
Inbunden, 1987
1470 kr
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This is a completely new, revised, and expanded version of the book first published by Scarecrow in 1976. It documents the work of America's first major film company, Vitagraph, from its beginnings in the 1890s through its sale to Warner Bros. in 1925.
Before, In and After Hollywood
The Life of Joseph E. Henabery
Inbunden, 1997
1063 kr
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In 1914, a young midwesterner quit his railroad job to crack the Hollywood motion picture boom. Impressed by his energy and honesty in his role as Lincoln, D.W. Griffith made him his assistant for Intolerance. Griffith then made Joe a director. He swiftly progressed to a preeminent position in the …
On Actors and Acting
Essays by Alexander Knox
Inbunden, 1998
885 kr
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Alexander Knox (1907-1995) was a distinguished stage and screen actor, who is best remembered today for his title performance in the 1944 production of Wilson. He was active both in London's West End and on Broadway, and began his Hollywood career in 1941 with The Sea Wolf. Because of his liberal …
Actors on Red Alert
Career Interviews with Five Actors and Actresses Affected by the Blacklist
Inbunden, 1999
930 kr
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The anti-Communist hysteria that began in the 1930s was further empowered in 1938 when the House of Representatives established the House Committee on UnAmerican Activities. Soon thereafter, the creation of the blacklist in the late 1940s brought the Hollywood film and television community into the …
Silent Topics
Essays on Undocumented Areas of Silent Film
Häftad, 2004
1138 kr
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In Silent Topics, film historian Anthony Slide looks at various under-discussed and generally undocumented areas of silent film. The two lengthiest essays discuss the release of British silent films in the United States and the contribution of gays and lesbians to American silent film. Other essays …
Silent Players
A Biographical and Autobiographical Study of 100 Silent Film Actors and Actresses
Inbunden, 2002
867 kr
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" From his unique perspective of friendship with many of the actors and actresses about whom he writes, silent film historian Anthony Slide creates vivid portraits of the careers and often eccentric lives of 100 players from the American silent film industry. He profiles the era's shining stars …
Silent Players
A Biographical and Autobiographical Study of 100 Silent Film Actors and Actresses
E-bok, 2010
730 kr
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" From his unique perspective of friendship with many of the actors and actresses about whom he writes, silent film historian Anthony Slide creates vivid portraits of the careers and often eccentric lives of 100 players from the American silent film industry. He profiles the era''s shining stars …
Silent Players
A Biographical and Autobiographical Study of 100 Silent Film Actors and Actresses
E-bok, 2002
707 kr
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" From his unique perspective of friendship with many of the actors and actresses about whom he writes, silent film historian Anthony Slide creates vivid portraits of the careers and often eccentric lives of 100 players from the American silent film industry. He profiles the era''s shining stars …
American Racist
The Life and Films of Thomas Dixon
E-bok, 2004
635 kr
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" Thomas Dixon has a notorious reputation as the writer of the source material for D.W. Griffith''s groundbreaking and controversial 1915 feature film The Birth of a Nation. Perhaps unfairly, Dixon has been branded an arch-conservative and a racist obsessed with what he viewed as "the Negro …
American Racist
The Life and Films of Thomas Dixon
E-bok, 2004
649 kr
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" Thomas Dixon has a notorious reputation as the writer of the source material for D.W. Griffith''s groundbreaking and controversial 1915 feature film The Birth of a Nation. Perhaps unfairly, Dixon has been branded an arch-conservative and a racist obsessed with what he viewed as "the Negro …
New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry
E-bok, 2014
331 kr
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The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry is a completely revised and updated edition of Anthony Slide''s The American Film Industry, originally published in 1986 and recipient of the American Library Association''s Outstanding Reference Book award for that year. More than 200 new …
New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry
E-bok, 2014
331 kr
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The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry is a completely revised and updated edition of Anthony Slide''s The American Film Industry, originally published in 1986 and recipient of the American Library Association''s Outstanding Reference Book award for that year. More than 200 new …
Lost Gay Novels
A Reference Guide to Fifty Works from the First Half of the Twentieth Century
E-bok, 2013
976 kr
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Searching for an introduction to the shadowy, intriguing world of early 20th century gay-themed fiction? In Lost Gay Novels, respected pop culture historian Anthony Slide resurrects fifty early 20th century American novels with gay themes or characters and discusses them in carefully researched, …
Lost Gay Novels
A Reference Guide to Fifty Works from the First Half of the Twentieth Century
E-bok, 2013
976 kr
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Searching for an introduction to the shadowy, intriguing world of early 20th century gay-themed fiction? In Lost Gay Novels, respected pop culture historian Anthony Slide resurrects fifty early 20th century American novels with gay themes or characters and discusses them in carefully researched, …
She Could Be Chaplin!
The Comedic Brilliance of Alice Howell
Inbunden, 2016
321 kr
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Alice Howell (1886-1961) is slowly gaining recognition and regard as arguably the most important slapstick comedienne of the silent era. This new study, the first book-length appreciation, identifies her place in the comedy hierarchy alongside the best-known of silent comediennes, Mabel Normand. …
Magnificent Obsession
The Outrageous History of Film Buffs, Collectors, Scholars, and Fanatics
Inbunden, 2018
401 kr
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In Magnificent Obsession: The Outrageous History of Film Buffs, Collectors, Scholars, and Fanatics, author Anthony Slide looks at the way film has dominated the minds and lives of film buffs, film collectors, film academics, and just plain fans of past movies. Based on the author's more than fifty …
D. W. Griffith
Interviews
Av Anthony Slide, Anthony Slide
Häftad, 2024
380 kr
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D. W. Griffith (1875–1948) is one of the most influential figures in the history of the motion picture. As director of The Birth of a Nation, he is also one of the most controversial. He raised the cinema to a new level of art, entertainment, and innovation, and at the same time he illustrated, for …
Encyclopedia of British Film
Fifth Edition
Av Brian McFarlane, Anthony Slide
Häftad, 2021
2278 kr
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Featuring more than 6,500 articles, including over 350 new entries, this fifth edition of The Encyclopedia of British Film is an invaluable reference guide to the British film industry. It is the most authoritative volume yet, stretching from the inception of the industry to the present day, with …
Memoirs of Alice Guy Blaché
Häftad, 2022
387 kr
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The fascinating memoir of influential French filmmaker Alice Guy Blaché, one of the industry’s most significant pioneers and a trailblazer for female directors.Alice Guy Blaché (1873-1968) is a unique pioneer of the motion picture, being not only a female filmmaker but also one of the first, if not …
