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16 produkter
Hal Wallis
Producer to the Stars
Inbunden, 2004
627 kr
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Hal Wallis might not be as well known as David O. Selznick or Samuel Goldwyn, but the films he produced -- Casablanca, Jezebel, Now Voyager, The Life of Emile Zola, Becket, True Grit, and many other classics (as well as scores of Elvis movies) -- have certainly endured. As producer of numerous …
Radical Innocence
A Critical Study of the Hollywood Ten
E-bok, 2014
847 kr
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On October 30, 1947, the House Committee on Un-American Activities concluded the first round of hearings on the alleged Communist infiltration of the motion picture industry. Hollywood was ordered to "clean its own house," and ten witnesses who had refused to answer questions about their membership …
Hal Wallis
Producer to the Stars
E-bok, 2014
1298 kr
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Hal Wallis (1898-1986) might not be as well known as David O. Selznick or Samuel Goldwyn, but the films he producedCasablanca, Jezebel, Now, Voyager, The Life of Emile Zola, Becket, True Grit, and many other classics (as well as scores of Elvis movies)have certainly endured. As producer of numerous …
Merchant Prince of Poverty Row
Harry Cohn of Columbia Pictures
Häftad, 2009
758 kr
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Ben Hecht called him "White Fang," and director Charles Vidor took him to court for verbal abuse. The image of Harry Cohn as vulgarian is such a part of Hollywood lore that it is hard to believe there were other Harry Cohns: the only studio president who was also head of production; the ex-song …
Radical Innocence
A Critical Study of the Hollywood Ten
Häftad, 2009
793 kr
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On October 30, 1947, the House Committee on Un-American Activities concluded the first round of hearings on the allege Communist infiltration of the motion picture industry. Hollywood was ordered to "clean its own house," and ten witnesses who had refused to answer questions about their membership …
Screen Is Red
Hollywood, Communism, and the Cold War
Inbunden, 2016
1288 kr
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The Screen Is Red portrays Hollywood's ambivalence toward the former Soviet Union before, during, and after the Cold War. In the 1930s, communism combated its alter ego, fascism, yet both threatened to undermine the capitalist system, the movie industry's foundational core value. Hollywood …
Screen Is Red
Hollywood, Communism, and the Cold War
Häftad, 2018
396 kr
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The Screen Is Red portrays Hollywood’s ambivalence toward the former Soviet Union before, during, and after the Cold War. In the 1930s, communism combated its alter ego, fascism, yet both threatened to undermine the capitalist system, the movie industry’s foundational core value. Hollywood …
That Was Entertainment
The Golden Age of the MGM Musical
Inbunden, 2018
415 kr
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That Was Entertainment: The Golden Age of the MGM Musical traces the development of the MGM musical from The Broadway Melody (1929) through its heyday in the 1940s and 1950s and its decline in the 1960s, culminating in the notorious 1970 MGM auction when Judy Garland's ruby slippers from The Wizard …
Golden Age Musicals of Darryl F. Zanuck
The Gentleman Preferred Blondes
Inbunden, 2022
411 kr
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Beginning with The Jazz Singer (1927) and 42nd Street (1933), legendary Hollywood film producer Darryl F. Zanuck (1902–1979) revolutionized the movie musical, cementing its place in American popular culture. Zanuck, who got his start writing stories and scripts in the silent film era, worked his …
Musicals of Cole Porter
Broadway, Hollywood, Television
Inbunden, 2025
427 kr
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Cole Porter (1891–1964) remains one of America’s most popular composer-songwriters, known for the many urbane, witty, romantic songs he wrote for stage musicals and Hollywood films. Porter was unique among his contemporaries for writing both the music and lyrics for his compositions. To this day, …
Claudette Colbert
She Walked in Beauty
Häftad, 2025
290 kr
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Claudette Colbert's mixture of beauty, sophistication, wit, and vivacity quickly made her one of the film industry's most famous and highest-paid stars of the 1930s and 1940s. Though she began her career on the New York stage, she was beloved for her roles in such films as Preston Sturges's The …
Hollywood Madonna
Loretta Young
Häftad, 2025
290 kr
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Loretta Young (1913–2000) was an Academy Award-winning actress known for devout Catholicism and her performances in The Farmer's Daughter, The Bishop's Wife, and Come to the Stable, and for her long-running and tremendously popular television series. But that was not the whole story. Hollywood …
Forever Mame
The Life of Rosalind Russell
Häftad, 2011
396 kr
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When it comes to living life to its fullest, Rosalind Russell's character Auntie Mame is still the silver screen's exemplar. And Mame, the role Russell (1907-1976) will always be remembered for, embodies the rich and rewarding life Bernard F. Dick reveals in his biography, Forever Mame: The Life of …
Hollywood Madonna
Loretta Young
Inbunden, 2011
423 kr
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Loretta Young (1913-2000) was an Academy Award-winning actress known for devout Catholicism and her performances in The Farmer's Daughter, The Bishop's Wife, and Come to the Stable, and for her long-running and tremendously popular television series. But that was not the whole story.Hollywood …
President’s Ladies
Jane Wyman and Nancy Davis
Inbunden, 2014
423 kr
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Ronald Reagan, a former actor and one of America's most popular presidents, married not one but two Hollywood actresses. This book is three biographies in one, discovering fascinating connections among Jane Wyman (1917-2007), Ronald Reagan (1911-2004), and Nancy Davis (b. 1921).Jane Wyman, who …
