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13 produkter
Disappearing Tricks
Silent Film, Houdini, and the New Magic of the Twentieth Century
Häftad, 2010
334 kr
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Disappearing Tricks revisits the golden age of theatrical magic and silent film to reveal how professional magicians shaped the early history of cinema. Where others have called upon magic as merely an evocative metaphor for the wonders of cinema, Matthew Solomon focuses on the work of the …
Magnificent Méliès
The Authorized Biography
Av Madeleine Malthête-Méliès, Matthew Solomon
Häftad, 2024
471 kr
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The films of Georges Méliès (1861–1938) are landmarks in the early history of narrative filmmaking and cinematic special effects. He was a harbinger of modern aesthetics and media manipulation, and this book, written by his granddaughter, is the only one that tells his full story. Magnificent …
Méliès Boots
Footwear and Film Manufacturing in Second Industrial Revolution Paris
Häftad, 2022
395 kr
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Winner of the 2024 Society for Cinema and Media Studies Katherine Singer Kovacs Book AwardBefore he became an influential cinematic innovator, Georges Méliès (1861–1938) was a maker of deluxe French footwear, an illusionist, and a caricaturist. Proceeding from these beginnings, Méliès Boots traces …
Magnificent Méliès
The Authorized Biography
Av Madeleine Malthête-Méliès, Matthew Solomon
Inbunden, 2022
1342 kr
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The films of Georges Méliès (1861–1938) are landmarks in the early history of narrative filmmaking and cinematic special effects. He was a harbinger of modern aesthetics and media manipulation, and this book, written by his granddaughter, is the only one that tells his full story. Magnificent …
Gold Rush
E-bok, 2015
215 kr
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Matthew Solomon''s study of Chaplin''s The Gold Rush (1925) provides an in-depth discussion of the film''s production and reception history, placing it in the context of the turn-of-the-century Alaska Klondike gold rush, and analyses the film''s narrative and formal features, particularly its …
Fantastic Voyages of the Cinematic Imagination
Georges Méliès's Trip to the Moon
Häftad, 2011
491 kr
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An authoritative and comprehensive guide to cinema's first true blockbuster."Best moving pictures I ever saw." Thus did one Vaudeville theater manager describe Georges Méliès's A Trip to the Moon [Le Voyage dans la lune], after it was screened for enthusiastic audiences in October 1902. Cinema's …
Biggest Thing in Show Business
Living It Up with Martin & Lewis
Av Murray Pomerance, Matthew Solomon
Inbunden, 2024
1365 kr
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A freewheeling, nonlinear exploration of the performing duo and their decade-long collaboration from 1946 to 1956.From 1946 to 1956, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis provoked audiences into rollicking laughter as they shook up and delighted a culture they both mediated and made fun of. Using the duo's …
Biggest Thing in Show Business
Living It Up with Martin & Lewis
Av Murray Pomerance, Matthew Solomon
Häftad, 2024
449 kr
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A freewheeling, nonlinear exploration of the performing duo and their decade-long collaboration from 1946 to 1956.From 1946 to 1956, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis provoked audiences into rollicking laughter as they shook up and delighted a culture they both mediated and made fun of. Using the duo's …
Gold Rush
E-bok, 2019
215 kr
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Matthew Solomon''s study of Chaplin''s The Gold Rush (1925) provides an in-depth discussion of the film''s production and reception history, placing it in the context of the turn-of-the-century Alaska Klondike gold rush, and analyses the film''s narrative and formal features, particularly its …
Dance, Girl, Dance
Häftad, 2027
176 kr
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Women’s work, ambition and desire take centre stage in Dorothy Arzner’s Dance, Girl, Dance (1940), a rare classic Hollywood film directed by an openly queer woman. Starring Maureen O’Hara and Lucille Ball as performers pursuing contrasting ambitions, it offers a sharp perspective on entertainment, …
Gold Rush
Häftad, 2015
200 kr
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Matthew Solomon's study of Chaplin's The Gold Rush (1925) provides an in-depth discussion of the film's production and reception history, placing it in the context of the turn-of-the-century Alaska Klondike gold rush, and analyses the film's narrative and formal features, particularly its …
