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Lost Laughs of '50s and '60s Television
Thirty Sitcoms That Faded Off Screen
E-bok, 2010
303 kr
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Originally broadcast on American television between 1952 and 1969, the 30 situation comedies in this work are seldom seen today and receive only brief and often incomplete and inaccurate mentions in most reference sources. Yet these sitcoms (including Angel, The Governor and J.J., It''s a Great …
Shirley Booth
A Biography and Career Record
E-bok, 2015
385 kr
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An Oscar-winning Best Actress for her tour-de-force role in Come Back, Little Sheba , Shirley Booth would ultimately win every major acting award that could be bestowed on an actress. Awarded three Tony Awards, two Emmys, and a Golden Globe, Booth was described by the judges at the Cannes Film …
Women Who Made Television Funny
Ten Stars of 1950s Sitcoms
E-bok, 2015
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Most of the bright and talented actresses who made America laugh in the 1950s are off the air today, but their pioneering Hollywood careers irrevocably changed the face of television comedy. These smart and sassy women successfully negotiated the hazards of the male-dominated workplace with class …
Eve Arden
A Chronicle of All Film, Television, Radio and Stage Performances
E-bok, 2014
294 kr
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The remarkable career of American actress Eve Arden (1908-1990) is thoroughly chronicled from her earliest stage work in 1926 (under her given name Eunice Quedens) to her final television role in a 1987 episode of Falcon Crest . Included are detailed descriptions and critical commentaries of the …
Joan Davis
America''s Queen of Film, Radio and Television Comedy
E-bok, 2014
364 kr
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The Emmy-nominated star of the classic 1950s sitcom I Married Joan , Joan Davis (1912-1961) was also radio''s highest paid comedienne in the 1940s--and she displayed her unique brand of knockabout comedy in more than forty films. This book provides a complete account of her career, including a …
Martha Raye
Film and Television Clown
E-bok, 2016
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On stage from her childhood, Martha Raye (1916-1994) proudly embraced the role of the clown, her gift for slapstick comedy enhanced by a fine singing voice. She became a star with her first feature film, Rhythm on the Range (1936), as the zany, loudmouthed girl looking for love--or chasing it as it …
Gale Storm
A Biography and Career Record
E-bok, 2018
394 kr
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On December 31, 1939, nationwide radio audiences listened as 17-year-old Josephine Owaissa Cottle, a Texas schoolgirl, won Gateway to Hollywood ''s new talent competition. Her prize was a movie contract at RKO and a memorable stage name--"Gale Storm." One of the United States'' most beloved …
Pine-Thomas Productions
A History and Filmography
E-bok, 2019
445 kr
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Dubbed "The Dollar Bills," William H. Pine and William C. Thomas made 1940s Hollywood take notice with their B movies for Paramount that gave solid entertainment while cutting costs to the bone. In the 1950s, with television looming, Pine-Thomas Productions began making bigger-budget films with …
S. Sylvan Simon, Moviemaker
Adventures with Lucy, Red Skelton and Harry Cohn in the Golden Age of Hollywood
E-bok, 2021
394 kr
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He was Red Skelton''s favorite director, and mentored Lucille Ball in the art of physical comedy. In his 15-year Hollywood career, S. Sylvan Simon (1910-1951) directed and/or produced more than 40 films, with stars like Lana Turner, Abbott and Costello, and Wallace Beery. Though he loved to make …
Rochelle Hudson
A Biography and Career Record
E-bok, 2023
394 kr
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Rochelle Hudson''s career as an actress was planned from the start (born in 1916) by her ambitious stage mother. Given rigorous dance and musical training as a child, Hudson won her first film contract at the age of 14. A WAMPAS Baby Star in 1931, she co-starred with actors such as W.C. Fields, …
John Hodiak
The Life and Career on Film, Stage and Radio
E-bok, 2024
382 kr
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He became a star overnight as surly, sexy, usually shirtless Kovac in Hitchcock''s Lifeboat (1944). Handsome and personable, John Hodiak (1914-1955) embraced his heritage as the son of Polish-Ukrainian immigrants, making him a rare Golden Age actor whose true ethnicity (and birth name) were widely …
