Studies and Documentation in the History of Popular Entertainment – serie
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Words at War
World War II Era Radio Drama and the Postwar Broadcasting Industry Blacklist
Av Howard Blue
Inbunden, 2002
1057 kr
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Words at War describes how 17 radio dramatists and their actors fought a war of words against fascism abroad and injustice at home. Beginning in the late 1930s, the commercial networks, private agencies, and the government cooperated with radio dramatists to produce plays to alert Americans to the …
In Hollywood with Nemirovich-Danchenko 1926-1927
The Memoirs of Sergei Bertensson
Av Paul Fryer
Häftad, 2004
1056 kr
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Sergei Bertensson's diary of his trip to Hollywood with Russian theatre great Nemirovich-Danchenko is a unique record of an extraordinary and under-documented chapter in film and theatre history. For a year Bertensson followed his employer as he met with directors, producers, and stars, forever …
James Agee, Omnibus, and Mr. Lincoln
The Culture of Liberalism and the Challenge of Television 1952-1953
Häftad, 2004
906 kr
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In 1952 CBS, in conjunction with the Ford Foundation, launched Omnibus, a remarkable experiment in television. The objective was to raise the programming standards of an emerging medium that figured to profoundly influence American life. The centerpiece of Omnibus during its inaugural season was …
Rise of the Crooners
Gene Austin, Russ Columbo, Bing Crosby, Nick Lucas, Johnny Marvin and Rudy Vallee
Av Michael Pitts, Frank Hoffmann m. fl.
E-bok, 2001
993 kr
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Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, and Rudy Vallee-these cultural icons whose fame spanned all the important mass media, also played a vital role in the origin and development of the crooning tradition. Crooning represented one of the most important musical styles of the twentieth century, …
