Author : David Quinlan
Publisher : B. T. Batsford Limited
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 33,18 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Including over 1800 entries, this guide provides a short biography for each star, with a complete filmography of all film, television, voice-overs and guest appearances. Those featured include Jim Carrey, Uma Thurman and Brad Pitt, and there is also updated information on all stars with re-assessments of career turnarounds, such as John Travolta and Tommy Lee Jones.
Author : David Quinlan
Publisher : Batsford
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 26,33 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780713486513
This is an A-Z of biographical profiles of filmstars, listing all the films and the years they were made.
Author : David Quinlan
Publisher : B. T. Batsford Limited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,57 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Motion picture actors and actresses
ISBN : 9780713482805
This is a guide to over 1100 character actors and actresses. The people covered include John le Mesurier, Irene Handl, Dora Bryan and Sam Kydd from the British studios; and Elisha Cook, Iris Adrian, Hattie McDaniel and Irving Bacon from Hollywood. There is a portrait to accompany every entry. After a short account of each actor's career and characteristics, all their known film credits are given, including many fleeting appearances never previously recorded, plus shorts and TV movies.
Author : David Quinlan
Publisher : B. T. Batsford Limited
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 22,7 MB
Release : 1999-05-31
Category : Motion picture actors and actresses
ISBN : 9780713484007
A fourth edition of the directory which provides a biography and filmography of each actor considered.
Author : David Quinlan
Publisher : B. T. Batsford Limited
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 15,71 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
A companion volume to Quinlan's illus. directory of film stars. B/W photos.
Author : Paul Loukides
Publisher : Popular Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 25,55 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780879725891
One of five volumes devoted to exploring some of the peripheral aspects of American films. Essays describe the depiction of such geographical and conceptual places as Arizona and the Arabic world, such public and ritual spaces as churches and western saloons, and such private arenas and commonplace spaces as the men's room and poolsides. Not illustrated. No index. Paper edition (unseen), $18.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Steve Glassman
Publisher : Popular Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 37,93 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780879728465
When Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, Tony Hillerman's oddly matched tribal police officers, patrol the mesas and canyons of their Navajo reservation, they join a rich traditon of Southwestern detectives. In Crime Fiction and Film in the Southwest, a group of literary critics tracks the mystery and crime novel from the Painted Desert to Death Valley and Salt Lake City. In addition, the book includes the first comprehensive bibliography of mysteries set in the Southwest and a chapter on Southwest film noir from Humphrey Bogart's tough hood in The Petrified Forest to Russell Crowe's hard-nosed cop in L.A. Confidential.
Author : Axel Nissen
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 28,19 MB
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0786490454
Continuing the exploration which began in Actresses of a Certain Character: Forty Familiar Hollywood Faces from the Thirties to the Fifties (McFarland, 2006), this companion volume analyzes the contributions of female supporting players in the films of Hollywood's Golden Age. The twenty-five actresses profiled herein range from the easily recognizable (Marie Dressler, Ethel Waters) to the long forgotten (Esther Howard, Evelyn Varden), and from the prolific (Clara Blandick, Mary Forbes) to the "one-work wonders" (Jane Cowl, Queenie Vassar). Each profile captures the essence of the individual performer's on-screen persona, unique talents and popular appeal--with special emphasis on a single definitive performance of the actress's motion picture career (who, for example, could ever forget Josephine Hull in Harvey?). The appendix offers a list of "The 100 Top Performances by Character Actresses in Hollywood, 1930-1960."
Author : Barry Monush
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 833 pages
File Size : 19,55 MB
Release : 2003-04-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1480329983
For decades, Screen World has been the film professional's, as well as the film buff's, favorite and indispensable annual screen resource, full of all the necessary statistics and facts. Now Screen World editor Barry Monush has compiled another comprehensive work for every film lover's library. In the first of two volumes, this book chronicles the careers of every significant film actor, from the earliest silent screen stars – Chaplin, Pickford, Fairbanks – to the mid-1960s, when the old studio and star systems came crashing down. Each listing includes: a brief biography, photos from the famed Screen World archives, with many rare shots; vital statistics; a comprehensive filmography; and an informed, entertaining assessment of each actor's contributions – good or bad! In addition to every major player, Monush includes the legions of unjustly neglected troupers of yesteryear. The result is a rarity: an invaluable reference tool that's as much fun to read as a scandal sheet. It pulsates with all the scandal, glamour, oddity and glory that was the lifeblood of its subjects. Contains over 1 000 photos!
Author : Jeffrey S. Miller
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,40 MB
Release : 2004-03-22
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786419227
While Bud Abbott and Lou Costello are more famously known for their straight comedy routines, they did make a number of films in which horror played a crucial role. The first part of this critical reference examines the Abbott and Costello "Meet the Monsters" spoof films (Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and The Mummy). The second sections deals with Abbott and Costello's films with horror elements that do not follow this formula: Hold That Ghost, The Time of Their Lives and Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff. The plot of each film is examined in detail with special attention paid to the comedians' styles of comedy, the effect of the horror scenes, and the place of the film in the Abbott and Costello canon. The reactions of critics (then and now) and the influences the films have had on the horror and comedy genres and on pop culture are also discussed. A lengthy introduction provides background on the lives of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello and the development of Universal Studios as the premier horror factory.
