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Release : 2010
Genre : Motion picture actors and actresses
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Author : James Morrison
Release : 2010-04-27
Genre : Performing Arts
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Book Synopsis Hollywood Reborn by : James Morrison
Download or read book Hollywood Reborn written by James Morrison. This book was released on 2010-04-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weary from the turbulent sixties, America entered the 1970s hoping for calm. Instead, the war in Vietnam and its troubled aftermath persisted, the Watergate scandal unfolded, and continuing social unrest at home and abroad provided the backdrop for the new decade. The scene was similar in Hollywood, as it experienced greater upheaval than at any point since the coming of sound. As the studio and star systems declined, actors had more power than ever, and because many had become fiercely politicized by the temper of the times, the movies they made were often more challenging than before. Thus, just when it might have faded out, Hollywood was reborn--but what was the nature of this rebirth? Hollywood Reborn examines this question, with contributors focusing on many of the era's key figures--noteworthy actors such as Jane Fonda, Al Pacino, Faye Dunaway, and Warren Beatty, and unexpected artists, among them Donald Sutherland, Shelley Winters, and Divine. Each essay offers new perspectives through the lens of an important star, illuminating in the process some of the most fascinating and provocative films of the decade.
Author : Adrienne L. McLean
Release : 2011
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Glamour in a Golden Age by : Adrienne L. McLean
Download or read book Glamour in a Golden Age written by Adrienne L. McLean. This book was released on 2011. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shirley Temple, Clark Gable, Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford and Norma Shearer, Marlene Dietrich and Greta Garbo, William Powell and Myrna Loy, Jean Harlow, and Gary Cooper-Glamour in a Golden Age presents original essays from eminent film scholars that analyze movie stars of the 1930s against the background of contemporary American cultural history. Stardom is approached as an effect of, and influence on, the particular historical and industrial contexts that enabled these actors and actresses to be discovered, featured in films, publicized, and to become recognized and admired-sometimes even notorious-parts of the cultural landscape. Using archival and popular material, including fan and mass market magazines, other promotional and publicity material, and of course films themselves, contributors also discuss other artists who were incredibly popular at the time, among them Ann Harding, Ruth Chatterton, Nancy Carroll, Kay Francis, and Constance Bennett.
Author : R. Barton Palmer
Release : 2010
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 660/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Larger Than Life by : R. Barton Palmer
Download or read book Larger Than Life written by R. Barton Palmer. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Volume in the Star Decades: American Culture/American Cinema series, edited by Adrienne L. McLean and Murray Pomerance --Book Jacket.
Author : Sarah Projansky
Release : 2014-02-07
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 215/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Spectacular Girls by : Sarah Projansky
Download or read book Spectacular Girls written by Sarah Projansky. This book was released on 2014-02-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An astute intervention into both girlhood studies and feminist media studies." - Yvonne Tasker, University of East Anglia
