Edmond O'Brien

by Derek Sculthorpe
Edmond O'Brien
Author: Derek Sculthorpe
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2018-10-18
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1476674434
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One of the most versatile actors of his generation, Edmond O'Brien made a series of iconic noir films. From a man reporting his own murder in D.O.A. (1949) to the conflicted title character in The Bigamist (1953), he portrayed the confusion of the postwar Everyman. His memorable roles spanned genres from Shakespeare to westerns and comedies--he also turned his hand to directing. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor as the harassed press agent Oscar Muldoon in Joseph Mankiewicz's bitter Cinderella fable The Barefoot Contessa (1954). This first in-depth study of O'Brien charts his life and career from Broadway to Hollywood and to the rise of television, revealing a devoted family man dedicated to his craft.

Edmond O'Brien

by Derek Sculthorpe
Edmond O'Brien
Author: Derek Sculthorpe
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2018-10-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1476633797
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One of the most versatile actors of his generation, Edmond O'Brien made a series of iconic noir films. From a man reporting his own murder in D.O.A. (1949) to the conflicted title character in The Bigamist (1953), he portrayed the confusion of the postwar Everyman. His memorable roles spanned genres from Shakespeare to westerns and comedies--he also turned his hand to directing. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor as the harassed press agent Oscar Muldoon in Joseph Mankiewicz's bitter Cinderella fable The Barefoot Contessa (1954). This first in-depth study of O'Brien charts his life and career from Broadway to Hollywood and to the rise of television, revealing a devoted family man dedicated to his craft.

Westerns

by Gary R. Edgerton
Westerns
Author: Gary R. Edgerton
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2013-09-13
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1135765081
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For nearly two centuries, Americans have embraced the Western like no other artistic genre. Creators and consumers alike have utilized this story form in literature, painting, film, radio and television to explore questions of national identity and purpose. Westerns: The Essential Collection comprises the Journal of Popular Film and Television’s rich and longstanding legacy of scholarship on Westerns with a new special issue devoted exclusively to the genre. This collection examines and analyzes the evolution and significance of the screen Western from its earliest beginnings to its current global reach and relevance in the 21st century. Westerns: The Essential Collection addresses the rise, fall and durability of the genre, and examines its preoccupation with multicultural matters in its organizational structure. Containing eighteen essays published between 1972 and 2011, this seminal work is divided into six sections covering Silent Westerns, Classic Westerns, Race and Westerns, Gender and Westerns, Revisionist Westerns and Westerns in Global Context. A wide range of international contributors offer original critical perspectives on the intricate relationship between American culture and Western films and television series. Westerns: The Essential Collection places the genre squarely within the broader aesthetic, socio-historical, cultural and political dimensions of life in the United States as well as internationally, where the Western has been reinvigorated and reinvented many times. This groundbreaking anthology illustrates how Western films and television series have been used to define the present and discover the future by looking backwards at America’s imagined past.

Windows Developer Power Tools

by James Avery
Windows Developer Power Tools
Author: James Avery
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Total Pages: 1308
Release: 2006-12-21
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1491909609
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Software developers need to work harder and harder to bring value to their development process in order to build high quality applications and remain competitive. Developers can accomplish this by improving their productivity, quickly solving problems, and writing better code. A wealth of open source and free software tools are available for developers who want to improve the way they create, build, deploy, and use software. Tools, components, and frameworks exist to help developers at every point in the development process. Windows Developer Power Tools offers an encyclopedic guide to more than 170 of these free tools to help developers build top-notch Windows software from desktop applications to web services. To help you choose the right tools for solving both common and uncommon problems you face each day, this book follows a unique task-oriented organization, laying out topics in the same order that you and your team are likely to encounter them as you work on a project. Each tool entry features a solid introduction -- a mini user's guide -- so you can get up to speed quickly and understand how to best use the tool in your environment. Inside, you'll find: A guide to more than 170 tools covering 24 unique aspects of Windows and .NET software development, with many descriptions contributed by the tools' authors Descriptions of freely available ASP.NET and Windows Forms controls, object relational mapping systems, testing frameworks, and build and continuous integration tools Articles on tools to help developers troubleshoot misbehaving applications Guides for utilities to boost productivity in the development environment as well as speeding up tasks in Windows itself "Quick pick" lists at the start of each chapter to help you find and choose the right tool for your task "At a Glance" and "In a Nutshell" summaries to help readers more quickly narrow their options References to an online book site to keep you up-to-date with new releases and features Forewords by Mike Gunderloy (Larkware) and Scott Hanselman (www.hanselman.com/tools), operators of the two most popular tools sites for Microsoft developers. Also, plenty of links in each article point you to additional detail online if you wish to delve more deeply into features and functionality. This one-stop resource covers a wide range of open source and freeware tools to help you answer questions around planning, developing, testing, and rolling out great software. Best of all, they're free.

After Gandhi

by Anne Sibley O'Brien
After Gandhi
Author: Anne Sibley O'Brien
Publisher: Charlesbridge
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2009-02-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1607341360
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Over the last century brave people across the world have taken a stand against violence and oppression. Against all odds their actions have toppled governments, challenged unjust laws, and rebuilt societies. This is the power of nonviolent resistance, the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi. From individuals like Muhammad Ali, whose refusal to be drafted helped galvanize American resistance to the Vietnam War, to movements such as Argentina's Mothers of the Disappeared, whose courageous vigils for their missing children contributed to the fall of the military government responsible for the kidnappings, After Gandhi profiles some of the major figures of nonviolent resistance from around the world.

Historical Dictionary of Crime Films

by Geoff Mayer
Historical Dictionary of Crime Films
Author: Geoff Mayer
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 515
Release: 2012-09-13
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 081087900X
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The crime film genre consists of detective films, gangster films, suspense thrillers, film noir, and caper films and is produced throughout the world. Crime film was there at the birth of cinema, and it has accompanied cinema over more than a century of history, passing from silent films to talkies, from black-and-white to color. The genre includes such classics as The Maltese Falcon, The Godfather, Gaslight, The French Connection, and Serpico, as well as more recent successes like Seven, Drive, and L.A. Confidential. The Historical Dictionary of Crime Films covers the history of this genre through a chronology, an introductory essay, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced entries on key films, directors, performers, and studios. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about crime cinema.

Parliamentary Papers

by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Parliamentary Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher:
Total Pages: 624
Release: 1844
Genre: Bills, Legislative
ISBN:
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Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries

by Allan R. Ellenberger
Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries
Author: Allan R. Ellenberger
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2001-05-15
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0786409835
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In accord with the fascination that surrounds Hollywood celebrities and the increasing popularity of celebrity grave-hunting, this book serves as a guide to the final resting places of the many celebrities who are buried in Los Angeles County, California. It is arranged by cemetery, and provides the following information for each person: age at time of death; date and place of birth; date and place of death; cause of death; obituary headline of the deceased; inscription on grave marker; location of grave; and a film that the celebrity appeared in. Includes appendices, web site information, bibliography, and index.