Author | : Harry Medved |
Publisher | : TarcherPerigee |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA.
Author | : Harry Medved |
Publisher | : TarcherPerigee |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA.
Author | : Bruce M. Nash |
Publisher | : Andrews McMeel Publishing |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : 9780836280357 |
The authors have chronicled hilarious anecdotes in this wacky tribute to the most embarrassingly funny moments in show business history. Those "dishonored" with a star on the Walk of Shame include Tom Cruise, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ted Danson, Julia Roberts, Johnny Carson, and more.
Author | : Harry Medved |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 223 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Motion pictures |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Harry Medved |
Publisher | : St. Martin's Griffin |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 2007-04-01 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 1429907177 |
LET THE MOVIES BE YOUR GUIDE! * Hike THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE Trail! * Behold the KILL BILL Chapel! * Enter THE DOORS Indian Caves! * Swim at BEACH BLANKET BINGO's Malibu! * Escape to SOME LIKE IT HOT's Resort! * Raft the STAGECOACH River! * Explore HIGH PLAIN DRIFTER's Ghostly Lake! * Trek to the LOST HORIZON Waterfall! * Discover the STAR WARS Sand Dunes! Here is the first comprehensive guide to Southern California's outdoor filming locations taking you to more than 50 of the Golden State's most cinematic beaches, mountains, deserts, lakes, hot springs and waterfalls. Illustrated with over 100 scenic photos and 20 easy-to-read maps, Hollywood Escapes: The Moviegoer's Guide to Exploring Southern California's Great Outdours not only takes you to movie history's most memorable destinations, but also recommends places to dine and lodge along the way, from mountain hideaways to beach side resorts. Written by inveterate movie buffs and outdoors enthusiasts Harry Medved and Bruce Akiyama, these two native Southern Californians have interviewed dozens of actors, filmmakers, location scouts and rangers to help you explore Hollywood's most spectacular scenery.
Author | : Harry Medved |
Publisher | : Grand Central Pub |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9780446381192 |
Author | : Radclyffe Hall |
Publisher | : Read Books Ltd |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 2015-04-24 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1473374081 |
This early work by Radclyffe Hall was originally published in 1928 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Well of Loneliness' is a novel that follows an upper-class Englishwoman who falls in love with another woman while serving as an ambulance driver in World War I. Marguerite Radclyffe Hall was born on 12th August 1880, in Bournemouth, England. Hall's first novel The Unlit Lamp (1924) was a lengthy and grim tale that proved hard to sell. It was only published following the success of the much lighter social comedy The Forge (1924), which made the best-seller list of John O'London's Weekly. Hall is a key figure in lesbian literature for her novel The Well of Loneliness (1928). This is her only work with overt lesbian themes and tells the story of the life of a masculine lesbian named Stephen Gordon.
Author | : Edwin M. Bradley |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2016-03-03 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 0786498331 |
The most memorable Hollywood musicals of 1930s showcased the talents of stars like Fred Astaire, Jeanette MacDonald, Bing Crosby and Alice Faye. The less memorable ones didn't. This book takes a look at the unsung songfests of the '30s--secondary or forgotten features with short-lived or unlikely stars from major studios and Poverty Row. Through analysis of films such as Lord Byron of Broadway (1930), Shoot the Works (1934), Bottoms Up (1934), Moonlight and Pretzels (1933) and The Music Goes 'Round (1936), the author profiles such performers as Dorothy Dell, Lee Dixon, Peggy Fears, Lawrence Gray, Joe Morrison and the mother-daughter team of Myrt and Marge. Behind-the-scenes figures are discussed, like the infamously profligate producer Lou Brock, whose flops Down to Their Last Yacht (1934) and Top of the Town (1937) cost him his career. Filmographies and production information are included, with background on key participants.
Author | : Aida Hozic |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 2018-10-18 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 150172570X |
Hollywood is currently one of the largest and most profitable sectors of the U.S. economy. In just a few decades, it has transformed itself from a dying company town into a merchandising emporium of movies, games, and licensed characters. It is quickly moving even further into cyberspace, virtual reality, and digital imaging. Aida Hozic writes of these enormous changes in the film industry from a novel perspective: by tracing shifts in spatial organization of film production from the enclosed worlds of old Hollywood studios through globally dispersed location shooting to digital production and distribution. Hozic's fascinating tale of latter-day capitalism suggests that the physical reorganization of production—across the American economy, but in Hollywood in particular—alters material and conceptual boundaries between work and leisure, public and private, reality and fantasy. Particular economic regimes and forms of spatial organization have specific moral implications, and so the story of Hollywood's cultural production is partly a story of censorship and moral surveillance. Hozic's account of industrial change in Hollywood, and of its attempts at moral control over the production of fantasy, is an illuminating confrontation with the peculiar nature of Hollywood's political authority and of its complex power.
Author | : Christina Rice |
Publisher | : University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2013-11-14 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0813144396 |
The forgotten screen legend who made Hollywood history by challenging the all-powerful studio system is revealed in this first full-length biography. Seemingly destined for A-list fame, Ann Dvorak was touted as “Hollywood’s New Cinderella” after film mogul Howard Hughes cast her in the 1932 gangster film Scarface. But Dvorak’s journey to superstardom was derailed when she walked out on her contractual obligations to Warner Bros. for an extended honeymoon. Ann Dvorak: Hollywood’s Forgotten Rebel explores the life and career of one of the first individuals who dared to challenge the studio system. Dvorak reached her pinnacle during the early 1930s, when the film industry was relatively uncensored and free to produce movies with more daring storylines. She played several female leads in films including The Strange Love of Molly Louvain, Three on a Match, and Heat Lightning, but after her walk-out, Warner Bros retaliated by casting her in less significant roles. Following the casting conflicts and illness, Dvorak filed a lawsuit against the Warner Bros. studio, setting a precedent for other stars who eventually followed suit. In this insightful memoir, Christina Rice explores the spirited rebellion of a talented actress whose promising career fell victim to the studio empire.