Author: Miranda Seymour
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date: 2009-05-05
Book Size: 30.79 MB
Book Format: PDF, Mobi
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Chaplin S Girl

by Miranda Seymour, Chaplin S Girl Books available in Docs, PDF, EPUB, Mobi, Textbook, Kindle Format. Download Chaplin S Girl book, In 1931, City Lightsintroduced Charlie Chaplin's new female star to the world. The film - defiantly silent in the age of talkies - was an immediate and international hit. The actress who played the romantic lead had never been on screen or stage before. Chaplin's film turned her into the most famous girl in the world. And, like Rhett Butler, the most famous girl in the world didn't give a damn. Virginia Cherrill was the beautiful daughter of an Illinois rancher, who ran away to live through some of Hollywood's wildest years. She was the adoring first wife who broke Cary Grant's heart when she left him; who turned down the gloriously eligible Maharajah of Jaipur to befriend his wife and rescue her from purdah. Virginia Cherrill presided, during the thirties, over one of England's loveliest houses, as the Countess of Jersey. Everybody sought her friendship. All that eluded her was love. And when she found it, she gave up all she had to marry a handsome and penniless Polish flying ace, whose dream it was to become a cowboy. In this glorious, and undiscovered story of Hollywood, international high society, wartime drama and romance, Miranda Seymour works from unpublished sources to recapture the personality of a woman so vividly enchanting that none could resist her. This is the story of Cinderalla in reverse: of the poor girl who won everything - and gave up all for love. Breathtakingly romantic, exquisitely written, this is the stuff that dreams are made of . . .

Author: A. J. Marriot
Publisher:
Release Date: 2005
Book Size: 71.70 MB
Book Format: PDF
Category : Comedians
Languages : en
Pages : 246
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Chaplin

by A. J. Marriot, Chaplin Books available in Docs, PDF, EPUB, Mobi, Textbook, Kindle Format. Download Chaplin book,

Author: Marlette Rebhorn
Publisher: Peter Lang Pub Incorporated
Release Date: 1988
Book Size: 76.55 MB
Book Format: PDF, Kindle
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 211
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Screening America

by Marlette Rebhorn, Screening America Books available in Docs, PDF, EPUB, Mobi, Textbook, Kindle Format. Download Screening America book, Using films to spark student interest in the past and encourage them to write about what really interests them is particularly appropriate as teachers confront a student population more visually than print oriented. This book sets key films in historical context, critiques them for accuracy, and relates material in the film to developments in American History. Instructor's guides provide suggested writing topics and relevant bibliography for students based on information presented in the film.

Author: Dan Kamin
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Release Date: 2008-09-05
Book Size: 43.80 MB
Book Format: PDF
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 244
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The Comedy Of Charlie Chaplin

by Dan Kamin, The Comedy Of Charlie Chaplin Books available in Docs, PDF, EPUB, Mobi, Textbook, Kindle Format. Download The Comedy Of Charlie Chaplin book, This excursion into the enchanted comic world of Charlie Chaplin will appeal not just to Chaplin fans but to anyone who loves comedy. Dan Kamin brings a unique insider’s perspective to the subject. An internationally acclaimed comic performing artist himself, he trained Robert Downey, Jr. for his Oscar-nominated portrayal in Chaplin, and created Johnny Depp’s physical comedy scenes in Benny and Joon. The Comedy of Charlie Chaplin: Artistry in Motion reveals the inner workings of Chaplin’s mesmerizing art as never before. Kamin illuminates the comedian's incredibly sophisticated visual comedy in disarmingly direct prose, providing new insights into how Chaplin achieved his legendary rapport with audiences and demonstrating why comedy created nearly a century ago remains fresh today. He then presents provocative new interpretations of each of the comedian’s sound films, showing how Chaplin remained true to his silent comedy roots even as he kept reinventing his art for changing times. The book is lavishly illustrated with many never-before-published images of the comedian.

Author: Betty Harper Fussell
Publisher:
Release Date: 1982
Book Size: 10.73 MB
Book Format: PDF, Kindle
Category : Motion picture actors and actresses
Languages : en
Pages : 239
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Mabel

by Betty Harper Fussell, Mabel Books available in Docs, PDF, EPUB, Mobi, Textbook, Kindle Format. Download Mabel book,

Author: Mark Glancy
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date: 2020-09-15
Book Size: 78.73 MB
Book Format: PDF, ePub
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 400
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Cary Grant The Making Of A Hollywood Legend

by Mark Glancy, Cary Grant The Making Of A Hollywood Legend Books available in Docs, PDF, EPUB, Mobi, Textbook, Kindle Format. Download Cary Grant The Making Of A Hollywood Legend book, A definitive new account of the professional and personal life of one of Hollywood's most unforgettable, influential stars. Archie Leach was a poorly educated, working-class boy from a troubled family living in the backstreets of Bristol. Cary Grant was Hollywood's most debonair film star--the embodiment of worldly sophistication. Cary Grant: The Making of a Hollywood Legend tells the incredible story of how a sad, neglected boy became the suave, glamorous star many know and idolize. The first biography to be based on Grant's own personal papers, this book takes us on a fascinating journey from the actor's difficult childhood through years of struggle in music halls and vaudeville, a hit-and-miss career in Broadway musicals, and three decades of film stardom during Hollywood's golden age. Leaving no stone unturned, Cary Grant delves into all aspects of Grant's life, from the bitter realities of his impoverished childhood to his trailblazing role in Hollywood as a film star who defied the studio system and took control of his own career. Highlighting Grant's genius as an actor and a filmmaker, author Mark Glancy examines the crucial contributions Grant made to such classic films as Bringing Up Baby (1938), The Philadelphia Story (1940), Notorious (1946), An Affair to Remember (1957), North by Northwest (1959), Charade (1963) and Father Goose (1964). Glancy also explores Grant's private life with new candor and insight throughout the book's nine sections, illuminating how Grant's search for happiness and fulfillment lead him to having his first child at the age of 62 and embarking on his fifth marriage at the age of 77. With this biography--complete with a chronological filmography of the actor's work--Glancy provides a definitive account of the professional and personal life of one of Hollywood's most unforgettable, influential stars.

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Publisher:
Release Date: 1968
Book Size: 29.35 MB
Book Format: PDF
Category : Motion pictures
Languages : en
Pages :
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Film

by , Film Books available in Docs, PDF, EPUB, Mobi, Textbook, Kindle Format. Download Film book,

Author: Cynthia Baron
Publisher:
Release Date: 2008-05-19
Book Size: 19.57 MB
Book Format: PDF, Mobi
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 301
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Reframing Screen Performance

by Cynthia Baron, Reframing Screen Performance Books available in Docs, PDF, EPUB, Mobi, Textbook, Kindle Format. Download Reframing Screen Performance book, Challenges conventional approaches to film by advancing the simple yet revolutionary idea that acting is of cinema's essential aspects. It is a study of film acting that challenges the long held belief that great cinematic performances are created in the editing room. Among the films discussed are several versions of Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet, Smoke, The grifters, Training day, Seven samurai and The magnificent seven, City lights (Charlie Chaplin). Also looks at acting coaches eg Lee Strasberg and Stanislavsky.

Author: Kenneth Schuyler Lynn
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date: 1997
Book Size: 66.86 MB
Book Format: PDF
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 604
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Charlie Chaplin And His Times

by Kenneth Schuyler Lynn, Charlie Chaplin And His Times Books available in Docs, PDF, EPUB, Mobi, Textbook, Kindle Format. Download Charlie Chaplin And His Times book, A full-scale portrait of Charlie Chaplin discusses the life and times of a comedic genius whose roles masked a complex, sometimes tragic and turbulent personal life. 20,000 first printing.

Author: Wes D. Gehring
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date: 2014-09-04
Book Size: 76.95 MB
Book Format: PDF, Kindle
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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Chaplin S War Trilogy

by Wes D. Gehring, Chaplin S War Trilogy Books available in Docs, PDF, EPUB, Mobi, Textbook, Kindle Format. Download Chaplin S War Trilogy book, The book examines Chaplin's evolving perspective on dark comedy in his three war films, Shoulder Arms (1918), The Great Dictator(1940), and Monsieur Verdoux (1947). In the first he uses the genre in a groundbreaking manner but yet for a pro-war cause. In Dictator dark comedy is applied in an antiwar way. In Verdoux he actually embraces the genre as an individual in defense against a society that's out to destroy him. All three are pivotal films in the development of the genre in film, with the latter two movies being very controversial for their time.

Author: Glenn Mitchell
Publisher: B. T. Batsford Limited
Release Date: 1997
Book Size: 64.48 MB
Book Format: PDF, Docs
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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The Chaplin Encyclopedia

by Glenn Mitchell, The Chaplin Encyclopedia Books available in Docs, PDF, EPUB, Mobi, Textbook, Kindle Format. Download The Chaplin Encyclopedia book, This A-Z guide contains much original research and new information on many little-known foreign-distributed versions of Chaplin's movies. Mitchell, an authority on early 20th century cinema comedy, also wrote The Laurel & Hardy Encyclopedia.

Author: Kevin Hayes
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date: 2005
Book Size: 73.70 MB
Book Format: PDF, ePub, Mobi
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 150
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Charlie Chaplin

by Kevin Hayes, Charlie Chaplin Books available in Docs, PDF, EPUB, Mobi, Textbook, Kindle Format. Download Charlie Chaplin book, A definitive collection of interviews with Charlie Chaplin offers long, contemplative analyses of the man's life and work, as well as his thoughts on the craft of filmmaking, his methods of making movies, the characters he created, and more. Simultaneous.