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Monsters on Maple Street: The Twilight Zone and the Postwar American Dream [Paperback]
David J. Brokaw (Author)
£36.00ISBN: 9780813199276
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Post-World War II America has often been mythologized by successive generations as an exceptional period of prosperity and comfort. At a time when the Cold War was understood to be a battle of ideas as much as military prowess, the entertainment b... .... Learn More -
Clarence Brown: Hollywood's Forgotten Master [Paperback]
Gwenda Young (Author); Kevin Brownlow (Author)
£23.00ISBN: 9780813198408
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Screen Classics
Greta Garbo proclaimed him as her favorite director. Actors, actresses, and even child stars were so at ease under his direction that they were able to deliver inspired and powerful performances. Academy–Award–nominated director Clarence Brown (18... .... Learn More -
Modernity at the Movies: Cinema-going in Buenos Aires and Santiago, 1915-1945 [Hardback]
Camila Gatica Mizala (Author)
£52.00ISBN: 9780822947677
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Pitt Illuminations
Cinema can both reflect the world as it is and offer escape from it. In Modernity at the Movies, Camila Gatica Mizala explores the ideas of reflection versus escapism and examines how modes of understanding the current moment emerged through the p... .... Learn More -
The Woman Who Dared: The Life and Times of Pearl White, Queen of the Serials [Hardback]
William M. Drew (Author)
£45.00ISBN: 9780813196831
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Screen Classics
In the early days of motion pictures - before superstars, before studio conglomerates, before even the advent of sound - there was a woman named Pearl White (1889-1938). A quintessential beauty of the time, with her perfectly tousled bob and come-... .... Learn More -
Jean Gabin: The Actor Who Was France [Paperback]
Joseph Harriss (Author)
£23.00ISBN: 9780813198750
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Screen Classics
When one thinks of the quintessential Frenchman, one likely pictures Jean Gabin (1904-1976). The son of music hall performers, the Paris-born actor grew up in the entertainment business. His onscreen debut in the 1930's marked the beginning of man... .... Learn More -
Aline MacMahon: Hollywood, the Blacklist, and the Birth of Method Acting [Hardback]
John Stangeland (Author)
£36.00ISBN: 9780813196060
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Screen Classics
American actress Aline MacMahon's youth was spent honing her talents while performing at local events in New York City. After popular stage success on Broadway, she headlined a touring company in Los Angeles, where she was discovered by legendary ... .... Learn More -
That's Entertainment: Spectacle, Amusement, and Leisure Culture [Paperback]
Michele Fadda (Editor); Sara Pesce (Editor)
£23.00ISBN: 9788869771798
Published by : Mimesis International
Not yet published - available for pre-order
The 20th century witnessed the collapse of the traditional separation between the realm of 'official' culture and that of 'popular' entertainment. This event produced dramatic consequences at all levels of social life in the West, especially in th... .... Learn More -
Ernest Lehman: The Sweet Smell of Success [Hardback]
Jon Krampner (Author)
£32.00ISBN: 9780813195957
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Screen Classics
One of the most successful writers in Hollywood, Ernest Lehman penned some of the most iconic and memorable scenes to ever grace the silver screen. Hailed by Vanity Fair as "perhaps the greatest screenwriter in history," Lehman's work on films suc... .... Learn More -
History by HBO: Televising the American Past [Hardback]
Rebecca Weeks (Author)
£32.00ISBN: 9780813195308
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
The television industry is changing, and with it, the small screen's potential to engage in debate and present valuable representations of American history. Founded in 1972, HBO has been at the forefront of these changes, leading the way for many ... .... Learn More -
City of Dreams: The Making and Remaking of Universal Pictures [Paperback]
Bernard F. Dick (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9780813153445
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Horror films. Deanna Durbin musicals. Francis the talking mule. Ma and Pa Kettle. Ross Hunter weepies. Theme parks. ET. Apollo 13. These are only a few of the many faces of Universal Pictures. In February 1906 Carl Laemmle, German immigrant and fo... .... Learn More
