Author: Hseham Amrahs
Publisher: Mahesh Dutt Sharma
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
The Hollywood 100 is a carefully curated list that spans generations, genres, and the ever-evolving landscape of the film industry. Each actress selected for this collection has not only graced the screen but has also left an indelible mark on the cultural zeitgeist. From the luminosity of the Golden Age to the dynamism of contemporary cinema, these women have transcended the screen, becoming beacons of inspiration for aspiring actors and audiences alike. Behind the glamour and glitz, each actress's journey is a tale of passion, perseverance, and the pursuit of excellence. Whether they emerged from humble beginnings or were born into the limelight, their stories are threaded with the common theme of dedication to their craft. From auditions that tested their mettle to roles that defined careers, these narratives unfold like a script, revealing the raw, unfiltered reality that exists behind the scenes.
Hollywood's 100 Leading Actresses
Author: Hseham Amrahs
Publisher: Mahesh Dutt Sharma
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
The Hollywood 100 is a carefully curated list that spans generations, genres, and the ever-evolving landscape of the film industry. Each actress selected for this collection has not only graced the screen but has also left an indelible mark on the cultural zeitgeist. From the luminosity of the Golden Age to the dynamism of contemporary cinema, these women have transcended the screen, becoming beacons of inspiration for aspiring actors and audiences alike. Behind the glamour and glitz, each actress's journey is a tale of passion, perseverance, and the pursuit of excellence. Whether they emerged from humble beginnings or were born into the limelight, their stories are threaded with the common theme of dedication to their craft. From auditions that tested their mettle to roles that defined careers, these narratives unfold like a script, revealing the raw, unfiltered reality that exists behind the scenes.
Publisher: Mahesh Dutt Sharma
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
The Hollywood 100 is a carefully curated list that spans generations, genres, and the ever-evolving landscape of the film industry. Each actress selected for this collection has not only graced the screen but has also left an indelible mark on the cultural zeitgeist. From the luminosity of the Golden Age to the dynamism of contemporary cinema, these women have transcended the screen, becoming beacons of inspiration for aspiring actors and audiences alike. Behind the glamour and glitz, each actress's journey is a tale of passion, perseverance, and the pursuit of excellence. Whether they emerged from humble beginnings or were born into the limelight, their stories are threaded with the common theme of dedication to their craft. From auditions that tested their mettle to roles that defined careers, these narratives unfold like a script, revealing the raw, unfiltered reality that exists behind the scenes.
Best Actress
Author: Stephen Tapert
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 1978808054
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 517
Book Description
Showcasing a dazzling collection of 200 photographs, many of which have never before been seen, this lavishly illustrated book offers a captivating historical, social, and political examination of the first 75 women--from Janet Gaynor to Emma Stone--to have won the coveted and legendary Academy Award for Best Actress.t Actress.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 1978808054
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 517
Book Description
Showcasing a dazzling collection of 200 photographs, many of which have never before been seen, this lavishly illustrated book offers a captivating historical, social, and political examination of the first 75 women--from Janet Gaynor to Emma Stone--to have won the coveted and legendary Academy Award for Best Actress.t Actress.
Vixens, Floozies and Molls
Author: Hans J. Wollstein
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476611815
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
The floozy, the gangster's moll, the nasty debutante: Most Hollywood actresses played at least one of these bad girls in the 1930s. Since censorship customarily demanded that goodness prevail, vixens were in mainly supporting roles--but the actresses who played them were often colorful scene stealers. These characters and the women who played them first began to appear in film in 1915 when Theda Bara played home-wrecker Elsie Drummond in The Vixen. Movie theaters filled and the industry focused on heaving bosoms and ceaseless lust. Bara never shed the vamp image. The type evolved into the flapper, the gangster's moll, the "dame," and the "bad girl." This work covers the lives and careers of 28 actresses, providing details about their lives and giving complete filmographies of their careers.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476611815
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
The floozy, the gangster's moll, the nasty debutante: Most Hollywood actresses played at least one of these bad girls in the 1930s. Since censorship customarily demanded that goodness prevail, vixens were in mainly supporting roles--but the actresses who played them were often colorful scene stealers. These characters and the women who played them first began to appear in film in 1915 when Theda Bara played home-wrecker Elsie Drummond in The Vixen. Movie theaters filled and the industry focused on heaving bosoms and ceaseless lust. Bara never shed the vamp image. The type evolved into the flapper, the gangster's moll, the "dame," and the "bad girl." This work covers the lives and careers of 28 actresses, providing details about their lives and giving complete filmographies of their careers.
Hollywood's Hard-Luck Ladies
Author: Laura Wagner
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476638330
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
In the era of Hollywood now considered its Golden Age, there was no shortage of hard-luck stories--movie stars succumbed to mental illness, addiction, accidents, suicide, early death and more. This book profiles 23 actresses who achieved a measure of success before fate dealt them losing hands--in full public view. Overviews of their lives and careers provide a wealth of previously unpublished information and set the record straight on long-standing inaccuracies. Actresses covered include Lynne Baggett, Suzan Ball, Helen Burgess, Susan Cabot, Mary Castle, Mae Clarke, Dorothy Comingore, Patricia Dane, Dorothy Dell, Sidney Fox, Charlotte Henry, Rita Johnson, Mayo Methot, Marjie Millar, Mary Nolan, Susan Peters, Lyda Roberti, Peggy Shannon, Rosa Stradner, Judy Tyler, Karen Verne, Helen Walker and Constance Worth.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476638330
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
In the era of Hollywood now considered its Golden Age, there was no shortage of hard-luck stories--movie stars succumbed to mental illness, addiction, accidents, suicide, early death and more. This book profiles 23 actresses who achieved a measure of success before fate dealt them losing hands--in full public view. Overviews of their lives and careers provide a wealth of previously unpublished information and set the record straight on long-standing inaccuracies. Actresses covered include Lynne Baggett, Suzan Ball, Helen Burgess, Susan Cabot, Mary Castle, Mae Clarke, Dorothy Comingore, Patricia Dane, Dorothy Dell, Sidney Fox, Charlotte Henry, Rita Johnson, Mayo Methot, Marjie Millar, Mary Nolan, Susan Peters, Lyda Roberti, Peggy Shannon, Rosa Stradner, Judy Tyler, Karen Verne, Helen Walker and Constance Worth.
I Loved Her in the Movies
Author: Robert Wagner
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525429115
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
"In a career that has spanned more than sixty years, Robert Wagner has witnessed the twilight of the Golden Age of Hollywood and the rise of television ... During that time he became acquainted, both professionally and socially, with the remarkable women who were the greatest screen personalities of their day. [This memoir] is his ... account of the charisma of these women on film, why they became stars, and how their specific emotional and dramatic chemistries affected the choices they made as actresses as well as the choices they made as women"--
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525429115
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
"In a career that has spanned more than sixty years, Robert Wagner has witnessed the twilight of the Golden Age of Hollywood and the rise of television ... During that time he became acquainted, both professionally and socially, with the remarkable women who were the greatest screen personalities of their day. [This memoir] is his ... account of the charisma of these women on film, why they became stars, and how their specific emotional and dramatic chemistries affected the choices they made as actresses as well as the choices they made as women"--
Leading Men
Author: Frank Miller
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 9780811854672
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Tough, sophisticated, witty, and handsomefrom Rudolph Valentino to Buster Keaton, Cary Grant to Jimmy Stewart, Humphrey Bogart to Steve McQueen, each of the actors featured in this book brought a magnetic presence to the screen and made a powerful and enduring mark on film history. Produced by Turner Classic Movies, this stylish and definitive guide as the inside scoop and off-the-record reveals of fifty unforgettable actors and is also the focus of an on-air film festival on the channel. The lives and accomplishments of each actor are celebrated in an insightful career overview, accompanied by an annotated list of essential films, filmographies, behind the scenes facts, Academy Award wins and nominations. Full of surprising trivia, film stills, posters, and stunning photos, Leading Men pays tribute to the most charismatic, enduring, and elegant actors of the silver screenan essential resource for movie buffs and pop-culture enthusiasts alike.
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 9780811854672
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Tough, sophisticated, witty, and handsomefrom Rudolph Valentino to Buster Keaton, Cary Grant to Jimmy Stewart, Humphrey Bogart to Steve McQueen, each of the actors featured in this book brought a magnetic presence to the screen and made a powerful and enduring mark on film history. Produced by Turner Classic Movies, this stylish and definitive guide as the inside scoop and off-the-record reveals of fifty unforgettable actors and is also the focus of an on-air film festival on the channel. The lives and accomplishments of each actor are celebrated in an insightful career overview, accompanied by an annotated list of essential films, filmographies, behind the scenes facts, Academy Award wins and nominations. Full of surprising trivia, film stills, posters, and stunning photos, Leading Men pays tribute to the most charismatic, enduring, and elegant actors of the silver screenan essential resource for movie buffs and pop-culture enthusiasts alike.
The Fifth Woman
Author: Henning Mankell
Publisher: New Press/ORIM
ISBN: 1595586121
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 555
Book Description
From the #1 international-bestselling master of Scandinavian noir: a “marvelously told mystery” of murder in Sweden and corruption in Africa (Austin American-Statesman). In an African convent, four nuns and an unidentified fifth woman are found with their throats slit. The local police do little to investigate . . . and cover up the unknown woman’s death. A year later in Sweden, Holger Eriksson, a retired car dealer and birdwatcher, is skewered to death after falling into a pit of carefully sharpened bamboo poles. Soon after, the body of a missing florist is discovered strangled and tied to a tree. Baffled and appalled by the crimes, the only clues Inspector Kurt Wallander has to go on are a skull, a diary, and a photo of three men. What ensues is a complex, meticulously plotted investigation that will push the detective to his limits. The key is the unsolved killing of the fifth woman in Africa—who was she, and what did she have to do with the brutal deaths of two seemingly innocent men? Are more victims in danger? The answers will lead Wallander to question everything he thought he knew about the psychology of murder. An international bestseller, this “scary and cunning tale” (Rocky Mountain News) “achieves the satisfying density of plot and characterization” that established Henning Mankell as one of the twentieth-century’s finest crime writers. His Kurt Wallander mysteries are now the basis for the hit TV show Wallander starring Kenneth Branagh (The Baltimore Sun).
Publisher: New Press/ORIM
ISBN: 1595586121
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 555
Book Description
From the #1 international-bestselling master of Scandinavian noir: a “marvelously told mystery” of murder in Sweden and corruption in Africa (Austin American-Statesman). In an African convent, four nuns and an unidentified fifth woman are found with their throats slit. The local police do little to investigate . . . and cover up the unknown woman’s death. A year later in Sweden, Holger Eriksson, a retired car dealer and birdwatcher, is skewered to death after falling into a pit of carefully sharpened bamboo poles. Soon after, the body of a missing florist is discovered strangled and tied to a tree. Baffled and appalled by the crimes, the only clues Inspector Kurt Wallander has to go on are a skull, a diary, and a photo of three men. What ensues is a complex, meticulously plotted investigation that will push the detective to his limits. The key is the unsolved killing of the fifth woman in Africa—who was she, and what did she have to do with the brutal deaths of two seemingly innocent men? Are more victims in danger? The answers will lead Wallander to question everything he thought he knew about the psychology of murder. An international bestseller, this “scary and cunning tale” (Rocky Mountain News) “achieves the satisfying density of plot and characterization” that established Henning Mankell as one of the twentieth-century’s finest crime writers. His Kurt Wallander mysteries are now the basis for the hit TV show Wallander starring Kenneth Branagh (The Baltimore Sun).
Introduction to Jamie Lee Curtis
Author: Gilad James, PhD
Publisher: Gilad James Mystery School
ISBN: 6055218380
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Jamie Lee Curtis is a renowned American actress, author, and activist. She was born on November 22, 1958, in Santa Monica, California, and was raised in a prominent Hollywood family. Her father, Tony Curtis, was a well-known actor, and her mother, Janet Leigh, was a successful actress who starred in the iconic thriller, Psycho. Curtis began her acting career with a role in the horror film, Halloween, which propelled her to fame and earned her the title of the "scream queen." She appeared in numerous other horror movies in the 1980s, before branching out into other genres and showing off her versatility as an actress. In addition to her acting career, Curtis has also written several children's books and is known for her activism and advocacy work in the areas of children's health and wellness. She has won several awards and accolades throughout her career, including a Golden Globe and two BAFTA Awards.
Publisher: Gilad James Mystery School
ISBN: 6055218380
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Jamie Lee Curtis is a renowned American actress, author, and activist. She was born on November 22, 1958, in Santa Monica, California, and was raised in a prominent Hollywood family. Her father, Tony Curtis, was a well-known actor, and her mother, Janet Leigh, was a successful actress who starred in the iconic thriller, Psycho. Curtis began her acting career with a role in the horror film, Halloween, which propelled her to fame and earned her the title of the "scream queen." She appeared in numerous other horror movies in the 1980s, before branching out into other genres and showing off her versatility as an actress. In addition to her acting career, Curtis has also written several children's books and is known for her activism and advocacy work in the areas of children's health and wellness. She has won several awards and accolades throughout her career, including a Golden Globe and two BAFTA Awards.
Who's Who In Hollywood!
Author: Terry Rowan
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1329074491
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
A comprehensive film guide featuring Hollywood films, directors, actors and actresses.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1329074491
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
A comprehensive film guide featuring Hollywood films, directors, actors and actresses.
Co-Financing Hollywood Film Productions with Outside Investors
Author: Kay H. Hofmann
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3658007877
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Over the past two decades, investors from outside the motion picture industry have increasingly supplied equity to U.S. film productions. Today, these so-called co-financing arrangements are a common phenomenon in Hollywood. While the large studios usually carry out the operative tasks of movie production and distribution, the financiers as co-owners of the completed films have rights to the residual profits. Kay H. Hofmann analyzes the conflicts of interest and the organizational problems that may arise between the experienced major studios and investors with comparably low industry expertise. Guided by principal agent theory, the empirical analysis provides evidence for adverse selection and multiple aspects of moral hazard during production as well as distribution. Based on these findings, the author develops solutions that are not only relevant for current and future investors but also for studios and film producers who rely on the long-term availability of external funds.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3658007877
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Over the past two decades, investors from outside the motion picture industry have increasingly supplied equity to U.S. film productions. Today, these so-called co-financing arrangements are a common phenomenon in Hollywood. While the large studios usually carry out the operative tasks of movie production and distribution, the financiers as co-owners of the completed films have rights to the residual profits. Kay H. Hofmann analyzes the conflicts of interest and the organizational problems that may arise between the experienced major studios and investors with comparably low industry expertise. Guided by principal agent theory, the empirical analysis provides evidence for adverse selection and multiple aspects of moral hazard during production as well as distribution. Based on these findings, the author develops solutions that are not only relevant for current and future investors but also for studios and film producers who rely on the long-term availability of external funds.