Author: Brian Taves
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813134226
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Ince turned movie-making into a business enterprise. Progressing from actor to director and screenwriter, he revolutionized the motion picture industry through developing the role of the producer. Taves chronicles Ince's life from the stage to his sudden death as he was about to join forces with media tycoon William Randolph Hearst. He explores Ince's impact on Hollywood's production system, the Western, his creation of the first American movies starring Asian performers, and his cinematic exploration of the status of women in society.
Thomas Ince
Author: Brian Taves
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813134226
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Ince turned movie-making into a business enterprise. Progressing from actor to director and screenwriter, he revolutionized the motion picture industry through developing the role of the producer. Taves chronicles Ince's life from the stage to his sudden death as he was about to join forces with media tycoon William Randolph Hearst. He explores Ince's impact on Hollywood's production system, the Western, his creation of the first American movies starring Asian performers, and his cinematic exploration of the status of women in society.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813134226
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Ince turned movie-making into a business enterprise. Progressing from actor to director and screenwriter, he revolutionized the motion picture industry through developing the role of the producer. Taves chronicles Ince's life from the stage to his sudden death as he was about to join forces with media tycoon William Randolph Hearst. He explores Ince's impact on Hollywood's production system, the Western, his creation of the first American movies starring Asian performers, and his cinematic exploration of the status of women in society.
Olive Thomas
Author: Michelle Vogel
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786455268
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Olive Thomas was one of Hollywood's first true movie stars. Born in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, in 1894, she moved to New York at age sixteen and began to pursue an acting career. By 1915, she had landed a job as one of Ziegfeld's famous "Follies" girls. Before long her beauty was discovered by Hollywood, where she quickly became one of the biggest names in motion pictures. Her marriage to film star Jack Pickford further enhanced her popularity. Olive's death by poison on September 10, 1920, created a media circus. This biography begins with Olive's birth, follows her trip to stardom, and covers in detail the circumstances surrounding her mysterious death at age 25. Rare and beautiful photographs and a complete filmography are included.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786455268
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Olive Thomas was one of Hollywood's first true movie stars. Born in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, in 1894, she moved to New York at age sixteen and began to pursue an acting career. By 1915, she had landed a job as one of Ziegfeld's famous "Follies" girls. Before long her beauty was discovered by Hollywood, where she quickly became one of the biggest names in motion pictures. Her marriage to film star Jack Pickford further enhanced her popularity. Olive's death by poison on September 10, 1920, created a media circus. This biography begins with Olive's birth, follows her trip to stardom, and covers in detail the circumstances surrounding her mysterious death at age 25. Rare and beautiful photographs and a complete filmography are included.
The Royalist Composition Papers: I-O
Author: Great Britain. Committee for compounding with delinquents (1643-1660)
Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The Royalist Composition Papers
Author: Great Britain. Committee for Compounding with Delinquents, 1643-1660
Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 262
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The Royalist Composition Papers: A-B
Author: Great Britain. Committee for Compounding with Delinquents, 1643-1660
Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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Record Society for the Publication of Original Documents Relating to Lancashire and Cheshire
Author:
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Category : Cheshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 290
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Publisher:
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Category : Cheshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 290
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The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster
Author: William Farrer
Publisher:
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Category : Lancashire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Lancashire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 534
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The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster: West Derby hundred contd., Salford hundred
Author: William Farrer
Publisher:
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Category : Lancashire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 532
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Publisher:
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Category : Lancashire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 532
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Exhibitors Daily Review
Author:
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Category : Motion pictures
Languages : en
Pages : 1208
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Motion pictures
Languages : en
Pages : 1208
Book Description
Portfolio
Author: Matthew Gregson
Publisher:
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Category : Lancashire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lancashire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 460
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