Author: Albert Bigelow Paine
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781406885958
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Paine (1861-1937) was an American author and biographer best known for his work with Mark Twain. He was a member of the Pulitzer Prize Committee and wrote in several genres including fiction, humour and verse. This book about Lillian Gish (1893-1993), widely recognised as the greatest screen actress of the silent era and also an accomplished stage actress, was first published in 1932 and is illustrated with photographs throughout.
Life and Lillian Gish (Illustrated Edition)
Author: Albert Bigelow Paine
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781406885958
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Paine (1861-1937) was an American author and biographer best known for his work with Mark Twain. He was a member of the Pulitzer Prize Committee and wrote in several genres including fiction, humour and verse. This book about Lillian Gish (1893-1993), widely recognised as the greatest screen actress of the silent era and also an accomplished stage actress, was first published in 1932 and is illustrated with photographs throughout.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781406885958
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Paine (1861-1937) was an American author and biographer best known for his work with Mark Twain. He was a member of the Pulitzer Prize Committee and wrote in several genres including fiction, humour and verse. This book about Lillian Gish (1893-1993), widely recognised as the greatest screen actress of the silent era and also an accomplished stage actress, was first published in 1932 and is illustrated with photographs throughout.
Life and Lillian Gish
Author: Albert Bigelow Paine
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781976241642
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Life and Lillian Gish
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781976241642
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Life and Lillian Gish
Lillian Gish Book Collection
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Lillian Gish
Author: Stuart Oderman
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476613699
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
With a theatrical career spanning nearly 100 years, Gish saw motion pictures evolve from flickers to blockbusters. Usually playing someone needing to be rescued or protected, her trademark delicacy and vulnerability belied a strong and complex woman whose fatherless childhood taught her frugality, love for her mother and her sister, Dorothy, and a distrust of men. The author, who was her friend, chronicles the hardships, heartaches, and fierce determination that shaped her all her days. With rare photographs and intimate recollections of Lillian, Dorothy, and many other important figures.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476613699
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
With a theatrical career spanning nearly 100 years, Gish saw motion pictures evolve from flickers to blockbusters. Usually playing someone needing to be rescued or protected, her trademark delicacy and vulnerability belied a strong and complex woman whose fatherless childhood taught her frugality, love for her mother and her sister, Dorothy, and a distrust of men. The author, who was her friend, chronicles the hardships, heartaches, and fierce determination that shaped her all her days. With rare photographs and intimate recollections of Lillian, Dorothy, and many other important figures.
The Movies, Mr. Griffith, and Me
Author: Lillian Gish
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Motion picture actors and actresses
Languages : en
Pages : 476
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Category : Motion picture actors and actresses
Languages : en
Pages : 476
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Mary Pickford
Author: Christel Schmidt
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813140552
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
“Explains Pickford’s roles as not only a talented actress, but also as a philanthropist and industry leader who managed to end up her own producer.” —Time Out In the early days of cinema, when actors were unbilled and unmentioned in credits, audiences immediately noticed Mary Pickford. Moviegoers everywhere were riveted by her magnetic talent and appeal as she rose to become cinema’s first great star. In this engaging collection, co-published with the Library of Congress, an eminent group of film historians sheds new light on this icon’s incredible life and legacy. Pickford emerges from the pages in vivid detail, revealed as a gifted actress, a philanthropist, and a savvy industry leader who fought for creative control of her films and ultimately became her own producer. With extensive photos and illustrations, this book paints a fascinating portrait of a key figure in American cinematic history. Includes over 200 photos, illustrations, and stills from the collections of the Library of Congress and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813140552
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
“Explains Pickford’s roles as not only a talented actress, but also as a philanthropist and industry leader who managed to end up her own producer.” —Time Out In the early days of cinema, when actors were unbilled and unmentioned in credits, audiences immediately noticed Mary Pickford. Moviegoers everywhere were riveted by her magnetic talent and appeal as she rose to become cinema’s first great star. In this engaging collection, co-published with the Library of Congress, an eminent group of film historians sheds new light on this icon’s incredible life and legacy. Pickford emerges from the pages in vivid detail, revealed as a gifted actress, a philanthropist, and a savvy industry leader who fought for creative control of her films and ultimately became her own producer. With extensive photos and illustrations, this book paints a fascinating portrait of a key figure in American cinematic history. Includes over 200 photos, illustrations, and stills from the collections of the Library of Congress and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Through the Looking Glass
Author: Selma G. Lanes
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN: 9781567923186
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
A writer & CRITIC with a broad grasp of her subject, an acute eye for talent (and occasionally genius), and a sure prose style, Selma Lanes is our grande dame of children's literature. She wrote the definitive book on Maurice Sendak. She has contributed countless articles on the primary protagonists and players in the field, many published in her previous book, Down the Rabbit Hole. This new collection includes further essays on the masters she most admires: Sendak, Steig, Gorey, L. Frank Baum, Tomi Ungerer, Jack Keats, Margot Zemach, and one editor of genius, Ursula Nordstrom. What concerns Lanes most is the integration of text and image, the abilities of authors and artists of picture books to somehow change our perceptions. In a larger sense, she asks, What makes some children's books work and others fail? How does art for the young reflect, distort or create a social perspective? Earlier she observed, With the possible exception of advertising and film, no popular medium in our time has been as experimental, inventive, and simply alive as children's books. In the present atmosphere of mergers and corporate conglomerates that now define mainstream publishing, she wonders if this remains true. Is the field still dominated, as formerly, by a devoted cadre of geniuses able to spot and encourage talent, willing to take risks, and ferocious in their desire to bring children the best that authors and illustrators have to offer? This book provides her answers, as well as affectionate salutes to the writers and artists whose work deserves to be remembered.
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN: 9781567923186
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
A writer & CRITIC with a broad grasp of her subject, an acute eye for talent (and occasionally genius), and a sure prose style, Selma Lanes is our grande dame of children's literature. She wrote the definitive book on Maurice Sendak. She has contributed countless articles on the primary protagonists and players in the field, many published in her previous book, Down the Rabbit Hole. This new collection includes further essays on the masters she most admires: Sendak, Steig, Gorey, L. Frank Baum, Tomi Ungerer, Jack Keats, Margot Zemach, and one editor of genius, Ursula Nordstrom. What concerns Lanes most is the integration of text and image, the abilities of authors and artists of picture books to somehow change our perceptions. In a larger sense, she asks, What makes some children's books work and others fail? How does art for the young reflect, distort or create a social perspective? Earlier she observed, With the possible exception of advertising and film, no popular medium in our time has been as experimental, inventive, and simply alive as children's books. In the present atmosphere of mergers and corporate conglomerates that now define mainstream publishing, she wonders if this remains true. Is the field still dominated, as formerly, by a devoted cadre of geniuses able to spot and encourage talent, willing to take risks, and ferocious in their desire to bring children the best that authors and illustrators have to offer? This book provides her answers, as well as affectionate salutes to the writers and artists whose work deserves to be remembered.
Children's Literature
Author: Barbara Stoodt
Publisher: Macmillan Education AU
ISBN: 9780732940126
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Publisher: Macmillan Education AU
ISBN: 9780732940126
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Lillian Gish
Author: Charles Affron
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520234345
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
"As someone who worked with and knew Lillian Gish for years, I found Charles Affron’s portrait revealing and moving. He rekindles the life of this intuitive and generous artist beautifully."—Eva Marie Saint
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520234345
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
"As someone who worked with and knew Lillian Gish for years, I found Charles Affron’s portrait revealing and moving. He rekindles the life of this intuitive and generous artist beautifully."—Eva Marie Saint
Hollow Tree Nights and Days
Author: Albert Bigelow Paine
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781406561050
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Albert Bigelow Paine (1861-1937) was an American author and biographer best known for his work with Mark Twain. He was a member of the Pulitzer Prize Committee and wrote in several genres, including fiction, humour, and verse. Paine was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts and moved to Bentonsport, Iowa at the age of 1. He later moved to St. Louis, where he trained as a photographer, and became a dealer in photographic supplies in Fort Scott, Kansas. He wrote several children's books, the first of which was published in 1898. He went on to write about his travelling adventures, including The Tent Dwellers, written about a trout fishing trip to Nova Scotia. Other works by him: The Boy's Life of Mark Twain (1916), Mark Twain: A Biography, 3 volumes (1917), Mark Twain's Letters, 2 volumes (1917), A Short Life of Mark Twain (1920), Mark Twain's Speeches (1923), and Life and Lillian Gish (1932).
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781406561050
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Albert Bigelow Paine (1861-1937) was an American author and biographer best known for his work with Mark Twain. He was a member of the Pulitzer Prize Committee and wrote in several genres, including fiction, humour, and verse. Paine was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts and moved to Bentonsport, Iowa at the age of 1. He later moved to St. Louis, where he trained as a photographer, and became a dealer in photographic supplies in Fort Scott, Kansas. He wrote several children's books, the first of which was published in 1898. He went on to write about his travelling adventures, including The Tent Dwellers, written about a trout fishing trip to Nova Scotia. Other works by him: The Boy's Life of Mark Twain (1916), Mark Twain: A Biography, 3 volumes (1917), Mark Twain's Letters, 2 volumes (1917), A Short Life of Mark Twain (1920), Mark Twain's Speeches (1923), and Life and Lillian Gish (1932).