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COLLINS, JOAN
Call No: PERSONALITY CLIPPINGS FILE; PERSONALITY MICROFILM COLLECTIONPhysDes: ClippingsSubject: COLLINS, JOAN
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Goddess : fierce women on film / Bethan Lloyd Johnson; Matt Millikan Port Melbourne: Thames & Hudson,
Call No: 45[3-02] GODAuthor: Johnson, Bethan Lloyd ; Millikan, Matt Edition: 2023Place: Port MelbournePublisher: Thames & HudsonPhysDes: 272 pages : illustrated ; 24cmSubject: WOMEN AND THE CINEMA ; MAGNANI, ANNA ; LI, GONG ; PICKFORD, MARY ; MONROE, MARILYN ; LUI, NAKHAH ; BERGMAN, INGRID ; WEST, MAE ; DUNYE, CHERYL ; BOW, CLARA ; LINGYU, RUAN ; COLLINS, JOAN ; NORMAND, MABEL ; FEARLESS, NADIA ; GRIER, PAM ; Yeoh, Michelle ; THERON, CHARLIE ; SEDMIKRASKY (CS, Vera Chytilova, 1966) ; SWEETIE (AT, Jane Campion, 1989) ; I WAS A TEENAGE SERIAL KILLER (US, Sarah Jacobson, 1993) ; MARLINA THE MURDERER IN FOUR ACTS (IO/ FR / MY / TH, Mouly Surya, 2017) Summary: The screen goddess is a formidable figure, renowned for her power, complexity and so often beauty. From Joan Crawford and Bette Davis to Laverne Cox and Michelle Yeoh, these women disrupted and redefined the female ideal by pushing boundaries, fighting gender stereotypes and transcending tired tropes.
Goddess examines cinema history through a feminist lens, charting the evolution of women’s on-screen representation and challenging dominant narratives and misconceptions. Contributors, including film critics, actors, podcasters, journalists and academics, share behind-the-scenes stories and celebrate some of cinema’s most memorable female characters at a time when the film industry is undergoing a long-awaited reckoning. -- publisher's web siteISBN: 9781760763466
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Scenes from a revolution : the birth of the new Hollywood / Mark Harris Edinburgh: Canongate, 2008.
Call No: 71 (73) HARAuthor: Harris Mark Place: EdinburghPublisher: CanongatePubDate: 2008PhysDes: 490 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cmSubject: COLUMBIA PICTURES ; CRITICISM ; CRITICS ; DIRECTORS. USA ; HISTORY AND THE CINEMA. USA ; HOLLYWOOD IN FILMS ; JAMES BOND IN FILMS ; TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX ; WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS ; ALLEN, WOODY ; ANTONIONI, MICHELANGELO ; ASHBY, HAL ; BANCROFT, ANNE ; BEATTY, WARREN ; BENTON, ROBERT ; BERGMAN, INGRID ; BLAKE, ROBERT ; BRANDO, MARLON ; BURTON, RICHARD ; CAINE, MICHAEL ; CARON, LESLIE ; CUKOR, GEORGE ; COLLINS, JOAN ; CONNERY, SEAN ; COPPOLA, FRANCIS FORD ; CORMAN, ROGER ; DANIELS, WILLIAM ; DAVIS, SAMMY, Jr. ; DAY, DORIS ; DUNAWAY, FAYE ; DUVALL, ROBERT ; FELLINI, FEDERICO ; FLEISCHER, RICHARD ; FONDA, JANE ; FRANKOVICH, MIKE ; GODARD, JEAN-LUC ; HARRISON, REX ; HENRY, BUCK ; HEPBURN, KATHARINE ; HOFFMAN, DUSTIN ; NEWMAN, DAVID ; BONNIE AND CLYDE (US, Arthur Penn, 1967) ; CAMELOT (US, Joshua Logan, 1967) ; CLEOPATRA (US, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1963) ; COOL HAND LUKE (US, Stuart Rosenberg, 1967) ; [DOCTOR] DR DOLITTLE (US, Richard Fleischer, 1967) ; GRADUATE, THE (US, Mike Nichols, 1967) ; GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (US, Stanley Kramer, 1967) ; KAEL, PAULINE ; IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (US, Norman Jewison, 1967) Summary: In this book, Mark Harris looks at 1967, and marks it as a pivotal moment in Hollywood's history: the shift from studio -generated epics, westerns and musicals, such as "Doctor Doolitle"to the director-centred European aesthetic seen in "Bonnie & Clyde" and "The Graduate". It was the birth of the New Hollywood. The book look at five films made in this year- "Bonnie & Clyde", "In the heat of the night", "Doctor Doolittle" "The Graduate" and "Guess who's coming to dinner" from the. first draft of the scripts to the impact of their release. The author interviews most of the actors in volved in the making of these films and presents a book about Hollywood and the United States at a critical juncture in their history. [Taken from the cover]Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [432]-438) and index.ISBN: 9781847671028ID2: 277
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Television : a history / Francis Wheen ; editorial consultant, Peter Fiddick. London: Century, 1985.
Call No: 70 TEL WHEAuthor: Wheen, Francis. Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: CenturyPubDate: 1985PhysDes: 252 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27cm.Subject: HISTORY OF TV ; BROADCASTING ; SPORTS PRESENTATION ; SOAP OPERAS ; ALL IN THE FAMILY [TV] (US, 1971-?) ; AVENGERS, THE [TV] (UK, 1961-69) ; BALL, LUCILLE ; BERLE, MILTON ; COLLINS, JOAN ; FROST, DAVID ; NIXON [RICHARD M.] ON TV ; REAGAN RONALD ; OLIVIER, LAURENCE ; SCALES, PRUNELLA ; BONANZA: THE NEXT GENERATION (US, Bill Claxton, 1988) ; BRIDESHEAD REVISITED (UK, Julian Jarrold, 2008) ; CHARLIE'S ANGELS [TV] (US, 1976-81) ; CLARKE, ARTHUR C. ; DEATH OF A PRINCESS [TV] (UK/US/NZ/AT/NE, Antony Thomas, 1980) ; DYNASTY [TV] (AT, 1970) ; FORSYTE SAGA, THE [TV] (UK, 2002) ; GUNSMOKE [TV] (US, 1955-75) ; JUDGEMENT AT NUREMBERG (US, Stanley Kramer, 1961) ; VIE SUR TERRE, LA (FR, Abderrahmare Sissako, 1998) ; MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS [TV] (UK, 1969-1974) ; OLYMPICS ON TV ; ON THE BUSES (UK, Harry Booth, 1971) ; PRISONER [TV] (AT, 1979-86) ; ROCKFORD FILES, THE [TV] (US, 1974-80) ; ROOTS [TV] (US, 1977) ; SESAME STREET [TV] (US, 1969-) ; THORN BIRDS, THE [TV] (US, Daryl Duke, 1983) ; TODAY [TV] (AT, 1982-) ; UPSTAIRS, DOWNSTAIRS [TV] (UK, 1970-75) ; YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, THE [TV] (US, 1973- ) Summary: This book examines the beginnings of television and the making of a televised history of the medium in all of its different manifestations, around the world, and look at a variety of programs from current affairs to comedy, documentaries, to dramas, in countries as different as Britain and Japan, or India and the United States The history is looked at from the perspective of the "Third Age of Broadcasting" - the rea of cable, video, direct broadcasting by satellite, teletext, viewdata and computersNotes: Dust jacket title: Television a world history.; Based on a documentary series by Granada Television; Includes indexISBN: 0712609296Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006
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A touch of Collins / Joe Collins London: Headline Book Publishing, 1986.
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