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The Cambridge companion to Shakespeare on film / edited by Russell Jackson Cambridge, UK New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Call No: 753SHA CAMAuthor: Jackson, Russell, 1949 Source: UKPlace: Cambridge, UK New YorkPublisher: Cambridge University PressPubDate: 2000PhysDes: xiv, 342 p. ; 24 cmSeries: Cambridge companions to literatureSubject: ADAPTATIONS ; ADAPTATIONS. SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM ; BRANAGH, KENNETH ; OLIVIER, LAURENCE ; WELLES, ORSON ; ZEFFIRELLI, FRANCO ; HENRY V (UK, Kenneth Branagh, 1989) ; HENRY V (UK, Laurence Olivier, 1944) ; MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (UK/US, Kenneth Branagh, 1993) ; TAMING OF THE SHREW, THE (IT/US, Franco Zefferelli, 1967) ; RICHARD III (US, James Keane, 1912) ; RICHARD III (US, Richard Loncraine, 1995) ; RICHARD III (UK, Laurence Olivier, 1955) ; HAMLET (UK, Laurence Olivier, 1948) ; HAMLET (UK/US, Kenneth Branagh, 1996) ; HAMLET (US, Franco Zeffirelli, 1990) ; MACBETH (US, Orson Welles, 1948) ; MACBETH (US/UK, Roman Polanski, 1971) ; KUMONOSU-JO (JA, Akira Kurosawa, 1957) ; THRONE OF BLOOD (JA, Akira Kurosawa, 1957) ; KING LEAR (UK, Peter Brook, 1953) ; RAN (JA/FR, Akira Kurosawa, 1985) ; WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO + JULIET (US, Baz Luhrmann, 1996) Summary: "This lively Companion is a collection of critical and historical essays on the films adapted from, and inspired by, Shakespeare's plays. Leading scholars discuss Shakespearean films from a variety of perspectives - as works of art in their own right, as products of the international movie industry, in relation to cinematic and theatrical genres, and as the work of particular directors from Lawrence Olivier and Orson Welles to Franco Zeffirelli and Kenneth Branagh. A guide to further reading and a useful filmography are included." - BOOK BLURBNotes: Filmography: p. 318-324; Includes bibliographical references and index; FilmographyISBN: 0521630231; 0521639751 (pbk.)LON: 21340333Contents: Introduction: Shakespeare, films and the marketplace / Russell Jackson --; Part 1: adaptation and its contexts -- From play-script to screenplay / Russell Jackson -- Video and its paradoxes / Michele Willems -- Critical junctures in Shakespeare screen history: the case of Richard III / Harry Keyishian --; Part 2: genres and plays -- The comedies on film / Michael Hattaway -- Filming Shakespeare's history: three films of Richard III / H.R. Coursen -- Hamlet, Macbeth and King Lear on film / J. Lawrence Guntner -- The tragedies of love on film -- Patricia Tatspaugh --; Part 3: directors -- The Shakespeare films of Lawrence Olivier / Anthony Davies -- Orson Welles and filmed Shakespeare / Pamela Mason -- Grigori Kozintsev's Hamlet and King Lear / Mark Sokolyansky -- Franco Zeffirelli and Shakespeare / Deborah Cartmell -- Flamboyant realist: Kenneth Branagh / Samuel Crowl --; Part 4: critical issues -- Looking at Shakespeare's women on film / Carol Chillington Rutter -- National and racial stereotypes in Shakespeare films / Neil Taylor -- Shakespeare the illusionist: filming the supernatural / Neil Forsyth -- Shakespeare's cinematic offshoots / Tony Howard
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Films in 1951 : a special publication on British films and film-makers for the Festival of Britain London: Published by Sight & Sound for the British Film Institute, [1951].
Call No: 71(41) FILCorpAuthor: British Film InstituteSource: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: Published by Sight & Sound for the British Film InstitutePubDate: [1951]PhysDes: 72 p. illus. 28 cmSubject: RANK ORGANISATION ; CENSORSHIP. UK ; CHILDREN, FILMS FOR. UK ; SOCIETIES, FILM. UNITED KINGDOM ; AMATEUR FILMS. UK ; FESTIVALS. EDINBURGH ; EDUCATION, FILM. UK ; INDUSTRY, FILM. UK ; KORDA, ALEXANDER ; EALING STUDIOS ; REED, CAROL ; CLARKE, T E B ; CARDIFF, JACK ; HARRIS, JACK ; OLIVIER, LAURENCE ; ALWYN, WILLIAM ; HOBSON, VALERIE ; BALCON, MICHAEL ; Grierson, John Summary: Focuses on a number of different films, people, and areas within the British film industry at the time of publication.Notes: Includes list of film companies and studios -; Includes list of distribution and exhibition companies -; Includes list of production organisations -; Includes bibliography
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Great acting: Laurence Olivier, Sybil Thorndike, Ralph Richardson, Peggy Ashcroft, Michael Redgrave, Edith Evans, John Gielgud, NoFel Coward / Edited by Hal Burton London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1967.
Call No: 802.27(41) GREAuthor: Burton, Hal, 1908 ; Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989 CorpAuthor: British Broadcasting CorporationPlace: LondonPublisher: British Broadcasting CorporationPubDate: 1967PhysDes: 192 p. illus. 29 cmSubject: OLIVIER, LAURENCE ; RICHARDSON, RALPH ; ASHCROFT, PEGGY ; GIELGUD, JOHN ; COWARD, NOEL ; REDGRAVE, MICHAEL Notes: "Based on eight programmes originally televised on BBC-2 in 1965 and 1966."LON: 22745
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Love scene : the story of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh / Jesse Lasky Jr and Pat Silver London: Sphere Books, 1980.
Call No: 82OLI LASAuthor: Lasky Jr, Jesse ; Silver, Pat Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: Sphere BooksPubDate: 1980PhysDes: 270 p. ; 21 cmSubject: OLIVIER, LAURENCE ; LEIGH, VIVIEN Summary: Originally published: Brighton : Angus and Robertson ; New York : Crowell, 1978; Bibliography: p.263-266; Includes indexISBN: 0722154488Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006
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Lovers / Linda Sunshine Atlanta, Ga.: Turner Pub., c1992.
Call No: 802.27 SUNAuthor: Sunshine, Linda Edition: 1st edPlace: Atlanta, Ga.Publisher: Turner Pub.PubDate: c1992PhysDes: 204 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: LOVE IN FILMS ; GARBO, GRETA ; GILBERT, JOHN ; GABLE, CLARK ; HARLOW, JEAN ; Crawford, Joan ; ASTAIRE, FRED ; ROGERS, GINGER ; LOY, MYRNA ; MACDONALD, JEANETTE ; EDDY, NELSON ; FLYNN, ERROL ; DE HAVILLAND, OLIVIA ; POWELL, WILLIAM ; PIDGEON, WALTER ; GARLAND, JUDY ; ROONEY, MICKEY ; GARSON, GREER ; BOGART, HUMPHREY ; BACALL, LAUREN ; LEIGH, VIVIEN ; OLIVIER, LAURENCE ; TAYLOR, ELIZABETH ; BURTON, RICHARD ; NEWMAN, PAUL ; WOODWARD, JOANNE ; TRACY, SPENCER ; HEPBURN, KATHARINE ; ALLEN, WOODY ; Keaton, Diane ; FARROW, MIA Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 201), filmographies, and indexISBN: 1878685031 : $29.95LON: 8931051
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Call No: PERSONALITY CLIPPINGS FILE; PERSONALITY MICROFILM COLLECTIONPhysDes: ClippingsSubject: OLIVIER, LAURENCE
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The Oliviers : a biography / by Felix Barker London: Hamish Hamilton, 1953.
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One man tango : an autobiography / Anthony Quinn; with Daniel Paisner London: Headline, 1995.
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Quota quickies : the birth of the British 'B' film / Steve Chibnall. London: bfi Publishing, 2007.
Call No: 730.2 (41) CHIAuthor: Chibnall, Steve Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: bfi PublishingPubDate: 2007PhysDes: xv, 314 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cmSubject: ASSOCIATED BRITISH PICTURE CORPORATION ; BAXTER, JOHN ; MILLS, JOHN ; OLIVIER, LAURENCE ; LEIGH, VIVIEN ; Lean, David ; PEARSON, GEORGE ; WARNER BROS. Summary: This book, the first of two volumes, provides a major new history of the British 'B' film, tracing the development of the low-budget supporting feature from the 1927 Films Act, which introduced a quota system for the distribution and exhibition of indigenous product, to the age of television, when 'B' film producers channeled their energies into making television programs.Along the way the authors address leading producers and studios, 'B' film stars, distributors, and the genres and themes that tended to dominate 'B' film production: comedy, horror, crime and fantasy. Quota Quickies includes a case study of the 'B' films of Michael Powell. [taken from BFI website]Notes: Includes index
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Includes filmographyISBN: 1844571556
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The real life of Laurence Olivier / Roger Lewis London: Century Books, 1996.
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The salad days : an autobiography / Douglas Fairbanks Jr. London: Fontana, 1989 c1988.
Call No: 81FAI FAIAuthor: Fairbanks Jr., Douglas Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: FontanaPubDate: 1989 c1988PhysDes: 608 p. [24] p. of plates : ports. ; 18cmSubject: ACTORS ; FAIRBANKS, DOUGLAS ; ASTAIRE, FRED ; OLIVIER, LAURENCE ; PICKFORD, MARY ; BAXTER, WARNER ; DOVE, BILLIE ; GARBO, GRETA ; Crawford, Joan ; HOWARD, LESLIE ; CATHERINE THE GREAT(US, Paul Czinner,1934) ; LITTLE CAESAR (US, Mervyn LeRoy, 1931) ; DEAD MAN'S CURVE (US, Dan Rosen, 1997) ; MORNING GLORY (US, Lowell Sherman, 1933) ; HAVING WONDERFUL TIME (US, Alfred Santell, 1938) ; GUNGA DIN (US, George Stevens, 1939) Summary: The book covers the family of Douglas Fairbanks jnr, the films he made, his leading ladies, and the friends he made from amongst the stars of HollywoodNotes: Includes index; Includes filmographyISBN: 0006374875
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The search for Sam Goldwyn : a biography / Carol Easton New York: William Morrow & Co., Inc, 1976.
Call No: 81GOL EASAuthor: Easton, Carol Source: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: William Morrow & Co., IncPubDate: 1976PhysDes: 304 p. ; 26 cmSubject: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; GOLDWYN, SAMUEL ; COOPER, GARY ; COLMAN, RONALD ; OLIVIER, LAURENCE ; WYLER, WILLIAM ; HELLMAN, LILLIAN ; HAWKS, HOWARD ; FORD, JOHN ; CANTOR, EDDIE ; BERKELEY, BUSBY ; KAYE, DANNY ; SQUAW MAN, THE (US, Oscar C. Apfel & Cecil B. DeMille, 1914) ; WUTHERING HEIGHTS (US, William Wyler, 1939) ; ARROWSMITH (US, John Ford, 1931) ; DODSWORTH (US, William Wyler, 1936) ; LITTLE FOXES, THE (US, William Wyler, 1941) ; PRIDE OF THE YANKEES, THE (US, Sam Wood, 1942) ; BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, THE (US, William Wyler, 1946) ISBN: 0688030076Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006
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Shakespeare on film / Jack J Jorgens Bloomington: Indiana University Press, c1977.
Call No: 753SHA JORAuthor: Jorgens, Jack.J Source: USPlace: BloomingtonPublisher: Indiana University PressPubDate: c1977PhysDes: xii, 337 p. : ill. ; 24cmSubject: FILM STUDY AND RESEARCH ; SHAKESPEARE [WILLIAM] IN FILMS ; SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM ; EDUCATION AND THE CINEMA ; DIETERLE, WILLIAM ; ZEFFIRELLI, FRANCO ; MANKIEWICZ, JOSEPH L. ; WELLES, ORSON ; OLIVIER, LAURENCE ; SCHAEFER, GEORGE ; KUROSAWA AKIRA ; KOZINTSEV, GRIGORI ; MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, A (SP/UK, Celestino Coronado, 1984) ; TAMING OF THE SHREW, THE (IT/US, Franco Zefferelli, 1967) ; ROMEO AND JULIET (UK/IT, Franco Zeffirelli, 1968) ; JULIUS CAESAR (US, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1953) ; HENRY V (UK, Laurence Olivier, 1944) ; RICHARD III (UK, Laurence Olivier, 1955) ; MACBETH ; KUMONOSU-JO (JA, Akira Kurosawa, 1957) ; HAMLET [GAMLET] (UR, Grigori Kozintsev, 1964) ; OTELLO (IT, Franco Zeffirelli, 1986) ; KING LEAR (UK, Peter Brook, 1953) Summary: This book looks at films made of Shakespeare plays and is an evaluation of such films and focuses on what is good and interesting about them as well attemping to interpret them.It is ultimately an appreciation of the films made of Shakespeare's plays. It provides the reader with the vocabulary of film and a cinematic way of expressing Shakespeare's characters, settings, themes, structures and verbal and dramatic styles.It looks at the strenghts of the works of filmakers such as Zeffirelli, or OlivierNotes: Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 0253351960ID2: 291
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Still Dancing : My Story / Lew Grade London: Collins, 1987.
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Tales from the Hollywood raj : the British, the movies and tinseltown / Sheridan Morley New York: Viking Press, c1983.
Call No: 802 MORAuthor: Morley, Sheridan Source: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: Viking PressPubDate: c1983PhysDes: 237p., [16] p. of plates; ill. ; 24cmSubject: UNITED KINGDOM ; USA ; ACTORS ; MORLEY, ROBERT ; COLMAN, RONALD ; CHAPLIN, CHARLES ; HARRISON, REX ; GRANT, CARY ; LEIGH, VIVIEN ; OLIVIER, LAURENCE ; NIVEN, DAVID ; HOWARD, LESLIE ; HITCHCOCK, ALFRED ; HARDWICKE, CEDRIC ; COWARD, NOEL ; FAIRBANKS, DOUGLAS ; HEPBURN, AUDREY Summary: "Sheridan Morley, who spent the best part of his eighth year in Hollywood with his grandmother, the same Gladys Cooper, and his father, Robert Morley, provides here the first detailed history of the colonization of Hollywood by the British, from the coming of sound through fifty years to the final dismantling of the old studios by television." (Taken from back cover)ISBN: 0670691623Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006
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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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Vivien Leigh / Anne Edwards Kent: Coronet, 1977.
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