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DOUGLAS, KIRK
Call No: PERSONALITY CLIPPINGS FILE; PERSONALITY MICROFILM COLLECTIONPhysDes: ClippingsSubject: DOUGLAS, KIRK
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Hollywood color portraits / by John Kobal, Introduction by Carlos Clarens New York: Quill, c1981.
Call No: 802.27(084.2) KOBAuthor: Kobal, John Edition: 1st Quill ed.Source: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: QuillPubDate: c1981PhysDes: 159 p. : col. ill. ; 30cmSubject: ACTORS ; PHOTOGRAPHY ; PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE CINEMA ; FIELDS, W.C. ; WEST, MAE ; COLBERT, CLAUDETTE ; DIETRICH, MARLENE ; LAMOUR, DOROTHY ; SWANSON, GLORIA ; SOTHERN, ANN ; MACDONALD, JEANETTE ; Stewart, James ; YOUNG, LORETTA ; COOPER, GARY ; LEIGH, VIVIEN ; TURNER, LANA ; GARLAND, JUDY ; ROONEY, MICKEY ; MONTEZ, MARIA ; DE HAVILLAND, OLIVIA ; FONTAINE, JOAN ; FAIRBANKS, DOUGLAS ; DAVIS, BETTE ; BOGART, HUMPHREY ; LAMARR, HEDY ; SHERIDAN, ANN ; TIERNEY, GENE ; LAKE, VERONICA ; LADD, ALAN ; CAGNEY, JAMES ; BERGMAN, INGRID ; GODDARD, PAULETEE ; WAYNE, JOHN ; GRABLE, BETTY ; COOPER, GARY ; TAYLOR, ROBERT ; POWER, TYRONE ; HUTTON, BETTY ; ASTAIRE, FRED ; DARNELL, LINDA ; SINATRA, FRANK ; ROGERS, ROY ; TRIGGER (Horse) ; PAL (Canine actor) ; BACALL, LAUREN ; LANCASTER, BURT ; SCOTT, LIZABETH ; DOUGLAS, KIRK ; MIRANDA, CARMEN ; JONES, JENNIFER ; FORD, GLENN ; BALL, LUCILLE ; OBERON, MERLE ; PECK, GREGORY ; DIETRICH, MARLENE ; GRAHAME, GLORIA ; GRANT, CARY ; HAYWORTH, RITA ; VALLI, ALIDA ; JOURDAN, LOUIS ; TAYLOR, ELIZABETH ; ROBERT, RYAN ; MITCHUM, ROBERT ; CHARISSE, CYD ; BARKER, LEX ; RUSSELL, JANE ; GARBO, GRETA ; CLIFT, MONTGOMERY ; GARDNER, AVA ; TURNER, LANA ; MONROE, MARILYN ; CRAWFORD, JOAN ; DEAN, JAMES ; NOVAK, KIM ; MANSFIELD, JAYNE ; PRESLEY, ELVIS ; BRANDO, MARLON Summary: "John Kobal, the world's foremost film archivist, has amassed an unrivaled photographic treasure of Hollywood glamour portraits. As an author and noted film historian, he has also been a major force behind the tremendous revival of interest in the work of the great studio photographers such as George Hurrell, Ted Allan, Lazlo Willinger, and Clarence Sinclair Bull.
The selection of photographs in this book extends from the mid-1930s to the 1950s, the period in which color photography became established in Hollywood, and contains 74 spectacular images of the major stars." -- BOOK JACKETNotes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 17); Book contains pictures of various Hollywood actorsISBN: 0688007538
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King Vidor : War and Peace and Man Without A Star in Montage (1967) iss.1 p.12
Author: Maudson, Chris and Sharples, Robert PhysDes: Review; ArticleSubject: VIDOR, KING ; WAR AND PEACE (US/IT, King Vidor, 1956) ; DOUGLAS, KIRK Summary: Two separate reviews, taken from other published works.
1. Review of King Vidor's "Man Without A Star" with regard to the western tradition and myth, by Robert Sharples, in "Annotations" Term 1 1966.
2. Brief biography of King Vidor, by Chris Maudson in "Annotations" Term 2 1965.
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The Man From Snowy River in Australasian Cinema (16/4/1982) vol.11 iss.6 p.9
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[Man from snowy river, the : stills file]
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Muscles in the movies : perfecting the art of illusion / John D. Fair and David L. Chapman Coumbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press,
Call No: 739 FAIAuthor: Fair, John D. ; Chapman, David L. Edition: 2020Place: Coumbia, MissouriPublisher: University of Missouri PressPhysDes: xvi, 466 pages : illustratedSubject: BODY IN FILMS ; BOXING FILMS ; CRABBE, BUSTER ; DOUGLAS, KIRK ; FAIRBANKS, DOUGLAS ; HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE CINEMA ; HOMOSEXUALITY IN FILMS ; JOHNSON, DWAYNE ; KELLY, GENE ; LANCASTER, BURT ; LEE, BRUCE ; MASCULINITY IN FILMS ; MIX, TOM ; OLYMPICS IN FILMS ; PAGANO, BARTOLOMEO ; HISTORICAL FILMS ; REEVES, STEVE ; SCHWARZENEGGER, ARNOLD ; SERIALS ; STALLONE, SYLVESTER ; STUNTS ; SUPERMAN IN FILMS ; TARZAN IN FILMS ; VALENTINO, RUDOLPH ; VAUDEVILLE AND THE CINEMA ; WEISSMULLER, JOHNNY ; WILLIAMS, ESTHER Summary: John Fair and David Chapman tell the story of how filmmakers use and manipulate the appearance and performances of muscular men and women to enhance the appeal of their productions. The authors show how this practice, deeply rooted in western epistemological traditions, evolved from the art of photography through magic lantern and stage shows into the motion picture industry, arguing that the sight of muscles in action induced a higher degree of viewer entertainment. From Eugen Sandow to Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, muscular actors appear capable of performing the miraculous, and with the aid of stuntmen and filming contrivances, they do. By such means, muscles are used to perfect the art of illusion, inherent in movie-making from its earliest days. -- publisher's web siteISBN: 9780826222152
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Post-Fordist cinema : Hollywood auteurs and the corporate counterculture / Jeff Menne New York: Columbia University Press, 2019.
Call No: 46(794) MENAuthor: Menne, Jeff Edition: 2019Place: New YorkPublisher: Columbia University PressPubDate: 2019PhysDes: viii, 260 pages : illustrated ; 23 cmSeries: Film and cultureSubject: AUTEUR THEORY ; FORD, JOHN ; DOUGLAS, KIRK ; ALTMAN, ROBERT ; BEATTY, WARREN ; BONNIE AND CLYDE (US, Arthur Penn, 1967) ; EASY RIDER (US, Dennis Hopper, 1969) ; GRADUATE, THE (US, Mike Nichols, 1967) ; JAWS (US, Steven Spielberg, 1975) ; KING OF MARVIN GARDENS, THE (US, Bob Rafelson, 1972) ; SCHNEIDER, BERT ; SPIELBERG, STEVEN ; SUGARLAND EXPRESS, THE (US, Steven Spielberg, 1974) ; WASSERMAN, LEW Summary: The New Hollywood boom of the late 1960s and 1970s is celebrated as a time when maverick directors bucked the system. Against the backdrop of counterculture sensibilities and the prominence of auteur theory, New Hollywood directors such as Robert Altman and Francis Ford Coppola seemed to embody creative individualism. In Post-Fordist Cinema, Jeff Menne rewrites the history of this period, arguing that auteur theory served to reconcile directors to Hollywood’s corporate project.
Menne traces the surprising affinities between auteur theory and management gurus such as Peter Drucker, who envisioned a more open and flexible corporate style. In founding production companies, New Hollywood filmmakers took part in the creation of new corporate models that emphasized entrepreneurial creativity. For firms such as Kirk Douglas’s Bryna Productions, Altman’s Lion’s Gate Films, the Zanuck-Brown Company, and BBS Productions, the counterculture ethos limbered up the studio system’s sclerotic production process—with striking parallels to how management theory conceived of the role of the individual within the firm. Menne offers insightful readings of how films such as Lonely Are the Brave, Brewster McCloud, Jaws, and The King of Marvin Gardens narrate the conditions in which they were created, depicting shifting notions of work and corporate structure. While auteur theory allowed directors to cast themselves as independent creators, Menne argues that its most consequential impact came as a management doctrine. An ambitious rethinking of New Hollywood, Post-Fordist Cinema sheds new light on the cultural myth of the great director and the birth of the “creative economy.” -- publisher's web siteISBN: 9780231183710Contents: Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Business of Auteur Theory -- 1: Post (Henry and John) Fordism: Kirk Douglas and Guerilla Economy -- 2. The Cinema of Defection: The Corporate Counterculture and Robert Altman’s Lion’s Gate -- 3. Television Totalities: Zanuck-Brown and the Privately-Held Company -- 4. The Ethos of Incorporation: BBS and the Law of Unnatural Persons -- Afterword: Auteurs, Amateurs, Animators -- Notes -- Index
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The ragman's son : an autobiography / Kirk Douglas New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988.
Call No: 81DOU DOUAuthor: Douglas, Kirk Source: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: Simon and SchusterPubDate: 1988PhysDes: 510 p., [32] p. of plates : ports. ; 25 cm.Subject: DOUGLAS, KIRK Notes: Includes indexISBN: 0671699598
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The ragman's story : an autobiography / Kirk Douglas London: Simon and Schuster, 1988.
Call No: 81DOU DOUAuthor: Douglas, Kirk Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: Simon and SchusterPubDate: 1988PhysDes: 510 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cmSubject: ACTING ; DIRECTION ; DIRECTORS ; NEW YORK IN FILMS ; ANGELI, PIER ; DOUGLAS, ERIC ; DOUGLAS, KIRK ; DOUGLAS, MICHAEL ; LANCASTER, BURT ; LUST FOR LIFE (US, Vincente Minelli and George Cukor, 1956) ; SPARTACUS (US, Stanley Kubrick, 1960) Summary: "Most autobiographies by movie stars are ghost-written and bland. This one is neither. In his powerful, angry and passionate book, Kirk Douglas tells the story of his life in his own words, holding back nothing. Born Issur Danielovitch Demsky, the son of an illiterate immigrant Russian-Jewish ragman, in Amsterdam, New York, Douglas paints a searing and unforgettable picture of an almost Dickensian childhood of brutal poverty - the background that has dominated his life as an actor, father and man, fuelling the great creative anger that has added such depth to his performances. With profound and moving insight, he shows how the determination to overcome that childhood and succeed on his own terms led him to take on roles that most stars of his magnitude would never have risked - Van Gogh, in LUST FOR LIFE; Spartacus the slave; the courageous, conscience-stricken Colonel Dax, in PATHS OF GLORY; the agonized boxer Midge, in CHAMPION, to name only a few - and to fight the studios and the Hollywood establishment for the right to control and produce his own movies, long before it was common practice for stars to do so." [Taken from book jacket]Notes: Includes indexISBN: 0671699598; 9780671699598Donation: Simon Wincer
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Scratch an actor : confessions of a Hollywood columnist London: W. H. Allen, 1970 [1969].
Call No: 802.27 GRAAuthor: Graham, Sheilah Place: LondonPublisher: W. H. AllenPubDate: 1970 [1969]PhysDes: 295 p., 24 plates. ports. 23 cmSubject: STREISAND, BARBRA ; GRANT, CARY ; TRACY, SPENCER ; HEPBURN, KATHARINE ; SINATRA, FRANK ; BRANDO, MARLON ; ANDREWS, JULIE ; HAMILTON, GEORGE ; SELLERS, PETER ; TAYLOR, ELIZABETH ; MONROE, MARILYN ; BEATTY, WARREN ; LOREN, SOPHIA ; LANCASTER, BURT ; DOUGLAS, KIRK ; FONDA, HENRY ; FONDA, JANE ; FONDA, PETER ; Reagan, Ronald ; CAINE, MICHAEL ; CONNERY, SEAN ; COOPER, GARY ; GARBO, GRETA ; BOGART, HUMPHREY Notes: Originally published under title: Confessions of a Hollywood columnistISBN: 0491004227LON: 96708
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"The Man From Snowy River" in The Australasian Cinema (19/3/1982) vol.11 iss.4 p.6
PhysDes: ArticleSubject: MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER, THE (AT, George T. Miller, 1982) ; MILLER, GEORGE T. ; BURROWES, GEOFF ; THORNTON, SIGRID ; BURLINSON, TOM ; DOUGLAS, KIRK ; WINCER, SIMON ; INDUSTRY, FILM. AUSTRALIA Summary: Background development and synopsis of the up-coming 'The Man From Snowy River'.
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