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The American cinema : directors and directions, 1929-1968 New York: Dutton, 1968.
Call No: 802.25(73) SARAuthor: Sarris, Andrew Edition: [1st ed.]Place: New YorkPublisher: DuttonPubDate: 1968PhysDes: 383 p. 22 cmSubject: DIRECTORS. USA ; LUBITSCH, ERNST ; LOSEY, JOSEPH ; FORD, JOHN ; GRIFFITH, DAVID WARK ; HAWKS, HOWARD ; HITCHCOCK, ALFRED ; OPHULS, MAX ; VON STERNBERG, JOSEF ; PREMINGER, OTTO ; STURGES, PRESTON ; WALSH, RAOUL ; LEWIS, JERRY ; WELLES, ORSON LON: 31835
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American directors : volume II / Jean-Pierre Coursodon with Pierre Sauvage New York: McGraw-Hill, c1983.
Call No: 802.25(73) COU vol.2Author: Coursodon, Jean-Pierre ; Sauvage, Pierre Place: New YorkPublisher: McGraw-HillPubDate: c1983PhysDes: 2 v. ; 24 cmSubject: DIRECTORS. USA ; ALDRICH, ROBERT ; ALLEN, WOODY ; ALTMAN, ROBERT ; BOETTICHER, BUDD ; BOGDANOVICH, PETER ; BROOKS, RICHARD ; CASSAVETES, JOHN ; CASTLE, WILLIAM ; COPPOLA, FRANCIS FORD ; CORMAN, ROGER ; DASSIN, JULES ; DE PALMA, BRIAN ; DMYTRYK, EDWARD ; DONEN, STANLEY ; EASTWOOD, CLINT ; EDWARDS, BLAKE ; FLEISCHER, RICHARD ; FRANKENHEIMER, JOHN ; FULLER, SAMUEL ; HARRINGTON, CURTIS ; KAZAN, ELIA ; KELLY, GENE ; KERSHNER, IRVIN ; KUBRICK, STANLEY ; LEWIS, JERRY ; LOGAN, JOSHUA ; LOSEY, JOSEPH ; LUMET, SIDNEY ; Lupino, Ida ; MANKIEWICZ, JOSEPH L. ; MINNELLI, VINCENTE ; PARRISH, ROBERT ; Peckinpah, Sam ; PENN, ARTHUR ; POLLACK, SYDNEY ; POLONSKY, ABRAHAM ; RAFELSON, BOB ; RAFELSON, BOB ; RAY, NICHOLAS ; RITCHIE, MICHAEL ; ROSSEN, ROBERT ; SCORSESE, MARTIN ; SIDNEY, GEORGE ; SIEGEL, DON ; SPIELBERG, STEVEN ; STURGES, JOHN ; TASHLIN, FRANK ; WELLES, ORSON ; WISE, ROBERT ; ZINNEMANN, FRED Notes: Includes filmographies and indexesISBN: 0070132623 (pbk. : v. 2) : $8.95; 0070132631 (v. 1) : $13.95; 0070132615 (pbk. : v. 1) : $8.95; 007013264X (v. 2) : $13.95LON: 2198273
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The Art of Jerry Lewis in Melbourne Film Bulletin (April 1970) iss.12 p.12-25
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Artistic genius not just clowning around in The Age (27/10/2016) p.28
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The cinematic body / Steven Shaviro Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1993.
Call No: 64POS SHAAuthor: Shaviro, Steven Place: MinneapolisPublisher: University of Minnesota PressPubDate: 1993PhysDes: x, 276 p. ; 26 cmSeries: Theory out of bounds ; v. 2Subject: AESTHETICS ; POSTMODERNISM AND THE CINEMA ; PERCEPTION ; MASCULINITY IN FILMS ; MEN IN FILMS ; PORNOGRAPHY AND THE CINEMA ; BODY IN FILMS ; SEX IN FILMS ; WARHOL, ANDY ; ROMERO, GEORGE ; LEWIS, JERRY ; CRONENBERG, DAVID ; BRESSON, ROBERT ; DELEUZE, GILLES ; GUATTARI, FELIX ; QUERELLE (GW/FR, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1982) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [268]-272) and indexISBN: 0816622949 (PB : acid-free paper)LON: 9656941
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Close up : great cinematic performances. Volume 1, American / edited by Murray Pomerance and Kyle Stevens UK: Edinburgh University Press, 2018.
Call No: 227.01(73) CLOPlace: UKPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPubDate: 2018Series: International film starsSubject: ACTORS ; CHARACTER ACTORS ; STARS ; WOMEN IN FILMS. USA ; WATERS, ETHEL ; DUNNE, IRENE ; GRANT, CARY ; GAYNOR, JANET ; HEPBURN, KATHARINE ; DAVIS, BETTE ; CLIFT, MONTGOMERY ; CURTIS, TONY ; SELLERS, PETER ; Stewart, James ; Lombard, Carole ; MASON, JAMES ; BURTON, RICHARD ; LEWIS, JERRY ; POITIER, SIDNEY ; HACKMAN, GENE ; ROWLANDS, GENA ; NICHOLSON, JACK ; HOFFMAN, DUSTIN ; GOULD, ELLIOTT ; PACINO, AL ; GOLDBERG, WHOOPI ; BLANCHETT, CATE ; ISAAC, OSCAR ; STEWART, KRISTEN ; CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA (FR/SZ/GG/US/BE, Olivier Assayas, 2014) ; MOST VIOLENT YEAR, A (US, J. C. Chandor, 2014) ; BLUE JASMINE (US, Woody Allen, 2013) ; COLOR PURPLE, THE (US, Steven Spielberg, 1985) ; DONNIE BRASCO (US, Mike Newell, 1997) ; LONG GOOGBYE, THE (US, Robert Altman, 1973) ; RAIN MAN (US, Barry Levinson, 1988) ; PASSENGER, THE (IT/SP/FR, Michelangelo Antonioni, 1975) ; GLORIA (US, John Cassavetes, 1980) ; CONVERSATION, THE (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1974) ; IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (US, Norman Jewison, 1967) ; KING OF COMEDY, THE (US, Martin Scorsese, 1983) ; SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD, THE (UK, Martin Ritt, 1965) ; PINK PANTHER, THE (US, Blake Edwards, 1964) ; SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (US, Alexander Mackendrick, 1957) ; PLACE IN THE SUN, A (US, George Stevens, 1951) ; LOLITA (US, Stanley Kubrick, 1962) ; TO BE OR NOT TO BE (US, Ernst Lubitsch, 1942) ; VERTIGO (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1958) ; LION IN WINTER, THE (UK, Anthony Harvey, 1968) ; HIS GIRL FRIDAY (US, Howard Hawks, 1940) ; AWFUL TRUTH, THE (US, Leo McCarey, 1937) ; MEMBER OF THE WEDDING (US, Fred Zinnemann, 1952) ; DANGEROUS (US, Alfred E. Green, 1935) ; SUNRISE (US, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, 1927) Summary: "Examines the significance of women's participation in popular genres.
Analyses what makes an acting performance excellent, through a range of examples from world cinema. What actors do on-screen is a fascination for audiences all over the world. Indeed, the cultural visibility of movie stars is so pronounced that stardom has often been regarded as intrinsic to the medium's specificity. Yet not all great cinematic performances are star turns, and so, what really makes a cinematic performance good, interesting, or important has been a neglected topic in film criticism. This two-volume set presents detailed interpretations of singular performances by several of the most compelling actors in cinema history, asking in many different and complementary ways what makes performance meaningful, how it reflects a director's style, as well as how it contributes to the development of national cinemas and cultures. Whether noting the precise ways actors shape film narrative, achieve emotional effect, or move toward political subversion, the essays in these books innovate new approaches to studying screen performance as an art form and cultural force"--Page 4 of cover.Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.ISBN: 9781474417006Contents: Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Close-up: great American performances -- Chapter 1 Ethel Waters in The Member of the Wedding -- Chapter 2 Irene Dunne in The Awful Truth -- Chapter 3 Cary Grant in His Girl Friday -- Chapter 4 Janet Gaynor in Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans -- Chapter 5 Katharine Hepburn in The Lion in Winter -- Chapter 6 Bette Davis in Dangerous -- Chapter 7 James Stewart in Vertigo -- Chapter 8 Carole Lombard in To Be or Not to Be -- Chapter 9 James Mason in Lolita -- Chapter 10 Montgomery Clift in A Place in the Sun -- Chapter 11 Tony Curtis in Sweet Smell of Success.
Chapter 12 Peter Sellers in The Pink Panther -- Chapter 13 Richard Burton in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold -- Chapter 14 Jerry Lewis in The King of Comedy -- Chapter 15 Sidney Poitier in In the Heat of the Night -- Chapter 16 Gene Hackman in The Conversation -- Chapter 17 Gena Rowlands in Gloria -- Chapter 18 Jack Nicholson in The Passenger -- Chapter 19 Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man -- Chapter 20 Elliott Gould in The Long Goodbye -- Chapter 21 Al Pacino in Donnie Brasco -- Chapter 22 Whoopi Goldberg in The Color Purple -- Chapter 23 Cate Blanchett in Blue Jasmine -- Chapter 24 Oscar Isaac in A Most Violent Year -- Chapter 25 Kristen Stewart in Clouds of Sils Maria -- Index.
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Comedy in the Movies: Three : The Patsy in Melbourne Film Bulletin (September 1968) iss.5 p.21-33
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Comedy in the Movies: Two : Practically Funny in Melbourne Film Bulletin (September 1968) iss.5 p.10-20
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Confrontation with Myth in Melbourne Film Bulletin (September 1971) p.3-10
Author: Sharples, Bob PhysDes: ArticleSubject: LEWIS, JERRY ; COMEDIANS ; COMEDIES Summary: Alan Finney describes his experience of meeting Jerry Lewis and discusses Lewis' role as 'the only comic creative artist to emerge since 1950'.
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Credits (Jerry Lewis Films) in Melbourne Film Bulletin (April 1970) iss.12 p.36-40
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Dean & me / Jerry Lewis and James Kaplan London, UK: Pan Books, 2007.
Call No: 81 MAR LEWAuthor: Lewis, Jerry ; Kaplan, James Source: UKPlace: London, UKPublisher: Pan BooksPubDate: 2007PhysDes: 340 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cmSubject: MARTIN, DEAN ; LEWIS, JERRY ; ARTISTS AND MODELS (US, Frank Tashlin, 1955) ; DAVIS, SAMMY, Jr. ; PARAMOUNT STUDIOS ; SINATRA, FRANK Summary: "Before the Rat Pack, the hit songs and the stellar movie career, Dean Martin spent ten years partnering Jerry Lewis in one of the most successful double acts of show-business history. In this wise-cracking yet candid memoir, Lewis recalls with crystal clarity the highs and lows of his relationship with Dean: their first meeting on a New York street corner one spring afternoon, the early improvised performances in Mob-owned nightclubs, and the giddy days of Hollywood super-stardom, when it seemed the couple's high-rolling lifestyle would last for ever. It didn't. On July 24 1956, Dean and Jerry split and the two men didn't speak to one another for twenty years." - taken from back coverNotes: Originally published: New York: Doubleday, 2005; London: Macmillan, 2006.
Includes index.ISBN: 9780330443531
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Farewell to Comedy in Melbourne Film Bulletin (October 1969) iss.10 p.3-16
Author: Finney, Alan PhysDes: Article
CreditsSubject: COMEDIES ; COMEDIANS ; LEWIS, JERRY ; Keaton, Buster Summary: Compilation essay comprising of abstracts and quotations from various film journals and critics, in order to discuss the subject of comedy. The focus of the article is the work of Jerry Lewis, whose career this author has championed in this publication.
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The great movie comedians : from Charlie Chaplin to Woody Allen / by Leonard Maltin New York: Crown Publishers, 1978.
Call No: 451-015 MALAuthor: Maltin, Leonard Place: New YorkPublisher: Crown PublishersPubDate: 1978PhysDes: xvii, 238 p. : ill. ; 26 cmSubject: COMEDIANS ; CHAPLIN, CHARLES ; ARBUCKLE, ROSCOE [FATTY] ; LLOYD, HAROLD ; ROGERS, WILL ; FIELDS, W.C. ; THREE STOOGES ; HOPE, BOB ; KAYE, DANNY ; SKELTON, RED ; LEWIS, JERRY ; ALLEN, WOODY ; LAUREL, STAN ; HARDY, OLIVER ; NORMAND, MABEL ; LANGDON, HARRY ; CHASE, CHARLEY [psued. of Charles Parrott] ; GRIFFITH, RAYMOND ; DRESSLER, MARIE ; BROWN, JOE E. ; MARX BROTHERS ; COSTELLO, LOU Notes: Includes filmographies and indexISBN: 0517532417LON: 77020233; 1040069
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Interviews with Jerry Lewis in Melbourne Film Bulletin (April 1970) iss.12 p.26-36
PhysDes: ArticleSubject: LEWIS, JERRY ; COMEDIANS ; COMEDIES Summary: Compilation of interviews with Jerry Lewis, discussing his career, influences and the nature of comedy. Interviews taken from publications such as Cahiers du Cinema, and the book "The Great Comedians Talk About Comedy".
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Jerry Lewis begins filming 'Smorgasbord' in Australasian Cinema (16/07/1982) vol.11 iss.12 p.21
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Kiss Me, Jerry in Melbourne Film Bulletin (June 1968) iss.3 p.23-25
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Laughing hysterically : American screen comedy of the 1950s / Ed Sikov New York: Columbia University Press, 1994.
Call No: 732(73) LAUAuthor: Sikov, Ed Place: New YorkPublisher: Columbia University PressPubDate: 1994PhysDes: xvii, 282 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: COMEDIES. USA ; TRANSVESTISM ; HOMOSEXUALITY IN FILMS. USA ; LEWIS, JERRY ; MARTIN, DEAN ; MONROE, MARILYN ; SWANSON, GLORIA ; MANSFIELD, JAYNE ; RUSSELL, JANE ; HAWKS, HOWARD ; WILDER, BILLY ; HITCHCOCK, ALFRED ; TASHLIN, FRANK ; ARTISTS AND MODELS (US, Frank Tashlin, 1955) ; GIRL CAN'T HELP IT, THE (US, Frank Tashlin, 1956) ; GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (US, Howard Hawks, 1953) ; MONKEY BUSINESS (US, Howard Hawks, 1952) ; SEVEN YEAR ITCH, THE (US, Billy Wilder, 1955) ; SOME LIKE IT HOT (US, Billy Wilder, 1959) ; STALAG 17 (US, Billy Wilder, 1952) ; SUNSET BOULEVARD (US, Billy Wilder, 1950) ; TROUBLE WITH HARRY, THE (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1955) ; WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? (US, Frank Tashlin, 1957) Summary: With the likes of Billy Wilder, Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, and Frank Tashlin revelling in "monkeys, babies, beautiful blondes, money, and cruelty" in their signature films of the 1950s, this seemingly conformist period turns out to be one of the most dynamic and original eras in Hollywood history. What distinguishes these directors is their candid and amusing exploration of cultural anxieties in carnival form. Quirky yet complex films such as Monkey Business, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Sunset Boulevard, The Trouble with Harry, and Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? released and expressed the sexual repression and frustration we commonly associate with the decadeNotes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-267) and indexISBN: 0231079826 (alk. paper)LON: 93048900; 10679624
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Call No: PERSONALITY CLIPPINGS FILE; PERSONALITY MICROFILM COLLECTIONPhysDes: ClippingsSubject: LEWIS, JERRY
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Magical Jerry in Melbourne Film Bulletin (June 1968) iss.3 p.26-28
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The real Jerry Lewis : the lonely professor in The Age [-] (23/07/1968) p.-
Call No: PERSONALITY CLIPPINGS FILE; LEWIS, JERRYAuthor: Franklin, Richard PhysDes: Clippings File ArticleSubject: LEWIS, JERRY Summary: Report on the American actor Jerry Lewis, with a focus on the teaching that Lewis did for the students at the University of Southern California in 1967Notes: old clips pile from June 2015
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The total film-maker / by Jerry Lewis London: Vision, 1974.
Call No: 21(73) LEWAuthor: Lewis, Jerry Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: VisionPubDate: 1974PhysDes: 208p. : ill. ; 22cmSubject: DIRECTION ; INDUSTRY, FILM. USA ; PRODUCTION ; BRANDO, MARLON ; CHAPLIN, CHARLES ; HARDY, OLIVER ; LAUREL, STAN ; LEWIS, JERRY ; WISE, ROBERT ; WYLER, WILLIAM ; BONNIE AND CLYDE (US, Arthur Penn, 1967) ; MODERN TIMES (US, Charles Chaplin, 1936) Summary: "Adapted from his lectures to university post-graduate students, The Total Film-Maker is Jerry Lewis's frank, sometimes irreverent account, from the director's viewpoint, of the splendours and miseries of film-making. Replete with anecdotes and asides, the book details almost every aspect of the production of a motion picture, including the marshalling of actors and technicians, the preparation for filming itself, the cutting and editing processes, and the not always amicable transactions with distributors and would-be exploiters that follow the making of a film. The final section deals with the art of film comedy: how it is created, what makes it work, and who the great comedians are and why" -Book blurbISBN: 01854780238Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006Contents: To the reader -- Prologue -- Part one - production -- The humanities of film -- The total film-maker -- The money man -- Script and writer -- Actors -- The million-dollar hug -- Pre-production chores -- The crew -- Homework -- Filming it! -- Part two - post-production -- Editing -- Music and dubbing -- distribution and exploitation -- Other film-makers, other films -- Part three - comedy -- Laughs are our thing -- The visuals of comedy -- The comedians -- Kind of a wrap
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Who the hell's in it : portraits and conversations / Peter Bogdanovich London: Faber and Faber Limited, 2004.
Call No: 802.27 BOGAuthor: Bogdanovich, Peter Edition: 2005Place: LondonPublisher: Faber and Faber LimitedPubDate: 2004PhysDes: 528 pages ; illustrated ; 20 cmSubject: ACTING ; BOGDANOVICH, PETER ; GISH, LILLIAN ; BOGART, HUMPHREY ; BRANDO, MARLON ; ADLER, STELLA ; CLIFT, MONTGOMERY ; GRANT, CARY ; LEMMON, JACK ; LEWIS, JERRY ; MARTIN, DEAN ; MINEO, SAL ; Stewart, James ; WAYNE, JOHN ; FONDA, HENRY ; KARLOFF, BORIS ; CASSAVETES, JOHN ; CHAPLIN, CHARLES ; CAGNEY, JAMES ; DIETRICH, MARLENE ; Perkins, Anthony ; SINATRA, FRANK ; GAZARRA, BEN ; HEPBURN, AUDREY ; POITIER, SIDNEY ; PHOENIX, RIVER ; MONROE, MARILYN Summary: From Peter Bogdanovich - director, screenwriter, actor, and cinema scholar - 26 fascinating portraits of Hollywood's most acclaimed movie actors and actresses: stars whom he has known, admired, and occasionally worked with.
Within these pages is Bogdanovich on Charlie Chaplin, Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, James Cagney, John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Marlene Dietrich, Jack Lemmon, Boris Karloff, Dean Martin, Marilyn Monroe, James Stewart, Frank Sinatra, and many more. With an acute and affectionate eye, Bogdanovich shows us Lillian Gish, the first virginal hearth goddess of the silver screen; Marlon Brando, refusing to play the same from one picture to the next, yet ever recognisable as the great actor, in spite of himself; Jerry Lewis, whose goofy comedy represented the nine-year-old in all of us; and Cary Grant, the epitome of screen elegance, benignly aware that in life even he could never live up to his own legend. Bogdanovich captures brilliantly - in their own words and his - the personality, the work, the style and the enduring iconic appeal of America's movie greats. -- publisher's web siteISBN: 9780571224319Donation: James Sabine
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