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Elvis : the Hollywood years / by David Bret London: Robson Books, 2001.
Call No: 81ELV BREAuthor: Bret, David Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: Robson BooksPubDate: 2001PhysDes: viii, 337 pages, illustrations; 24 cmSubject: MUSIC IN FILMS ; MUSIC AND THE CINEMA ; ROCK MUSIC IN FILMS ; PRESLEY, ELVIS ; LOVE ME TENDER (US, Robert D. Webb, 1956) ; LOVING YOU (US, Hal Kanter, 1957) ; JAILHOUSE ROCK (US, Richard Thorpe, 1957) ; KING CREOLE (US, Michael Curtiz, 1958) ; G.I. BLUES (US, Norman Taurog, 1960) ; FLAMING STAR (US, Don Siegel, 1960) ; WILD IN THE COUNTRY (US, Philip Dunne, 1961) ; BLUE HAWAII (US, Norman Taurog, 1961) ; FOLLOW THAT DREAM (US, Gordon Douglas, 1962) ; KID GALAHAD (US, Phil Karlson, 1962) ; GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! (US, Norman Taurog, 1962) ; IT HAPPENED AT THE WORLD'S FAIR (US, Norman Taurog, 1963) ; FUN IN ACAPULCO (US, Richard Thorpe, 1963) ; KISSIN' COUSINS (US, Gene Nelson, 1964) ; VIVA LAS VEGAS (US, George Sidney, 1963) ; ROUSTABOUT (US, John Rich, 1964) ; GIRL HAPPY (US, Boris Sagal, 1965) ; TICKLE ME (US, Norman Taurog, 1965) ; HAREM HOLIDAY (US, Gene Nelson, 1965) ; FRANKIE AND JOHNNY (US, Frederick de Cordova ,1966) ; PARADISE HAWAIIAN STYLE (US, Michael D. Moore, 1966) ; CALIFORNIA HOLIDAY (US, Norman Taurog, 1966) ; EASY COME, EASY GO (US, John Rich, 1967) ; DOUBLE TROUBLE (US, Norman Taurog, 1967) ; CLAMBAKE (US, Arthur N. Nadel, 1967) ; STAY AWAY, JOE (US, Peter Tewkesbury, 1968) ; SPEEDWAY (US, Norman Taurog, 1968) ; LIVE A LITTLE, LOVE A LITTLE (US, Norman Taurog, 1968) ; CHARRO! (US, Charles Marquis Warren, 1969) ; TROUBLE WITH GIRLS, THE (US, Peter Tewkesbury, 1969) ; CHANGE OF HABIT (US, William Graham, 1969) ; ELVIS: THAT'S THE WAY IT IS (US, Denis Sanders, 1970) ; ELVIS ON TOUR (US, Robert Abel and Pierre Adidge, 1972) Summary: "In this first complete account of Elvis Presleys celluloid career, David Bret considers the 33 films, TV appearances, biopics, retrospectives and documentaries that remain as testimony to the compelling and mysterious persona of The King. The bestselling author David Bret traces the development of Presley's film career and recounts the on-set cat fights with co-stars and studio personnel. He unearths the truth about the powerful hold exercised over Elvis by 'Colonel' Tom Parker, which revolved around Parker preventing a leak about Presley's relationship with another man from going public and then using this knowledge as a persistant threat to ensure his protege's loyalty.
Bret explores and hotly disputes the controversial allegations, levelled by Presley's step-family, that he had sex with his mother, raped his wife, held debauched, drug fuelled parties with groupies and eventually committed suicide. Above all, the author praises the nature and talent of the man who was - and still is - the supreme authority on rock'n'roll and romance. " -- BOOK JACKETNotes: Includes selected film discography; Includes bibliographical references and index; 'Harem Holiday' also known as 'Harum Scarum'; 'California Holiday' also known as 'Spinout'ISBN: 1861054165Donation: Donated by Peter KempContents: -- acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part One: In the Footsteps of the Mutant King -- Love Me Tender -- Loving You -- Jailhouse Rock -- King Creole -- Part Two: The Rainbow Years -- G.I. Blues -- Flaming Star -- Wild in the Country -- Blue Hawaii -- Follow That Dream -- Kid Galahad -- Part Three: Cotton Candy Land -- Girls! Girls! Girls! -- It Happened at the World's Fair -- Fun in Acapulco -- Kissin' Cousins -- Viva Las Vegas -- Roustabout -- Girl Happy -- Tickle Me -- Harem Holiday -- Frankie and Johnny -- Paradise Hawaiian Style -- California Holiday -- Part Four: Just Call Me Lonesome -- Easy Come, Easy Go -- Double Trouble -- Clambake -- Stay Away, Joe -- Speedway -- Live A Little, Love A Little -- Charro! -- The Trouble With Girls -- Change of Habit -- Elvis - That's the Way It Is -- Elvis On Tour -- -- Part Five: Softly As I Leave You -- appendix I: the television special -- appendix II: tributes, retrospectives and biopics -- appendix III: selected film discography -- bibliography -- index --
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Modern European filmmakers and the art of adaptation / edited by Andrew S. Horton and Joan Magretta New York: F. Ungar Pub. Co., 1981.
Call No: 753 MODAuthor: Horton, Andrew S. ; Magretta, Joan Source: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: F. Ungar Pub. Co.PubDate: 1981PhysDes: xiv, 383 p. : ill. ; 22 cmSubject: ADAPTATIONS ; EUROPEAN CINEMA ; BLOWUP (UK/IT, Michelangelo Antonioni, 1966) ; CET OBSCUR OBJET DU DESIR (FR/SP, Luis Bunuel, 1977) ; CIOCIARIA, LA (IT/FR, Vittorio De Sica, 1960) ; TWO WOMEN (IT/FR, Vittorio De Sica, 1960) ; CONFORMIST, THE [CONFORMISTA, IL] (IT/FR, Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970) ; CONFORMIST, THE [CONFORMISTA, IL] (IT/FR, Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970) ; DECAMERON, THE [DECAMERON, IL] (IT/FR/GW, Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1971) ; EFFI BRIEST (GW, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1974) ; FALSCHE BEWEGUNG (GW, Wim Wenders, 1975) ; FELLINI-SATYRICON (IT/FR, Federico Fellini, 1969) ; FEMME DOUCE, UNE (FR, Robert Bresson, 1969) ; HORLOGER DE SAINT-PAUL, L' (FR, Bertrand Tavernier, 1974) ; DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST [ ; JULES ET JIM (FR, Francois Truffaut, 1962) ; LIAISONS DANGEREUSES, LES (FR, Roger Vadim, 1960) ; MARQUISE VON O..., DIE (GW/FR, Erich Rohmer, 1975) ; MEPRIS, LE (FR/IT, Jean-Luc Godrad, 1963) ; RONDE, LA (FR, Max Ophuls, 1950) ; SUZANNE SIMONIN, LA RELIGIEUSE DE DIDEROT (FR, Jacques Rivette, 1967 [prod. 1965]) ; SYMPHONIE PASTORALE, LA (FR, Jean Delannoy, 1946) ; TRISTANA (SP/IT/FR, Luis Bunuel, 1970) ; VERLORENE EHRE DER KATHARINA BLUM, DIE (GW, Volker Schlondorff & Margarethe von Trotta, 1975) ; LOST HONOUR OF KATHARINA BLUM, THE (GW, Volker Schlondorff & Margarethe von Trotta, 1975) ; WILDENTE, DIE (GW/AU, Hans W. Geissendorfer, 1976) ; WILD DUCK, THE (GW/AU, Hans W. Geissendorfer, 1976) ; ZAZIE DANS LE METRO (FR, Louis Malle, 1960) ; MARQUIS OF O..., THE (GW/FR, Erich Rohmer, 1975) Summary: Adaptation as an art in itself is the theme of these original essays by leading film scholars and critics. Starting with some of the finest European films produced since World War II, they investigate the literary source of each. But their emphasis is on film, and their writing challenges the conventional assumption that a great book must inevitably make an inferior movie. It is the editors' premise that adaptation, especially in the hands of a gifted director, can be a lively and creative art. The essays offer a fresh perspective on both films and their directors - among them Antonioni, Bertolucci, Bunuel, Fassbinder, Godard, Ophuls, Truffaut. The genesis of films such as Blow-Up, The Conformist, and Jules et Jim is explored often frame-by-frame, for a fuller understanding of the creative process of filmmaking." - BOOK BLURBNotes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. [369]-371; Filmography: p. [357]-367ISBN: 0804424039 : $14.95; 0804462771 (pbk.) : $6.95LON: 79048073; 1813405Contents: Delannoy's La Symphonie Pastorale (1946) from the novel by Andre Gide / Dudley Andrew -- Bresson's Diary of a Country Priest (1951) from the novel by Georges Bernanos / Dudley Andrew -- Ophul's La Ronde (1959) from the play by Arthur Schnitzler / Alan Williams -- Vadim's Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (1959) from the novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos / John F. Fell -- Malle's Zazie dans le Metro (1960) from the novel by Raymond Queneau / Andrew Horton -- De Sica's Two Women (1961) from the novel by Alberto Moravia / Ruth Prigozy -- Truffaut's Jules et Jim (1961) from the novel by Henri-Pierre Roche / Stuart Y. MacDougal -- Godard's Le Mepris (1963) from the novel A Ghost at Noon by Alberto Moravia / Marsha Kinder -- Rivette's Le Religieuse (1966) from the novel by Denis Diderot / Ira Konigsberg -- Antonioni's Blow-Up (1966) from the short story by Julio Cortazar / Neil D. Isaacs -- Fellini Satyricon (1969) from the "novel" by Petronius / Bernard F. Dick -- Bresson's Une Femme Douce (1969) from the story "The Gentle Creature" by Fyodor Dostoevsky / Lindley Hanlon -- Bunuel's Tristana (1970) from the novel by Benito Perez Galdos / Charles Eidsvik -- Wender's The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (1971) from the novel by Peter Handke / Peter Brunette -- Pasolini's Decameron (1971) from The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio / Ben Lawton -- Bertolucci's The Conformist (`97`) from the novel by Alberto Moravia / T. Jefferson Kline -- Tavernier's The Clockmaker (1973) from the novel The Clockmaker of Everton by Georges Simenon / William R. Magretta and Joan Magretta -- Fassbinder's Effi Briest (1974) from the novel by Theodore Fontane / William R. Magretta -- Wender's Wrong Movement (1974) freely based on Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship by Johann Wolfgang Goethe / Peter Harcourt -- Schlondorff & von Trotta's The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975) from the novel by Heinrich Boll / William R. Magretta and Joan Magretta -- Geissendorfer's The Wild Duck (1976) from the play by Henrik Ibsen / Birgitta Steene -- Rohmer's The Marquise of O... (1976) from the story by Heinrich von Kliest / Alan Spiegel -- Bunuel's That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) from the novel The Woman and the Puppet by Pierre Louys / Michael Wood
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Sade, Fourier, Loyola. English / Roland Barthes ; translated by Richard Miller New York: Hill and Wang, 1976.
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