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Christmas at the movies : images of Christmas in American, British and European cinema / edited by Mark Connelly London ; New York: I.B. Tauris, 2000.
Call No: 743 CONPlace: London ; New YorkPublisher: I.B. TaurisPubDate: 2000PhysDes: 242 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject: CHRISTMAS IN FILMS ; REMEMBER THE NIGHT (UK, Mitchell Leisen, 1939) ; SCROOGE (UK, Henry Edwards, 1935) ; CHRISTMAS CAROL, A (US, Edwin L. Marin, 1938) ; SCROOGE (US, Brian Desmond Hurst, 1951) ; SCROOGE (UK, Ronald Neame, 1970) ; CHRISTMAS CAROL, A (UK, Clive Donner, 1984) ; SCROOGED (US, Richard Donner, 1988) ; MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL, THE (US, Brian Henson, 1992) ; IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (US, Frank Capra, 1946) ; MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER, THE (US, William Keighley, 1941) ; HOLIDAY INN (US, Mark Sandrich, 1942) ; CHRISTMAS UNDER FIRE (UK, Harry Watt, 1941) ; TURKEY TIME (UK, Tom Walls, 1933) ; HOLLY AND THE IVY, THE (UK, George More O'Ferrall, 1953) ; CHEATERS, THE (US, Joe Kane, 1945) ; MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (US, Les Mayfield, 1994) ; MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (US, George Seaton, 1947) ; SANTA CLAUSE, THE (US, John Pasquin, 1994) ; ERNEST SAVES CHRISTMAS (US, John Cherry, 1988) ; SANTA CLAUSE: THE MOVIE (US, Jeannot Szwarc, 1985) ; GREMLINS (US, Joe Dante, 1984) ; SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT (US, Charles E. Sellier Jr., 1984) ; SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT PART II (US, Lee Harry, 1987) ; TIM BURTON'S THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (US, Harry Selick, 1993) ; CHRISTMAS STORY, A (US, Bob Clark, 1983) ; LETHAL WEAPON (US, Richard Donner, 1987) ; DIE HARD (US, John McTiernan, 1988) ; DIE HARD 2 (US, Renny Harlin, 1990) ; HOME ALONE (US, Chris Columbus, 1990) ; HOME ALONE 2: LOST IN NEW YORK (US, Chris Columbus, 1992) ; LONG KISS GOODNIGHT, THE (US, Renny Harlin, 1996) ; JINGLE ALL THE WAY (US, Brian Levant, 1996) ; MERLUSSE (FR, Marcel Pagnol, 1935) ; CHATEAU DE MA MERE, LE (FR, Yves Robert, 1990) ; GRANDE ILLUSION, LA (FR, Jean Renoir, 1937) ; CITE DES` ENFANTS PERDUS, LA (FR/SP/GG, Jean-Pierre Jeunet & Marc Caro, 1995) ; VIE EST UN LONG FLEUVE TRANQUILLE, LA (FR, Etienne Chatiliez, 1988) ; ELISA (FR, Jean Becker, 1994) ; KARNAVALNAIA NOCH (UR, Eldar Ryazanov, 1956) ; IRONIYA SUDBY ILI S LYOGKIM PAROM (UR, Eldar Ryazanov, 1975) ; PLACIDO (SP, Luis Garcia Berlanga, 1961) Summary: A look at depictions of Christmas across various national cinemas and genres throughout the 20th century.Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Filmography: p. ([223]-232)ISBN: 1860643973Contents: -- God Bless Us, Every One: Movie Adaptations Of A Christmas Carol / James Chapman -- A Hollywood Carol's Wonderful Life / Jonathan Munby -- Dreaming Of Christmas: Hollywood And The Second World War / H. Mark Glancy -- Christmas Under Fire: The Wartime Christmas In Britain / Sarah Street -- Crisis At Christmas: Turkey Time, The Holly And The Ivy, The Cheaters / Jeffrey Richards -- Santa Claus: The Movie / Mark Connelly -- You Better Watch Out: Christmas In The Horror Film / Kim Newman -- 'Peace On Earth, Goodwill To All Men': The Depiction Of Christmas In Moden Hollywood Films / Rowana Agajanian -- Christmas In French Cinema / Guy Austin -- Father Frost On 31 December: Christmas And New Year In Soviet And Russian Cinema / Birgit Beumers -- Satirizing The Spanish Christmas: Placido / Peter William Evans
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Reel justice : the courtroom goes to the movies / Paul Bergman and Michael Asimow Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, c1996.
Call No: 734.4 BERAuthor: Bergman, Paul, 1943 ; Asimow, Michael Place: Kansas CityPublisher: Andrews and McMeelPubDate: c1996PhysDes: xix, 338 p. : ill. ; 23 cmSubject: TRIALS IN FILMS ; ACCUSED, THE (US, Jonathan Kaplan, 1988) ; EVIL ANGELS (AT, Fred Schepisi, 1988) ; INHERIT THE WIND (US, Stanley Kramer, 1960) ; MAN FOR ALL SEASONS, A (US, Fred Zinnemann, 1966) ; ONION FIELD, THE (US, Harold Becker, 1979) ; REVERSAL OF FORTUNE (US, Barbet Schroeder, 1990) ; THIN BLUE LINE, THE (US, Errol Morris, 1988) ; BILLY BUDD (UK, Peter Ustinov, 1962) ; BREAKER MORANT (AT, Bruce Beresford, 1980) ; CAINE MUTINY, THE (US, Edward Dmytryk, 1954) ; FEW GOOD MEN, A (US, Rob Reiner, 1992) ; PATHS OF GLORY (US, Stanley Kubrick, 1957) ; ADAM'S RIB (US, George Cukor, 1949) ; [MISTER] MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (US, Frank Capra, 1936) ; MY COUSIN VINNY (US, Jonathan Lynn, 1992) ; ...AND JUSTICE FOR ALL (US, Norman Jewison, 1979) ; COMPULSION (US, Richard Fleischer, 1959) ; IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER (IE/UK/US, Jim Sheridan, 1993) ; LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA, THE (US, William Dieterle, 1937) ; PHILADELPHIA (US, Jonathan Demme, 1993) ; SOMMERSBY (US, Jon Amiel, 1993) ; TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (US, Robert Mulligan, 1962) ; YOUNG MR. LINCOLN (US, John Ford, 1939) ; MUSIC BOX (US, Constantin Costa-Gavras, 1989) ; PARADINE CASE, THE (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1947) ; BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT (US, Fritz Lang, 1956) ; BOOMERANG (US, Elia Kazan, 1947) ; PRESUMED INNOCENT (US, Alan J. Pakula, 1990) ; THEY WON'T FORGET (US, Mervyn LeRoy, 1937) ; WRONG MAN, THE (US, Jim McBride, 1993) ; ANATOMY OF A MURDER (US, Otto Preminger, 1959) ; M (G, Fritz Lang, 1931) ; STAR CHAMBER, THE (US, Peter Hyams, 1983) ; SUSPECT (US, Peter Yates, 1987) ; TRIAL BY JURY (US, Heywood Gould, 1994) ; [TWELVE] 12 ANGRY MEN (US, Sidney Lumet, 1956) ; CLASS ACTION (US, Michael Apted, 1991) ; LOSING ISAIAH (US, Stephen Gyllenhaal, 1995) ; MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (US, Les Mayfield, 1994) ; NUTS (US, Martin Ritt, 1987) ; VERDICT, THE (US, Sidney Lumet, 1982) ; WHOSE LIFE IS IT, ANYWAY? (US, John Badham, 1981) ; ALL THAT MONEY CAN BUY (US, William Dieterle, 1941) ; BLOOD OATH (AT, Stephen Wallace, 1990) ; HOUR OF THE PIG, THE (FR/UK, Leslie Megahey, 1993) ; YOUNG PHILADELPHIANS, THE (US, Vincent Sherman, 1959) ; LIBEL (UK, Anthony Asquith, 1959) ; KRAMER VS. KRAMER (US, Robert Benton, 1979) ; OX-BOW INCIDENT, THE (US, William Wellman, 1943) ; ON TRIAL (US, Terry Morse, 1939) ; I WANT TO LIVE! (US, Robert Wise, 1958) ; JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG (US, Stanley Kramer, 1961) ; LET HIM HAVE IT (UK, Peter Medak, 1991) ; [TEN] 10 RILLINGTON PLACE (UK, Richard Fleischer, 1971) ; COURT-MARTIAL OF BILLY MITCHELL, THE (US, Otto Preminger, 1955) ; BANANAS (US, Woody Allen, 1971) ; MURDER IN THE FIRST (US, Marco Rocco, 1995) ; TRIAL (US, Mark Robson, 1955) ; GUILTY AS SIN (US, Sidney Lumet, 1993) ; JAGGED EDGE (US, Richard Marquand, 1985) ; LETTER, THE (US, William Wyler, 1940) ; KNOCK ON ANY DOOR (US, Nicholas Ray, 1949) ; WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION (US, Billy Wilder, 1957) ; ACT OF MURDER, AN (US, Michael Gordon, 1948) ; FURY (US, Fritz Lang, 1936) ; I CONFESS (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1953) ; PLACE IN THE SUN, A (US, George Stevens, 1951) ; THEY WON'T BELIEVE ME (US, Irving Pichel, 1947) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-326) and indexISBN: 0836210352 (pbk.)LON: 11957271
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