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Interim book		Close up : Iranian cinema: past, present and future / Hamid Dabashi New York: Verso, 2001. Call No: 71(55) DAB Author: Dabashi, Hamid Source: UK / US Place: London; New York Publisher: Verso PubDate: 2001 PhysDes: xii, 302 p. : ill. ; 20 cm Subject: IRAN; NATIONAL CULTURE IN FILMS. IRAN; KIAROSTAMI, ABBAS; MAKHMALBAF, MOHSEN; FARMANARA, BAHMAN; BEIZI, BAHRAM; MIX (IR, Dariush Mehrjui, 2000); SHAZDEH EHTEJAB (IR, Bahman Farmanara, 1974); VENT NOUS EMPORTERA, LE (FR/IR, Abbas Kiarostami, 1999); BOOYE KAFOOR, ATRE YAS (IR, Bahman Farmonara, 2000); TAKHTE SIAH (IR/IT, Samira Makhmalbaf, 2000); SIB (IR/FR, Samira Makhmalbaf, 1998); ZAMANI BARAYE MASTI ASBHA (IR, Bahman Ghobadi, 2000); DJOMEH (IR, Hasan Yektapanah, 2000); ETERAZ (IR, Massoud Kimiayi, 2000) Notes: Includes filmographies (p. [283]-290). Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-297) ISBN: 1859843328 More info
book		"Image" on the art and evolution of the film : photographs and articles from the magazine of the International Museum of Photography / edited by Marshall Deutelbaum New York: Dover Publications, 1979. Call No: 70"01" IMA Author: Deutelbaum, Marshall CorpAuthor: International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House; Image (Rochester, N.Y.) Place: New York Publisher: Dover Publications PubDate: 1979 PhysDes: viii, 248 p. : ill. ; 29 cm Subject: PRE-CINEMA HISTORY; PROJECTION; EDISON, THOMAS ALVA; LUMIERE, AUGUSTE & LOUIS; HISTORY OF CINEMA. SILENT PERIOD; DENMARK; STILLS; NIELSEN, ASTA; EDISON, THOMAS ALVA; SWEET, BLANCHE; KEYSTONE; LUBITSCH, ERNST; DEMILLE, CECIL B.; PICKFORD, MARY; BROOKS, LOUISE; PABST, GEORG WILHELM; TITLING; RIEFENSTAHL, LENI; Keaton, Buster; LLOYD, HAROLD; HOWE, W.J.; MOHR, HAL; TERRY, ALICE; NOVARRO, RAMON; ANDERSON, BRONCHO BILLY; MIX, TOM; HART, WILLIAM S.; MUYBRIDGE, EADWEARD; INCE, THOMAS HARPER; LONEDALE OPERATOR, THE (US, David Wark Griffith, 1911); WHITE ROSE, THE (US, David Wark Griffith, 1923); PAINTED LADY, THE (US, David Wark Griffith, 1912); CHAMBER MYSTERY, THE (US, Abraham S. Schomer, 1920); SMOULDERING FIRES (US, Clarence Brown, 1925); BUCHSE DER PANDORA, DIE (G, Georg Wilhelm Pabst, 1929); GREED (US, Erich von Stroheim, 1925); CROWD, THE (US, King Vidor, 1928) Notes: "Consists substantially of articles originally published in Image between 1952 and 1977."; Includes index ISBN: 048623777X : $8.95 LON: 1468042 More info
title clippings file		IN THE MIX : (US, Ron Underwood, 2005) Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE PhysDes: Clippings Subject: IN THE MIX (US, Ron Underwood, 2005) More info
book		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 FAI Author: Fair, John D.; Chapman, David L. Edition: 2020 Place: Coumbia, Missouri Publisher: University of Missouri Press PhysDes: xvi, 466 pages : illustrated Subject: 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 site ISBN: 9780826222152 More info
Interim book		Next time drive off the cliff! / by Gene Fernett Coca, Fla.: Cinememories Publishing Co., 1968. Call No: 725.33 FER; FOLIO Author: Fernett, Gene Source: US Place: Coca, Fla. Publisher: Cinememories Publishing Co. PubDate: 1968 PhysDes: 205 p. : illus. filmog. : 31 cm Subject: HISTORY OF CINEMA; SERIALS; MASCOT PICTURES CORPORATION; AUTRY, GENE; MIX, TOM; WAYNE, JOHN Notes: Collectors' edition: limited printing - 1500 copies. More info
book		Stunt : the story of the great movie stunt men / John Baxter London: MacDonald & Jane's, 1973. Call No: 802.275 BAX Author: Baxter, John, 1939- Source: UK Place: London Publisher: MacDonald & Jane's PubDate: 1973 PhysDes: 320 pages including 8 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Subject: STUNTS; CANUTT, YAKIMA; SENNETT, MACK; MIX, TOM; FAIRBANKS, DOUGLAS Summary: Examining the use of stunts in American and British film from the silent era until the early 1970s. Many films are mentioned (including: Ben-Hur, Vanishing Point, Stagecoach), key stunt people are profiled (Yak Canutt), and a wide range of stunt types and techniques are looked at (including driving, sword fighting, stunts involving animals). ISBN: 0356043576 Levy Notes: AFI R&I book not yet catalogued - AG 23/10/2017 Contents: Acknowledgements -- 1 Hypnotists and drunken Indians -- 2 Sennett's Psychopaths -- 3 Cliffhangers -- 4 Tom (Mix) and Douglas (Fairbanks) -- 5 I'm still alive -- 6 Yak -- 7 The Squadron of Death -- 8 I don't want to die in Africa -- 9 Magicians -- 10 Nightmares -- 11 Breezy -- 12 Swash -- 13 The Driver -- 14 The honoured society -- 15 A new breed -- Towards a biography -- Notes -- Index of film titles -- Index of people More info
book		The western film / by Charles Silver; general editor: Ted Sennett New York: Pyramid Publications, 1976. Call No: 736.1(73) SIL Author: Silver, Charles Place: New York Publisher: Pyramid Publications PubDate: 1976 PhysDes: 159 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. Series: A Pyramid illustrated history of the movies Subject: WESTERNS; BIRTH OF A NATION, THE (US, David Wark Griffith, 1915); BOETTICHER, BUDD; COVERED WAGON, THE (US, James Cruze, 1923); FORD, JOHN; GRIFFITH, DAVID WARK; HART, WILLIAM S.; HAWKS, HOWARD; MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE, THE (US, John Ford, 1962); MIX, TOM; Peckinpah, Sam; SCOTT, RANDOLPH; SEARCHERS, THE (US, John Ford, 1956); SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON (US, John Ford, 1949); STAGECOACH (US, John Ford, 1939); Stewart, James; WALSH, RAOUL; WAYNE, JOHN Notes: Includes index, bibliography and filmography ISBN: 0515041912 Donation: Adrian Miles Contents: Introduction -- Pioneers -- David W. Griffith and Thomas H. Ince -- From The Squaw Man to The Wind -- William S. Hart -- Tom Mix -- Clowns -- Gunshots and Hoofbeats -- The Legend of John Ford -- Classicists: Raoul Walsh, Howard Hawks, Anthony Mann -- The Calvary: Ford's Two Trilogies -- Wild Horses -- Geldings -- Whatever Happened to Randolph Scott? -- Revisionists: Penn, Altman, Leone, Peckinpah -- Down the Valley of the Shadow More info

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