book
Focus on Chaplin / Donald W. McCaffrey New Jersey: Prentice Hall, [1971].
Call No: 81CHA MCCAuthor: McCaffrey, Donald W. (ed.) Source: USPlace: New JerseyPublisher: Prentice HallPubDate: [1971]PhysDes: 174 p. : ill. ; 21 cmSeries: Film FocusSubject: TYPE CHARACTERS IN FILMS ; CHAPLIN, CHARLES ; SENNETT, MACK ; KID, THE (US, Charles Chaplin, 1921) ; GOLD RUSH, THE (US, Charles Chaplin, 1925) ; GENERAL, THE (US, Buster Keaton & Clyde Bruckman, 1927) ; CIRCUS, THE (US, Charles Chaplin, 1928) ; CITY LIGHTS (US, Charles Chaplin, 1931) ; MODERN TIMES (US, Charles Chaplin, 1936) ; GREAT DICTATOR, THE (US, Charles Chaplin, 1940) ; MONSIEUR VERDOUX (US, Charles Chaplin, 1947) ; LIMELIGHT (US, Charles Chaplin, 1952) ISBN: 131282077Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006Contents: Introduction - Donald W. McCaffrey -- CAREER -- A brief overall view - John Montgomery -- Creating the role of Dr. Body in Casey's Court Circus - Charlie Chaplin -- Acting-directing apprenticeship with Mack Sennett - Charlie Chaplin -- WORKING METHOD -- Development of the comic story and the Tramp character - Charlie Chaplin -- What people laugh at - Charlie Chaplin -- Max Linder's and Elsie Codd's views on the working method - Louis Delluc -- A rejection of the talkies - Charlie Chaplin -- ESSAYS -- The art of Charlie Chaplin - Minnie Maddern Fiske -- Is the Charlie Chaplin vogue passing? - Harcourt Farmer -- Everybody's Language - Winston Churchill -- A reaction to the praise given to Chaplin's artistry - George Jean Nathan -- An evaulation of Chaplin's silent comedy films, 1916-36 - Donald W. McCaffrey -- REVIEWS -- Impressions of two early comedy films - Louis Delluc -- An early detailed account of the action in The Pawnshop - Gilbert Seldes -- The Kid - Francis Hackett -- The Pilgrim - Robert E. Sherwood -- With the bunk left out - Charles W. Wood -- The idea in The Gold Rush: a study of Chaplin's use of the comic technique of pathos-humor - Timothy J. Lyons -- A comparison of The Gold Rush and The General - Gerald Mast -- The Circus - Alexander Bakshy -- City Lights and Modern Times: skirmishes with romance, pathos, and social significance - Donald W. McCaffrey -- The Great Dictator - Herman G. Weinberg -- Monsieur Verdoux - Roger Manvell -- The lineage of Limelight - Walter Kerr
More info
book
Hollywood directors, 1941-1976 / [compiled by] Richard Koszarski New York: Oxford University Press, 1977.
Call No: 802.25(73) HOLAuthor: Koszarski, Richard Place: New YorkPublisher: Oxford University PressPubDate: 1977PhysDes: xvii, 426 p. : ill. ; 22 cmSubject: DIRECTORS. USA ; WELLES, ORSON ; LEWIN, ALBERT ; VIDOR, KING ; HUSTON, JOHN ; ROSSEN, ROBERT ; CAPRA, FRANK ; JONES, CHUCK ; WYLER, WILLIAM ; RENOIR, JEAN ; LANG, FRITZ ; ZINNEMANN, FRED ; MILESTONE, LEWIS ; HITCHCOCK, ALFRED ; BROWN, CLARENCE ; SIDNEY, GEORGE ; BROOKS, RICHARD ; DIETERLE, WILLIAM ; FLEISCHER, RICHARD ; VON STERNBERG, JOSEF ; CURTIZ, MICHAEL ; RAY, NICHOLAS ; KAZAN, ELIA ; WILDER, BILLY ; LEROY, MERVYN ; ALDRICH, ROBERT ; KUBRICK, STANLEY ; LOGAN, JOSHUA ; STURGES, JOHN ; KING, HENRY ; MANN, ANTHONY ; FULLER, SAMUEL ; FRANKENHEIMER, JOHN ; KELLY, GENE ; PENN, ARTHUR ; SAKS, GENE ; Lupino, Ida ; DMYTRYK, EDWARD ; CORMAN, ROGER ; FRIEDKIN, WILLIAM ; RITCHIE, MICHAEL ; GRINDE, NICK ; PICHEL, IRVING ; SEATON, GEORGE ; BENEDEK, LASLO ; KOSTER, HENRY ; OBOLER, ARCH ; SANDERS, TERRY ; SIODMAK, ROBERT ; MARTON, ANDREW ; DEATH OF A SALESMAN (US, Laslo Benedek, 1951) ; FACE IN THE CROWD, A (US, Elia Kazan, 1957) ; BONNIE AND CLYDE (US, Arthur Penn, 1967) ; SMILE (US, Michael Ritchie, 1975) ; MONSIEUR VERDOUX (US, Charles Chaplin, 1947) ; BEN HUR (US, William Wyler, 1959) Notes: Includes indexISBN: 0195022173 : $15.00; 0195022181(pbk. :) $4.95LON: 851041
More info
book
The Hollywood social problem film : madness, despair, and politics from the Depression to the fifties / Peter Roffman and Jim Purdy Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1981.
Call No: 744 ROFAuthor: Roffman, Peter, 1950 ; Purdy, Jim, Place: BloomingtonPublisher: Indiana University PressPubDate: 1981PhysDes: x, 364 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cmSubject: SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN FILMS. USA ; DEPRESSION IN FILMS ; DRUGS IN FILMS ; MADNESS IN FILMS ; BAD GUYS ; FASCISM AND THE CINEMA ; FALLEN WOMEN IN FILMS ; DELINQUENTS IN FILMS ; JEWS IN FILMS ; BLACKS IN FILMS. USA ; COMMUNISM AND THE CINEMA. USA ; BLACKLISTING. USA ; JOURNALISTS IN FILMS ; POLITICAL PERSONALITIES IN FILMS ; POPULISM AND THE CINEMA. USA ; RACIAL PROBLEMS IN FILMS ; RURAL LIFE IN FILMS ; WARNER BROS. ; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; LANG, FRITZ ; BORZAGE, FRANK ; CHAPLIN, CHARLES ; GARFIELD, JOHN ; CAPRA, FRANK ; VIDOR, KING ; BLACK LEGION (US, Archie L. Mayo, 1936) ; CABIN IN THE COTTON, THE (US, Michael Curtiz, 1932) ; DEAD END (US, William Wyler, 1937) ; FORCE OF EVIL (US, Abraham Polonsky, 1948) ; GABRIEL OVER THE WHITE HOUSE (US, Gregory La Cava, 1933) ; STATE'S ATTORNEY (US, George Archainbaud, 1932) ; SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS (US, Preston Sturges, 1942) ; THEY WON'T FORGET (US, Mervyn LeRoy, 1937) ; THREE COMRADES (US, Frank Borzage, 1938) ; GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT (US, Elia Kazan, 1947) ; I WAS A COMMUNIST FOR THE F.B.I. (US, Gordon Douglas, 1951) ; LAWLESS, THE (US, Joseph Losey, 1950) ; LAWYER MAN (US, Wilhelm Dieterle, 1932) ; LITTLE MAN, WHAT NOW? (US, Frank Borzage, 1934) ; MASSACRE (US, Alan Crosland, 1933) ; MEET JOHN DOE (US, Frank Capra, 1941) ; MOUTHPIECE, THE (US, James Flood & Elliott Nugent, 1932) ; OUR DAILY BREAD (US, King Vidor, 1934) ; PINKY (US, Elia Kazan, 1949) ; PRESIDENT VANISHES, THE (US, William Wellman, 1934) ; RIFFRAFF (US, J. Walter Ruben, 1936) ; [MISTER] MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (US, Frank Capra, 1936) ; [MISTER] MR SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (US, Frank Capra, 1939) ; MODERN TIMES (US, Charles Chaplin, 1936) ; MONSIEUR VERDOUX (US, Charles Chaplin, 1947) ; MORTAL STORM, THE (US, Frank Borzage, 1940) ; MY MAN GODFREY (US, Gregory La Cava, 1936) ; ON THE WATERFRONT (US, Elia Kazan, 1954) ; BODY AND SOUL (US, Robert Rossen, 1947) ; GRAPES OF WRATH, THE (US, John Ford, 1940) ; GREAT DICTATOR, THE (US, Charles Chaplin, 1940) ; HEROES FOR SALE (US, William A. Wellman, 1933) ; I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG (US, Mervyn LeRoy, 1932) ; IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (US, Frank Capra, 1946) ; SALT OF THE EARTH (US, Herbert J. Biberman, 1954) ; YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE (US, Fritz Lang, 1937) Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. 319-329; Filmography: p. 331-351ISBN: 0253127076; 0253202612 (pbk.)LON: 1763505
More info
title clippings file
MONSIEUR VERDOUX : (US, Charles Chaplin, 1947)
More info
book
Renaissance of the film / Edited and with an introd. and headnotes by Julius Bellone [New York]: Collier Books, [1970].
Call No: 67(04) RENAuthor: Bellone, Julius, comp Place: [New York]Publisher: Collier BooksPubDate: [1970]PhysDes: xi, 366 p. illus. 21 cmSubject: Ray, Satyajit ; AVVENTURA, L' (IT/FR, Michelangelo Antonioni, 1960) ; BLOWUP (UK/IT, Michelangelo Antonioni, 1966) ; BONNIE AND CLYDE (US, Arthur Penn, 1967) ; CITIZEN KANE (US, Orson Welles, 1941) ; [DOCTOR] DR STRANGELOVE: OR, HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB (UK, Stanley Kubrick, 1964) ; DOLCE VITA, LA (FR/IT, Federico Fellini, 1960) ; FARREBIQUE (FR, Georges Rouquier, 1945) ; GERTRUD (DK, Carl Th. Dreyer, 1964) ; HIROSHIMA, MON AMOUR (FR/JA, Alain Resnias, 1959) ; ANNEE DERNIERE A MARIENBAD, L' (FR, Alain Resnais, 1961) ; LOLA (FR/IT, Jacques Demy, 1961) ; MASCULIN-FEMININ (FR, Jean-Luc Godard, 1966) ; ORDET (DK, Carl Th. Dreyer, 1955) ; RASHOMON (JA, Akira Kurosawa, 1950) ; DESERTO ROSSO, IL (IT/FR, Michelangelo Antonioni, 1964) ; SJUNDE INSEGLET, DET (SW, Ingmar Bergman, 1957) ; STRADA, LA (IT, Federico Fellini, 1954) ; UGETSU MONOGATARI (JA, Kenji Mizoguchi, 1953) ; UMBERTO D. (IT, Vittorio De Sica, 1952) ; JUNGFRAUENMASCHINE, DIE (GW, Monika Treut, 1989) ; VIRIDIANA (SP/MX, Luis Bunuel, 1961) ; TYSTNADEN (SW, Ingmar Bergman, 1963) ; SERVANT, THE (UK, Joseph Losey, 1963) ; THIS SPORTING LIFE (UK, Lindsay Anderson, 1963) ; KUMONOSU-JO (JA, Akira Kurosawa, 1957) ; THRONE OF BLOOD (JA, Akira Kurosawa, 1957) ; TIREZ SUR LE PIANISTE (FR, Francois Truffaut, 1960) ; FROKEN JULIE (SW, Alf Sjoberg, 1950) ; MONSIEUR VERDOUX (US, Charles Chaplin, 1947) ; MARNIE (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1964) ; AU HASARD, BALTHAZAR (FR/SW, Robert Bresson, 1966) ; SUNA NO ONNA (JA, Hiroshi Teshigahara, 1964) Notes: Bibliography: p. [349]-353LON: 102599
More info
Old collection
book
Theory of film : the redemption of physical reality / Siegfried Kracauer New York: Oxford University Press, 1965.
Call No: 62 KRAAuthor: Kracauer, Siegfried Place: New YorkPublisher: Oxford University PressPubDate: 1965PhysDes: xix, 364 p. ill., 20 cm.Subject: ACTORS ; ADAPTATIONS ; EXPERIMENTAL FILMS ; THEORY ; AGEE, JAMES ; ALEXANDROV, GROGORIJ ; ANGER, KENNETH ; ANSTEY, EDGAR ; ARNHEIM, RUDOLF ; ASTAIRE, FRED ; BALAZS, BELA ; BENJAMIN, WALTER ; BERGMAN, INGMAR ; BOGART, HUMPHREY ; BRAKHAGE, STAN ; BRANDO, MARLON ; BUNUEL, LUIS ; CAGNEY, JAMES ; CAPRA, FRANK ; CASTELLANI, RENATO ; CAVALCANTI, ALBERTO ; CHANEY, LON ; CHAPLIN, CHARLES ; CLAIR, RENE ; CLEMENT, RENE ; CLOUZOT, HENRI-GEORGES ; COCTEAU, JEAN ; DALI, SALVADOR ; DE FILIPPO, EDUARDO ; DEMILLE, CECIL B. ; DE SICA, VITTORIO ; DISNEY, WALT ; DOVZENKO, ALEKSANDR ; DREYER, CARL TH. ; DUCHAMP, MARCEL ; DUVIVIER, JULIEN ; ELTON, ARTHUR ; ENGEL, MORRIS ; EPSTEIN, JEAN ; FELLINI, FEDERICO ; FEUILLADE, LOUIS ; FEYDER, JACQUES ; FISCHINGER, OSKAR ; FLAHERTY, ROBERT ; FORD, JOHN ; FRANJU, GEORGES ; FREUD, SIGMUND ; GANCE, ABEL ; GARNETT, GALE ; GIDE, ANDRE ; GREENE, GRAHAM ; GRIERSON, JOHN ; GRIFFITH, DAVID WARK ; GRIFFITHS, RICHARD ; GUITRY, SACHA ; HARRINGTON, CURTIS ; HILL, DAVID ; HITCHCOCK, ALFRED ; WACHSFIGURENKABINETT, DAS (G, Paul Leni, 1924) ; SMULTRONSTALLET (SW, Ingmar Bergman, 1957) ; VITELLONI, I (IT, Federico Fellini, 1953) ; VAMPYR : DER TRAUM DES ALLEN GRAY (G/FR, Carl Th. Dreyer, 1932) ; VARIETE (G, E.A. Dupont, 1925) ; VALLEY TOWN - A STUDY OF MACHINES AND MEN (US, Willard Van Dyke, 1940) ; UMBERTO D. (IT, Vittorio De Sica, 1952) ; TRIUMPH DES WILLENS (G, Leni Riefenstahl, 1935) ; THIRD MAN, THE (UK, Carol Reed, 1949) ; OKTIABR (UR, Sergei M. Eisenstein, 1928) ; TEN COMMANDMENTS, THE (US, Cecil B. DeMille, 1956) ; SYMPHONIE PASTORALE, LA (FR, Jean Delannoy, 1946) ; SWING TIME (US, George Stevens, 1936) ; STRADA, LA (IT, Federico Fellini, 1954) ; ROMAN D'UN TRICHEUR, LE (FR, Sacha Guitry, 1936) ; MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH, A (UK, Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1946) ; SPIONE (G, Fritz Lang, 1928) ; SPELLBOUND (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1945) ; SOUS LES TOITS DE PARIS (FR, Rene Clair, 1930) ; SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (US, David Hand, 1937) ; SMILING LIEUTENANT, THE (US, Ernst Lubitsch, 1931) ; SHANE (US, George Stevens, 1953) ; SJUNDE INSEGLET, DET (SW, Ingmar Bergman, 1957) ; GEHEIMNISSE EINER SEELE (G, Georg Wilhelm Pabst, 1926) ; SCARFACE (US, Howard Hawks, 1932) ; SANG DES BETES, LE (FR, Georges Franju,1949) ; SAN FRANCISCO (US, W.S. Van Dyke, 1936) ; ROUE, LA (FR, Abel Gance, 1922) ; ROMEO I DZULETTA (UR, Lev Arnstam & Leonid Lavrovskij, 1954) ; RICHARD III (UK, Laurence Olivier, 1955) ; REGLE DU JEU, LA (FR, Jean Renoir, 1939) ; RED SHOES, THE (UK, Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1948) ; RASHOMON (JA, Akira Kurosawa, 1950) ; REGEN (NE, Joris Ivens, 1929) ; PYGMALION (UK, Anthony Asquith & Leslie Howard, 1938) ; PLACE IN THE SUN, A (US, George Stevens, 1951) ; PATHER PANCHALI (II, Satyajit Ray, 1955) ; PASSION DE JEANNE D'ARC, LA (FR, Carl Th. Dreyer, 1928) ; PARIS 1900 (FR, Nicole Vedres, 1948) ; PARADINE CASE, THE (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1947) ; OTELLO (UR, Sergej Jutkevic, 1956) ; ON THE WATERFRONT (US, Elia Kazan, 1954) ; OLVIDADOS, LOS (MX, Luis Bunuel, 1951) ; OF MEN AND MUSIC (US, Irving Reis, 1950) ; NOSFERATU - EINE SYMPHONIE DES GRAUENS (G, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, 1922) ; NIGHT MAIL (UK, Basil Wright & Harry Watt, 1936) ; NIGHT AT THE OPERA, A (US, Sam Wood, 1935) ; NANOOK OF THE NORTH (US, Robert Flaherty, 1922) ; MOULIN ROUGE (UK, E.A. Dupont, 1928) ; MONSIEUR VERDOUX (US, Charles Chaplin, 1947) ; MODERN TIMES (US, Charles Chaplin, 1936) ; MOBY DICK (UK, John Huston, 1956) ; MOANA (US, Robert Flaherty, 1926) ; MILLION, LE (FR, Rene Clair, 1931) ; METROPOLIS (GG, Fritz Lang, 1927) ; MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON (US, Maya Deren & Alexander Hammid, 1943) ; MENSCHEN AM SONNTAG (G, Robert Siodmak & Edgar G. Ulmer, 1929) ; MARTY (US, Delbert Mann, 1954) ; MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH, THE (UK, Alfred Hitchcock, 1936) ; MAJOR BARBARA (UK, Gabriel Pascal, 1941) ; MADAME BOVARY (FR, Claude Chabrol, 1991) ; MACBETH (US, Orson Welles, 1948) ; M (G, Fritz Lang, 1931) ; LOVE PARADE, THE (US, Ernst Lubitsch, 1929) ; LIMELIGHT (US, Charles Chaplin, 1952) ; LIFEBOAT (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1944) ; OSTATNI ETAP (PL, Wanda Jakubowska, 1948) ; LADY IN THE LAKE (US, Robert Montgomery, 1946) ; KID, THE (US, Charles Chaplin, 1921) ; JULIUS CAESAR (US, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1953) ; JAZZ SINGER, THE (US, Alan Crosland, 1927) ; IVAN GROZNY [IVAN THE TERRIBLE] (UR, Sergei Eisenstein, pt.1:1945, pt.2:1958[prod.1946]) ; IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (US, Frank Capra, 1946) ; INVISIBLE MAN, THE (US, James Whale, 1933) ; INTOLERANCE (US, David Wark Griffith, 1916) ; HUMAN DESIRE (US, Fritz Lang, 1954) ; HOUSING PROBLEMS (UK, Edgar Anstey & Arthur Elton, 1935) ; HOTEL DES INVALIDES (FR, Georges Franju, 1952) ; HIGH NOON (US, Fred Zinnemann, 1952) ; HENRY V (UK, Laurence Olivier, 1944) ; HEIRESS, THE (US, William Wyler, 1949) ; HATFUL OF RAIN, A (US, Fred Zinnemann, 1957) ; HAMLET (UK, Laurence Olivier, 1948) ; HALLELUJAH! (US, King Vidor, 1929) ; GREED (US, Erich von Stroheim, 1925) ; GREAT EXPECTATIONS (UK, David Lean, 1946) ; GRAPES OF WRATH, THE (US, John Ford, 1940) ; GRANDE ILLUSION, LA (FR, Jean Renoir, 1937) ; GOLD RUSH, THE (US, Charles Chaplin, 1925) ; ORO DI NAPOLI, L' (IT, Vittorio De Sica, 1954) ; GOLD OF NAPLES (IT, Vittorio De Sica, 1954) ; GLASS MENAGERIE, THE (US, Irving Rapper, 1950) ; VORMITTAGSSPUK (G, Hans Richter, 1928) ; GHOST GOES WEST, THE (UK, Rene Clair, 1935) ; GHOST AND MRS. MUIR, THE (US, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1947) ; GERVAISE (FR, Rene Clement, 1956) ; JIGOKUMON (JA, Teinosuke kinugasa, 1953) ; FURY (US, Fritz Lang, 1936) ; FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE, THE (US, Vincente Minnelli, 1962) ; FARREBIQUE (FR, Georges Rouquier, 1945) ; FANTASIA (US, Walt Disney, 1940) ; ZEMLJA (UR, Alexksandr Dovzenko, 1930) ; JOURNAL D'UN CURE DE CAMPAGNE (FR, Robert Bresson, 1951) ; DESTRY RIDES AGAIN (US, George Marshall, 1939) ; MUDE TOD, DER (G, Fritz Lang, 1921) ; DEATH OF A SALESMAN (US, Laslo Benedek, 1951) ; DEAD OF NIGHT (UK, Alberto Cavalcanti & Charles Crichton & Basil Dearden & Robert Hamer, 1945) ; CONDAMNE A MORT S`EST ECHAPPE, UN (FR, Robert Bresson, 1956) ; CITY LIGHTS (US, Charles Chaplin, 1931) ; CITIZEN KANE (US, Orson Welles, 1941) ; CINDERELLA (US, Wilfred Jackson & Hamilton Laske & Clyde Geronomi, 1950) ; CHIEN ANDALOU, UN (FR, Luis Bunuel, 1928) ; BROKEN BLOSSOMS (US, David Wark Griffith, 1919) ; BROADWAY MELODY OF 1938 (US, Norman Taurog, 1940) ; BRIEF ENCOUNTER (UK, David Lean, 1945) ; BOOMERANG (US, Elia Kazan, 1947) ; SANG D'UN POETE, LE (FR, Jean Cocteau, 1932) ; BLACKMAIL (UK, Alfred Hitchcock, 1929) ; BIRTH OF A NATION, THE (US, David Wark Griffith, 1915) ; LADRI DI BICICLETTE (IT, Vittorio De Sica, 1949) ; BEZZERIDES, A.I. ; BEN HUR (US, Fred Niblo, 1925) ; BAMBI (US, David Hand, 1942) ; BALLET MECANIQUE, LE (FR, Fernand Leger, 1924) ; BACK STREET (US, John M. Stahl, 1932) ; ATALANTE, L' (FR, Jean Vigo, 1934) ; A PROPOS DE NICE (FR, Jean Vigo, 1930) ; APARAJITO (II, Satyajit Ray, 1957) ; ANNA CHRISTIE (US, Clarence Brown, 1930) ; ANATOMY OF A MURDER (US, Otto Preminger, 1959) ; AMERICAN TRAGEDY, AN (Josef von Sternberg, 1931) ; ALEKSANDR NEVSKI (UR, Sergei M. Eisenstein, 1938) ; BROADWAY MELODY, THE (US, Harry Beaumont, 1929) ; LETZIE MANN, DER (G, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, 1924) Notes: Frist published 1960; Previously published as: Nature of films. England : Dobson ;1965; Includes bilbiograpy: p. 351-364; Includes indexURL status: URL: 'http://-'
Checked: 31/08/2021 1:14:06 PM
Status: Error
Details: Failed to send HTTP request (WinHttpSendRequest)
More info