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journal article		Four CIC films gather 31 Academy Award Nominations in The Australasian Cinema (5/3/1982) vol.11 iss.3 p.2 PhysDes: Article Subject: REDS (US, Warren Beatty, 1981); RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (US, Steven Spielberg, 1981); RAGTIME (US, Milos Forman, 1980); PENNIES FROM HEAVEN (US, Herbert Ross, 1981); ACADEMY AWARDS Summary: List of nominations received for 'Reds', 'Raiders of the Lost Ark', 'Ragtime', and 'Pennies from Heaven'. More info
book		The Hollywood film musical / Barry Keith Grant West Sussex, UK: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. Call No: 751.1(73) GRA Author: Grant, Barry Keith Source: UK Place: West Sussex, UK Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell PubDate: 2012 PhysDes: xiii ; 182 p. ; 23cm Series: New approaches to film genre Subject: USA; MUSICALS; MUSIC AND THE CINEMA; HOLLYWOOD IN FILMS; GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933 (US, Mervyn LeRoy, 1933); TOP HAT (US, Mark Sandrich, 1935); PIRATE, THE (US, Vincente Minnelli, 1948); WEST SIDE STORY (US, Robert Wise, 1961); SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (US, John Badham, 1977); WOODSTOCK (US, Michael Wadleigh, 1970); PENNIES FROM HEAVEN (US, Herbert Ross, 1981); ACROSS THE UNIVERSE (US, Julie Taymor, 2007) Summary: "American film musicals are a central genre in the evolution of cinema as an art form and popular entertainment. With an impressive range of films produced to meet an ever-growing consumer demand, musicals have proven to be a powerful formula for box-office success. Written in an accessible style and with substantial depth of analysis, this engaging new title offers an overview of the history of, and critical literature on, this popular genre." -- BOOK BLURB Notes: inc. references and index ISBN: 9781405182522 Contents: -- List of plates -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Historical overview --Critical overview -- Gold diggers of 1933 (1933) -- Top hat (1935) -- The pirate (1948) -- West side story (1961) and Saturday night fever (1977) -- Woodstock (1970) -- Phantom of the paradise (1974) -- Pennies from heaven (1981) and Across the universe (2007) -- References -- Index More info
book		Media cultures : reappraising transnational media / edited by Michael Skovmand and Kim Christian Schrªder London New York: Routledge, 1992. Call No: 408.3 MED Author: Skovmand, Michael; Schrªder, Kim Place: London New York Publisher: Routledge PubDate: 1992 PhysDes: viii, 222 p. ; 22 cm Subject: MEDIA; NATIONAL IDENTITY AND TV. EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; NEWS PROGRAMMES; CULTURAL IMPERIALISM. EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; AUDIENCES; CULT FILMS; INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING; NATIONAL CULTURE AND TV; SYDICATION; POSTMODERNISM AND TV/VIDEO; PUBLIC BROADCASTING; GULF WAR ON TV; BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION; CABLE NEWS NETWORK; NORSK RIKSKRINGKASTING; BOGART, HUMPHREY; POTTER, DENNIS; CASABLANCA (US, Michael Curtiz, 1942); ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, THE (UK, Jim Sharman, 1975); WHEEL OF FORTUNE [TV] (US, 1975-); A BOUT DE SOUFFLE (FR, Jean-Luc Godard, 1959); BREATHLESS (FR, Jean-Luc Godard, 1959); BREATHLESS (US, Jim McBride, 1983); PENNIES FROM HEAVEN (US, Herbert Ross, 1981) Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN: 0415063841; 041506385X (pbk.) LON: 8457888 More info
book		Movies about the movies : Hollywood reflected / Christopher Ames Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky, c1997. Call No: 750.1 AME Author: Ames, Christopher, 1956 Place: Lexington, Ky. Publisher: University Press of Kentucky PubDate: c1997 PhysDes: ix, 254 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Subject: FILMS IN FILMS; HOLLYWOOD IN FILMS; STAR IS BORN, A (US, William Wellman, 1937); STAR IS BORN, A (US, George Cukor, 1954); WHAT PRICE HOLLYWOOD (US, George Cukor, 1932); STAND-IN (US, Tay Garnett, 1937); BOY MEETS GIRL (US, Lloyd Bacon, 1938); STAR, THE (US, Stuart Heisler, 1952); SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (US, Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen, 1952); SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS (US, Preston Sturges, 1942); PENNIES FROM HEAVEN (US, Herbert Ross, 1981); PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO, THE (US, Woody Allen, 1985); LAST ACTION HERO (US, John McTiernan, 1993); BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, THE (US, Vincente Minnelli, 1952); IN A LONELY PLACE (US, Nicholas Ray, 1950); SUNSET BOULEVARD (US, Billy Wilder, 1950); PLAYER, THE (US, Robert Altman, 1992) Summary: Hundreds of films belonging to the genre of Hollywood-on-Hollywood movies can be found throughout the history of American cinema, from the days of silents to the present. They include films from genres as far ranging as musical, film noir, melodrama, comedy, and action adventure. Such movies seduce us with the promise of revealing the reality behind the camera. But, as part of the very industry they supposedly critique, they cannot take us behind the scenes in any true sense. This paradox - the simultaneous debunking and celebration of Hollywood - lies at the heart of the genre. Through close analysis of the best of these films. Ames reveals how the idea of Hollywood is constructed (and constructs itself), particularly through such moments of explicit self-referentiality as the movie-within-a-movie and scenes set in studios Notes: Includes filmography (p. 227); Includes bibliographical references (p. 238-244) and index ISBN: 0813120187 (cloth : alk. paper) LON: 12952826 More info
title clippings file		PENNIES FROM HEAVEN : (US, Herbert Ross, 1981) Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE PhysDes: Clippings Subject: PENNIES FROM HEAVEN (US, Herbert Ross, 1981) More info

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