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Alice in Movieland / by Alice M. Williamson New York: D. Appleton Company, 1928.
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British national cinema / Sarah Street London New York: Routledge, 1997.
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Celebrity : the media as image makers, and, in order of their celebrity / Edited by James Monaco; with contributions from Ingmar Bergman; Norman Mailer et al. New York: Dell Publishing, 1978.
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Cinema and cultural modernity / Gill Branston Philadelphia: Open University Press, 2000.
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Comedy in the Movies: Three : The Patsy in Melbourne Film Bulletin (September 1968) iss.5 p.21-33
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Common fame : the culture of celebrity / by Richard Schickel London: Pavilion Books Limited, 1985.
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Fame games : the production of celebrity in Australia / Graeme Turner, Frances Bonner, P. David Marshall Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
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Femmes fatales : feminism, film theory, psychoanalysis / Mary Ann Doane New York: Routledge, 1991.
Call No: 626:396 DOAAuthor: Doane, Mary Ann Place: New YorkPublisher: RoutledgePubDate: 1991PhysDes: viii, 312 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA ; PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE CINEMA ; THEORY ; WOMEN IN FILMS ; GAZE IN FILMS ; STAR SYSTEM ; GILDA (US, Charles Vidor, 1946) ; BUCHSE DER PANDORA, DIE (G, Georg Wilhelm Pabst, 1929) ; ADYNATA : MURDER IS NOT A STORY (US, Leslie Thornton, 1983) ; SIGNORA DI TUTTI, LA (IT, Max Ophuls, 1934) Summary: In this major new work of feminist film criticism, Mary Ann Doane examines questions of sexual difference and knowledge in cinematic, theoretical, and psychoanalytic discourses. Femmes Fatales examines Freud, the female spectator, the meaning of the close-up, and the nature of stardom. Duane's analyses of such figures as Pabst's Lulu and Rita Hayworth's Gilda trace the thematics and mechanics of maskes, masquerade, and veiling, with specific attention to the form and technology of the cinema. Working through and against the intellectual frameworks of post-structuralist and psychoanalytic theory, Doane interrogates cinematic and theoretical claims to truth about women which rely on judgements about vision and its stability or instability. Reflecting the shift in conceptual priorities within feminist film theory over the last decade, Femmes Fatales addresses debates over female spectatorhsip, essentialism and anti-essentialism, the tensions between psychoanalysis and history, and the relations between racial and sexual difference. Doane's nuanced and original readings of the femme fatale in cinema demonstrates that confrontations between feminism, film theory and psychoanalysis can be productively destabilizing for each discipline. -- PUBLISHERNotes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-300) and indexISBN: 041590319X; 0415903203 (pbk.)LON: 91003659; 8050789
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The fifty-year decline and fall of Hollywood. / by Ezra Goodman New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961.
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Film flam / by Elliot Paul London: Frederick Muller Ltd., 1956.
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Gone Hollywood : the movie colony in the golden age / by Christopher Finch and Linda Rosenkrantz London: George Weindenfeld and Nicolson Limited., 1980.
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A history of narrative film / David A. Cook New York: Norton, c1981.
Call No: 70 COOAuthor: Cook, David A Edition: 1st edPlace: New YorkPublisher: NortonPubDate: c1981PhysDes: xxiii, 721 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: HISTORY OF CINEMA ; HISTORY OF CINEMA. SILENT PERIOD ; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1950's ; NARRATIVE IN FILMS ; STAR SYSTEM ; EXPRESSIONISM ; MOTION PICTURE PRODUCERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF AMERICA ; STUDIO SYSTEM ; ITALY ; NEOREALISM ; WAR AND THE CINEMA ; FILM NOIR ; NOUVELLE VAGUE ; WIDE-SCREEN SYSTEMS ; EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ; JAPAN ; THIRD WORLD ; GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC ; USSR ; MELIES, GEORGES ; PORTER, EDWIN S. ; GRIFFITH, DAVID WARK ; PUDOVKIN, VSEVELOD ; CHAPLIN, CHARLES ; Keaton, Buster ; VON STROHEIM, ERICH ; CITIZEN KANE (US, Orson Welles, 1941) ; CABINET DES DR. CALIGARI, DAS (G, Robert Wiene, 1920) Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. 671-692ISBN: 0393090221 (pbk.); 0393013707LON: 1583335 1583335
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Hollywood by starlight / by R.J. Minney London: Chapman & Hall, 1935.
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The Hollywood film industry : a reader / edited by Paul Kerr London New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul in association with the British Film Institute, 1986.
Call No: 71(73) HOLAuthor: Kerr, Paul CorpAuthor: British Film InstitutePlace: London New YorkPublisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul in association with the British Film InstitutePubDate: 1986PhysDes: x, 290 p. ; 22 cmSeries: British Film Institute readers in film studiesSubject: USA ; INDUSTRY, FILM. USA ; STAR SYSTEM Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. [276]-283ISBN: 0710097301 (pbk.) : ª7.95 ($14.95 U.S.)LON: 4319087
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Hollywood, the dream factory : an anthropologist looks at the movie-makers / by Hortense Powdermaker Boston MA: Little Brown & Co., 1951.
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An Innocent in Hollywood / By Clarence Winchester Illustrated by Goetz London: Cassell and Company, Limited., 1936.
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Inside Warner Bros. (1935-1951) : the battles, the brainstorms, and the bickering-from the files of Hollywood's greatest studio / selected, edited and annotated by Rudy Behlmer London: Weidenfield and Nicolson, 1987.
Call No: 19WAR BEHAuthor: Behlmer, Rudy Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: Weidenfield and NicolsonPubDate: 1987PhysDes: xix, 358p, [16]p of plates : ill., 1facsim, ports ; 24cmSubject: FILMMAKING ; HOLLYWOOD ; INDUSTRY, FILM. USA ; PRODUCERS. USA ; PRODUCTION COMPANIES & STUDIOS. USA ; PRODUCTION. USA ; STAR SYSTEM ; STUDIO SYSTEM ; WARNER BROS. ; BOGART, HUMPHREY ; HUSTON, JOHN Summary: "Few books offer as direct and intimate a portrait of the tumult, trauma and glory of making films as this fascinating collection. Culled from Warner Bros's voluminous files, these memos and letters recapture - from inspiration to filming, through fights and reconciliations - the creation of some of the most popular films ever made: Casablanca, Mildred Pierce, Yankee Doodle Dandy, The Maltese Falcon, Johnny Belinda, A Streetcar Named Desire and many, many more."--BOOK BLURBNotes: California. Los Angeles. Hollywood. Cinema industries: Warner Brothers,. to 1951 (BNB/PRECIS)
Originally published: New York : Viking, 1985 ; London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1986.
Includes index.ISBN: 0297792423Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006
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Lights, camera, masala : making movies in Mumbai / [photographs], Sheena Sippy ; text, Naman Ramachandran ; design, Divya Thakur Mumbai: India Book House, 2006.
Call No: 210.1(540) SIPSource: IIPlace: MumbaiPublisher: India Book HousePubDate: 2006PhysDes: 246 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 27 cmSubject: INDIA ; BOLLYWOOD ; STARS. INDIA ; STAR SYSTEM ; INDUSTRY, FILM. INDIA ; PRODUCTION. INDIA ; ACTORS. INDIA ; DIRECTORS. INDIA Summary: An exploration of how films are made in 'Bollywood' that uses interviews with famous stars and well known film workers in the industry during a few months of 2005 and 2006. The fictional characters Vijay and Ravi go through the process of making a Bollywood film, including screenwriting, the Bollywood star system, pre-production, marketing and promotion, and audience receptionNotes: 246 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 27 cmISBN: 8175084413Donation: Alex Gionfriddo
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The movie directors story / Joel W. Finler London: Octopus Books, 1985.
Call No: 802.25 FIN; FOLIOAuthor: Finler, Joel W. (Joel Waldo), 1938 Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: Octopus BooksPubDate: 1985PhysDes: 272 p. : ill. ; 33 cmSubject: DIRECTORS ; FILM WORKERS ; HISTORY OF CINEMA ; HOLLYWOOD ; INDUSTRY, FILM. USA ; STAR SYSTEM Summary: "Since the earliest days of cinema, the director has combined and controlled all the elements of film-making. His status and independence have waxed and waned but he has always - rightly or wrongly - been credited with a film's success or blamed for its failure. Here is the absorbing account of 140 careers, ranging across the spectrum from studio work-horse to acknowledged genius. The famous director-star partnerships, such as Clarence Brown and Greta Garbo, John Ford and John Wayne, Josef von Sternberg, and Marlene Dietrich, Martin Scorsese and Robert de Niro are all here, as are the unknown but invaluable contract directors, the great innovators, the writer-directors and the rebels. Each entry is generously illustrated with pictures of the directors themselves, as well as scenes from their most characteristic movies. The selection has been made to give a has been made to give a varied and representative view of the director's contribution to the English speaking cinema in general and Hollywood in particular." [Taken from book jacket]Notes: Includes indexesISBN: 0706422880LON: 4458266 4458266
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Movie star : a look at the women who made Hollywood / by Ethan Mordden New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983.
Call No: 451-02 MORAuthor: Mordden, Ethan, 1947 Place: New YorkPublisher: St. Martin's PressPubDate: 1983PhysDes: xii, 296 p., [40] p. of plates : ports. ; 24 cmSubject: WOMEN IN FILMS ; STAR SYSTEM ; ACTORS ; BOW, CLARA ; SWANSON, GLORIA ; PICKFORD, MARY ; GISH, LILLIAN ; GAYNOR, JANET ; SHEARER, NORMA ; GARBO, GRETA ; Crawford, Joan ; LOY, MYRNA ; GARSON, GREER ; DIETRICH, MARLENE ; HARLOW, JEAN ; WEST, MAE ; Lombard, Carole ; DAVIES, MARION ; BALL, LUCILLE ; HEPBURN, KATHARINE ; RUSSELL, ROSALIND ; FAYE, ALICE ; Stanwyck, Barbara ; DAVIS, BETTE ; TEMPLE, SHIRLEY ; GARLAND, JUDY ; TAYLOR, ELIZABETH ; HAYWORTH, RITA ; Grable, Betty ; GARDNER, AVA ; MONROE, MARILYN ; MANSFIELD, JAYNE ; NOVAK, KIM ; HOLLIDAY, JUDY ; HEPBURN, AUDREY ; DAY, DORIS ; ANDREWS, JULIE ; STREISAND, BARBRA ; MINNELLI, LIZA ; BERGMAN, INGRID ; WELCH, RAQUEL ; Keaton, Diane ; FONDA, JANE ; DRESSLER, MARIE ; DUNNE, IRENE ; LAWRENCE, FLORENCE ; BARA, THEDA ; MURRAY, MAE ; MOORE, COLLEEN ; ALLEN, GRACIE ; BLONDELL, JOAN ; TOMLIN, LILY Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. [285]-289ISBN: 0312550502 (pbk.); 0312550499LON: 83003024; 2457302
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The movie stars / Richard Griffith Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1970.
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Mussolini's dream factory : film stardom in fascist Italy / Stephen Gundle New York: Berghahn Books, 2013.
Call No: 411.1(45) GUNAuthor: Gundle, Stephen Source: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: Berghahn BooksPubDate: 2013PhysDes: xii, 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmSeries: Berghahn on film.Subject: FASCISM AND THE CINEMA. ITALY ; STAR SYSTEM ; DE SICA, VITTORIO ; NAZZARI, AMEDEO ; VALLI, ALIDA Summary: Focused on the period from the start of sound cinema to the final end of Fascism in 1945, this book examines the development of an Italian star system and evaluates its place in film production and distribution. The performances and careers of several major stars, including Isa Miranda, Vittorio De Sica, Amedeo Nazzari and Alida Valli, are closely analysed in terms of their relationships to the political sphere and broader commercial culture, with consideration of their fates in the aftermath of Fascism. A final shapter explores the place of the stars in popular memory and representations of the Fascist film world in postwar cinema.-- [Extract taken from the back of the book.]Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-309) and indexISBN: 9781782382447Contents: Introduction -- Fascism, cinema and stardom. Italian cinema under fascism -- The creation of a star system -- Stars and commercial culture -- The public and the stars -- Italian stars of the Fascist Era. The national star: Isa Miranda -- The matine idol: Vittorio De Sica -- Everybody's fiance: Assia Noris -- The star as hero: Amedeo Nazzari -- The uniformed role model: Fosco Giachetti -- The photogenic beauty: Alida Valli -- The Duce's whim: Miria Di San Servolo -- The aftermath of stardom. Civil war, liberation and reconstruction -- Survival, memory and forgetting.
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The Paramount story / John Douglas Eames London: Octopus Books, 1985.
Call No: 19PAR EAM; FOLIOAuthor: Eames, John Douglas, 1915 Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: Octopus BooksPubDate: 1985PhysDes: 368 pages : illustrations ; 33 cmSubject: HISTORY OF CINEMA ; HOLLYWOOD ; INDUSTRY, FILM. USA ; PRODUCTION CENTRES : HOLLYWOOD ; PARAMOUNT STUDIOS ; STAR SYSTEM Summary: "The endless parade of Paramount hits, ranging from the first full-length film made in Hollywood - THE SQUAW MAN in 1913 - and the first winner of an Academy Award - WINGS in 1928 - to the blockbusters of the Eighties, and the blazing galaxy of Paramount stars, from Mary Pickford to Meryl Streep, Rudolph Valentino to Eddie Murphy, are fully documented in this indispensable book. Its lavish illustrations, in themselves a collection of collector's items, are an irresistable added attraction." [Taken from book jacket]Notes: Includes indexes; Filmography: p. 323-344ISBN: 0706420578LON: 4496946 4496946Contents: Preface and acknowledgements -- Introduction - the men who made Paramount --; 1916-1925: the best show in town -- 1926-1935: revolution and downfall -- 1936-1957: the mountain rises again -- 1958-1984: the big money --; The rest of 'the best shows in town' (1916-1925) -- Academy nominations and awards -- Index of films -- Index of personnelID2: 229
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Pleading an Aesthetic Excuse in Montage (September 1968) p.9-13
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The Polity reader in cultural theory Cambridge [England]: Polity Press, 1994.
Call No: 62(04) POLPlace: Cambridge [England]Publisher: Polity PressPubDate: 1994PhysDes: 307 p. ; 23 cmSubject: POPULAR CULTURE AND THE CINEMA ; CULTURE AND THE CINEMA ; POSTMODERNISM AND THE CINEMA ; MODERNISM AND THE CINEMA ; SEMIOLOGY ; STAR SYSTEM ; COMMERCIALS, TV ; CHILDREN AND THE CINEMA ; SOAP OPERAS ; MONROE, MARILYN ; BARTHES, ROLAND ; ADORNO, THEODOR W. ; Baudrillard, Jean ; SAUSSURE, FERDINAND DE ; OMEN, THE (US, Richard Donner, 1976) ; EXORCIST, THE (US, William Friedkin, 1973) Notes: Thirty papers; Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 0745612075; 0745612083 (pbk.)LON: bnb74561207; 10481206
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Reframing British cinema : 1918-1928 between restaint and passion / Christine Gledhill London: bfi Publishing, 2003.
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Romantic comedy in Hollywood : from Lubitsch to Sturges / James Harvey New York: Knopf, 1987.
Call No: 732(73) HARAuthor: Harvey, James, 1929 Edition: 1st edSource: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: KnopfPubDate: 1987PhysDes: xii, 716 p. : ill. ; 25 cmSubject: ACTORS ; COMEDIES ; DIRECTORS ; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1930's ; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1940's ; HOLLYWOOD ; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; ROMANTIC COMEDY ; ROMANTIC FILMS. USA ; PARAMOUNT STUDIOS ; STAR SYSTEM ; ARTHUR, JEAN ; ASTAIRE, FRED ; BRACKEN, EDDIE ; CAGNEY, JAMES ; CAPRA, FRANK ; COLBERT, CLAUDETTE ; COOPER, GARY ; DUNNE, IRENE ; GABLE, CLARK ; GRANT, CARY ; HARLOW, JEAN ; HAWKS, HOWARD ; LA CAVA, GREGORY ; Lombard, Carole ; LOY, MYRNA ; LUBITSCH, ERNST ; MCCAREY, LEO ; MCCREA, JOEL ; POWELL, WILLIAM ; ROGERS, GINGER ; Stanwyck, Barbara ; STEVENS, GEORGE ; STURGES, PRESTON ; AWFUL TRUTH, THE (US, Leo McCarey, 1937) ; BRINGING UP BABY (US, Howard Hawks, 1938) ; FIFTH AVENUE GIRL (US, Gregory La Cava, 1939) ; HIS GIRL FRIDAY (US, Howard Hawks, 1940) ; IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (US, Frank Capra, 1934) ; LADY EVE, THE (US, Preston Sturges, 1941) ; LOVE PARADE, THE (US, Ernst Lubitsch, 1929) ; NINOTCHKA (US, Ernst Lubitsch, 1939) ; PALM BEACH STORY, THE (US, Preston Sturgess, 1942) ; SHOP AROUND THE CORNER, THE (US, Ernst Lubitsch, 1940) ; TROUBLE IN PARADISE (US, Ernst Lubitsch, 1932) ; UNFAITHFULLY YOURS (US, Preston Sturges, 1948) Summary: "Reading ROMANTIC COMEDY is like going to the movies. It recreates for us movies we've come to love: movies the way they were when, in 1934, four in particular - IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT, TWENTIETH CENTURE, THE THIN MAN, and THE GAY DIVORCEE - heralded the arrival of the golden age of Hollywood romantic ("screwball") comedy. Over the next ten years, some of Hollywood's brightest directors and stars turned out some of America's most enduring and beloved films. The screwballs - slangy, irreverent, playful, skeptical, and "powerfully, glamorously in love with love" - constitute a genre of American film unique in its combination of the innocent and the worldly, of swank and slapstick. Now critic James Harvey - writing with brilliance and humor - gives us the first truly comprehensive book about these movies and the people who made them." [Taken from book jacket]Notes: Includes indexISBN: 0394503392LON: 5273661
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Star signs : papers form a weekend workshop / John Ellis; Richard Dyer; Pam Cook London: British Film Institute, 1982.
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Star studies : a critical guide / Martin Shingler London: Palgrave Macmillan on behalf of the British Film Institute, 2012.
Call No: 465.1 SHIAuthor: Shingler, Martin Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan on behalf of the British Film InstitutePubDate: 2012PhysDes: vi, 233 p. : ill. ; 19 cmSeries: BFI book published by Palgrave MacmillanSubject: STAR SYSTEM ; STARS ; ACTORS ; FANS ; ADVERTISING FOR FILMS ; CRITICISM ; CRITICISM: METHODOLOGY OF FILM CRITICISM ; DYER, RICHARD Summary: Star Studies: A Critical Guide provides a lively introduction to the major approaches and key developments within this key area of film studies. It identifies a number of dominant themes, explains major theories, concepts and methodologies, and explores the diversity of approaches that have helped shape the international study of stars and stardom. Comparing the stars and star systems of Hollywood, Bollywood, China and many European countries, from the early-twentieth to the first decade of the twenty-first century, Martin Shingler considers the multiple functions of stars: as an elite workforce within the film industry, as actors and performers, as role models and cultural representatives, as icons and images, as transnational and national symbols, and as commodities. The scope of star studies is wide, historically and geographically, but this book helpfully focuses on salient features of the discipline, providing a cogent overview of star studies, while suggesting some useful avenues for further research. Published in the BFI Film Stars series, Star Studies provides an essential theoretical and historical companion to the individual star volumes in the seriesNotes: "A BFI book." -- Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-219) and indexISBN: 9781844574902Contents: Machine generated contents note: 1.Star Studies: Mapping Out the Field of Star Scholarship Within Film Studies -- 2.Methods: Ways of Analysing Screen Performance -- 3.Star Quality: In Search of the Prerequisites For Stardom -- 4.Star Systems: The Mechanics of Star Production -- 5.Star Identities: From Image to Persona and Publicity to Gossip -- 6.Unstable Symbols: On the Representativeness of Film Star
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Stardom : industry of desire / Edited by Christine Gledhill London: Routledge, 1991.
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Stardom : industry of desire / edited by Christine Gledhill London: Routledge, 1991.
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Stars / Richard Dyer London: BFI Pub., 1998.
Call No: 465.1 DYEAuthor: Dyer, Richard ; McDonald, Paul Edition: New ed. / with a supplementary chapter and bibliography by Paul McDonaldPlace: LondonPublisher: BFI Pub.PubDate: 1998PhysDes: vi, 217 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: STARS ; ACTING ; STAR SYSTEM ; FONDA, JANE Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 0851706436 (pbk.); 0851706487 (hbk.)LON: abn87250535; 5470977
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The Stars : an account of the star-system in motion pictures / by Edgar Morin translated by Richard Howard London: Grove Press Inc., John Calder Ltd., 1960.
Call No: 465 MORAuthor: Morin, Edgar Source: USPlace: New York; LondonPublisher: Grove Press Inc.; John Calder Ltd.PubDate: 1960PhysDes: 189p. : illus. : 18cm.Series: Evergreen profile book 7Subject: STAR SYSTEM ; SOCIETY AND THE CINEMA Notes: Includes a list of chronilogical landmarks
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The stars / Edgar Morin New York: Grove Press, 1960.
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Watching them be : star presence on the screen from Garbo to Balthazar New York: Faber and Faber, Inc., an affiliate of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
Call No: 465 HARAuthor: Harvey, James Source: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: Faber and Faber, Inc., an affiliate of Farrar, Straus and GirouxPubDate: 2014PhysDes: xiii, 380 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmSubject: STAR SYSTEM ; STARS ; ACTORS ; CELEBRITIES IN FILMS Summary: Demystifying the "star presence" in cinema, this provocative look at how aura is communicated in movies throughout history celebrates the actors and directors who have particularly conveyed a feeling of transcendence including Marlene Dietrich, John Wayne, Robert De Niro and Roberto Rossellini.Notes: Includes bibliographic references and indexISBN: 9780571211975Contents: Part One: Icons -- Garbo -- Dietrich and Sternberg -- Bergman and Selznick -- Wayne and Ford -- Davis and Wyler -- Charles Laughton --; Part Two: Realists -- Robert De Niro -- Altman's Nashville -- Jackie Brown and Others -- Godard's Close-ups --; Part Three: Transcenders -- Bergman and Rossellini -- Dreyer's Heroines -- Balthazar
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