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book		The child in film : tears, fears and fairy tales / Karen Lury New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2010. Call No: 747.2-053.2 Author: Lury, Karen Edition: 2010 Place: New Brunswick, N.J. Publisher: Rutgers University Press PubDate: 2010 PhysDes: 210 p. : illustrations ; 22cm Series: Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies Subject: CHILDREN AND THE CINEMA; TEMPLE, SHIRLEY; IVANOVO DETSTVO (UR, Andrei Tarkovsky, 1962); GRUDGE, THE (US/JA, Takashi Shimizu, 2004); HONOGURAI MIZUNO SOKOKARA (JA, Hideo Nakata, 2001); LOLITA (US, Stanley Kubrick, 1962); TAXI DRIVER (US, Martin Scorsese, 1976); MAN ON FIRE (US, Tony Scott, 2004); ZERKALO (UR, Andrei Tarkovsky, 1975); ESPIRITU DE LA COLMENA, EL (SP, Victor Erice, 1973); EMPIRE OF THE SUN (US, Stephen Spielberg, 1987); PAN'S LABYRINTH (MX/SP/US, Guillermo del Toro, 2006); PADRE PADRONE (IT, Paolo Taviani & Vittorio Taviani, 1977); BELLISSIMA (IT, Luchino Visconti, 1951) Summary: Ghastly and ghostly children, "dirty little white girls," and the child as witness and as victim have always played an important part in the history of cinema, as have child performers. Yet the disruptive power of the child in films made for an adult audience has been a neglected topic. The Child in Film examines popular films including Taxi Driver, Man on Fire, and contemporary Japanese horror, as well as "art house" productions such as Mirror, La Jeté, and Pan's Labyrinth, and questions why the figure of the child has such a significant impact on the visual aspects and storytelling potential of cinema. Karen Lury argues that the child as a liminal yet powerful agent has allowed filmmakers to play adventurously with cinema's formal conventions, with far-reaching consequences. She reveals how a child's relationship to time allows it to disturb conventional master-narratives and explores how the concern for and investment in the child actor conceals the reality of film acting and the skills of the child performer. She addresses the expression of child sexuality, and questions existing assumptions as to who children "really are." -- pulisher's web site ISBN: 9780813548968 More info
book		The child stars / Norman J. Zierold New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1965. Call No: 802.273 ZIE Author: Zierold, Norman J. Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Coward-McCann, Inc. PubDate: 1965 PhysDes: 250 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm Subject: STARS; STARS. USA; CHILD ACTORS; COOGAN, JACKIE; BABY LEROY; TEMPLE, SHIRLEY; WITHERS, JANE; GARLAND, JUDY; BARTHOLOMEW, FREDDIE; DURBIN, DEANNA; ROONEY, MICKEY; COOPER, JACKIE Summary: A look at successful child actors, their working lives, and their lives when they became adults Levy Notes: AFI R&I book not yet catalogued - AG 23/10/2017 Contents: The trials of Jackie Coogan -- Baby Leroy -- What was Shirley Temple really like? -- Jane Withers: Dixie's dainty dewdrop -- The true Judy -- Little Lord Bartholomew -- Edna Mae Durbin, alias Deanna -- The Mick -- Jackie Cooper -- Where are they now? More info
Levy Collection book		The Fox Girls / by James Robert Parish Castle Books, 1972. Call No: 802.27 PAR Author: Parish, James Robert Publisher: Castle Books PubDate: 1972 PhysDes: 722 p. : ill. ; 26 cm Subject: ACTORS; TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX; BARA, THEDA; GAYNOR, JANET; TEMPLE, SHIRLEY; FAYE, ALICE; YOUNG, LORETTA; HENIE, SONJA; DARNELL, LINDA; Grable, Betty; TIERNEY, GENE; BAXTER, ANNE; MIRANDA, CARMEN; HAVER, JUNE; CRAIN, JEANNE; MONROE, MARILYN; NORTH, SHEREE; WELCH, RAQUEL Summary: Biographical information and filmographies of sixteen film actresses associated with Twentieth Century Fox. ISBN: 0870001280 More info
book		Hollywood's children : an inside account of the child star era / Diana Serra Cary Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1979. Call No: 802.273 SER Author: Serra Cary, Diana Source: US Place: Boston Publisher: Houghton Mifflin PubDate: 1979 PhysDes: vii, 290 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Subject: CHILD ACTORS; SERRA CARY, DIANA; MONTGOMERY, MARIAN; GARLAND, JUDY; TEMPLE, SHIRLEY; ROONEY, MICKEY; DURBIN, DEANNA; COOGAN, JACKIE ISBN: 0395270952 More info
book		Movie star : a look at the women who made Hollywood / by Ethan Mordden New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983. Call No: 451-02 MOR Author: Mordden, Ethan, 1947 Place: New York Publisher: St. Martin's Press PubDate: 1983 PhysDes: xii, 296 p., [40] p. of plates : ports. ; 24 cm Subject: 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]-289 ISBN: 0312550502 (pbk.); 0312550499 LON: 83003024; 2457302 More info
personality microfilm collection		TEMPLE, SHIRLEY Call No: PERSONALITY MICROFILM COLLECTION PhysDes: Clippings Subject: TEMPLE, SHIRLEY More info

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