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1 online resource (xx, 324 pages) |
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Introduction / by James M. Welsh and John C. Tibbetts -- ACTORS AND ACTRESSES -- Olivia De Havilland, plaintiff / Joanne L. Yeck -- The lost movie of Errol Flynn / Wade Ward -- How a cinema legend was born: the screen testing of Marilyn Monroe / James Robert Haspiel -- The screen testing of Kim Novakáá / James Robert Haspiel -- The search for John Barrymore / Spencer Berger -- Steamboat around the bend: Will Rogers / Peter C. Rollins -- Uncensored Garbo / Charles Affron -- Will Rogers: the story behind his first talking picture / Reba Neighbors Collins -- THE GREAT PAIRS -- The Berkeley and Astaire-Rogers musicals / Rocco Fumento -- The screwball satirists: Wheeler and Woolsey / William M. Drew -- DIRECTORS. Kubrick, Killer's kiss, The killing, and film noir / Gene D. Phillips -- The twilight world of Roland West / Scott MacQueen -- William Wellman: the Paramount years (1927-1930) / Frank Thompson -- William Wellman's westerns / Frank Thompson -- FROM SILENTS TO SOUND. The squaw man returns / Roger Holden -- The birth of a nation: an assessment / Seymour Stern -- Innocence abroad: hearts of the world / James M. Welsh -- The big parade: a standard for the future / Lawrence H. Suid -- 50th anniversary of The jazz singer / Rosalind Rogoff -- From silence to sound / Rosalind Rogoff -- Important words from a film pioneer, made at the beginning of the era of sound / Irving Thalberg -- FILMS. King Kong and the military / Lawrence H. Suid -- The other authors of Gone with the wind / Rodney Richey -- Citizen Kane on the drawing board / John C. Tibbetts -- Val Lewton's The ghost ship: uncharted waters / J.P. Telotte -- The set-Up / James M. Welsh -- Wagon master / James M. Welsh -- "I want stone-age faces!" a behind-the-scenes look with Harry Carey, Patrick Ford, and Wes Jeffries at the making of John Ford's favorite film / James V. D'Arc -- Project RXM / John C. Tibbetts -- FILM HISTORY. Charlie Chan meets O.W.I. racism in World War II films / Gregory D. Black -- Disney outfoxed: The tale of Reynard / John Cawley, Jr. -- The movie adventures of Lewis Carroll's Alice / David and Maxine Schaefer -- The singing screen / David L. Parker -- Red alert images of Communism in Hollywood / J. Thomas Brown -- The rise and fall of the California Motion Picture Company / Geoffrey Bell -- Walt Disney and "The gremlins" / John Cawley, Jr |
| Summary |
In American Classic Screen Features, editors John C. Tibbetts and James M. Welsh have assembled some of the most significant and memorable essays and critical pieces written for the magazine over its ten-year history. This collection contains fascinating accounts of Hollywood history including articles on Marilyn Monroe's first screen test, John Ford's favorite film, Olivia De Havilland's lawsuit against Warner Bros., Walt Disney's unfinished projects, and Stanley Kubrick's early noir classics. This volume also contains in-depth examinations of classic films, including Birth of a Nation, The B |
| Notes |
Collection of essays previously published in the periodical, American classic screen |
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Includes index |
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English |
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Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
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Motion pictures -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography
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Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference.
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Motion picture actors and actresses.
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Motion picture producers and directors.
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Motion pictures.
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United States.
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Motion pictures.
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Biographies.
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History.
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Motion pictures.
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Films.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Tibbetts, John C
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Welsh, James Michael
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| LC no. |
2021679383 |
| ISBN |
9780810876798 |
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0810876795 |
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9786612922367 |
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6612922362 |
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