Kingdom of Heaven
Author: J. Lewis Smith
Publisher:
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9781557047083
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe story of the production of the motion picture Kingdom of heaven.
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Chinese Film Stars
Author: Mary Farquhar
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010-04-27
Total Pages: 375
ISBN-13: 1136993479
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume of original essays fills a significant research gap in Chinese film studies by offering an interdisciplinary, comparative examination of ethnic Chinese film stars from the silent period to the era of globalization. Whereas studies of stars and stardom have developed considerably in the West over the past two decades, there is no single book in English that critically addresses issues related to stars and stardom in Chinese culture. Chinese Film Stars offers exemplary readings of historically, geographically and aesthetically multifaceted star phenomena. An international line up of contributors test a variety of approaches in making sense of discourses of stars and stardom in China and the US, explore historical contexts in which Chinese film stars are constructed and transformed in relation to changing sociopolitical conditions, and consider issues of performance and identity specific to individual stars through chapter-by-chapter case studies. The essays explore a wide range of topics such as star performance, character type, media construction, political propaganda, online discourses, autobiographic narration, as well as issues of gender, genre, memory and identity. Including fifteen case studies of individual Chinese stars and illustrated with film stills throughout, this book is an essential read for students of Chinese film, media and cultural studies.
Quinlan's Film Stars
Author: David Quinlan
Publisher: Potomac Books
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781574883183
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe enthusiast's essential handy reference to who directed what, with each entry providing a concise summary of the director's career.
Quinlan's Illustrated Directory of Film Character Actors
Author: David Quinlan
Publisher: B. T. Batsford Limited
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780713482805
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a guide to over 1100 character actors and actresses. The people covered include John le Mesurier, Irene Handl, Dora Bryan and Sam Kydd from the British studios; and Elisha Cook, Iris Adrian, Hattie McDaniel and Irving Bacon from Hollywood. There is a portrait to accompany every entry. After a short account of each actor's career and characteristics, all their known film credits are given, including many fleeting appearances never previously recorded, plus shorts and TV movies.
Conversations with Classic Film Stars
Author: James Bawden
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2016-04
Total Pages: 441
ISBN-13: 0813167124
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBawden and Miller present an astonishing collection of rare interviews with the greatest celebrities of Hollywood's golden age. Conducted over the course of more than fifty years, they recount intimate conversations with some of the most famous leading men and women of the era. Each interview takes readers behind the scenes with some of cinema's most iconic stars, as the actors convey unforgettable stories.
Film Actors Directory
Author: Steve LuKanic
Publisher: Lone Eagle Publishing Company, LLC
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 804
ISBN-13: 9781580650205
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe most comprehensive reference book about film actors of major studio films, independent films, made-for-television films, cable films, cameos. Includes credits and contact information as well as a cross-referenced index by film title/actor.
Serial Film Stars
Author: Buck Rainey
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2024-10-18
Total Pages: 865
ISBN-13: 1476603111
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPearl White, William Duncan, William Desmond, Ben Wilson, Walter Miller, Francis Ford, Charles Hutchinson, Jack Dougherty, and Eddie Polo are just a few of the stars to start up a whirlwind of enthusiasm among serial devotees. They offered a thrill-a-minute world of ridiculous plots, weird disguises, hair-raising escapes, hidden treasures, diabolic scientific devices, wild animals, depraved men, runaway trains, and an endless procession of knock-down, drag-out fights. Who could resist? This reference work highlights 446 serial performers who thrilled generations. Each entry includes the performer's birth and death dates, serial credits, major films and details of life before and after the movies.
Tenth Kingdom
Author: Kathryn Wesley
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 434
ISBN-13: 0007102658
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFollow the thrilling adventures of Virginia and Tony, a father and daughter from New York, who unwittingly find themselves in a parallel universe known as The Nine Kingdoms. Virginia and Tony join forces with a schizophrenic man-wolf, and Prince, a handsome golden retriever formally known as Prince Wendell, grandson of Snow White until his wicked stepmother turned him into a dog. The unlikely heroes then embark on an epic quest to save Prince from the evil Queen and restore him to the throne.
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
Author: N. K. Jemisin
Publisher: Orbit
Published: 2010-02-25
Total Pages: 263
ISBN-13: 0316075973
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfter her mother's mysterious death, a young woman is summoned to the floating city of Sky in order to claim a royal inheritance she never knew existed in the first book in this award-winning fantasy trilogy from the NYT bestselling author of The Fifth Season. Yeine Darr is an outcast from the barbarian north. But when her mother dies under mysterious circumstances, she is summoned to the majestic city of Sky. There, to her shock, Yeine is named an heiress to the king. But the throne of the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is not easily won, and Yeine is thrust into a vicious power struggle with cousins she never knew she had. As she fights for her life, she draws ever closer to the secrets of her mother's death and her family's bloody history. With the fate of the world hanging in the balance, Yeine will learn how perilous it can be when love and hate -- and gods and mortals -- are bound inseparably together.
