Quinlan's Illustrated Directory of Film Stars
Quinlan's Illustrated Directory of Film Stars

Author: David Quinlan

Publisher: B. T. Batsford Limited

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 520

ISBN-13:

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Including over 1800 entries, this guide provides a short biography for each star, with a complete filmography of all film, television, voice-overs and guest appearances. Those featured include Jim Carrey, Uma Thurman and Brad Pitt, and there is also updated information on all stars with re-assessments of career turnarounds, such as John Travolta and Tommy Lee Jones.

Quinlan's Film Stars
Quinlan's Film Stars

Author: David Quinlan

Publisher: Batsford

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 588

ISBN-13: 9780713486513

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This is an A-Z of biographical profiles of filmstars, listing all the films and the years they were made.

Quinlan's Illustrated Directory of Film Comedy Stars
Quinlan's Illustrated Directory of Film Comedy Stars

Author: David Quinlan

Publisher: B. T. Batsford Limited

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13:

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This reference guide looks at the career histories of nearly 300 comedy stars, some of whom have a prodigious reputation resting only on one or two outstanding films. The author examines their methds and their sense of physical comedy with background stories as to how comic effects were achieved. Over 350 photographs illustrate entries for nearly 300 comedy stars, including John Cleese, Steve Martin and Danny De Vito and older favourites, the Marx Brothers, Mae West and Danny Kaye. Each entry is accompanied by a complete filmography, including film, TV and guest appearances, plus voice-over narrations and films directed.

Quinlan's Film Stars
Quinlan's Film Stars

Author: David Quinlan

Publisher: B. T. Batsford Limited

Published: 1999-05-31

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13: 9780713484007

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A fourth edition of the directory which provides a biography and filmography of each actor considered.

Actors of the Spaghetti Westerns
Actors of the Spaghetti Westerns

Author: James Prickette

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2012-01-20

Total Pages: 543

ISBN-13: 1469144298

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Musical accompaniment were jazzed up renditions that basically fit the art form like a glove with a stylish beat that usually pounded out the action as the story unfolded. The music set the mood and the audiences followed. Most of these films would never reach America during the era, even though they were generally aimed at the American film goers. The Actors who went to Italy and got involved in these lucrative new genre spinoffs all enjoyed star status, recognition and glow of the limelight that came with it. These are the Actors were talking about here.

Star Struck
Star Struck

Author: Sam Riley

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2009-12-09

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 0313358133

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This balanced examination looks at America's pervasive celebrity culture, concentrating on the period from 1950 to the present day. Star Struck: An Encyclopedia of Celebrity Culture is neither a stern critic nor an apologist for celebrity infatuation, a phenomenon that sometimes supplants more weighty matters yet constitutes one of our nation's biggest exports. This encyclopedia covers American celebrity culture from 1950 to 2008, examining its various aspects—and its impact—through 86 entries by 30 expert contributors. Demonstrating that all celebrities are famous, but not all famous people are celebrities, the book cuts across the various entertainment medias and their legions of individual "stars." It looks at sports celebrities and examines the role of celebrity in more serious pursuits and institutions such as the news media, corporations, politics, the arts, medicine, and the law. Also included are entries devoted to such topics as paranoia and celebrity, one-name celebrities, celebrity nicknames, family unit celebrity, sidekick celebrities, and even criminal celebrities.

Latino Image Makers in Hollywood
Latino Image Makers in Hollywood

Author: Frank Javier Garcia Berumen

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2016-04-14

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 1476614113

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Latinos have been part of the Hollywood film industry for more than 100 years, yet beyond the remarkable success of a few, their visibility and clout have generally not reflected their significance in American society. Worse, the Latino image has suffered from widespread stereotyping in film, and performers face unjustified constraints in the kinds of roles available to them. Decade by decade from 1960 onward, this book analyzes important films made by or about Latinos, details the careers of Latino performers and filmmakers of the time, and analyzes how film portrayals of Latino characters and subjects connect with political and social trends of each decade. It discusses the role of gender, social class, and ethnicity in film portrayals and provides an overview of the diverse and dynamic Latino community in the United States, while celebrating a substantial and enduring contribution to Hollywood film history.