The Russians in Hollywood
Author: George Martin Day
Publisher:
Published: 1934
Total Pages: 122
ISBN-13:
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Glorious Misadventures
Author: Owen Matthews
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2013-08-01
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 1408833980
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Russian Empire once extended deep into America: in 1818 Russia's furthest outposts were in California and Hawaii. The dreamer behind this great Imperial vision was Nikolai Rezanov ? diplomat, adventurer, courtier, millionaire and gambler. His quest to plant Russian colonies from Siberia to California led him to San Francisco, where he was captivated by Conchita, the fifteen-year-old daughter of the Spanish Governor, who embodied his dreams of both love and empire. From the glittering court of Catherine the Great to the wilds of the New World, Matthews conjures a brilliantly original portrait of one of Russia's most eccentric Empire-builders.
Hollywood – a Challenge for the Soviet Cinema
Author: Franz, Norbert P.
Publisher: Universitätsverlag Potsdam
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 3869564903
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book features four essays that illuminate the relationship between American and Soviet film cultures in the 20th century. The first essay emphasizes the structural similarities and dissimilarities of the two cultures. Both wanted to reach the masses. However, the goal in Hollywood was to entertain (and educate a little) and in Moscow to educate (and entertain a little). Some films in the Soviet Union as well as in the United States were conceived as clear competition to one another – as the second essay demonstrates – and the ideological opponent was not shown from its most advantageous side. The third essay shows how, in the 1980s, the different film cultures made it difficult for the Soviet director Andrei Konchalovsky to establish himself in the US, but nevertheless allowed him to succeed. In the 1960s, a genre became popular that tells the story of the Russian Civil War using stylistic features of the Western: The Eastern. Its rise and decline are analyzed in the fourth essay.
Russians in Hollywood, Hollywood's Russians
Author: Harlow Robinson
Publisher: UPNE
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9781555536862
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe story of Russian emigres in Hollywood and the depiction of Russians in Hollywood films
Lost Hollywood
Author: David Wallace
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2002-03-25
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780312288631
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA rich trip into a vanished place and time, Lost Hollywood tells the story of the world's most image-conscious city through the fantastical places and people who once held center stage. From Marion Davies' extraordinary Santa Monica playpen Ocean House, known as "Xanadu by the Sea," to America's first luxe housing development, Whitley Heights, and its now-iconic Mediterranean architecture, long gone building projects are brought back to vivid life. This delicious and engrossing book also unearths fresh details on classic institutions from the Hollywood Canteen to the Garden of Allah, from the Brown Derby and the Cocoanut Grove to the legendary Pickfair. Lost Hollywood resurrects a colorful and evocative era in the history of the movies and will delight and inform even the most knowledgeable film buff.
East Los Angeles
Author: Richardo Romo
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2010-07-05
Total Pages: 223
ISBN-13: 0292787715
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the story of the largest Mexican-American community in the United States, the city within a city known as "East Los Angeles." How did this barrio of over one million men and women—occupying an area greater than Manhattan or Washington D.C.—come to be? Although promoted early in this century as a workers' paradise, Los Angeles fared poorly in attracting European immigrants and American blue-collar workers. Wages were low, and these workers were understandably reluctant to come to a city which was also troubled by labor strife. Mexicans made up the difference, arriving in the city in massive numbers. Who these Mexicans were and the conditions that caused them to leave their own country are revealed in East Los Angeles. The author examines how they adjusted to life in one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States, how they fared in this country's labor market, and the problems of segregation and prejudice they confronted. Ricardo Romo is associate professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin.
In Hollywood with Nemirovich-Danchenko, 1926-1927
Author: Sergei Bertensson
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9780810849884
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBertensson's observations of life in Hollywood on the eve of the talkies revolution provide us with a compelling snapshot of movie history in the making, seen from the unusual perspective of an outsider.
Allan Dwan and the Rise and Decline of the Hollywood Studios
Author: Frederic Lombardi
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2013-03-29
Total Pages: 383
ISBN-13: 0786434856
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt could be said that the career of Canadian-born film director Allan Dwan (1885-1981) began at the dawn of the American motion picture industry. Originally a scriptwriter, Dwan became a director purely by accident. Even so, his creativity and problem-solving skills propelled him to the top of his profession. He achieved success with numerous silent film performers, most spectacularly with Douglas Fairbanks Sr. and Gloria Swanson, and later with such legendary stars as Shirley Temple and John Wayne. Though his star waned in the sound era, Dwan managed to survive through pluck and ingenuity. Considering himself better off without the fame he enjoyed during the silent era, he went on to do some of his best work for second-echelon studios (notably Republic Pictures' Sands of Iwo Jima) and such independent producers as Edward Small. Along the way, Dwan also found personal happiness in an unconventional manner. Rich in detail with two columns of text in each of its nearly 400 pages, and with more than 150 photographs, this book presents a thorough examination of Allan Dwan and separates myth from truth in his life and films.
Red Scared!
Author: Michael Barson
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: 2001-04
Total Pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9780811828871
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Red Scared! offers valuable lessons from the vault on how to identify Communists, media reports on the jolly side of Stalin, guidelines for bomb shelter chic, and much more. As they did in their other lively pop-culture histories, Teenage Confidential and Wedding Bell Blues, Michael Barson and Steven Heller once again bring the nearly forgotten details of American culture into full relief with Red Scared!"--BOOK JACKET.
The Crosswinds of Freedom, 1932–1988
Author: James MacGregor Burns
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 2012-04-10
Total Pages: 956
ISBN-13: 1453245200
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Pulitzer Prize winner’s “immensely readable” history of the United States from FDR’s election to the final days of the Cold War (Publishers Weekly). The Crosswinds of Freedom is an articulate and incisive examination of the United States during its rise to become the world’s sole superpower. Here is a young democracy transformed by the Great Depression, the Second World War, the Cold War, the rapid pace of technological change, and the distinct visions of nine presidents. Spanning fifty-six years and touching on many corners of the nation’s complex cultural tapestry, Burns’s work is a remarkable look at the forces that gave rise to the “American Century.”
