Surfing in the Movies
Surfing in the Movies

Author: John Engle

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2015-10-05

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 1476622841

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Surfing has fascinated filmmakers since Thomas Edison shot footage of Waikiki beachboys in 1906. Before the 1950s surf craze, surfing showed up in travelogues or as exotic background for studio features. The arrival of Gidget (1959) on the big screen swept the sport into popular culture, but surfer-filmmakers were already featuring the day's best surfers in self-narrated two-reelers. Hollywood and independent filmmakers have produced about three dozen surf films in the last half-century, including the frothy Beach Party movies, Point Break (1991) and Chasing Mavericks (2012). From Bud Browne's earliest efforts to The Endless Summer (1966), Riding Giants (2004) and today's brilliant videos, over 1,000 surfing movies have celebrated the stoke. This first full-length study of surf movies gives critical attention to hundreds of the most important films.

Life of John Coleridge Patteson : Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands
Life of John Coleridge Patteson : Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands

Author: Charlotte M. Yonge

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-12-06

Total Pages: 689

ISBN-13:

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"Life of John Coleridge Patteson : Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands" by Charlotte M. Yonge. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.