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Author: Mark A. Vieira Publisher: ISBN: Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 248
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From 1924 to 1936 Irving G Thalberg supervised more than four hundred M-G-M films; made stars of Norma Shearer, Jean Harlow, Clark Cable, Joan Crawford, Lon Chaney and Greta Garbo; and, gave Hollywood careers to stage legends from Helen Hayes to the Barrymores. This book tells the story of Thalberg's life.
Author: Mark A. Vieira Publisher: ISBN: Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 248
Book Description
From 1924 to 1936 Irving G Thalberg supervised more than four hundred M-G-M films; made stars of Norma Shearer, Jean Harlow, Clark Cable, Joan Crawford, Lon Chaney and Greta Garbo; and, gave Hollywood careers to stage legends from Helen Hayes to the Barrymores. This book tells the story of Thalberg's life.
Author: Mark A. Vieira Publisher: Univ of California Press ISBN: 0520945115 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 526
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Hollywood in the 1920s sparkled with talent, confidence, and opportunity. Enter Irving Thalberg of Brooklyn, who survived childhood illness to run Universal Pictures at twenty; co-found Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer at twenty-four; and make stars of Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer, Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, and Jean Harlow. Known as Hollywood's "Boy Wonder," Thalberg created classics such as Ben-Hur, Tarzan the Ape Man, Grand Hotel, Freaks, Mutiny on the Bounty, and The Good Earth, but died tragically at thirty-seven. His place in the pantheon should have been assured, yet his films were not reissued for thirty years, spurring critics to question his legend and diminish his achievements. In this definitive biography, illustrated with rare photographs, Mark A. Vieira sets the record straight, using unpublished production files, financial records, and correspondence to confirm the genius of Thalberg's methods. In addition, this is the first Thalberg biography to utilize both his recorded conversations and the unpublished memoirs of his wife, Norma Shearer. Irving Thalberg is a compelling narrative of power and idealism, revealing for the first time the human being behind the legend.
Author: Molly O'Hare Publisher: ISBN: 9781959120100 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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From USA Today bestselling author Molly O'Hare comes a curvy/plus-sized, enemies-to-lovers, anti-hero, Bully-meets-RomCom mash-up. Land a role in a movie-Check Meet Hollywood crush on the set-Check Discover said crush is actually the biggest, rudest jerk on the planet-Check... wait, what? So far, Maggie's Hollywood dreams aren't going exactly as planned. One wrong turn and the next thing she knows, she's Enemy Number One of the hottest man she's ever laid eyes on. However, she isn't about to let her dreams crumble because of some arrogant oaf. That's not her style. She's out to prove that talent has no size limit, and nobody, not even Trevor McCain, and his rude, snide remarks will stand in her way. When a gorgeous, curvy woman bursts into Trevor's dressing room, he assumes she's just another nosy tabloid reporter out for a story. But he couldn't have been more wrong. Not only is she an actress with role in his newest film, she's also the first person in years to stand up to him. Maggie's fierce, unwavering confidence ignites a fire inside of him he can't seem to put out, and the more he tries to push her away, the more he wants her. By the time he realizes she's everything he's been missing, it seems like the damage has already been done. Now he's determined to prove to Maggie-and the rest of Hollywood-they've got him all wrong. Hollywood Dreams is a standalone bully-meets-romcom mash-up with laugh-out-loud moments and a jerk hero who will stop at nothing to get the woman of his dreams.
Author: Gwenda Young Publisher: University Press of Kentucky ISBN: 0813175976 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 443
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Greta Garbo proclaimed him as her favorite director. Actors, actresses, and even child stars were so at ease under his direction that they were able to deliver inspired and powerful performances. Academy–Award–nominated director Clarence Brown (1890–1987) worked with some of Hollywood's greatest stars, such as Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Mickey Rooney, Katharine Hepburn, and Spencer Tracy. Known as the "star maker," he helped guide the acting career of child sensation Elizabeth Taylor (of whom he once said, "she has a face that is an act of God") and discovered Academy–Award–winning child star Claude Jarman Jr. for The Yearling (1946). He directed more than fifty films, including Possessed (1931), Anna Karenina (1935), National Velvet (1944), and Intruder in the Dust (1949), winning his audiences over with glamorous star vehicles, tales of families, communities, and slices of Americana, as well as hard-hitting dramas. Although Brown was admired by peers like Jean Renoir, Frank Capra, and John Ford, his illuminating work and contributions to classic cinema are rarely mentioned in the same breath as those of Hollywood's great directors. In this first full-length account of the life and career of the pioneering filmmaker, Gwenda Young discusses Brown's background to show how his hardworking parents and resilient grandparents inspired his entrepreneurial spirit. She reveals how the one–time engineer and World War I aviator established a thriving car dealership, the Brown Motor Car Company, in Alabama—only to give it all up to follow his dream of making movies. He would not only become a brilliant director but also a craftsman who was known for his innovative use of lighting and composition. In a career spanning five decades, Brown was nominated for five Academy Awards and directed ten different actors in Oscar-nominated performances. Despite his achievements and influence, however, Brown has been largely overlooked by film scholars. Clarence Brown: Hollywood's Forgotten Master explores the forces that shaped a complex man—part–dreamer, part–pragmatist—who left an indelible mark on cinema.
Author: Alec Shankman Publisher: CreateSpace ISBN: 9781449985950 Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 60
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In Moving to Los Angeles, The ABC's of Making Your Hollywood Dreams Come True!, former top Hollywood television agent Alec Shankman writes a motivational guide for success in Hollywood. Alec, who went from agent to entertainment CEO by the age of 30, references his own personal journey from Ohio to success in the entertainment industry. This inspirational book offers Hollywood dreamers a step-by-step breakdown of how to make their dreams become a reality.
Author: Mark A. Vieira Publisher: Harry N. Abrams ISBN: 9780810982284 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 240
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In the spring of 1934, Hollywood faced what the Los Angeles Times called "the most serious crisis of its history." The film capital was under siege by censorship advocates who launched a boycott, demanding that the film industry enforce the Production Code it had adopted in 1930. For nearly five years, defiant producers had cited artistic freedom and flouted the Code, which forbade vulgarity, profanity, nudity, excessive violence, illegal drugs, adultery, "sex perversion," "white slavery," racial mingling, "lustful kissing," and suggestive dancing. In July 1934, the controversial films were outlawed. Today they are called "pre-Code." Sin in Soft Focus showcases a scintillating era in film history and tells how filmmakers sidestepped the Code. Mark A. Vieira draws on extensive research, interviews, and correspondence in the Production Code Administration files to tell the engaging, suspenseful, and often humorous story of the struggle between Hollywood and its reformers, weaving history, politics, and film into a full-blooded narrative. Illustrated with 275 film stills, many of them rare, the book captures the stunning visual artistry of the era.
Author: W. P. Kinsella Publisher: Rosetta Books ISBN: 0795311710 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 262
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The novel that inspired Field of Dreams: “A lyrical, seductive, and altogether winning concoction.” —The New York Times Book Review One of Sports Illustrated’s 100 Greatest Sports Books “If you build it, he will come.” When Ray Kinsella hears these mysterious words spoken in the voice of an Iowa baseball announcer, he is inspired to carve a baseball diamond in his cornfield. It is a tribute to his hero, the legendary Shoeless Joe Jackson, whose reputation was forever tarnished by the scandalous 1919 World Series. What follows is a timeless story that is “not so much about baseball as it is about dreams, magic, life, and what is quintessentially American” (The Philadelphia Inquirer). “A triumph of hope.” —The Boston Globe “A moonlit novel about baseball, dreams, family, the land, and literature.” —Sports Illustrated
Author: Mae Archer Publisher: Momentum ISBN: 1760081590 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 271
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She's fallen for his greatest role. But can she fall for him? Former soap star Tom Calvert dreams of making movies that matter. To get the part of a lifetime he becomes a method actor, living as Beau Tennant, a war hero with a disabling injury. While in character he meets Maree Reynard, a costume designer, and takes her on a date. But when this practice date becomes all too real he realizes that he's made the mistake of a lifetime. Will he be able to get Maree to fall in love with Tom Calvert? Maree Reynard's father is an actor and she has grown up on a studio lot. She has no illusions about the artifice of the movie-making business and has vowed she would never date an actor. When she meets and falls in love with Beau Tennant she knows that she's found her dream man who is genuine and real. But when Beau disappears from her life she is heartbroken. She meets Tom Calvert on the rebound and sees their flirtation as a way of recovering her shattered confidence. Will Tom Calvert be able to convince her he is the real deal?
Author: Eve Light Honthaner Publisher: Taylor & Francis ISBN: 1136069011 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 390
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Hollywood Drive: What it Takes to Break in, Hang in & Make it in the Entertainment Industry is the essential guide to starting and succeeding at a career in film and TV. Written by a Hollywood insider, Honthaner's invaluable experience and advice will give those attempting to enter and become successful in the entertainment industry the edge they need to stand out among the intense competition. Because while film school prepares students to write a script, direct a scene and operate a camera, few newcomers enter the job market understanding how this business truly works and how to land a first job-much less succeed in the industry. Hollywood Drive is not merely a book about what it takes to get your foot in the door. It goes beyond that by offering you the tools, attitude, philosophy and road map you'll need to give yourself a good fighting chance at success -- whether you're looking for your very first job or for a strategy to move your career to the next level. This book will allow you to proceed with your eyes wide open, knowing exactly what to expect. Hollywood Drive explores the realities of the industry: various career options, effective job search strategies, how to write an effective cover letter and resume, what to expect on your first job, the significance of networking and building solid industry relationships, how a project is sold, and how a reel production office and set operate. You'll learn how to define your goals and make a plan to achieve them, how to survive the tough times, how to deal with big egos and bad tempers, and how to put your passion to work for you.
Author: Mark A. Vieira
Author: Mark A. Vieira
Author: Mark A. Vieira
Author: Molly O'Hare
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Author: Gwenda Young
Author: Alec Shankman
Author: Mark A. Vieira
Author: W. P. Kinsella
Author: Mae Archer
Author: Eve Light Honthaner