Author: George SandPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Fanchon the Cricket
Author: George SandFanchon the Cricket
Author: George SandFanchon the Cricket
Author: George SandDictionary Catalog of the Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays, Brown University Library, Providence, Rhode Island
Author: Brown University. LibraryPublisher:
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Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 756
Book Description
Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Main part
Author: Alphabetic Catalogue of the English Books in the Circulating Department of the Cleveland Public Library
Author: Cleveland Public LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Catalogs, Dictionary
Languages : en
Pages : 1428
Book Description
Theatrical and Circus Life
Author: John Joseph JenningsPublisher:
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Category : Circus
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
Notes of a Son & Brother
Author: Henry JamesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
The Universal Silents
Author: Richard E. BraffPublisher:
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Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
On June 8, 1912, Carl Laemmle of the Independent Motion Picture Company, Pat Powers of Powers Picture Company, Mark Dintenfass of Champion Films, and Bill Swanson of American Eclair, meeting in New York City, signed a contract to merge their studios. The four formed a storied name in Hollywood history--the Universal Motion Picture Manufacturing Company.From A la flamme le papillon se brule les ailes, a 1912 French Eclair film distributed by Universal, to Zip and His Gang (1915), this is a comprehensive filmography of 9,397 silent-era feature, split reel, and one, two, and three reel films produced or distributed by Universal Motion Picture Manufacturing Company. The film entries include title, release date, copyright date, producer, director, scenarist, author, length of the film, and major cast members. The work also includes the 74 serials released by Universal.
Puttin' On the Ritz
Author: Peter LevinsonPublisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250091497
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Fred Astaire defined elegance on the dance floor. With white tie, tails and a succession of elegant partners - Ginger Rogers, Cyd Charisse, Rita Hayworth, Eleanor Powell, Judy Garland and others - he created an indelible image of the Anglo bon vivant. His origins, though, were far more humble: Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Fred Astaire came from Midwestern stock that partially had its origin in the late nineteenth century Jewish communities of Austria. At first, he played second fiddle in vaudeville to his sister, Adele; however, once he learned how to tap and bought his first Brooks Brothers suit, the game changed. How did he transform himself from a small town Nebraska boy into the most sophisticated man ever to dance across a dance floor? In this comprehensive new book about the life and artistry of Fred Astaire, Peter Levinson looks carefully at the entirety of Astaire's career from vaudeville to Broadway to Hollywood to television. He explores Astaire's relationships with his vivacious dance partners, his friendship with songwriters like George Gershwin and Irving Berlin and his relationship with choreographers like Hermes Pan to discover how Astaire, in effect, created his elegant persona. Astaire put his mark on the Hollywood musical, starting his career at RKO and then moving to MGM. From his long list of films, certain classics like "Swing Time", "Top Hat", "Royal Wedding" and "The Bandwagon" revolutionized the presentation of dance on film; but, he also revolutionized the television variety special with the Emmy-Award-Winning "An Evening With Fred Astaire". For 'Puttin' on the Ritz", veteran Hollywood insider, Peter Levinson interviewed over two hundred people who worked closely with Astaire such as Debbie Reynolds, Dick Van Dyke, Artie Shaw, Bobby Short, Oscar Peterson, Mel Ferrer, Betty Garrett, Joel Grey, Arlene Dahl, Michael Kidd, Betty Comden, Onna White, Margaret Whiting, Andy Williams, and others like Quincy Jones, John Travolta, and John Williams, to provide an intimate window on to his professional as well as his personal life. His new biography of Astaire is a celebration of the great era of sophistication on Broadway and in Hollywood as seen through the life of a man who learned how to put on the Ritz and become America's premiere song-and-dance-man: Fred Astaire.