25 Years Of Celebrity Interviews From Vaudeville To Movies To Tv Reel To Real

Author : David Fantle
Publisher : Badger Books Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781932542042
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 25 Years of Celebrity Interviews from Vaudeville to Movies to TV, Reel to Real written by David Fantle and published by Badger Books Inc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a compilation of 25 years of interviews with stars ranging from vaudeville to Gregory Peck, Charlton Heston and Bob Hope with rare photos taken by the authors themselves.

Author : Earl J. Hess
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700630171
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gene Kelly written by Earl J. Hess and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2020-10-02 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether as a curiosity or a beloved idol, Gene Kelly (1912–1996) lives on in our cultural memory as a fantastic dancer in MGM musicals, especially Singin’ in the Rain. But dancing, however extraordinary, was only one of his many gifts. This book, for the first time, offers a full picture of Gene Kelly as the Renaissance man he actually was—dancer, yes, but also choreographer, actor, clown, singer, director, teacher, and mentor. Kelly was star of radio and television as well as film, avant-garde as artist and auteur but also ahead of the curve in opening the world of dance to differences of race, ethnicity, and gender. Gene Kelly: The Making of a Creative Legend takes us from Kelly’s youth in Depression-era Pittsburgh through his years on Broadway and ascendance to stardom in Hollywood. Authors Hess and Dabholkar pay particular attention to his work with the US Navy, solo directing, and lesser-known but considerable accomplishments in television, radio, and on the stage in later years. The book gives us a rare inside look at Kelly’s relationships with dancing partners and peers from Leslie Caron, Vera-Ellen, and Cyd Charisse to Fred Astaire, and at his directorial collaboration with Stanley Donen and Vincent Minnelli; and at his solo directing. The authors show us significant but little-examined facets of Kelly’s character and career, such as the political convictions that got him graylisted in Hollywood; his passion for creating cine-dance and serving as an ambassador of dance in America; and his forging of links between dance, civil rights, and the “common man.” Steeped in research and replete with photographs, this career biography uniquely encompasses all phases of Gene Kelly’s life and work—and finally gives us a full portrait of this central figure in the history of the film musical during Hollywood’s Golden Age.

Author : Brent Phillips
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813147220
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Charles Walters written by Brent Phillips and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-12-02 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “lively biography” of the director who choreographed Fred Astaire, Debbie Reynolds and more: “a real backstager” on the making of Hollywood musicals (Wall Street Journal). From the trolley scene in Meet Me in St. Louis to Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers's last dance on the silver screen to Judy Garland's tuxedo-clad performance of "Get Happy", Charles Walters staged the iconic musical sequences of Hollywood's golden age. The Academy Award-nominated director and choreographer showcased the talents of stars such as Gene Kelly, Doris Day, and Frank Sinatra—yet Walters's name often goes unrecognized today. In the first full-length biography of Walters, Brent Phillips chronicles the artist's career from his days as a Broadway performer to his successes at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Phillips takes readers behind the scenes of beloved musicals including Easter Parade, Lili, and High Society. He also examines the director's uncredited work on films like Gigi, and discusses his contributions to musical theater and American popular culture. This revealing book also considers Walters's personal life and explores how he navigated the industry as an openly gay man. Drawing on unpublished oral histories, correspondence, and new interviews, this biography offers an entertaining and important new look at an exciting era in Hollywood history.

Author : Megan Pugh
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300216653
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book America Dancing written by Megan Pugh and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2015-11-17 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of American dance reflects the nation’s tangled culture. Dancers from wildly different backgrounds learned, imitated, and stole from one another. Audiences everywhere embraced the result as deeply American. Using the stories of tapper Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire, ballet and Broadway choreographer Agnes de Mille, choreographer Paul Taylor, and Michael Jackson, Megan Pugh shows how freedom—that nebulous, contested American ideal—emerges as a genre-defining aesthetic. In Pugh’s account, ballerinas mingle with slumming thrill-seekers, and hoedowns show up on elite opera house stages. Steps invented by slaves on antebellum plantations captivate the British royalty and the Parisian avant-garde. Dances were better boundary crossers than their dancers, however, and the issues of race and class that haunt everyday life shadow American dance as well. Deftly narrated, America Dancing demonstrates the centrality of dance in American art, life, and identity, taking us to watershed moments when the nation worked out a sense of itself through public movement.

Author : Earl J. Hess
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Singin' in the Rain written by Earl J. Hess and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title combines prose with scholarship to provide the complete inside story of how 'Singin' in the Rain' was made, marketed, and received.

Author : Brian Harker
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197514510
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sportin' Life written by Brian Harker and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022-01-14 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though little known today, John W. Bubbles was the ultimate song-and-dance man. A groundbreaking tap dancer, he provided inspiration to Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, and the Nicholas Brothers. His vaudeville team Buck and Bubbles captivated theater audiences for more than thirty years. Mostmemorably, in the role of Sportin' Life he stole the show in the original production of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, in the process crafting a devilish alter ego that would follow him through life. Coming of age with the great jazz musicians, he shared countless stages with the likes of DukeEllington, Cab Calloway, and Ella Fitzgerald. Some of his disciples believed his rhythmic ideas had a formative impact on jazz itself.In later years he made a comeback as a TV personality, revving up the talk shows of Steve Allen and Johnny Carson and playing comic foil to Bob Hope, Judy Garland, and Lucille Ball. Finally, after a massive stroke ended his dancing career, he made a second comeback - complete with acclaimedperformances from his wheelchair - as a living legend inspiring a new generation of entertainers. His biggest obstacle was the same one blocking the path of every other Black performer of his time: unrelenting, institutionalized racism. Yet Bubbles was an entertainer of the old school, fierce andindestructible. In this compelling and deeply researched biography, his dramatic story is told for the very first time.

Author : Björn-Ole Kamm
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030509532
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Role-Playing Games of Japan written by Björn-Ole Kamm and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-08-28 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book engages non-digital role-playing games—such as table-top RPGs and live-action role-plays—in and from Japan, to sketch their possibilities and fluidities in a global context. Currently, non-digital RPGs are experiencing a second boom worldwide and are increasingly gaining scholarly attention for their inter-media relations. This study concentrates on Japan, but does not emphasise unique Japanese characteristics, as the practice of embodying an RPG character is always contingently realised. The purpose is to trace the transcultural entanglements of RPG practices by mapping four arenas of conflict: the tension between reality and fiction; stereotypes of escapism; mediation across national borders; and the role of scholars in the making of role-playing game practices.

Author : Barry Monush
Publisher : Applause Theatre & Cinema
ISBN 13 : 1557839336
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lucille Ball FAQ written by Barry Monush and published by Applause Theatre & Cinema. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Applause Books). Although countless books and articles have been written about Lucille Ball, most people know only the surface details of her personal life and some basic facts about her popular television series. Lucille Ball FAQ takes us beyond the "Lucy" character to give readers information that might not be common knowledge about one of the world's most beloved entertainers. It can be read straight through, but the FAQ format also invites readers to pick it up and dig in at any point. Background information and anecdotes are provided in such categories as: People Lucy found funny; Lucy at home: her various residences throughout the years; Movie/television/radio/theater projects that never materialized; Lucy's off-camera romantic attachments. James Sheridan and Barry Monush go beyond the well known facts, making this an indispensable book for all Lucille Ball fans!

Author : New York Public Library. Research Libraries
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book G.K. Hall Bibliographic Guide to Theatre Arts written by New York Public Library. Research Libraries and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 716 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Milwaukee Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: