Hollywood Myths
Title | Hollywood Myths PDF eBook |
Author | Joe Williams |
Publisher | Voyageur Press (MN) |
Pages | 243 |
Release | 2012-10-15 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 0760342415 |
"In Hollywood myths, veteran film critic Joe Williams dissects the film industry's biggest myths and rumors, from the dawn of the silver screen to the twenty-first century. Myths discussed pertain to superstars, power couples, groundbreaking films, and the industry itself"--Provided by publisher.
Hollywood Myths
Title | Hollywood Myths PDF eBook |
Author | Joe Williams |
Publisher | Quarto Publishing Group USA |
Pages | 242 |
Release | 2012-10-15 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 1610586603 |
A film journalist’s insider account of the truth behind some of the movie industry’s biggest legends and scandals—a perfect gift for film buffs. Hollywood exists to create and sell myth. Often, however, the myths created on screen are secondary to the rumors, half-truths, and lies that circulate through studio back lots and the press. Discover the real stories behind Hollywood’s greatest myths, as veteran film critic and Hollywood reporter Joe Williams sorts fact from fiction and examines how these tales came to be and how they persisted. Did Thomas Edison really invent the motion picture? Why has Charlie Chaplin survived as the undisputed king of the silent era? What about Fatty Arbuckle and that ill-fated boys’ weekend in San Francisco? Did Woody Allen really marry his adopted daughter? Was there actually a suicide on the set of The Wizard of Oz (or are any of the other countless rumors about that film true)? The tales featured in Hollywood Myths involve specific films, actors’ private lives, the industry itself, and urban legends that have existed as long as Hollywood has. Throughout, Williams illuminates what it was that made the biggest stars—from Marlon to Marilyn, Bogie to Brad—shine so brightly on the silver screen. In all, 56 enduring myths are examined, in the process revealing the machinations of myth-making in the fast, loose, and out-of-control world of Hollywood.
Hollywood Westerns and American Myth
Title | Hollywood Westerns and American Myth PDF eBook |
Author | Robert B. Pippin |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 187 |
Release | 2010-06-22 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0300145780 |
In this pathbreaking book one of America’s most distinguished philosophers brilliantly explores the status and authority of law and the nature of political allegiance through close readings of three classic Hollywood Westerns: Howard Hawks’ Red River and John Ford’s The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and The Searchers.Robert Pippin treats these films as sophisticated mythic accounts of a key moment in American history: its “second founding,” or the western expansion. His central question concerns how these films explore classical problems in political psychology, especially how the virtues of a commercial republic gained some hold on individuals at a time when the heroic and martial virtues were so important. Westerns, Pippin shows, raise central questions about the difference between private violence and revenge and the state’s claim to a legitimate monopoly on violence, and they show how these claims come to be experienced and accepted or rejected.Pippin’s account of the best Hollywood Westerns brings this genre into the center of the tradition of political thought, and his readings raise questions about political psychology and the political passions that have been neglected in contemporary political thought in favor of a limited concern with the question of legitimacy.
Hollywood Urban Legends
Title | Hollywood Urban Legends PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Roeper |
Publisher | Career Press |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN |
The truth behind myths of film, television, and music.
Film Stardom, Myth and Classicism
Title | Film Stardom, Myth and Classicism PDF eBook |
Author | M. Williams |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 361 |
Release | 2012-11-16 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1137291494 |
Since the golden era of silent movies, stars have been described as screen gods, goddesses and idols. This is the story of how Olympus moved to Hollywood to divinise stars as Apollos and Venuses for the modern age, and defined a model of stardom that is still with us today.
Hollywood Stories
Title | Hollywood Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Schochet |
Publisher | Hollywood Stories |
Pages | 332 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0963897276 |
Just when you thought you've heard everything about Hollywood comes a totally original new book - a special blend of biography, history and lore. Hollywood Stories is packed with wild, wonderful short tales about famous stars, movies, directors and many others who have been part of the world's most fascinating, unpredictable industry! Full of funny moments and twist endings, Hollywood Stories features an amazing, icons and will keep you totally entertained!
Hollywood Worldviews
Title | Hollywood Worldviews PDF eBook |
Author | Brian Godawa |
Publisher | InterVarsity Press |
Pages | 266 |
Release | 2011-11-02 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0830869530 |
In this thoroughly revised and updated edition of his popular book, Brian Godawa guides you through the place of redemption in film, the tricks screenwriters use to communicate their messages, and the mental and spiritual discipline required for watching movies.