And Hollywood Be Her Name

And Hollywood Be Her Name
Author: Niva Ruschell
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2011-02-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1453598065

It is 1973, and a blue-eyed predator is on the loose in Hollywood. Actress DANIELLE HOPE’S professional future depends upon a movie she has just produced. The film’s financier is suddenly murdered. In need of post-production funds, Danielle’s partner turns to the man with the cerulean eyes. Armed with a brief case and an ink pen the smooth-talking charlatan entices ED HOPE, Danielle’s grandfather, to mortgage his home. Ed is promised a large profit in return. The swindler absconds with the money and the film. Will Danielle’s dreams of success and her family’s home be stolen by this diabolical con artist?

Hollywood be Thy Name

Hollywood be Thy Name
Author: Cass Warner Sperling
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Total Pages: 416
Release: 1998-01-01
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9780813109589

This text charts the real story of the Warner brothers and contains all the drama of a big screen production. The book tells of tension and strife among four brothers, love and marriage, death and divorce, and plotting and betrayal.

Hollywood Be Thy Name

Hollywood Be Thy Name
Author: Judith Weisenfeld
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2007-06-08
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0520251008

"This is a ground-breaking book. The text is remarkable in its use of MPAA files and studio archives; Weisenfeld uncovers all sorts of side stories that enrich the larger narrative. The writing is clear and concise, and Weisenfeld makes important theoretical interpretations without indulging in difficult jargon. She incorporates both film theory and race theory in graceful, non-obtrusive ways that deepen understanding. This is an outstanding work."—Colleen McDannell, author of Picturing Faith: Photography and the Great Depression

Hollywood

Hollywood
Author: Jill Tietjen
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2019-04-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 1493037064

The year was 1896, the woman was Alice Guy-Blaché, and the film was The Cabbage Fairy. It was less than a minute long. Guy-Blaché, the first female director, made hundreds of movies during her career. Thousands of women with passion and commitment to storytelling followed in her footsteps. Working in all aspects of the movie industry, they collaborated with others to create memorable images on the screen. This book pays tribute to the spirit, ambition, grit and talent of these filmmakers and artists. With more than 1200 women featured in the book, you will find names that everyone knows and loves—the movie legends. But you will also discover hundreds and hundreds of women whose names are unknown to you: actresses, directors, stuntwomen, screenwriters, composers, animators, editors, producers, cinematographers and on and on. Stunning photographs capture and document the women who worked their magic in the movie business. Perfect for anyone who enjoys the movies, this photo-treasury of women and film is not to be missed.

Death by Hollywood

Death by Hollywood
Author: Steven Bochco
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 133
Release: 2009-08-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1408806711

One evening, spying on his Hollywood Hills neighbours through his $4,000 electronic telescope, Bobby witnesses a beautiful woman making love to a handsome Latin actor called Ramon. As their pillow talk turns ugly, Bobby watches in horror as the woman appears to bludgeon her lover to death with his own acting trophy. Instead of rushing to the cops, Bobby decides to find out more about the events that led up to the crime, and to use the material for his next movie screenplay. However, when he sneaks into the actor's apartment, the discovery he makes changes his life forever. Empowered by his secret knowledge, Bobby is able to seduce the beautiful woman, while forging a unique friendship with Detective Dennis Farentino, the cop in charge of the investigation. Before long Bobby has dragged the detective, his wife, his lover, and his agent into a Hollywood fun-house hall of mirrors, where only the most manipulative player will survive.

Heaven Became Hell ... Hollywood Be Thy Name!

Heaven Became Hell ... Hollywood Be Thy Name!
Author: Brent David Schroeder
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-05-16
Genre: Rock musicians
ISBN: 9781477481387

This story is based on 10 years of my life as a Hollywood musician and my secret life as a top shot-caller in the gritty Hollywood underworld. The four of us set out for Hollywood on September 1st, 1987, with dreams of becoming the next Motley Crue. We had the talent and the looks, and vowed to each other to avoid the lure of drugs. Unfortunately, Hollywood had other plans. When the record deal fell through and I was on my last dime, I found myself being dragged into an underground world of corruption. Before long, I was working for organized crime, doing business deals with outlaw motor cycle gangs, staying one step ahead of the FBI, and losing touch with the world I had once known. My guitar cases were now filled with deadly weapons. Love, betrayal, Wicca, crystal meth, and a crippling blast from a sawed-off shot gun would all have roles in bringing me to my knees. Many of the people and events in the story have been the focus of local and national new programs, though I have changed most of the names. This book includes my adventures with dozens of celebrities, from famous musicians to Hollywood actors and known underworld figures. It goes into great depth explaining how methamphetamine made the jump from the biker culture to the Hollywood nightlife and then via the Internet to the rest of the country.

Hollywood's Princess

Hollywood's Princess
Author: YOURSTRULYTRINA
Publisher: Summit Publishing Company Inc.
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2018-09-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

On screen, Sophia Heart Valentine is the toast of Tinseltown. She’s the entire package, after all. She can sing, act, dance—you name it. But off screen, she’s dealing with personal drama that feels awfully like a movie. Her dad is marrying a woman that she absolutely abhors. Her best guy friend is ignoring her feelings for him. And her agent is forcing her to star in a movie with Axel Brooks, Hollywood’s Prince and all around annoying guy on set. Who wants to be Hollywood’s Princess when you could be drama queen, right? But then again, Hollywood’s Princess does have a nicer ring

Latinas in the United States, set

Latinas in the United States, set
Author: Vicki L. Ruiz
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 909
Release: 2006-05-03
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 0253111692

Latinas in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia records the contribution of women of Latin American birth or heritage to the economic and cultural development of the United States. The encyclopedia, edited by Vicki L. Ruiz and Virginia Sánchez-Korrol, is the first comprehensive gathering of scholarship on Latinas. This encyclopedia will serve as an essential reference for decades to come. In more than 580 entries, the historical and cultural narratives of Latinas come to life. From mestizo settlement, pioneer life, and diasporic communities, the encyclopedia details the contributions of women as settlers, comadres, and landowners, as organizers and nuns. More than 200 scholars explore the experiences of Latinas during and after EuroAmerican colonization and conquest; the early-19th-century migration of Puerto Ricans and Cubans; 20th-century issues of migration, cultural tradition, labor, gender roles, community organization, and politics; and much more. Individual biographical entries profile women who have left their mark on the historical and cultural landscape. With more than 300 photographs, Latinas in the United States offers a mosaic of historical experiences, detailing how Latinas have shaped their own lives, cultures, and communities through mutual assistance and collective action, while confronting the pressures of colonialism, racism, discrimination, sexism, and poverty. "Meant for scholars and general readers, this is a great resource on Latinas and historical topics connected with them." -- curledup.com

Love Me Fierce In Danger

Love Me Fierce In Danger
Author: Steven Powell
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2023-01-12
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1501367323

"As gripping and twisted as a James Ellroy novel." - Ian Rankin "A masterpiece of literary biography." - David Peace The first critical biography of a titan of American crime fiction. Love Me Fierce In Danger is the story of James Ellroy, one of the most provocative and singular figures in American literature. The so-called “Demon Dog of Crime Fiction,” Ellroy enjoys a celebrity status and notoriety that few authors can match. However, traumas from the past have shadowed his literary success. When Ellroy was ten years old, his mother was brutally murdered. The crime went unsolved, and her death marked the start of a long and turbulent road for Ellroy that has included struggles with alcoholism, drug addiction, homelessness, and jail time. In tracing his life and career, Steven Powell reveals how Ellroy's upbringing in LA, always on the periphery of Hollywood, had a profound and dark influence on his work as a novelist. Using new sources, Powell also uncovers Ellroy's family secrets, including the mysterious first marriage of his mother Jean Ellroy, eighteen years before her murder. At its heart, Love Me Fierce in Danger is the story of how Ellroy overcame his demons to become the bestselling and celebrated author of such classics as The Black Dahlia and LA Confidential. Informed by interviews with friends, family, peers, and literary and Hollywood collaborators, as well as extensive conversations with Ellroy himself, Love Me Fierce In Danger pulls back the curtain on an enigmatic figure who has courted acclaim and controversy with equal zealotry.

Edna Ferber's Hollywood

Edna Ferber's Hollywood
Author: J. E. Smyth
Publisher: Univ of TX + ORM
Total Pages: 573
Release: 2010-01-01
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0292793391

Edna Ferber’s Hollywood reveals one of the most influential artistic relationships of the twentieth century—the four-decade partnership between historical novelist Edna Ferber and the Hollywood studios. Ferber was one of America’s most controversial popular historians, a writer whose uniquely feminist, multiracial view of the national past deliberately clashed with traditional narratives of white masculine power. Hollywood paid premium sums to adapt her novels, creating some of the most memorable films of the studio era—among them Show Boat, Cimarron, and Giant. Her historical fiction resonated with Hollywood’s interest in prestigious historical filmmaking aimed principally, but not exclusively, at female audiences. In Edna Ferber’s Hollywood, J. E. Smyth explores the research, writing, marketing, reception, and production histories of Hollywood’s Ferber franchise. Smyth tracks Ferber’s working relationships with Samuel Goldwyn, Leland Hayward, George Stevens, and James Dean; her landmark contract negotiations with Warner Bros.; and the controversies surrounding Giant’s critique of Jim-Crow Texas. But Edna Ferber’s Hollywood is also the study of the historical vision of an American outsider—a woman, a Jew, a novelist with few literary pretensions, an unashamed middlebrow who challenged the prescribed boundaries among gender, race, history, and fiction. In a masterful film and literary history, Smyth explores how Ferber’s work helped shape Hollywood’s attitude toward the American past.