Hollywood, 1940-2008

Hollywood, 1940-2008
Author: Marc Wanamaker
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2009
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780738559230

Since World War II, Hollywood has fought and won that same war many times, won the West even more often--plus got the girl--and laughed like crazy, too. The postwar era in the dream factory was a prosperous time of expansion and wealth through the 1970s, decline in the 1980s, and rebirth in the new century. Vintage photographs from the rare collections of Hollywood Heritage and Bison Archives depict the municipal, business, residential, and entertainment industry growth in Hollywood proper, from 1940 until the beginning of the 21st century. This companion volume to Arcadia Publishing's Early Hollywood completes the pictorial saga of the world's most renowned storytelling capital. These images depict the rise of the television industry, changes along Hollywood Boulevard, and movers and shakers whose visions and influence have made Hollywood the entertainment industry's Mecca.

What Dreams Were Made of

What Dreams Were Made of
Author: Sean Griffin
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2011
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0813549639

Humphrey Bogart. Abbott and Costello. Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney. John Wayne. Rita Hayworth and Betty Grable. Images of these film icons conjure up a unique moment in cinema and history, one of optimism and concern, patriotism and cynicism. What Dreams Were Made Of examines the performers who helped define American cinema in the 1940s, a decade of rapid and repeated upheaval for Hollywood and the United States. Through insightful discussions of key films as well as studio publicity and fan magazines, the essays in this collection analyze how these actors and actresses helped lift spirits during World War II, whether in service comedies, combat films, or escapist musicals. The contributors, all major writers on the stars and movies of this period, also explore how cultural shifts after the war forced many stars to adjust to new outlooks and attitudes, particularly in film noir. Together, they represented the hopes and fears of a nation during turbulent times, enacting on the silver screen the dreams of millions of moviegoers.

Hollywood 1940s

Hollywood 1940s
Author: John Russell Taylor
Publisher:
Total Pages: 119
Release: 1985
Genre: Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
ISBN: 9781851710041

City of Nets

City of Nets
Author: Friedrich
Publisher:
Total Pages: 495
Release: 1988
Genre: Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
ISBN: 9780747230649

City of Nets

City of Nets
Author: Otto Friedrich
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1986
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780060156268

A brilliant and dazzling social and cultural history of Hollywood during its most turbulent and successful decade.

Hollywood en Kodachrome

Hollywood en Kodachrome
Author: David Wills
Publisher:
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2014
Genre:
ISBN: 9782732466866

Dans les années 1940, le Kodachrome fut à l'origine d'une explosion de couleurs sans précédent. Le public des cinémas, habitué à voir des photographies monochromes ou en noir et blanc de ses stars préférées en couverture des magazines, sur les panneaux d'affichage et au fronton des cinémas, fut ravi de pouvoir soudain découvrir ses idoles, pour ainsi dire en chair et en os, dans des couleurs éclatantes. C'était la première fois qu'il pouvait apprécier l'éclat auburn de la chevelure de Rita Hayworth, les yeux bleus de Gary Cooper, les joues roses de Betty Grable et les chapeaux multicolores, ornés de fruits, de Carmen Miranda. David Wills, conservateur et défenseur du patrimoine photographique, a réuni une des plus importantes collections particulières de Kodachrome et de photographies en couleurs des années 1940. Pour Hollywood en Kodachrome, il a sélectionné des oeuvres spectaculaires qui, dignes d'entrer au musée, sont dues à un grand nombre de photographes de l'âge d'or d'Hollywood : George Hurrell, Clarence Sinclair Bull, John Engstead, Paul Hesse, Ernest Bachrach, Bernard of Hollywood, Robert Coburn, Ray Jones, Bud Fraker, Frank Powolny, Eugene Robert Richee et bien d'autres encore. Il a ainsi créé un superbe album de photographies rendant hommage à un film aux couleurs riches, claires et éclatantes, qui est en outre celui ayant le mieux résisté à l'épreuve du temps dans toute l'histoire de la photographie.

A Deed of Death

A Deed of Death
Author: Robert Giroux
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Total Pages: 312
Release: 1990
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN:

Three unpublished typescripts of A Deed of death submitted to Alfred A. Knopf, publishers, New York, 1989, two of which bear the title The Taylor murder case with half-title A deed of death which became the published title. All copies include editorial notations. Three additional unpublished typescripts on the death of Taylor were apparently used by Giroux in his research for the book: Who killed William Desmond Taylor? by King Vidor, Who killed Bill (authorship undetermined), and one untitled work by Douglas J. Whitton. All three have notations, apparently by Giroux. These typescripts are included in the papers of Giroux located at Loyola University New Orleans.