The Adventures of Cinema Dave in the Florida Motion Picture World

The Adventures of Cinema Dave in the Florida Motion Picture World
Author: Dave Montalbano
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 654
Release: 2010-12-22
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1462836739

The Adventures of Cinema Dave is a celebration of films from the turn of the recent century. Dave Montalbano, alias Cinema Dave, wrote over 500 film reviews and interviewed Hollywood Legends such as Fay Wray, Louise Fletcher, Dyan Cannon and new talent like Josh Hutcherson, Jane Lynch and Courtney Ford. With South Florida as his home base, Cinema Dave details his growing involvement with the Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach and Delray Film Festivals, while covering local interest stories about individuals who contribute to the film culture. Featuring a fun introduction from Cindy Morgan, actress from Caddyshack and Tron fame, and an extensive appendix of Literary Cinema, The Adventures of Cinema Dave is a saga about one mans bibliomania and his pursuit of an entertaining story in the big cave known as cinema.

Cold War America, 1946 To 1990

Cold War America, 1946 To 1990
Author: Facts on File Inc
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Total Pages: 689
Release: 2014-05-14
Genre: Cold War
ISBN: 1438107986

Uses statistical tables, charts, photographs, maps, and illustrations to explore everyday life in the United States during the Cold War period.

Hollywood in the Information Age

Hollywood in the Information Age
Author: Janet Wasko
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2013-05-02
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0745669026

This is a major new assessment of the American movie industry in the 1990's, focusing on the development of new communication technologies such as cable and home video and examining their impact on the production and distribution of motion pictures.

Forbidden Animation

Forbidden Animation
Author: Karl F. Cohen
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2013-10-18
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1476607257

Tweety Bird was colored yellow because censors felt the original pink made the bird look nude. Betty Boop's dress was lengthened so that her garter didn't show. And in recent years, a segment of Mighty Mouse was dropped after protest groups claimed the mouse was actually sniffing cocaine, not flower petals. These changes and many others like them have been demanded by official censors or organized groups before the cartoons could be shown in theaters or on television. How the slightly risque gags in some silent cartoons were replaced by rigid standards in the sound film era is the first misadventure covered in this history of censorship in the animation industry. The perpetuation of racial stereotypes in many early cartoons is examined, as are the studios' efforts to stop producing such animation. This is followed by a look at many of the uncensored cartoons, such as Lenny Bruce's Thank You Mask Man and Ralph Bakshi's Fritz the Cat. The censorship of television cartoons is next covered, from the changes made in theatrical releases shown on television to the different standards that apply to small screen animation. The final chapter discusses the many animators who were blacklisted from the industry in the 1950s for alleged sympathies to the Communist Party.

Eye on Israel

Eye on Israel
Author: Michelle Mart
Publisher: SUNY Press
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2006-02-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 0791466876

Examines the image of Israel in American culture before 1960.

Film Histories

Film Histories
Author: Paul Grainge
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 616
Release: 2007-01-11
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0748628940

An introduction to film history, this anthology covers the history of film from 1895. It is arranged chronologically, and each chapter contains an introduction on the key developments within the period. Various types of film history are undertaken to enable students to become familiar with different types of film historical research.

Going Out

Going Out
Author: David Nasaw
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1999-04-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780674356221

This social history of 20th-century show business and the new American public that assembled in the parks, theatres and dance halls argues that an otherwise disparate 'white' audience was united by the exclusion and stigmatisation of African Americans.