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| Author | : Matthew Kennedy |
| Publisher | : Hollywood Legends |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2014-06 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9781628461817 |
Joan Blondell: A Life between Takes is the first major biography of the effervescent, scene-stealing actress (1906-1979) who conquered motion pictures, vaudeville, Broadway, summer stock, television, and radio. Born the child of itinerant vaudevillians, she was on stage by age three. With her casual sex appeal, distinctive cello voice, megawatt smile, luminous saucer eyes, and flawless timing, she came into widespread fame in Warner Bros. musicals and comedies of the 1930s, including Blonde Crazy, Gold Diggers of 1933, and Footlight Parade. Frequent co-star to James Cagney, Clark Gable, Edward G. Robinson, and Humphrey Bogart, friend to Judy Garland, Barbara Stanwyck, and Bette Davis, and wife of Dick Powell and Mike Todd, Joan Blondell was a true Hollywood insider. By the time of her death, she had made nearly 100 films in a career that spanned over fifty years. Privately, she was unerringly loving and generous, while her life was touched by financial, medical, and emotional upheavals. Meticulously researched, expertly weaving the public and private, and featuring numerous interviews with family, friends, and colleagues, Joan Blondell: A Life Between Takes traces the changing face of Twentieth Century American entertainment through the career of this extraordinary actress.
| Author | : Matthew Kennedy |
| Publisher | : Univ. Press of Mississippi |
| Total Pages | : 457 |
| Release | : 2009-09-28 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1626744327 |
Joan Blondell: A Life between Takes is the first major biography of the effervescent, scene-stealing actress (1906-1979) who conquered motion pictures, vaudeville, Broadway, summer stock, television, and radio. Born the child of vaudevillians, she was on stage by age three. With her casual sex appeal, distinctive cello voice, megawatt smile, luminous saucer eyes, and flawless timing, she came into widespread fame in Warner Bros. musicals and comedies of the 1930s, including Blonde Crazy, Gold Diggers of 1933, and Footlight Parade. Frequent co-star to James Cagney, Clark Gable, Edward G. Robinson, and Humphrey Bogart, friend to Judy Garland, Barbara Stanwyck, and Bette Davis, and wife of Dick Powell and Mike Todd, Joan Blondell was a true Hollywood insider. By the time of her death, she had made nearly 100 films in a career that spanned over fifty years. Privately, she was unerringly loving and generous, while her life was touched by financial, medical, and emotional upheavals. Joan Blondell: A Life between Takes is meticulously researched, expertly weaving the public and private, and features numerous interviews with family, friends, and colleagues.
| Author | : Joan Blondell |
| Publisher | : Graymalkin Media |
| Total Pages | : 322 |
| Release | : 2018-05-04 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1631681249 |
Here is a fascinating novel of the World of vaudeville and the world of Hollywood by a woman who was born into one and became a major star in the other. At 16, Nora set out on her own. A hit in a Broadway play led to Hollywood and stardom. She played the big musicals, the comedies, the leading ladies, and the Gal Fridays, and was married to three of the most glamorous men around.
| Author | : William Lindsay Gresham |
| Publisher | : New York Review of Books |
| Total Pages | : 304 |
| Release | : 2011-04-06 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1590174283 |
Soon to be a major motion picture from Academy Award–winning director Guillermo del Toro and starring Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, and Toni Collette. Nightmare Alley begins with an extraordinary description of a carnival-show geek—alcoholic and abject and the object of the voyeuristic crowd’s gleeful disgust and derision—going about his work at a county fair. Young Stan Carlisle is working as a carny, and he wonders how a man could fall so low. There’s no way in hell, he vows, that anything like that will ever happen to him. And since Stan is clever and ambitious and not without a useful streak of ruthlessness, soon enough he’s going places. Onstage he plays the mentalist with a cute assistant (before long his harried wife), then he graduates to full-blown spiritualist, catering to the needs of the rich and gullible in their well-upholstered homes. It looks like the world is Stan’s for the taking. At least for now.
| Author | : Christina Rice |
| Publisher | : University Press of Kentucky |
| Total Pages | : 344 |
| Release | : 2013-11-14 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 0813144396 |
The forgotten screen legend who made Hollywood history by challenging the all-powerful studio system is revealed in this first full-length biography. Seemingly destined for A-list fame, Ann Dvorak was touted as “Hollywood’s New Cinderella” after film mogul Howard Hughes cast her in the 1932 gangster film Scarface. But Dvorak’s journey to superstardom was derailed when she walked out on her contractual obligations to Warner Bros. for an extended honeymoon. Ann Dvorak: Hollywood’s Forgotten Rebel explores the life and career of one of the first individuals who dared to challenge the studio system. Dvorak reached her pinnacle during the early 1930s, when the film industry was relatively uncensored and free to produce movies with more daring storylines. She played several female leads in films including The Strange Love of Molly Louvain, Three on a Match, and Heat Lightning, but after her walk-out, Warner Bros retaliated by casting her in less significant roles. Following the casting conflicts and illness, Dvorak filed a lawsuit against the Warner Bros. studio, setting a precedent for other stars who eventually followed suit. In this insightful memoir, Christina Rice explores the spirited rebellion of a talented actress whose promising career fell victim to the studio empire.
| Author | : Dorothy Ponedel |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 192 |
| Release | : 2018-02-25 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 9781629332857 |
Sinners and saints without greasepaint make for memorable close-ups. Enjoy Dottie's confidential revelations about Judy Garland, Marlene Dietrich, Mae West, Carole Lombard, Clark Gable, Gary Cooper, Joan Blondell, Paulette Goddard, Barbara Stanwyck, and others.
| Author | : Matthew Kennedy |
| Publisher | : Univ. Press of Mississippi |
| Total Pages | : 300 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9781578069613 |
"Her dramatic gifts were showcased in the family classic A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, the film noir Nightmare Alley, and the tearjerker The Blue Veil, for which she was nominated for an Oscar. Later, she became a staple of television through countless guest spots and her Emmy-nominated role in the 1960s series Here Come the Brides. In testimony to her versatility, she finished her career with a dynamic turn in John Cassavetes' Opening Night and a cameo spot in the hit musical Grease." "Frequent costar to James Cagney, Clark Gable, Edward G. Robinson, and Humphrey Bogart, friend to Judy Garland, Barbara Stanwyck, and Bette Davis, and wife of Dick Powell and Mike Todd, Joan Blondell was a true Hollywood insider. By the time of her death, she had made nearly 100 films in a career that spanned over fifty years.".
| Author | : Ernest William Hornung |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 272 |
| Release | : 1907 |
| Genre | : Adventure stories, English |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : John Stangeland |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 241 |
| Release | : 2014-01-10 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 0786461829 |
On the motion picture screen, Hollywood star Warren William (1894-1948) was a magnificent rogue, often deliciously immoral and utterly callous, yet remarkably likable in his wickedness. Off-screen, the actor was as humble and retiring as his film characters were mean and heartless. This biography examines William's life and career in detail, from his rural Minnesota roots through his service in World War I, his Broadway stage success, and his meteoric rise and gradual fall from Hollywood fame in the 1930s and 1940s. Also analyzed are his film persona and the curious mechanisms by which our culture "selects" certain film personalities to remember and others to forget. Featured is a wealth of biographical material never before available, including rare candid photos of William's early years. Interviews with his surviving nieces provide intimate family details and personal remembrances.
| Author | : Daniel Bubbeo |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 276 |
| Release | : 2010-06-21 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 0786462361 |
The lives and careers of Warner Brothers' screen legends Joan Blondell, Nancy Coleman, Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Glenda Farrell, Kay Francis, Ruby Keeler, Andrea King, Priscilla Lane, Joan Leslie, Ida Lupino, Eleanor Parker, Ann Sheridan, Alexis Smith, and Jane Wyman are the topic of this book. Some achieved great success in film and other areas of show business, but others failed to get the breaks or became victims of the studio system's sometimes unpleasant brand of politics. The personal and professional obstacles that each actress encountered are here set out in detail, often with comments from the actresses who granted interviews with the author and from those people who knew them best on and off the movie set. A filmography is included for each of the fifteen.
