Gloria Swanson

Gloria Swanson
Author: Tricia Welsch
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Total Pages: 522
Release: 2013-07-27
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1617037494

A biography of the "Queen of Hollywood" and her decades of successes and comebacks in film, art, fashion, and journalism.

Rethinking the Femme Fatale in Film Noir

Rethinking the Femme Fatale in Film Noir
Author: J. Grossman
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2009-10-21
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0230274986

In the context of nineteenth-century Victorinoir and close readings of original-cycle film noir, Julie Grossman argues that the presence of the "femme fatale" figure, as she is understood in film criticism and popular culture, is drastically over-emphasized and has helped to sustain cultural obsessions with "bad" women.

Ann Devine, Ready for Her Close-Up

Ann Devine, Ready for Her Close-Up
Author: Colm O'Regan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2020-01-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781848272477

Warm, charming and laugh-out-loud funny... Ann Devine, Ready For Her Close-Up is a little ray of sunshine, sure to delight' Irish Independent Meet Ann Devine, a riddle, wrapped up in a fleece, inside a Skoda Octavia. Now that her youngest has flown the nest, Ann finds herself at a loose end. Until, that is, she is put forward for the Kilsudgeon Tidy Towns Committee. Yet all is not neat and tidy in Kilsudgeon. There are strange sightings of people who aren't local driving 4x4s with a yellow reg, a man bun requesting kefir in the restaurant and a quad bike at a funeral. What does this have to do with rumours of a brand new television series to rival Game of Thrones? And what will it all mean for Kilsudgeon's newly proposed town park? A lot, as it happens. As the town begins to fill up with the film crew, extras and a Hollywood star who is fond of the drink, everyone welcomes the chance to make a few bob and to finally get enough broadband to send an attachment. Or nearly everyone. Harmony is threatened when the newcomers seem to be doing more damage than good and the last straw is when Ann's pride and joy - a floral arrangement in a boat - is trashed. She's about to discover what it means to go viral...

Becoming Duchess Goldblatt

Becoming Duchess Goldblatt
Author: Anonymous
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2020
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 035821677X

Part memoir and part joyful romp through the fields of imagination, the story behind a beloved pseudonymous Twitter personality reveals how a writer deep in grief rebuilt a life worth living.

Close Up

Close Up
Author: Kelly Brook
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2014-09-11
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0283072008

From a council house in Kent to her first home in the Hollywood hills, from being told she was too big to model to becoming an inspiration for curvy girls everywhere, Kelly's life has taken many unexpected turns. As a child she just wanted to be an actress - she never imagined she'd also become a hugely popular pin up girl or that she'd be romanced by film stars and pursued by paparazzi. Now, in her deeply personal and honest autobiography, Kelly opens up about the men she has loved and the tragic loss and heartache she has overcome. And she reveals how, by refusing to be limited by other people's perceptions of her, she has forged a successful career as an actress, model and business woman. In Close Up we see the real Kelly. The girl behind the gloss. A funny, feisty woman who lives life on her own terms.

Close Up and Personal

Close Up and Personal
Author: J. D. Taylor
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2013-01-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781482084009

If you love erotica-series like 50 Shades of Grey (E.L. James), Bared to you (Sylvia Day), Sinners on Tour (Olivia Cunning) or Fade into You (Kate Dawes) you'll love adult-romance Close Up and Personal... Actress and director. The stage is set for passion... Drama-school graduate Isabella Green wants to be a script-writer. But when she meets famous director James Berkeley, she's tempted into the glamorous world of acting. Behind the camera, the mysterious Berkeley commands discipline at all times. But Isabella soon discovers his dominant male tendencies also extend into the dressing room. Suddenly Isabella is discovering a side of herself she never knew existed. But she is also learning more about the alluring James Berkeley. Is his desperate past something she can help heal? Or will the flames of passion consume them both when the cameras start rolling? Lights, camera, action... "Close-Up and Personal takes books like Bared to You to another level. Get ready for a sizzling new romance with celebrity." Book Group eBooks LOOK INSIDE this book to see why readers are loving this actress and director adult romance. Other books like Close Up and Personal: * Bared to You, Sylvia Day * Hot Ticket (Sinners on Tour), Olivia Cunning * The Ivy Lessons, J Lerman * Fade Into Me, Kate Dawes * Forty Shades of Pearl, Arianne Richmonde What readers are saying about Close Up and Personal "If you love erotica series then this book delivers on every level. Gripping story, characters to get into bed with, and hot, hot scenes. I give it five stars." S. Parker "I was so sad to finish reading about Isabella and James. Thankfully there's two more books to enjoy before the trilogy ends." Emma Grey "I love books like Bared To You and books like 50 Shades of Grey. This has so much more to it than many adult romance out there. I was swept into the glamorous London acting scene and I didn't want to leave." Ms L Emmett About the Author JS Taylor is a best-selling cross-category author. She teams fiction writing with a successful and award-winning journalism career, working for The Times and The Mirror in London, UK.

Close-up on Sunset Boulevard

Close-up on Sunset Boulevard
Author: Sam Staggs
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 452
Release: 2003-02-04
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780312302542

Relates the story of how Sunset Boulevard became a screen classic, revealing the secrets and scandals involving the big names associated with the movie and documenting the impact of this film on society.

TLA Film and Video Guide

TLA Film and Video Guide
Author: David Bleiler
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 768
Release: 1999
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0312243308

*Detailed indexes by star, director, genre, country of origin, and theme *Lavishly illustrated with over 450 photos *Comprehensive selection of international cinema from over 50 countries *Over 9,000 films reviewed *Up-to-date information on video availability and pricing *Appendices with award listings, TLA Bests, and recommended films

Gloria Swanson

Gloria Swanson
Author: Tricia Welsch
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Total Pages: 522
Release: 2013-08-21
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1628468904

Gloria Swanson: Ready for Her Close-Up shows how a talented, self-confident actress negotiated a creative path through seven decades of celebrity. It also illuminates a little-known chapter in American media history: how the powerful women of early Hollywood transformed their remarkable careers after their stars dimmed. This book brings Swanson (1899–1983) back into the spotlight, revealing her as a complex, creative, entrepreneurial, and thoroughly modern woman. Swanson cavorted in slapstick short films with Charlie Chaplin and Mack Sennett in the 1910s. The popularity of her films with Cecil B. DeMille helped create the star system. A glamour icon, Swanson became the most talked-about star in Hollywood, earning three Academy Award nominations, receiving 10,000 fan letters every week, and living up to a reputation as Queen of Hollywood. She bought mansions and penthouses, dressed in fur and feathers, and flitted through Paris, London, and New York engaging in passionate love affairs that made headlines and caused scandals. Frustrated with the studio system, Swanson turned down a million-dollar-a-year contract. After a wild ride making unforgettable movies with some of Hollywood’s most colorful characters—including her lover Joseph Kennedy and maverick director Erich von Stroheim—she was a million dollars in debt. Without hesitation she went looking for her next challenge, beginning her long second act. Swanson became a talented businesswoman who patented inventions and won fashion awards for her clothing designs; a natural foods activist decades before it was fashionable; an exhibited sculptor; and a designer employed by the United Nations. All the while she continued to act in films, theater, and television at home and abroad. Though she had one of Hollywood’s most famous exit lines—"All right, Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up!”—the real Gloria Swanson never looked back.