The Academy and the Award

The Academy and the Award
Author: Bruce Davis
Publisher: Brandeis University Press
Total Pages: 513
Release: 2022-10-06
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1684581192

"The early history of the formation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and its most famous award-the Oscar-as told by its former executive director who reveals many previously unknown stories"--

Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff

Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff
Author: Gregory William Mank
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 702
Release: 2010-03-08
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0786454725

Dracula and Frankenstein's Monster are horror cinema icons, and the actors most deeply associated with the two roles also shared a unique friendship. Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff starred in dozens of black-and-white horror films, and over the years managed to collaborate on and co-star in eight movies. Through dozens of interviews and extensive archival research, this greatly expanded new edition examines the Golden Age of Hollywood, the era in which both stars worked, recreates the shooting of Lugosi and Karloff's mutual films, examines their odd and moving personal relationship and analyzes their ongoing legacies. Features include a fully detailed filmography of the eight Karloff and Lugosi films, full summaries of both men's careers and more than 250 photographs, some in color.

The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry

The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry
Author: Anthony Slide
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 623
Release: 2014-02-25
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1135925615

The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry is a completely revised and updated edition of Anthony Slide's The American Film Industry, originally published in 1986 and recipient of the American Library Association's Outstanding Reference Book award for that year. More than 200 new entries have been added, and all original entries have been updated; each entry is followed by a short bibliography. As its predecessor, the new dictionary is unique in that it is not a who's who of the industry, but rather a what's what: a dictionary of producing and releasing companies, technical innovations, industry terms, studios, genres, color systems, institutions and organizations, etc. More than 800 entries include everything from Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences to Zoom Lens, from Astoria Studios to Zoetrope. Outstanding Reference Source - American Library Association