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Robert Lindsay: Letting Go
Thorogood Publishing 2009; US$ 29.00The inside story of one of Britains best-loved, best-known actors from his childhood on a Derbyshire council estate to a Tony-award winning run on Broadway. more...
Broadway and Corporate Capitalism
Palgrave Macmillan 2009; US$ 100.00Broadway and Corporate Capitalism examines two overlapping and, in many ways, symbiotic phenomena of early 20th century America - the emergence of the Professional-Managerial Class within American corporate capitalism and the evolution of Broadway. Michael Schwartz shows how the class movements moved - literally and figuratively - to the rhythm... more...
Max the Movie Director
ReadHowYouWant 2010; US$ 9.99Lights ... Camera ... Action! One night, Max is watching his favorite movie for the trillionth time when a spotlight goes on in his head: he could make a brilliant movie and all his dreams of fame and fortune would be solved! After borrowing his father's video equipment, he convinces Sid to be his leading lady, and his dreams of a box office hit... more...
Saturday Night Live, Hollywood Comedy, and American Culture
Palgrave Macmillan 2010; US$ 90.00This book addresses how Saturday Night Live's confrontational, boundary-pushing approach spilled over into film production, contributing to some of the biggest hits in Hollywood history. more...
National Identity in Global Cinema
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 85.00When themes of historical and cultural identity appear and repeat in popular film, it is possible to see the real pulse of a nation and comprehend a people, their culture, and their history. National Identity in Global Cinema describes how national cultures, as reflected in popular cinema, can truly explain the world , one country at a time. more...
The Left Side of the Screen
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2011; US$ 45.00In examining the careers of communist and liberal actors, screenwriters, playwrights, and directors in Hollywood from the late 1920s to the present, this book uses studio and PCA correspondence, FBI files, film and theater reviews, and other sources to reveal how all of these artists were concerned with and active in the cinema of social protest. It... more...
The Nineteenth-Century Novel: Identities
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 39.95The Nineteenth-Century Novel: Identities provides an ideal starting point for understanding gender in the novels of this period. It explores the place of fiction in constructing gender identity within society at large, considering Madame Bovary , Portrait of a Lady and The Woman in White . The book continues with a consideration of the novel... more...
House: The Wounded Healer on Television
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 36.99House MD is a globally successful and long-running medical drama. House: The Wounded Healer on Television employs a Jungian perspective to examine the psychological construction of the series and its namesake, Dr Gregory House. The book also investigates the extent to which the continued popularity of House MD has to do with its representation... more...
Eddie Murphy: Actor
Infobase Publishing 2011; US$ 36.00Even as a young boy, Eddie Murphy knew how to make people laugh. He first took the stage at the age of 15, emceeing an amateur talent show. At 19, he was discovered by the producers of Saturday Night Live and soon emerged as the sketch comedy program's biggest and most controversial star, creating such memorable characters as Buckwheat, Mr. Robinson,... more...
Historical Dictionary of American Cinema
Scarecrow Press 2011; US$ 84.99The Historical Dictionary of American Cinema provides broad coverage of the people, films, companies, techniques, themes, and genres that have made American cinema such a vital part of world cinema. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and over 500 cross-referenced dictionary entries. This book is an excellent... more...









