Motion Picture Classic
Title | Motion Picture Classic PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 878 |
Release | 1915 |
Genre | Motion pictures |
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Motion Picture Classic
Title | Motion Picture Classic PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 914 |
Release | 1915 |
Genre | Motion pictures |
ISBN |
50 Classic Motion Pictures
Title | 50 Classic Motion Pictures PDF eBook |
Author | David Zinman |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2001-09 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780756750787 |
This fascinating book presents vintage films from Hollywood's Golden Age, with a run-through of 50 Hollywood movies from the 1930s up to a few years after World War II. It begins with Mae West's classic, She Done Him Wrong, and touches all the cinematic landmarks, such as Ninotchka, Destry Rides Again, The Maltese Falcon, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Public Enemy, Top Hat, Mutiny on the Bounty, Lost Horizon, Flash Gordon, A Night at the Opera, City Lights, Gone with the Wind, The Good Earth, King Kong, Dracula, Frankenstein, The Grapes of Wrath, Citizen Kane, 42nd Street, It Happened One Night, Grand Hotel, Casablanca, and The Third Man. Numerous still photos of the stars.
Motion Picture Classic
Title | Motion Picture Classic PDF eBook |
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Total Pages | |
Release | 1927 |
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Cinema Treasures
Title | Cinema Treasures PDF eBook |
Author | Ross Melnick |
Publisher | Motorbooks |
Total Pages | 236 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Motion picture theaters |
ISBN | 0760314926 |
More than 100 years after the first movie delighted audiences, movie theaters remain the last great community centers and one of the few amusements any family can afford. While countless books have been devoted to films and their stars, none have attempted a truly definitive history of those magical venues that have transported moviegoers since the beginning of the last century. In this stunningly illustrated book, film industry insiders Ross Melnick and Andreas Fuchs take readers from the nickelodeon to the megaplex and show how changes in moviemaking and political, social, and technological forces (e.g., war, depression, the baby boom, the VCR) have influenced the way we see movies.Archival photographs from archives like the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and movie theater ephemera (postcards, period ads, matchbooks, and even a "barf bag") sourced from private collections complement Melnick's informative and engaging history. Also included throughout the book are Fuchs' profiles detailing 25 classic movie theaters that have been restored and renovated and which continue to operate today. Each of these two-page spreads is illustrated with marvelous modern photographs, many taken by top architectural photographers. The result is a fabulous look at one way in which Americans continue to come together as a nation. A timeline throughout places the developments described in a broader historical context."We've had a number of beautiful books about the great movie palaces, and even some individual volumes that pay tribute to surviving theaters around the country. This is the first book I can recall that focuses on the survivors, from coast to coast, and puts them into historical context. Sumptuously produced in an oversized format, on heavy coated paper stock, this beautiful book offers a lively history of movie theaters in America , an impressive array of photos and memorabilia, and a heartening survey of the landmarks in our midst, from the majestic Fox Tucson Theatre in Tucson, Arizona to the charming jewel-box that is the Avon in Stamford, Connecticut. I don't know why, but I never tire of gazing at black & white photos of marquees from the past; they evoke the era of moviemaking (and moviegoing) I care about the most, and this book is packed with them. Cinema Treasures is indeed a treasure, and a perfect gift item for the holiday season. - Leonard Maltin"Humble or grandiose, stand-alone or strung together, movie theaters are places where dreams are born. Once upon a time, they were treated with the respect they deserve. In their heyday, historian Ross Melnick and exhibitor Andreas Fuchs write in Cinema Treasures, openings of new motion-picture pleasure palaces that would have dazzled Kubla Khan 'received enormous attention in newspapers around the country. On top of the publicity they generated, their debuts were treated like the gala openings of new operas or exhibits, with critics weighing in on everything from the interior and exterior design to the orchestra.' Handsomely produced and extensively illustrated, Cinema Treasures is detailed without being dull and thoroughly at home with this often neglected subject matter. Its title would have you believe it is a celebration of the golden age of movie theaters. But this book is something completely different: an examination of the history of movie exhibition, which the authors accurately call 'a vastly under-researched topic.'" - Los Angeles Times
50 Classic Motion Pictures
Title | 50 Classic Motion Pictures PDF eBook |
Author | David H. Zinman |
Publisher | Random House Value Publishing |
Total Pages | 328 |
Release | 1970 |
Genre | Motion pictures |
ISBN |
Now a Terrifying Motion Picture!
Title | Now a Terrifying Motion Picture! PDF eBook |
Author | James F. Broderick |
Publisher | McFarland |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2012-04-23 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 9780786447633 |
This work explores the relationship between twenty-five enduring works of horror literature and the classic films that have been adapted from them. Each chapter delves into the historical and cultural background of a particular type of horror--hauntings, zombies, aliens and more--and provides an overview of a specific work's critical and popular reception. Among the print-to-film titles discussed are Frankenstein, Dracula, Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Masque of the Red Death, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Phantom of the Opera, Psycho, The Exorcist, and The Shining.