If a child can watch Barney, can t that same child also enjoy watching Charlie Chaplin or the Marx Brothers? And as they get older, wouldn t they grow to like screwball comedies (His Girl Friday), women s weepies (Imitation of Life), and westerns (The Searchers)? The answer is that they ll follow because they ll have learned that old does not necessarily mean next channel, please. Here is an impassioned and eminently readable guide that introduces the delights of the golden age of movies. Ty Burr has come up with a winning prescription for children brought up...
If a child can watch Barney, can t that same child also enjoy watching Charlie Chaplin or the Marx Brothers? And as they get older, wouldn t th...
With 8 Pages of Black-and-White Photographs In this captivating history of stardom, "Boston Globe" film critic Ty Burr traces our obsession with fame from the dawn of cinema through the age of the Internet. Why do we obsess over the individuals we come to call stars? How has both the image of stardom and our stars' images changed over the past hundred years? What does celebrity mean if people can now become famous simply for being famous? With brilliant insight and entertaining examples, Burr reveals the blessings and the curses of celebrity for the star and the stargazer alike. From...
With 8 Pages of Black-and-White Photographs In this captivating history of stardom, "Boston Globe" film critic Ty Burr traces our obsession wit...
