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Notes Compared With Charles
ISBN: 9780595364909 / Angielski / Miękka / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. You can learn from "Notes Compared With Charles" why you'll want to pursue sitting in an opera house for four evenings to experience the Wagner Ring of four operas. If you already know the value of experiencing the Ring operas, you can buy "Notes Compared With Charles" for someone who will be a first-timer. There is no other live performance like Wagner's Ring cycle: no stage play, no other opera, no rock concert, no IMAX film, no tour through a theme park, no home entertainment center sensory flood. The Wagner Ring is a profoundly complex work on its face and can become even more interesting...
You can learn from "Notes Compared With Charles" why you'll want to pursue sitting in an opera house for four evenings to experience the Wagner Ring o...
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The Rat Pack Quiz Book: Includes TV Tidbits & Trivia!
ISBN: 9780595406166 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Rat Pack was the stuff of Hollywood legend. .and even Hollywood legends clamored to be a part of it. But there was only Frank, Dean, Sammy, Peter, and Joey. Everyone else was a mere pretender to the throne. The Rat Pack ruled a unique universe and now you can be a part of it. "The Rat Pack Quiz Book" will answer all, even your most personal, questions about what made this quintet the darling of Vegas and L.A., and take you back to that heady time when the U.S., was, for just a brief moment, Camelot. This book is a ring-a-ding-ding ride through the sixties! Enjoy!
The Rat Pack was the stuff of Hollywood legend. .and even Hollywood legends clamored to be a part of it. But there was only Frank, Dean, Sammy, Peter,...
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The Soundies Book: A Revised and Expanded Guide
ISBN: 9780595420605 / Angielski / Miękka / 428 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Soundies" were the granddaddies of music videos: single-song musical movies that played in special jukeboxes during the 1940s. Some of the biggest musical stars (and stars of the future) appeared in these films: Louis Armstrong, Spike Jones, Liberace, Fats Waller, Stan Kenton, Cab Calloway, and many others. Thanks to Soundies, hundreds of unique musical performances were photographed for posterity. These mini-musicals were originally nothing more than a ten-cent novelty. Today, to film and music fans, they're a priceless part of history. Scott MacGillivray and Ted Okuda, authors of the...
"Soundies" were the granddaddies of music videos: single-song musical movies that played in special jukeboxes during the 1940s. Some of the biggest mu...
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Back Shelf Beauties: Movies You Should Rent When The New Stuff Is Gone
ISBN: 9780595653027 / Angielski / Twarda / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Back Shelf Beauties is the perfect guide to all the movies you want to rent on video and DVD. When you've seen all the new releases, Back Shelf Beauties brings you forgotten films, lost movies from your favorite stars and classic films that you have never seen. It includes films from modern day stars like John Travolta and Gwyneth Paltrow, but also films from classic movie legends like Humphrey Bogart, Spencer Tracy, Sidney Potier and Ingrid Bergman. Willie Waffle brings insight, historical background and a sense of humor to his reviews that seperates him from other, stuffy, know-it-all...
Back Shelf Beauties is the perfect guide to all the movies you want to rent on video and DVD. When you've seen all the new releases, Back Shelf Beauti...
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92,30 |
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The Soundies Book: A Revised and Expanded Guide
ISBN: 9780595679690 / Angielski / Twarda / 428 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Soundies" were the granddaddies of music videos: single-song musical movies that played in special jukeboxes during the 1940s. Some of the biggest musical stars (and stars of the future) appeared in these films: Louis Armstrong, Spike Jones, Liberace, Fats Waller, Stan Kenton, Cab Calloway, and many others. Thanks to Soundies, hundreds of unique musical performances were photographed for posterity. These mini-musicals were originally nothing more than a ten-cent novelty. Today, to film and music fans, they're a priceless part of history. Scott MacGillivray and Ted Okuda, authors of the...
"Soundies" were the granddaddies of music videos: single-song musical movies that played in special jukeboxes during the 1940s. Some of the biggest mu...
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142,39 |
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Breakfast with Sharks: A Screenwriter's Guide to Getting the Meeting, Nailing the Pitch, Signing the Deal, and Navigating the Murky Waters of
ISBN: 9780609810439 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What They Didn t Teach You in Your Screenwriting Course
Screenwriters, listen up Breakfast with Sharks is not a book about the craft of screenwriting. This is a book about the business of managing your screenwriting career, from advice on choosing an agent to tips on juggling three deal-making breakfasts a day. Prescriptive and useful, Breakfast with Sharks is a real guide to navigating the murky waters of the Hollywood system. Unlike most of the screenwriting books available, here s one that tells you what to do after you ve finished your surefire-hit screenplay. Written from the... What They Didn t Teach You in Your Screenwriting Course
Screenwriters, listen up Breakfast with Sharks is not a book about the craft of screenwri... |
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80,92 |
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In the Nick of Time: Motion Picture Sound Serials
ISBN: 9780786404711 / Angielski / Miękka / 293 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. By the famous Big Reel columnist: the story of serials from Universal's 1930 The Indians Are Coming to Columbia's 1956 Blazing the Overland Trail. Fifteen fascinating chapters explain the importance of "cliffhangers" to the industry as audience builders and "product leaders." The serials provided training for actors and served as a "technical university" for people who later made the television industry work. An appendix lists in order of release all of the sound serials from 1930 through 1956, showing titles, releasing companies, chapter titles, directors and several...
By the famous Big Reel columnist: the story of serials from Universal's 1930 The Indians Are Coming to Columbia's 1956 Blazing the Ov...
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167,87 |
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Dark City: The Film Noir
ISBN: 9780786404780 / Angielski / Miękka / 263 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The most complete reference to the dark 40s and 50s stylistic dramas (twice the coverage of competition). The first section has a lengthy analytical essay as well as detailed plot descriptions and credits for 25 classics--such as The Maltese Falcon, Laura, and Detective Story. The second section is an annotated filmography including major credits and short descriptions on nearly 500 films. Also included are appendices listing every film noir by both director and chronological order, off-genre noirs, and other films bearing important relationships to the noir cycle.
The most complete reference to the dark 40s and 50s stylistic dramas (twice the coverage of competition). The first section has a lengthy analytical e...
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3-D Movies: A History and Filmography of Stereoscopic Cinema
ISBN: 9780786405787 / Angielski / Miękka / 430 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. '3-D Movies' provides a full history of 3-D film from the earliest part of the 20th century to the present. Full technical specifications are given, along with patent drawings and equipment photos.
'3-D Movies' provides a full history of 3-D film from the earliest part of the 20th century to the present. Full technical specifications are given, a...
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167,87 |
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The Gorehound's Guide to Splatter Films of the 1960s and 1970s
ISBN: 9780786409242 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For the uninitiated the author has obligingly supplied a definition for the slasher/splatter film: "Any motion picture which contains scenes of extreme violence in graphic and grisly detail...." For those film viewers who think this is a good thing and are more likely to select The Texas Chainsaw Massacre than The Remains of the Day, or for those who are not quite sure but are nevertheless drawn to the phantasmagoric, or for those horrified by gratuitous violence and blood for bloods sake but are researching this filmic phenomenon, this reference book provides all the gory details. From At...
For the uninitiated the author has obligingly supplied a definition for the slasher/splatter film: "Any motion picture which contains scenes of extrem...
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167,87 |
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Collecting Western Memorabilia
ISBN: 9780786416608 / Angielski / Miękka / 183 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The perfect guide for all collectors of Western film, television, radio and comics memorabilia, this book contains everything you need to know about getting your old Lone Ranger comic book signed by Clayton Moore or tracking down that Hopalong Cassidy lunchbox. Festivals and conventions in your area, the best museums (from art to Native American history to toys), which newsletters and magazines to subscribe to, which websites to check. The section on reference books includes biographies, genre histories (radio drama, mysteries, comedies), studios, music reference, serials and cliffhangers,...
The perfect guide for all collectors of Western film, television, radio and comics memorabilia, this book contains everything you need to know about g...
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Technicolor Movies: The History of Dye Transfer Printing
ISBN: 9780786418091 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Using extensive research and interviews with many of the surviving Technicolor technicians, the history of dye printing and the events leading to its demise are fully covered. (The Beijing Film Laboratory is the only facility currently using the process.) Included are diagrams of how the process worked and an extensive listing of U.S. feature films printed with it.
Using extensive research and interviews with many of the surviving Technicolor technicians, the history of dye printing and the events leading to its ...
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Radio Live! Television Live!: Those Golden Days When Horses Were Coconuts
ISBN: 9780786418121 / Angielski / Miękka / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. During the golden age of live radio and television, writers, performers, and producers created their programs in an environment far different from the studios of today. With live programming, anything could happen, and often did. Robert L. Mott, a veteran writer and Emmy-nominated sound effects creator of the live era, recreates the days when television and radio programs were performed live. He includes personal reminiscences as well as a forthright look behind the microphones: horses hooves were played by coconuts, African-American women were played by white males, andtelevision actors...
During the golden age of live radio and television, writers, performers, and producers created their programs in an environment far different from the...
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195,12 |
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Jules Verne on Film: A Filmography of the Cinematic Adaptations of His Works, 1902 Through 1997
ISBN: 9780786419661 / Angielski / Miękka / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work is both a penetrating analytical overview of Verne's epic novels and a comprehensive filmography of the numerous films inspired by his stories and characters. Each chapter includes a summary and analysis of Verne's story, followed by a chronological treatment of the cinematic adaptations compared to their respective written work.
This work is both a penetrating analytical overview of Verne's epic novels and a comprehensive filmography of the numerous films inspired by his stori...
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The First Hollywood Musicals: A Critical Filmography of 171 Features, 1927 through 1932
ISBN: 9780786420292 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As Hollywood entered the sound era, it was determined that the same public fascinated by the novelty of the talkie would be dazzled by the spectacle of a song and dance film. From movies such as Sunnyside Up and Hallelujah to failures such as The Lottery Bride and Howdy Broadway, this filmography details 171 early Hollywood musicals.
As Hollywood entered the sound era, it was determined that the same public fascinated by the novelty of the talkie would be dazzled by the spectacle o...
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Forbidden Animation: Censored Cartoons and Blacklisted Animators in America
ISBN: 9780786420322 / Angielski / Miękka / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many changes have been demanded by official censors or organized groups before cartoons could be shown in theaters or on television as rigid standards in the sound film era brought censorship in the animation industry. This text considers censorship and other restrictions of cartoons.
Many changes have been demanded by official censors or organized groups before cartoons could be shown in theaters or on television as rigid standards...
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114,15 |
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The Plays of Beth Henley: A Critical Study
ISBN: 9780786420810 / Angielski / Miękka / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Beth Henley's twelve complete plays (three of which have been turned into films) have achieved worldwide production. At age 29, she produced her first full-length drama, Crimes of the Heart, which won a Pulitzer Prize and garnered three Academy Award nominations as a film. Her Mississippi upbringing and her penchant for the eccentricities of southern culture, however, have caused critics to categorize her writing as a kind of southern gothic folklore inspired by feminist ideology. This book, the first critical study of Henley's complete plays, attempts to dispel the common stereotypes that...
Beth Henley's twelve complete plays (three of which have been turned into films) have achieved worldwide production. At age 29, she produced her first...
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221,82 |
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Billy Wilder, American Film Realist
ISBN: 9780786421190 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The films of Billy Wilder, from Double Indemnity to Some Like It Hot, are American classics created by a brilliant Austrian in love with his newfound country. This is a re-examination of the key American films of Wilder, often challenging previous readings of his filmmaking style and personality, emphasizing the pop-cultural, film-historical, and sociohistorical content of well known films like Sunset Boulevard and less frequently remembered ones, like The Fortune Cookie. The book interprets Wilder as more than the ?cocky little Viennese? or ?closet Romantic? stereotypes often attached to...
The films of Billy Wilder, from Double Indemnity to Some Like It Hot, are American classics created by a brilliant Austrian in love with his newfound ...
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Silent Films, 1877-1996: A Critical Guide to 646 Movies
ISBN: 9780786421640 / Angielski / Miękka / 596 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This film reference covers 646 silent motion pictures, starting with Eadweard Muybridge's initial motion photography experiments in 1877 and even including The Taxi Dancer (1996). Among the genres included are classics, dramas, Westerns, light comedies, documentaries and even poorly produced early pornography. Masterpieces such as Joan the Woman (1916), Intolerance (1916) and Faust (1926) can be found, as well as rare titles that have not received critical attention since their original releases. Each entry provides the most complete credits possible, a full description, critical commentary,...
This film reference covers 646 silent motion pictures, starting with Eadweard Muybridge's initial motion photography experiments in 1877 and even incl...
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275,77 |
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RKO Features: A Complete Filmography of the Feature Films Released or Produced by RKO Radio Pictures, 1929-1960
ISBN: 9780786421664 / Angielski / Miękka / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Noted for its "B" westerns, RKO also produced several movie classics; two were Citizen Kane and Gunga Din. Comprehensive filmographic data are included here for all of the studio's features: title, year of release, production credits, cast, genre, running time, alternate titles, availability on videocassette, and plot synopsis. Many entries give background information on the film's production and stars.
Noted for its "B" westerns, RKO also produced several movie classics; two were Citizen Kane and Gunga Din. Comprehensive filmographic da...
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221,82 |
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