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Bernard F Dick
A pivotal examination of one of America's greatest songwriters, his lyrics, and his lifelong attempt to define the nature of love
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Bernard F. Dick
Draws on numerous sources to finally tell the full story of Hal Wallis’s illustrious production career
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A new, updated edition of The Star-Spangled Screen.
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This brief, jargon-free introduction to film appreciation and analysis helps students develop a critical awareness of cinema without overwhelming them. Including new features, updated examples and greater attention to growing…
First study to focus on the work of the Ten: their short stories, plays, novels, criticism, poems, memoirs, and, of course, their films.
As producer of numerous films, Wallis made an indelible mark on the course of America’s film industry, but his contributions are often overlooked and no full-length study has yet assessed…
Portrays Hollywood’s ambivalence toward the former Soviet Union before, during, and after the Cold War. Today the threat is no longer the Soviet Union, but international terrorism. Author Bernard F…
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A biography of the full and rewarding life of a Golden Age star
Explores the full saga of Loretta Young’s professional and personal life. She made her film debut at age four, became a star at fifteen, and many awards and accolades later…
Traces the development of the MGM musical from The Broadway Melody (1929) through its heyday in the 1940s and 1950s and its decline in the 1960s. That Was Entertainment uniquely…
Literary fiction has presented readers with centuries of memorable women in trouble. Here, the author of the widely praised and beloved Come and Go, Molly Snow, Kentucky novelist Mary Ann…
Radical Innocence is the first study to focus on the work of the Ten: their short stories, plays, novels, criticism, poems, memoirs, and, of course, their films. Dick describes the…
A treatment of cinema’s long and fraught relations with the monstrous symbols of Soviet communism
Claudette Colbert’s mixture of beauty, sophistication, wit, and vivacity quickly made her one of the film industry’s most famous and highest-paid stars of the 1930s and 1940s. Along with discussing…
Ronald Reagan (1911-2004), a former actor and one of America’s most popular presidents, married not one but two Hollywood actresses - Jane Wyman (1917-2007) and Nancy Davis (b 1921). This…
The fascinating history of Paramount from one of the biggest studios of the Golden Age of Hollywood to today’s corporate commodity.
A radically different portrait of the man who ran Columbia Pictures.
An amply-illustrated chronology and filmography of Columbia Pictures, 1920-1991.
Explores the many faces of Universal Pictures throughout its history.
The first book devoted to the musicals of Daryl F. Zanuck. The volume spotlights how he placed his personal imprint on the genre and how - especially at Twentieth Century-Fox…
Associate Professor Bernard F Dick, PH.D. (Fairleigh Dickinson University)
Anatomy of Film provides a solid foundation of film fundamentals while offering rich examples from the past and present. Designed to be used in film-as-literature or introduction to film courses…
Bing Crosby’s innovations as recording artist, actor, businessman, and radio and television performer. A multidisciplinary exploration, plus personal testimony from family members and colleagues.
The fifth volume in this acclaimed paperback series covers a wide range of topics, including Celtic Cornwall, Cornish politics, the Cornish economy, Cornish genetics, constructions of language and race in…
