Sachgebiete

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117 S.; zahlr. Illustr.; 29,5 cm; fadengeh., illustr. Orig.-Pappband mit illustr. OUmschlag.

Bemerkung:

Ein gutes Ex. - Englisch. - Hollywood in the 1930s was one of the greatest and most eventful decades in cinema's history. Jack Lodge, an expert on American films of the twenties and thirties, takes a unique behind-the-scenes look at... The giant studios and their star players, some of whom were worked so hard that they appeared in up to ten movies a year, an astonishing average of nearly one a month. Paul Muni, James Cagney and Edward G. Robinson, who helped launch crime as a major genre. Showboat, which grabbed the headlines as the period's most dazzling musical. The multi-talented Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Busby Berkeley, who projected the flamboyant, kaleidoscopic dance routines of his imagination straight on to the giant screen. The emergence of horror films from their innocent beginnings in fantasy. The Marx Brothers at their anarchic best, as well as Charlie Chaplin, W.C. Fields and Buster Keaton. And the undisputed all-time greats, including Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich, Spencer Tracy and Cary Grant. (Verlagstext) / INHALT : Chapter 1 ---- The Hollywood Studios ---- Chapter 2 ---- Crime and Punishment ---- Chapter 3 ---- The Berkeley Touch ---- Chapter 4 ---- Fantasy Thirties Style ---- Chapter 5 ---- The Great Comedians ---- Chapter 6 ---- The Rough Side of Life ---- Chapter 7 ---- Starburst ---- Chapter 8 ---- 1939-The End of an Era. ISBN 0831745215