Great movie heroes (A Barnes & Noble entertainment book)

James Robert Parish

Harper&Row

Hollywood Songsters: Singers Who Act and Actors Who Sing, Set

Routledge

Part of the Encore Film Book Classics series, this is a reprint of the original text to The MGM STOCK COMPANY: THE GOLDEN ERA by James Robert Parish and Ronald L. Bowers. June Allyson was born in the Bronx, Edward Arnold once considered running for Republican Senator from California. Brawny Wallace Beery entered show business as a chorus boy. At 61, Marie Dressler made a major comeback and became MGM’s highest paid star. A clerk in MGM’s legal department saw young Ava Gardner’s photo in the window of a New York photographer and distributed 60 copies throughout the MGM offices. Stewart Granger’s real name was James Stewart (any wonder why he changed it!) These are just some of the thousands of cinematic facts in The MGM Stock Company: The Golden Era. This reference directory to gigantic MGM—home to “more stars than are in the heavens”—is a cornucopia of film lore, with carefully detailed biographies and career studies of nearly 150 studio greats from June Allyson to Robert Young. This volume also stars Fred Astaire, Mary Astor, Lew Ayres, Lucille Ball, all three Barrymores, Leslie Caron, Joan Crawford, Marion Davies, Jimmy Durante, Nelson Eddy, Clark Gable, Greta Garbo, Greer Garson, John Gilbert, Jean Harlow, Helen Hayes, Katharine Hepburn, Lena Horne, Van Johnson, Gene Kelly, Hedy Lamarr, Angela Lansbury, Mario Lanza, Myrna Loy, Jeanette MacDonald, Robert Montgomery, Maureen O’Sullivan, Walter Pidgeon, Eleanor Powell, Jane Powell, William Powell, Luise Rainer, Mickey Rooney, Rosalind Russell, Norma Shearer, Red Skelton, Ann Sothern, Elizabeth Taylor, Robert Taylor, Franchot Tone, Spencer Tracy, Lana Turner, Robert Walker, Johnny Weismuller, Esther Williams, and nearly 100 more of the film lot’s magical stars and beloved supporting players. Also included are feature film listings for each talent profiled. Rich in quotes from the stars themselves, replete with fascinating salary statistics and contemporary reviews, The MGM Stock Company: The Golden Era is an anatomy of Hollywood’s greatest studio and its glittering array of contracted notables during the lot’s magical heyday.

The MGM Stock Company: The Golden Era

Ronald L. Bowers

Bonanza Books, division of Crown Publishers, Inc.

She was raised in the highly charged atmosphere of showbiz, for she was the daughter of Judy Garland and Vincente Minnelli. Here the story of that human whirlwind known as Liza Minnelli is revealed--her turbulent childhood, her climb to the top ranks of the entertainment world, her battles with producers for the roles she wanted, her dizzying, ever-changing love life. This is the history of a young woman who crawled out of her mother's shadow to emerge as a show-stopping superstar.

Liza

Biographies & Memoirs

Pocket

From the late 1960s on, there has been one highly profitable movie genre that has received little or no critical attention or documentation--black action pictures. These are very popular, slam-bang, heavy-duty, ethnic action feature films like Beverly Hills Cop, Blacula, Cleopatra Jones, Foxy Brown, Greased Lightning, Shaft, and Superfly.  Here the genre is given its due in this comprehensive compilation of four filmmaking decades. For each of the 235 films, there are detailed filmographic data and full cast and credits listings, plus an essay interweaving a synopsis, contemporary critical quotes, production information, and an analysis of the film and its stars.

Black Action Films: Plots, Critiques, Cast and Credits for 235 Theatrical and Made-for-Television Releases

Humor & Entertainment

George H. Hill

Movies

McFarland

Book by James Robert Parish, Michael R. Pitts

The Great Gangster Pictures

Michael R. Pitts

The Scarecrow Press, Inc.

Career Opportunities in the Energy Industry

Provides an overview of career opportunities in the energy industry, with over seventy job profiles, position summaries, alternative titles, salary ranges, job prospects, prerequisites, and career ladders.

Business & Money

Allan Taylor

Job Hunting & Careers

Checkmark Books

James Robert Parish, Michael R. Pitts

Hollywood Songsters

Arts & Literature

Garland Science

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Arlington House

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Hollywood Reliables

Gregory William Mank

Imprint unknown

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