Hollywood on Hollywood
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Film lovers have long had an insatiable drive to know what “really” goes on behind-the-scenes at Tinseltown film studios. This volume delves into some 300 feature films, movie shorts, and TV movies in which Hollywood filmmakers turn the cameras on themselves as storylines play out in front of and behind the cameras. Among the many titles covered are Sunset Boulevard (1950), The Phantom of Hollywood (1974), Hollywood Hotel (1937), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), A Star Is Born (1937, 1954), That’s Entertainment! (1974), Star-Spangled Rhythm (1942), James Dean (1976), The Studio Murder Mystery (1929), Harlow (1965), On an Island with You (1948), What Price Hollywood? (1932), The Day of the Locust (1975), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane (1962), Bombshell (1933), The Star (1952), The Oscar (1965), The Jolson Story (1946), The Sex Symbol (1975), and Inside Daisy Clover (1965). Each entry contains detailed cast/characters and technical credits, a discussion of the film, and review quotes. This is a valuable reference work and a fun film guide for both movie fans and cinema historians, as well as an excellent sourcebook to many of the genre entries now available for viewing on television, the Internet, and DVDs. About the JAMES ROBERT PARISH, a former entertainment reporter, publicist, and book series editor, is the author of many published major biographies and reference books on the entertainment industry including Whitney We Will Always Love You; The Hollywood Book of Extravagance; It’s Good to Be the The Seriously Funny Life of Mel Brooks; The Hollywood Book of Breakups; Hollywood’s Iconic Flops; The Hollywood Book of Scandals; The Hollywood Book of Love; Hollywood Divas; Jet Li; Hollywood Bad Boys; The Encyclopedia of Ethnic Groups in Hollywood; The Hollywood Book of Death; Whoopi Goldberg; Rosie O’Donnell’s Story; The Unofficial “Murder, She Wrote” Casebook; Today’s Black Hollywood; Let’s Talk! America’s Favorite TV Talk Show Hosts; Prison Pictures from Hollywood; The Great Cop Pictures; Ghosts and Angels in Hollywood Films; Pirates and Seafaring Swashbucklers on the Hollywood Screen; Prostitution in Mainstream Cinema; The Jeanette MacDonald Story; Hollywood’s Great Love Teams; and The Fox Girls. Mr. Parish is a frequent oncamera interviewee on cable and network TV for documentaries on the performing arts. The author resides in Studio City, California. MICHAEL R. PITTS has written or co-authored numerous books on entertainment, including Kate A Bio-Bibliography; Western Movies; Hollywood and American History; Famous Movie Detectives; Famous Movie Detectives II; Famous Movie Detectives III; Hollywood on Record; The Bible on Film; Charles Bronson; Poverty Row Studios 1929-1940; The Rise of the Crooners; Radio Soundtracks; Horror Film Stars ; the CD-ROM Television and An Annotated Bibliography of Research Materials; Columbia Pictures Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films; Allied Artists Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, and RKO Radio Pictures Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films. With Mr. Parish he has written several entries in The Great . . .Pictures series. In addition he has contributed to many other published books and his magazine articles have been published in the U.S. and abroad. He wrote columns on record collecting for Classic Images and The Big Reel magazines. With degrees in history and journalism he also has a certificate in American Genealogy and has compiled more than thirty volumes of local history and genealogy.
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The Hollywood Book of Extravagance (2007)
The Totally Infamous, Mostly Disastrous, and Always Compelling Excesses of America's Film and TV Idols
The Hollywood Book of Scandals (2004)
The Shocking, Often Disgraceful Deeds and Affairs of Over 100 American Movie and TV Idols
The Hollywood Book of Love (2003)
From True Romance and Blushing Brides to Tawdry Trysts and Femme Fatales
Hollywood Songsters (2003)
Singers Who Act and Actors Who Sing - Volume 1
Hollywood Divas (2002)
The Good, The Bad, and The Fabulous
Hollywood Bad Boys (2002)
Loud, Fast, and Out of Control
The Hollywood Book of Death (2001)
The Bizarre, Often Sordid, Passings of More than 125 American Movie and TV Idols
Today's Black Hollywood (1995)
15 of the World's Hottest Superstars
Pirates and Seafaring Swashbucklers on the Hollywood Screen (1995)
Plots, Critiques, Casts and Credits for 137 Theatrical and Made-For-Television Releases
Sujet : Genre > Historical films
Ghosts and Angels in Hollywood Films (1994)
Plots, Critiques, Casts and Credits for 264 Theatrical and Made-For-Television Releases
Gays and Lesbians in Mainstream Cinema (1993)
Plots, Critiques, Casts and Credits for 272 Theatrical and Made-For-Television Hollywood Releases
Sujet : On Films > Film selections
Prostitution in Hollywood Films (1992)
Plots, Critiques, Casts and Credits for 389 Theatrical and Made-For-Television Releases
Sujet : On Films > Film selections
Prison Pictures from Hollywood (1991)
Plots, Critiques, Casts and Credits for 293 Theatrical and Made-For-Television Releases
The Great Science Fiction Pictures II (1990)
de James Robert Parish et Michael R. Pitts
Sujet : Genre > Science Fiction
Black Action Films (1989)
Plots, Critiques, Casts and Credits for 235 Theatrical and Made-For-Television Releases
The Great Gangster Pictures II (1987)
de Michael R. Pitts et James Robert Parish
Sujet : Genre > Gangster films
The Hollywood Beauties (1980)
Sujet : Actor > Elizabeth Taylor, Grace Kelly, Kay Francis, Ava Gardner, Jean Harlow, Dolores del Rio, Lana Turner
Hollywood Players, the Thirties (1976)
de James Robert Parish et William T. Leonard
Sujet : On Films > Per period
Great Child Stars (1976)
An Incisive, Illustrated Look at 24 Child Stars Who Charmed Their Way into Our Hears and Enchanted Us for All Time
Sujet : Actor
The Great Gangster Pictures (1976)
de James Robert Parish et Michael R. Pitts
Sujet : Genre > Gangster films
Film Directors (1974)
A Guide to Their American Films
de James Robert Parish et Michael R. Pitts
Sujet : On Films > Guides and dictionaries
The Cinema of Edward G. Robinson (1972)
de James Robert Parish et Alvin H. Marill
Sujet : Actor > Edward G. Robinson
The Fox Girls (1972)
Starring 15 Beautiful Vixens and One Adorable Cub
Sujet : Studio > 20th Century Fox
The Paramount Pretties (1972)
16 leading ladies in Paramount Pictures
The American Movies Reference Book (1969)
The sound era
de Paul Michael et James Robert Parish
Sujet : On Films > Guides and dictionaries
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Interviews from Hollywood's Golden Era
de James Bawden et Ron Miller
I Loved Her in the Movies (2016)
Memories of Hollywood's Legendary Actresses
de Robert J. Wagner et Scott Eyman
The Classical Hollywood Cinema (2015)
Film Style and Mode of Production to 1960
Classical Hollywood Cinema (2015)
Point of View and Communication
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