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1) Producing
Series
Behind the silver screen volume 7
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
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Description
Of all the job titles listed in the opening and closing screen credits, producer is certainly the most amorphous. There are businessmen (and women)-producers, writer-director- and movie-star-producers; producers who work for the studio; executive producers whose reputation and industry clout alone gets a project financed (though their day-to-day participation in the project may be negligible). The job title, regardless of the actual work involved,...
Series
Behind the silver screen volume 6
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Editing and Special/Visual Effects takes the reader behind the screen to understand how these two crucial crafts define the viewing experience of film audiences. This book provides an historical overview of each of these two crafts, from the earliest days of stop-motion substitution, which combined editing and in-camera effects, to the current digital era, where both cuts and the illusion of an unbroken take can be created in post-production. This...
Series
Behind the silver screen volume 9
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Series
Behind the Silver Screen volume 3
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
6) Directing
Series
Behind the silver screen volume 5
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
8) Rio Grande
Series
Publisher
Republic Pictures Home Video
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
A Cavalry unit on the Mexican border in the 1880s conducts a campaign against marauding Indians.
9) Duck soup
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
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After being appointed the dictator of Freedonia, Rufus T. Firefly proceeds to bring the mythical nation to a halt by showing up late and insulting everyone at his inauguration. Hoping to oust the unfit new leader, two spies are sent from the neighboring Sylvania. Soon enough, war is declared between the two nations with outrageous results. Including Groucho's famous mirror scene and final battle scene, it remains as entertaining and relevant today...
10) Animal crackers
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
Captain Spaulding a famed African explorer who is being honored at a high society party at the estate of Mrs. Rittenhouse. Mayhem and chaos ensue after a valuable painting disappears and Spaulding, along with the Professor Sigmore Emanuel Ravelli and Horatio 'help' search for it.
Series
Publisher
Republic Pictures
Pub. Date
1945.
Language
English
Description
Easy-going Father O'Malley and iron-willed Sister Benedict find themselves in a subtle battle of wits over how the children should be educated at St. Mary's parochial school. Meanwhile, the skinflint businessman next door wants the school condemned.
12) The cocoanuts
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
Based on their Broadway hit. The film--one of the first full talkies--takes place in a hotel with owner Groucho out to grab every dollar.
Series
Publisher
Platinum Disc Corp
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Quicksand: Danny Brady, a well-meaning mechanic whose whole life is shattered in the matter of a week.
T-bird gang: A gripping crime-drama revolving around a vengeance seeking high schooler that joins up with a gang of roughnecks who agree to help him hunt down his father's murderer.
High school Caesar: A rich, young hustler, Stevens appoints himself the kingpin of his high school by establishing a small-scale crime empire.
Two women: A heartrending...
14) Pirates
Series
Publisher
Platinum Disc Corporation
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Four movies about pirate adventure.
Series
Publisher
Platinum Disc Corp
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Patterns: When Fred Staples is recruited to work for a major corporation in New York he comes to realize that he was meant to replace an ailing executive. Will he choose the moral high road or seize the biggest opportunity of his life?
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers: Ambition, desire, fear and obsession govern the life of socialite Martha Ivers. An old friend comes to town and threatens to expose Martha's past misdeeds.
Anna Karenina: Based...
16) Monkey business
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
The shenanigans start right away as the brothers stow away on a luxury liner. It's their first film that wasn't based on a play, as they endeavored to find new material.
17) Horse feathers
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Parody of college life with the fun-loving president of Huxley College wooing a floozie who is secretly trying to rig the big football game between Huxley and archrival Darwin U.
18) One extra corpse
Author
Series
Silver Screen historical mystery volume 2
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
May, 1924. When renowned film director Ernst Zapolya calls Emma Blackstone - companion to Hollywood movie star Kitty Flint - and demands to see Kitty at once, Emma's not surprised. Until, that is, he adds that lives depend on it. Emma and Kitty investigate, and after a shocking discovery, the lives on the line soon include their own...
Author
Series
Silver Screen historical mystery volume 1
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
1924. After six months in Hollywood, young British widow Emma Blackstone has come to love her new employer, glamourous movie-star Kitty Flint - even if her late husband's sister is one of the worst actresses she's ever seen. Looking after Kitty and her three adorable Pekinese dogs isn't work Emma dreamed of, but Kitty rescued her when she was all alone in the world. Now, the worst thing academically-minded Emma has to worry about is the shocking historical...
