Performing Arts

In the horror movie heyday of Universal Pictures, he made the studio back lot his own personal preyground: Rondo Hatton, star of the company's "Creeper" series. The victim of a disfiguring disease, Hatton needed no makeup to play the Creeper, a night-prowling vertebrae-ker, in...

Despite the brief span of her directorial career, lasting from 1963 to 1979, the Soviet Ukrainian director Larisa Shepitko produced a remarkable body of work, one that received an expansive national and international attention and led her to winning the Golden Bear Awards at...

The Films of Agnieszka Holland is the first monograph devoted to the internationally most famous Polish filmmaker, a three times Oscar nominee and the recipient of numerous film festival prizes. It examines her rich, original oeuvre, which ranges from Holocaust dramas such as Europa,...

?Happy is the man who can make a living by his hobby? Considered as the most appealing of all Shaw's plays, Pygmalion develops around the bet between Professor Henry Higgins and Colonel Pickering, where Higgins claims to transform a ?guttersnipe? girl, Eliza Doolittle, to...

An enormously useful book hailed by teachers and students alike. Contains ten sections covering every phase of dramatics: entrances and exits grouping crosses and turns transitions motivation stage business miscellaneous business speaking conversationally tempo and climax and radio broadcasting. There are also thirty-seven carefully...

Sparkling wit and heart combine in a tale of young musicians protesting budget cuts and navigating shifting friendships, clueless adults, and unexpected loss as they discover the power of speaking out and the value of listening."A brave and dazzling debut, this timely novel is...

Rock on with Pete the Cat in this groovy storybook about keeping calm and rocking on by New York Times bestselling author-illustrator team Kimberly and James Dean. Includes over thirty stickers!Pete the Cat can't wait to rock out at the Alley Cats Concert! But...

Go Plus Ultra this holiday season with the official My Hero Academia advent calendar, filled with 25 days of exclusive gifts that will make you feel like a true member of Class 1-A. Take Christmas to the next level with Izuku Midoriya and the...

The sensational, lurid, and wickedly entertaining true story of the brothers who invented Hollywood to become the godfathers of cinema - movie moguls Nicholas and Joseph Schenck - studded with glamorous stars, scandals, mobsters, murders, and one legendary blond bombshell. . . Groundbreaking pioneers...

While his friends were content with the usual games of tag and hide-and-seek, Maddox's favorite thing to do is something quite extraordinary - pretending to be a police officer. He would dress up in his police costume and go through the motions of an...

Do you love movies? Have you ever wanted to make your own but don't know where to start? If so, this is the book for you! "Lights, Camera, Action! A Young Filmmaker's Guide" is the perfect companion for the aspiring filmmakers of tomorrow. Packed...

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Celebrate the world of movie monsters and beasts with Kaiju Unleashed, a complete reference guide to strange creatures in film and how they came to be. Kaiju (Japanese for "strange creature") is a film genre that emerged in Japan in the early '50s. The...

Dive into the world of Jane Austen, her work and their multi-media adaptations through this sumptuous, beautifully illustrated coffee table hardback with over 200 illustrations, photographs and film posters. From the original six novels to the many big and small screen adaptions, discover her...

The fourth edition of Bill Nichols's best-selling text, Introduction to Documentary, has been vastly altered in its entirety to bring this indispensable textbook up to date and reconceptualize aspects of its treatment of documentaries past and present. Here Nichols, with Jaimie Baron, has edited...

ICONIC SCENES - Relive some of the most unforgettable moments from the global megahit trilogy the Hunger Games. Join Katniss and the gang, captivating audiences young and old.Author: LionsgatePublisher: Willow Creek Press CalendarsPublished: 08/01/2024Binding Type: MiniISBN: 9781549245817Not available to be shipped via Media Mail

Throughout the history of cinema, horror has proven to be a genre of consistent popularity, which adapts to different cultural contexts while retaining a recognizable core. Horror Film: A Critical Introduction, the newest in Bloomsbury's Film Genre series, balances the discussions of horror's history,...

When Nat, her best friend Jess and singing-star wannabe Harper sing together, their harmonies bring down the house. For Nat, the experience sparks a driving new desire to perform. But when the girls form a trio and enter a contest for a chance to...

Hollywood Online provides a historical account of motion picture websites from 1993 to 2008 and their marketing function as industrial advertisements for video and other media in the digital age. The Blair Witch Project is the most important example of online film promotion in...

Historical Turns reassesses Weimar cinema in light of the "crisis of historicism" widely diagnosed by German philosophers in the early twentieth century. Through bold new analyses of five legendary works of German silent cinema--The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Destiny, Rhythm 21, The Holy Mountain,...