1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910524872703321

Autore

Grimshaw Patricia

Titolo

Paths of duty / / Patricia Grimshaw

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hawaii : , : University of Hawaii Press, , [2018]

©2018

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (129 pages)

Disciplina

266.0082

Soggetti

Missionaries' spouses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910787462803321

Autore

Mell Eila <1968->

Titolo

Casting might-have-beens : a film by film directory of actors considered for roles given to others / / Eila Mell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jefferson, North Carolina : , : McFarland & Company, , [2005]

©2005

ISBN

1-4766-0976-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Disciplina

791.430280973

Soggetti

Motion pictures - Casting - United States

Motion pictures - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; The Films and Roles; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Some acting careers are made by one great role and some fall into obscurity when one is declined. Would Al Pacino be the star he is today



if Robert Redford had accepted the role of Michael Corleone in The Godfather? Imagine Tom Hanks rejecting Uma Thurman, saying that she acted like someone in a high school play when she auditioned to play opposite him in The Bonfire of the Vanities. Picture Danny Thomas as The Godfather, or Marilyn Monroe as Cleopatra. This reference work lists hundreds of such stories: actors who didn't get cast or who turned down certain parts. Each entry, organized alphabe