Autore	Miyao Daisuke
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Durham : , : Duke University Press, , 2007
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (398 p.)
Disciplina	791.4302/8092 B
Collana	a John Hope Franklin Center Book
Soggetto topico	PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-8223-8982-7
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	A star is born: the transnational success of The Cheat and its race and gender politics -- Screen debut: O Mimi San, or the Mikado in picturesque Japan -- Christianity versus Buddhism: the melodramatic imagination in The wrath of the gods -- Doubleness: American images of Japanese spies in The typhoon -- The noble savage and the vanishing race: Japanese actors in "Indian films" -- The making of an Americanized Japanese gentleman: the honorable friend and Hashimura Togo -- More Americanized than the Mexican: the melodrama of self-sacrifice and the genteel tradition in Forbidden paths -- Sympathetic villains and victim-heroes: the soul of Kura San and The call of the east -- Self-sacrifice in the first World War: The secret game -- The cosmopolitan way of life: the Americanization of Sessue Hayakawa in magazines -- Balancing Japaneseness and Americanization: authenticity and patriotism in his birthright and Banzai return of the Americanized Orientals: Robertson-Cole's expansion and standardization of Sessue Hayakawa's star vehicles -- The mask: Sessue Hayakawa's redefinition of silent film acting -- The star falls: postwar nativism and the decline of Sessue Hayakawa's stardom -- -- Americanization and nationalism: the Japanese reception of Sessue Hayakawa.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910777995403321

Autore	Williams Cindy <1947 August 22-2023, >
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Lanham, Maryland : , : Taylor Trade Publishing, , 2015
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (197 p.)
Disciplina	791.4302/8092
Soggetto topico	Actors - United States
ISBN	1-63076-268-7
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Contents; Foreword; Ch01. Valley Texas Gal; Ch02. Love, Peace, and Happiness; Ch03. Back to the Valley; Ch04. High Hopes; Ch05. Some Enchanted Evening; Photospread; Ch06. Raw Talent; Ch07. The Big Show; Ch08. The Mirthful Mouse; Ch09. The Adventures of Laverne and Shirley; Ch10. Outtakes; Epilogue; Acknowledgments
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910788288703321

Autore	Bengtson John
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Solana Beach [Calif.], : Santa Monica Press, 2011
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (305 p.)
Disciplina	791.4302/8092
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-59580-889-2 1-59580-888-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910457731403321

Autore	Bengtson John
Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Solana Beach [Calif.], : Santa Monica Press, 2011
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (305 p.)
Disciplina	791.4302/8092
ISBN	1-59580-889-2 1-59580-888-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -"Today" Photo Credits -- Introduction by Suzanne Lloyd -- Foreword by Kevin Brownlow -- Author's Note -- Court & -- Hill, circa 1924 -- Third & -- Grand, circa 1924 -- Palms, circa 1924 -- The Rolin Studio -- Bumping Into Broadway -- From Hand to Mouth -- Haunted Spooks -- Visions of Bunker Hill -- The Hal Roach Studios -- Get Out and Get Under -- I Do -- Never Weaken -- A Sailor-Made Man -- Grandma's Boy -- Dr. Jack -- Why Worry? -- Visions of the Coast -- Tunnel Visions -- Visions of L.A.'s Historic Core- The Lloyd "Thrill" Picture -- Prologue-Ask Father -- Phase 1-Look Out Below -- Phase 2-High and Dizzy -- Phase 3-Never Weaken -- Phase 4-Safety Last! -- Phase 5-Feet First -- Epilogue-Safety Last! -- Lloyd's Hollywood Studio -- Girl Shy -- Hot Water -- The Freshman -- For Heaven's Sake -- The Kid Brother -- Speedy- Visions of New York -- Coney Island -- Midtown -- Brooklyn -- Downtown -- The Transition to Sound -- Feet First -- Movie Crazy -- Photo Credits -- Parting Shot.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910820060303321

Autore	Webb Clifton <1893-1966.>
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2011
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (278 p.)
Disciplina	791.4302/8092 B
Altri autori (Persone)	SmithDavid L <1929-> (David Lee)
Collana	Hollywood legends series
Soggetto topico	Motion picture actors and actresses - United States
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-283-11661-8 9786613116611 1-60473-997-5
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Introduction -- The noses have it -- First vision of a name in lights -- Art and opera -- Making progress and moving up -- Dancing into Xanadu -- To Europe in search of adventure -- In love with Jeanne Eagels -- Great plays, then the great war -- The war starts, Blithe spirit leads to Laura -- More movies, more parties, and Garbo -- A top box-office draw -- Stars and stripes forever -- Clifton and Mabelle, together forever.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910461196403321