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"Roberto Rossellini (1906--1977)--movie-maker, bon vivant, and passionate intellectual--was the key figure of Italian neo-realism, the godfather of the French New Wave, and a television pioneer; the maker"

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Explore how Hollywood teen girl films made in the 21st century are designed to feel fun and offer a practical model for a new methodological approach to film and pleasure with The Aesthetic Pleasures of Girl Teen Film.

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This study argues that most criticism of science fiction film has been inadequate because it is based on literary rather than film-specific standards, and also that SF film will soon become either obsolete or be totally transformed through new computer technology.

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This infamous book has enjoyed a lively underground reputation since its first publication in 1970. Richard Meltzer (a.k.a. R. Meltzer) took his training as a young philosopher and applied it with una

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A comprehensive dictionary of more than 600 entries, this reference features professional, semi-professional and academic stage organizations and theatres that have helped pioneer the African-American theatre movement.

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An analysis of the social context of the musical "Hair" and the hippies, describing the tenor of the Broadway theatre of the 1960s and the experimental trends Off-Broadway that culminated in "Hair"'s innovations on the Great White Way.

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Aladdin and Imperial, two independent recording labels, emerged on the West Coast following World War II. An entire chapter is devoted to single numerical listings and includes seven Aladdin Series labels and eight Imperial Series labels along with foreign series, Liberty/UA Series, 78 rpm albums, and 45 rpm albums.

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The Alexander Scriabin Compendium offers a modern perspective on the history, reception, interpretation, and performance of Scriabins music. It offers complete overviews of his music, performance suggestions for pianists, and critical commentary on four controversial subjects in his critical reception.

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"The Alphabetours" is an imaginative alphabet book created by a retired art teacher whose inspiration began with the worn, whimsical letters hanging in her classroom. Each letter, hand-drawn and colored in vibrant pencil, brings her years of artistic passion to life for readers who love humor and art.

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In 1952, Elia Kazan testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) investigating alleged communist infiltration of the entertainment industry. The cloud of this cooperation, which assured that the filmmaker would avoid the blacklist, plagued Kazan throughou...

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"Expands our understanding of the complex relationship between the American and European metropoles in the postwar period - a period of simultaneous European colonial devolution and American colonial expansion"--

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Providing an indispensable resource for students and general readers, this book serves as an entry point for a conversation on America's favorite pastime, focusing in on generational differences and the evolution of American identity.

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In The American Civil War on Film and TV: Blue and Gray in Black and White and Color, Douglas Brode, Shea T. Brode, and Cynthia J. Miller bring together nineteen essays by a diverse array of scholars to explore issues of morality, race, gender, nation, and history in films and television shows featuring the American Civil War.

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The American musical has achieved and maintained relevance to more people in America than any other performance-based art. This history of the genre, intended for readers of all stripes, offers discussions of how American musicals, especially through their musical numbers, advance themes related to American national identity.

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Addresses a variety of specific themes in musicals that serve this general function: fairy tale and fantasy, idealism and inspiration, gender and sexuality, and relationships, among others. This work considers three overlapping genres that are central to the projection of personal identity: operetta, movie musicals, and operatic musicals.

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Following the successful, The American Musical Theatre Song Encyclopedia (Greenwood, 1995), this new encyclopedia reviews in-depth individual songs written for the American musical film over the past seventy years.