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A Comprehensive Guide to the Greatest Screen Actors
Steven Jay Schneider, General Editor - All books by this author
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umphrey Bogart, Marilyn Monroe, Meryl Streep, James Dean, Anna Magnani, Tom Hanks, Nicole Kidman, Cary Grant, Marcello Mastroianni, Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Angelina Jolie, and hundreds more larger-than-life film stars have captured the collective imagination of millions of movie fans around the world. Now, 501 Movie Stars pays homage to these pop culture idols with absorbing essays that describe each star’s work, influences, and legacy. Each entry also includes the actor’s filmography to date, descriptions of productive alliances with directors and other actors, famous cameos, stylistic innovations, and the many other details that contributed to making these actors unforgettable stars. Entries are listed chronologically by birth date, with movie stills and portrait photos accompanying each star’s entry. The entries vary in length, with the most influential stars receiving up to six pages. Collected here in succinct, information-packed biographical sketches are the lives and careers behind the most widely recognized faces of the past hundred years.
Includes profiles for: Isabelle Adjani • Lauren Bacall • Warren Beatty • Ingrid Bergman • Cate Blanchett • Humphrey Bogart • Clara Bow • Marlon Brando • Richard Burton • Michael Caine • George Clooney • Sean Connery • Tom Cruise • Tony Curtis • Matt Damon • Bette Davis • Robert De Niro • James Dean • Judi Dench • Catherine Deneuve • Gérard Depardieu • Johnny Depp • Leonardo DeCaprio • Marlene Dietrich • Michael Douglas • Mia Farrow • Henry Fonda • Harrison Ford • Jodie Foster • Jean Gabin • Clark Gable • Greta Garbo • Lillian Gish • Cary Grant • Katharine Hepburn • Anthony Hopkins • Isabelle Huppert • William Hurt • Grace Kelly • Charles Laughton • Vivien Leigh • Sophia Loren • Peter Lorre • John Malkovich • Marcello Mastroianni • Steve McQueen • Marilyn Monroe • Paul Newman • Jack Nicholson • Laurence Olivier • Al Pacion • Gwyneth Paltrow • Gregory Peck • Michelle Pfeiffer • Brad Pitt • Sidney Poitier • Robert Redford • Vanessa Redgrave • Jean Seberg • Barbara Stanwyck • Rod Steiger • James Stewart • Meryl Streep • Donald Sutherland • Jessica Tandy • Elizabeth Taylor • Spencer Tracy • John Travolta • Lana Turner • Peter Ustinov • Rudolph Valentino • Christopher Walken • Denzel Washington • John Wayne • Sigourney Weaver • Mae West • Gene Wilder • Robin Williams • Kate Winslett • Natalie Wood and more
From the Reviews:
“These hefty, valuable volumes are stuffed with tons of information about all your favorite filmmakers.”
—Scene, January 29, 2008
From the article
“Some of the stars’ best lines are scripted
Funny, clever, philosophical—the oldest celebs sait it best”
“The history of Hollywood film is littered with great catchphrases. A while back, the American Film Institute came out with its list of the top movie quotes of all time, and they ranged from Gone with the Wind’s “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn” at No. 1 to Titanic’s “I’m the king of the world! at No. 100. It doesn’t take a move maestro to know Clark Gable spoke No. 1 and Leonardo DiCaprio No. 100. But while Gable and Leo will long be identified with the quotes, they only spoke words someone else wrote."
"Writers are the unsung heroes of Hollywood, but this new book shows that Tinseltown’s biggest stars did have a lot to say on their own. 501 Movie Stars puts together quite a collection of quotes from stars off-camera with nary a screenwriter in sight. The book is also filled with bios and filmographies. And the best quotes come from the oldest stars, adding strength to another old movie phrase, “They don’t make ‘em like they used to’”.
—Hamilton Spectator, October 29, 2007
About The Author:
Steven Jay Schneider is a film critic, scholar, and producer with M.A. degrees in Philosophy from Harvard University and in Cinema Studies from New York University. He is the author and editor of numerous books on world cinema, most notably in the horror genre. They include Eurohorror, The Cinema of Wes Craven: An Auteur on Elm Street, Designing Fear: An Aesthetics of Cinematic Horror, Killing in Style: Artistic Murder in the Movies, Understanding Film Genres, and Traditions in World Cinema. He is also a consultant for film, television, and home video/DVD production companies, a curator for world horror film programs, and a staff member in development for Paramount Pictures. Among his recent titles are 501 Movie Stars and 501 Movie Directors, both available in North America from Barron’s. Two additional titles from Barron’s are scheduled for publication in Spring 09. They are 101 Horror Movies You Must See Before You Die and 101 Sci-Fi Movies You Must See Before You Die.
(0764160214)
Hardcover w/jacket / 640 Pages / 6 1/4 x 8 1/4 / 2008
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