That gal ... who was in that thing

Subjects: “…Character actors and actresses Interviews.…”
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The migrant passage : clandestine journeys from Central America by Brigden, Noelle

Table of Contents: “…The opening scene : a journey begins -- The plot : migration stories take shape -- The cast of characters : actors and their relationships en route -- The performance : migrant scripts and roles -- The stage : mobile images and props -- A tragedy : conclusions and implications.…”
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Ernie Kovacs & early TV comedy : nothing in moderation by Horton, Andrew, 1944-

Table of Contents: “…Ernie, California, and working with music, sound, and surrealistic visuals on his specials -- Ernie in the movies: from comic director to supporting character actor -- The Kovacs legacy: "I don't know. I just do it!"…”
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The Hidden Art of Hollywood : In Defense of the Studio Era Film. by Fawell, John W.

Table of Contents: “…Hollywood Acting; 11. Character Actors; 12. Hollywood Writing; 13. Hollywood and Rhythm; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.…”
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The lost one : a life of Peter Lorre by Youngkin, Stephen D.

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McKee Rankin and the Heyday of the American Theater. by Beasley, David

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To be continued ... : soap operas around the world

Table of Contents: “…"I'm not a doctor, but I play one on TV": Characters, actors and acting in television soap opera / Jeremy G. …”
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You ain't heard nothin' yet : interviews with stars from Hollywood's golden era

Table of Contents: “…Ernest Borgnine -- Victor Buono -- Jack Elam -- Lee Marvin -- Great Character Actors. Richard Farnsworth -- Hurd Hatfield -- John Houseman -- Raymond Massey -- Reginald Owen -- Jay Robinson -- Rod Steiger.…”
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Show people : a history of the film star by Newton, Michael (Michael Stuart), 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Mary Pickford: the biograph girl -- Pola Negri: inventing the star -- Charlie Chaplin: the tramp -- 'Asta' and Cheeta': the animal star -- Peter Lorre: character actor -- Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Gene Kelly: a star danced -- Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant: the public image -- Vivien Leigh: ruinous selves -- Veronica Lake: half-obscured faces -- Carole Lombard: the screwball heroine -- Greer Garson and Joan Fontaine: the forgotten star -- Orson Welles: the film star as fragment and failure -- Ingrid Bergman: intermezzo -- Lamberto Maggiorani and Maria Pia Casilio: absent film stars in Vittorio de Sica's films -- Moira Shearer: the marionette -- Gloria Swanson: having a face -- Ava Gardner: I am not an actress -- Montgomery Clift: he's not there -- Setsuko Hara: the still point -- Toshiro Mifune: studying lions -- Nargis and Raj Kapoor: my heart is Hindustani -- Giulette Masina and Marcello Mastroianni: nothing is sadder than laughter -- John Wayne: how to grow old -- Audrey Hepburn: Frankenstein's creature -- Marilyn Monroe: the suffering star -- Juanita Moore and Susan Kohner: Imitation of life -- Janet Leigh and Tippi Hedren: torturing the audience -- Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant: the strange death of the Hollywood golden age -- Anna Karina: the muse -- Celia Johnson and Julie Christie: the adulterous star -- Sidney Poitier: the defiant one -- Dustin Hoffman: little big man -- Woody Allen: the director as star -- Robert de Niro: for real -- Harrison Ford: Blade runner and the replication of the person -- Maggei Cheung: centre stage -- Naomi Watts: Mulholland Drive -- Scarlett Johansson: a new kind of emptiness -- Shu Qi: a placeless heaven -- Andy Serkis: Lear's shadow.…”
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Improvising out loud : my life teaching Hollywood how to act by Corey, Jeff, 1914-2002, Corey, Emily

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Harry Dean Stanton : Hollywood's Zen rebel by Atkins, Joseph B.

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Warren Oates : a wild life by Compo, Susan

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Warren Oates : a wild life by Compo, Susan

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