Bøger af Roy Liebman

Although a major star in the 1910s, Theda Bara--known as "The Vamp"--was largely neglected until the 1990s, when her fame began to resurface. Since then, there have been biographies, documentaries and other works that have brought the silent film actress back into the spotlight, including a painstaking stills reconstruction of her lost epic Cleopatra. This is a complete examination of Bara's more than 40 films, as well as her theater and radio appearances, down to the smallest detail. With the vast majority of Bara's films considered lost, it is a particularly valuable resource for fans and scholars, and includes information about each film's genesis, director, plot, censorship problems, and critical and public reactions. Also included is a biographical overview, with many illuminating anecdotes.

Garbo talked, Gilbert self-destructed and Chaplin refused--that's about all many people know about silent film actors who faced the transition into talking pictures. Yes, Greta Garbo's talkie debut was successful, John Gilbert's was disastrous, and Charlie Chaplin did not deign to make one for over a decade. But there were many others--both stars and lesser lights--who also made the leap for at least one talking film. From Renee Adoree to Loretta Young, more than 500 actors who made at least three silent films and had some starring or supporting roles in sound films are included in this reference work. For each performer, vital data are given and a source for filmographic information. This is followed by capsule accounts of the performer's silent and sound careers, along with contemporary reviews of selected talkies in which they appeared.

The Ritz Brothers were a popular comedy trio in vaudeville, nightclubs, movies and television for more than four decades. This first full-length study of their work examines all the Ritz Brothers' feature films and short subjects 1934-1976, and their television appearances, with background information from the Twentieth Century-Fox archives.

Many important Broadway stars appeared in the cinema from its very earliest days. This book discusses the careers of 300 performers in all theatre and screen genres from tragedy to farce to musical comedy - and from one-reelers to epics.

In 1922, an early association of film publicists known as the Western Associated Motion Picture Advertisers selected 13 young actresses with potential star power and promoted them heavily as ""Baby"" Stars. This book offers biographical details on the actresses selected as a Wampas Baby Stars.

Music has been an important part of the film experience since the beginning, largely produced by tinny in-theater pianos and later by synchronized turntables. This book discusses hundreds of musical groups which appeared in at least one film between 1929 and 1970, arranged alphabetically according to the way each group was billed on screen.

Each entry includes brief biographical and career data for the performer, with birthplace and year of birth and death. An overview of commercially published books and articles about or written by the performer is given next. The entry then provides a list of archival materials, including clipping files, photographs and stills, letters, scrapbooks and other memorabilia.