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ADAMS, ELLERY 11.Indigo Dying 6. The Darling Dahlias and Books by the Bay Mystery 12.A Dilly of a Death the Eleven O'Clock 1. A Killer Plot* 13.Dead Man's Bones Lady 2. A Deadly Cliché 14.Bleeding Hearts 7. The Unlucky Clover 3. The Last Word 15.Spanish Dagger 8. The Poinsettia Puzzle 4. Written in Stone* 16.Nightshade 9. The Voodoo Lily 5. Poisoned Prose* 17.Wormwood 6. Lethal Letters* 18.Holly Blues ALEXANDER, TASHA 7. Writing All Wrongs* 19.Mourning Gloria Lady Emily Ashton Charmed Pie Shoppe 20.Cat's Claw 1. And Only to Deceive Mystery 21.Widow's Tears 2. A Poisoned Season* 1. Pies and Prejudice* 22.Death Come Quickly 3. A Fatal Waltz* 2. Peach Pies and Alibis* 23.Bittersweet 4. Tears of Pearl* 3. Pecan Pies and 24.Blood Orange 5. Dangerous to Know* Homicides* 25.The Mystery of the Lost 6. A Crimson Warning* 4. Lemon Pies and Little Cezanne* 7. Death in the Floating White Lies Cottage Tales of Beatrix City* 5. Breach of Crust* Potter 8. Behind the Shattered 1. The Tale of Hill Top Glass* ADDISON, ESME Farm 9. The Counterfeit Enchanted Bay Mystery 2. The Tale of Holly How Heiress* 1. A Spell of Trouble 3. The Tale of Cuckoo 10.The Adventuress Brow Wood 11.A Terrible Beauty ALAN, ISABELLA 4. The Tale of Hawthorn 12.Death in St. Petersburg Amish Quilt Shop House 1. Murder, Simply Stitched 5. The Tale of Briar Bank ALLAN, BARBARA 2. Murder, Plain and 6. The Tale of Applebeck Trash 'n' Treasures Simple Orchard Mystery 3. -
Film Noir - Danger, Darkness and Dames
Online Course: Film Noir - Danger, Darkness and Dames WRITTEN BY CHRIS GARCIA Welcome to Film Noir: Danger, Darkness and Dames! This online course was written by Chris Garcia, an Austin American-Statesman Film Critic. The course was originally offered through Barnes & Noble's online education program and is now available on The Midnight Palace with permission. There are a few ways to get the most out of this class. We certainly recommend registering on our message boards if you aren't currently a member. This will allow you to discuss Film Noir with the other members; we have a category specifically dedicated to noir. Secondly, we also recommend that you purchase the following books. They will serve as a companion to the knowledge offered in this course. You can click each cover to purchase directly. Both of these books are very well written and provide incredible insight in to Film Noir, its many faces, themes and undertones. This course is structured in a way that makes it easy for students to follow along and pick up where they leave off. There are a total of FIVE lessons. Each lesson contains lectures, summaries and an assignment. Note: this course is not graded. The sole purpose is to give students a greater understanding of Dark City, or, Film Noir to the novice gumshoe. Having said that, the assignments are optional but highly recommended. The most important thing is to have fun! Enjoy the course! Jump to a Lesson: Lesson 1, Lesson 2, Lesson 3, Lesson 4, Lesson 5 Lesson 1: The Seeds of Film Noir, and What Noir Means Social and artistic developments forged a new genre. -
University International
INFORMATION TO USERS This was produced from a copy of a document sent to us for microfilming. While the most advanced technological means to photograph and reproduce this document have been used, the quality is heavily dependent upon the quality of the material submitted. The following explanation of techniques is provided to help you understand markings or notations which may appear on this reproduction. 1. The sign or “target” for pages apparently lacking from the document photographed is “Missing Page(s)”. If it was possible to obtain the missing page(s) or section, they are spliced into the film along with adjacent pages. This may have necessitated cutting through an image and duplicating adjacent pages to assure you of complete continuity. 2. When an image on the film is obliterated with a round black mark it is an indication that the film inspector noticed either blurred copy because of movement during exposure, or duplicate copy. Unless we meant to delete copyrighted materials that should not have been filmed, you will find a good image of the page in the adjacent frame. 3. When a map, drawing or chart, etc., is part of the material being photo graphed the photographer has followed a definite method in “sectioning” the material. It is customary to begin filming at the upper left hand comer of a large sheet and to continue from left to right in equal sections with small overlaps. If necessary, sectioning is continued again—beginning below the first row and continuing on until complete. 4. For any illustrations that cannot be reproduced satisfactorily by xerography, photographic prints can be purchased at additional cost and tipped into your xerographic copy. -
The Independent Producer: Michael Klinger and New Film History
RESEARCH ARTICLE Creativity and commerce: Michael Klinger and new film history Andrew Spicer* School of Creative Arts, University of the West of England, Bristol BS3 2JT, UK The crisis in film studies and history concerning their legitimacy and objectives has provoked a reinvigoration of scholarly energy in historical enquiry. „New film history‟ attempts to address the concerns of historians and film scholars by working self-reflexively with an expanded range of sources and a wider conception of „film‟ as a dynamic set of processes rather than a series of texts. The practice of new film history is here exemplified through a detailed case study of the independent British producer Michael Klinger (active 1961-1987) with a specific focus on his unsuccessful attempt to produce a war film, Green Beach, based on a memoir of the Dieppe raid (August 1942). This case study demonstrates the importance of analysing the producer‟s role in understanding the complexities of film-making, the continual struggle to balance the competing demands of creativity and commerce. In addition, its subject matter – an undercover raid and a Jewish hero – disturbed the dominant myths concerning the Second World War, creating what turned out to be intractable ideological as well as financial problems. The paper concludes that the concerns of film historians need to engage with broader cultural and social histories. Keywords: British film industry; film history; film producers; Second World War; Jewishness; Michael Klinger; Green Beach 1 *Email [email protected] The crisis in film studies, historiography, and new film history As a discipline, film studies is currently experiencing a crisis of legitimation. -
Kiss Me Deadly by Alain Silver
Kiss Me Deadly By Alain Silver “A savage lyricism hurls us into a world in full decomposition, ruled by the dissolute and the cruel,” wrote Raymond Borde and Etienne Chaumeton about “Kiss Me Deadly” in their seminal study “Panorama du Film Noir Américain.” “To these violent and corrupt intrigues, Aldrich brings the most radical of solutions: nuclear apoca- lypse.” From the beginning, “Kiss Me Deadly” is a true sensory explosion. In the pre- credit sequence writer A.I. Bezzerides and producer/director Robert Aldrich introduce Christina (Cloris Leachman), a woman in a trench coat, who stumbles out of the pitch darkness onto a two-lane blacktop. While her breathing fills the soundtrack with am- plified, staccato gasps, blurred metallic shapes flash by without stopping. She posi- tions herself in the center of the roadway until oncoming headlights blind her with the harsh glare of their high beams. Brakes grab, tires scream across the asphalt, and a Jaguar spins off the highway in a swirl of dust. A close shot reveals Mike Hammer Robert Aldrich on the set of "Attack" in 1956 poses with the first (Ralph Meeker) behind the wheel: over the edition of "Panorama of American Film Noir." Photograph sounds of her panting and jazz on the car ra- courtesy Adell Aldrich. dio. The ignition grinds repeatedly as he tries to restart the engine. Finally, he snarls at her, satisfaction of the novel into a blacker, more sardon- “You almost wrecked my car! Well? Get in!” ic disdain for the world in general, the character be- comes a cipher for all the unsavory denizens of the For pulp novelist Mickey Spillane, Hammer's very film noir underworld. -
The American Indian in the American Film
THE AMERICAN INDIAN IN THE AMERICAN FILM Thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in American Studies in the University of Canterbury by Michael J. Brathwaite 1981 ABSTRACT This thesis is a chronological examination of the ways in which American Indians have been portrayed in American 1 f.ilms and the factors influencing these portrayals. B eginning with the literary precedents, the effects of three wars and other social upheavals and changes are considered. In addition t-0 being the first objective detailed examination of the subj�ct in English, it is the first work to cover the last decade. It concludes that because of psychological factors it is unlikely that film-makers are - capable of advancing far beyond the basic stereotypes, and that the failure of Indians to appreciate this has repeatedly caused ill-feeling between themselves and the film-makers, making the latter abandon their attempts at a fair treatment of the Indians. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface iii Chapter I: The Background of the Problem c.1630 to c.1900. 1 Chapter II: The Birth of the Cinema and Its Aftermath: 1889 to 1939. 21 Chapter III: World War II and Its Effects: 1940 to 1955. 42 Chapter IV: Assimilation of Separatism?: 1953 to 1965. 65 Chapter V: The Accuracy Question. 80 Chapter VI: Catch-22: 1965 to 1972. 105 Chapter VII: Back to the Beginning: 1973 to 1981. 136 Chapter VIII: Conclusion. 153 Bibliography 156 iii PREFACE The aim of this the.sis is to examine the ways in which the American Indians have been portrayed in American films, the influences on their portrayals, and whether or not they have changed. -
Two Concepts of Liberty Valance: John Ford, Isaiah Berlin, and Tragic Choice on the Frontier, 37 Creighton L
UIC School of Law UIC Law Open Access Repository UIC Law Open Access Faculty Scholarship 1-1-2004 Two Concepts of Liberty Valance: John Ford, Isaiah Berlin, and Tragic Choice on the Frontier, 37 Creighton L. Rev. 471 (2004) Timothy P. O'Neill The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.law.uic.edu/facpubs Part of the Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law Commons, and the Legal History Commons Recommended Citation Timothy P. O'Neill, Two Concepts of Liberty Valance: John Ford, Isaiah Berlin, and Tragic Choice on the Frontier, 37 Creighton L. Rev. 471 (2004). https://repository.law.uic.edu/facpubs/124 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by UIC Law Open Access Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in UIC Law Open Access Faculty Scholarship by an authorized administrator of UIC Law Open Access Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. TWO CONCEPTS OF LIBERTY VALANCE: JOHN FORD, ISAIAH BERLIN, AND TRAGIC CHOICE ON THE FRONTIER TIMOTHY P. O'NEILLt "If as I believe, the ends of men are many, and not all of them are in principle compatible with each other, then the possibil- ity of conflict - and of tragedy - can never wholly be elimi- nated from human life, either personal or social. The necessity of choosing between absolute claims is then an ines- capable characteristicof the human condition." - Isaiah Berlin, "Two Concepts of Liberty" in Isaiah Berlin: The Proper Study of Mankind "We are doomed to choose, and every choice may entail an ir- reparableloss." - Isaiah Berlin, "The Pursuit of the Ideal" in The Crooked Timber of Humanity "Nothing's too good for the man who shot Liberty Valance." - Railroad Conductor to Senator Ransom Stoddard in John Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance INTRODUCTION 1962 was a good year for movies. -
A Supercut of Supercuts: Aesthetics, Histories, Databases
A Supercut of Supercuts: Aesthetics, Histories, Databases PRACTICE RESEARCH MAX TOHLINE ABSTRACT CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Max Tohline The genealogies of the supercut, which extend well past YouTube compilations, back Independent scholar, US to the 1920s and beyond, reveal it not as an aesthetic that trickled from avant-garde [email protected] experimentation into mass entertainment, but rather the material expression of a newly-ascendant mode of knowledge and power: the database episteme. KEYWORDS: editing; supercut; compilation; montage; archive; database TO CITE THIS ARTICLE: Tohline, M. 2021. A Supercut of Supercuts: Aesthetics, Histories, Databases. Open Screens, 4(1): 8, pp. 1–16. DOI: https://doi.org/10.16995/os.45 Tohline Open Screens DOI: 10.16995/os.45 2 Full Transcript: https://www.academia.edu/45172369/Tohline_A_Supercut_of_Supercuts_full_transcript. Tohline Open Screens DOI: 10.16995/os.45 3 RESEARCH STATEMENT strong patterning in supercuts focuses viewer attention toward that which repeats, stoking uncritical desire for This first inklings of this video essay came in the form that repetition, regardless of the content of the images. of a one-off blog post I wrote seven years ago (Tohline While critical analysis is certainly possible within the 2013) in response to Miklos Kiss’s work on the “narrative” form, the supercut, broadly speaking, naturally gravitates supercut (Kiss 2013). My thoughts then comprised little toward desire instead of analysis. more than a list; an attempt to add a few works to Armed with this conclusion, part two sets out to the prehistory of the supercut that I felt Kiss and other discover the various roots of the supercut with this supercut researchers or popularizers, like Tom McCormack desire-centered-ness, and other pragmatics, as a guide. -
The University of Hertfordshire Business School Working Paper Series
THE UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE BUSINESS SCHOOL WORKING PAPER SERIES ISSN 1473-5555 The Working Paper series is intended for rapid dissemination of research results, work-in- progress, innovative teaching methods, etc., at the pre-publication stage. Comments are welcomed and should be addressed to the individual author(s). It should be remembered that papers in this series are often provisional and comments and/or citation should take account of this. For further information about this, and other papers in the series, please contact: University of Hertfordshire Business School College Lane Hatfield Hertfordshire AL10 9AB United Kingdom ©F. Kerrigan and Mustafa Özbilgin 1 What’s ethics got to do with it? Providing an ethical framework for the cinema exhibition sector in the shadow of ‘the dirty dozen’ in the UK Abstract This paper explores how film marketing in the UK fares in terms of its ethical theory, practice and policy. Based on an examination of film marketing theory, practice and policy, the paper identifies three ethical dilemmas: These are the discrepancy between national policy and commercial practice in terms of social access, sustainability and diversity of choice. The paper offers an integrated supply chain model as a method for redressing commercial as well as ethical challenges facing the industry. Authors: Finola Kerrigan Mustafa F. Özbilgin University of Hertfordshire Business School University of Hertfordshire Business School Telephone: 01707 285553 Telephone: 01707 285446 [email protected] [email protected] Key Words: Film marketing Business ethics Film industry Supply chain UK Europe USA 2 Introduction The film industry in the UK provides an interesting case for the study of business ethics. -
Kiss Me Deadly Nephew of John D
March 13, 2001 (III:8) ROBERT ALDRICH (9 August 1918, Cranston, Rhode Island – 5 December 1983, Los Angeles, kidney failure), a Kiss Me Deadly nephew of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and cousin of New 1955, 106 minutes, York’s quondam governor, worked as an assistant director Parklane Pictures to Chaplin and Renoir before becoming a director himself. He is one of those directors whose films are more likely to Director Robert Aldrich turn up on critics’ Secret Pleasures lists than their Grand Script by A.I Bezzerides, based on = Films lists. He directed 31 films, among them All the Marbles Mickey Spillane s novel 1981, The Choirboys 1977, Twilight's Last Gleaming 1977, Producer Robert Aldrich Hustle 1975, The Longest Yard 1974, The Killing of Sister Original music Frank De Vol George 1968, The Dirty Dozen 1967, Hush... Hush, Sweet Cinematographer Ernest Laszlo Charlotte 1964, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 1962, The Film Editor Michael Luciano Big Knife 1955, Apache 1954, and Vera Cruz 1954. Art Director William Glasgow Ralph Meeker Mike Hammer ERNEST LASZLO (23 April 1898 – 6 January 1984, Hollywood) was a cinematographer for 50 years, beginning with The Pace that Kills 1928 and ending Albert Dekker Dr. G.E. Soberin with The Domino Principle 1977. He shot 66 other films, among them Logan's Run Paul Stewart Carl Evello 1976, Airport 1970, Star! 1968, Luv 1967, Fantastic Voyage 1966, Baby the Rain Must Juano Hernandez Eddie Yeager Fall 1965, Ship of Fools 1965, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World 1963, Judgment at Wesley Addy Pat Chambers Nuremberg 1961, Inherit the Wind 1960, The Big Knife 1955, The Kentuckian 1955, Gaby Rogers Lily Carver Apache 1954, The Naked Jungle 1954, Vera Cruz 1954, Stalag 17 1953, The Moon Is Blue Marian Carr Friday 1953, D.O.A. -
Attack (Fiche Filmographique) / Attaque]
Document generated on 10/01/2021 8:19 a.m. Séquences La revue de cinéma Attack (Fiche filmographique) Attaque Number 19, December 1959 URI: https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/52155ac See table of contents Publisher(s) La revue Séquences Inc. ISSN 0037-2412 (print) 1923-5100 (digital) Explore this journal Cite this review (1959). Review of [Attack (Fiche filmographique) / Attaque]. Séquences, (19), 20–23. Tous droits réservés © La revue Séquences Inc., 1959 This document is protected by copyright law. Use of the services of Érudit (including reproduction) is subject to its terms and conditions, which can be viewed online. https://apropos.erudit.org/en/users/policy-on-use/ This article is disseminated and preserved by Érudit. Érudit is a non-profit inter-university consortium of the Université de Montréal, Université Laval, and the Université du Québec à Montréal. Its mission is to promote and disseminate research. https://www.erudit.org/en/ Robert Aldrich Jack Palance dans Attack cAttack (c4ttaq-ue) (Fiche tilmographique) 1. Généralités et Générique Pays d'origine: Etats-Unis. Musique: Frank de Vol. Date: 1956. Décors: Glen L. Daniels. Genre: Drame (de guerre). Montage: Michel Luciano. Prix: de la critique italienne (Venise 1956). Directeur de production: Jack R. Berne. Réalisation: Robert Aldrich. Interprétation: Jack Palance (Lieutenant Costa), Production: The Associates and Aldrich. Eddie Albert (Capitaine Cooney), Scénario: James Poe d'après la pièce Lee Marvin (Colonel Bartlett), de Norman Brooks "Fragile Fox' William Smithers (Lieut. Woodruff). Photographie: Joseph Biroch. 2. Le réalisateur: dats est fortement atteint. Bartlett ne se laisse pas convaincre pour une raison très personnel Robert Aldrich, cf. -
Red and White on the Silver Screen: the Shifting Meaning and Use of American Indians in Hollywood Films from the 1930S to the 1970S
RED AND WHITE ON THE SILVER SCREEN: THE SHIFTING MEANING AND USE OF AMERICAN INDIANS IN HOLLYWOOD FILMS FROM THE 1930s TO THE 1970s a dissertation submitted to Kent State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by Bryan W. Kvet May, 2016 (c) Copyright All rights reserved Except for previously published materials Dissertation Written by Bryan W. Kvet B.A., Grove City College, 1994 M.A., Kent State University, 1998 Ph.D., Kent State University, 2015 Approved by ___Kenneth Bindas_______________, Chair, Doctoral Dissertation Committee Dr. Kenneth Bindas ___Clarence Wunderlin ___________, Members, Doctoral Dissertation Committee Dr. Clarence Wunderlin ___James Seelye_________________, Dr. James Seelye ___Bob Batchelor________________, Dr. Bob Batchelor ___Paul Haridakis________________, Dr. Paul Haridakis Accepted by ___Kenneth Bindas_______________, Chair, Department of History Dr. Kenneth Bindas ___James L. Blank________________, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences Dr. James L. Blank TABLE OF CONTENTS…………………………………………………………………iv LIST OF FIGURES………………………………………………………………………v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS……………………………………………………………...vii CHAPTERS Introduction………………………………………………………………………1 Part I: 1930 - 1945 1. "You Haven't Seen Any Indians Yet:" Hollywood's Bloodthirsty Savages……………………………………….26 2. "Don't You Realize this Is a New Empire?" Hollywood's Noble Savages……………………………………………...72 Epilogue for Part I………………………………………………………………..121 Part II: 1945 - 1960 3. "Small Warrior Should Have Father:" The Cold War Family in American Indian Films………………………...136 4. "In a Hundred Years it Might've Worked:" American Indian Films and Civil Rights………………………………....185 Epilogue for Part II……………………………………………………………….244 Part III, 1960 - 1970 5. "If Things Keep Trying to Live, the White Man Will Rub Them Out:" The American Indian Film and the Counterculture………………………260 6.