Format:
1 online resource (426 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781480397194
Content:
General Reference.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Magic Enough for Everybody -- 1. Ars Gratia Artis: The Little City Called MGM -- In Focus: Louis B. Mayer (1884-1957) -- 2. The Real Wizard of Oz: L. Frank Baum and His Many Creations -- 3. Not in Kansas Anymore: Oz Stage and Film Adaptations Before 1939 -- 4. There's No Place Like Home: MGM Acquires Oz -- In Focus: Mervyn LeRoy (1900-1987) -- In Focus: Arthur Freed (1894-1973) -- 5. E Pluribus Unum: Assembling the Cast -- In Focus: Shirley Temple (1928-2014) -- In Focus: Judy Garland (1922-1969) -- In Focus: Ray Bolger (1904-1987) -- In Focus: Buddy Ebsen (1908-2003) -- In Focus: Bert Lahr (1895-1967) -- In Focus: Jack Haley (1897-1979) -- In Focus: Frank Morgan (1890-1949) -- In Focus: Gale Sondergaard (1899-1985) -- In Focus: Margaret Hamilton (1902-1985) -- In Focus: Billie Burke (1884-1970) -- In Focus: Carl Spitz (1894-1976) and Terry (1933-1945) -- In Focus: Clara Blandick (1880-1962) -- In Focus: Charley Grapewin (1869-1956) -- In Focus: Jimmy the Crow (c. 1937-1954) -- Movie Midgets Before Oz -- In Focus: The Men of the Lollipop Guild -- In Focus: The Women of the Lullaby League -- 6. Over the Rainbow and Beyond: The Score and Songs -- In Focus: Herbert W. Stothart (1885-1949) -- In Focus: Harold Arlen (1905-1986) -- In Focus: E. Y. "Yip" Harburg (1896-1981) -- In Focus: Ken Darby (1909-1992) -- 7. Conferrin' with the Flowers: The Screenplay -- In Focus: Noel Langley (1911-1980) -- In Focus: Woolf and Ryerson -- Dorothy and the Hero's Journey -- 8. A Horse of a Different Color: Production Design -- In Focus: Cedric Gibbons (1893-1960) -- 9. Only Bad Witches Are Ugly: Character Design and Costumes -- In Focus: Helen Seamon (1919-2001) and Lois January (1913-2006) -- In Focus: Jack Dawn (1892-1961) -- In Focus: Adrian (1903-1959).
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Additional Edition:
9781480350625
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe 9781480350625
Language:
English
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