
He's Got Rhythm
The Life and Career of Gene Kelly (Screen Classics)
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He sang and danced in the rain, proclaimed New York to be a wonderful town, and convinced a group of Parisian children that they had rhythm. One of the most influential and respected entertainers of Hollywood's golden age, Gene Kelly revolutionized film musicals with his innovative and timeless choreography. A would-be baseball player and one-time law student, Kelly captured the nation's imagination in films such as Anchors Aweigh (1945), On the Town (1949), An American in Paris (1951), and Singin' in the Rain (1952).
In the first comprehensive biography written since the legendary star's death, authors Cynthia Brideson and Sara Brideson disclose new details of Kelly's complex life. Not only do they examine his contributions to the world of entertainment in depth, but they also consider his political activities - including his opposition to the Hollywood blacklist. The authors even confront Kelly's darker side and explore his notorious competitive streak, his tendency to be a taskmaster on set, and his multiple marriages.
Drawing on previously untapped articles and interviews with Kelly's wives, friends, and colleagues, Brideson and Brideson illuminate new and unexpected aspects of the actor's life and work. He's Got Rhythm is a balanced and compelling view of one of the screen's enduring legends.
The book is published by The University Press of Kentucky.
"This book should become the new definitive biography on the multitalented Gene Kelly." (James Robert Parish, author of The Hollywood Book of Extravagance)
"The Bridesons have given us a thoroughly readable biography of Kelly that is conscientiously researched and authoritative." (Page Laws, Norfolk State University)
"Readers will get a well-documented recounting of a man who, despite shortcomings, believed that 'true talent seems to show itself most often in kindness.'" (Library Journal)
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Now Tom Santopietro has written the ultimate Sound of Music fan audiobook with all the inside dope, from behind-the-scenes stories of the filming in Austria and Hollywood to new interviews with Johannes von Trapp and others. Santopietro looks back at the real-life story of Maria von Trapp, goes on to chronicle the sensational success of the Broadway musical, and recounts the story of the near cancellation of the film when Cleopatra bankrupted 20th Century Fox.
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- De Simone en 07-29-17
De: Tom Santopietro
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Something Wonderful
- Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway Revolution
- De: Todd S. Purdum
- Narrado por: Todd S. Purdum
- Duración: 10 h y 53 m
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They stand at the apex of the great age of songwriting, the creators of the classic Broadway musicals Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, and The Sound of Music, whose songs have never lost their popularity or emotional power. Even before they joined forces, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II had written dozens of Broadway shows, but together they pioneered a new art form: the serious musical play.
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Fabulous book about Rodgers & Hammerstein!!!
- De BigWally en 06-27-18
De: Todd S. Purdum
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Backwards and in Heels
- De: Alicia Malone
- Narrado por: Katherine Littrell
- Duración: 8 h y 11 m
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Women have been instrumental in the success of American cinema since its very beginning. One of the first people to ever pick up a motion picture camera was a woman, as was the first screenwriter to win two Academy Awards, the inventor of the boom microphone, and the first person to be credited with the title film editor. Throughout the entire history of Hollywood women have been revolutionizing, innovating, and shaping how we make movies. Yet their stories are rarely shared. This is what film reporter Alicia Malone wants to change. Backwards and in Heels tells the history of women in film in a different way.
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Great Book
- De Alfie en 09-27-21
De: Alicia Malone
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Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted
- And All the Brilliant Minds Who Made the Mary Tyler Moore Show a Classic
- De: Jennifer Armstrong
- Narrado por: Amy Landon
- Duración: 11 h y 21 m
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Mary Tyler Moore made her name as Dick Van Dyke's wife on the eponymous show; she was a cute, unassuming housewife that audiences loved. But when screenwriters James Brooks and Allan Burnes dreamed up an edgy show about a divorced woman with a career, network executives replied: "Americans won't watch television about New York City, divorcées, men with mustaches, or Jews." But Moore and her team were committed, and when the show finally aired, in spite of tepid reviews, fans loved it.
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An Interesting Story That Never Quite Gets Told
- De S. Blythe en 07-26-13
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You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried
- The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation
- De: Susannah Gora
- Narrado por: Kelli Tager
- Duración: 15 h y 6 m
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The landscape that the Brat Pack memorialized is rich with cultural themes and significance, and has influenced an entire generation who still believe that life always turns out like an '80s movie. You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried takes us back to that era, through Susannah Gora's interviews with key players such as Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Andrew McCarthy, and John Cusack, and mines all the material from the movies to the music to the way the films were made to show how they helped shape our visions for romance, friendship, society, and success.
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Brings me back to my teenage years! Fantastic Narration! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- De Amazmama en 06-24-22
De: Susannah Gora
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Myrna Loy
- Being and Becoming
- De: James Kotsilibas-Davis, Myrna Loy
- Narrado por: Holly Palance
- Duración: 15 h y 44 m
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The actress recalls her long, rich, and varied career in Hollywood, on the stage, and as a political activist.
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Great actress, great person, great book.
- De MikeEC en 10-15-20
De: James Kotsilibas-Davis, y otros
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High Society
- The Life of Grace Kelly
- De: Donald Spoto
- Narrado por: George K Wilson
- Duración: 9 h y 46 m
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In just seven years---from 1950 through 1956---Grace Kelly embarked on a whirlwind career that included roles in 11 movies. From the principled Amy Fowler Kane in High Noon to the thrill-seeking Frances Stevens of To Catch a Thief, Grace established herself as one of Hollywood's most talented actresses and iconic beauties.
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Find a better Grace Kelly biography, I'd skip this
- De Daniel en 08-20-12
De: Donald Spoto
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Pictures at a Revolution
- Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood
- De: Mark Harris
- Narrado por: Lloyd James
- Duración: 17 h y 19 m
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Here is the epic human drama behind the making of the five movies nominated for Best Picture in 1967 - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, The Graduate, In the Heat of the Night, Doctor Dolittle, and Bonnie and Clyde - and through them, the larger story of the cultural revolution that transformed Hollywood and America forever.
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Would It Be Too Much To Ask?
- De Casey Keller en 12-31-08
De: Mark Harris
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American Rebel
- The Life of Clint Eastwood
- De: Marc Eliot
- Narrado por: Marc Eliot
- Duración: 12 h y 11 m
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From the New York Times best-selling author Marc Eliot comes the definitive biography of one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful actors, producers, and directors in the history of American motion pictures. Marc Eliot examines the ever-exciting, often tumultuous arc of Eastwood's life and career, from his days as a disaffected college dropout, to his rise to fame as the archetypal loner, to his acceptance into the pantheon of the Academy as a multiple Oscar Award winner.
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I learned the hard way.
- De Ty Pritchard en 07-23-10
De: Marc Eliot
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Singular Sensation
- The Triumph of Broadway
- De: Michael Riedel
- Narrado por: Shaun Taylor-Corbett
- Duración: 9 h y 43 m
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The 1990s was a decade of profound change on Broadway. At the dawn of the '90s, the British invasion of Broadway was in full swing, as musical spectacles like Les Miserables, Cats, and The Phantom of the Opera dominated the box office. But Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard soon spelled the end of this era and ushered in a new wave of American musicals, beginning with the ascendance of an unlikely show by a struggling writer who reimagined Puccini’s opera La Bohème as the smash Broadway show Rent
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Why Didn’t Michael Riedel Read This Himself?
- De Tallulah en 01-17-22
De: Michael Riedel
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Can I Go Now?
- The Life of Sue Mengers, Hollywood's First Superagent
- De: Brian Kellow
- Narrado por: Suzanne Toren
- Duración: 13 h y 6 m
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A lively and colorful biography of Hollywood's first superagent - one of the most outrageous showbiz characters of the 1960s and 1970s, whose clients included Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Faye Dunaway, Michael Caine, and Candice Bergen. Before Sue Mengers hit the scene in the mid-1960s, talent agents remained quietly in the background. But staying in the background was not possible for Mengers.
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A little long.
- De Doris en 11-29-15
De: Brian Kellow
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The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock
- An Anatomy of the Master of Suspense
- De: Edward White
- Narrado por: Qarie Marshall
- Duración: 12 h y 6 m
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Author Edward White explores the Hitchcock phenomenon - what defines it, how it was invented, what it reveals about the man at its core, and how its legacy continues to shape our cultural world. Illuminating different aspects of Hitchcock's life and work, the book's 12 chapters reveal something fundamental about the man he was and the mythological creature he has become, presenting not just the life Hitchcock lived, but also the various versions of himself that he projected and those projected on his behalf.
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Very Good History of Hitch
- De aaron en 07-31-21
De: Edward White
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Street Gang
- The Complete History of Sesame Street
- De: Michael Davis
- Narrado por: Caroll Spinney
- Duración: 8 h y 21 m
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When the first episode aired on Nov. 10, 1969, Sesame Street revolutionized the way education was presented to children on television. It has since become the longest-running children's show in history, and today reaches 8 million pre-schoolers on 350 PBS stations and airs in 120 countries. Street Gang is the compelling and often comical story of the creation and history of this media masterpiece and pop culture landmark.
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An important subject, but hardly gripping
- De Scott T. Hards en 09-24-10
De: Michael Davis
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Without Lying Down
- De: Cari Beauchamp
- Narrado por: Holly Palance
- Duración: 20 h y 3 m
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Cari Beauchamp masterfully combines biography with social and cultural history to examine the lives of Frances Marion and her many female colleagues who shaped filmmaking from the early teens through the 1940s. Frances Marion was Hollywood's highest paid screenwriter - male or female - for almost three decades, wrote almost 200 produced films and remains the only woman to win two Academy Awards for original screenwriting (The Big House and The Champ).
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A Must Read
- De Robert Wallace en 03-19-19
De: Cari Beauchamp
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- Wade Lancaster
- 11-20-19
I’m Missing Xanadu
This is a very difficult book to review. Cynthia and Sara really researched Gene Kelly in depth. Their effort and dedication to researching their subject shows. Their love for Kelly also shows throughout the book in how they decided to write about him—very lovingly and respectfully. It’s crazy that there hasn’t been any other biography written about this legend since his death. I’m thankful for the authors for correcting this wrong.
I remember growing up and watching the old musicals on a nine inch black and white television. I always preferred Kelly’s movies over the others. I always thought he was more athletic, had a better singing voice, had a unique style, and came across as just a regular guy. He didn’t seem pretentious or narcissistic at all. He just lit up the screen with his positive energy. The authors have addressed much of these traits as well.
Their coverage of his life seems exhaustive. However, since so much time has passed since his death, I wonder if his story remains somewhat incomplete especially his darker or unflattering qualities and experiences. The authors do address many of the negative aspects of his life. But, the biography definitely seems weighted in favor of the positive—it could be more well-balanced.
The narration is pretty standard. Cynthia Wallace seems to let her emotions show through in her reading. There is not a lot of variation and there doesn’t need to be. She has a pleasant voice that treats the material well.
Overall, if you love Kelly, you should get this book. If you like him, you should get it. If you’re interested in the Golden Age of Hollywood, the Communist witch-hunts, etc. you should get it. It definitely sheds light on the entertainment business and his contributions as well as his personal life.
As I always state, check out the sample before deciding.
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