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One of the silver screen’s greatest beauties, Greta Garbo was also one of its most profound enigmas. A star in both silent pictures and talkies, Garbo kept viewers riveted with understated performances that suggested deep melancholy and strong desires roiling just under the surface. And offscreen, the intensely private Garbo was perhaps even more mysterious and alluring, as her retirement from Hollywood at age thirty-six only fueled the public’s fascination. Ideal Beauty reveals the woman behind the mystique, a woman who overcame an impoverished childhood to become a student at the Swedish Royal Dramatic Academy, an actress in European films, and ultimately a Hollywood star. Chronicling her tough negotiations with Louis B. Mayer at MGM, it shows how Garbo carved out enough power in Hollywood to craft a distinctly new feminist screen presence in films like Queen Christina. Banner draws on over ten years of in-depth archival research in Sweden, Germany, France, and the United States to demonstrate how, away from the camera’s glare, Garbo’s life was even more intriguing. Ideal Beauty takes a fresh look at an icon who helped to define female beauty in the twentieth century and provides answers to much-debated questions about Garbo’s childhood, sexuality, career, illnesses and breakdowns, and spiritual awakening.

Motion picture actors and actresses --- greta garbo, bio, biography, classic Hollywood, actress, Swedish-american, MGM, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, silent film, fame, publicity, golden age of Hollywood.

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This collection of essays explores the link between comedy and animation in studio-era cartoons, from filmdom's earliest days through the twentieth century. Written by a who's who of animation authorities, Funny Pictures offers a stimulating range of views on why animation became associated with comedy so early and so indelibly, and illustrates how animation and humor came together at a pivotal stage in the development of the motion picture industry. To examine some of the central assumptions about comedy and cartoons and to explore the key factors that promoted their fusion, the book analyzes many of the key filmic texts from the studio years that exemplify animated comedy. Funny Pictures also looks ahead to show how this vital American entertainment tradition still thrives today in works ranging from The Simpsons to the output of Pixar.

Animated films --- Wit and humor in motion pictures. --- History and criticism. --- 20th century animation. --- 20th century cartoons. --- 20th century comedy. --- american animations. --- american entertainment history. --- american entertainment. --- animated comedy. --- animation and comedy. --- animation graphic design. --- animation literature. --- animation studies. --- books for film enthusiasts. --- charlie chaplain. --- classic hollywood. --- film and television. --- film history. --- history of animation. --- history of cinema. --- history of comedy. --- history of motion picture. --- pixar books. --- popular entertainment. --- studio era cartoons. --- the simpsons.

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Slow Fade to Black completes Richard B. Jewell's richly detailed two-part history of the RKO film studio, which began with RKO Radio Pictures: A Titan Is Born, published in 2012. This second volume charts the studio's fortunes, which peaked during World War II, declined in the postwar period, and finally collapsed in the 1950s. Drawing on hard-to-access archival materials, Jewell chronicles the period from 1942 to the company's demise in 1957. Towering figures associated with the studio included Howard Hughes, Orson Welles, Charles Koerner, Val Lewton, Jane Russell, and Robert Mitchum. In addition to featuring an extraordinary cast of characters, the RKO story describes key aspects of entertainment history: Hollywood's collaboration with Washington, film noir, censorship, HUAC, the rise of independent film production, and the impact of television on film. Taken as a whole, Jewell's two-volume study represents the most substantial and insightful exploration of the Hollywood studio system to date.

RKO Radio Pictures --- History. --- Radio Keith Orpheum Radio Pictures, inc. --- RKO Radio Pictures, inc. --- RKO-Pathe --- RKO Teleradio Pictures --- Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corporation --- Radio Pictures --- PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism. --- RKO Distributing Corp. --- RKO General, inc. --- RKO Productions --- Film --- anno 1940-1949 --- anno 1950-1959 --- United States --- 20th century. --- charles koerner. --- cinema. --- classic hollywood. --- early 20th century film studios. --- early filmmaking. --- early hollywood. --- entertainment history. --- film censorship. --- film history. --- film noir. --- film studies. --- film. --- hollywood studio system. --- hollywood. --- howard hughes. --- independent film production. --- jane russell. --- media history. --- media studies. --- movies. --- orson welles. --- rko film studios. --- rko films. --- rko radio pictures. --- robert mitchum. --- television. --- val lewton. --- United States of America

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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 1912 through the 1940's. Frances Marion was Hollywood's highest paid screenwriter-male or female-or almost three decades, wrote almost 200 produced films and won Academy Awards for writing "The Big House" and "The Champ."

Women in the motion picture industry --- Women screenwriters --- Femmes dans l'industrie cinématographique --- Femmes scénaristes --- History --- Biography. --- Histoire --- Biographies --- Marion, Frances, --- Friends and associates --- Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) --- Biographie --- Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Biography. --- Marion, Frances, 1888-1973 -- Friends and associates. --- Marion, Frances, 1888-1973. --- Women in the motion picture industry -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century. --- Women screenwriters -- United States -- Biography. --- Owens, Marion Benson, --- Owens, Marion Frances, --- Marion, Francis, --- Clifton, Frank M., --- Screenwriters --- Women authors --- Motion picture industry --- Friends and associates. --- Marion, Frances --- 1920s. --- 1930s. --- 1940s. --- academy award. --- big house. --- biography. --- champ. --- cinema. --- classic hollywood. --- classic movies. --- creative women. --- cultural history. --- famous women. --- female author. --- female screenwriters. --- feminism. --- film and television. --- film history. --- film. --- filmmaking. --- frances marion. --- gender studies. --- gender. --- history. --- hollywood. --- marginalized history. --- media and culture. --- media studies. --- media. --- movies. --- nonfiction. --- old hollywood. --- oscar winner. --- pop culture. --- screenwriter. --- screenwriting. --- silent films. --- women in history. --- women. --- womens history. --- womens studies.