SUCCESS IN THE CINEMA: Money-Making Movies and Critics' Choices
Paperback, 271 pages
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Basically, there are three measures of success in the cinema. First off are pictures like "The Crowd" and "Applause" that achieve rave reviews and even go on to win awards, but don’t recover their negative costs. Then there are the movies the critics hate, but the public enjoys. All three versions of "Back Street", for instance. Finally come the pictures everyone loves, like "From Here To Eternity" or "Sunset Boulevard". In the annals of success in Hollywood’s Golden Age, one name stands out above all others: Cecil B. DeMille. His famous pictures reviewed here include both versions of "The Buccaneer", "The Crusades", "Sign of the Cross", "The Story of Dr Wassell" and "Union Pacific". But the book also notes a DeMille "B" movie that...More >
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Product Details
| ISBN | 978-1-84728-088-6 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | John Reid |
| Copyright | ©2006 by John Howard Reid and other contributors (Standard Copyright License) |
| Language | English |
| Country | United States |
| Publication Date | June 28, 2006 |
| Lulu Sales Rank | 62538 |
| Page Count | 271 pages |
| Size | U.S. Letter |
| Binding | Perfect Bound |
| Interior Color | Black And White |
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