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Tallulah Bankhead was known just as much for her off-stage presence as she was for her on-stage performances. Fearless from birth, Tallulah charted her own course in life. She trudged off to New Yor……続きを見る

Joan Crawford was a legend. Few could compare to the charm and grace that she brought to the silver screen. Little did anyone know, however, of the charmed yet ultimately tragic life she led away fr……続きを見る

With his fiery piano-playing style and powerful stage presence, Jerry Lee Lewis enjoyed a meteoric rise to fame. Although his time as a relevant artist was comparably brief, that short time in the s……続きを見る

Dean Martin was a natural entertainer, known not only for his singing ability but also for his great showmanship on the stage. With Martin, it wasn't just about the songーit was about the whole pack……続きを見る

Heath Ledger rapidly rose to fame to become one of the most acclaimed actors of our time. Although his career was brief, spanning little over ten years, he shot up like a rising star. People still r……続きを見る

Bob Hope was the kind of entertainer who only comes along once in a lifetime. Spanning the decades, he worked through just about every era of the twentieth century. Hope grew up doing his best vaude……続きを見る

Pendant un peu plus de dix ans, de la fin de la Première Guerre mondiale à l’arrivée du film sonore, le cinéma français s’est passionné pour le motif de l’eau, qu’il a saisi et mis en scène sous tou……続きを見る

Marlon Brando has been a household name for decades, and even though he passed away in 2004, his life's work still stands as a testament to the unique ability he possessed for his craft. Whether he ……続きを見る

B.B., le monde entier la connaît par ces deux simples initiales. Mais qui est vraiment Brigitte Bardot ? Un sex-symbol, fantasme pour des générations ? Une femme libre en avance sur son temps ? Une ……続きを見る

Alfred Hitchcock's work is legendary, and although he himself was known as a rather quiet and subdued figure in public, those who knew him privately saw a fiery disposition and unbridled passion lur……続きを見る

The Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman was one of America's most beloved and successful performers. She was drawn to acting at a young age and was delighted to be invited to Hollywood in 1938 for the Am……続きを見る

Perhaps the best musical encapsulation of the Cold War as experienced in the walled city of West-Berlin, Kollaps is a product of its time while remaining as vital, exhilarating and surprising as the……続きを見る

Offers the most comprehensive analysis and discussion of medievalist computer games to date. Games with a medieval setting are commercially lucrative and reach a truly massive audience. Moreover, th……続きを見る

The star of Hitchcock’s Rope and Strangers on a Train “recalls life onstage and in film in an engaging, colorful memoir” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). Synonymous with the golden age of Broadway,……続きを見る

Napoleons Imperial Guard was arguably the most famous military formation to tread the battlefields of Europe. La Garde Imperial was created on 18 May 1804, and from its origins as a small personal e……続きを見る

Few people realise it, but Barnsley was once the centre of a railway universe. In Victorian times, dozens of competing companies put forward schemes to build railways across, through and around the ……続きを見る

Singular and star-studded writings on America’s neon-lit playground At once a Technicolor wonderland and the embodiment of American mythology, Las Vegas exists at the Ground Zero of a reverence for ……続きを見る

Unlock the Secrets of China's Beloved Instrument Guzheng with this Comprehensive Guide! This ebook will take you on a journey through the history and fundamentals of the Guzheng, a traditional Chine……続きを見る

This book is a study of the representation of the Persian empire in English drama across the early modern period, from the 1530s to the 1690s. The wide focus of this book, encompassing thirteen dram……続きを見る

Becoming Elektra tells the incredible true story of the pioneering Elektra Records label and its farsighted founder, Jac Holzman, who built a small folk imprint into a home for some of the most grou……続きを見る

When George Jones recorded "He Stopped Loving Her Today" more than thirty years ago, he was a walking disaster. Twin addictions to drugs and alcohol had him drinking Jim Beam by the case and snortin……続きを見る

The fan-favorite Love You to Death books return with an essential guide to the fourth season of the CW's hit show The Vampire Diaries. The season four companion delves headlong into the twists and t……続きを見る

John Rich (1692-1761) was a profoundly influential figure of the eighteenth-century London stage. As producer, manager, and performer, he transformed the urban entertainment market, creating genres ……続きを見る

Wallace Stevens’s musicality is so profound that scholars have only begun to grasp his ties to the art of music or the music of his own poetry. In this study, two long-time specialists present a pol……続きを見る

**2022 Peter C. Rollins Book Award, Northeast Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Associations (NEPCA) In the postwar era, the police procedural series Dragnet informed Americans on the worki……続きを見る

This book explores how Chinese films constructed an image of China in the 1980s through analyzing the characters, composition of space, and conflict patterns of the films. It also examines the relat……続きを見る

This collection centers on the remarkable life and career of the writer and actor Elizabeth Inchbald (1753–1821), active in Great Britain in the late eighteenth century. Inspired by the example of I……続きを見る

Music has long played a prominent role in cultural diplomacy, but until now no resource has comparatively examined policies that shape how non-western countries use music for international relations……続きを見る

Although television critics have often differed with the public with respect to the artistic and cultural merits of television programming, over the last half-century television has indubitably infl……続きを見る

Funk is an African American musical genre that causes the average listener to have an uncontrollable desire to move their feet and dance. Funknology is a synthesis of ideas designed to cause the ave……続きを見る