Whether portraying the young idealist fighting corruption in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, the honest, struggling humanitarian in It's a Wonderful Life, or the patriarchal Virginia farmer in Shenandoah, Jimmy Stewart has embodied the virtues of the all-American hero and won the hearts of men and women alike. For over fifty years, Stewart's considerable range and subtlety have made him one of the most visible and beloved actors in Hollywood. Drawing on the recollections of those who knew and worked with him, as well as personal observations from the actor himself, this revealing biography depicts the life and films of Jimmy Stewart during the most colorful, dramatic, and explosive years in Hollywood. Using Stewart's films as a backdrop, Pickard sketches the changes in the filmmaking industry from 1935 to the present day. In this wonderfully lively and moving biography, Roy Pickard draws an intimate portrait of one of Hollywood's great actor-personalities, whose legendary life in film has been a part of American life for more than half a century.

Jimmy Stewart: A Life in Film

Pickard, Roy.

Humor & Entertainment

St.Martin's Press

The award movies: A complete guide from A to Z

Arts & Photography

Performing Arts

Frederick Muller, Ltd.

The Hollywood studios

F. Muller

The Oscar movies from A-Z

Movies

Oscar Movies

The Hollywood Story

Chartwell Books

Frank Sinatra is a superstar who in the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s could sell a movie at the mere mention of his name. He is a real-life screen enigma who followed Bing Crosby into movies, but superseded the achievements of even that famous star. This book, whilst not ignoring Sinatra's notorious private life, attempts to look mainly at the screen Sinatra to assess his position in the pantheon of Hollywood actors. His list of films is much longer than one at first imagines and deserving of close attention.

Frank Sinatra: at the Movies

Biographies & Memoirs

Robert Hale, Ltd.

This book concentrates on the screen Sinatra, assessing his position in the pantheon of Hollywood actors and discussing many of his films. Many behind the scenes stories about the making of some of these films are revealed, with tales of Hollywood and the decades in which he worked, and how many of his great songs came to be composed and performed.

Frank Sinatra at the Movies

Geïllustreerd / Illustrated / Illustré / Illustriert / 9780713456837 / Movies and Television / Engels / English / Anglais / Englisch / hard cover / dust jacket / 25 x 19 cm / 350 .pp /

Who Played Who on the Screen

Reference

Batsford Ltd.

Profiles every actor and actress ever to have won or been nominated for an Academy award in over seventy years of Oscar history

The Oscar Stars from A-Z

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