Film historian Basinger takes a detailed and wide-ranging look at the fabled Hollywood studio system, focusing on both major stars (Lana Turner, Tyrone Power, Errol Flynn) and actors who were huge in their day but are perhaps less well-known now (Deanna Durbin, Jean Arthur, Wallace Beery). My favorite chapters deal with "malfunctions" -- actors who were given every opportunity to become stars but failed -- and "bonuses" -- actors never expected to make it big but who somehow caught on with the public. Rich, juicy, opinionated, and thoroughly researched, The Star Machine is a bonanza for any film lover.
Dorothy Garcia & Tom Harding present (Art Aids Art) Bead by Bead
06/06/2008 7:00 pm
Location:
Street:
Vroman's Bookstore
Additional:
695 E. Colorado Blvd
City:
Pasadena
,
Province:
California
Postal Code:
91101
Country:
United States
Dorothy Garcia & Tom Harding (Art Aids Art) present Bead By Bead: Reviving an Ancient Tradition: The Monkeybiz Bead Project
Since 2000, Monkeybiz Bead Project has taken the world by storm with its funky, innovative and visually stunning bead art, which is sold in both South Africa and all over the world. The project now employs 450 disadvantaged women from around Cape Town. This book is both a showcase and catalogue of the ravishing beadwork they produce, and a profile of a uniquely successful grassroots project that gives employment to poor women and provides them with skills training and HIV/AIDS support.