Hansen Publishing Group: 71 books

Karl Malden is excerpted from Tennessee Williams and Company: His Essential Screen Actors by John DiLeo. The essay focuses on Karl Malden's roles in the films A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) and Baby Doll (1956), which are based on plays by Tennessee Williams. The author John DiLeo provides additional...

An essay by film historian John DiLeo about the film The Fallen Idol (1948) starring Bobby Henrey, Ralph Richardson, Sonia Dredel and Michèle Morgan. Excerpted from John DiLeos Screen Savers II: My Grab Bag of Classic Movies, The Fallen Idol (1948): The Butler Didnt Do It. The Fallen Idol tells a more...

An essay by film historian John DiLeo about the film Ivy (1947) starring Joan Fontaine. Excerpted from John DiLeos Screen Savers II: My Grab Bag of Classic Movies, Ivy (1947): Casting Against Type. One of the most noteworthy, yet least known, examples of casting a good-girl actress as a villain was Universals choice of Joan Fontaine for the title role in Ivy.

An essay by film historian John DiLeo about the film Primrose Path (1940) starring Joel McCrea and Ginger Rogers. Excerpted from John DiLeos Screen Savers II: My Grab Bag of Classic Movies, Primrose Path (1940): Ginger Rogers and the Oldest Profession. The melodrama may sometimes be coarse, and some...

Playing Episodes, Part Two in the Five Approaches to Acting Series includes a useful explanation of terms, instruction in applying techniques in rehearsal and performance, practical classroom exercises, detailed script analysis, the history and theory behind the approach, as well as inspiring examples to be seen on film.

An essay by film historian John DiLeo about the film The Far Country (1955) directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart. Excerpted from John DiLeos Screen Savers II: My Grab Bag of Classic Movies, The Far Country (1955): Manns Reinvention of James Stewart is an examination of an isolated individual and his resistance to the notion, and benefits, of community.

Vivien Leigh is excerpted from Tennessee Williams and Company: His Essential Screen Actors by John DiLeo. The essay focuses on Vivien Leigh's roles in the films A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) and The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961), which are based on plays by Tennessee Williams. The author John DiLeo...

Richard Burton is excerpted from Tennessee Williams and Company: His Essential Screen Actors by John DiLeo. The essay focuses on Richard Burtons roles in the films The Night of the Iguana (1964) and Boom (1968), which are based on plays by Tennessee Williams. The author John DiLeo provides additional...

Joanne Woodward is excerpted from Tennessee Williams and Company: His Essential Screen Actors by John DiLeo. The essay focuses on Joanne Woodwards roles in the films The Fugitive Kind (1960) and The Glass Menagerie (1987), which are based on plays by Tennessee Williams. The author John DiLeo provides...

Madeleine Sherwood is excerpted from Tennessee Williams and Company: His Essential Screen Actors by John DiLeo. The essay focuses on Madeleine Sherwoods roles in the films Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) and Sweet Bird of Youth (1962), which are based on plays by Tennessee Williams. The author John DiLeo...

Geraldine Page is excerpted from Tennessee Williams and Company: His Essential Screen Actors by John DiLeo. The essay focuses on Geraldine Pages roles in the films Summer and Smoke (1961) and Sweet Bird of Youth (1962), which are based on plays by Tennessee Williams. The author John DiLeo provides additional...

An essay by film historian John DiLeo about the film These Three (1936) directed by William Wyler and starring Joel McCrea, Miriam Hopkins and Merle Oberon. Excerpted from John DiLeos Screen Savers II: My Grab Bag of Classic Movies, These Three (1936): Triumph Over Censorship. These Three is an adaptation of Lillian Hellmans play The Childrens Hour, a 1934 Broadway sensation.

Elizabeth Taylor is excerpted from Tennessee Williams and Company: His Essential Screen Actors by John DiLeo. The essay focuses on Elizabeth Taylors roles in the films Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) and Boom (1968), which are based on plays by Tennessee Williams. The author...

Mildred Dunnock is excerpted from Tennessee Williams and Company: His Essential Screen Actors by John DiLeo. The essay focuses on Mildred Dunnocks roles in the films Baby Doll (1956) and Sweet Bird of Youth (1962), which are based on plays by Tennessee Williams. The author John DiLeo provides additional...