Biography and History in Film. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Thomas S. Freeman, David L. Smith.
• Editors: Freeman, Thomas S; Smith, David L
• Contents: 'Movies that exist merely to tell entertaining lies'?: Biography on Film; Thomas S. Freeman and David L. Smith.- Filming a Legend: Anthony Mann's El Cid (1961); Thomas S. Freeman.- Joan of Arc through medieval eyes and modern lenses: Dreyer 1928 and Bresson 1962; Elisabeth van Houts.- Blood, lust and the Virgin Queen: Helen Mirren's Elizabeth I; William B. Robison.- Shakespeare in Love and Anonymous: Two Films More or Less About Shakespeare; David Bevington.- That Hamilton Woman (1941); Samantha A. Cavell.- Twelve Years a Slave and the 'Unthinkability' of Enslaved Autobiography; Sean M. Kelley.- Abraham Lincoln and National Reconciliation in Lincoln; Kate Masur.- The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960); David L. Smith.- Infectious Enthusiasm: The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936); Bart K. Holland.- Filming and Formatting the Explorer Hero: Captain Scott and Ealing Studios' Scott of the Antarctic (1948); Klaus Dodds.- Inside JFK's White House: the Myth of John F. Kennedy and Thirteen Days (2000); Andrew Priest.- Power and its Loss in The Iron Lady; Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite and Jon Lawrence.- Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (336 pages)
• Subjects: History; History, Modern; Communication; Social history; Performing Arts -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism; History -- Modern -- General; Social Science -- Media Studies; History -- Social History; Films, cinema; History: earliest times to present day; Media studies; Social & cultural history; Civilization-History; Motion pictures-History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319894089
• Related ISBNs: 9783319894072
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.