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Horror films. Deanna Durbin musicals. Francis, the talking mule. Ma and Pa Kettle. Ross Hunter weepies. Theme parks. E.T. (1982). Apollo 13 (1995). These are only a few of the many faces of Universal Pictures. In February 1906, Carl Laemmle, German immigrant and former clothing store manager, opened his first nickelodeon in Chicago, where he quickly moved from exhibition to distribution and then to film production. A master of publicity and promotions, within ten years "Uncle Carl" had moved his entire operation to Southern California, founded a city, and established Universal Pictures as one of the major Hollywood studios. In City of Dreams, Bernard F. Dick traces the history of Universal Pictures from its humble early origins to the modern day and analyzes the studio's films, from horror flicks featuring Karloff and Lugosi to comedies starring Abbott and Costello and W. C. Fields. Dick details how the Laemmle family was eventually forced out of the Universal empire, replaced by a string of studio heads who entered and exited one after another—the beginning of the age of corporate Hollywood, which transformed Universal Pictures into NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. Dick explains how the Universal-International merger in 1946, Decca's stock takeover in the early 1950s, and MCA's buyout in 1962 all presaged today's Hollywood, where the art of the deal often eclipses the art of making movies. Ultimately, although stars and executives have come and gone, shaping and reshaping the studio's image, Universal's revolving globe logo has lit up screens around the world through it all.
A lively, wide-ranging pictorial history of muscular men around the world from the nineteenth century to the 1970s.
Pictures more than thirteen hundred pictorial symbols representing nearly every facet of human experience, and arranges public symbols according to service and facility and by local and national systems
From the 1920s through the 1950s, Universal Studios was Hollywood’s number one studio for horror pictures, haunting movie theaters worldwide with Dracula, Frankenstein, and the Creature from the Black Lagoon, among others. Universal Studios Monsters: A Legacy of Horror explores all of these enduring characters, chronicling both the mythology behind the films and offering behind-the-scenes insights into how the films were created. Universal Studios Monsters is the most complete record of the horror films of this legendary studio, with biographies of major personalities who were responsible for the most notable monster melodramas in film history. The stories of these films and their creators are told through interviews with surviving actors and studio employees. A lavish photographic record, including many behind-the-scenes shots, completes the story of how these classics were made. This is a volume no fan of imaginative cinema will want to be without.
A unique cookbook from Brooklyn’s pioneering independent film house with recipes and menus made for movie night. Nitehawk Cinema is a leader in the dine-in theater movement and has transcended from local gem status to New York City icon since its opening in 2011. Famous for their food and drink, curated for each night's classic or contemporary film screening, Nitehawk's team of chefs, mixologists, and film experts showcase the recipes and exclusive menus of Nitehawk for home cooks to recreate from the comfort of their home kitchen. Readers can try a Red Rum cocktail during a showing of The Shining, dine on instant ramyun like the Park family in Parasite, and Let Your Soul Glo with a hand-crafted cocktail while watching Coming to America. With over 100 movie-inspired recipes alongside trivia and history about Nitehawk and the movies themselves, Nitehawk Cinema Presents is a complete celebration of cinema.
A fascinating glimpse into the New York Public Library's historic image archive