LIBROS DEL AUTOR: richard irvin

21 resultados para LIBROS DEL AUTOR: richard irvin

  • The Road Past Kennesaw
    Bell Irvin Wiley / Richard M. McMurry
    Richard M. McMurry’s 'The Road Past Kennesaw: The Atlanta Campaign of 1864' offers a gripping account of one of the most pivotal campaigns of the American Civil War. This meticulously researched history delves into the strategic importance of the Atlanta Campaign and the fierce battles fought between the Union and Confederate armies.Focusing on the military strategies and key e...
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    17,50 €

  • Comedy Archaeology
    Richard Irvin
    Do you remember seeing an episode of Bewitched that guest starred comedian Red Skelton, or The Honeymooner’s story where Ralph and Alice adopt a puppy, or the Life with Lucy Christmas episode? If you answered 'no' to these questions, you are correct. Despite scripts or treatments being written for these shows, none of the episodes were ever produced.Comedy Archeology not only i...
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    31,36 €

  • Comedy Archaeology
    Richard Irvin
    Do you remember seeing an episode of Bewitched that guest starred comedian Red Skelton, or The Honeymooner’s story where Ralph and Alice adopt a puppy, or the Life with Lucy Christmas episode? If you answered 'no' to these questions, you are correct. Despite scripts or treatments being written for these shows, none of the episodes were ever produced.Comedy Archeology not only i...
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    41,53 €

  • Tales of Tomorrow
    Richard Irvin
    Before The Twilight Zone and before The Outer Limits, there was Tales of Tomorrow, the first science fiction series on television aimed at adult viewers. Premiering on ABC on August 3, 1951, the live drama featured several actors just beginning their careers. Lee Grant, Leslie Nielsen, Cloris Leachman, Paul Newman and his future wife, Joanne Woodward, and James Dean were just s...
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    29,00 €

  • Tales of Tomorrow (hardback)
    Richard Irvin
    Before The Twilight Zone and before The Outer Limits, there was Tales of Tomorrow, the first science fiction series on television aimed at adult viewers. Premiering on ABC on August 3, 1951, the live drama featured several actors just beginning their careers. Lee Grant, Leslie Nielsen, Cloris Leachman, Paul Newman and his future wife, Joanne Woodward, and James Dean were just s...
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    39,18 €

  • Judy Garland
    Richard Irvin
    Judy Garland was one of the greatest entertainers of the twentieth century. As Yip Harburg, who composed the lyrics for 'Over the Rainbow,' wrote in a letter to Ms. Garland, 'I would consider myself fully compensated and my life work richly rewarded because of your singing of Rainbow alone. It is a gift most writers are never lucky enough to know. Your voice, above all others, ...
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    28,87 €

  • Judy Garland (hardback)
    Richard Irvin
    Judy Garland was one of the greatest entertainers of the twentieth century. As Yip Harburg, who composed the lyrics for 'Over the Rainbow,' wrote in a letter to Ms. Garland, 'I would consider myself fully compensated and my life work richly rewarded because of your singing of Rainbow alone. It is a gift most writers are never lucky enough to know. Your voice, above all others, ...
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    39,05 €

  • Pioneers of 'B' Television
    Richard Irvin
    As television grew more enticing for both viewers and filmmakers in the 1950s, several independent film producers with knowledge of making low-cost films and radio shows transferred their skills to producing shows for the small screen. Rather than funding live programs that were popular at the time, these producers saw the value in pre-taped shows, which created large financ...
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    57,48 €

  • The Most Obscure Cult TV Shows Ever - Profiles of Fifty Offbeat Comedies and Dramas, Unsold Pilots, and Unaired Series
    Richard Irvin
    A mystery with characters breaking into song to highlight certain plot elements; a mad scientist creating robots to rule the world; doctors treating space aliens at a hospital in outer space; a cartoon superhero who crosses over from the comic book world to the real world and loses his superpowers; a twenty-something male who can go back in time to change things; a young man dr...
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    27,80 €

  • The Most Obscure Cult TV Shows Ever - Profiles of Fifty Offbeat Comedies and Dramas, Unsold Pilots, and Unaired Series (hardback)
    Richard Irvin
    A mystery with characters breaking into song to highlight certain plot elements; a mad scientist creating robots to rule the world; doctors treating space aliens at a hospital in outer space; a cartoon superhero who crosses over from the comic book world to the real world and loses his superpowers; a twenty-something male who can go back in time to change things; a young man dr...
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    37,97 €

  • The Forgotten Desi and Lucy TV Projects
    Richard Irvin
    While Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball are most closely associated with the classic situation comedy, I Love Lucy, the production company they founded in the 1950s, Desilu, made several other television series – some memorable like The Lucy Show, The Untouchables, Mission: Impossible, and Star Trek, and many almost forgotten such as Willy and Grand Jury.     This book focuses on ano...
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    27,89 €

  • The Forgotten Desi and Lucy TV Projects
    Richard Irvin
    While Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball are most closely associated with the classic situation comedy, I Love Lucy, the production company they founded in the 1950s, Desilu, made several other television series – some memorable like The Lucy Show, The Untouchables, Mission: Impossible, and Star Trek, and many almost forgotten such as Willy and Grand Jury.     This book focuses on ano...
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    38,07 €

  • Four Star Television Productions
    Richard Irvin
    The Big Valley, Burke’s Law, The Rifleman, Zane Grey Theatre – these are just a few of the iconic series produced by Four Star Productions. This book covers all of the series produced and/or syndicated by Four Star from 1952 to 1989 as well as the many pilots the company made but were unable to sell. Topics include the first Western series created by legendary film director Sam...
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    27,44 €

  • Four Star Television Productions (hardback)
    Richard Irvin
    The Big Valley, Burke’s Law, The Rifleman, Zane Grey Theatre – these are just a few of the iconic series produced by Four Star Productions. This book covers all of the series produced and/or syndicated by Four Star from 1952 to 1989 as well as the many pilots the company made but were unable to sell. Topics include the first Western series created by legendary film director Sam...
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    32,25 €

  • The Early Shows
    Richard Irvin
    The history of American television is finally written. The shows your grandparents chose as their favorites during the dawn of network television inspired the series of today. The genesis of genres began with The Laytons; Barney Blake, Police Reporter; Off the Record; The Dennis James Carnival; Meet the Press; The Original Amateur Hour; Texaco Star Theater; Toast of the Town ; ...
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    32,17 €

  • The Early Shows
    Richard Irvin
    The history of American television is finally written. The shows your grandparents chose as their favorites during the dawn of network television inspired the series of today. The genesis of genres began with The Laytons; Barney Blake, Police Reporter; Off the Record; The Dennis James Carnival; Meet the Press; The Original Amateur Hour; Texaco Star Theater; Toast of the Town ; ...
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    23,52 €

  • Film Stars’ Television Projects
    Richard Irvin
    Bette Davis as a madam. Orson Welles hosting The Twilight Zone. Mae West voicing a cartoon character. Shirley Temple playing a social worker. While Hollywood stars like Lucille Ball, Loretta Young and Donna Reed successfully transitioned to television in its early days, many others tried and failed to become TV regulars. Drawing on contemporary interviews and other sources, ...
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    42,82 €

  • Spinning Laughter
    Richard Irvin
    Spinning Laughter: Profiles of 111 Proposed Comedy Spin-offs and Sequels that Never Became a Series. The Andy Griffith Show begat Gomer Pyle: U.S.M.C. The Mary Tyler Moore Show spun-off Rhoda and Phyllis. An episode of All in the Family became Maude and another episode became The Jeffersons. You remember the successful spin-offs, but you may now know about the spin-offs that ne...
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    30,08 €

  • Spinning Laughter
    Richard Irvin
    This is the HARDBACK version. Spinning Laughter: Profiles of 111 Proposed Comedy Spin-offs and Sequels that Never Became a Series. The Andy Griffith Show begat Gomer Pyle: U.S.M.C. The Mary Tyler Moore Show spun-off Rhoda and Phyllis. An episode of All in the Family became Maude and another episode became The Jeffersons. You remember the successful spin-offs, but you may now kn...
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    40,25 €

  • George Burns Television Productions
    Richard Irvin
    An elementary school dropout, George Burns went on to become one of America’s most beloved entertainers. This book covers a neglected part of his career--his work as a television producer. Burns was not only a behind-the-scenes producer, but also filled the role of producer in various comedies in which he starred. Though his forte was situation comedies, Burns’ company, McCa...
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    42,98 €

  • Forgotten Laughs
    Richard Irvin
    Ever wonder what the unaired episodes of situation comedies that disappeared quickly from the air were about? Curious about those comedy series such as Rewind, The Grubbs, and The Ortegas that the Fox network announced for its fall schedule but that never premiered? Did you know that stars like Bradley Cooper, Michelle Williams, and Brad Pitt made some of their earliest appea...
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    46,36 €