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501 Movie Stars: An A-Z Guide to the Greatest Screen Actors

501 Movie Stars: An A-Z Guide to the Greatest Screen Actors

by StevenJaySchneider (Editor)

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    Paperback 2008

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Synopsis

501 Movie Stars pays homage to these legends, trendsetters, and pop cultural idols, with a dazzling and comprehensive gallery of the biggest movie stars from around the world. Every notable name to have worked their magic in front of the camera is here, from Gloria Swanson to Julia Roberts, from Frank Sinatra to Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gene Autry and John Wayne, from Toshiro Mifune and Sonny Chiba to Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu. The A-Z approach of 501 Movie Stars allows you to locate any actor with maximum ease, making it an ideal movielover's reference. Each star has at least one full page, with the most influential stars receiving extended treatment, devoted to their work, with a filmography and feature boxes on awards and stylistic trademarks.With 501 Movie Stars to hand, you'll have a one-stop resource to the larger-than-life faces of film that you can turn and enjoy, time and time again.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 640
 Edition: 01
 Publisher: Cassell
Published: 15 Jan 2008
ISBN 10: 1844035727
ISBN 13: 9781844035724
Book Overview: Features 501 stars from around the world, in an easy-to-access A-Z format. Beautifully illustrated with film stills, as well as portraits of the movie stars. The most comprehensive single-volume guide to movie stars on the market. Appeals to film students, cineastes, movie-goers, and lovers of popular culture alike. Produced by the successful team behind 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, which has sold 500,000 copies worldwide to date.

Author Bio
Steven Jay Schneider is a film critic, scholar, and producer, with MA degrees in Philosophy and Cinema Studies from Harvard University and New York University, respectively. He is the general editor of the best-selling 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die.Steven Jay Schneider is also the author and editor of such books as Fear Without Frontiers: Horror Cinema Across the Globe (Fab Press), New Hollywood Violence (Manchester UP), 100 European Horror Films (British Film Institute), Horror Film and Psychoanalysis: Freud's Worst Nightmares (Cambridge UP), Traditions in World Cinema (Edinburgh UP), and The Horror Film (Taschen).