SHEMP! - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook SHEMP! write by Burt Kearns. This book was released on 2024-10-01. SHEMP! available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The definitive biography of the great Shemp Howard, an original member of the Three Stooges, and one of Hollywood's most influential actors that Kirkus Reviews calls an "illuminating… reworking of the Stooges mythology" and Patton Oswalt praises as "the only book you will ever need to read about anything. Burn all the other books — there is ONLY SHEMP!" Shemp Howard not only had one of the most distinctive faces of the twentieth century, but was also one of its most accomplished, influential comic actors and showbiz personalities. Along with his brother Moe and comedy violinist Larry Fine, Shemp was an original member of the comedy team that became known as the Three Stooges before he quit and set off on his own in 1932. SHEMP! shows how he made an even greater mark in a successful and until now largely unexplored career in more than a hundred movie shorts and features. He appeared in comedies, dramas, mysteries, Westerns, and musicals alongside the biggest stars of the Golden Age, including W.C. Fields, John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, Marlene Dietrich, William Powell, Lon Chaney, Jr., Myrna Loy, and the team of Abbott & Costello. Author Burt Kearns challenges the “official” version of Three Stooges history that’s been repeated for decades, shattering myths while uncovering the surprising and often troubling facts behind the man’s unlikely story: how the child of Jewish immigrants, supposedly racked by debilitating phobias, could conquer show business; the behind-the-scenes machinations that pushed him to return to the team; and the circumstances surrounding his untimely death. Through interviews with fans, family members, experts, filmmakers, and celebrities, SHEMP! unearths treasures in Shemp’s solo work, examines the “cult of Shemp” that thrives today, and confirms Shemp Howard’s deserved place in cinematic history.
Motion Picture Series and Sequels
Motion Picture Series and Sequels - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Motion Picture Series and Sequels write by Bernard A. Drew. This book was released on 2013-12-04. Motion Picture Series and Sequels available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In 1989 alone, for example, there were some forty-five major motion pictures which were sequels or part of a series. The film series phenomenon crosses all genres and has been around since the silent film era. This reference guide, in alphabetical order, lists some 906 English Language motion pictures, from 1899 to 1990, when the book was initially published. A brief plot description is given for each series entry, followed by the individual film titles with corresponding years, directors and performers. Animated pictures, documentaries and concert films are not included but movies released direct to video are.
- read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook write by Jeff Lenburg. This book was released on 2012. available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Provides information about the Stooges' lives and careers, including photographs, interviews, and filmography.
California Fruits, Flakes, and Nuts
California Fruits, Flakes, and Nuts - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook California Fruits, Flakes, and Nuts write by David Kulczyk. This book was released on 2013-11-01. California Fruits, Flakes, and Nuts available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A freewheeling catalog of misfits, eccentrics, creeps, criminals, and failed dreamers, this compendium profiles 45 bizarre personalities who exemplify the Golden State’s well-deserved reputation for nonconformity. In the pages, Gold Rush pioneers are revealed as murderous madmen; Hollywood celebrities are shown to be drug-addled sex maniacs; early hippies are just 1950s weirdos; and even seemingly ordinary Californians have a talent for freakish, crazy, and criminal behavior. From frontier lunatic Grizzly Adams, whose head was one massive wound after multiple bear attacks, to I Love Lucy star William Frawley, a racist, misogynist, foul-mouthed drunk, and legendarily awful film director Ed Wood, California Fruits, Flakes, and Nuts is a side-splitting look at the people who made California the strangest place on earth.
The Three Stooges Scrapbook
The Three Stooges Scrapbook - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Three Stooges Scrapbook write by John Howard Maurer. This book was released on 2000-06. The Three Stooges Scrapbook available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Dour-faced Moe Howard with his sugar-bowl haircut, his bald, chubby brother Curly and frizzy-haired Larry have poked, slapped, ear-yanked and nose-twisted their way into people's hearts across the world - and into film history. Their nearly 200 two-reel comedies, made between 1933 and 1958, have been translated into over 25 languages, entertained nearly six generations of fans and are seen somewhere in the world every single day. The Three Stooges Scrapbook is a historical overview of their time in showbusiness.
