Three sisters

Stars of the silver screen.

“…Laurence Olivier…”
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Filming Shakespeare's plays : the adaptations of Laurence Olivier, Orson Welles, Peter Brook, and Akira Kurosawa / by Davies, Anthony, 1936-

Table of Contents: “…Theatrical and cinematic space -- Laurence Olivier's Henry V -- Laurence Olivier's Hamlet -- Laurence Olivier's Richard III -- Orson Welles's Macbeth -- Orson Welles's Othello -- Orson Welles's Chimes at Midnight -- Peter Brook's King Lear and Akira Kurosawa's Throne of Blood -- The film actor.…”
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These our actors : a celebration of the theatre acting of Peggy Ashcroft, John Gielgud, Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson / by Findlater, Richard, 1921-

Great acting: Laurence Olivier, Sybil Thorndike, Ralph Richardson, Peggy Ashcroft, Michael Redgrave, Edith Evans, John Gielgud, Noël Coward. by Burton, Hal, 1908-

The Cambridge companion to Shakespeare on film /

Table of Contents: “…Shakespeare films of Laurence Olivier /…”

Challenging humanism : essays in honor of Dominic Baker-Smith /

Table of Contents: “…. & M.M. Robson review Laurence Olivier's Henry V /…”

Shakespeare's Hamlet : the relationship between text and film / by Crowl, Samuel

Table of Contents: “…Literary contexts -- 2. Laurence Olivier's Hamlet: from text to screen -- 3. Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet: from text to screen -- 4. …”
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Cinematic Hamlet : the films of Olivier, Zeffirelli, Branagh, and Almereyda / by Cook, Patrick J., 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Laurence Olivier's Hamlet: the triumph of the cinesthetic -- Franco zeffirelli's Hamlet: modernizing medievalism -- Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet: the challenges of the full-text screenplay -- Michael Almereyda's Hamlet: uncanny imagination.…”
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Hamlet; father and son. by Alexander, Peter, 1893-1969

A pageant of English actors. by Brook, Donald

Table of Contents: “…--John Gielgud.--Sir Laurence Olivier.--Bibliography (p. 285-286)…”

Shakespeare on film / by Hindle, Maurice

Table of Contents: “…SHAKESPEARE AND THE LANGUAGE OF FILM -- Filming and Staging Shakespeare: Some Contrasts -- The Audience: Individual and Collective Experience -- Imagery: Verbal and Visual -- Bringing It All Together -- THE HISTORY OF SHAKESPEARE ON FILM 1899-2014 -- Silent Shakespeare -- The Thirties: Hollywood Shakespeare -- The Forties: Olivier and Welles -- The Fifties: Post-war Diversity -- The Sixties and Seventies: Cultural Revolution, Filmic Innovation -- The Nineties: Branagh's Renaissance and the Shakespeare on Film Revival -- Shakespeare on Film in the 21st Century -- COMMUNICATING SHAKESPEARE ON FILM: MODES, STYLES, GENRES -- The Theatrical Mode -- The Realistic Mode -- The Filmic Mode -- The Periodizing Mode -- Film Genre: Conventions and Codes -- Genre Conventions and the Shakespeare Film Adaptation -- A Cross-cultural Shakespeare Adaptation: Kurosawa's Kumonosu-Jo -- CRITICAL ESSAYS -- COMEDIES -- Introductory Note -- Kenneth Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing (UK, 1993) -- Adrian Noble's A Midsummer Night's Dream (UK, 1996) -- Michael Hoffman's A Midsummer Night's Dream (USA, 1999) -- HISTORIES -- Introductory Note -- Laurence Olivier's Henry V (UK, 1994) -- Kenneth Branagh's Henry V (UK, 1989) -- Laurence Olivier's Richard III (UK, 1955) -- Richard Loncraine's Richard III (UK, 1995) -- TRAGEDIES -- Introductory -- Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet (UK/Italy, 1968) -- Baz Luhrmann's William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (USA, 1996) -- Laurence Olivier's Hamlet (UK, 1948) -- Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet (UK, 1996) -- Michael Almereyda's Hamlet (USA, 2000) -- Orson Welles's Macbeth (USA, 1948) -- Roman Polanski's Macbeth (UK, 1971) -- SHAKESPEARE ON THE SMALL SCREEN -- Film, TV and Small Screen Shakespeare -- The BBC-TV Series: Shooting the Complete Canon -- The Stage-Screen Hybrid: Shakespeare on TV/DVD/Blu-ray -- Appendix: Filming Shakespeare for the Small Screen -- An Interview with John Wyver, Illuminations filmmaker and producer -- References -- Suggested Further Reading -- Select Filmography -- Some Useful Websites -- Glossary of Terms.…”

A history of Shakespeare on screen : a century of film and television / by Rothwell, Kenneth S.

Table of Contents: “…. -- Hollywood's four seasons of Shakespeare. -- Laurence Olivier directs Shakespeare. -- Orson Welles: Shakespeare for the art houses. -- Electronic Shakespeare: from television to the web. -- Spectacle and song in Castellani and Zeffirelli. -- Shakespeare movies in the age of angst. -- Other Shakespeares: translation and expropriation. -- Shakespeare in the cinema of transgression, and beyond. -- The renaissance of Shakespeare in moving images.…”

Shakespeare films in the making : vision, production and reception / by Jackson, Russell, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: 'Such stuff as dreams are made on' -- Max Reinhardt's recurring dream: Hollywood, 1935 -- Pastoral-historical: Laurence Olivier's Henry V, 1944 -- Visions of Renaissance Italy: 'More stars than there are in heaven': MGM's Romeo and Juliet, 1936; Realism and romance: Renato Castellani's Giulietta e Romeo, 1954; Shakespeare's 'dream of Italy' and the generation gap: Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet, 1968.…”
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Stars in my eyes / by Bachardy, Don, 1934-

Table of Contents: “…Bette Davis --Myrna Loy -- Paulette Goddard -- Alice Fay -- Ruby Keeler -- Ginger Rogers -- Aaron Copland -- Joan Blondell -- Ingrid Bergman -- Alec Guinness -- Peter Pears -- Charlotte Rampling -- Joan Fontaine -- Maggie Smith -- Louise Brooks -- James Merrill -- Barbara Stanwyck -- Olivia de Havilland -- Mia Farrow -- Linda Ronstadt -- Irwin Shaw -- Iris Murdoch -- Henry Fonda -- William Wyler -- Vincente Minnelli -- Laurence Olivier -- Julian Schnabel -- Ellsworth Kelly -- Jill St. …”

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American rhapsody : writers, musicians, movie stars, and one great building / by Pierpont, Claudia Roth

Table of Contents: “…Scott Fitzgerald -- Behind the Mask: Bert Williams and Stepin Fetchit -- Jazzbo: George Gershwin -- The Silver Spire: The Chrysler Building -- Tough Guy: Dashiell Hammett -- The Collector: Peggy Guggenheim -- Born For The Part: Katharine Hepburn -- The Player Kings: Orson Welles and Laurence Olivier -- Method Man: Marlon Brando -- Another Country: James Baldwin -- A Raised Voice: Nina Simone.…”

Shakespeare on film /

Table of Contents: “…Realizing Shakespeare on film / Jack J. Jorgens -- Laurence Olivier's Henry V / Anthony Davies -- Shakespeare and film: a question of perspective / Chatherine Belsey -- Radical potentiality and institutional closure / Graham Holderness -- Symbolism in Shakespeare film / John Collick -- Oliver, Hamlet, and Freud / Peter S. …”

Elliot Norton reviews. in conversation /

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Stars in my eyes / by Bachardy, Don, 1934-

Table of Contents: “…Bette Davis -- Myrna Loy -- Paulette Goddard -- Alice Fay -- Ruby Keeler -- Ginger Rogers -- Aaron Copland -- Joan Blondell -- Ingrid Bergman -- Alec Guinness -- Peter Pears -- Charlotte Rampling -- Joan Fontaine -- Maggie Smith -- Louise Brooks -- James Merrill -- Barbara Stanwyck -- Olivia de Havilland -- Mia Farrow -- Linda Ronstadt -- Irwin Shaw -- Iris Murdoch -- Henry Fonda -- William Wyler -- Vincente Minnelli -- Laurence Olivier -- Julian Schnabel -- Ellsworth Kelly -- Jill St. …”
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