Hollywood at the Races : Film's Love Affair with the Turf /

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Horse racing was so popular and influential between 1930 and 1960 that nearly 150 racing themed films were released, including A Day at the Races, Thoroughbreds Don't Cry, and National Velvet. This fast-paced, gossipy history explores the relationship between the Hollywood film industry, the ho...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Shuback, Alan (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2019]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Sports in motion pictures.
Motion picture industry.
Horse racing.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > General.
Sports au cinema.
Motion picture industry > United States > History.
Horse racing > California, Southern > History.
United States.
Southern California.
California > Los Angeles > Hollywood.
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Hollywood before Santa Anita: Down Mexico Way
  • Santa Anita: Hollywood Cashes In
  • Del Mar: Bing Crosby and Where the Turf Meets the Surf
  • Hollywood Park: A Racetrack of Their Own
  • The Stars Come Out: Racetrack Society in the Golden Age
  • The Gamblers: The Downfall of Mickey, Chico, and Others
  • Louis B. Mayer: King of Hollywood and King of the Turf
  • Hollywood Horsemen and Horsewomen: Fred Astaire, Betty Grable, and the Further Adventures of Bing Crosby
  • Jock Whitney: David O. Selznick's Banker
  • La Princesse Aly Khan: Rita Hayworth at Longchamp
  • Gene Markey: From Joan Bennett to Hedy Lamarr to Myrna Loy to Calumet Farm
  • The Post Golden Age: In Search of Seabiscuit.

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