A New Way of Looking at Movie Stars

Susan Marg

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Can you name ten actors who played women or ten actresses who played prostitutes in the movies? What about anyone who gained weight or got into shape for a movie role? And, there are those who fell in love on a movie set, performed together, and were paid big bucks for a divorce.
The answers are in this book, although you might have a preference for someone I didn’t recognize.
You might even learn something new about the movies or your favorite stars. Did you know that television’s Police Squad! ran for only six episodes, but it led to three movies. Do you remember when Paul Newman played himself on The Simpsons?
The idea for the book was based on a childhood pastime similar to hopscotch, but without the hopping or standing on one leg.
This book is sure to bring hours of entertainment. There are over 1000 entries, organized into ten chapters with ten sections each. Sit down, keep reading, and enjoy!

Sujets

• Reference
• Movie star
• Research
• Stars

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• Publié par: Xlibris US
• Date de parution: 12 janvier 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669862307
• Langue: English

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A NEW WAY OF LOOKING AT MOVIE STARS
SUSAN MARG

Copyright © 2023 by Susan Marg.
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2023900454
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978-1-6698-6232-1

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Contents
Introduction
Author Notes:
Chapter 1:Getting Started
This chapter includes sections on where actors came from as well as those from Brooklyn. It also has those who started in vaudeville or as singers, models, dancers, in sports, child actors, and on television. The last section is called “Hollywood Firsts.”
Chapter 2:Playing a Role
This chapter includes sections on playing the president of the United States, a Roman, a boxer, a prostitute, a nun, a waitress, twins, and a movie star. It also has a section on actors who have played women. It was not only Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis.
Chapter 3:Getting It Done
“Getting It Done” is everything from losing weight for a role to getting in shape, acting in old age, spending hours putting on makeup, taking a bath in the movies, and doing their own stunts. There are also sections on those who have fought with costars, those who have made friends with costars, and those who have worked with animals. Finally, it looks at those who had to work under duress in “Dealing with Trouble.”
Chapter 4:Making Music
Where would movies be without music? Sections in this chapter look at actors and actresses who have sung in the movies. Another goes further to include those who we did not know could carry a tune but who sang in a movie. It lists those who were in Broadway musicals but were recast for the movie remakes. It includes those who danced with Fred Astaire and those who starred alongside Elvis.
Chapter 5:Falling in Love
Movies can be romantic. So too is making a movie. This chapter includes famous couples who met on movie sets, performed together, had expensive weddings or were married in Vegas, and got divorced. It also looks at movie marriages, movie weddings, and movie divorces as well as those who have starred in them.
Chapter 6:Relating to Family
Family plays a big role in movies. This section examines legacies as well as those whose parents were in the business. Brothers, sisters, mothers, and daughters as well as fathers and daughters or sons act, sometimes in the same movie.
Chapter 7:Living the Life
As Daniel Craig said in Casino Royale , “I won’t consider myself to be in trouble until I start weeping blood.” It is often not necessary to wait that long. Racing cars or driving cars in movies can lead to bad accidents. Those with money like to spend it, which leads to money troubles. They often have big egos, which leads to trouble with the law. Fortunately, public relations specialists are only too willing to help. Murder mysteries have plagued Hollywood from the beginning.
Chapter 8:Changing Direction
This chapter looks at actors and actresses who became directors, sometimes directing themselves. Screenwriters and novelists have also tried directing.
Chapter 9:Doing It Again
Where do ideas for movies come from? Sometimes they come from earlier movies or from television. This is true for crime, science fiction, and even comedy. Movie stars have no trouble with being in remakes. Franchises are big, and they can turn an actor into a movie star.
Chapter 10:Going Up and Coming Down
This chapter looks at the accolades as well as the jeers that actors have received throughout their careers. Having a postage stamp in one’s honor is a tribute, as is appearing on The Simpsons . Receiving a Razzie is not. The last section examines opportunities that those who later became stars have passed up.
About The Author
Introduction
We all change how we look. We go from crew cuts to mohawks, pageboys to beehives, short hair to long hair. We also change how we look at the world around us—from gay rights to the right to carry a gun.
Even the way we watch movies has changed. There are no more trips to Blockbusters to pick up a DVD. Forget perusing a TV guide to find just the right movie. Still, that doesn’t mean we have stopped watching.
Movie stars change too. Sometimes they play good guys and sometimes bad ones. In one movie, an actress might play a nun, in another a prostitute.
Unlike other books on movie stars, this one doesn’t dwell on genres, such as the Silent Era or the Golden Age, although these terms might be mentioned. It doesn’t address the history of cinema either.
This book is based on a game I played growing up. It was similar to hopscotch, but after landing on a square and standing on one leg, the player had to name ten items in a predetermined category, such as brands of cars or cereal, before proceeding to the next square.
Here, we have categories for movie stars. They include, among others, roles played, falling in love on a movie set, and cheers and jeers received.
Anyone looking for entertainment is sure to enjoy A New Way of Looking at Movie Stars . It consists of ten chapters, and each chapter begins with a movie quote. One of my favorites—concerning actors who are unafraid of remakes, serials, and movies based on television series—is from Al Pacino in The Godfather Part III : “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.” Each chapter consists of ten sections with ten entries.
Author Notes:
I’ve tried hard to avoid duplication between sections. It is possible that you will think that a movie or a star belongs in another section. It probably does. If I have left out a movie or a star that you think deserves mention, let me know!
Similarly, if you have a new category or want to include an entrant, I can be reached at [e-mail] .
Chapter 1

GETTING STARTED
Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.
— Christopher Lloyd as Dr. Emmett Brown to Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly in Back to the Future (1985)

Section 1.1 Leaving Home
Actors come from around the world. Hollywood is like a mini United Nations, with more or less squabbling. Starting in vaudeville as a comedian provides experience. Others use their talent as singers or dancers. A few almost had careers in professional sports.
Here are Academy Award winners and nominees for Best Actor or Actress. Winners are in bold. Nominees for those categories are indicated by asterisks (*).
From Great Britain
Those who speak English seem to have an advantage when appearing in movies and winning or being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor or Actress. Here are lists of those from Great Britain, be they English, Scottish, Irish, or Welsh.
Julie Andrews , George Arliss , Peggy Ashcroft, Richard Attenborough, Christian Bale*, Alan Bates*, Hermione Baddeley, Paul Bettany, Jane Birkin, Jacqueline Bisset, Orlando Bloom, Emily Blunt, Dirk Bogarde, David Bowie, Nigel Bruce, Russell Brand, Kenneth Branagh*, Jim Broadbent, Pierce Brosnan, Richard Burton*, Gerard Butler, Michael Caine*, Helena Bonham Carter*, Henry Cavill, Charlie Chaplin, Graham Chapman, Julie Christie , John Cleese, Sacha Baron Cohen, Joan Collins, Ronald Colman , Olivia Colman , Robbie Coltrane, Sean Connery, Steve Coogan, Dominic Cooper, Tom Courtenay*, James Corden, Daniel Craig, Benedict Cumberbatch*,
Timothy Dalton , Daniel Day-Lewis , Judi Dench*, Olivia de Havilland , Robert Donat , Idris Elba, Chiwetel Ejiofor*, Cynthia Erivo*, Rupert Everett, Colin Farrell, Michael Fassbender, Ralph Fiennes*, Joseph Fiennes, Peter Finch , Albert Finney*, Colin Firth , Joan Fontaine , Edward Fox, Michael Gambon, Greer Garson , Ricky Gervais, John Gielgud, Brenden Gleeson, Domhnall Gleeson, Stewart Granger, Edmund Gwenn, Cary Grant*, Hugh Grant, Richard E. Grant, Sydney Greenstreet, Rupert Grint, Christopher Guest, Alec Guinness ,
Rebecca Hall, Tom Hardy, Naomie Harris, Richard Harris*, Rex Harrison , Olivia de Havilland, Sally Hawkins*, David Hemmings, Audrey Hepburn , Tom Hiddleston, Bob Hope, Anthony Hopkins , Leslie Howard*, Trevor Howard, Elizabeth Hurley, John Hurt*, Eric Idle, Jill Ireland, Jeremy Irons , Glenda Jackson , Lily James, Felicity Jones*, Terry Jones, Boris Karloff, Deborah Kerr*, Ben Kingsley , Keira Knightley*, Daniel Kaluuya*,
Angela Lansbury, Stan Laurel, Charles Laughton , Jude Law*, Peter Lawford, Christopher Lee, Vivien Leigh , Delroy Lindo, Ida Lupino, John Mahoney, James Mason, James McAvoy, Malcolm McDowall, Roddy McDowall, Ewan McGregor, Ian McKellen*, Victor McLaglen, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Ray Milland , Sarah Miles*, Sienna Miller, Haley Mills, Helen Mirren , Dudley Moore, Roger Moore, Robert Morley, Emily Mortimer, Samantha Morton*, Carey Mulligan*,
Liam Neeson*, Bill Nighy, David Niven , Jeremy Northam, Gary Oldman , Laurence Olivier , Maureen O’Sullivan, Peter O’Toole*, Clive Owen, David Oyelowo, Michael Palin, Dev Patel, Robert Pattinson, Simon Pegg, Donald Pleasence, Jonathan Pryce*,
Daniel Radcliffe, Cla