David Quinlan (1)
Autor(a) de Quinlan's Illustrated Directory of Film Stars
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About the Author
David Quinlan is Britain's most widely-read film journalist. He is film reviewer for TVTimes magazine, and is the author of standard reference works on the cinema, as well as many other books
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The Film Lover's Companion: An A to Z Guide to… por David Quinlan's Illustrated Registry of Film Stars Quinlan
Great photo reference book of film stars. One of my favorite guides.
A somewhat dated record of the great and the good character actors in movies from the silent period to the 1980s. My most interesting find was that the skipper from "Gilligan's Island" (Alan Hale) was the son of a character actor that appeared in one hundred films, and it's always a good moment to see my all-time favourite actor Dick Miller (R.I.P.) honoured with a decent sized entry.
I still find this book interesting and informative, even though it's around twenty years old now and out-of-date. I particularly like Quinlan's descriptions of some of the actors: the late Kevin McCarthy, for instance, is "big, dark-haired, good-looking (in a slightly shifty, predatory way)". There's a photograph of each actor, in case you can't put a face to the name and, most importantly, a list of every film these stars appeared in. Many of these names have been forgotten, but that's partly due to the fact that, in the UK at least, so few old movies are shown on TV these days.… (mais)
I couldn't care less, but if you're into old movies trivia you might like this. He says nothing substantial about any of the stars he's chosen and a lot of them never were stars anyways.
Estatísticas
- Obras
- 18
- Membros
- 119
- Popularidade
- #166,388
- Avaliação
- 4.3
- Críticas
- 6
- ISBN
- 37