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Focusing upon Frances' acting career, this book restores her position as a significant Hollywood player of the 1930s to 1950s. An analysis of film, radio and television work is offered, as well as assessments of the three biopics and the documentaries in which she is featured.
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This volume explains 28 of the most common types of fraud against the elderly - including home improvement scams, health frauds, identity theft and magazine sales - in a manner... Læs mere
Examines how baseball has prospered and suffered during the free agency era, based on how the game's various revenue streams are allocated. This book... Læs mere
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Setting the stage for a critical encounter between Francophone African cinema and Continental European critical theory, this book offers a... Læs mere
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Examines twelve classic comedy films which are distinguished by an equal number of defining comic performances. Ranging from The Great Dictator to A Southern Yankee, each film focuses on the most central theme of "clown comedy": resilience, the encouragem
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