Alistair Cooke at the Movies edition by Alistair Cooke Literature Fiction eBooks
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A wonderful entertainment that reflects Alistair Cooke’s love affair with cinema, from his early days as a film critic to his iconic role as the host of Masterpiece Theatre
Humphrey Bogart, Fred Astaire, Lauren Bacall, Marlene Dietrich, and Marilyn Monroe are just a few of the stars profiled, along with many directors, in this sparkling and comprehensive collection of reviews, interviews, and essays.
Alistair Cooke’s first radio talk at the BBC was in October 1934, and the subject was cinema. He had begun reviewing films in the 1920s as a Cambridge undergraduate. This anthology of his best film criticism and essays includes his many favorite subjects. In “The Symbol Called Garbo,” Cooke reveals the woman behind the enigmatic screen goddess. James Cagney is identified as “one of the few technically perfect actors,” while Charlie Chaplin was “the funniest clown alive.”
Shirley Temple’s multi-million-dollar appeal is explained, as is the subtlety underpinning the slapstick humor of the Marx Brothers. Directors such as Frank Capra, Fritz Lang, and Cecil B. DeMille meet with Cooke’s high praise, while Alfred Hitchcock evokes a more complicated reaction.
Full of glamorous stars, provocative opinions, and fond memories, Alistair Cooke at the Movies is a very personal and captivating guide to the golden age of Hollywood and beyond.
Humphrey Bogart, Fred Astaire, Lauren Bacall, Marlene Dietrich, and Marilyn Monroe are just a few of the stars profiled, along with many directors, in this sparkling and comprehensive collection of reviews, interviews, and essays.
Alistair Cooke’s first radio talk at the BBC was in October 1934, and the subject was cinema. He had begun reviewing films in the 1920s as a Cambridge undergraduate. This anthology of his best film criticism and essays includes his many favorite subjects. In “The Symbol Called Garbo,” Cooke reveals the woman behind the enigmatic screen goddess. James Cagney is identified as “one of the few technically perfect actors,” while Charlie Chaplin was “the funniest clown alive.”
Shirley Temple’s multi-million-dollar appeal is explained, as is the subtlety underpinning the slapstick humor of the Marx Brothers. Directors such as Frank Capra, Fritz Lang, and Cecil B. DeMille meet with Cooke’s high praise, while Alfred Hitchcock evokes a more complicated reaction.
Full of glamorous stars, provocative opinions, and fond memories, Alistair Cooke at the Movies is a very personal and captivating guide to the golden age of Hollywood and beyond.
Alistair Cooke at the Movies edition by Alistair Cooke Literature Fiction eBooks
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Alistair Cooke at the Movies edition by Alistair Cooke Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
Interesting, and I do like Alistair Cooke, but the book is only a story of Mr. Cooke's early days as a movie critique. It might be a book about any well-known person who at one time critiqued movies.
For those of us who enjoyed Alistair Cooke on Masterpiece Theatre, this is a real walk down memory lane. It's nice to reacquaint ourselves with this gentleman but it is also a pleasure to see him in the early stages of his career.
He was a fan and when he reviewed or interviewed, his love of film oozes forth. He had a series of assignments from a number of media on both sides of the pond and this collection gives some insight into the presenter that he became.
He loved Chaplin and Hepburn. He was not too sure of Hitchcock and was not an afficianado of screwball comedies. But whether he liked or disliked what he reviewed, he was never mean spirited and always had an appreciation for the impact on the audience.
Perhaps, some of the most jaw-dropping comments came when he did a piece about the advent of videotape. He thought the entrance of Beta and VHS would take a large bite out of network television. He even surmised where it might lead. Considering he wrote the piece in the 1970's. one wonders if he had a crystal ball. While he did not, could not, have imagined streaming, he was correct about the revolutionary impact of taking movies and putting them in the living room. He would probably be the biggest fan of on-demand and streaming, not because he would have begrudged the old order its income but because, as a fan, having movies at his fingertips would have been the ultimate pleasure.
The British master of American culture goes to the movies. Insightful.
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