Mom in the Movies
The Iconic Screen Mothers You Love (and a Few You Love to Hate)
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
1 May 2014
Summary
Turner Classic Movies and film historian Richard Corliss present Mom in the Movies: The Iconic Screen Mothers You Love (and a Few You Love to Hate), the definitive, fully illustrated book that shares the many ways Hollywood has celebrated, vilified and otherwise memorialized dear old Mom.
With a foreword written by Debbie Reynolds and her daughter Carrie Fisher, and sidebar essays by Eva Marie Saint, Illeana Douglas, Jane Powell, Sam Robards, and Tippi Hedren, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781476738260 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1476738262 |
| Author: | Richard Corliss, Turner Classic Movies, Inc. |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2014 |
| Weight: | 1.19kg |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 213mm x 276mm |
Critics Review
“Corliss takes an affectionate and illuminating look at the movie icon of the title… . Celebratory [and] nostalgic.”
“Corliss takes an affectionate and illuminating look at the movie icon of the title… . Celebratory [and] nostalgic.” * The Boston Globe *
“Both film students and regular movie fans alike will enjoy this definitive work.” – Rosellen Brewer * Library Journal (starred review) *
Richard Corliss
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is a Peabody Award-winning network that presents great films, uncut and commercial-free, from the largest film libraries in the world. Currently seen in more than 85 million homes, TCM is the foremost authority in classic films.
Richard Corliss is an esteemed film expert. The former editor of Film Comment, he has been a movie critic for Time magazine since 1980.
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