[NEohioPAL]Cleveland Public Library: A, B, C: Advice, Broadway, & Chaplin

[Donald Boozer]

This week's posting from the Literature Department at Cleveland Publi=
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Library.
The Literature Department is located on the second floor of the Main=
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Library, downtown Cleveland, at East Sixth Street and Superior Avenue=
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Click on the link provided to access the library=92s catalog to reser=
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any of these titles. For more information, visit our location, call 2=
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623-2881, or email us at =93literature <at> cpl.org.=94

The Essential Chaplin: Perspectives on the Life and Art of the Great=
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Comedian.
Edited with an Introduction by Richard Schickel.
Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 2006.
(PN2287.C5 S35 2006)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D1566637015
(Link includes table of contents)
=93Richard Schickel, the distinguished film critic, here gives us an=
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indispensable collection of thirty-three essays on Chaplin=92s life a=
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art. From a broad range of writings he has selected the most=20
provocative and insightful criticisms of the great comedian=92s=20
beginnings through his early films, his mid-life crisis, and his late=
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works.=94 =96 from the book jacket.

I Wake Up Screening: What to Do Once You=92ve Made That Movie.
John Anderson and Laura Kim.
Billboard Books, 2006.
(PN1995.9.P7 A53 2006)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D0823088987
(Link includes cover art)
This book tells =93emerging filmmakers how to (and how not to) get th=
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films talked about, written about, sold, and seen. [The authors]=20
explain how to get their films evaluated, how to put together the=
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perfect team, how to deal with the media, how to navigate the festiva=
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circuit, and how to win friends and influence people.=94 =96 from the=
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jacket.

The Performing Set: The Broadway Designs of William and Jean Eckart.
Andrew B. Harris.
University of North Texas Press, 2006.
(PN2096.E23 H37 2006)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D1574412124
(Link includes cover art and table of contents)
=93Andrew B. Harris uses production stills and the Eckart=92s sketche=
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every show they worked on to illustrate the magic behind an Eckart=
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design. This lavish illustrated book, with more than 500 full-color=
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illustrations, is a fitting tribute to both the great American theatr=
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and the couple who helped make it great.=94 =96 from the book jacket.


Remember, books highlighted here can be borrowed through any CLEVNET=
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library with the touch of a button. Whether you're from Shaker Height=
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Cleveland, Peninsula, or Twinsburg, just place a hold through the lin=
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provided and choose your library as the pickup location.
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Donald Boozer
Subject Department Librarian
Literature Department
Cleveland Public Library
325 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44114
donald.boozer at cpl.org
216-623-2881 / 216-623-7050 (fax)
http://www.cpl.org