[NEohioPAL]Cleveland Public Library: History, Training, and Welles.

[Donald Boozer]

The Literature Department at Cleveland Public Library has something f=
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everyone interested in the performing arts. This week's selection loo=
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at the history of film, actors' training, and Orson Welles.
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

Cinema Year by Year: The Complete Illustrated History of Film.
Dorling Kindersley, 2006.
(PN1993.5.A1 C5663 2006)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D075662259x
(Link includes cover art)
=93Everything you ever wanted to know about film in one easy-referenc=
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volume: from the cinematograph in 1894 to modern blockbusters.=94 =
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book jacket

Training of the American Actor.
Edited by Arthur Bartow.
Theatre Communications Group, 2006.
(PN2062 .T73 2006)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D1559362685
(Link includes cover art and table of contents)
=93The multitude of acting techniques taught in America can be=20
bewildering to the beginning student and, certainly, to the parents o=
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the beginner...Singly and together these techniques have become the=
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ways American actors are universally trained...Given the perceived=
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mystery of how the various techniques actually function to develop th=
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actor, it seems useful to have a single volume that describes them si=
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by side, distinguishing one system from another, discussing how they=
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overlap and relating how each theory originated.=94 -- from the edito=
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preface.

Orson Welles: Volume 2: Hello Americans.
Simon Callow.
Viking, 2006.
(PN1998.3.W45 C362 2006)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D0670872563
In this volume of his masterful, highly acclaimed biography, Callow=
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captures the genius of Orson Welles, revealing a life even more=20
extraordinary than the myths that have surrounded it.

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