Washington, D.C. film and television
By: Tracey Gold Bennett
Series: Images of America; Images of America
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Charleston, South Carolina
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9781467120685
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Motion picture locations; Press; News agencies; Broadcast journalism; Pictorial works; History; Extérieurs (Cinéma); Presse; Agences de presse; Presse audiovisuelle; Ouvrages illustrés; Histoire; Städer på film; Städer i TV; Inspelningsplatser
Description: "Chronicles popular and obscure films and television programs that feature Washington, DC. Sharing the sites, neighborhoods, institutions and monuments that filmmakers used as their settings, this ... takes readers behind the scenes of classic movies, including Mr Smith Goes to Washington, Houseboat, and The Exorcist. Familiar television programs that transmitted local news and information are featured alongside photographs of some of Hollywood's greatest stars. With the nation's capital as a backdrop, the landscape, architecture and history of Washington have always and will continue to make it an aesthetically exciting and authentic locale for the many story lines of Hollywood"--Publisher's description.
Table of contents: title: DC on location; title: The news makers; title: Through service members' eyes; title: Thinking globally, filming locally; title: Extras.