Entertainment Awards: A Music, Cinema, Theatre and Broadcasting Guide, 1928 Through 2003 - Hardcover

Franks, Don

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786417986 ISBN 13: 9780786417988

Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2004

Synopsis

What show won the Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series in 1984? Who won the Oscar as Best Director in 1929? What actor won the Best Actor Obie for his work in Futz in 1967? Who was named "Comedian of the Year" by the Country Music Association in 1967? Whose album was named "Record of the Year" by the American Music Awards in 1991? What did the National Broadway Theatre Awards name as the "Best Musical" in 2003? This thoroughly updated, revised and "highly recommended" (Library Journal) reference work lists over 15,000 winners of twenty major entertainment awards: the Oscar, Golden Globe, Grammy, Country Music Association, New York Film Critics, Pulitzer Prize for Theater, Tony, Obie, New York Drama Critic's Circle, Prime Time Emmy, Daytime Emmy, the American Music Awards, the Drama Desk Awards, the National Broadway Theatre Awards (touring Broadway plays), the National Association of Broadcasters Awards, the American Film Institute Awards and Peabody. Production personnel and special honors are also provided.

About this title

About the Author:

Don Franks lives in Glens Falls, New York.

Review:

"reference libraries will especially appreciate having all these awards in one compact edition. Highly recommended for all libraries"--Library Journal; "isn't duplicated elsewhere. Recommended"--Booklist; "enthusiastically recommended"--Choice; "labor of love...logical and easy to follow...rich compendium of fascinating and interesting facts"--Against the Grain; "useful"--Reference Quarterly; "unique"--ARBA; "an ambitious and much needed volume...incredible...worthy of attention...of value"--Classic Images; "a huge list...consecutively numbered"--Communication Booknotes Quarterly.

About this edition

• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0786417986
• ISBN 13: 9780786417988
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 617