Blondell, Joan

Overview

Works:	243 works in 489 publications in 7 languages and 14,867 library holdings
Roles:	Actor, Performer, Singer
Classifications:	pn1997, 791.4372

Publication Timeline

1930 |

|2020

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Publications about Joan Blondell

Publications by Joan Blondell

Most widely held works about Joan Blondell

Joan Blondell : a life between takes by Matthew Kennedy ( Book )
Dames ( Visual )
By a waterfall by Sammy Fain ( )
Build a little home by Harry Warren ( )
Hollywood in the 30's by Joan Blondell ( Recording )

Joan Blondell and Thomas Hart Benton on Person to person with Ed Murrow ( Visual )
Clippings, 1900-1972 by N.Y.) Shubert Organization (New York ( )
Ain't Broadway grand ( Visual )
35, 000 Legion visitors are guests of Warner Bros. film studio--Burbank, California. Hearst vault material, HVMc899r4, 25164 ( Visual )
Hearst Metrotone news. [Vol. 8, no. 201 ( Visual )
Toby Morris photograph collection, 1947-1961 by Toby Morris ( Visual )
American screen and theater : photographs and lobby cards, 1914-1965, (bulk: 1930-1949) ( )
KTLA news (Los Angeles, Calif.). 1979-12-28--excerpt and/or outtakes. Joan Blondell dead, FM7670 ( Visual )
Ah! The moon is here by Sammy Fain ( )
Blondell, Joan ( Book )
Joan Blondell in the 30's ( Book )

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Most widely held works by Joan Blondell

Desk set ( Visual )
5 editions published between 1957 and 2011 in English and held by 1,156 libraries worldwide
A classic Hepburn-Tracy romance, about the head of the research department at a TV network and an absent-minded computer genius.

Public enemy ( Visual )
2 editions published between 1987 and 2005 in English and held by 969 libraries worldwide
"Relates the story of a young man's rise in the criminal underworld in Prohibition-era urban America" -- Wikipedia.

Grease ( Visual )
5 editions published between 2002 and 2009 in English and held by 767 libraries worldwide
Musical concerning the romance between a teen-age gang-leader and his naive girlfriend, set in the 1950's.

Footlight parade ( Visual )
18 editions published between 1933 and 2009 in English and German and held by 742 libraries worldwide
Cagney stars as Chester Kent, a diligent musical comedy director who is continually warding off snoopers hired by his competitors to steal his ideas. When his latest show is cancelled in favor of a talking picture, he turns to staging musical prologues to play before the features in moviehouses.

Gold diggers of 1933 ( Visual )
3 editions published between 1933 and 2006 in English and held by 575 libraries worldwide
A musical comedy film about an aspiring songwriter, four single actresses, and the staging of a new musical play on Broadway. Includes dances choreographed by Busby Berkeley.

Public enemy ( Visual )
20 editions published between 1982 and 2005 in English and held by 540 libraries worldwide
The film that forever ensures Cagney's reputation as the best of the screen gangsters, Public Enemy tells the story of a hoodlum and his climb from petty criminal to big time gangster.

Grease ( Visual )
6 editions published between 1978 and 2002 in English and French and held by 536 libraries worldwide
A musical about the fabulous 50's. This edition includes retrospective interviews with principal stars, the director and producer.

Dames ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2006 in English and held by 526 libraries worldwide
A musical comedy film about an eccentric multimillionaire who hates musicals, his granddaughter who stars in them, and their friends & family members caught in the middle. Includes dances choreographed by Busby Berkeley.

The Busby Berkeley disc ( Visual )
2 editions published between 1992 and 2006 in English and held by 507 libraries worldwide
A collection of 21 song-and-dance numbers choreographed & directed by Busby Berkeley, excerpted from movie musicals originally released by Warner Bros. Pictures between 1933-1937.

Support your local gunfighter ( Visual )
3 editions published between 1993 and 2001 in English and held by 475 libraries worldwide
James Garner plays a gambler who runs away from a madam with marriage on her mind, and is mistaken for a gunfighter in the troubled town of Purgatory.

Opening night ( Visual )
11 editions published between 1977 and 2005 in English and Multiple languages and held by 473 libraries worldwide
A Broadway actress who is unable to admit that she is aging must confront her personal and professional turmoils in order to make a part her own.

The Cincinnati Kid ( Visual )
4 editions published between 1965 and 2011 in English and held by 472 libraries worldwide
The Kid thinks he's the best 5-card stud player in town, but The Man has never been beaten. It is therefore inevitable that they go head-on, and what a game it will be: a non-stop, stud poker duel-to-the-death to decide who will be the reigning king of the New Orleans gambling world.

Center door fancy by Joan Blondell ( Book )
5 editions published between 1972 and 1973 in English and Undetermined and held by 467 libraries worldwide

Topper Topper returns ( Visual )
2 editions published between 1997 and 2003 in English and held by 426 libraries worldwide
[Topper]: A sophisticated and playful couple become ghosts and haunt the life of a stuffy banker. [Topper returns]: Cosmo Topper helps a shapely ghost track down her killer.

Topper returns ( Visual )
44 editions published between 1940 and 2007 in English and held by 406 libraries worldwide
Cosmo Topper helps a shapely ghost track down her killer.

Nightmare alley ( Visual )
7 editions published between 1947 and 2011 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 395 libraries worldwide
Stanton Carlisle is an ambitious carnie who plays scams alongside phony mentalist Zeena and her alcoholic husband Pete, working the crowd as Zeena pretends to read their minds. But Stan has no intention of staying with the carnival; he has his heart set on an upscale night club act.

Forbidden Hollywood collection. Vol. 2 ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 354 libraries worldwide
Five classic films that offer a rare glimpse at a lost era of provocative filmmaking.

Gold diggers of 1933 ( Visual )
20 editions published between 1933 and 2009 in English and German and held by 340 libraries worldwide
Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler play two young hopefuls struggling to make it on Broadway. Even falling in love has it's hardships, as Powell's high-brow Eastern family is determined to break them up. More complications set in when his brother falls for Keeler's wise-cracking roommate.

Will success spoil Rock Hunter ( Visual )
3 editions published between 1996 and 2006 in English and held by 315 libraries worldwide
An ad man tries to convince a Hollywood star to endorse a line of lipstick.

Bullets or ballots ( Visual )
10 editions published between 1936 and 2006 in 3 languages and held by 261 libraries worldwide
A disgraced New York detective joins a racketeer's payroll and sets the syndicate up for a fall.

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