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Glamour may refer to: Arts Film * ''Glamour'' (1931 film), a British film * ''Glamour'' (1934 film), an American film * ''Glamour'' (2000 film), a Hungarian film Writing * ''Glamour'' (magazine), a magazine for women * ''The Glamour'' (novel), a 1984 novel by Christopher Priest * "The Glamour" (short story), a short story by Thomas Ligotti Music * ''Glamour'' (album), the sixth album of the Japanese hard rock band Show-Ya * ''Glamour'', a 1981 album by Dave Davies * ''The Glamour'', a 1995 album by The Comsat Angels * Glamour (band), an American girl band on ''The X Factor'' TV series Other media * Glamour photography, photography that emphasizes the allure of the model Other uses * Shapeshifting, a subtle illusion of mythological or fictional beings, used to hide their true form under a spell of beauty * Glamour (presentation), an appearance of enhanced attractiveness * Glamor (software) X.Org Server is the free and open-source implementation of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glamour (1931 Film)
''Glamour'' is a 1931 British drama film directed by Seymour Hicks and Harry Hughes (director), Harry Hughes and starring Hicks, Ellaline Terriss and Margot Grahame. A young, ruthless woman falls in love with a rising actor. It was loosely remade for the 1934 American film ''Glamour (1934 film), Glamour''. There are currently no known surviving copies of the original film. Cast * Seymour Hicks as Henry Garthome * Ellaline Terriss as Lady Belton * Margot Grahame as Lady Betty Enfield * Basil Gill as Lord Westborough * A. Bromley Davenport as Lord Belton * Beverley Nichols as Hon. Richard Wells * Betty Hicks as Lady Armadale * Clifford Heatherley as Edward Crumbles * Naomi Jacob as Rosalind Crumbles * David Hawthorne (actor), David Hawthorne as Charlie Drummond * Philip Hewland as Millett * Arthur Stratton as Fireman * Charles Paton as Clockwinder * Margery Binner as Reede * Eric Marshall as Singer References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glamour (1934 Film)
''Glamour'' is a 1934 American Pre-Code drama film directed by William Wyler and starring Paul Lukas, Constance Cummings and Phillip Reed. Plot An ambitious chorus girl marries an up-and-coming composer. Cast * Paul Lukas as Victor Banki * Constance Cummings as Linda Fayne * Phillip Reed as Lorenzo Valenti * Joseph Cawthorn as Ibsen * Doris Lloyd as Nana * Lyman Williams as Forsyth * Phil Tead as Jimmy * Luis Alberni as Monsieur Paul * Yola d'Avril as Renee * Alice Lake as Secretary * Louise Beavers as Millie * Wilson Benge as Pritchard, the Butler * Lita Chevret as Grassie * Olaf Hytten as Dobbs * Grace Hayle as Miss Lang * May Beatty as Journalist * Claire Du Brey as Nurse * C. Montague Shaw as Throat Doctor * Sheila Bromley as Chorus Girl * Lois January as Chorus Girl Reception The film was a box-office disappointment for Universal. Preservation status UCLA archive and Library of Congress The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glamour (2000 Film)
''Glamour'' is a 2000 Hungarian film directed by Frigyes Gödrös. It was Hungary's submission to the 73rd Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. See also *Cinema of Hungary *List of submissions to the 73rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film This is a list of submissions to the 73rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best ... References External links * 2000 films 2000 drama films 2000s Hungarian-language films Hungarian drama films {{Hungary-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glamour (magazine)
''Glamour'' is today an online women's magazine published by Condé Nast Publications. For many years a traditional hard-copy magazine, it was founded in 1939 and first published in April 1939 in the United States. It was originally called ''Glamour of Hollywood''. History In August 1943, the magazine changed its name to ''Glamour'', with the subtitle ''for the girl with the job''. The magazine was published in a larger format than many of its contemporaries. ''Charm'', a Street & Smith magazine, started in 1941, later subtitled "the magazine for women who work", was folded into ''Glamour'' magazine in 1959. ''Glamour'' targets women 18–49 (with the median age of 33.5) and reaches a subscription audience of 1,411,061 readers in the United States. Its circulation on newsstands was 986,447, making the total average paid circulation 2,397,508. ''Glamour'' was the first women's magazine to feature an African-American cover girl when it included Katiti Kironde on the cover o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Glamour (novel)
''The Glamour'' is a novel by Christopher Priest published in 1984. Plot summary ''The Glamour'' is a novel in which a cameraman becomes an amnesiac. Reception Dave Langford reviewed ''The Glamour'' for ''White Dwarf'' #60, and stated that "''The Glamour'' should be read rather than described in all its strange detail; hypnotic, tricky, uneasy and full of double meaning, it demands to be reread the moment you've finished. Excellent." Reviews *Review by Faren Miller (1985) in Locus, #288 January 1985 *Review by Paul Kincaid (1985) in Vector 124/125 *Review by Richard Mathews (1985) in Fantasy Review, June 1985 *Review by Algis Budrys (1985) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1985 *Review by D. W. 'Doc' Kennedy (1985) in Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, October 1985 *Review by Don D'Ammassa (1985) in Science Fiction Chronicle DNA Publications was an American publishing company that existed from 1993 to 2007 and was run by the husband-and-wife team of W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Glamour (short Story)
"The Glamour" is a horror short story by American writer Thomas Ligotti, published in 1991 in his collection '' Grimscribe: His Lives and Works''. Plot summary The narrator, who has a habit of taking late-night walks and patronizing movie theaters, takes a stroll into a part of town that he has never visited before. During his wandering, he comes across a strange theater advertising a single feature known as "The Glamour". His curiosity piqued, he approaches the theater. The building is dilapidated and condemned Condemned or The Condemned may refer to: Legal * Persons awaiting execution * A condemned property, or condemned building, by a local authority, usually for public health or safety reasons * A condemned property seized by power of eminent domain ..., with the front doors boarded up and the marquee bearing the name of the feature badly damaged. However, he notices a light in an alleyway adjacent to the theater, revealing a side-entrance. Upon entering, he realizes th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glamour (album)
''Glamour'' is the sixth album of the Japanese hard rock band Show-Ya. The album was released on 24 August 1988. All musical arrangements are by Makoto Matsushita and Show-Ya. The single "Aisazu Ni Irarenai - Still Be Hangin' on" is Show-Ya's version of an unused demo from the recording sessions of Cheap Trick's ''Lap of Luxury'' album. The song is sung both in English and Japanese, with the lyrics translated by Keiko Terada. This album was mixed by Andy Johns in Los Angeles. It reached position No. 16 in the Japanese Oricon chart. Track listing #"I Gotta Your Love" ''(Keiko Terada)'' – 3:46 #"The Wind" ''(Miki Igarashi, Terada)'' – 3:30 #"Aisazu ni Irarenai - Still Be Hangin' On" (愛さずにいられない – Still Be Hangin' On) ''(Jonathan Cain & Rick Nielsen, trans. Terada)'' – 3:39 #"Come On!" ''(Show-Ya, Terada)'' – 4:11 #"Dakareta Mama" (抱かれたまま) ''(Miki Nakamura, Terada)'' – 4:25 #"Keep Me in Your Heart" ''(Tom Keifer)'' – 2:50 #"Rock Train" ''(Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Davies
David Russell Gordon Davies (born 3 February 1947) is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was the lead guitarist and backing vocalist for the English rock band the Kinks, which also featured his elder brother Ray Davies. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 as a member of the Kinks. Davies is prolific with his innovative nature on the electric guitar, specifically in being one of the first to utilize electric guitar distortion and exposing the effect to the mainstream. His signature distorted power chord riffs on songs would heavily influence future heavy metal and punk rock acts. In 2003, Davies was ranked 91st in ''Rolling Stone'' ''Magazines list of the " 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". Early life David Russell Gordon Davies was born at 6 Denmark Terrace, Muswell Hill, North London. He was born the last of eight children, including six elder sisters and an elder brother, later bandmate Ray. As children, the Davies brothers were im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Glamour
''The Glamour'' is the ninth and final album by the Comsat Angels, released in 1995 on RPM Records and on Caroline Records in the US. In 2007, Renascent reissued the album as a double CD with seven additional tracks. This was the Comsat Angels' last studio album and the only one with a lineup of five band members. Bass player Kevin Bacon had left the band after the release of '' My Minds Eye'' and was replaced by Terry Todd. A second guitarist, Simon Anderson, was also added. Comsats frontman Stephen Fellows regretted how rushed they were in producing this album, saying, "We were prevented by deadlines from finishing all the music we were recording." He also said, in a 1997 interview, "Although I am very pleased with ''The Glamour'' as the last album it was kind of ik Glashierpiloted that one, he wanted to make a rock album". In his view, the 2007 reissue, with its added tracks, improved the album. Fellows said, "This is much closer to how it should have been".Liner notes fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glamour (band)
The third and final season of the American music competition television show ''The X Factor'' premiered on Fox on September 11, 2013, and ended on December 19, 2013. This season was hosted by Mario Lopez. Simon Cowell and Demi Lovato returned to the judging panel, while Kelly Rowland and Paulina Rubio joined the panel as replacements for the departing judges. Producer auditions began on March 6, 2013, in Los Angeles, and ended on May 4, 2013, in Denver. The judges auditions, which are televised, began on May 21, 2013, in Charleston, and ended on July 12, 2013, in Los Angeles. New for this season is the removal of the boot camp and judges' houses rounds of the competition which have been replaced with a new middle section, more reminiscent of the live shows. On December 19, 2013, Alex & Sierra won the show, as mentored by Cowell. On February 7, 2014, Cowell announced he was returning to the UK show to judge the 2014 UK series, which was followed by Fox announcing that they would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glamour Photography
Glamour photography is a genre of photography in which the subjects are portrayed in erotic poses ranging from fully clothed to nude. The term may be a euphemism for erotic photography. For Model (person)#Glamour models, glamour models, body shape and size are directly related to success. This type of photography is known as "cheesecake" or "Pin-up model, pin-up" for women and "beefcake" for men. Since glamour photography can include nudity, the distiction between this and softcore pornography is largely a matter of taste, although depictions of sexual contact are not considered within this genre and an important differentiator between it and pornography. Glamour photography is generally a Composition (visual arts), composed image of a subject in a still position. The subjects of glamour photography for professional use are often professional models, and the photographs are normally intended for commercial use, including mass-produced calendars, Pin-up girl, pinups and men's mag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shapeshifting
In mythology, folklore and speculative fiction, shape-shifting is the ability to physically transform oneself through an inherently superhuman ability, divine intervention, demonic manipulation, Magic (paranormal), sorcery, Incantation, spells or having inherited the ability. The idea of shape-shifting is in the oldest forms of totemism and shamanism, as well as the oldest existent literature and Epic poetry, epic poems such as the ''Epic of Gilgamesh'' and the ''Iliad''. The concept remains a common literary device in modern fantasy, children's literature and popular culture. Folklore and mythology Popular shape-shifting creatures in folklore are werewolf, werewolves and vampires (mostly of European, Canadians, Canadian, and Native Americans in the United States, Native American/early American origin), Ichchadhari naag and naagin (shape-shifting cobra), ichchadhari naag and ichchadhari naagin (shape-shifting cobras) of India, the huli jing of East Asia (including the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
