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| + | | caption = The cover of ''Rebecca and the Movies''. |
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| − | + | | published = 2009 |
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| + | | isbn = 1593695268 |
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| + | | prev = ''[[Candlelight for Rebecca]]'' |
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| + | | next = ''[[Rebecca to the Rescue]]'' |
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==Characters== |
==Characters== |
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* [[Rose Krensky]] |
* [[Rose Krensky]] |
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* [[Max Shepard]] |
* [[Max Shepard]] |
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| − | * Bubbie |
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| − | * [[Ana Rubin]] |
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| − | * [[Fannie Rubin]] |
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| − | * [[Jacob Rubin]] |
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| − | * [[Josef Rubin]] |
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| − | * [[Michael Rubin]] |
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* [[Louis Rubin]] |
* [[Louis Rubin]] |
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| + | * [[Minor Characters in Rebecca's Series#Bubbie Shereshevsky|Bubbie Shereshevsky]] |
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| − | * Grandpa |
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| + | * [[Minor Characters in Rebecca's Series#Grandpa Shereshevsky|Grandpa Shereshevsky]] |
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* [[Sadie and Sophie Rubin]] |
* [[Sadie and Sophie Rubin]] |
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| + | * [[Minor Characters in Rebecca's Series#Lucy Valenti|Lucy Valenti]] |
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| + | * [[Minor Characters in Rebecca's Series#Gertie Lowenstein|Gertie Lowenstein]] |
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===Introduced=== |
===Introduced=== |
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* [[Lily Armstrong]] |
* [[Lily Armstrong]] |
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+ | * [[Minor Characters in Rebecca's Series#Lawrence B. Diamond|Lawrence B. Diamond]] |
* [[Minor Characters in Rebecca's Series#Roddy Fitzgerald|Roddy Fitzgerald]] |
* [[Minor Characters in Rebecca's Series#Roddy Fitzgerald|Roddy Fitzgerald]] |
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* [[Minor Characters in Rebecca's Series#Don Herringbone|Don Herringbone]] |
* [[Minor Characters in Rebecca's Series#Don Herringbone|Don Herringbone]] |
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| + | * [[Minor Characters in Rebecca's Series#Mabel|Mabel]] |
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| + | * [[Minor Characters in Rebecca's Series#Bess|Bess]] |
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==Chapter by Chapter Summary== |
==Chapter by Chapter Summary== |
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===[[Looking Back]]: Growing Up in 1914=== |
===[[Looking Back]]: Growing Up in 1914=== |
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| + | * The average size of families in the 1910s, and the games city children played in the streets, such as jacks, hopscotch, and stickball. |
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| + | * Movies as a popular form of entertainment, with comedies, dramas, and newsreels being common genres for movie theaters to screen for audiences. |
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| + | * The low opinion people had for movie actors and movies as an art form compared to stage actors and productions, despite movie actors and movies earning more money. |
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| + | * [http://www.marypickford.com/library/about-mary-pickford Mary Pickford] and [[wikipedia:Theda Bara|Theda Bara]], two popular silent film actresses of the 1910s, and [http://www.thanhouser.org/people/badgleyh.htm Helen Badgley], a successful silent film child actress. |
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| + | * The migration of movie studios from New York and New Jersey to Hollywood, California, as the state had a milder climate and better lighting all year round. |
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| + | * The founding and origins of major American movie studios by Jewish immigrants who were eager for new businesses and opportunities. |
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==Items associated with ''Rebecca and the Movies''== |
==Items associated with ''Rebecca and the Movies''== |
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* [[Rebecca's Movie Dress]] |
* [[Rebecca's Movie Dress]] |
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* [[Rebecca's Phonograph Set]] |
* [[Rebecca's Phonograph Set]] |
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==Trivia== |
==Trivia== |
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* The "Cleopatra" movie poster Rebecca and Rose see outside the theater is based on a movie poster for [[wikipedia:Cleopatra (1917 film)|a 1917 film version of ''Cleopatra'']]. |
* The "Cleopatra" movie poster Rebecca and Rose see outside the theater is based on a movie poster for [[wikipedia:Cleopatra (1917 film)|a 1917 film version of ''Cleopatra'']]. |
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[[Category:Rebecca Rubin]] |
[[Category:Rebecca Rubin]] |
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Latest revision as of 06:09, 9 July 2021
Rebecca and the Movies is the fourth book in the Rebecca series.
Characters
- Rebecca Rubin
- Rose Krensky
- Max Shepard
- Vera Rubin
- Louis Rubin
- Bubbie Shereshevsky
- Grandpa Shereshevsky
- Sadie and Sophie Rubin
- Lucy Valenti
- Gertie Lowenstein
Introduced
Only in Rebecca and the Movies
Chapter by Chapter Summary
Chapter One: Max's Magic
Chapter Two: A New World
Chapter Three: Kidlet on the Set
Chapter Four: Music Wherever She Goes
Looking Back: Growing Up in 1914
Discusses childhood and the movie industry during the 1910s. Topics covered:
- The average size of families in the 1910s, and the games city children played in the streets, such as jacks, hopscotch, and stickball.
- Movies as a popular form of entertainment, with comedies, dramas, and newsreels being common genres for movie theaters to screen for audiences.
- The low opinion people had for movie actors and movies as an art form compared to stage actors and productions, despite movie actors and movies earning more money.
- Mary Pickford and Theda Bara, two popular silent film actresses of the 1910s, and Helen Badgley, a successful silent film child actress.
- The migration of movie studios from New York and New Jersey to Hollywood, California, as the state had a milder climate and better lighting all year round.
- The founding and origins of major American movie studios by Jewish immigrants who were eager for new businesses and opportunities.
Items associated with Rebecca and the Movies
Trivia
Similarities of the Cleopatra posters illustrated in the book and the 1917 film.
- The "Cleopatra" movie poster Rebecca and Rose see outside the theater is based on a movie poster for a 1917 film version of Cleopatra.