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- The Northside : African Americans and the creation of Atlantic City / by Johnson, Nelson,1948-(CARDINAL)668660;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-335) and index.Indispensable -- Working, not being worked -- The off-season -- The disinherited -- Cornerstones -- Building blocks -- "Pop" -- "K-Y at the curb" -- Breaking down barriers -- The summer of freedom -- Unintended consequences -- Embracing the future.
- Subjects: African Americans; Seaside resorts;
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- Boardwalk empire : the birth, high times, and corruption of Atlantic City / by Johnson, Nelson,1948-(CARDINAL)668660;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-263) and index.Ch. 1. Jonathan Pitney's beach village -- Ch. 2. The grand illusion -- Ch. 3. A plantation by the sea -- Ch. 4. Philadelphia's playground -- Ch. 5. The golden age of Nucky -- Ch. 6. Hard times for Nucky and his town -- Ch. 7. Hap -- Ch. 8. The painful ride down -- Ch. 9. Turn out the lights -- Ch. 10. A second bite at the apple -- Ch. 11. It's a new ballgame -- Ch. 12. The Donald comes to town.Traces Atlantic City from its birth as a quiet seaside health resort, through the notorious backroom politics and power struggles, to the city's rebirth as an international entertainment and gambling mecca where anything goes.
- Subjects: Biographies.; Political corruption;
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- Boardwalk empire : the birth, high times, and corruption of Atlantic City / by Johnson, Nelson,1948-(CARDINAL)668660;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Ch. 1. Jonathan Pitney's beach village -- Ch. 2. The grand illusion -- Ch. 3. A plantation by the sea -- Ch. 4. Philadelphia's playground -- Ch. 5. The golden age of Nucky -- Ch. 6. Hard times for Nucky and his town -- Ch. 7. Hap -- Ch. 8. The painful ride down -- Ch. 9. Turn out the lights -- Ch. 10. A second bite at the apple -- Ch. 11. It's a new ballgame -- Ch. 12. The Donald comes to town.Examines the political rivalries and corrupt practices which led to the creation of Atlantic City, from it beginnings as a quiet beach town to its rise as thriving and lawless city during the Prohibition era to its establishment as a gambling and entertainment mecca.
- Subjects: Biographies.; Political corruption;
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- Boardwalk empire [sound recording] the birth, high times, and corruption of Atlantic City / by Johnson, Nelson,1948-; Mantegna, Joe.(CARDINAL)181527;
Director, Gabrielle de Cuir.Read by Joe Mantegna.From its inception, Atlantic City has always been a town dedicated to the fast buck, and this wide-reaching history offers a riveting account of its past 100 years, from the city's heyday as a Prohibition-era mecca of lawlessness to its rebirth as a legitimate casino resort in the modern area. A colorful cast of characters, led by Enoch 'Nucky' Johnson, populates this stranger-than-fiction account of corrupt politics and the toxic power structure that grew out of guile, finesse, and extortion.
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- Boardwalk empire. [videorecording] / by Buscemi, Steve,1958-; MacDonald, Kelly,1976-(CARDINAL)537349; Pitt, Michael,1981-(CARDINAL)346646; Scorsese, Martin.(CARDINAL)519412; Johnson, Nelson,1948-Boardwalk empire, the birth, high times and corruption of Atlantic City.;
Boardwalk empire -- The ivory tower -- Broadway limited -- Anastasia -- Nights in Ballygran -- Family limitation -- Home -- Hold me in paradise -- Belle femme -- The emerald city -- Paris green -- A return to normalcy.Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham.Originally broadcast on television in 2010. Set in Atlantic City, New Jersey, follows the story of Enoch "Nucky" Thompson who controlled the city during the Prohibition period of the 1920s and 1930s.TV rating: MA.DVDs.
- Subjects: Television adaptations.; Television programs.; Johnson Nelson, 1948-; Politicians; Prohibition;
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- Boardwalk empire. [videorecording] / by Pitt, Michael, 1981-(CARDINAL)346646; MacDonald, Kelly,1976-(CARDINAL)537349; Scorsese, Martin.(CARDINAL)519412; Buscemi, Steve,1958- actor.; Johnson, Nelson,1948-Boardwalk empire.;
Directors, Martin Scorsese, Timothy van Patten, Jeremy Podeswa, Alan Taylor, Allen Coulter.Steve Buscemi, Kelly MacDonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham, Michael Stuhlbarg, Stephen Graham, Vincent Piazzi, Bobby Cannavale, Gretchen Mol, Jack Huston.Chronicles the life and times of Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson, Atlantic City's undisputed czar at a time when Prohibition proved to be a major catalyst in the rise of organized crime in America. Season three begins on New Year's Eve 1922-23. The roaring '20s are about to start; though the economy is booming, alcohol has become scarce, competition is fierce, and gangster violence is heating up.TV rating: MA.DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1 surround (English and French) and 2.0 stereo surround (Spanish).
- Subjects: Johnson Nelson, 1948-; Prohibition; Politicians;
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- Boardwalk empire. [videorecording] / by Buscemi, Steve,1958-actor.; Johnson, Nelson,1948-Boardwalk empire.Television adaptation of (work):; MacDonald, Kelly,1976-actor.(CARDINAL)537349; Sakharov, Alik,1959-director.; Shannon, Michael,1974-actor.(CARDINAL)344061; Van Patten, Timothy,1959-director.(CARDINAL)847854;
New York sour -- Resignation -- Acres of diamonds -- All in -- Erlkönig -- The North Star -- William Wilson -- The old ship of Zion -- Marriage and hunting -- White horse pike -- Havre de grace -- Farewell daddy blues.Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham, Stephen Graham.Originally broadcast on television in 2013.Set in Atlantic City, New Jersey, follows the story of Enoch "Nucky" Thompson who controlled the city during the Prohibition period of the 1920s and 1930s.TV rating: TV-MA.
- Subjects: Fiction television programs.; Historical television programs.; Television adaptations.; Television series.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Johnson Nelson, 1948-; Politicians; Prohibition;
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- Boardwalk empire. [videorecording] / by Winter, Terence,creator,television producer,screenwriter.; Korder, Howard,television producer,screenwriter.; Van Patten, Timothy,1959-television producer,television director.(CARDINAL)847854; Levinson, Stephen,television producer.(CARDINAL)787277; Wahlberg, Mark,1971-television producer.(CARDINAL)342960; Scorsese, Martin,television producer.(CARDINAL)519412; Sakharov, Alik,1959-television director.; Coulter, Allen,television director.; Bianchi, Ed,television director.; Podeswa, Jeremy,television director.; Paltrow, Jake,1975-television director.; Lehane, Dennis,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)383485; Matthews, David,screenwriter.; Overmeyer, Eric,screenwriter.; Chambers, Cristine,screenwriter.; Ames, Jennifer,screenwriter.; Turner, Steve,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)391174; Flebotte, David,screenwriter.; Buscemi, Steve,1958-actor.; MacDonald, Kelly,1976-actor.(CARDINAL)537349; Shannon, Michael,1974-actor.(CARDINAL)344061; Whigham, Shea,1969-actor.(CARDINAL)355945; Stuhlbarg, Michael,actor.(CARDINAL)554821; Graham, Stephen,1973-actor.(CARDINAL)346573; Piazza, Vincent.,actor.(CARDINAL)348893; Williams, Michael Kenneth,actor.(CARDINAL)559825; Laciura, Anthony,actor.; Sparks, Paul,1971-actor.(CARDINAL)348470; Huston, Jack,1982-actor.(CARDINAL)342873; Livingston, Ron,actor.; Wright, Jeffrey,actor.(CARDINAL)851611; Mol, Gretchen,actor.(CARDINAL)348821; Television adaptation of (work):Johnson, Nelson,1948-Boardwalk empire.; Closest to the Hole Productions,production company.; Cold Front Productions,production company.; HBO Entertainment (Firm),production company.(CARDINAL)341185; HBO Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.(CARDINAL)348533; Home Box Office (Firm),broadcaster.(CARDINAL)165002; Leverage (Firm),production company.; Sikelia Productions,production company.; Warner Home Video (Firm),film distributor.(CARDINAL)218485;
Steve Buscemi, Kelly MacDonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham, Michael Stuhlbarg, Stephen Graham, Vincent Piazza, Michael Kenneth Williams, Anthony Laciura, Paul Sparks, Jack Huston, Ron Livingston, Jeffrey Wright, Gretchen Mol.Atlantic City, February 1924: Picking up 8 months after the events of Season 3, Nucky Thompson is laying low at the end of the Boardwalk after barely surviving an overthrow by gangster Gyp Rosetti. But the calm will be short-lived, as Nucky faces new challenges, including a clash with a violent Harlem power broker, a battle with his brother Eli over Eli's college-age son, and the irresistible lure of lucrative- and perilous- opportunities in Florida.TV rating: TV-MA.DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.DVD.
- Subjects: Television crime shows.; Television adaptations.; Historical television programs.; Television crime shows.; Television adaptations.; Historical television programs.; Gangsters; Racketeering; Criminals; Johnson, Nelson, 1948-;
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- Boardwalk empire. [videorecording] / by Aldredge, Tom,actor.; Anderson, Brad,1964-television director.(CARDINAL)431594; Bianchi, Ed,television director.; Burstein, Danny,actor.; Buscemi, Steve,1957-actor.(CARDINAL)342890; Chianese, Dominic,1931-actor.; Clohessy, Robert,1957-actor.; Coleman, Bill,director of photography.; Coleman, Dabney,1932-actor.(CARDINAL)844709; Coulter, Allen,television director.; Cox, Charlie,1982-actor.; Cumpsty, Michael,actor.; Curran, Tony,1969-actor.; De la Huerta, Paz,1984-actor.; Doran, Bathsheba,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)561106; Dunn, John(John A.),costume designer.; Duvall, Wayne,1958-actor.; Easton, Richard,1933-actor.; Flebotte, David,screenwriter.; Fleshler, Glenn,actor.; Forsythe, William,1955-actor.; Franco, David,1963-director of photography.; Freeman, Jonathan,director of photography.; Graham, Enid,actor.; Graham, Stephen,1973-actor.(CARDINAL)346573; Groom, Bill,production designer.(CARDINAL)848948; Huston, Jack,1982-actor.(CARDINAL)342873; Iberti, Joseph E.,1956-television producer.; Kelly, Eugene(Gene),television producer.; Korder, Howard,television producer,screenwriter.; Kornacki, Steve,screenwriter.; Laciura, Anthony,actor.; Levinson, Stephen,television producer.(CARDINAL)787277; Lind, Heather,actor.(CARDINAL)348894; MacDonald, Kelly,1976-actor.(CARDINAL)537349; McDonald, Christopher,1955-actor.(CARDINAL)344844; McRobbie, Peter,1943-actor.; Mol, Gretchen,actor.(CARDINAL)348821; Moses, Itamar,1977-screenwriter.; Mulkey, Chris,actor.; Nicholson, Julianne,1971-actor.(CARDINAL)544404; Olds, Gabriel,1972-actor.; Palladino, Aleksa,1980-actor.; Petrarca, David,television director.; Piazza, Vincent,actor.(CARDINAL)348893; Pitt, Michael,1981-actor.(CARDINAL)346646; Podeswa, Jeremy,television director.; Sage, William,1962-actor.; Sandow, Nick,actor.(CARDINAL)340121; Sanford, Kate,film editor.; Scorsese, Martin,television producer.(CARDINAL)519412; Shannon, Michael,1974-actor.(CARDINAL)344061; Sparks, Paul,1971-actor.(CARDINAL)348470; Streeto, Tim,film editor.; Stuhlbarg, Michael,actor.(CARDINAL)554821; Van Patten, Timothy,1959-television producer,television director.(CARDINAL)847854; Wahlberg, Mark,1971-television producer.(CARDINAL)342960; Whigham, Shea,1969-actor.(CARDINAL)355945; White, Susanna,television director.(CARDINAL)549823; Williams, Michael Kenneth,actor.(CARDINAL)559825; Winter, Terence,creator,television producer,screenwriter.; Yorn, Rick,television producer.; Yusef, Anatol,actor.; Television series adaptation of (work):Johnson, Nelson,1948-Boardwalk empire.; Closest to the Hole Productions,production company.; Cold Front Productions,production company.; HBO Entertainment (Firm),presenter.(CARDINAL)341185; Home Box Office (Firm),production company.(CARDINAL)165002; Leverage Entertainment,production company.; Sikelia Productions,production company.; Warner Home Video (Firm),film distributor.(CARDINAL)218485;
Production designer, Bill Groom ; edited by Kate Sanford, Tim Streeto ; directors of photography, Jonathan Freeman, David Franco, Bill Coleman ; costume designer, John Dunn.Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly MacDonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham, Aleksa Palladino, Michael Stuhlbarg, Stephen Graham, Vincent Piazza, Paz de la Huerta, Michael Kenneth Williams, Anthony Laciura, Paul Sparks, Jack Huston, Gretchen Mol, Dabney Coleman ; guest starring: Dominic Chianese, Greg Antonacci, Enid Graham, Robert Clohessy, William Hill, Kevin O'Rourke, Victor Verhaeghe, Glenn Fleshler, Bill Sage, Charlie Cox, Ted Rooney, Erik LaRay Harvey, Anatol Yusef, Christopher McDonald, Tom Aldredge, Wayne Duvall, Danny Burstein, Ivo Nandi, William Forsythe, Chris Mulkey, Jennifer Ferrin, Richard Easton, Heather Lind, Adam Mucci, Geoff Pierson, Peter McRobbie, Michael Cumpsty, Nick Sandow, Julianne Nicholson, Tony Curran, Curt Bouril, Gabriel Olds.Originally broadcast by HBO in 2011.Atlantic City, 1921. In a city whose fortunes have soared in the wake of Prohibition, Nucky Thompson is paying a steep price for wielding ultimate power in 'the world's playground'. Though the 1920 election is over, Nucky finds himself the target of a federal investigation for vote tampering, and an insurrection by those he counted among his closest allies.TV rating: TV-MA.DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1 surround (English and French) and 2.0 stereo. surround (Latin Spanish).
- Subjects: Fiction television programs.; Gangster television programs.; Television crime shows.; Television series.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Johnson, Nelson, 1948-; Criminals; Gangsters; Racketeering; Delincuentes; Pandillas;
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- Boardwalk empire. by Winter, Terence,creator,television producer,screenwriter.producer.; Korder, Howard,television producer,screenwriter.producer.; Van Patten, Timothy,1959-television producer,television director.producer.; Levinson, Stephen,television producer.producer.; Wahlberg, Mark,1971-television producer.producer.; Scorsese, Martin,television producer.producer.; Kelly, Eugene,(Gene),television producer.producer.; Coulter, Allen,television director.; Bianchi, Ed,television director.; Paltrow, Jake,1975-television director.; Podeswa, Jeremy,television director.; Chambers, Cristine,screenwriter.; Kornacki, Steve,screenwriter.; DiLoreto, Riccardo,screenwriter.; Buscemi, Steve,1957-actor.; Macdonald, Kelly,1976-actor.; Shannon, Michael,1974-actor.; Whigham, Shea,1969-actor.; Graham, Stephen,1973-actor.; Piazza, Vincent,(Vincent Francis),1976-actor.; Williams, Michael Kenneth,actor.; Sparks, Paul,1971-actor.; Wright, Jeffrey,actor.; Rosenfield, Ben,1992 or 1993-actor.; Mol, Gretchen,actor.; Television adaptation of (work):Johnson, Nelson,1948-Boardwalk empire.; Closest to the Hole Productions,production company.; Cold Front Productions,production company.; HBO Entertainment (Firm),production company.; HBO Home Entertainment (Firm),distributor.; Home Box Office (Firm),broadcaster.; Leverage (Firm),production company.; Sikelia Productions,production company.; Warner Home Video (Firm),distributor.;
Steve Buscemi, Kelly MacDonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham, Stephen Graham, Vincent Piazza, Michael Kenneth Williams, Paul Sparks, Jeffrey Wright, Ben Rosenfield, Gretchen Mol.Concluding a powerful and groundbreaking five-season run, "Boardwalk Empire" is an Emmy-winning HBO drama series from Academy Award nominee/Emmy Award winner Terence Winter and Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese. Season 5 begins in 1931, a full six years after the end of Season 4. In stark contrast with the Roaring '20s, the country is in the throes of the Great Depression, and with the end of Prohibition in sight, Nucky is looking to legitimize himself by forging alliances with liquor producers. Season 5 also includes flashback scenes of Nucky, Eli, the Commodore, Gillian and others from 1884-1900 - childhood experiences that would shape their relationships and their futures.TV rating: TV-MA.DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.Title from disc surface.
- Subjects: Television programs; Fiction television programs.; Television series.; Historical television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Crime television programs.; Based on the book.; Johnson, Nelson, 1948-; Gangsters; Racketeering; Criminals; Pandillas; Crimen organizado; Criminales;
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