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Madison :
University of Wisconsin Press,
2011.
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Teil von: |
Wisconsin Film Studies |
Medientyp: | Buch, E-Book |
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Umfang: | 1 online resource (262 pages) |
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ISBN: |
9780299251239
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Ausgabe: | 1st ed. |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Teil von: |
Wisconsin Film Studies |
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Print version:: |
Daniel, Douglass K., Tough As Nails, Madison : University of Wisconsin Press,c2011
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Kollektion: | E-Books adlr |
This first biography of Oscar-winning filmmaker Richard Brooks, writer-director ofElmer GantryandCat on a Hot Tin Roof, restores to importance the career of one of the mid-twentieth century's most influential Hollywood figures and includes analysis of Brooks's filmography and interviews with stars Sidney Poitier and Jean Simmons, Brooks's wife for twenty years. |
Intro Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Hollywood by Way of Philadelphia 2. Writing Movies at Home and at War 3. Swell Guys, Brutes, and the Blacklist 4. In the Director's Chair at MGM 5. Writing and Rocking around the Clock 6. Taking Literature from Page to Screen 7. Independence and That Old-Time Religion 8. Two Hits and One Major Miss 9. A Journey into Capote Country 10. On Marriage, Larceny, and America's Beauty 11. New Directions and Two Wrong Turns Conclusion Filmography Notes on Sources Bibliography Index. |