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Call No: 81AST TOP
Author: Topper, Susanne
Source: US
Place: New York
Publisher: Nordon Publications
PubDate: 1976
PhysDes: 206 p. : ill. ; 18 cm
Subject: DANCE FILMS; MUSICALS; ASTAIRE, FRED; ROGERS, GINGER; GAY DIVORCEE, THE (US, Mark Sandrich, 1934); TOP HAT (US, Mark Sandrich, 1935); SWING TIME (US, George Stevens, 1936); SHALL WE DANCE (US, Mark Sandrich, 1937); BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY, THE (US, Charles Walters, 1949)
Summary: The book is about Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, the dance team whose films entertained America during the Depression
ISBN: 0843900380
Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006

Call No: 81STA DIO
Author: DiOrio, Al
Source: US
Place: New York
Publisher: Berkley Books
PubDate: 1985, c1983
PhysDes: 247 p. : ill. ; 18cm
Subject: Stanwyck, Barbara; BROADWAY NIGHTS (US, Jospeph Boyle, 1927); LOCKED DOOR, THE (US, George Fitzmaurice, 1929); MEXICALI ROSE (US, Erle Kenton, 1929); LADIES OF LEISURE (US, Frank Capra, 1930); ILLLICIT (US, Archie Mayo, 1931); TEN CENTS A DANCE (US, Lionel Barrymore, 1931); NIGHT NURSE (US, William Wellman, 1931); MIRACLE WOMAN, THE (US, Frank Capra, 1931); FORBIDDEN (US, FrankCapra, 1932); SHOPWORN (US, Nicholas Grinde, 1932); SO BIG (US, William Wellman, 1932); PURCHASE PRICE, THE (US, William Wellman, 1932); BITTER TEA OF GENERAL YEN, THE (US, Walter Wanger, 1933); LADIES THEY TALK ABOUT (US, Howard Bretherton and William Keighley, 1933); BABYFACE (US, Alfred Green, 1933); EVER IN MY HEART (US, Archie Mayo, 1933)
Notes: Filmography and credit listing included of all Stanwycks films.
ISBN: 0425094553

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Clippings
Subject: BATHTUBS OVER BROADWAY (US, Dava Whisenant, 2018)

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Clippings
Subject: BLOODHOUNDS OF BROADWAY (US, Howard Brookner, 1989)

PhysDes: Article
Subject: BOWERY TO BROADWAY (US, Charles Lamont, 1944)

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Clippings
Subject: BROADWAY BILL (US, Frank Capra, 1934)

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Clippings; Press kit; Publicity
Subject: BROADWAY BOUND (US, Paul Bogart, 1991)
ID2: 79

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Clippings
Subject: BROADWAY DAMAGE (US, Victor Mignatti, 1997)

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Clippings; Stills
Subject: BROADWAY DANNY ROSE (US, Woody Allen, 1984)

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Clippings
Subject: BROADWAY MELODY OF 1938 (US, Norman Taurog, 1940)

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Clippings; Press kit
Subject: BROADWAY: THE GOLDEN AGE (US, Rick McKay, 2003)

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Stills; Clippings; Press kit; Publicity
Subject: BULLETS OVER BROADWAY (US, Woody Allen, 1994)

Call No: 81MAN ALV
Author: Alvarez, Max
Source: US
Place: Jackson, Miss.
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
PubDate: 2014
PhysDes: 324 pages ; 24 cm
Subject: CRIME FILMS; FILM NOIR; MANN, ANTHONY; [DOCTOR] DR BROADWAY (US, Anthony Mann, 1942); STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT (US, Anthony Mann, 1944); TWO O'CLOCK COURAGE (US, Anthony Mann, 1945); GREAT FLAMARION, THE (US, Anthony Mann, 1945); STRANGE IMPERSONATION (US, Anthony Mann, 1946); DESPERATE (US, Anthony Mann, 1947); RAILROADED! (US, Anthony Mann, 1947); T-MEN (US, Anthony Mann, 1947); RAW DEAL (US, Anthony Mann, 1948); HE WALKED BY NIGHT (US, Alfred L. Werker and Anthony Mann, 1948); FOLLOW ME QUIETLY (US, Richard Fleischer, 1949); BORDER INCIDENT (US, Anthony Mann, 1949); SIDE STREET (US, Anthony Mann, 1950); TALL TARGET, THE (US, Anthony Mann, 1951)
Summary: "Anthony Mann (1906-1967) is renowned for his outstanding 1950s westerns starring James Stewart (Winchester '73, The Naked Spur, The Man from Laramie). But there is more to Mann's cinematic universe than those tough Wild West action dramas featuring conflicted and secretive heroes. This brilliant Hollywood craftsman also directed fourteen electrifying crime thrillers between 1942 and 1951, among them such towering achievements in film noir as T-Men, Raw Deal, and Side Street. Mann was as much at home filming dark urban alleys in black-and-white as he was the prairies and mountains in Technicolor, and his protagonists were no less conflicted and secretive than his 1950s cowboys.In these Mann crime thrillers we find powerful stories of sexual obsession (The Great Flamarion), the transforming images of women in wartime and postwar America (Strangers in the Night, Strange Impersonation), exploitation of Mexican immigrants (Border Incident), studies of the criminal mind (He Walked by Night), and Civil War bigotry (The Tall Target). Mann's forceful camera captured such memorable and diverse stars as Erich von Stroheim, Farley Granger, Dennis O'Keefe, Claire Trevor, Richard Basehart, Ricardo Montalba´n, Ruby Dee, and Raymond Burr.The Crime Films of Anthony Mann features analysis of rare documents, screenplays, story treatments, and studio memoranda and reveals detailed behind-the-scenes information on preproduction and production on the Mann thrillers. Author Max Alvarez uses rare and newly available sources to explore the creation of these noir masterworks. Along the way, the book exposes secrets and solves mysteries surrounding the mercurial director and his remarkable career, which also included Broadway and early live television"-- LIBRARIES AUSTRALIA
Notes: Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index
ISBN: 9781617039249
Contents: -- introduction -- 1: From Lomaland to Broadway -- 2: From Broadway to Hollywood -- 3: Dr. Broadway (1942) -- 4: Strangers in the Night (1944) -- 5: Two O'Clock Courage (1945) -- 6: The Great Flamarion (1945) -- 7: Strange Impersonation (1946) -- 8: Desperate (1947) -- 9:Railroaded! (1947) -- 10: T-Men (1947) -- 11: Raw Deal (1948) -- 12: He Walked By Night (1948) -- 13: Follow Me Quietly (1949) -- 14: Border Incident (1949) -- 15: Side Street (1950) -- 16: The Tall Target (1951) -- 17: The Lost Noir of Anthony Mann -- postscript -- acknowledgments -- Anthony Mann crime filmography -- notes -- archival sources -- bibliography -- index --

Call No: 64GEN FIL
Author: Grant, Barry Keith, 1947
Edition: 1st ed
Place: Austin
Publisher: University of Texas Press
PubDate: 1995
PhysDes: viii, 581 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Subject: GENRES; WESTERNS; GANGSTER FILMS; FILM NOIR; DISASTER FILMS; EPIC FILMS; HORROR FILMS; MELODRAMA; COMEDIES; TRANSVESTISM; WOMEN IN FILMS; VIETNAM WAR FILMS; MUSICALS; ETHNIC GROUPS IN FILMS; CANADA; AUTEUR THEORY; NARRATIVE IN FILMS; DETECTIVE FILMS; FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA; HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE CINEMA; HISTORICAL FILMS; PHILOSOPHY AND THE CINEMA; PORNOGRAPHY AND THE CINEMA; PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE CINEMA; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS; SEMIOLOGY; STRUCTURALISM; HITCHCOCK, ALFRED; MICHEAUX, OSCAR; CRONENBERG, DAVID; FORD, JOHN; PENN, ARTHUR; SIRK, DOUGLAS; CAVELL, STANLEY; CHANDLER, RAYMOND; FRYE, NORTHROP; MINNELLI, VINCENTE; TODOROV, TZVETAN; ZOO LA NUIT, UN (CN, Jean-Cluade Lauzon, 1987); SOME LIKE IT HOT (US, Billy Wilder, 1959); SHADOW OF A DOUBT (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1943); BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY, THE (US, Charles Walters, 1949); YENTL (US, Barbara Streisand, 1983); IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (US, Frank Capra, 1934); IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (US, Frank Capra, 1946); MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (US, John Ford, 1946); STAGECOACH (US, John Ford, 1939); SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (US, Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen, 1952); THING, THE (US, Christian Nyby, 1951); [TWENTY] 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH (US, Nathan Juran, 1957); VICTOR VICTORIA (UK, Blake Edwards, 1982); WRITTEN ON THE WIND (US, Douglas Sirk, 1956); NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (US, George A. Romero, 1968); FLY, THE (US, David Cronenberg, 1986); DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN (US, Susan Seidelman, 1985); CHINATOWN (US, Roman Polanski, 1974); APOCALYPSE NOW (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1979); CHINATOWN (US, Roman Polanski, 1974)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [495]-559) and index
ISBN: 0292727771 (cloth : alk. paper); 029272778X (pbk. : alk. paper)
LON: 11563059

PhysDes: Article
Subject: GILDERSLEEVE ON BROADWAY (US, Gordon Douglas, 1943)

Call No: 751.1(73) MOR
Author: Mordden, Ethan, 1947
Place: Newton Abbot
Publisher: David & Charles
PubDate: 1982, c1981
PhysDes: xii, 261 p, [18] p of plates : ill. ; 24 cm
Subject: MUSICALS. USA; ASTAIRE, FRED; BERKELEY, BUSBY; CHEVALIER, MAURICE; CROSBY, BING; GARLAND, JUDY; JOLSON, AL; KEELER, RUBY; MACDONALD, JEANETTE; MAMOULIAN, ROUBEN; ROGERS, GINGER; EDDY, NELSON; CANTOR, EDDIE; POWELL, DICK; DANIELS, BEBE; BROADWAY MELODY, THE (US, Harry Beaumont, 1929); GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933 (US, Mervyn LeRoy, 1933)
Notes: Originally published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 1981; Bibliography: p. 239-242. - Includes index
ISBN: 0715383191 : ª7.95 : CIP rev
LON: 2211755

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Clippings
Subject: MOON OVER BROADWAY (US, Chris Hegedus & D.A. Pennebaker, 1997)

Call No: 62 KRA
Author: Kracauer, Siegfried
Place: New York
Publisher: Oxford University Press
PubDate: 1965
PhysDes: xix, 364 p. ill., 20 cm.
Subject: ACTORS; ADAPTATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL FILMS; THEORY; AGEE, JAMES; ALEXANDROV, GROGORIO; ANGER, KENNETH; ANSTEY, EDGAR; ARNHEIM, RUDOLF; ASTAIRE, FRED; BALAZS, BELA; BENJAMIN, WALTER; BERGMAN, INGMAR; BOGART, HUMPHREY; BRAKHAGE, STAN; BRANDO, MARLON; BUNUEL, LUIS; CAGNEY, JAMES; CAPRA, FRANK; CASTELLANI, RENATO; CAVALCANTI, ALBERTO; CHANEY, LON; CHAPLIN, CHARLES; CLAIR, RENE; CLEMENT, RENE; CLOUZOT, HENRI-GEORGES; COCTEAU, JEAN; DALI, SALVADOR; DE FILIPPO, EDUARDO; DEMILLE, CECIL B.; DE SICA, VITTORIO; DISNEY, WALT; DOVZENKO, ALEKSANDR; DREYER, CARL TH.; DUCHAMP, MARCEL; DUVIVIER, JULIEN; ELTON, ARTHUR; ENGEL, MORRIS; EPSTEIN, JEAN; FELLINI, FEDERICO; FEUILLADE, LOUIS; FEYDER, JACQUES; FISCHINGER, OSKAR; FLAHERTY, ROBERT; FORD, JOHN; FRANJU, GEORGES; FREUD, SIGMUND; GANCE, ABEL; GARNETT, GALE; GIDE, ANDRE; GREENE, GRAHAM; GRIERSON, JOHN; GRIFFITH, DAVID WARK; GRIFFITHS, RICHARD; GUITRY, SACHA; HARRINGTON, CURTIS; HILL, DAVID; HITCHCOCK, ALFRED; WACHSFIGURENKABINETT, DAS (G, Paul Leni, 1924); SMULTRONSTALLET (SW, Ingmar Bergman, 1957); VITELLONI, I (IT, Federico Fellini, 1953); VAMPYR: THE STRANGE ADVENTURE OF ALLEN GRAY [VAMPYR: DER TRAUM DES ALLAN GRAY] (G/FR, Carl Th. Dreyer, 1932); VARIETE (G, E.A. Dupont, 1925); VALLEY TOWN - A STUDY OF MACHINES AND MEN (US, Willard Van Dyke, 1940); UMBERTO D. (IT, Vittorio De Sica, 1952); TRIUMPH DES WILLENS (G, Leni Riefenstahl, 1935); THIRD MAN, THE (UK, Carol Reed, 1949); OKTIABR (UR, Sergei M. Eisenstein, 1928); TEN COMMANDMENTS, THE (US, Cecil B. DeMille, 1956); SYMPHONIE PASTORALE, LA (FR, Jean Delannoy, 1946); SWING TIME (US, George Stevens, 1936); STRADA, LA (IT, Federico Fellini, 1954); ROMAN D'UN TRICHEUR, LE (FR, Sacha Guitry, 1936); MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH, A (UK, Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1946); SPIONE (G, Fritz Lang, 1928); SPELLBOUND (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1945); SOUS LES TOITS DE PARIS (FR, Rene Clair, 1930); SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (US, David Hand, 1937); SMILING LIEUTENANT, THE (US, Ernst Lubitsch, 1931); SHANE (US, George Stevens, 1953); SJUNDE INSEGLET, DET (SW, Ingmar Bergman, 1957); GEHEIMNISSE EINER SEELE (G, Georg Wilhelm Pabst, 1926); SCARFACE (US, Howard Hawks, 1932); SANG DES BETES, LE (FR, Georges Franju,1949); SAN FRANCISCO (US, W.S. Van Dyke, 1936); ROUE, LA (FR, Abel Gance, 1922); ROMEO I DZULETTA (UR, Lev Arnstam & Leonid Lavrovskij, 1954); RICHARD III (UK, Laurence Olivier, 1955); REGLE DU JEU, LA (FR, Jean Renoir, 1939); RED SHOES, THE (UK, Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1948); RASHOMON (JA, Akira Kurosawa, 1950); REGEN (NE, Joris Ivens, 1929); PYGMALION (UK, Anthony Asquith & Leslie Howard, 1938); PLACE IN THE SUN, A (US, George Stevens, 1951); PATHER PANCHALI (II, Satyajit Ray, 1955); PASSION DE JEANNE D'ARC, LA (FR, Carl Th. Dreyer, 1928); PARIS 1900 (FR, Nicole Vedres, 1948); PARADINE CASE, THE (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1947); OTELLO (UR, Sergej Jutkevic, 1956); ON THE WATERFRONT (US, Elia Kazan, 1954); OLVIDADOS, LOS (MX, Luis Bunuel, 1951); OF MEN AND MUSIC (US, Irving Reis, 1950); NOSFERATU - EINE SYMPHONIE DES GRAUENS (G, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, 1922); NIGHT MAIL (UK, Harry Watt & Basil Wright, 1936); NIGHT AT THE OPERA, A (US, Sam Wood, 1935); NANOOK OF THE NORTH (US, Robert Flaherty, 1922); MOULIN ROUGE (UK, E.A. Dupont, 1928); MONSIEUR VERDOUX (US, Charles Chaplin, 1947); MODERN TIMES (US, Charles Chaplin, 1936); MOBY DICK (UK, John Huston, 1956); MOANA (US, Robert Flaherty, 1926); MILLION, LE (FR, Rene Clair, 1931); METROPOLIS (GG, Fritz Lang, 1927); MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON (US, Maya Deren & Alexander Hammid, 1943); MENSCHEN AM SONNTAG (G, Robert Siodmak & Edgar G. Ulmer, 1929); MARTY (US, Delbert Mann, 1954); MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH, THE (UK, Alfred Hitchcock, 1936); MAJOR BARBARA (UK, Gabriel Pascal, 1941); MADAME BOVARY (FR, Claude Chabrol, 1991); MACBETH (US, Orson Welles, 1948); M (G, Fritz Lang, 1931); LOVE PARADE, THE (US, Ernst Lubitsch, 1929); LIMELIGHT (US, Charles Chaplin, 1952); LIFEBOAT (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1944); OSTATNI ETAP (PL, Wanda Jakubowska, 1948); LADY IN THE LAKE (US, Robert Montgomery, 1946); KID, THE (US, Charles Chaplin, 1921); JULIUS CAESAR (US, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1953); JAZZ SINGER, THE (US, Alan Crosland, 1927); IVAN GROZNY [IVAN THE TERRIBLE] (UR, Sergei Eisenstein, pt.1:1945, pt.2:1958[prod.1946]); IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (US, Frank Capra, 1946); INVISIBLE MAN, THE (US, James Whale, 1933); INTOLERANCE (US, David Wark Griffith, 1916); HUMAN DESIRE (US, Fritz Lang, 1954); HOUSING PROBLEMS (UK, Edgar Anstey & Arthur Elton, 1935); HOTEL DES INVALIDES (FR, Georges Franju, 1952); HIGH NOON (US, Fred Zinnemann, 1952); HENRY V (UK, Laurence Olivier, 1944); HEIRESS, THE (US, William Wyler, 1949); HATFUL OF RAIN, A (US, Fred Zinnemann, 1957); HAMLET (UK, Laurence Olivier, 1948); HALLELUJAH (US, King Vidor, 1929); GREED (US, Erich von Stroheim, 1925); GREAT EXPECTATIONS (UK, David Lean, 1946); GRAPES OF WRATH, THE (US, John Ford, 1940); GRANDE ILLUSION, LA (FR, Jean Renoir, 1937); GOLD RUSH, THE (US, Charles Chaplin, 1925); GLASS MENAGERIE, THE (US, Irving Rapper, 1950); VORMITTAGSSPUK (G, Hans Richter, 1928); GHOST GOES WEST, THE (UK, Rene Clair, 1935); GHOST AND MRS MUIR, THE (US, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1947); GERVAISE (FR, Rene Clement, 1956); JIGOKUMON (JA, Teinosuke kinugasa, 1953); FURY (US, Fritz Lang, 1936); [FOUR] HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE, THE (US, Vincente Minnelli, 1962); FARREBIQUE [FARREBIQUE OU LES QUATRE SAISONS] (FR, Georges Rouquier, 1946); FANTASIA (US, Walt Disney, 1940); ZEMLJA (UR, Alexksandr Dovzenko, 1930); DESTRY RIDES AGAIN (US, George Marshall, 1939); DESTINY [MUDE TOD, DER] (G, Fritz Lang, 1921); DEATH OF A SALESMAN (US, Laslo Benedek, 1951); DEAD OF NIGHT (UK, Alberto Cavalcanti & Charles Crichton & Basil Dearden & Robert Hamer, 1945); CONDAMNE A MORT S`EST ECHAPPE, UN (FR, Robert Bresson, 1956); CITY LIGHTS (US, Charles Chaplin, 1931); CITIZEN KANE (US, Orson Welles, 1941); CINDERELLA (US, Wilfred Jackson & Hamilton Laske & Clyde Geronomi, 1950); CHIEN ANDALOU, UN (FR, Luis Bunuel, 1928); BROKEN BLOSSOMS (US, David Wark Griffith, 1919); BROADWAY MELODY OF 1938 (US, Norman Taurog, 1940); BRIEF ENCOUNTER (UK, David Lean, 1945); BOOMERANG (US, Elia Kazan, 1947); SANG D'UN POETE, LE (FR, Jean Cocteau, 1932); BLACKMAIL (UK, Alfred Hitchcock, 1929); BIRTH OF A NATION, THE (US, David Wark Griffith, 1915); LADRI DI BICICLETTE (IT, Vittorio De Sica, 1949); BEZZERIDES, A.I.; BEN HUR (US, Fred Niblo, 1925); BAMBI (US, David Hand, 1942); BALLET MECANIQUE, LE (FR, Fernand Leger, 1924); BACK STREET (US, John M. Stahl, 1932); ATALANTE, L' (FR, Jean Vigo, 1934); A PROPOS DE NICE (FR, Jean Vigo, 1930); APARAJITO (II, Satyajit Ray, 1957); ANNA CHRISTIE (US, Clarence Brown, 1930); ANATOMY OF A MURDER (US, Otto Preminger, 1959); AMERICAN TRAGEDY, AN (Josef von Sternberg, 1931); ALEKSANDR NEVSKI (UR, Sergei M. Eisenstein, 1938); BROADWAY MELODY, THE (US, Harry Beaumont, 1929); LETZIE MANN, DER (G, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, 1924)
Notes: Frist published 1960; Previously published as: Nature of films. England : Dobson ;1965; Includes bilbiograpy: p. 351-364; Includes index
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Call No: 81 FOR MAT
Author: Matheson, Sue
Source: US
Place: Lanham, Maryland
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
PubDate: c2016
PhysDes: xxi, 339 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series: Film and history
Subject: FORD, JOHN; WESTERNS; WAR AND THE CINEMA; STRAIGHT SHOOTING (U.S, John Ford, 1917); [THREE] 3 BAD MEN (US, John Ford, 1926); [THREE] 3 GODFATHERS (US, John Ford, 1948); BATTLE OF MIDWAY, THE (US, John Ford, 1942); BUCKING BROADWAY (US, John Ford, 1917); CHEYENNE AUTUMN (US, John Ford, 1964); FORT APACHE (US, John Ford, 1948); GRAPES OF WRATH, THE (US, John Ford, 1940); HELL BENT (US, John Ford, 1918); HORSE SOLDIERS, THE (US, John Ford, 1959); INFORMER, THE (US, John Ford, 1935); IRON HORSE, THE (UK, John Ford, 1924); LONG GRAY LINE, THE (US, John Ford, 1954); MEN WITHOUT WOMEN (US, John Ford, 1929); MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (US, John Ford, 1946); SEARCHERS, THE (US, John Ford, 1956); SEAS BENEATH (US, John Ford, 1931); SERGEANT RUTLEDGE (US, John Ford, 1960); SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON (US, John Ford, 1949); STAGECOACH (US, John Ford, 1939); SUBMARINE PATROL (US, John Ford, 1938); THEY WERE EXPENDABLE (US, John Ford, 1945); THIS IS KOREA (US, John Ford, 1951); TWO RODE TOGETHER (US, John Ford, 1961)
Summary: "Responsible for some of the greatest films of the 20th century - The Grapes of Wrath, How Green Was My Valley, and The Quiet Man among others - John Ford was best known for motion pictures that defined the American West and the face of wartime military. A Hollywood celebrity, Ford lived his life against the background that Twentieth Century-Fox fashioned for him. As he did, the facts of his life merged with - and became inseparable from - his multifaceted legend, fostered by Hollywood's studio culture and his own imagination. In The Westerns and War Films of John Ford Sue Matheson offers an engaging look at one of America's greatest directors and the two genres of films that solidified his reputation. Drawing on previously unreleased material, this volume explores the man, the filmmaker, the veteran, and the legend - and the ways in which all of those roles shaped Ford's view of America, national character, and his creative output. Among the films discussed here in depth are Ford's early productions, such as The Iron Horse and Drums along the Mohawk, his military films, such as Submarine Patrol, The Battle of Midway, and They Were Expendable, and his Westerns, including Fort Apache, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, The Searchers, and Cheyenne Autumn. Ford imbued many of his creations with a point of view that represented his ideals, and the films discussed here illustrate their director's distinct vision of American life on the frontier and in service of the country. That vision - Ford's idealization of the American Character - would, in turn, shape the worldview of several generations. The Westerns and War Films of John Ford will appeal to critics and scholars, but also to any fan of this iconic filmmaker's work. " - BOOK BLURB
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN: 9781442261051
Donation: Senses of Cinema
Contents: Introduction -- A career man -- Early days in the Hollywood west: from Straight shooting to The iron horse -- The heroic West: from Three bad men to Drums along the Mohawk -- Not for self but for country: from Salute to Submarine patrol -- In the navy: The Battle of Midway -- War stories: They were expendable -- Critiquing combat culture: Fort Apache -- Keeping the faith: She wore a yellow ribbon -- The war at home: Rio Grande -- Veterans' affairs: The searchers -- A house divided: The horse soldiers -- The nature of one's service: Sergeant Rutledge -- Deconstructing the legend: The man who shot Liberty Valance -- Questions of just conduct: Cheyenne Autumn -- Aftermath.

Author: McGregor, Dion
PhysDes: Article
Subject: BROADWAY (US, Paul Fejos, 1929)
Summary: Review