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The films of Howard Hawks / by Donald C. Willis Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1975.
Call No: 81HAW WILAuthor: Willis, Donald C. Place: Metuchen, NJPublisher: Scarecrow PressPubDate: 1975PhysDes: viii, 235 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.Subject: HAWKS, HOWARD ; BRINGING UP BABY (US, Howard Hawks, 1938) ; HIS GIRL FRIDAY (US, Howard Hawks, 1940) ; I WAS A MALE WAR BRIDE (US, Howard Hawks, 1949) ; MONKEY BUSINESS (US, Howard Hawks, 1952) ; TWENTIETH CENTURY (US, Howard Hawks, 1934) ; BALL OF FIRE (US, Howard Hawks, 1942) ; SONG IS BORN, A (US, Howard Hawks, 1947) ; FIG LEAVES (US, Howard Hawks, 1926) ; MAN'S FAVORITE SPORT? (US, Howard Hawks, 1963) ; RED RIVER (US, Howard Hawks, 1948) ; RIO BRAVO (US, Howard Hawks, 1959) ; RIO LOBO (US, Howard Hawks, 1970) ; EL DORADO (US, Howard Hawks, 1966) ; BIG SKY, THE (US, Howard Hawkes, 1952) ; BIG SLEEP, THE (US, Howard Hawkes, 1946) ; ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS (US, Howard Hawks, 1939) ; CEILING ZERO (US, Howard Hawks, 1936) ; CROWD ROARS, THE (US, Howard Hawks, 1932) ; GIRL IN EVERY PORT, A (US, Howard Hawks, 1928) ; TIGER SHARK (US, Howard Hawks, 1932) ; BARBARY COAST (US, Howard Hawks, 1935) ; COME AND GET IT (US, Howard Hawks and William Wyler, 1936) ; SCARFACE (US, Howard Hawks, 1932) ; GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (US, Howard Hawks, 1953) ; CRIMINAL CODE, THE (US, Howard Hawks, 1931) ; LAND OF THE PHARAOHS (US, Howard Hawks, 1955) ; TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT (US, Howard Hawks, 1944) ; AIR FORCE (US, Howard Hawks, 1943) ; SARGEANT YORK (US, Howard Hawks, 1941) ; ROAD TO GLORY, THE (US, Howard Hawks, 1936) Summary: The films of Howard Hawks are organised by genre and reviewed to give a sense of the director as auteur.Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.ISBN: 0810808609
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Laughing hysterically : American screen comedy of the 1950s / Ed Sikov New York: Columbia University Press, 1994.
Call No: 732(73) LAUAuthor: Sikov, Ed Place: New YorkPublisher: Columbia University PressPubDate: 1994PhysDes: xvii, 282 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: COMEDIES. USA ; TRANSVESTISM ; HOMOSEXUALITY IN FILMS. USA ; LEWIS, JERRY ; MARTIN, DEAN ; MONROE, MARILYN ; SWANSON, GLORIA ; MANSFIELD, JAYNE ; RUSSELL, JANE ; HAWKS, HOWARD ; WILDER, BILLY ; HITCHCOCK, ALFRED ; TASHLIN, FRANK ; ARTISTS AND MODELS (US, Frank Tashlin, 1955) ; GIRL CAN'T HELP IT, THE (US, Frank Tashlin, 1956) ; GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (US, Howard Hawks, 1953) ; MONKEY BUSINESS (US, Howard Hawks, 1952) ; SEVEN YEAR ITCH, THE (US, Billy Wilder, 1955) ; SOME LIKE IT HOT (US, Billy Wilder, 1959) ; STALAG 17 (US, Billy Wilder, 1952) ; SUNSET BOULEVARD (US, Billy Wilder, 1950) ; TROUBLE WITH HARRY, THE (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1955) ; WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? (US, Frank Tashlin, 1957) Summary: With the likes of Billy Wilder, Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, and Frank Tashlin revelling in "monkeys, babies, beautiful blondes, money, and cruelty" in their signature films of the 1950s, this seemingly conformist period turns out to be one of the most dynamic and original eras in Hollywood history. What distinguishes these directors is their candid and amusing exploration of cultural anxieties in carnival form. Quirky yet complex films such as Monkey Business, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Sunset Boulevard, The Trouble with Harry, and Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? released and expressed the sexual repression and frustration we commonly associate with the decadeNotes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-267) and indexISBN: 0231079826 (alk. paper)LON: 93048900; 10679624
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Marilyn Monroe / Maurice Zolotow London: Allen, 1961.
Call No: 81MON ZOLAuthor: Zolotow, Maurice Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: AllenPubDate: 1961PhysDes: 333 p. : ill. ; 23 cmSubject: MONROE, MARILYN ; PRINCE AND THE SHOWGIRL, THE (UK, Laurence Olivier, 1957) ; SOME LIKE IT HOT (US, Billy Wilder, 1959) ; SEVEN YEAR ITCH, THE (US, Billy Wilder, 1955) ; BUS STOP (US, Joshua Logan, 1956) ; ALL ABOUT EVE (US, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1950) ; MONKEY BUSINESS (US, Howard Hawks, 1952) ; GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (US, Howard Hawks, 1953) ; NIAGARA (US, Henry Hathaway, 1952) ; RIVER OF NO RETURN (AT, Darlene Johnson, 2008) ; HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE (US, Jean Negulesco, 1953) Summary: Maurice Zolotow as the result of six years research, a large amount of correspondence and many interviews was able to build a history of Marilyn Monroe, beginning with her childhood, and experiences of orphanages, foster homes, abuse and psychosomatic illnesses, and finishing with her life as an accomplished actress, and he manages to show a connection between these two parts of Marilyn Monroe's life.LON: nla08225307; 9360140
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MONKEY BUSINESS : (US, Howard Hawks, 1952)
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