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Five screenplays / by Preston Sturges ; edited with an introduction by Brian Henderson. Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 1985.
Call No: 792 STUAuthor: Sturges, Preston ; Henderson, Brian Robert Source: USPlace: Berkeley, CaliforniaPublisher: University of California PressPubDate: 1985PhysDes: vii, 848 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 23 cmSubject: GREAT MCGINTY, THE (US, Preston Sturges, 1940) ; CHRISTMAS IN JULY (US, Preston Sturges, 1940) ; LADY EVE, THE (US, Preston Sturges, 1941) ; SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS (US, Preston Sturges, 1942) ; HAIL THE CONQUERING HERO (US, Preston Sturges, 1943) ; STURGES, PRESTON Summary: "Brian Henderson's introduction provides an overview of Sturges criticism and brief biographical material. Each script is preceded by a prefatory essay discussing its evolution. The insights provided by this volume will be useful to film students and aspiring screenwriters, and fascinating to anyone interested in screen comedy..." -- Publisher descriptionNotes: Includes bibliographical references.ISBN: 0520055640Contents: Foreword -- Introduction -- The great McGinty -- Christmas in July -- The Lady Eve -- Sullivan's travels -- Hail the conquering hero
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The Hollywood social problem film : madness, despair, and politics from the Depression to the fifties / Peter Roffman and Jim Purdy Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1981.
Call No: 744 ROFAuthor: Roffman, Peter, 1950 ; Purdy, Jim, Place: BloomingtonPublisher: Indiana University PressPubDate: 1981PhysDes: x, 364 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cmSubject: SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN FILMS. USA ; DEPRESSION IN FILMS ; DRUGS IN FILMS ; MADNESS IN FILMS ; BAD GUYS ; FASCISM AND THE CINEMA ; FALLEN WOMEN IN FILMS ; DELINQUENTS IN FILMS ; JEWS IN FILMS ; BLACKS IN FILMS. USA ; COMMUNISM AND THE CINEMA. USA ; BLACKLISTING. USA ; JOURNALISTS IN FILMS ; POLITICAL PERSONALITIES IN FILMS ; POPULISM AND THE CINEMA. USA ; RACIAL PROBLEMS IN FILMS ; RURAL LIFE IN FILMS ; WARNER BROS. ; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; LANG, FRITZ ; BORZAGE, FRANK ; CHAPLIN, CHARLES ; GARFIELD, JOHN ; CAPRA, FRANK ; VIDOR, KING ; BLACK LEGION (US, Archie L. Mayo, 1936) ; CABIN IN THE COTTON, THE (US, Michael Curtiz, 1932) ; DEAD END (US, William Wyler, 1937) ; FORCE OF EVIL (US, Abraham Polonsky, 1948) ; GABRIEL OVER THE WHITE HOUSE (US, Gregory La Cava, 1933) ; STATE'S ATTORNEY (US, George Archainbaud, 1932) ; SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS (US, Preston Sturges, 1942) ; THEY WON'T FORGET (US, Mervyn LeRoy, 1937) ; THREE COMRADES (US, Frank Borzage, 1938) ; GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT (US, Elia Kazan, 1947) ; I WAS A COMMUNIST FOR THE F.B.I. (US, Gordon Douglas, 1951) ; LAWLESS, THE (US, Joseph Losey, 1950) ; LAWYER MAN (US, Wilhelm Dieterle, 1932) ; LITTLE MAN, WHAT NOW? (US, Frank Borzage, 1934) ; MASSACRE (US, Alan Crosland, 1933) ; MEET JOHN DOE (US, Frank Capra, 1941) ; MOUTHPIECE, THE (US, James Flood & Elliott Nugent, 1932) ; OUR DAILY BREAD (US, King Vidor, 1934) ; PINKY (US, Elia Kazan, 1949) ; PRESIDENT VANISHES, THE (US, William Wellman, 1934) ; RIFFRAFF (US, J. Walter Ruben, 1936) ; [MISTER] MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (US, Frank Capra, 1936) ; [MISTER] MR SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (US, Frank Capra, 1939) ; MODERN TIMES (US, Charles Chaplin, 1936) ; MONSIEUR VERDOUX (US, Charles Chaplin, 1947) ; MORTAL STORM, THE (US, Frank Borzage, 1940) ; MY MAN GODFREY (US, Gregory La Cava, 1936) ; ON THE WATERFRONT (US, Elia Kazan, 1954) ; BODY AND SOUL (US, Robert Rossen, 1947) ; GRAPES OF WRATH, THE (US, John Ford, 1940) ; GREAT DICTATOR, THE (US, Charles Chaplin, 1940) ; HEROES FOR SALE (US, William A. Wellman, 1933) ; I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG (US, Mervyn LeRoy, 1932) ; IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (US, Frank Capra, 1946) ; SALT OF THE EARTH (US, Herbert J. Biberman, 1954) ; YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE (US, Fritz Lang, 1937) Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. 319-329; Filmography: p. 331-351ISBN: 0253127076; 0253202612 (pbk.)LON: 1763505
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Movies / Manny Farber New York: Hillstone,
Call No: 67(04) FARAuthor: Farber, Manny Place: New YorkPublisher: HillstonePhysDes: viii, 288 p., [18] of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.Subject: ACTORS ; EXPERIMENTAL FILMS ; FESTIVALS. NEW YORK ; UNDERGROUND FILMS ; AGEE, JAMES ; ALDRICH, ROBERT ; ANTONIONI, MICHELANGELO ; BERGMAN, INGMAR ; BOGARDE, DIRK ; BOGART, HUMPHREY ; BRESSON, ROBERT ; BUNUEL, LUIS ; BURTON, RICHARD ; DENEUVE, CATHERINE ; FONDA, HENRY ; FORD, JOHN ; FULLER, SAMUEL ; GODARD, JEAN-LUC ; HAWKS, HOWARD ; HITCHCOCK, ALFRED ; HUSTON, JOHN ; KAZAN, ELIA ; MANN, ANTHONY ; MOREAU, JEANNE ; SIEGEL, DON ; SNOW, MICHAEL ; STEVENS, GEORGE ; STURGES, PRESTON ; TAYLOR, ELIZABETH ; ASPHALT JUNGLE, THE (US, John Huston, 1950) ; BELLE DE JOUR (FR/IT, Luis Bunuel, 1967) ; BIG CLOCK, THE (US, John Farrow, 1947) ; BIG SLEEP, THE (US, Howard Hawkes, 1946) ; BODY SNATCHER, THE (US, Robert Wise, 1945) ; CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE, THE (US, Gunther von Fritsch & Robert Wise, 1944) ; DETECTIVE STORY (US, William Wyler, 1951) ; FLAMING STAR (US, Don Siegel, 1960) ; HIGH SIERRA (US, Raoul Walsh, 1941) ; HIS KIND OF WOMAN (US, John Farrow, 1951) ; HIS GIRL FRIDAY (US, Howard Hawks, 1940) ; KILLERS, THE (US, Robert Siodmak, 1946) ; ODD MAN OUT (UK, Carol Reed, 1947) ; LADY FROM SHANGHAI, THE (US, Orson Welles, 1948) ; PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET (US, Samuel Fuller, 1953) ; PROWLER, THE (US, Joseph Losey, 1950) ; RED RIVER (US, Howard Hawks, 1948) ; ROARING TWENTIES, THE (US, Raoul Walsh, 1939) ; SCAR OF SHAME, THE (US, Frank Peregini, 1927) ; SET-UP (US, Kathryn Bigelow, 1978) ; SKAMMEN (SW, Ingmar Bergman, 1968) ; SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS (US, Preston Sturges, 1942) ; SUNSET BOULEVARD (US, Billy Wilder, 1950) ; THIRD MAN, THE (UK, Carol Reed, 1949) Notes: Includes index.; Orginally published as: Negative space
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Movies about the movies : Hollywood reflected / Christopher Ames Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky, c1997.
Call No: 750.1 AMEAuthor: Ames, Christopher, 1956 Place: Lexington, Ky.Publisher: University Press of KentuckyPubDate: c1997PhysDes: ix, 254 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: FILMS IN FILMS ; HOLLYWOOD IN FILMS ; STAR IS BORN, A (US, William Wellman, 1937) ; STAR IS BORN, A (US, George Cukor, 1954) ; WHAT PRICE HOLLYWOOD (US, George Cukor, 1932) ; STAND-IN (US, Tay Garnett, 1937) ; BOY MEETS GIRL (US, Lloyd Bacon, 1938) ; STAR, THE (US, Stuart Heisler, 1952) ; SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (US, Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen, 1952) ; SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS (US, Preston Sturges, 1942) ; PENNIES FROM HEAVEN (US, Herbert Ross, 1981) ; PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO, THE (US, Woody Allen, 1985) ; LAST ACTION HERO (US, John McTiernan, 1993) ; BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, THE (US, Vincente Minnelli, 1952) ; IN A LONELY PLACE (US, Nicholas Ray, 1950) ; SUNSET BOULEVARD (US, Billy Wilder, 1950) ; PLAYER, THE (US, Robert Altman, 1992) Summary: Hundreds of films belonging to the genre of Hollywood-on-Hollywood movies can be found throughout the history of American cinema, from the days of silents to the present. They include films from genres as far ranging as musical, film noir, melodrama, comedy, and action adventure. Such movies seduce us with the promise of revealing the reality behind the camera. But, as part of the very industry they supposedly critique, they cannot take us behind the scenes in any true sense. This paradox - the simultaneous debunking and celebration of Hollywood - lies at the heart of the genre. Through close analysis of the best of these films. Ames reveals how the idea of Hollywood is constructed (and constructs itself), particularly through such moments of explicit self-referentiality as the movie-within-a-movie and scenes set in studiosNotes: Includes filmography (p. 227); Includes bibliographical references (p. 238-244) and indexISBN: 0813120187 (cloth : alk. paper)LON: 12952826
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SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS : (US, Preston Sturges, 1942)
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