Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film (Screen Classics)
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| Rating | : | 4.47 (538 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B06WVDXBQV |
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| Number of Pages | : | 424 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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It is difficult if not impossible to imagine a more complete account of his life."Steven C. Smith, author of A Heart at Fire's Center: The Life and Music of Bernard Herrmann. "A superbly researched, highly compelling account of one of cinema's most gifted and underrated directors, Rode provides a vivid description of Curtiz's personality and working methods
Writer and film scholar Alan K. He is the host and producer of the Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival in Palm Springs, California, and director-treasurer of the Film Noir Foundation. . Rode is the author of Charles McGraw: Film Noir Tough Guy
However, few directors elicited more memorable portrayals from their casts, and ten different actors delivered Oscar-nominated performances under his direction.In addition to his study of the director's remarkable legacy, Rode investigates Curtiz's dramatic personal life, discussing his enduring creative partnership with his wife, screenwriter Bess Meredyth, as well as his numerous affairs and children born of his extramarital relationships. Rode illuminates the life and work of one of the film industry's most complex figures. He begins by exploring the director's early life and career in his native Hungary, revealing how Curtiz shaped the earliest days of silent cinema in Europe as he acted in, produced, and directed scores of films before immig