Hal Wallis : producer to the stars / / Bernard F. Dick

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910787386103321
• Autore: Dick Bernard F.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2004; ©2004
• ISBN: 0-8131-8776-1; 0-8131-5951-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (336 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.4302/32/092; B
• Soggetti: Motion picture producers and directors - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-277) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Child of the Tenements; 2 Becoming Hal B. Wallis; 3 At the Court of the Clown Prince; 4 The End of a Dubious Friendship; 5 Starting Over; 6 Morning Star; 7 Interstellar Spaces; 8 The Wallis Galaxy; 9 Two Jokers and a King; 10 Phoenix Rising; 11 Brief Encounters; 12 His Last Girl; 13 Requiem for a Gentleman; Notes; Bibliographical Essay; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Hal Wallis might not be as well known as David O. Selznick or Samuel Goldwyn, but the films he produced -- Casablanca, Jezebel, Now Voyager, The Life of Emile Zola, Becket, True Grit, and many other classics (as well as scores of Elvis movies) -- have certainly endured. As producer of numerous films, Wallis made an indelible mark on the course of America's film industry, but his contributions are often overlooked and no full-length study has yet assessed his incredible career.A former office boy and salesman, Wallis first engaged with the business of film as the manager of a Los Angeles movie