02628nam 22005774a 450 991080779930332120200520144314.00-8166-9769-8(CKB)1000000000346678(EBL)310757(OCoLC)476096131(SSID)ssj0000141781(PQKBManifestationID)11158126(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000141781(PQKBWorkID)10091134(PQKB)11773185(MiAaPQ)EBC310757(OCoLC)191940516(MdBmJHUP)muse39077(Au-PeEL)EBL310757(CaPaEBR)ebr10173884(CaONFJC)MIL523180(EXLCZ)99100000000034667820060406d2006 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrDudley Murphy, Hollywood wild card /Susan Delson1st ed.Minneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc20061 online resource (300 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-4654-6 "Filmography of Dudley Murphy": p. 227-230.Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-238) and index.CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION: At the Edge of the Frame; 1. Rooted in Art; 2. Greek Goddesses for the Movie going Public; 3. Vexed and Disputed: The Multiple Histories of Ballet mécanique; 4. Into the Mainstream; 5. The Beginning of the Audible Period; 6. Not Murder but Mayhem: Hollywood Again; 7. Between Pictures; 8. Stepping out of the System: The Making of The Emperor Jones; 9. An Equivocal Independence; 10. Changing Direction; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTES; FILMOGRAPHY OF DUDLEY MURPHY; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEXDudley Murphy (1897-1968) was one of early Hollywood's most intriguing figures. Active from the 1920's through the 1940's, Murphy was one of the industry's first independents and a guiding intelligence behind some of the key films in early twentieth-century cinema. In the first full-length biography of Murphy, Susan Delson gives full rein to an American original whose life was as audacious as his films.Motion picture producers and directorsUnited StatesBiographyMotion picture producers and directors791.4302/33092BDelson Susan1649206MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807799303321Dudley Murphy, Hollywood wild card4097485UNINA