02811nam 2200649Ia 450 991097086000332120240418054056.097866130775929781283077590128307759097802992512390299251233(CKB)2670000000079661(SSID)ssj0000473875(PQKBManifestationID)11307876(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000473875(PQKBWorkID)10449630(PQKB)10496824(MiAaPQ)EBC3445146(OCoLC)708037241(MdBmJHUP)muse12051(Au-PeEL)EBL3445146(CaPaEBR)ebr10451115(CaONFJC)MIL307759(OCoLC)927483521(Perlego)4510086(EXLCZ)99267000000007966120100920d2011 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrTough as nails the life and films of Richard Brooks /Douglass K. Daniel1st ed.Madison, Wis. University of Wisconsin Pressc2011x, 249 p. illWisconsin film studiesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780299251246 0299251241 Includes bibliographical references and index.Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Hollywood by Way of Philadelphia -- 2. Writing Movies at Home and at War -- 3. Swell Guys, Brutes, and the Blacklist -- 4. In the Director's Chair at MGM -- 5. Writing and Rocking around the Clock -- 6. Taking Literature from Page to Screen -- 7. Independence and That Old-Time Religion -- 8. Two Hits and One Major Miss -- 9. A Journey into Capote Country -- 10. On Marriage, Larceny, and America's Beauty -- 11. New Directions and Two Wrong Turns -- Conclusion -- Filmography -- Notes on Sources -- Bibliography -- Index.This first biography of Oscar-winning filmmaker Richard Brooks, writer-director ofElmer GantryandCat on a Hot Tin Roof, restores to importance the career of one of the mid-twentieth century's most influential Hollywood figures and includes analysis of Brooks's filmography and interviews with stars Sidney Poitier and Jean Simmons, Brooks's wife for twenty years.Wisconsin film studies.Motion picture producers and directorsUnited StatesBiographyMotion picture producers and directors791.4302/33092BDaniel Douglass K1813072MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910970860003321Tough as nails4365835UNINA