LEADER 02691nam 22005291 450 001 9910464699603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-87195-347-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000000072384 035 $a(EBL)1565995 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001060285 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11674193 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001060285 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11086445 035 $a(PQKB)11480843 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1565995 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1565995 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10807865 035 $a(OCoLC)922907176 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000072384 100 $a20110819d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRobert Wise $eshadowlands ; a Wes D. Gehring biography 210 1$aIndianapolis :$cIndiana Historical Society Press,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (351 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-87195-296-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [315]-322) and filmography. 327 $aThe early years -- A career detour: 1930s Hollywood -- Orson Welles -- Val Lewton and becoming a director -- Lewton and Maupassant: a template picture -- Wise's first noir classic: Born to kill -- Signature cinema: the set-up -- Life after RKO: The day the earth stood still and genre diversity -- Melodrama in various war settings: Run silent, run deep as metaphor -- "portraits" and biographies doubling as melodramas and/or noirs -- Wise's brass-ring decade: the 1960s -- Filmmaking: "a terribly expensive paint box" -- Epilogue. 330 $aBorn in Winchester, Indiana, Robert Wise spent much of his youth sitting in darkened movie theaters enthralled by the swashbuckling heroics of screen legend Douglas Fairbanks Sr. Through these viewings, Wise developed a passion for film-a passion he followed for the rest of his life, making movies in Hollywood. Nationally known film historian Wes D. Gehring explores Wise's life from his days in the Hoosier State to the beginning of his movie career at RKO studios working as the editor of Orson Welles's classic movie Citizen Kane. Wise is best known for producing and directing two of the most 606 $aMotion picture producers and directors$zUnited States$vBiography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMotion picture producers and directors 676 $a791.4302/33092 676 $aB 700 $aGehring$b Wes D$0874497 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464699603321 996 $aRobert Wise$92197726 997 $aUNINA