Tough as nails [[electronic resource] ] : the life and films of Richard Brooks / / Douglass K. Daniel

• Autore: Daniel Douglass K
• Pubblicazione: Madison, Wis., : University of Wisconsin Press, c2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: x, 249 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 791.4302/33092; B
• Soggetto topico: Motion picture producers and directors - United States
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Tough as nails
• ISBN: 1-283-07759-0; 9786613077592; 0-299-25123-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824979803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Wisconsin film studies.