They Made the Movies

Conversations with Great Filmmakers

James Bawden, Ron Miller (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

392 Seiten

2024
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-9752-4 (ISBN)

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For decades, James Bawden and Ron Miller have established themselves as maestros of provocative interviews, giving fans unmatched insights into the lives of Hollywood A-listers. In their fourth collection, the authors pay tribute to film pioneers who lit up Tinseltown from the 1930s through the 1960s. They Made the Movies features conversations with legendary directors who created many of film's all-time classics, including Frank Capra (It's A Wonderful Life, 1946), Richard Fleischer (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 1954), Alfred Hitchcock (Psycho, 1960), Ralph Nelson (Lilies of the Field, 1963), Robert Wise (The Sound of Music, 1965), and Chuck Jones (How the Grinch Stole Christmas! 1966). Tantalizing firsthand details about many acclaimed films are revealed, such as the revelation of Mervyn LeRoy's first-choice of lead actress for The Wizard of Oz ("Shirley Temple… but Shirley couldn't sing like Judy [Garland]"), Billy Wilder's insights on directing ("You have to be a sycophant, a sadist, a nurse, a philosopher"), and how megaproducer Hal B. Wallis purchased an unproduced play titled Everyone Comes to Rick's and transformed it into Casablanca ("The part [of Sam] almost went to Lena Horne, but I thought she was too beautiful"). The authors also celebrate the contributions of marginalized filmmakers such as Ida Lupino, James Wong Howe, Oscar Micheaux, and Luis Valdez, who prevailed in Hollywood despite the discrimination they faced throughout their careers. They Made the Movies appeals to film and television enthusiasts of all ages.

James Bawden, former TV columnist for the Toronto Star, is renowned for his distinguished profiles of movie stars and directors. He has written for Films in Review and numerous cinema magazines. Ron Miller was TV editor of the San Jose Mercury News from 1977–1999 and a syndicated columnist for the Knight Ridder News Service. A former national president of the Television Critics Association and a recipient of the National Headliner Award, he is currently an instructor at the Academy for Lifelong Learning at Western Washington University.

Introduction
A Mega Producer
Michael Anderson
Hall Bartlett
Frank Capra
George Cukor
Delmer Daves
Edward Dmytrk
Philip Dunne
Richard Fleischer
John Frankenheimer
Michael Gordon
Henry Hathaway
Alfred Hitchcock
Chuck Jones
Stanley Kramer
Phillip Leacock
Mervyn LeRoy
Rouben Mamoulian
Delbert Mann
David Miller
Ronald Neame
Ralph Nelson
Frank Perry
Joseph Pevney
Irving Rapper
Michael Ritchie
Vincent Sherman
Ralph Thomas
King Vidor
Billy Wilder
Robert Wise
Hollywood's Golden Age Wasn't Always Pure Gold
Remembering James Bawden
Acknowledgments

Erscheinungsdatum	18.09.2023
Zusatzinfo	96 b&w illustrations
Verlagsort	Lexington
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
ISBN-10	0-8131-9752-X / 081319752X
ISBN-13	978-0-8131-9752-4 / 9780813197524
Zustand	Neuware