The crime films of Anthony Mann / Max Alvarez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alvarez, Max Joseph, 1960- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mann, Anthony, 1906-1967--Criticism and interpretation.

Mann, Anthony.

Mann, Anthony, 1906-1967.

Crime films--United States--History and criticism.

Crime films.

Criticism and interpretation.

United States.

Physical Description:

324 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Jackson [Mississippi] : University Press of Mississippi, 2014.

Summary:

"Anthony Mann (1906-1967) is renowned for his outstanding 1950s westerns starring James Stewart (Winchester '73, The Naked Spur, The Man from Laramie). But there is more to Mann's cinematic universe than those tough Wild West action dramas featuring conflicted and secretive heroes. This brilliant Hollywood craftsman also directed fourteen electrifying crime thrillers between 1942 and 1951, among them such towering achievements in film noir as T-Men, Raw Deal, and Side Street. Mann was as much at home filming dark urban alleys in black-and-white as he was the prairies and mountains in Technicolor, and his protagonists were no less conflicted and secretive than his 1950s cowboys.In these Mann crime thrillers we find powerful stories of sexual obsession (The Great Flamarion), the transforming images of women in wartime and postwar America (Strangers in the Night, Strange Impersonation), exploitation of Mexican immigrants (Border Incident), studies of the criminal mind (He Walked by Night), and Civil War bigotry (The Tall Target). Mann's forceful camera captured such memorable and diverse stars as Erich von Stroheim, Farley Granger, Dennis O'Keefe, Claire Trevor, Richard Basehart, Ricardo Montalbán, Ruby Dee, and Raymond Burr.The Crime Films of Anthony Mann features analysis of rare documents, screenplays, story treatments, and studio memoranda and reveals detailed behind-the-scenes information on preproduction and production on the Mann thrillers. Author Max Alvarez uses rare and newly available sources to explore the creation of these noir masterworks. Along the way, the book exposes secrets and solves mysteries surrounding the mercurial director and his remarkable career, which also included Broadway and early live television"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 From Lomaland to Broadway 9

2 From Broadway to Hollywood 19

3 Dr. Broadway (1942) 35

4 Strangers in the Night (1944) 45

5 Two O'clock Courage (1945) 51

6 The Great Flamarion (1945) 60

7 Strange Impersonation (1946) 70

8 Desperate (1947) 76

9 Railroaded! (1947) 89

10 T-Men (1947) 101

11 Raw Deal (1948) 117

12 He Walked By Night (1948) 135

13 Follow Me Quietly (1949) 155

14 Border Incident (1949) 170

15 Side Street (1950) 191

16 The Tall Target (1951) 210

17 The Lost Noir of Anthony Mann 226.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Alvarez, Max Joseph, 1960- Crime films of Anthony Mann

ISBN:

9781617039249

1617039241

OCLC:

837957724

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