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The Casablanca man : the cinema of Michael Curtiz / James C. Robertson.
LIBRA - Special PN1998.3.C87 R63 1994
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Robertson, James C. (James Crighton), 1930-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Curtiz, Michael, 1886-1962--Criticism and interpretation.
- Curtiz, Michael.
- Curtiz, Michael, 1888-1962.
- Curtiz, Michael, 1886-1962.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Local Subjects:
- Curtiz, Michael, 1888-1962.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- vi, 202 pages : portraits ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Routledge, [1994]
- Summary:
- This book surveys Curtiz's unequalled mastery over a variety of genres which include biography, comedy, horror, melodrama, musical, swashbuckler and western, and looks at his relationship with Hollywood studio moguls on the basis of unprecedented archive research at Warner Brothers.
- Contents:
- Europe, 1888 to 1926
- Hollywood baptism, 1926 to 1929
- An expanding repertoire, 1930 to 1935
- Near and at the summit, 1935 to 1941
- World war, December 1941 to August 1945
- The twilight Warners years, September 1945 to April 1953
- Hollywood nomad, April 1953 to April 1962
- Assessment.
- Notes:
- Originally published: London : Routledge, 1993.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-173.-Filmography: pages 174-191) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415115779
- 9780415115773
- OCLC:
- 31169884
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