Dudley Murphy, Hollywood wild card / Susan Delson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Delson, Susan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture producers and directors--United States--Biography.

Motion picture producers and directors.

Murphy, Dudley, 1897-1968.

Murphy, Dudley.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Dudley Murphy (1897-1968) was one of early Hollywood's most intriguing figures. Active from the 1920's through the 1940's, Murphy was one of the industry's first independents and a guiding intelligence behind some of the key films in early twentieth-century cinema. In the first full-length biography of Murphy, Susan Delson gives full rein to an American original whose life was as audacious as his films.

Contents:

CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION: At the Edge of the Frame; 1. Rooted in Art; 2. Greek Goddesses for the Movie going Public; 3. Vexed and Disputed: The Multiple Histories of Ballet mécanique; 4. Into the Mainstream; 5. The Beginning of the Audible Period; 6. Not Murder but Mayhem: Hollywood Again; 7. Between Pictures; 8. Stepping out of the System: The Making of The Emperor Jones; 9. An Equivocal Independence; 10. Changing Direction; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTES; FILMOGRAPHY OF DUDLEY MURPHY; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

"Filmography of Dudley Murphy": p. 227-230.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-238) and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-9769-8

OCLC:

476096131