Studio affairs : my life as a film director / Vincent Sherman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sherman, Vincent, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Motion picture producers and directors.

Sherman, Vincent.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (362 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As a young Jewish boy growing up in Vienna, Georgia, Abe Orovitz could never have predicted the twists and turns his life would take. Many years later, as retired film director with more than thirty movies to his credit, Vincent Sherman is no less surprised when he looks back on that life.In Studio Affairs he retraces his life with candor and enthusiasm. Sherman discusses the details of his three-year relationship with Joan Crawford, his inadvertent connection with the death of Bette Davis's second husband, and his poignant romantic involvement with Rita Hayworth. Providing counterpoint to th

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Raison d'Etre; 1 Moment of Decision; 2 Unknown Territory; 3 Meeting Hedda; 4 Hollywood-First Time; 6 Hollywood-Second Time; 5 Moving Left; 7 Moving Up; 8 The Hard Way; 9 Bette Davis; 10 In Our Time; 11 Midway; 12 Errol Flynn; 13 London; 14 Joan Crawford; 15 Freelancing; 16 Red Scare; 17 Back to Warner's; 18 Twilight Years; Postscript; Filmography; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes filmography and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-8956-X

0-8131-5739-0

0-8131-7100-8

OCLC:

47011172