Giant : George Stevens, a life on film / Marilyn Ann Moss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moss, Marilyn Ann.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Motion picture producers and directors.

Stevens, George, 1904-1975.

Stevens, George.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (341 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wis. : Terrace Books, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Marilyn Ann Moss's Giant examines the life of one of the most influential directors to work in Hollywood from the 1930s to the 1960s. George Stevens directed such popular and significant films as Shane, Giant, A Place in the Sun, and The Diary of Anne Frank. He was the first to pair Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy on film in Woman of the Year. Through the study of Stevens's life and his production history, Moss also presents a glimpse of the workings of the classic Hollywood studio system in its glory days. Moss documents Stevens's role as a powerful director who often had to battle the heads of major studios to get his films made his way. She traces the four decades Stevens was a major Hollywood player and icon, from his earliest days at the Hal Roach Studios-where he learned to be a cameraman, writer, and director for Laurel and Hardy features-up to when his films made millions at the box office and were graced by actors such as Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, Alan Ladd, and Montgomery Clift.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Part 1 The Early Years

1 George and Rex, Stan and Ollie

2 The RKO Years

3 The Women: The Early Forties

4 Toluca Ville: The War Years

Part 2 The Postwar Films

5 I See America Kissing: A Place in the Sun

6 The Art of Gun Slinging: Shane

7 Our Town: Giant

8 The One Who Cannot Be Left Behind: The Diary of Anne Frank

Part 3 Life and Times

9 Democratic Vista: The Greatest Story Ever Told

10 Postscript: The Only Game in Town

Notes

Filmography

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Filmography: p. 309-315.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-319) and index.

ISBN:

9786612269639

9780299204334

0299204332

9781282269637

1282269631

OCLC:

294959899