Rex Ingram : Visionary Director of the Silent Screen / Ruth Barton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barton, Ruth.

Series:

Screen classics (Lexington, Ky.)

Screen classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ingram, Rex, 1892-1950.

Ingram, Rex.

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

Motion picture producers and directors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (323 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Noted for his charisma, talent, and striking good looks, director Rex Ingram (1893 1950) is ranked alongside D. W. Griffith, Marshall Neilan, and Erich von Stroheim as one of the greatest artists of the silent cinema. Ingram briefly studied sculpture at the Yale University School of Art after emigrating from Ireland to the United States in 1911; but he was soon seduced by the new medium of moving pictures and abandoned his studies for a series of jobs in the film industry. Over the next decade, he became one of the most popular directors in Hollywood, directing smash hits such as "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" (1921), "The Prisoner of Zenda" (1922), and "Scaramouche" (1923). In "Rex Ingram," Ruth Barton explores the life and legacy of the pioneering filmmaker, following him from his childhood in Dublin to his life at the top of early Hollywood's A-list and his eventual self-imposed exile on the French Riviera. Ingram excelled in bringing visions of adventure and fantasy to eager audiences, and his films made stars of actors like Rudolph Valentino, Ramon Novarro, and Alice Terry -- his second wife and leading lady. With his name a virtual guarantee of box office success, Ingram's career flourished in the 1920s despite the constraints of an increasingly regulated industry and the hostility of Louis B. Mayer, who regarded him as a dangerous maverick. Barton examines the virtuoso director's career and controversial personal life -- including his conversion to Islam, the rumors surrounding his ambiguous sexuality, and the circumstances of his untimely death. This definitive biography not only restores the visionary filmmaker to the spotlight but also provides an absorbing look at the daring and exhilarating days of silent-era Hollywood."

Contents:

Introduction

Childhood in Ireland

New York Bohemia and the lure of the movies

Rex Ingram, director

Apocalypse at Metro

Conquering Metro

Swashbucklers and other romances

Escape to the desert

Escape to Nice

The magician of the Riviera

Final films

Sculptor, writer, artist, traveler

The life, the legacy.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-4710-7

0-8131-5149-X

0-8131-4711-5

OCLC:

892798982