They made the movies : conversations with great filmmakers / James Bawden and Ron Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bawden, James, author.

Miller, Ron, 1939- author.

Series:

Screen Classics Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture producers and directors--Interviews.

Motion picture producers and directors.

Motion pictures--California--Los Angeles--History.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (389 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, [2023]

Summary:

For decades, James Bawden and Ron Miller have established themselves as maestros of provocative interviews, giving fans unmatched insights into the lives of Hollywood A-listers. In their fourth collection, the authors pay tribute to film pioneers who lit up Tinseltown from the 1930s through the 1960s. They Made the Movies features conversations with legendary directors who created many of film's all-time classics, including Frank Capra ( It's A Wonderful Life, 1946), Richard Fleischer ( 20, 000 Leagues Under the Sea, 1954), Alfred Hitchcock ( Psycho, 1960), Ralph Nelson ( Lilies of the Field, 1963), Robert Wise ( The Sound of Music, 1965), and Chuck Jones ( How the Grinch Stole Christmas! 1966). Tantalizing firsthand details about many acclaimed films are revealed, such as the revelation of Mervyn LeRoy's first-choice of lead actress for The Wizard of Oz ("Shirley Temple... but Shirley couldn't sing like Judy [Garland]"), Billy Wilder's insights on directing ("You have to be a sycophant, a sadist, a nurse, a philosopher"), and how megaproducer Hal B. Wallis purchased an unproduced play titled Everybody Comes to Rick's and transformed it into Casablanca ("The part [of Sam] almost went to Lena Horne, but I thought she was too beautiful"). The authors also celebrate the contributions of marginalized filmmakers such as Ida Lupino, James Wong Howe, Oscar Micheaux, and Luis Valdez, who prevailed in Hollywood despite the discrimination they faced throughout their careers. They Made the Movies appeals to film and television enthusiasts of all ages.

Contents:

Cover

Halftitle page

Title page

Copyright page

Dedication

Contents

Introduction: Who Are Those People behind the Camera?

The Interviews

A Mega Producer: Hal B. Wallis

Michael Anderson

Hall Bartlett

Frank Capra

George Cukor

Delmer Daves

Edward Dmytryk

Philip Dunne

Richard Fleischer

John Frankenheimer

Michael Gordon

Henry Hathaway

Alfred Hitchcock

Chuck Jones

Stanley Kramer

Philip Leacock

Plates

Mervyn LeRoy

Rouben Mamoulian

Delbert Mann

David Miller

Ronald Neame

Ralph Nelson

Frank Perry

Joseph Pevney

Irving Rapper

Michael Ritchie

Vincent Sherman

Ralph Thomas

King Vidor

Billy Wilder

Robert Wise

The Golden Age Wasn't Always Pure Gold: Hollywood's Lack of Diversity

Remembering James Bawden

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Index

Screen Classics.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Other Format:

Print version: Bawden, James They Made the Movies

ISBN:

9780813197531

0813197538