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Queen Kelly - The Complete Screenplay by Erich von Stroheim (Paperback, Annotated Ed)
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Queen Kelly - The Complete Screenplay by Erich von Stroheim (Paperback, Annotated Ed)
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A rare and fascinating view into the creative process of one of the
most notorious, talented and colorful figures of American cinema.
When production began in 1928, writer/director Erich von Stroheim
predicted the silent epic Queen Kelly would be his greatest
cinematic achievement. Within a few weeks, however, the film was
behind schedule, over budget, and filled with scenes of such frank
eroticism and immorality that it was doubtful the film could ever
pass the censors. With the film only partially completed, a
frustrated and disgusted producer/star Gloria Swanson eventually
shut down production. The demise of Queen Kelly marked the turning
point in the career of one of silent cinema's greatest directors,
who would never be given another filmmaking opportunity of this
scale. The long-awaited publication of the complete screenplay
(presented in cooperation with the Gloria Swanson estate) offers a
richly detailed picture of von Stroheim's unrealized masterpiece
that inarguably would have been one of the last great spectacles of
the silent era. In addition to the extensively annotated 230-page
shooting script, this volume includes 90 pages from an earlier
draft. The original ending is dramatically different from the final
version and had been discarded and rewritten by von Stroheim in an
effort to cut costs during production. Also included are
photographs, full production credits and an introduction detailing
the troubled history of this most remarkable film. This book offers
a thought-provoking view of the masterpiece that might have been.
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