1939: The Making of Six Great Films from Hollywood's Greatest Year (Paperback)

A celebration of cinema from the year 1939--a year film critics and historians are virtually unanimous in considering the greatest in the history of motion pictures--this work is the perfect combination of film history, artistic appreciation, historical insight, and gossip. Profiling of six of the greatest films of the year--"Gone with the Wind," "Stagecoach," "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," "The Hound of the Baskervilles," "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," and "The Wizard of Oz"--the book shows, in detail, how these stories came into being and how long they waited to find fame. It also describes the behind-the-scenes story of each film: how the stories were adapted to a film script; the writers, producers, directors, actors, and technicians who made the film; how the film was received by critics and the public; and the later careers of the people who made the film, with commentary on such legendary stars as Clark Gable, Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, and Judy Garland. A must-have book that no movie fan should miss, this work captures 1930s Hollywood--an era which, in spite of being crass, commercial, restrictive, and frequently dysfunctional, produced immensely enjoyable films that are still watched with pleasure today.

General

Imprint:	Linden Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2014
First published:	March 2014
Authors:	Charles F Adams
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	260
ISBN-13:	978-1-61035-197-3
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > Film theory & criticism
LSN:	1-61035-197-5
Barcode:	9781610351973

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