Based on 15 hours of interviews conducted by film scholar Alain
Silver, this new book on legendary director of photography James
Wong Howe (1899-1976) is a must-read for anyone interested in what
happens behind the scenes on a Hollywood set from film aficionados
to industry professionals. A two-time Academy-Award(r) winner and
still considered one of the greatest cinematographers in the
history of American motion pictures, James Wong Howe began his
career in 1917 at Famous Players-Lasky as a camera assistant
working on silent features directed by such pioneers of narrative
cinema as Cecil B. DeMille. Promoted to Director of Photography in
1922, Howe spent almost three decades shooting A-projects while
under contract at Paramount, MGM, 20th Century-Fox, Selznick
International, and Warner Bros. then another twenty-plus years as a
freelance cameraman. At those studios, he shot projects as diverse
as the silent Peter Pan, Viva Villa , The Prisoner of Zenda, Abe
Lincoln in Illinois, King's Row, Body and Soul, The Rose Tattoo,
Picnic, Hud, Seconds, and almost 60 sixty years after his first job
Funny Lady in 1975. "It was the people who were interested in
movies as a living art form, people that loved to experiment and
found the results gratifying, who made the technical progress in
motion pictures." Such comments by Howe about his career, his
style, actors, producers, and directors with whom he worked, and
his beliefs about what constitutes good camerawork are extensively
annotated and profusely illustrated with over 500 images, many of
which are keyed to Howe's remarks about specific scenes and shots
reflect his direct, professional approach: "There must be a reason
for all lighting: what it's for and where it's coming from." Howe
provides considerable detail about his work with such producers and
directors as DeMille, David O. Selznick, Hall Wallis, William
Cameron Menzies, Victor Fleming, John Cromwell, Martin Ritt,
Herbert Brenon, John Frankenheimer, and Sidney Lumet. Among the
star performers discussed are Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, Sean
Connery, Joan Crawford, Marlene Dietrich, Errol Flynn, Clark Gable,
Greta Garbo, John Garfield, Cary Grant, Rita Hayworth, William
Holden, Hedy Lamarr, Burt Lancaster, Vivien Leigh, Myrna Loy,
Robert Mitchum, Paul Newman, Kim Novak, Laurence Olivier, Robert
Redford, Edward G. Robinson, Ann Sheridan, Barbara Stanwyck, Barbra
Streisand, Spencer Tracy, and Natalie Wood. Also included are the
most complete filmography ever compiled of all of Howe's work (with
some newly discovered credits), two essays about lighting and
preparation written by Howe himself, a biographical summary, select
bibliography, and a complete inde
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