Director Michael Curtiz was the mastermind behind some of the most
iconic films of classical Hollywood—Casablanca, Yankee Doodle
Dandy, The Sea Hawk, White Christmas, and Mildred Pierce, to name
only a few. The most prolific and consistently successful Hollywood
generalist with an all-embracing interest in different forms of
narrative and spectacle, Curtiz made around a hundred films in an
astonishing range of genres: action, biopics, melodramas/film noir,
musicals, and westerns. But his important contributions to the
history of American film have been overlooked because his broadly
varied oeuvre does not present the unified vision of filmmaking
that canonical criticism demands for the category of “auteur.”
Exploring his films and artistic practice from a variety of angles,
including politics, gender, and genre, The Many Cinemas of Michael
Curtiz sheds new light on this underappreciated cinematic genius.
Leading film studies scholars offer fresh appraisals of many of
Curtiz’s most popular films, while also paying attention to
neglected releases of substantial historical interest, such as
Noah’s Ark , Night and Day, Virginia City, Black Fury, Mystery of
the Wax Museum, and Female. Because Curtiz worked for so long and
in so many genres, this analysis of his work becomes more than an
author study of a notable director. Instead, The Many Cinemas of
Michael Curtiz effectively adds a major chapter to the history of
Hollywood’s studio era, including its internationalism and the
significant contributions of European émigrés.
General
| Imprint: |
University Of Texas Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
July 2018 |
| Firstpublished: |
2018 |
| Editors: |
R.Barton Palmer
• Murray Pomerance
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 28mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
352 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4773-1555-2 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
General
|
| LSN: |
1-4773-1555-1 |
| Barcode: |
9781477315552 |
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