Giant : George Stevens, a life on film / Marilyn Ann Moss.
Giant : George Stevens, a life on film / Marilyn Ann Moss.
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Publisher
Madison, Wis. : Terrace Books, c2004.
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N791.43023/73
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English
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Physical content
xii, 327 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Pt. I. The early years -- 1. George and Rex, Stan and Ollie -- 2. The RKO years -- 3. The women : the early forties -- 4. Toluca Ville : the war years -- Pt. 2. The postwar films -- 5. I see America kissing : A place in the sun -- 6. The art of gun slinging : Shane -- 7. Our town : Giant -- 8. The o...
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Publisher
Madison, Wis. : Terrace Books, c2004.
Place of Publication
Wisconsin
Date Published
c2004.
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Summary
"Moss documents Stevens's role as a powerful director who often had to battle the heads of major studies to get his films made his way. For four decades, from the 1930s to the 1960s, Stevens was a major Hollywood player and icon. His career is traced from his earliest days at the Hal Roach Studios - where he learned to be a cameraman, writer, and d...
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Giant : George Stevens, a life on film / Marilyn Ann Moss.
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Filmography: p. 309-315.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-319) and index.
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N791.43023/73
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74VKp43wVjNb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKp43wVjNb
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ISBN
0299204308 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780299204303 (hardcover : alk. paper)
DDC
791.430233092
MMS ID
991019428729702626
