Edward Dmytryk was one of the so-called "Hollywood Ten" jailed for contempt of Congress for refusing to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947.
Finding himself blacklisted after his prison sentence and unable to operate under a pseudonym, he took the step of testifying and naming names to the Committee. His career resumed to considerable commercial success, but also to prolonged and bitter criticism from the left and persistent mistrust from the right. Acknowledged as one of the key figures in the development of the film noir genre, having directed one of its first films, Murder, My Sweet, Dmytryk has otherwise frequently been sidelined in critical studies because of the controversy. This book is the first to critically evaluate each of the dozens of films he made between the 1930s and the 1970s including The Young Lions, Crossfire and The Caine Mutiny, among many others.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"This book is a carefully researched and perceptive study of the work of one of Hollywood's most controversial directors, whose career has long been crying out for sympathetic yet incisive re-evaluation. High on the list of any critic's priorities should be a passionate engagement with the subject and, if necessary, a restoration of justice and the author has risen impressively to the challenge."-Neil Sinyard, emeritus professor of film studies, University of Hull, UK
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
Interest Age: From 18 years
Produkt-Hinweis
Illustrationen
60 photos, filmography, notes, bibliography, index
Maße
Höhe: 254 mm
Breite: 178 mm
Dicke: 18 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-1-4766-8092-7 (9781476680927)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Fintan McDonagh is a London-based writer on film and culture whose work has appeared in Sight & Sound, The Guardian and the website of the British Film Institute.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
deleteI.?Rising Through the Ranks (1923-1942)
The Hawk (1935) (a.k.a. The Trail of the Hawk)
Million Dollar Legs (1939)
Television Spy (1939)
Emergency Squad (1940)
Golden Gloves (1940)
Mystery Sea Raider (1940)
Her First Romance (1940)
The Devil Commands (1941)
Under Age (1940)
Sweetheart of the Campus (1941)
The Blonde from Singapore (1941)
Secrets of the Lone Wolf (1941) and Counter-Espionage (1942)
Confessions of Boston Blackie (1941)
?II.?The RKO Years (1942-1947)
Seven Miles from Alcatraz (1942)
Hitler's Children (1943)
The Falcon Strikes Back (1942)
Captive Wild Woman (1943)
Behind the Rising Sun (1943)
Tender Comrade (1943)
Murder, My Sweet (1944)
Back to Bataan (1945)
Cornered (1945)
Till the End of Time (1946)
So Well Remembered (1947)
Crossfire (1947)
III.?The HUAC Nightmare (1947-1951)
Obsession (1949)
Give Us This Day (1949)
IV.?Stanley Kramer, Career Savior (1951-1954)
Mutiny (1952)
The Sniper (1952)
Eight Iron Men (1952)
The Juggler (1953)
The Caine Mutiny (1954)
deleteV.?Consolidation Across Continents (1954-1960)
Broken Lance (1954)
The End of the Affair (1955)
Soldier of Fortune (1955)
The Left Hand of God (1955)
The Mountain (1956)
Raintree County (1957)
The Young Lions (1958)
Warlock (1959)
The Blue Angel (1959)
?VI.?Sustaining Stardom (1961-1969)
Walk on the Wild Side (1962)
The Reluctant Saint (1962)
The Carpetbaggers (1964)
Where Love Has Gone (1964)
Mirage (1965)
Alvarez Kelly (1966)
Anzio (1968)
Shalako (1968)
VII.?Out of Time (1970-1975)
Bluebeard (1972)
He Is My Brother (1975)
The "Human" Factor (1975)
Filmography
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
