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My place in the sun : life in the golden age of Hollywood and Washington /

"The son of a celebrated Hollywood director emerges from his father's shadow to claim his own place as a major force in American culture. George Stevens, Jr. tells an intimate and moving tale of his relationship with his Oscar-winning father and his own exciting career in Hollywood and Was...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stevens, George, Jr., 1932- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, [2022]
Colección:Screen classics (Lexington, Ky.)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • PART ONE
  • FAMILY
  • 1. San Francisco
  • 2. The Irish Side
  • 3. A Man of the Theater
  • 4. Yonnie
  • 5. Just Married
  • 6. Toluca Lake
  • 7. My Dad
  • PART TWO
  • WAR
  • 8. Changing Times
  • 9. A Time of War
  • 10. The Fifty Yard Line
  • 11. Winter
  • 12. Together Again
  • PART THREE
  • MOVIES
  • 13. Seventeen
  • 14. Higher Learning
  • 15. Company Clerk
  • 16. The Wild Blue Yonder
  • 17. The Eyes of Texas
  • 18. On the Town
  • 19. A Young Girl's Diary
  • 20. The Unexpected
  • PART FOUR
  • A NEW FRONTIER
  • 21. Telling America's Story
  • 22. Jackie's Journey
  • 23. Cannes and Venice
  • 24. The Best in the Country
  • 25. Grace and Beauty
  • 26. Moscow
  • 27. Five Cities
  • 28. Transition
  • 29. The March
  • 30. Election Year
  • 31. In His Memory
  • 32. LBJ at the Helm
  • 33. Kremlin Honeymoon
  • 34. The Arts and the White House
  • 35. A Fast Moving Year
  • PART FIVE
  • AN AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE
  • 36. A New Adventure
  • 37. Two Tracks--Old and New
  • 38. Bobby
  • 39. Into the Breach
  • 40. Epitaph for Georgie
  • 41. A Bridge for Filmmakers
  • 42. Nixon in Charge
  • 43. A Place to Stand
  • 44. Come Home America
  • 45. The Test of Time
  • 46. A Capital Life
  • 47. Honor Catches Up with a Fugitive
  • 48. Shaping AFI
  • 49. Maverick
  • 50. A Giant Oak
  • 51. 1976
  • 52. The Stars Salute
  • 53. Honors
  • 54. I Love Tiananmen Square
  • 55. A New Direction
  • PART SIX
  • A CREATIVE LIFE
  • 56. 1980
  • 57. Hollywood on the Potomac
  • 58. Dodger Blue
  • 59. The Christmas Spirit
  • 60. Homage
  • 61. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
  • 62. Telling a Story
  • 63. Paris
  • 64. Separate but Equal
  • 65. George and Barbara
  • 66. The Man from Hope
  • 67. The Thin Red Line
  • 68. Impeachment
  • 69. America's Millennium
  • PART SEVEN
  • THE TEST OF TIME
  • 70. The 2000s
  • 71. Obama
  • 72. Thurgood
  • 73. Yes, We Can!
  • 74. We Are One
  • 75. The President's Committee
  • 76. Labors of Love
  • 77. Surprise
  • 78. The Honors Tradition
  • 79. Courage
  • 80. Getavasia