In Capra's Shadow : The Life and Career of Screenwriter Robert Riskin /

Because screenwriter Robert Riskin spent most of his career collaborating with legendary Hollywood director Frank Capra, Riskin's own unique contributions to film have been largely overshadowed. With five Academy Award nominations to his credit for such monumental films as Lady for a Day, Mr. D...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Scott, Ian, 1954-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 2006.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Riskin, Robert.
Riskin, Robert > 1897-1955
Bibel > Philemonbrief
Film.
Screenwriters.
Authors, American.
DRAMA > American.
Scenaristes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Écrivains americains > 20e siecle > Biographies.
Screenwriters > United States > Biography.
Authors, American > 20th century > Biography.
United States.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Because screenwriter Robert Riskin spent most of his career collaborating with legendary Hollywood director Frank Capra, Riskin's own unique contributions to film have been largely overshadowed. With five Academy Award nominations to his credit for such monumental films as Lady for a Day, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, You Can't Take It with You, Here Comes the Groom, and It Happened One Night (for which he won the Oscar), Riskin is often imitated but rarely equaled. In Capra's Shadow: The Life and Career of Screenwriter Robert Riskin is the first sociohistorical analysis of the Hollywood pioneer's l.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (288 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780813159669

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