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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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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington :
University Press of Kentucky,
2006.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue: The Three-Act Play; The Screenwriter as Icon; One: The Miracle Man; First Impressions at Columbia; Entering the Gilded Cage; Two: The Big Timer; From Faith Comes Madness; Politics and the Columbia Way; Politics, the Guild, and the Major Breakthrough; Politics, Culture, and Riskin's Democratic Vision; Three: The Partnership; Union Bargaining and the Road to Mandrake Falls; Writer, Producer, and Director; Four: The Idealist; The Life and Death of Frank Capra Productions; Five: The Liberator
- Peace, Propaganda, and the Future Hope of the WorldA Legacy of the American Documentary Tradition; Six: The Producer; Robert Riskin Productions and the Struggle for Independence; The Dangers of Going out of Business; Seven: The Writer; A Career Curtailed; Epilogue; Filmography; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index