Michael Curtiz : A Life in Film /

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In the first biography of Michael Curtiz, Alan K. Rode illuminates the life and work of one of the film industry's most complex figures. He begins by exploring the director's early life and career in his native Hungary, revealing how Curtiz shaped the earliest days of silent cinema in Euro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rode, Alan K., 1954- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : University Press of Kentucky, [date of publication not identified]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Curtiz, Michael, > 1886-1962
Curtiz, Michael, > 1886-1962.
Motion picture producers and directors.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Entertainment & Performing Arts.
Producteurs et realisateurs de cinema > États-Unis > Biographies.
Motion picture producers and directors > United States > Biography.
United States.
Biographies.
collective biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In the first biography of Michael Curtiz, Alan K. Rode illuminates the life and work of one of the film industry's most complex figures. He begins by exploring the director's early life and career in his native Hungary, revealing how Curtiz shaped the earliest days of silent cinema in Europe as he acted in, produced, and directed scores of films before immigrating to the United States in 1926. In Hollywood, Curtiz earned a reputation for his explosive tantrums, his difficulty communicating in English, and his disregard for the well-being of others. However, few directors elicited more memorable portrayals from their casts, and ten different actors delivered Oscar-nominated performances under his direction.
Physical Description:1 online resource (712 pages).
ISBN:9780813173979

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