1st Edition
The Casablanca Man The Cinema of Michael Curtiz
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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Michael Curtiz (1888-1962) was without doubt one of the most important directors in film history, yet he has never been granted his deserved recognition and no full-scale work on him has previously been published. The Casablanca Man surveys Curtiz' unequalled mastery over a variety of genres which included biography, comedy, horror, melodrama, musicals, swashbucklers and westerns, and looks at... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 Europe, 1888 to 1926; Chapter 2 Hollywood Baptism, 1926 to 1929; Chapter 3 An Expanding Repertoire, 1930 to 1935; Chapter 4 Near and at the Summit, 1935 to 1941; Chapter 5 World War, December 1941 to August 1945; Chapter 6 The Twilight Warners Years, September 1945 to April 1953; Chapter 7 Hollywood Nomad, April 1953 to April 1962; Chapter 8 Assessment;
Biography
Robertson, Dr James C; Robertson, James
`A major reassessment of the work of one of Hollywood's most versatile film-makers.' - Sight and Sound
`A film-by-film chronology simply brimming with facts and figures carefull gleaned from the Warner archive, this is an informed, informative study. Simply bursting with lip smacking detail that buffs love, this is a superbly considered study, a real five star effort.' - Film Review
