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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100375407480
ISBN-139780375407482
eBay Product ID (ePID)66849433
Product Key Features
Book TitleVictor Fleming : an American Movie Master
Number of Pages656 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicFilm / General, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Individual Director (See Also Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts), Film / Direction & Production
Publication Year2008
IllustratorYes
GenrePerforming Arts, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorMichael Sragow
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.8 in
Item Weight37.2 Oz
Item Length9.5 in
Item Width6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2008-015255
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal791.4302/32092 B
SynopsisThe full-length, definitive biography of the legendary director of Gone With the Wind and The Wizard of Oz . Victor Fleming was the most sought-after director in Hollywood's golden age, renowned for his ability to make films across an astounding range of genreswesterns, earthy sexual dramas, family entertainment, screwball comedies, buddy pictures, romances, and adventures. Fleming is remembered for the two most iconic movies of the period, Gone With the Wind and The Wizard of Oz, but the more than forty films he directed also included classics like Red Dust, Test Pilot, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Captains Courageous. Paradoxically, his talent for knowing how to make the necessary film at the right time, rather than remaking the same movie in different guises, has resulted in Victor Fleming's relative obscurity in our time. Michael Sragow restores the director to the pantheon of our greatest filmmakers and fills a gaping hole in Hollywood history with this vibrant portrait of a man at the center of the most exciting era in American filmmaking. The actors Fleming directed wanted to be him (Fleming created enduring screen personas for Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, and Gary Cooper), and his actresses wanted to be with him (Ingrid Bergman, Clara Bow, and Norma Shearer were among his many lovers). Victor Fleming not only places the director back in the spotlight, but also gives us the story of a man whose extraordinary personal style was as thrilling, varied, and passionate as the stories he brought to the screen., The full-length, definitive biography of the legendary director of Gone With the Wind and The Wizard of Oz . Victor Fleming was the most sought-after director in Hollywood's golden age, renowned for his ability to make films across an astounding range of genres-westerns, earthy sexual dramas, family entertainment, screwball comedies, buddy pictures, romances, and adventures. Fleming is remembered for the two most iconic movies of the period, Gone With the Wind and The Wizard of Oz, but the more than forty films he directed also included classics like Red Dust, Test Pilot, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Captains Courageous. Paradoxically, his talent for knowing how to make the necessary film at the right time, rather than remaking the same movie in different guises, has resulted in Victor Fleming's relative obscurity in our time. Michael Sragow restores the director to the pantheon of our greatest filmmakers and fills a gaping hole in Hollywood history with this vibrant portrait of a man at the center of the most exciting era in American filmmaking. The actors Fleming directed wanted to be him (Fleming created enduring screen personas for Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, and Gary Cooper), and his actresses wanted to be with him (Ingrid Bergman, Clara Bow, and Norma Shearer were among his many lovers). Victor Fleming not only places the director back in the spotlight, but also gives us the story of a man whose extraordinary personal style was as thrilling, varied, and passionate as the stories he brought to the screen.
LC Classification NumberPN1998.3.F62S63 2008
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First bio of great director
Interesting first bio of great director of Wizard of Oz and Gone With the Wind, back to backBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
