Tough as nails : the life and films of Richard Brooks

Tough as nails : the life and films of Richard Brooks / Douglass K. Daniel.

Called "God's angry man" for his unyielding demands in pursuit of personal and artistic freedom, Oscar-winning filmmaker Richard Brooks brought us some of the mid-twentieth century's most iconic films, including Blackboard Jungle, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Elmer Gantry, In Cold Bloo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Daniel, Douglass K.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2011.
Series:Wisconsin film studies.
Subjects:
Brooks, Richard, > 1912-1992.
Brooks, Richard, > 1912-1992
Motion picture producers and directors > United States > Biography.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Direction & Production.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Entertainment & Performing Arts.
Motion picture producers and directors
United States
collective biographies.
Biographies
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Hollywood by way of Philadelphia
  • Writing movies at home and at war
  • Swell guys, brutes, and the blacklist
  • In the director's chair at MGM. Crisis ; The light touch ; Deadline--U.S.A. ; Battle circus ; Take the high ground! ; Flame and the flesh ; The last time I saw Paris
  • Writing and rocking around the clock. Blackboard jungle ; The last hunt ; The catered affair
  • Taking literature from page to screen. Something of value ; The brothers Karamazov ; Cat on a hot tin roof
  • Independence and that old-time religion. Elmer Gantry
  • Two hits and one major miss. Sweet bird of youth ; Lord Jim ; The professionals
  • A journey into Capote country. In cold blood
  • On marriage, larceny, and America's beauty. The happy ending ; $ ; Bite the bullet
  • New directions and two wrong turns. Looking for Mr. Goodbar ; Wrong is right ; Fever pitch.

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