Warner Brothers directors : the hard-boiled, the comic, and the weepers / William R. Meyer.

By:

Meyer, William R, 1949-

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New Rochelle, N.Y. : Arlington House, c1978.Description: 381 pages. : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0870003976
9780870003974

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Biographies.

DDC classification:

791.43/0233/0922

LOC classification:

PN 1998 M613w 1978

Contents:

Lloyd Bacon Busby Berkeley Curtis Bernhardt Alan Crosland Michael Curtiz Delmer Daves William Dieterle Peter Godfrey Edmund Goulding Howard Hawks John Huston William Keighley Mervyn Leroy Anatole Litvak Jean Negulesco Irving Rapper Vincent Sherman Raoul Walsh William Wellman

Summary: The book opens with an overview of studio-era filmmaking at Warner Bros., setting the stage for individual director profiles—starting with versatile craftsman Lloyd Bacon and extravagant musical auteur Busby Berkeley. Over the course of nearly 20 chapters, Meyer explores how each director contributed to Warner Bros.’ identity, blending genre, style, and studio demands.

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Includes index.

Includes filmographies.

Lloyd Bacon
Busby Berkeley
Curtis Bernhardt
Alan Crosland
Michael Curtiz
Delmer Daves
William Dieterle
Peter Godfrey
Edmund Goulding
Howard Hawks
John Huston
William Keighley
Mervyn Leroy
Anatole Litvak
Jean Negulesco
Irving Rapper
Vincent Sherman
Raoul Walsh
William Wellman

The book opens with an overview of studio-era filmmaking at Warner Bros., setting the stage for individual director profiles—starting with versatile craftsman Lloyd Bacon and extravagant musical auteur Busby Berkeley. Over the course of nearly 20 chapters, Meyer explores how each director contributed to Warner Bros.’ identity, blending genre, style, and studio demands.

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