Leading film studies scholars explore the astonishing range of Michael Curtiz, the most prolific director of studio-era Hollywood, whose nearly one hundred films include Casablanca, White Christmas, and Mildred Pierce.
Leading film studies scholars explore the astonishing range of Michael Curtiz, the most prolific director of studio-era Hollywood, whose nearly one hundred films include Casablanca, White Christmas, and Mildred Pierce.
R. Barton Palmer is Calhoun Lemon Professor of Literature at Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina, and author or editor of many books, including Hollywood's Tennessee: The Williams Films and Postwar America and After Hitchcock: Influence, Imitation, and Intertextuality.. Murray Pomerance is Professor of Sociology at Ryerson University. He is the author or editor of many books, including The Man Who Knew Too Much, Moment of Action: Riddles of Cinematic Performance, and The Eyes Have It: Cinema and the Reality Effect. He is also the editor or coeditor of several book series in film studies.
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* Acknowledgments * Introduction. The Many Cinemas of Michael Curtiz (R. Barton Palmer and Murray Pomerance) * 1. Bending It Like Curtiz: Gender and Genre in The Scarlet Hour and The Helen Morgan Story (Rebecca Bell-Metereau) * 2. Making a Life with Father (David Desser) * 3. The Jewish Jazz Singer Remakes His Voice: Michael Curtiz's Update of the Warner Bros. Classic (Seth Friedman) * 4. "Don't Fence Me In": The Making of Night and Day (Mark Glancy) * 5. Long Love the Queen: Bette Davis, Curtiz, and Female Melodrama (David Greven) * 6. Double-Time in America: Yankee Doodle Dandy (Julie Grossman ) * 7. Mildred Pierce: From Script to Screen (Kristen Hatch) * 8. Curtiz at Sea: Captain Blood, The Sea Hawk, The Sea Wolf, and The Breaking Point (Nathan Holmes) * 9. Curtiz in the White House (Bill Krohn) * 10. The Spectacle of the Ages: Noah's Ark (Katharina Loew ) * 11. Jazz Me Blues: Lo-Fi, Fantasy, Audiovisuality in Young Man with a Horn (Robert Miklitsch) * 12. A Setting Sun: The Egyptian (Deron Overpeck) * 13. King Creole: Michael Curtiz and the Great Elvis Presley Industry (Landon Palmer) * 14. Michael Curtiz's Political Cinema of Sorts (R. Barton Palmer) * 15. Curtiz's New Western Aesthetic (Homer B. Pettey) * 16. Michael Curtiz's Gamble for Christmas (Murray Pomerance) * 17. Film Performance before and after the Code: Mandalay and Stolen Holiday (Steven Rybin) * 18. "A Mass of Contradictions": Michael Curtiz and the Women's Film (Michele Schreiber) * 19. Devil-May-Care: Curtiz and Flynn in Hollywood (Constantine Verevis) * 20. Uncanny Effigies: Early Sound Cinema and Mystery of the Wax Museum (Colin Williamson) * Michael Curtiz Filmography * Contributors * Index
* Acknowledgments * Introduction. The Many Cinemas of Michael Curtiz (R. Barton Palmer and Murray Pomerance) * 1. Bending It Like Curtiz: Gender and Genre in The Scarlet Hour and The Helen Morgan Story (Rebecca Bell-Metereau) * 2. Making a Life with Father (David Desser) * 3. The Jewish Jazz Singer Remakes His Voice: Michael Curtiz's Update of the Warner Bros. Classic (Seth Friedman) * 4. "Don't Fence Me In": The Making of Night and Day (Mark Glancy) * 5. Long Love the Queen: Bette Davis, Curtiz, and Female Melodrama (David Greven) * 6. Double-Time in America: Yankee Doodle Dandy (Julie Grossman ) * 7. Mildred Pierce: From Script to Screen (Kristen Hatch) * 8. Curtiz at Sea: Captain Blood, The Sea Hawk, The Sea Wolf, and The Breaking Point (Nathan Holmes) * 9. Curtiz in the White House (Bill Krohn) * 10. The Spectacle of the Ages: Noah's Ark (Katharina Loew ) * 11. Jazz Me Blues: Lo-Fi, Fantasy, Audiovisuality in Young Man with a Horn (Robert Miklitsch) * 12. A Setting Sun: The Egyptian (Deron Overpeck) * 13. King Creole: Michael Curtiz and the Great Elvis Presley Industry (Landon Palmer) * 14. Michael Curtiz's Political Cinema of Sorts (R. Barton Palmer) * 15. Curtiz's New Western Aesthetic (Homer B. Pettey) * 16. Michael Curtiz's Gamble for Christmas (Murray Pomerance) * 17. Film Performance before and after the Code: Mandalay and Stolen Holiday (Steven Rybin) * 18. "A Mass of Contradictions": Michael Curtiz and the Women's Film (Michele Schreiber) * 19. Devil-May-Care: Curtiz and Flynn in Hollywood (Constantine Verevis) * 20. Uncanny Effigies: Early Sound Cinema and Mystery of the Wax Museum (Colin Williamson) * Michael Curtiz Filmography * Contributors * Index
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