Notice bibliographique
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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Robinson, Harlow
Titre(s) : Lewis Milestone [Texte imprimé] : life and films / Harlow Robinson
Publication : Lexington, [Kentucky] : The University Press of Kentucky, 2019
Description matérielle : 296 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : ill. ; 24 cm
Collection : Screen classics
Lien à la collection : Screen classics
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references, filmography, and index
"As a young boy growing up in a small Russian/Ukranian city to a family of Jewish
heritage, Lewis Milestone (1895-1980) witnessed the violence of the anti-semitic pogroms
during the Revolution of 1905. Years later, Milestone served the United States military
in World War I, and lived through Word War II, the Korean War, and the Cold War, giving
him personal experience with the devastation of military combat. Although he initially
dreamed of working in the theater, Milestone moved to Hollywood in 1919. He first
worked as a film cutter and then later signed with Howard Hughes in 1926 where he
quickly rose to prominence in the film world as a director. The bitter and destructive
ideological conflicts of the twentieth century impacted Milestone, and began to resonate
in his varied body of work. One of the most productive directors of his era, Milestone
completed thirty-eight films in thirty-seven years, and during this period film underwent
unprecedented technological changes. Milestone adapted easily in the transition from
silent, black and white films to color and sound, creating classics such as Two Arabian
Knights (1927), All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), and Of Mice and Men (1939).
He worked with countless stars such as Gary Cooper, Joan Crawford, Bing Crosby, Ginger
Rogers, and Kirk Douglas. Milestone's story is a classic rags-to-riches American narrative,
starting with humble beginnings and eventually leading to Hollywood, where he directed
some of the most innovative and influential anti-war films ever created during an
era where talent and hard work mattered much more than pedigree. Lewis Milestone:
Life and Films examines Milestone's life and career and will evaluate his films thematically
and technically, paying special attention to his method of adapting literary works
into screenplays and the currently underappreciated use of music in his films. Film
historians and critics regard Lewis Milestone as one of the major directors of the
Golden Age of Hollywood, but his long, remarkable, and influential career has not
received the scholarly attention it deserves. Lewis Milestone seeks to give the director
the credit he earned in the American film canon"
Sujet(s) : Milestone, Lewis (1895-1980)
Genre ou forme : Biographie
Indice(s) Dewey :
791.430 233092 (23e éd.) = Cinéma - Réalisation - Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780813178332. - ISBN 0813178339. - ISBN 9780813178356 (erroné). - ISBN 9780813178363
(erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46559741w
Notice n° :
FRBNF46559741
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : "Nobody asked you to go to America" ; The constructive cutter ; "The greatest picture
ever made" ; Photoplays ; Up and down ; "The goose hangs high" ; The home front
; King of the set ; Fallen arch ; On the graylist ; Abroad ; "Where the devil
has he been?" ; A Hollywood life.
