{"product_id":"peerless-rouben-mamoulian-hollywood-and-broadway-hardback-9780299348205","title":"Peerless; Rouben Mamoulian, Hollywood, and Broadway (Hardback) 9780299348205","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePeerless\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRouben Mamoulian, Hollywood, and Broadway\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKurt Jensen (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780299348205\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 7 May 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e376 pages, 35 b-w photos\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.626 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“Jensen’s fresh, sparkling prose allows Mamoulian to emerge as the type of suave, charming, larger-than-life character so often portrayed in his films. Jensen’s thoughtful use of Mamoulian’s own words in journals and interviews allows this work to serve as the intimate, lively memoir the great director never completed.” - Cynthia Brideson, author of \u003ci\u003eHe’s Got Rhythm: The Life and Times of Gene Kelly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A biographical feat: a multidimensional portrait of a trailblazing director and his turbulent times. Jensen fills his book with resonant details that spark surprising revelations about Mamoulian’s life and career. He conjures such an intimate perspective on Mamoulian’s groundbreaking work, including soundstage marvels like \u003ci\u003eLove Me Tonight\u003c\/i\u003e and stage milestones like \u003ci\u003ePorgy and Bess\u003c\/i\u003e, that we feel present at its creation.” - Michael Sragow, contributing writer, \u003ci\u003eAir Mail \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFilm Comment\u003c\/i\u003e, and author, \u003ci\u003eVictor Fleming: An American Movie Master\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Jensen generously takes us to the heart of Mamoulian land: his genius, his arroganc--and his absolute refusal to budge on his opinions. Yes, warts and all live here. Where there was brilliance and controversy, there was Mamoulian. In this relentlessly detailed telling of Mamoulian’s life, there is no place for the peerless to hide!” - Marilyn Ann Moss, author of\u003ci\u003e Raoul Walsh: The True Adventures of Hollywood’s Legendary Director\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A scrupulously researched portrait. . . . Musical theater buffs will be riveted.” - \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eA proud Armenian who claimed a distant link to nobility, born in what was then part of czarist Russia, Rouben Mamoulian (1897–1987) became one of the most astonishing and confounding directors of American film and theater, directing the original stage productions of\u003ci\u003e Porgy and Bess\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCarousel\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOklahoma!\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as films including \u003ci\u003eLove Me Tonight\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eQueen Christina\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCity Streets\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSilk Stockings\u003c\/i\u003e. He was famously fired from the film version of \u003ci\u003ePorgy and Bess\u003c\/i\u003e in a dispute over publicity, and quit \u003ci\u003eCleopatra\u003c\/i\u003e after arguments over a single scene. His iconoclastic self-confidence was high among the reasons he had a reputation for being unable to compromise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This frustrating mix of genius and stubbornness, of critical successes and financial flops, has proven challenging for biographers. Any examination of Mamoulian’s life must explore film, theater, and music history, while being conscious of the racial culture in both American society and the world of entertainment during the mid-twentieth century. Kurt Jensen’s magisterial volume, extensively researched and filled with trenchant observations, brings to life this charming, flawed, and fascinating man.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With lived-in details and surprising revelations, Jensen fleshes out the contours of a remarkable life. Drawing upon Mamoulian’s unfinished memoir and voluminous diaries, as well as interviews with the director’s surviving collaborators, he delivers fresh and informative insider stories from seminal productions. Meanwhile, he explores Mamoulian’s aesthetic principles and strategies as manifested in lighting, choreography, and sound design. Jensen reveals Mamoulian’s mercurial confidence and autocratic tendencies at the height of his power, demonstrating how the wellspring of his art contained the seeds of his own destruction. A tour de force, \u003ci\u003ePeerless \u003c\/i\u003eoffers readers a multifaceted, in-depth look at an idiosyncratic genius.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: Enjoy the Journey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Tiflis to New York\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Catfish Row\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. From Eugene O’\u003cbr\u003eNeill to Burlesque\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Finding Elissa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Those Darn Cats\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Isn’\u003cbr\u003et it Romantic?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. Dietrich and Garbo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. In Which Anna and Miriam Star\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9. My Colored Brainchild\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10. The Folks Who Live on the Hill\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11. Golden Holden\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12. Mon General Zanuck\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13. A Bright Golden Haze\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e14. Otto and Ethel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e15. A Real Nice Clambake\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e16. Come Rain or Come Shine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e17. Found in the Stars\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e18. Mamoulian Marches On\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e19. Breathtaking Cinemascope\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e20. Perfidy and \u003ci\u003eBess\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e21. Dulce et Decorum est Cleopatra Mori\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e22. Leavin’\u003cbr\u003e Time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Wisconsin Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52676619895064,"sku":"9780299348205","price":24.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/peerless-rouben-mamoulian-hollywood-and-broadway-hardback-9780299348205","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}