{"product_id":"the-many-cinemas-of-michael-curtiz-hardback-9781477315545","title":"The Many Cinemas of Michael Curtiz (Hardback) 9781477315545","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Many Cinemas of Michael Curtiz\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eR. Barton Palmer (Edited by), Murray Pomerance (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781477315545, University of Texas Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 2 July 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e352 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.454 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\u003cdiv\u003e2018 brings an aptly titled essay collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Many Cinemas of Michael Curtiz\u003c\/i\u003e. . . Perhaps pointedly, none of the essayists focus on \u003ci\u003eCasablanca\u003c\/i\u003e (1942). Instead, \u003ci\u003eThe Many Cinemas\u003c\/i\u003e examine genres Curtiz worked in, his handling of political messages and his relations with actors.\u003c\/div\u003e (Shepherd Express) \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Many Cinemas of Michael Curtiz\u003c\/i\u003e goes a long way to explaining and clarifying how and why the uncanny medium of cinema makes it a fair claim that filmmakers such as Michael Curtiz were actually painters with light and sound. It's just that their paintings spoke and moved like living things, because that's what they were: darkly shining reflections from behind the mirror.\u003c\/div\u003e (Critics at Large) \u003cdiv\u003eThe twenty essays here amply demonstrate how rich and productive readings of a director's work can be when due attention is paid to easing out the complex webs of collaboration, studio\/commercial pressures, external factors (such as censorship), and cultural discourse that contribute to the shaping of film content and reception.\u003c\/div\u003e (Western Historical Quarterly)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eDirector Michael Curtiz was the mastermind behind some of the most iconic films of classical Hollywood-\u003ci\u003eCasablanca\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eYankee Doodle Dandy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sea Hawk\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhite Christmas\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMildred Pierce\u003c\/i\u003e, to name only a few. The most prolific and consistently successful Hollywood generalist with an all-embracing interest in different forms of narrative and spectacle, Curtiz made around a hundred films in an astonishing range of genres: action, biopics, melodramas\/film noir, musicals, and westerns. But his important contributions to the history of American film have been overlooked because his broadly varied oeuvre does not present the unified vision of filmmaking that canonical criticism demands for the category of “auteur.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExploring his films and artistic practice from a variety of angles, including politics, gender, and genre, \u003ci\u003eThe Many Cinemas of Michael Curtiz\u003c\/i\u003e sheds new light on this underappreciated cinematic genius. Leading film studies scholars offer fresh appraisals of many of Curtiz’s most popular films, while also paying attention to neglected releases of substantial historical interest, such as \u003ci\u003eNoah’s Ark\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eNight and Day\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVirginia City\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlack Fury\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMystery of the Wax Museum\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFemale\u003c\/i\u003e. Because Curtiz worked for so long and in so many genres, this analysis of his work becomes more than an author study of a notable director. Instead, \u003ci\u003eThe Many Cinemas of Michael Curtiz\u003c\/i\u003e effectively adds a major chapter to the history of Hollywood’s studio era, including its internationalism and the significant contributions of European ÉmigrÉs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction. The Many Cinemas of Michael Curtiz (R. Barton Palmer and Murray Pomerance)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Bending It Like Curtiz: Gender and Genre in \u003ci\u003eThe Scarlet Hour\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Helen Morgan Story\u003c\/i\u003e (Rebecca Bell-Metereau)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Making a \u003ci\u003eLife with Father\u003c\/i\u003e (David Desser)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. The Jewish Jazz Singer Remakes His Voice: Michael Curtiz's Update of the Warner Bros. Classic (Seth Friedman)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. \"\u003cbr\u003eDon't Fence Me In\"\u003cbr\u003e: The Making of \u003ci\u003eNight and Day\u003c\/i\u003e (Mark Glancy)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Long Love the Queen: Bette Davis, Curtiz, and Female Melodrama (David Greven)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Double-Time in America: \u003ci\u003eYankee Doodle Dandy\u003c\/i\u003e (Julie Grossman )\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. \u003ci\u003eMildred Pierce\u003c\/i\u003e: From Script to Screen (Kristen Hatch)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. Curtiz at Sea: \u003ci\u003eCaptain Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sea Hawk\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sea Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Breaking Point\u003c\/i\u003e (Nathan Holmes)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9. Curtiz in the White House (Bill Krohn)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10. The Spectacle of the Ages: \u003ci\u003eNoah's Ark\u003c\/i\u003e (Katharina Loew )\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11. Jazz Me Blues: Lo-Fi, Fantasy, Audiovisuality in \u003ci\u003eYoung Man with a Horn\u003c\/i\u003e (Robert Miklitsch)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12. A Setting Sun: \u003ci\u003eThe Egyptian\u003c\/i\u003e (Deron Overpeck)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13. \u003ci\u003eKing Creole\u003c\/i\u003e: Michael Curtiz and the Great Elvis Presley Industry (Landon Palmer)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e14. Michael Curtiz's Political Cinema of Sorts (R. Barton Palmer)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e15. Curtiz's New Western Aesthetic (Homer B. Pettey)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e16. Michael Curtiz's Gamble for Christmas (Murray Pomerance)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e17. Film Performance before and after the Code: \u003ci\u003eMandalay\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStolen Holiday\u003c\/i\u003e (Steven Rybin)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e18. \"\u003cbr\u003eA Mass of Contradictions\"\u003cbr\u003e: Michael Curtiz and the Women's Film (Michele Schreiber)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e19. Devil-May-Care: Curtiz and Flynn in Hollywood (Constantine Verevis)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e20. Uncanny Effigies: Early Sound Cinema and \u003ci\u003eMystery of the Wax Museum\u003c\/i\u003e (Colin Williamson)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMichael Curtiz Filmography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContributors\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 Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52739549692184,"sku":"9781477315545","price":55.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-many-cinemas-of-michael-curtiz-hardback-9781477315545","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}