Leo Mccarey From Marx to Mccarthy |
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| Author:
| Gehring, Wes D. |
| Series title: | The Scarecrow Filmmakers Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8108-5263-1 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2004 |
| Publisher: | Scarecrow Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $93.00 |
Book Description:
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This first full-length biography of a legendary and award-winning Hollywood writer, producer, and director (
Duck Soup,
My Favorite Wife,
An Affair to Remember,
Going My Way, and
The Bells of St. Mary's) explores the director's life as filtered through his art. Gehring maintains that McCarey's films were often a reworking of his antiheroic self. In addition, the apparent diversity of his films actually represents an interrelated web of various comedy...
More DescriptionThis first full-length biography of a legendary and award-winning Hollywood writer, producer, and director (Duck Soup, My Favorite Wife, An Affair to Remember, Going My Way, and The Bells of St. Mary's) explores the director's life as filtered through his art. Gehring maintains that McCarey's films were often a reworking of his antiheroic self. In addition, the apparent diversity of his films actually represents an interrelated web of various comedy genres and a pattern of antiheroic characters and themes.