2005, ISBN: 9780060195793

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West Plains, MO: Bruce Hershenson, 1999. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Stiff color illus. wraps. Slight surface wear, essentially as is… More...

West Plains, MO: Bruce Hershenson, 1999. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Stiff color illus. wraps. Slight surface wear, essentially as issued. 329 color images.., Bruce Hershenson, 1999, 5, New York: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2005. xxxi, 510 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Fine DJ. Another copy available. "Few figures in film and theater history tower like Elia Kazan. Born in 1909 to Greek parents in Istanbul, Turkey, he arrived in America with incomparable vision and drive, and by the 1950s he was the most important and influential director in the nation, simultaneously dominating both theater and film. His productions of A Streetcar Named Desire and Death of a Salesman reshaped the values of the stage. His films -- most notably On the Waterfront -- brought a new realism and a new intensity of performance to the movies. Kazan's career spanned times of enormous change in his adopted country, and his work affiliated him with many of America's great artistic moments and figures, from New York City's Group Theatre of the 1930s to the rebellious forefront of 1950s Hollywood; from Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy to Marlon Brando and James Dean. Ebullient and secretive, bold and self-doubting, beloved yet reviled for 'naming names' before the House Un-American Activities Committee, Kazan was an individual as complex and fascinating as any he directed. He has long deserved a biography as shrewd and sympathetic as this one. In the electrifying Elia Kazan, noted film historian and critic Richard Schickel illuminates much more than a single astonishing life and life's work: He pays discerning tribute to the power of theater and film, and casts a new light on six crucial decades of American history. / Richard Schickel has written many books about film, including The Disney Version, Brando: A Life in Our Times, and Clint Eastwood: A Biography. He is a film critic for Time magazine and the producer-writer-director of more than thirty documentary films about figures such as Charlie Chaplin, Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, and Elia Kazan." - Publisher.. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo., HarperCollinsPublishers, 2005, 4<

2005, ISBN: 9780060195793

Hardcover

New York, New York, U.S.A. : Harper, 2005. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. From the late forties through the sixties, Elia… More...

New York, New York, U.S.A. : Harper, 2005. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. From the late forties through the sixties, Elia Kazan was the most important and influential director in America, and the only one who managed simultaneously to dominate both theater and film. In that role he manifestly shaped the conception and writing, as well as the presentation, of many of the period's iconic works, reshaping the values of the stage and bringing a new realism and intensity of performance to the screen. His various achievements include the original Broadway productions of The Skin of Our Teeth, All My Sons, and Death of a Salesman and such Hollywood films as Gentleman's Agreement, Brando's Streetcar, and Splendor in the Grass. A non-traditional biography, this book combines social and political history with a sharp critical evaluation of Kazan's work. Schickel presents Kazan as a figure of his culture and time, much in the same way that David Remnick treated Muhammed Ali and the larger picture of American history in King of the World. History's view of Kazan is now colored by a single political act -- his naming names in testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee. By putting the actions, work, and words of this towering figure in context, Schickel not only defends his hero and his hero's work; he also helps the reader move beyond Kazan's most infamous moment to appreciate the larger American story in which he played such a pivotal role. The result is an intelligent and lively biography and social history. Includes a section of black-and-white photograpsh. 520 pp, with Index. Fine, first edition, first printing, in fine, mylar-protected dust acket. {Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} A102, Harper, 2005, 5<

ISBN: 9780060195793

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ISBN: 9780060195793

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ISBN: 9780060195793

HarperCollins Publishers. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages., HarperCollins Publish… More...

HarperCollins Publishers. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages., HarperCollins Publishers, 2.5<