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Robert Rossen : the films and politics of a blacklisted idealist
- Title
- Robert Rossen : the films and politics of a blacklisted idealist / Alan Casty.
- Author
- Casty, Alan.
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2013], ©2013.
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Details
- Description
- viii, 276 pages : illustrations; 26 cm.
- Summary
- "Over a 30-year period, Robert Rossen was the most accomplished writer and director who was also a long-time member of the Communist Party. His films have been belittled or ignored, his valuable legacy denied. The book presents a thorough analysis of his 22 films, and their place in the developing themes of his body of work"--
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: the films of Robert Rossen-a legacy lost -- The writer-craft, idealism and ideology. A matter of experience-from The Lower East Side to Hollywood and the party -- Stretching the boundaries of genre-the first two screenplays -- Warner Bros. and the party-five films, three years -- Ode to an era-the Roaring Twenties -- The party line and the writer-two Warner films in a shifting political world -- The war and postwar worlds on film-three with Lewis Milestone -- The director-success, doubt and disillusion. The writer becomes director-Johnny O'Clock -- The battle and the myth, personal and political-body and soul -- Conflcts and consequences-the first hearings, 1947 -- Power and betrayal, personal and public-All the king's men -- A time of tests, trials and fear-The brave bulls -- The political and moral turmoil of the blacklist era-the hearings, 1951 -- The director-blacklisting, rebellion and isolation. What is behaving decently -- Testifying and silence -- Starting anew in Europe-Mambo -- Seeking the power and the glory-Alexander the Great -- The road back-Island in the sun and They came to Cordura -- At the top of his game-The hustler -- The forgotten masterwork and enigma-Lilith -- An unfortunate epilogue-the legacy denied.
- Call Number
- MWES (Rossen, R.) 13-4592
- ISBN
- 9780786469819 (softcover : alk. paper)
- 0786469811 (softcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2013001844
- OCLC
- YBP 2013001844
- Author
- Casty, Alan.
- Title
- Robert Rossen : the films and politics of a blacklisted idealist / Alan Casty.
- Imprint
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2013], ©2013.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- MWES (Rossen, R.) 13-4592