Research Catalog

Title

Arthur Kennedy, man of characters : a stage and cinema biography / by Meredith C. Macksoud, with Craig R. Smith and Jackie Lohrke ; with a foreword by Laurie Kennedy.

Author

Macksoud, Meredith C.

Publication

Jefferson, N.C : McFarland & Co., [2003], ©2003.

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Additional Authors

• Smith, Craig R.
• Lohrke, Jackie, 1936-

Description

viii, 187 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

"This work covers Kennedy's career film-by-film and play-by-play, and provides pictures, synopses, and commentary for each one. Acting anecdotes from Kennedy himself or from his peers, such as Errol Flynn, Elia Kazan, James Cagney, Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, and many others, bedizen the commentary. Among the films and plays included are Joy in the Morning, Henry IV Part I, Strange Alibi, High Sierra, Bad Men, Desperate Journey, Cheyenne, The Window and Champion."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Actors > United States > Biography
• Kennedy, Arthur, 1914-1990

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Acknowkdgments / Jackie Lohrke -- Foreword / Laurie Kennedy -- 1. Introducing Arthur Kennedy -- 2. Born to Act (1936-1940) -- 3. The War Begins (1941-1943) -- 4. From Hot to Cold War (1943-1949) -- 5. Into the Fifties (1949-1950) -- 6. Korea and McCarthyism (1951-1952) -- 7. Back to Broadway - and Back Again to Hollywood (1952-1959) -- 8. Into the Sixties (1960-1962) -- 9. Sometimes for Art; Sometimes for Money (1962-1969) -- 10. Into the Seventies (1970-1973) -- 11. Some Personal Time, Then Back to Work (1974-1989) -- Remembrances of Laurie Kennedy -- App. The Lesser Works of Arthur Kennedy.

ISBN

0786413840 (softcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

2002015005

OCLC

• ocm50630504
• SCSB-4325371

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries