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Leo McCarey : from Marx to McCarthy
- Title
- Leo McCarey : from Marx to McCarthy / Wes D. Gehring.
- Author
- Gehring, Wes D.
- Publication
- Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2005.
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- Description
- xxii, pages : illustrations; 22 cm.
- Summary
- "Early in his Hollywood career, Leo McCarey honed his skills by working with some of the great names of comedy, including Laurel and Hardy, W. C. Fields, and the Marx Brothers, whose 1933 classic, Duck Soup, McCarey directed. Later, as either writer or director, McCarey was responsible for a number of classic films, including Ruggles of Red Gap, The Awful Truth, Love Affair, Make Way for Tomorrow, My Favorite Wife, and An Affair to Remember. His 1944 film, Going My Way, was nominated for ten Academy Awards and won seven, including the first "triple crown" awarded to the same person for writing, producing and directing. Its sequel, The Bells of St. Mary's, received eight nominations, including Best Picture and Director." "Despite all of his commercial and artistic successes, however, Leo McCarey has been neglected by film historians and scholars. Film scholar Wes Gehring seeks to rectify the situation with Leo McCarey: From Marx to McCarthy, the first full-length biography of this underappreciated artist."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- Filmmakers series ; no. 117
- Uniform Title
- Filmmakers series ; no. 117.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Filmography: p. 239-258.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-274) and index.
- ISBN
- 0810852632 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2004011646
- OCLC
- ocm55220231
- SCSB-5172142
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries