Screen Classics

Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Series Editor: Patrick McGilliganSeries Editor: Patrick McGilligan

Screen Classics is a series of critical biographies, film histories, and analytical studies focusing on neglected filmmakers and important screen artists and subjects, from the era of silent cinema to the golden age of Hollywood to the international generation of today. Books in the Screen Classics series are intended for scholars and general readers alike. The contributing authors are established figures in their respective fields. This series also serves the purpose of advancing scholarship on film personalities and themes with ties to Kentucky.Screen Classics is a series of critical biographies, film histories, and analytical studies focusing on neglected filmmakers and important screen artists and subjects, from the era of silent cinema to the golden age of Hollywood to the international generation of today. Books in the Screen Classics series are intended for scholars and general readers alike. The contributing authors are established figures in their respective fields. This series also serves the purpose of advancing scholarship on film personalities and themes with ties to Kentucky.

Format:

Hardback Paperback

Pages: 360

ISBN: 9780813166223

Pub Date: 19 Nov 2015

Imprint: University Press of Kentucky

Series: Screen Classics

Illustrations: 73 b&w photos

Pages: 360

ISBN: 9780813175836

Pub Date: 03 Aug 2018

Imprint: University Press of Kentucky

Series: Screen Classics

Illustrations: 73 b&w photos

Description:

They've traded punches in knockdown brawls, crashed biplanes through barns, and raced to the rescue in fast cars. They add suspense and drama to the story, portraying the swimmer stalked by the menacing shark, the heroine dangling twenty feet below a soaring hot air balloon, or the woman leaping nine feet over a wall to escape a dog attack. Only an expert can make such feats of daring look easy, and stuntwomen with the skills to perform -- and survive -- great moments of action in movies have been hitting their mark in Hollywood since the beginning of film.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 430

ISBN: 9780813165967

Pub Date: 12 Nov 2015

Imprint: University Press of Kentucky

Series: Screen Classics

Illustrations: 77 b&w photos

Description:

Known for his visual style as well as for his experimentation in virtually every genre of narrative cinema, award-winning director Sidney J. Furie also has the distinction of having made Canada's first ever feature-length fictional film in English, A Dangerous Age (1957). With a body of work that includes The Ipcress File (1965), Lady Sings the Blues (1972), and The Entity (1982), he has collaborated with major stars such as Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, Robert Redford, and Michael Caine, and his films have inspired some of Hollywood's most celebrated directors, including Stanley Kubrick and Quentin Tarantino.

Format:

Hardback Paperback

Pages: 576

ISBN: 9780813160887

Pub Date: 23 Jun 2015

Imprint: University Press of Kentucky

Series: Screen Classics

Illustrations: 76 b&w photos

Pages: 576

ISBN: 9780813175027

Pub Date: 27 Apr 2018

Imprint: University Press of Kentucky

Series: Screen Classics

Illustrations: 76 b&w photos

Description:

The name Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. (1867--1932) is synonymous with the decadent revues that the legendary impresario produced at the turn of the twentieth century. These extravagant performances were filled with catchy tunes, high-kicking chorus girls, striking costumes, and talented stars such as Eddie Cantor, Fanny Brice, Marilyn Miller, W.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 370

ISBN: 9780813161129

Pub Date: 26 May 2015

Imprint: University Press of Kentucky

Series: Screen Classics

Illustrations: 75 b&w photos

Description:

Even for those who have never read Jules Verne (1828--1905), the author's very name conjures visions of the submarine in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, the epic race in Around the World in Eighty Days, the spacecraft in From the Earth to the Moon, and the daring descent in Journey to the Center of the Earth. One of the most widely translated authors of all time, Verne has inspired filmmakers since the early silent period and continues to fascinate audiences more than one hundred years after his works were first published. His riveting plots and vivid descriptions easily transform into compelling scripts and dramatic visual compositions.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 266

ISBN: 9780813160825

Pub Date: 17 Mar 2015

Imprint: University Press of Kentucky

Series: Screen Classics

Illustrations: 107 b&w photos, 6 charts

Description:

Known as the celebrated director of critical and commercial successes such as Psycho (1960) and The Birds (1963), Alfred Hitchcock is famous for his distinctive visual style and signature motifs. While recent books and articles discussing his life and work focus on the production and philosophy of his iconic Hollywood-era films like Notorious (1946) and Vertigo (1958), Hitchcock Lost and Found moves beyond these seminal works to explore forgotten, incomplete, lost, and recovered productions from all stages of his career, including his early years in Britain.Authors Alain Kerzoncuf and Charles Barr highlight Hitchcock's neglected works, including various films and television productions that supplement the critical attention already conferred on his feature films.

Format:

Hardback Paperback

Pages: 368

ISBN: 9780813160740

Pub Date: 10 Mar 2015

Imprint: University Press of Kentucky

Series: Screen Classics

Illustrations: 32 b&w photos

Pages: 368

ISBN: 9780813169798

Pub Date: 24 Feb 2017

Imprint: University Press of Kentucky

Series: Screen Classics

Illustrations: 32 b&w photos

Description:

On June 29, 1978, Bob Crane, known to Hogan's Heroes fans as Colonel Hogan, was discovered brutally murdered in his Scottsdale, Arizona, apartment. His eldest son, Robert Crane, was called to the crime scene. In this poignant memoir, Robert Crane discusses that terrible day and how he has lived with the unsolved murder of his father.

Format:

Hardback Paperback

Pages: 716

ISBN: 9780813146805

Pub Date: 13 Jan 2015

Imprint: University Press of Kentucky

Series: Screen Classics

Illustrations: 75 b&w photos

Pages: 716

ISBN: 9780813169736

Pub Date: 25 Apr 2017

Imprint: University Press of Kentucky

Series: Screen Classics

Illustrations: 75 b&w photos

Description:

James Dalton Trumbo (1905--1976) is widely recognized for his work as a screenwriter, playwright, and author, but he is also remembered as one of the Hollywood Ten who opposed the House Un-American Activities Committee. Refusing to answer questions about his prior involvement with the Communist Party, Trumbo sacrificed a successful career in Hollywood to stand up for his rights and defend political freedom.In Dalton Trumbo, authors Larry Ceplair and Christopher Trumbo present their extensive research on the famed writer, detailing his work, his membership in the Communist Party, his long campaign against censorship during the domestic cold war, his ten-month prison sentence for contempt of Congress, and his thirteen-year struggle to break the blacklist.

Format:

Hardback Paperback

Pages: 368

ISBN: 9780813147215

Pub Date: 02 Dec 2014

Imprint: University Press of Kentucky

Series: Screen Classics

Illustrations: 65 b&w photos

Pages: 368

ISBN: 9780813169712

Pub Date: 25 Apr 2017

Imprint: University Press of Kentucky

Series: Screen Classics

Illustrations: 65 b&w photos

Description:

From the trolley scene in Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) to Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers's last dance on the silver screen ( The Barkleys of Broadway, 1949) to Judy Garland's timeless, tuxedo-clad performance of "Get Happy" ( Summer Stock, 1950), Charles Walters staged the iconic musical sequences of Hollywood's golden age. During his career, this Academy Award--nominated director and choreographer showcased the talents of stars such as Gene Kelly, Doris Day, Debbie Reynolds, and Frank Sinatra.

Format: Paperback

Pages: 322

ISBN: 9780813147123

Pub Date: 18 Nov 2014

Imprint: University Press of Kentucky

Series: Screen Classics

Illustrations: 16 b&w photos

Description:

One of Hollywood's biggest personalities, Bruce Dern is not afraid to say what he thinks. He has left an indelible mark on numerous projects, from critically acclaimed films to made-for-TV movies and television series. His notable credits include The Great Gatsby (1974), The 'Burbs (1989), Monster (2003), Django Unchained (2012), and Nebraska (2013), for which he won the Best Actor award at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 492

ISBN: 9780813147185

Pub Date: 18 Nov 2014

Imprint: University Press of Kentucky

Series: Screen Classics

Illustrations: 45 b&w photos

Description:

Iconic graphic designer and Academy Award--winning filmmaker Saul Bass (1920--1996) defined an innovative era in cinema. His title sequences for films such as Otto Preminger's The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) and Anatomy of a Murder (1959), Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958) and North by Northwest (1959), and Billy Wilder's The Seven Year Itch (1955) introduced the idea that opening credits could tell a story, setting the mood for the movie to follow. Bass's stylistic influence can be seen in popular Hollywood franchises from the Pink Panther to James Bond, as well as in more contemporary works such as Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can (2002) and television's Mad Men.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 328

ISBN: 9780813147093

Pub Date: 11 Nov 2014

Imprint: University Press of Kentucky

Series: Screen Classics

Illustrations: 74 b&w photos

Description:

Noted for his charisma, talent, and striking good looks, director Rex Ingram (1893−1950) is ranked alongside D. W. Griffith, Marshall Neilan, and Erich von Stroheim as one of the greatest artists of the silent cinema.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 328

ISBN: 9780813144498

Pub Date: 29 Apr 2014

Imprint: University Press of Kentucky

Series: Screen Classics

Illustrations: 44 b&w photos

Description:

With a career that spanned from the silent era to the 1990s, British screenwriter Charles Bennett (1899--1995) lived an extraordinary life. His experiences as an actor, director, playwright, film and television writer, and novelist in both England and Hollywood left him with many amusing anecdotes, opinions about his craft, and impressions of the many famous people he knew. Among other things, Bennett was a decorated WWI hero, an eminent Shakespearean actor, and an Allied spy and propagandist during WWII, but he is best remembered for his commercially and critically acclaimed collaborations with directors Sir Alfred Hitchcock and Cecil B.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 320

ISBN: 9780813144887

Pub Date: 22 Apr 2014

Imprint: University Press of Kentucky

Series: Screen Classics

Illustrations: 77 b&w photos

Description:

Pola Negri (1897--1987) rose from an impoverished childhood in Warsaw, Poland, to become one of early Hollywood's greatest stars. After tuberculosis ended her career as a ballerina in 1912, she turned to acting and worked under legendary directors Max Reinhardt and Ernst Lubitsch in Germany. Negri preceded Lubitsch to Hollywood, where she quickly became a fan favorite thanks to her beauty, talent, and diva personality.

Format: Paperback

Pages: 248

ISBN: 9780813142623

Pub Date: 03 Dec 2013

Imprint: University Press of Kentucky

Series: Screen Classics

Illustrations: 112 b&w photos

Description:

"I read Hawks on Hawks with passion. I am very happy that this book exists." -- François TruffautHoward Hawks (1896--1977) is often credited as being the most versatile of all of the great American directors, having worked with equal ease in screwball comedies, westerns, gangster movies, musicals, and adventure films.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 384

ISBN: 9780813144269

Pub Date: 14 Nov 2013

Imprint: University Press of Kentucky

Series: Screen Classics

Illustrations: 69 b&w photos

Description:

Possessing a unique beauty and refined acting skills, Ann Dvorak (1911--1979) found success in Hollywood at a time when many actors were still struggling to adapt to the era of talkies. Seemingly destined for A-list fame, critics touted her as "Hollywood's New Cinderella" after film mogul Howard Hughes cast her as Cesca in the gangster film Scarface (1932). Dvorak's journey to superstardom was derailed when she walked out on her contractual obligations to Warner Bros.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 520

ISBN: 9780813142098

Pub Date: 13 Aug 2013

Imprint: University Press of Kentucky

Series: Screen Classics

Illustrations: 28 b&w photos

Description:

During his forty-five-year career, William Wyler (1902--1981) pushed the boundaries of filmmaking with his gripping storylines and innovative depth-of-field cinematography. With a body of work that includes such memorable classics as Jezebel (1938), Mrs. Miniver (1942), Ben-Hur (1959), and Funny Girl (1968), Wyler is the most nominated director in the history of the Academy Awards and bears the distinction of having won an Oscar for Best Director on three occasions.