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Description for Henry Hathaway
Hardback. Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, port. BIC Classification: APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
This collection of interviews traces the career of filmmaker Henry Hathaway from his beginnings as a child actor for the American Film Company in 1911 through his directorial triumphs How the West Was Won (1962) and True Grit (1969). Begun as a special project for the American Film Institute, this oral history has now been edited and is being released for the first time in book form. Polly Platt, production designer, screenwriter, and producer of such films as Broadcast News, Pretty Baby, and The War of the Roses conducted the interviews and intended to edit them herself, but her busy ... Read more
This collection of interviews traces the career of filmmaker Henry Hathaway from his beginnings as a child actor for the American Film Company in 1911 through his directorial triumphs How the West Was Won (1962) and True Grit (1969). Begun as a special project for the American Film Institute, this oral history has now been edited and is being released for the first time in book form. Polly Platt, production designer, screenwriter, and producer of such films as Broadcast News, Pretty Baby, and The War of the Roses conducted the interviews and intended to edit them herself, but her busy ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Series
The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810839724
SKU
V9780810839724
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Ref
99-15
About Rudy Behlmer
Writer-producer-director Rudy Behlmer has been involved with film and television for many years. He is the author of Memo from Darryl F. Zanuck, Inside Warner Bros., W.S.Van Dyke's Journal (Scarecrow Press, 1996), Behind the Scenes, Memo from David O. Selznick, and five other books. For many years he was a vice president at Leo Burnett Company, Inc., one of the ... Read more
Reviews for Henry Hathaway
Riveting....A job of immense historical importance.
Kevin Brownlow, documentary filmmaker, author, film historian There is a wealth of primary documentation of film history here.
Classic Images
Not only fascinating stories of the veteran director's movie-making, but an invaluable, entertaining history of the movie industry itself...Hathaway has much to say to today's aspiring directors.
Directors Guild Of ... Read more
Kevin Brownlow, documentary filmmaker, author, film historian There is a wealth of primary documentation of film history here.
Classic Images
Not only fascinating stories of the veteran director's movie-making, but an invaluable, entertaining history of the movie industry itself...Hathaway has much to say to today's aspiring directors.
Directors Guild Of ... Read more