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Bound and Gagged in Hollywood
Donald W. McCaffrey
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Description for Bound and Gagged in Hollywood
Paperback. Num Pages: 136 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 178 x 9. Weight in Grams: 222.
Edmund Hartmann arrived in Hollywood as a contract screenwriter in the early 1930s, and by the next decade had become producer of his own screenplays for Universal. He oversaw feature films for such diverse talents as John Carradine, Eve Arden, Jane Russell, Basil Rathbone, Hedy Lamarr, Victor McLaglen, Bob Cummings, Don Ameche, Ann Miller, Jackie Cooper, and Joan Fontaine. He could handle almost all types of cinema: mysteries, social dramas, fantasies, and westerns. But it was his facility for comedy for which Hartmann will be best remembered. He wrote seven comedies for Bob Hope, three for Lucille Ball, and worked ... Read more
Edmund Hartmann arrived in Hollywood as a contract screenwriter in the early 1930s, and by the next decade had become producer of his own screenplays for Universal. He oversaw feature films for such diverse talents as John Carradine, Eve Arden, Jane Russell, Basil Rathbone, Hedy Lamarr, Victor McLaglen, Bob Cummings, Don Ameche, Ann Miller, Jackie Cooper, and Joan Fontaine. He could handle almost all types of cinema: mysteries, social dramas, fantasies, and westerns. But it was his facility for comedy for which Hartmann will be best remembered. He wrote seven comedies for Bob Hope, three for Lucille Ball, and worked ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
Number of Pages
136
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810857292
SKU
V9780810857292
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About Donald W. McCaffrey
Donald W. McCaffrey is Professor Emeritus, English Department, at the University of North Dakota. He is the author of Four Great Comedians: Chaplin, Lloyd, Keaton, and Langdon, The Golden Age of Sound Comedy, Assault on Society: Satirical Literature to Film (Scarecrow, 1992) and The Road to Comedy: The Films of Bob Hope.
Reviews for Bound and Gagged in Hollywood
As a contract screenwriter in the Hollywood of the 1930s, Hartmann did what he was told, and he was told to do plenty. He wrote features and then started producing his own scripts at Universal, working with no less than John Carradine, Hedy Lamarr, Basil Rathbone and Jane Russell. When it finally became clear to the studio bosses that Hartmann ... Read more