Conversations with the Great Moviemakers of Hollywood's Golden Age: At the American Film Institute PDF
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Stev_140004054X_4p_fm_r1.c.qxd 12/16/05 10:12 AM Page a Stev_140004054X_4p_fm_r1.c.qxd 12/16/05 10:12 AM Page i CONVERSATIONS WITH THE GREAT MOVIEMAKERS OF HOLLYWOOD’S GOLDEN AGE Stev_140004054X_4p_fm_r1.c.qxd 12/16/05 10:12 AM Page ii Stev_140004054X_4p_fm_r1.c.qxd 12/16/05 10:12 AM Page iii CONVERSATIONS with the GREAT MOVIEMAKERS of HOLLYWOOD’S GOLDEN AGE at the American Film Institute 0 Edited and with an Introduction by George Stevens, Jr. alfred a. knopf new york 2006 Stev_140004054X_4p_fm_r1.c.qxd 12/16/05 10:12 AM Page iv THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF The content of the seminars in this book has been licensed from the American Film Institute, Inc., which retains the copyright and other rights therein. Copyright © 2006by New Liberty Productions, Inc. All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and in Canada by Random House of Canada, Limited, Toronto. www.aaknopf.com Knopf, Borzoi Books, and the colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Conversations with the Great Moviemakers of Hollywood’s Golden Age at the American Film Institute / edited and with an introduction by George Stevens, Jr. p. cm. Includes index. isbn1-4000-4054-x(alk. paper) 1. Motion picture producers and directors—United States—Interviews. 2. Motion pictures—Production and direction. I. Stevens, Jr., George, 1932– II. American Film Institute. pn1998.2a45 2005 791.4302'3'0922—dc22 2005044061 Manufactured in the United States of America First Edition Stev_140004054X_4p_fm_r1.c.qxd 12/16/05 10:12 AM Page v To my mother Yvonne Stevens at the Mack Sennett Studio, 1924. She lived Hollywood’s Golden Age As the daughter of a silent film star, As a Mack Sennett Bathing Beauty, As the wife and confidante of a film director, As an inspiration to her son. A petite beauty with Irish wit, she celebrated her 100th birthday in Hollywood on July 31, 2005. Stev_140004054X_4p_fm_r1.c.qxd 12/16/05 10:12 AM Page vi Stev_140004054X_4p_fm_r1.c.qxd 12/16/05 10:12 AM Page vii Contents Introduction ix HAROLD LLOYD 3 RAOUL WALSH 17 KING VIDOR 33 FRITZ LANG 57 FRANK CAPRA 74 HOWARD HAWKS 106 JAMES WONG HOWE 130 MERVYN LEROY 144 ROUBEN MAMOULIAN 162 GEORGE FOLSEY 186 WILLIAM WYLER 203 GEORGE STEVENS 218 WILLIAM CLOTHIER 235 ALFRED HITCHCOCK 253 GEORGE CUKOR 278 Stev_140004054X_4p_fm_r2.c.qxd 1/11/06 10:41 AM Page viii viii contents BILLY WILDER 302 JOHN HUSTON 335 RAY BRADBURY 363 ELIA KAZAN 385 FRED ZINNEMANN 409 DAVID LEAN 425 STANLEY CORTEZ 446 ROBERT WISE 458 ERNEST LEHMAN 485 GENE KELLY 512 RICHARD BROOKS 532 STANLEY KRAMER 558 HAL WALLIS 585 JEAN RENOIR 607 FEDERICO FELLINI 625 INGMAR BERGMAN 639 SATYAJIT RAY 654 Acknowledgments 675 List of Illustrations 677 Sources 681 Index 683
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