1939
Subtitle: the making of six great films from Hollywood's greatest year
By: Charles F. Adams
Publisher: Craven Street Books
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9781610351973
Subjects: Motion pictures; History
Other titles: Nineteen thirty-nine
Description: "A celebration of cinema from the year 1939--a year film critics and historians are virtually unanimous in considering the greatest in the history of motion pictures--this work is the perfect combination of film history, artistic appreciation, historical insight, and gossip. Profiling of six of the greatest films of the year--Gone with the Wind, Stagecoach, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and The Wizard of Oz--the book shows, in detail, how these stories came into being and how long they waited to find fame. It also describes the behind-the-scenes story of each film: how the stories were adapted to a film script; the writers, producers, directors, actors, and technicians who made the film; how the film was received by critics and the public; and the later careers of the people who made the film, with commentary on such legendary stars as Clark Gable, Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, and Judy Garland. A must-have book that no movie fan should miss, this work captures 1930s Hollywood--an era which, in spite of being crass, commercial, restrictive, and frequently dysfunctional, produced immensely enjoyable films that are still watched with pleasure today"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [252]-254) and index.
Table of contents: title: Gone with the wind; title: Stagecoach; title: Mr. Smith goes to Washington; title: The hound of the Baskervilles; title: The adventures of Huckleberry Finn; title: The wizard of Oz.