John Huston
Subtitle: courage and art
By: Jeffrey Meyers
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Crown Archetype
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 475
ISBN-13: 9780307590671
Subjects: Biography; Motion picture producers and directors
Description: "An actor in the 1920s and scriptwriter in the 1930s, John Huston made his dazzling directorial debut in 1941 with 'The Maltese Falcon'. His career as a filmmaker spanned some fifty-seven years and yielded thirty-seven feature films. He made most of his movies abroad, spent much of his life in Ireland and Mexico, and remains one of the most intelligent and influential filmmakers in history. With equal attention given to Huston's impressive artistic output and tempestuous personal relationships, biographer Jeffrey Meyers presents a vivid narrative of Huston's remarkably rich creative life."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [421]-463) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: Huston and Hemingway; title: Braving the waterfall, 1906-1923; title: Restless youth, 1924-1935; title: Many talents, 1936-1940; title: Return to Hollywood, 1936-1940; title: Black bird, 1941; title: Huston touch, 1941-1942; title: Into battle, 1942-1945; title: Women in love, 1946-50; title: Witch hunts, 1947; title: Gold in Mexico, 1948; title: Crime and the city, 1948-1950; title: Sultanate of St. Clarens, 1950-1960; title: Heart of darkness, 1951-1952; title: Paris and Italy, 1953-1954; title: White whale, 1955-1956; title: Tobago, Japan and Africa, 1957-1958; title: Mustangs and misfits, 1959-1961; title: Mysteries of the mind, 1962; title: Lovers, 1962; title: Iguana and the flood, 1963-1966; title: Love and death, 1967-1969; title: Spies and boxing, 1970-1972; title: Celeste Shane and a desert idyll, 1972-1975; title: Morocco and Mexico, 1973-1978; title: Failures, 1979-1982; title: Triumphs, 1983-1985; title: Raising the dead, 1986-1987; title: Epilogue.