Conversations with the Great Moviemakers of Hollywood's Golden Age: At the American Film Institute

733 Pages·2006·176.39 MB·English

by  Jr, George Stevens(Editor)

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CONVERSATIONS
WITH THE GREAT
MOVIEMAKERS
OF HOLLYWOOD’S
GOLDEN AGE
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CONVERSATIONS
with the GREAT
MOVIEMAKERS
of HOLLYWOOD’S
GOLDEN AGE
at the American Film Institute
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Edited and with an Introduction by
George Stevens, Jr.
alfred a. knopf new york 2006
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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
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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.
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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
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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