Film Crazy: Interviews With Hollywood Legends - Hardcover

McGilligan, Patrick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312261314 ISBN 13: 9780312261313

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 2000

Synopsis

A collection of interviews with many great figures of Hollywood's Golden Era from a respected Hollywood biographer offers revealing insights into such directors as Hitchcock and George Stevens and stars including Ida Lupino and future President Ronald Reagan.

About this title

About the Author:

Patrick McGilligan is the editor of the Popular Backstory series. A resident of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he is also the author of several biographies on noted filmmakers George Cukor, Robert Altman, and Fritz Lang, the last of which was named a Notable Book of The Year by the New York Times.

From Booklist:

"We often felt like angels of death," McGilligan says of himself and his assistants, when they met the screen legends interviewed in this book, for most of the aged luminaries were in their eighties at the time. They debriefed some of the greatest names in film history, such as Hitchcock, William Wellman, Dore Schary, Joel McCrea, and Ida Lupino, and they caught Ronald Reagan during the 1976 campaign. With a book like this one, great subjects make great reading. Take Raoul Walsh. He started out acting in silents because he could ride a horse. After apprenticing at D. W. Griffith's immortal knee, he directed some fine silent films (The Thief of Baghdad, What Price Glory?, The Honor System). When the talkies arrived, he directed Cagney, Bogart, and Flynn in classic he-man stuff. Or take Ida Lupino, more appreciated now than in her prime, who provides insight into the distaff side of Hollywood's golden age. Great subjects; great reading. Film history comes alive immediately and joyfully, perhaps even for the most casual film fans. Mike Tribby
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About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0312261314
• ISBN 13: 9780312261313
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 279