Bibliograph

"It's the pictures that got small", Charles Brackett on Billy Wilder and Hollywood's golden age, edited by Anthony Slide

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"It's the pictures that got small", Charles Brackett on Billy Wilder and Hollywood's golden age, edited by Anthony Slide

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-410) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

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platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

"It's the pictures that got small"

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

881026182

Responsibility statement

edited by Anthony Slide

Series statement

Film and culture

Sub title

Charles Brackett on Billy Wilder and Hollywood's golden age

Summary

Golden Age Hollywood screenwriter Charles Brackett was an extremely observant and perceptive chronicler of the entertainment industry during its most exciting years. He is best remembered as the writing partner of director Billy Wilder, who once referred to the pair as "the happiest couple in Hollywood," collaborating on such classics asThe Lost Weekend (1945) and Sunset Blvd (1950). In this annotated collection of writings taken from dozens of Brackett's unpublished diaries, leading film historian Anthony Slide clarifies Brackett's critical contribution to Wilder's films and Hollywood history while enriching our knowledge of Wilder's achievements in writing, direction, and style. Brackett's diaries re-create the initial meetings of the talent responsible forNinotchka (1939), Hold Back the Dawn (1941), Ball of Fire (1941), The Major and the Minor (1942), Five Graves to Cairo (1943), The Lost Weekend, andSunset Blvd, recounting the breakthrough and breakdowns that ultimately forced these collaborators to part ways

Table Of Contents

The diaries ; 1932 ; 1933 ; 1934 ; 1935 ; 1936 ; 1937 ; 1938 ; 1939 ; 1940 ; 1941 ; 1942 ; 1943 ; 1944 ; 1945 ; 1946 ; 1947 ; 1948 ; 1949 ; Leading names and subjects in the diaries

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