Bogdanovich, Peter.

Who the Devil Made It : Conversations With. - 1 online resource (769 pages)

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Epigraph -- Contents -- Introduction: The Lightning Art -- 1: Allan Dwan (1885-1981) -- The Last Pioneer -- Galloping Tintypes -- 2: Raoul Walsh (1887-1980) -- The Adventurer -- Dagger, Sword and Gun -- 3: Fritz Lang (1890-1976) -- Fate, Murder and Revenge -- The Director's Copyright -- 4: Josef von Sternberg (1894-1969) -- The Angle of Vision -- They Are All Abstract -- 5: Howard Hawks (1896-1977) -- Ride, Boldly Ride -- The Rules of the Game -- 6: Leo McCarey (1898-1969) -- The Crazy Irishman -- The Ineluctability of Incidents -- 7: George Cukor (1899-1983) -- Sound's Perfect Choice -- The Players're the Thing -- 8: Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) -- A Synonym for Suspense -- Young Man with Master Mind -- 9: Edgar G. Ulmer (1904-1972) -- Out of Nothing -- Nothing Was Impossible -- 10: Otto Preminger (1906-1986) -- The Intelligence of the Audience -- Open Questions -- 11: Joseph H. Lewis (1907- ) -- The Impressionist -- Artist Without Diploma -- 12: Chuck Jones (1912- ) -- What's Up, Honorary Doc? -- Every Day's New Game -- 13: Don Siegel (1912-1991) -- Action's Intellectual -- That Outcast Is Me -- 14: Frank Tashlin (1913-1972) -- The Possum's Smile -- The Nonsense of Civilization -- 15: Robert Aldrich (1918-1983) -- Deadly Kiss Me -- The Phoenix Flight -- 16: Sidney Lumet (1924- ) -- A Child of New York -- Making Mosaics -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations Used in Filmographies -- Other Books by This Author -- About the Author.

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Motion pictures--Production and direction.
Motion picture producers and directors--Interviews.


Electronic books.

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