Worms in the Winecup

A Memoir

AvJohn Bright

Inbunden, Engelska, 2002

Del i serien Scarecrow Filmmakers Series

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Beskrivning

Worms in the Winecup is the extraordinarily hard-hitting autobiography of John Bright, a screenplay writer who gained a major reputation with his first Hollywood script, Public Enemy, the classic gangster drama starring James Cagney. The book provides a vivid, often savage, commentary on Hollywood and the motion picture industry, with uncompromising portraits of Darryl F. Zanuck, Mae West, Errol Flynn, John Barrymore, B. P. Schulberg, Walter Wanger, John Howard Lawson, Elia Kazan, and countless others, including his writing partners, Kubec Glasmon and Robert Tasker. Bright writes of the Communist Party in Hollywood, the Hollywood Anti-Nazi League, and the House Committee on Un-American activities. At times bitter, at times tragic, this book is refreshingly frank and open, so much so that it could never have been published while John Bright was still alive. Bright is honest as he discusses his wartime experiences and his "exile" in Mexico. Complete with a filmography and an introduction by distinguished film historian Patric McGilligan, Worms in the Winecup is both entertaining and thought-provoking. An emotional and insightful read for students of political history, film scholars, screenwriters, and film enthusiasts.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2002-10-09
Mått:148 x 220 x 23 mm
Vikt:485 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Scarecrow Filmmakers Series
Antal sidor:288
Förlag:Scarecrow Press
Medarbetare:McGilligan,Patrick
ISBN:9780810844254

Utforska kategorier

Biografi: näringsliv och industri inom Biografier
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur
Film inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

John Bright was a major figure in the history of American screenwriting. Among the major Hollywood films with which Bright was involved are Taxi (1932), The Crowd Roars (1932), If I Had A Million (1932), She Done Him Wrong (1933), Our Daily Bread (1934), Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942), The Brave Bulls (1951), and Johnny Got His Gun (1971).

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I thoroughly enjoyed Bright's book. It jumps off the page.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 Introduction by Patrick McGilliganChapter 2 A Foreword Written AfterwardChapter 3 The Public Enemy: Dirt and Pay DirtChapter 4 Farewell Stag for a Hollywood TycoonChapter 5 Errol Flynn: Caliph of BagdadChapter 6 The Great Profile ErodedChapter 7 Dollars and Sentiment and PinkertonChapter 8 The Fixed WheelChapter 9 The Horse of HonorChapter 10 Liberal ProducerChapter 11 The Sad Boomerang of Good IntentionChapter 12 An Alcoholic Not AnonymousChapter 13 Mystery Story en PassantChapter 14 Up with the FlagChapter 15 Hollywood Goes to WarChapter 16 Winding DownChapter 17 The Road Back to a Different Kind of WarChapter 18 Two Who Stood Up...Two Who Fell DownChapter 19 An End and a New BeginningChapter 20 Unhappy Farewell to MexicoChapter 21 CodaChapter 22 John Bright's Last Will and TestamentChapter 23 John Bright—Storyteller by Casey BrightChapter 24 The Films of John BrightChapter 25 Index