Description |
1 online resource (x, 262 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates) |
Series |
Screen classics |
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Screen classics (Lexington, Ky.)
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Contents |
Introduction -- Childhood in Ireland -- New York Bohemia and the lure of the movies -- Rex Ingram, director -- Apocalypse at Metro -- Conquering Metro -- Swashbucklers and other romances -- Escape to the desert -- Escape to Nice -- The magician of the Riviera -- Final films -- Sculptor, writer, artist, traveler -- The life, the legacy |
Summary |
This title tells the story of one of the most celebrated and forgotten directors of the silent film era. Born in late-Victorian Dublin, Ingram immigrated to America in his teens and studied sculpture at Yale. Lured by the opportunities on offer in the exciting world of New York's moving picture industry, he abandoned his studies for the cinema, becoming a successful director. But for this obstinate perfectionist life in the newly organised Hollywood studio system was anathema, and in the early thirties, Ingram abandoned cinema for a life of travel and writing, an all but forgotten name when he died |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Ingram, Rex, 1892-1950.
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SUBJECT |
Ingram, Rex, 1892-1950 fast |
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Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Entertainment & Performing Arts.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism.
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Motion picture producers and directors
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United States
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
0813147115 |
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9780813147116 |
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9780813147109 |
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0813147107 |
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081315149X |
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9780813151496 |
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