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

Published New York : Columbia University Press, [2015] ©2015

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 422 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations Series Film and culture Film and culture. Contents Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 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 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 as The 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 In this annotated collection of writings taken from dozens of Brackett's unpublished diaries, leading film historian Anthony Slide clarifies Brackett's critical contribution to Wilder's films and Hollywood history while enriching our knowledge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 for Ninotchka (1939), Hold Back the Dawn (1941), Ball of Fire (1941), The Major and the Minor (1942), Five Graves to Cairo (1943), The Lost Weekend, and Sunset Blvd, recounting the breakthrough and breakdowns that ultimately forced these collaborators to part ways. Brackett was also a producer, served as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Screen Writers Guild, was a drama critic for the New Yorker, and became a member of the exclusive literary club, the Algonquin Round Table. Slide provides a rare, front row seat to the Golden Age dealings of Paramount, Universal, MGM, and RKO and the innovations of legendary theater and literary figures, such as Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Edna Ferber, and Dorothy Parker. Through Brackett's keen, witty perspective, the political and creative intrigue at the heart of Hollywood's most significant films comes alive, and readers will recognize their reach in the Hollywood industry today Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes In English Print version record Subject Brackett, Charles, 1892-1969 -- Diaries Brackett, Charles, 1892-1969 -- Friends and associates Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002 -- Friends and associates SUBJECT Brackett, Charles, 1892-1969 fast Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002 fast Subject Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Diaries Screenwriters -- United States -- Diaries Motion pictures -- Production and direction -- United States -- History -- 20th century BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Entertainment & Performing Arts. PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference. PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism. Friendship Motion picture producers and directors Motion pictures -- Production and direction Screenwriters United States Genre/Form Electronic books diaries. Diaries History Diaries. Journaux intimes. Form Electronic book Author Slide, Anthony, editor. ISBN 9780231538220 0231538227

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