Edward Dmytryk : reassessing his films and life / Fintan McDonagh.

• Rising through the ranks (1923-1942) -- The RKO years (1942-1947) -- The HUAC nightmare (1947-1951) -- Stanley Kramer, career saviour (1951-1954) -- Consolidation across continents (1954-1960) -- Sustaining stardom (1961-1969) -- Out of time (1970-1975).

• "Edward Dmytryk was one of the so-called "Hollywood Ten" who were jailed for contempt of Congress for refusing to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947. Finding himself blacklisted after his prison sentence and unable to operate under a pseudonym, he took the step of testifying and naming names to the Committee. His career resumed to considerable commercial success, but also to prolonged and bitter criticism from the left and persistent mistrust from the right. Acknowledged as one of the key figures in the development of the film noir genre, having directed one of its first films, Murder, My Sweet, Edward Dmytryk has otherwise been frequently sidelined in critical studies because of the political controversy. This book is the first to critically evaluate each of the dozens of films he made between the 1930s and the 1970s including The Young Lions, Crossfire and The Caine Mutiny, among many others"-- 

Ämnesord

Motion picture producers and directors  -- United States -- Biography. (LCSH)

Motion pictures  -- United States -- History -- 20th century. (LCSH)

Blacklisting of entertainers  -- United States. (LCSH)

Communism and motion pictures  -- United States. (LCSH)

PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism.  (bisacsh)

PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Direction & Production.  (bisacsh)

Blacklisting of entertainers.  (fast)

Communism and motion pictures.  (fast)

Motion picture producers and directors.  (fast)

Motion pictures.  (fast)

Biografier  (sfit)

Regissörer  (sfit)

Svartlistning, USA  (sfit)

United States.  (fast)

1900-1999  (fast)

Genre

Biographies.  (fast)

Criticism, interpretation, etc.  (fast)

History.  (fast)

Personnamn

Dmytryk, Edward -- Criticism and interpretation.

Dmytryk, Edward.

Dmytryk, Edward

Institutionsnamn

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities.

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities.

Indexterm och SAB-rubrik

Directors

Blacklisting, USA

Klassifikation

PN1998.3.D6 (LCC)

791.4302/33092 (DDC)

PER004030 (bisacsh)

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