The Resource Shakespeare in Hollywood, 1929-1956, Robert F. Willson, Jr
Shakespeare in Hollywood, 1929-1956, Robert F. Willson, Jr
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The item Shakespeare in Hollywood, 1929-1956, Robert F. Willson, Jr represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries.
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- Summary
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- "This book is a historical study of five major productions and several offshoots of Shakespeare's plays. Willson's thesis is that studios like MGM and Warner Bros. made these films in order to polish their images as creators of artistic rather than populist products. The films also reflect the practices - the use of contract players, overproduction, adaptations based on popular genres - that have come to characterize Hollywood as an industry."
- "In discussing these productions, Willson pays special attention to cuts in the texts, casting decisions, and the actors' screen identities, directors' reputations and their previous films, and studio marketing strategies. Readers of Shakespeare in Hollywood will gain a better understanding of how studios attempted to make Shakespeare accessible to and respected by audiences with little or no knowledge of the plays. This goal foreshadowed efforts by such directors as Olivier and Branagh to bring the Bard to movie audiences."--Jacket
- "This book is a historical study of five major productions and several offshoots of Shakespeare's plays. Willson's thesis is that studios like MGM and Warner Bros. made these films in order to polish their images as creators of artistic rather than populist products. The films also reflect the practices - the use of contract players, overproduction, adaptations based on popular genres - that have come to characterize Hollywood as an industry." "In discussing these productions, Willson pays special attention to cuts in the texts, casting decisions, and the actors' screen identities, directors' reputations and their previous films, and studio marketing strategies. Readers of Shakespeare in Hollywood will gain a better understanding of how studios attempted to make Shakespeare accessible to and respected by audiences with little or no knowledge of the plays. This goal foreshadowed efforts by such directors as Olivier and Branagh to bring the Bard to movie audiences."--BOOK JACKET
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 190 pages
- Contents
-
- To be or not to be (1942)
- Double life (1947)
- Joe MacBeth (1955)
- Forbidden planet (1956) and The tempest
- My darling Clementine (1946)
- Broken lance (1954)
- Jubal (1956)
- 5.
- Shakespeare on poverty row: Welles's Republic Pictures Macbeth (1948)
- 6.
- 1.
- Shakespeare's anti-Fascist Roman epic: the Houseman-Mankiewicz Julius Caesar (1953)
- Taming of the shrew (1929) and star power
- 2.
- "Doing Shakespeare right": Warner Brothers' A midsummer night's dream (1935)
- 3.
- Love's monument: the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Romeo and Juliet (1936)
- 4.
- Selected offshoots: Shakespeare at war, on Broadway, in the mob, in space, and on the range
- Isbn
- 9780838638323
- Label
- Shakespeare in Hollywood, 1929-1956
- Title
- Shakespeare in Hollywood, 1929-1956
- Statement of responsibility
- Robert F. Willson, Jr
- Subject
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- English drama -- Film adaptations
- English drama -- Television adaptations
- Film adaptations
- Film adaptations -- History and criticism
- History
- Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Motion pictures -- United States -- History
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Appreciation -- California | Los Angeles
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Television adaptations
- Motion pictures -- United States -- History and criticism
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- "This book is a historical study of five major productions and several offshoots of Shakespeare's plays. Willson's thesis is that studios like MGM and Warner Bros. made these films in order to polish their images as creators of artistic rather than populist products. The films also reflect the practices - the use of contract players, overproduction, adaptations based on popular genres - that have come to characterize Hollywood as an industry."
- "In discussing these productions, Willson pays special attention to cuts in the texts, casting decisions, and the actors' screen identities, directors' reputations and their previous films, and studio marketing strategies. Readers of Shakespeare in Hollywood will gain a better understanding of how studios attempted to make Shakespeare accessible to and respected by audiences with little or no knowledge of the plays. This goal foreshadowed efforts by such directors as Olivier and Branagh to bring the Bard to movie audiences."--Jacket
- "This book is a historical study of five major productions and several offshoots of Shakespeare's plays. Willson's thesis is that studios like MGM and Warner Bros. made these films in order to polish their images as creators of artistic rather than populist products. The films also reflect the practices - the use of contract players, overproduction, adaptations based on popular genres - that have come to characterize Hollywood as an industry." "In discussing these productions, Willson pays special attention to cuts in the texts, casting decisions, and the actors' screen identities, directors' reputations and their previous films, and studio marketing strategies. Readers of Shakespeare in Hollywood will gain a better understanding of how studios attempted to make Shakespeare accessible to and respected by audiences with little or no knowledge of the plays. This goal foreshadowed efforts by such directors as Olivier and Branagh to bring the Bard to movie audiences."--BOOK JACKET
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1939-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Willson, Robert F.
- Dewey number
- 791.43/6
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PR3093
- LC item number
- .W57 2000
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Motion pictures
- English drama
- Film adaptations
- English drama
- Shakespeare, William
- Motion pictures
- Shakespeare, William
- Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Label
- Shakespeare in Hollywood, 1929-1956, Robert F. Willson, Jr
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-181) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- To be or not to be (1942)
- Double life (1947)
- Joe MacBeth (1955)
- Forbidden planet (1956) and The tempest
- My darling Clementine (1946)
- Broken lance (1954)
- Jubal (1956)
- 5.
- Shakespeare on poverty row: Welles's Republic Pictures Macbeth (1948)
- 6.
- 1.
- Shakespeare's anti-Fascist Roman epic: the Houseman-Mankiewicz Julius Caesar (1953)
- Taming of the shrew (1929) and star power
- 2.
- "Doing Shakespeare right": Warner Brothers' A midsummer night's dream (1935)
- 3.
- Love's monument: the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Romeo and Juliet (1936)
- 4.
- Selected offshoots: Shakespeare at war, on Broadway, in the mob, in space, and on the range
- Control code
- 42291390
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 190 pages
- Isbn
- 9780838638323
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 99042200
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- Shakespeare in Hollywood, 1929-1956, Robert F. Willson, Jr
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-181) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- To be or not to be (1942)
- Double life (1947)
- Joe MacBeth (1955)
- Forbidden planet (1956) and The tempest
- My darling Clementine (1946)
- Broken lance (1954)
- Jubal (1956)
- 5.
- Shakespeare on poverty row: Welles's Republic Pictures Macbeth (1948)
- 6.
- 1.
- Shakespeare's anti-Fascist Roman epic: the Houseman-Mankiewicz Julius Caesar (1953)
- Taming of the shrew (1929) and star power
- 2.
- "Doing Shakespeare right": Warner Brothers' A midsummer night's dream (1935)
- 3.
- Love's monument: the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Romeo and Juliet (1936)
- 4.
- Selected offshoots: Shakespeare at war, on Broadway, in the mob, in space, and on the range
- Control code
- 42291390
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 190 pages
- Isbn
- 9780838638323
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 99042200
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
Subject
- English drama -- Film adaptations
- English drama -- Television adaptations
- Film adaptations
- Film adaptations -- History and criticism
- History
- Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Motion pictures -- United States -- History
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Appreciation -- California | Los Angeles
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Television adaptations
- Motion pictures -- United States -- History and criticism
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