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14. Michael Curtiz’s Political Cinema of Sorts
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction. The Many Cinemas of Michael Curtiz 1
- 1. Bending It Like Curtiz: Gender and Genre in The Scarlet Hour and The Helen Morgan Story 15
- 2. Making a Life with Father 28
- 3. The Jewish Jazz Singer Remakes His Voice: Michael Curtiz’s Update of the Warner Bros. Classic 41
- 4. “Don’t Fence Me In”: The Making of Night and Day 55
- 5. Long Love the Queen: Bette Davis, Curtiz, and Female Melodrama 68
- 6. Double-Time in America: Yankee Doodle Dandy 80
- 7. Mildred Pierce: From Script to Screen 94
- 8. Curtiz at Sea: Captain Blood, The Sea Hawk, The Sea Wolf, and The Breaking Point 107
- 9. Curtiz in the White House 121
- 10. The Spectacle of the Ages: Noah’s Ark 133
- 11. Jazz Me Blues: Lo-Fi, Fantasy, Audiovisuality in Young Man with a Horn 145
- 12. A Setting Sun: The Egyptian 158
- 13. King Creole: Michael Curtiz and the Great Elvis Presley Industry 171
- 14. Michael Curtiz’s Political Cinema of Sorts 185
- 15. Curtiz’s New Western Aesthetic 207
- 16. Michael Curtiz’s Gamble for Christmas 221
- 17. Film Performance before and after the Code: Mandalay and Stolen Holiday 236
- 18. “A Mass of Contradictions”: Michael Curtiz and the Women’s Film 249
- 19. Devil-May- Care: Curtiz and Flynn in Hollywood 265
- 20. Uncanny Effigies: Early Sound Cinema and Mystery of the Wax Museum 278
- Michael Curtiz Filmography 291
- Contributors 315
- Index 319
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction. The Many Cinemas of Michael Curtiz 1
- 1. Bending It Like Curtiz: Gender and Genre in The Scarlet Hour and The Helen Morgan Story 15
- 2. Making a Life with Father 28
- 3. The Jewish Jazz Singer Remakes His Voice: Michael Curtiz’s Update of the Warner Bros. Classic 41
- 4. “Don’t Fence Me In”: The Making of Night and Day 55
- 5. Long Love the Queen: Bette Davis, Curtiz, and Female Melodrama 68
- 6. Double-Time in America: Yankee Doodle Dandy 80
- 7. Mildred Pierce: From Script to Screen 94
- 8. Curtiz at Sea: Captain Blood, The Sea Hawk, The Sea Wolf, and The Breaking Point 107
- 9. Curtiz in the White House 121
- 10. The Spectacle of the Ages: Noah’s Ark 133
- 11. Jazz Me Blues: Lo-Fi, Fantasy, Audiovisuality in Young Man with a Horn 145
- 12. A Setting Sun: The Egyptian 158
- 13. King Creole: Michael Curtiz and the Great Elvis Presley Industry 171
- 14. Michael Curtiz’s Political Cinema of Sorts 185
- 15. Curtiz’s New Western Aesthetic 207
- 16. Michael Curtiz’s Gamble for Christmas 221
- 17. Film Performance before and after the Code: Mandalay and Stolen Holiday 236
- 18. “A Mass of Contradictions”: Michael Curtiz and the Women’s Film 249
- 19. Devil-May- Care: Curtiz and Flynn in Hollywood 265
- 20. Uncanny Effigies: Early Sound Cinema and Mystery of the Wax Museum 278
- Michael Curtiz Filmography 291
- Contributors 315
- Index 319