Action, Action, Action : The Early Cinema of Raoul Walsh (Suny series, Horizons of Cinema)

Conley, Tom

State University of New York Press（2022/12発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 274 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781438488868
• DDC分類 791.430233092

Full Description

Studies the force of action, motion, and vision in the early cinema of Hollywood director Raoul Walsh.

Director of over 150 films from 1912 to 1964, Raoul Walsh was a core figure in Hollywood from its beginnings to the end of the studio system. Perhaps best known for such films as The Big Trail (starring John Wayne in his first leading role), High Sierra, and White Heat, Walsh cut his teeth under D. W. Griffith, and, like his contemporary John Ford, found a style and signature in his silent cinema and early talkies. Through close analysis of seven of his films, six shot between 1915 and 1933 and one a remake from 1956, and stressing the visual character of their settings and situations, Tom Conley examines how composition and montage-or action-often overtake the crisp narratives these films convey. Rife with contradiction, they ask us to see what makes them possible and how they contend with prevailing codes. Films discussed include Regeneration (1915); Sadie Thompson (1928) and a likely avatar, The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956); The Cock-Eyed World (1929); The Big Trail (1930); Me and My Gal (1932); and The Bowery (1933).

Contents

List of Illustrations
Preface and Acknowledgments

1. On the Lower East Side: Regeneration

2. A Monkey Talks to Sadie Thompson

3. Eyes and Cockeyes: The Cock-Eyed World

4. From Sadie to Mamie: The Revolt of Mamie Stover

5. Big Trees, Tall Men: The Big Trail

6. Me, My Gal, My Brother: Me and My Gal

7. The Good, The Bad, The Bowery

Conclusion: What Became of The Wrath of the Just?

Notes
Bibliography
Index