Joseph L. Mankiewicz: Critical Essays with an Annotated Bibliography and a Filmography

by Cheryl Bray Lower, R. Barton Palmer

Overview

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The Barefoot Contessa, and All About Eve--just three of the most well-known films of writer, director, and producer Joseph L. Mankiewicz. This work contains critical essays about the man and his work, as well as a guide to resources, an annotated bibliography, and a filmography. The essays on each of his films are categorized under Mankiewicz's Dark Cinema, The Mankiewicz Woman, Filmed Theatre, and Literary Adaptations. The annotated bibliography includes writings by and about Mankiewicz; the filmography includes full cast and credit information and other data. Information on Mankiewicz's awards, miscellaneous and unrealized projects, and film festivals honoring him is also provided.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786493791
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	02/10/2014
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Cheryl Bray Lower is a journalist and award-winning news photographer. She is the only scholar to have had complete access to the private papers of Joseph L. Mankiewicz. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia. R. Barton Palmer is Calhoun Lemon Professor of Literature at Clemson University. He has published numerous works on the English, French, and Latin literature of the later Middle Ages, and is the translator, with William Kibler and others, of several anthologies of medieval texts. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Introduction     

PART I. Joseph L. Mankiewicz: Notes on his Life and Career     
A Biographical Sketch     
Film Chronology     

PART II. Essays     
Mankiewicz’s Dark Cinema     
The Mankiewicz Woman     
Filmed Theatre     
Literary Adaptations     

PART III. Guide to Resources     
Notes on the Resources     
Annotated Bibliography     
Filmography     

Appendix A. Miscellaneous and Unrealized Mankiewicz Projects     
Appendix B. Film Festivals Honoring Mankiewicz     
Appendix C. Awards     
Index     

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