{"product_id":"max-ophuls-in-the-hollywood-studios-9780813522913","title":"Max Ophuls in the Hollywood Studios","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is an examination into the career of film director, Max Ophuls, drawing on archival documents and interviews with more than 60 of Ophuls's contemporaries. It traces the European director's struggle to find a niche in the US film industry, and shows how he bent conventional Hollywood methods.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmong the approximately 30 European film directors who sought sanctuary from Hitler by emigrating to Hollywood between 1933 and 1941, Ophuls is unique in significant ways, as Bachers excellent introduction makes clear. The very last of the lot to arrive in Hollywood in the fall of 1941, he had already made one new life in France; but as an active anti-Nazi, German-born and Jewish, he had compelling reason to flee the Vichy regime. * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWar and waiting\u003cbr\u003e The right man at the right time: The Exile and Universal's quest for quality\u003cbr\u003e A film worth fighting for: Letters from an Unknown Woman\u003cbr\u003e Standing tall on a sinking ship: making Caught at Enterprise\u003cbr\u003e Making an American movie: The Reckless Moment\u003cbr\u003e Returning to Europe with a runaway production","brand":"MW - Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742322622807,"sku":"9780813522913","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/max-ophuls-in-the-hollywood-studios-9780813522913","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}