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Trade Review
Meticulously detailed...inspired...well organized...thoughtful." —Classic Images

"A detailed look...Rathgeb has done film history a service." —Film & History

Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword by Stewart Stern
  • Preface
  • Prologue
  • Part I: Preliminaries1. Nicholas Ray
  • 2. "The Blind Run"
  • 3. James Dean
  • 4. Weisbart and Uris
  • 5. Story into Script
  • 6. Lindner and Shulman
  • 7. Changes
  • 8. Stewart Stern
  • 9. Dead End
  • 10. A Critique
  • 11. Los Angeles and New York
  • Part II: Pre-Production12. A Private Hell
  • 13. Screenplay by Stewart Stern
  • 14. Start Notice
  • 15. Casting
  • 16. Mr. Warner
  • 17. Free-for-All
  • 18. Locations
  • 19. Mr. Warner Returns
  • 20. Majors and Minors
  • 21. The Excitement Gathers
  • 22. Cold Feet
  • 23. Rehearsals
  • 24. Blackboard Jungle
  • 25. Exit Stern
  • Part III: Production26. On Location
  • 27. Transformation
  • 28. Red Channels
  • 29. Hard Work, Hard Feelings
  • 30. Lost Time
  • 31. The Mansion
  • 32. Fury and Sound
  • 33. Looping and Ad-Libbing
  • 34. Stern's Argument
  • 35. Lonely Street
  • 36. Night Work
  • 37. Reckless Violence
  • 38. Two Endings and an Argument
  • Part IV: Post-Production and Beyond39. Two Assignments
  • 40. Inquisition
  • 41. Rough Cut
  • 42. Final Preparations
  • 43. Previews
  • 44. Death in the Afternoon
  • 45. Damage Control
  • 46. Reaping the Whirlwind
  • 47. Premiere
  • 48. Box Office
  • 49. Shulman Strikes Back
  • 50. Oscar and Beyond
  • Epilogue: After Rebel
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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      Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
      Publication Date: 11/22/2010 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780786461158, 978-0786461158
      ISBN10: 0786461152

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      Meticulously detailed...inspired...well organized...thoughtful." —Classic Images

      "A detailed look...Rathgeb has done film history a service." —Film & History

      Table of Contents
      • Acknowledgments
      • Foreword by Stewart Stern
      • Preface
      • Prologue
      • Part I: Preliminaries1. Nicholas Ray
      • 2. "The Blind Run"
      • 3. James Dean
      • 4. Weisbart and Uris
      • 5. Story into Script
      • 6. Lindner and Shulman
      • 7. Changes
      • 8. Stewart Stern
      • 9. Dead End
      • 10. A Critique
      • 11. Los Angeles and New York
      • Part II: Pre-Production12. A Private Hell
      • 13. Screenplay by Stewart Stern
      • 14. Start Notice
      • 15. Casting
      • 16. Mr. Warner
      • 17. Free-for-All
      • 18. Locations
      • 19. Mr. Warner Returns
      • 20. Majors and Minors
      • 21. The Excitement Gathers
      • 22. Cold Feet
      • 23. Rehearsals
      • 24. Blackboard Jungle
      • 25. Exit Stern
      • Part III: Production26. On Location
      • 27. Transformation
      • 28. Red Channels
      • 29. Hard Work, Hard Feelings
      • 30. Lost Time
      • 31. The Mansion
      • 32. Fury and Sound
      • 33. Looping and Ad-Libbing
      • 34. Stern's Argument
      • 35. Lonely Street
      • 36. Night Work
      • 37. Reckless Violence
      • 38. Two Endings and an Argument
      • Part IV: Post-Production and Beyond39. Two Assignments
      • 40. Inquisition
      • 41. Rough Cut
      • 42. Final Preparations
      • 43. Previews
      • 44. Death in the Afternoon
      • 45. Damage Control
      • 46. Reaping the Whirlwind
      • 47. Premiere
      • 48. Box Office
      • 49. Shulman Strikes Back
      • 50. Oscar and Beyond
      • Epilogue: After Rebel
      • Appendix
      • Notes
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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