Words into Images: Screenwriters on the Studio System is an engaging look into the inner workings of Hollywood's big studio system as experienced by thirteen veteran screenwriters. All taped between 1980 and 1991 and all previously unpublished, these interviews are novel and insightful. Interviewer Ronald L. Davis draws the screenwriters into explorations of a broad range of topics, including studio politics, production problems, frustrations caused by directors and producers, and the contributions and difficulties presented by movie stars.
In most cases, these writers were...
Words into Images: Screenwriters on the Studio System is an engaging look into the inner workings of Hollywood's big studio system as experi...
South Pacific. The Sound of Music. Peter Pan. As the star of these classic Broadway musicals, Mary Martin captivated theater audiences with her impish persona and magnificent voice. Now Ronald L. Davis fills a major gap in theater history, moving beyond Martin s own 1976 memoir to provide a complete picture of her life and career.
Lively and engaging, Davis s biography is the first book-length portrait of the theater icon, spanning her lifetime to reveal facts about her childhood, marriages, and...
The first book-length biography of a theater icon
South Pacific. The Sound of Music. Peter Pan. As the star of th...
