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).
Jadual kandungan
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
Mengenai Pengarang
Tom Conley is Abbott Lawrence Lowell Professor in the Departments of Art, Film, and Visual Studies and Romance Languages and Literature at Harvard University. His many books include
Film Hieroglyphs: Ruptures in Classical Cinema;
An Errant Eye: Poetry and Topography in Early Modern France; and
Cartographic Cinema.
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