Exiles in Hollywood: Major European Film Directors in AmericaThis book deals with five European film directors - Fritz Lang, William Wyler, Billy Wilder, Otto Preminger, and Fred Zinnemann - who were forced into exile in the wake of the rise of Hitler, and who subsequently enriched the American motion picture industry with a reservoir of new talent that had been nurtured in Europe. Of the many European moviemakers who suggested themselves, the author has chosen those who have made enduring works that still appeal to filmgoers today, as attested by their availability on television and on videocassette. The author conducted personal interviews with and corresponded with all five directors featured in this book, lending a "first-hand" dimension and increasing the book's merits as a work of original scholarship. |
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Contents
Prologue The Promised Land European Filmmakers in Hollywood | 13 |
Fritz Lang Nightmares at Noon | 20 |
William Wyler A Touch of Class | 59 |
Otto Preminger The Undefeated | 101 |
Fred Zinnemann The Vanishing Hero | 139 |
Billy Wilder The Beautiful and the Damned | 177 |
Epilogue Exiles in Eden Mature Moviemakers | 218 |
THE ROYAL STANDARD THEATRE 1835 | 29 |
EVENTS AND PERSONALITIES 18561860 | 111 |
MISS MARRIOTT AND THE END OF AN ERA | 127 |
RECOVERY THEN DESTRUCTION 18641866 | 149 |
THE NATIONAL STANDARD THEATRE 18671871 | 165 |
A PERIOD OF TRANSITION 18711874 | 189 |
HEROINES IMPERILED 18751880 | 215 |
SENSATION SCENES | 245 |
FINAL BURST OF ENERGY 18831886 | 273 |
JOHN DOUGLASS BECOMES PROPRIETOR | 49 |
THE FOUNDATIONS 18501853 | 65 |
STARS ARRIVE IN THE EAST | 81 |
THE STANDARD BECOMES A MAJOR THEATRE | 95 |
A DARK SECRET 18861889 | 301 |
EPILOGUE ADVENTURES WITH A TANK | 317 |
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