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" In Capra's shadow : "
Ian Scott.
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BL
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1010592
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b764962
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Scott, Ian,1954-
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In Capra's shadow : : the life and career of screenwriter Robert Riskin /\ Ian Scott.
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| Publication Statement
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Lexington :: University Press of Kentucky,, ©2006.
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1 online resource (x, 288 pages) :: illustrations
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0813159660
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: 0813171350
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: 9780813159669
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: 9780813171357
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0813123909
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9780813123905
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-273) and index.
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Includes filmography: pages 241-243.
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue: The Three-Act Play; The Screenwriter as Icon; One: The Miracle Man; First Impressions at Columbia; Entering the Gilded Cage; Two: The Big Timer; From Faith Comes Madness; Politics and the Columbia Way; Politics, the Guild, and the Major Breakthrough; Politics, Culture, and Riskin's Democratic Vision; Three: The Partnership; Union Bargaining and the Road to Mandrake Falls; Writer, Producer, and Director; Four: The Idealist; The Life and Death of Frank Capra Productions; Five: The Liberator
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Peace, Propaganda, and the Future Hope of the WorldA Legacy of the American Documentary Tradition; Six: The Producer; Robert Riskin Productions and the Struggle for Independence; The Dangers of Going out of Business; Seven: The Writer; A Career Curtailed; Epilogue; Filmography; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index
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Because screenwriter Robert Riskin spent most of his career collaborating with legendary Hollywood director Frank Capra, Riskin's own unique contributions to film have been largely overshadowed. With five Academy Award nominations to his credit for such monumental films as Lady for a Day, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, You Can't Take It with You, Here Comes the Groom, and It Happened One Night (for which he won the Oscar), Riskin is often imitated but rarely equaled. In Capra's Shadow: The Life and Career of Screenwriter Robert Riskin is the first sociohistorical analysis of the Hollywood pioneer's l.
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Riskin, Robert.
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Riskin, Robert.
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Riskin, Robert, 1897-1955
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Riskin, Robert.
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Riskin, Robert.
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Authors, American-- 20th century, Biography.
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Screenwriters-- United States, Biography.
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Écrivains américains-- 20e siècle, Biographies.
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Scénaristes-- États-Unis, Biographies.
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Authors, American.
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DRAMA-- American.
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Screenwriters.
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Film.
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Bibel, Philemonbrief
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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812/.54B
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PS3535.I82Z86 2006eb
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| Parallel Title
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Life and career of screenwriter Robert Riskin
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