A pictorial history of the movies (1943)

Record Details:

Title:
A pictorial history of the movies
Date:
1943
Publisher:
New York : Simon and Schuster
Volume:
A pictorial history of the movies
Leaf #:
000341
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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REBECCA ( 1940) 327 Preston Sturges, author of the play Strictly Dishonorable and one of Paramount's best script writers, had a story, so the legend goes, that he begged Paramount to let him produce and direct. Paramount refused, but offered a large sum for the story. Sturges finally got his way by selling his bosses the story for one dollar, taking his change, as director, on the profits of the picture. The result, The Great McGinty, was a great success in 1939. He had no difficulty, therefore, in inducing Paramount to let him follow the same procedure with his later pictures, Christmas in July, The Lady Eve, and Sullivan's Travels. Above is Brian Donlevy, who played McGinty. BELOW In 1940 David O. Selznick made a picture of Daphne Du Maurier's story, Rebecca. Alfred Hitchcock gave it masterly direction, which, coupled with beautiful performances by Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, and Judith Anderson, made it one of the important pictures of the year.