Giant : Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Edna Ferber, and the making of a legendary American film / Don Graham.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher:
St. Martin's Press,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
323 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subject:
Giant (Motion picture)
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-312) and index.
Contents:
Long story short -- Beefcake baron -- Tell mama all -- Plantation life -- Lone star -- West of the Pecos -- Plein air -- Duel in the sun -- Being and nothingness in L.A. -- Love and marriage -- Last days at the Villa Capri -- Fanfare -- Meta-marfasis.
Summary:
"A larger-than-life narrative of the making of the classic film, marking the rise of America as a superpower, the ascent of Hollywood celebrity, and the flowering of Texas culture as mythology. Drawing on archival sources, Graham's Giant is a comprehensive depiction of the film's production, showing readers how reality became fiction and fiction became cinema."--Dust jacket.
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