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Author:

Meyers, Jeffrey.

Title:

John Huston : courage and art / Jeffrey Meyers.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Crown Archetype,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xiii, 475 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Huston, John,--1906-1987.
Motion picture producers and directors--United States--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

Contents:

Prologue: Huston and Hemingway -- Braving the waterfall, 1906-1923 -- Restless youth, 1924-1935 -- Many talents, 1936-1940 -- Return to Hollywood, 1936-1940 -- Black bird, 1941 -- Huston touch, 1941-1942 -- Into battle, 1942-1945 -- Women in love, 1946-50 -- Witch hunts, 1947 -- Gold in Mexico, 1948 -- Crime and the city, 1948-1950 -- Sultanate of St. Clarens, 1950-1960 -- Heart of darkness, 1951-1952 -- Paris and Italy, 1953-1954 -- White whale, 1955-1956 -- Tobago, Japan and Africa, 1957-1958 -- Mustangs and misfits, 1959-1961 -- Mysteries of the mind, 1962 -- Lovers, 1962 -- Iguana and the flood, 1963-1966 -- Love and death, 1967-1969 -- Spies and boxing, 1970-1972 -- Celeste Shane and a desert idyll, 1972-1975 -- Morocco and Mexico, 1973-1978 -- Failures, 1979-1982 -- Triumphs, 1983-1985 -- Raising the dead, 1986-1987 -- Epilogue.

ISBN:

0307590674
9780307590671

OCLC:

(OCoLC)683247725

LCCN:

2010047642

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)