Action, Action, Action: The Early Cinema of Raoul Walsh

di Tom Conley (Autore)

State University of New York Press, 2022

Studies the force of action, motion, and vision in the early cinema of Hollywood director Raoul Walsh. Director of over 150 films from 1912 to 1964, Raoul Walsh was a core figure in Hollywood from its beginnings to the end of the studio system. Perhaps best known for such films as The Big Trail (starring John Wayne in his first leading role), High Sierra, and White Heat, Walsh cut his teeth under D. W. Griffith, and, like his contemporary John Ford, found a style and signature in his silent cinema and early talkies. Through close analysis of seven of his films, six shot between 1915 and 1933 and one a remake from 1956, and stressing the visual character of their settings and situations, Tom Conley examines how composition and montage-or action-often overtake the crisp narratives these films convey. Rife with contradiction, they ask us to see what makes them possible and how they contend with prevailing codes. Films discussed include Regeneration (1915); Sadie Thompson (1928) and a likely avatar, The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956); The Cock-Eyed World (1929); The Big Trail (1930); Me and My Gal (1932); and The Bowery (1933).

• Autore: Tom Conley
• Editore: State University of New York Press
• Collana: SUNY series, Horizons of Cinema
• Anno: 2022
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 274 p.
• Dimensioni: 229 x 152 mm
• Peso: 454 gr.
• EAN: 9781438488851

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