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John Ford at Work: Production Histories 1927–1939

John Ford at Work: Production Histories 1927–1939


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John Ford at Work: Production Histories 1927–1939 explores the evolution of John Ford's career in the Hollywood studio system of the 1930s as the system itself changed in response to the coming of sound and the business downtown instigated by the Depression. Based upon a decade of research utilizing the studio files of Twentieth Century-Fox, RKO and Samuel Goldwyn, it delineates the director's collaborations with the producers, screen- writers, actors and cinematographers that had the most impact on his production practices. It traces the major literary, cinematic and musical sources from which he drew. It considers relevant changes in film technology and seeks to explain how they were incorporated into his style. Films analyzed include 4 Sons, The Black Watch, Arrowsmith, Air Mail, The Lost Patrol, The Informer, Judge Priest, Steamboat Round the Bend, The Prisoner of Shark Island, Wee Willie Winkie, Stagecoach and Young Mr. Lincoln.



Table of Contents:

Introduction
PART 1 FORD'S TRANSITION TO SOUND, 1927–1932
Chapter 1 Ford and Murnau at Fox
–Studio Expansion
–Ford and Murnau
Chapter 2 Transformed by Sound
–Making the Early Sound Films
–The Influence of What Price Glory
–Scoring with Songs in The Black Watch
–Multiple Camera Shooting and the Long Take in Arrowsmith
PART 2 BETWEEN FOX AND RKO, 1931–1935
Chapter 3 Forced to Freelance
–Out of Fox
Air Mail
Chapter 4 Ford at RKO
–New Deals at Fox and RKO
The Lost Patrol
–Adapting O'Flaherty's The Informer
–Stylistic Experimentation in The Informer
Chapter 5 Fox Before Zanuck
–Negotiating the Fox Production Sector After 1932: Doctor Bull and Judge Priest
Steamboat Round the Bend
–Will Rogers and Ford's Sound Style
PART 3 TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX
Chapter 6 Zanuck and Ford
–Zanuck Takes Over
–The Zanuck/Ford Contract Negotiations
–Script Development and Post-production Editing in The Prisoner of Shark Island
–Ford's Contributions to The Prisoner of Shark Island
Chapter 7 Wee Willie Winkie
–Script Development
Wee Willie Winkie: from Script to Film
PART 4 ANNUS MIRABILIS
Chapter 8 Stagecoach
–The United Artists Connection
–Story Structure
–Script Revisions and Songs
–Ford and Glennon on Location
–Ford and Glennon on Set
Chapter 9 Young Mr Lincoln
–Story Sources and Structure
–Problems of Exposition and Emphasis
–New Salem: The River
–Springfield: The Mob and the Dance
–The Trial
Afterword The Director's Share
Bibliography
Index



About the Author :

Lea Jacobs, professor emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Madison, taught film history and aesthetics. Her books include: The Wages of Sin: Censorship and the Fallen Woman Film, Theatre to Cinema (written with Ben Brewster) and Film Rhythm After Sound: Technology, Music and Performance.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780861967575
  • Publisher: John Libbey & Co
  • Publisher Imprint: John Libbey Publishing Ltd
  • Height: 241 mm
  • No of Pages: 256
  • Sub Title: Production Histories 1927–1939
  • ISBN-10: 0861967577
  • Publisher Date: 01 Oct 2025
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: 01
  • Width: 165 mm


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