Description: Further DetailsTitle: Coward on FilmCondition: NewSubtitle: The Cinema of Noel CowardISBN-10: 0810853582EAN: 9780810853584ISBN: 9780810853584Publisher: Scarecrow PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 12/23/2004Description: There were few true giants in 20th century theatre, but Noël Coward was indisputably one of them. Playwright, director, actor, he defined all those roles. But the stage could never contain his many talents, or indeed, his plays. Many of the earlier ones were adapted for the screen, including Easy Virtue, The Vortex, Private Lives, Design for Living, and Cavalcade. In the forties he took more direct control of his films by acting as writer, producer, director - and sometimes all three. His historical collaboration with David Lean, Ronald Neame and Anthony Havelock-Allan resulted in the classic quartet of In Which We Serve, Blithe Spirit, This Happy Breed, and Brief Encounter. As a film actor, his career spanned 50 years, from an uncredited walk-on in D.W. Griffith's Hearts of the World (1917) to his final role in the 1968 Michael Caine thriller,The Italian Job. In between he proceeded to steal—with what he called "petty larceny"—such films as The Scoundrel, Around the World in Eighty Days, and Our Man In Havana. Significant as his film successes were, they have somehow been obscured by his many other achievements. In Coward on Film: The Cinema of Noël Coward, author Barry Day restores the balance by documenting every film based on Coward's work and/or in which he appeared. The result is an astounding list of film credits, including—on occasion—that of composer. Judged on his contribution to cinema alone, Coward would have left a legacy matched by very few. With this detailed chronicle—which includes quotes from Coward himself and a complete filmography—Coward on Film stands as a fitting tribute to that legacy. This lavishly illustrated book is a key work of reference for both Coward fans and film enthusiasts, and will be a necessary addition to any library.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 284mmItem Length: 223mmItem Width: 22mmItem Weight: 916gAuthor: Barry DayContributor: Sir John Mills (Foreword by)Genre: Films & TVRelease Year: 2004 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Coward on Film
Publication Name: Coward on Film
Title: Coward on Film
Subtitle: The Cinema of Noel Coward
ISBN-10: 0810853582
EAN: 9780810853584
ISBN: 9780810853584
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Format: Hardback
Release Date: 12/23/2004
Release Year: 2004
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 284mm
Item Length: 223mm
Item Width: 22mm
Item Weight: 916g
Author: Barry Day
Contributor: Sir John Mills (Foreword by)
Genre: Films & TV