Peerless: Rouben Mamoulian, Hollywood, and Broadway by Jensen, Kurt

Peerless: Rouben Mamoulian, Hollywood, and Broadway

A proud Armenian who claimed a distant link to nobility, born in what was then part of...
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Author: Kurt Jensen
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Peerless: Rouben Mamoulian, Hollywood, and Broadway by Jensen, Kurt

Peerless: Rouben Mamoulian, Hollywood, and Broadway

Dhs. 210.70

Peerless: Rouben Mamoulian, Hollywood, and Broadway

Dhs. 210.70
Author: Kurt Jensen
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
A proud Armenian who claimed a distant link to nobility, born in what was then part of czarist Russia, Rouben Mamoulian (1897-1987) was one of the most astonishing and confounding figures in American film and theater, directing the original stage productions of Porgy and Bess, Carousel, and Oklahoma!, as well as films including Love Me Tonight, Queen Christina, City Streets, and Silk Stockings. He was famously fired from the film version of Porgy and Bess in a dispute over publicity and quit Cleopatra after arguments over a single scene. Mamoulian's mercurial confidence and autocratic tendencies were among the reasons he had a reputation for being uncompromising. This frustrating mix of genius and stubbornness, of critical successes and financial flops, has proven challenging for biographers.

Kurt Jensen's magisterial volume, extensively researched and filled with trenchant observations, brings to life this charming, flawed, and fascinating man-and demonstrates how the wellspring of his art contained the seeds of his own destruction. Drawing upon Mamoulian's unfinished memoir and voluminous diaries, as well as interviews with the director's surviving collaborators, Jensen delivers fresh and informative insider stories from seminal productions. Meanwhile, he explores Mamoulian's aesthetic principles and strategies as manifested in lighting, choreography, and sound design. A tour de force, Peerless offers readers a multifaceted, in-depth look at an idiosyncratic genius.

Author: Kurt Jensen
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 05/07/2024
Pages: 376
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.56lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780299348205


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/26/2024

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