These Movies Won No Hollywood Awards
Author | : John Reid |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2005-11-06 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781411658462 |
ISBN-13 | : 1411658469 |
Rating | : 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: This selection of movies that won no Hollywood awards includes some that are famous like Garbo's "Queen Christina" and "A Woman of Affairs," William Wyler's "Carrie" and "Detective Story," Fritz Lang's "Metropolis," John Farrow's "California," Hitchcock's "Young and Innocent," John Ford's "Wee Willie Winkie," Albert Lewin's "Pandora and the Flying Dutchman," Mae West's "She Done Him Wrong," and DeMille's original version of "The Ten Commandments"; some that deserve to be famous like "Tonight and Every Night," "Sunnyside Up," "Ambassador Bill," "Diplomaniacs," "The Nitwits," "Fallen Angel" and "Rhythm on the Range"; and some that had no chance at all like "The Noose Hangs High," "Words and Music," "The Bohemian Girl," and 'Wagon Wheels Westward." Special added feature: a monograph on one of Hollywood's greatest directors, Henry Hathaway.