John Huston courage and art

Summary: "An actor in the 1920s and scriptwriter in the 1930s, John Huston made his dazzling directorial debut in 1941 with 'The Maltese Falcon'. His career as a filmmaker spanned some fifty-seven years and yielded thirty-seven feature films. He made most of his movies abroad, spent much of his life in Ireland and Mexico, and remains one of the most intelligent and influential filmmakers in history. With equal attention given to Huston's impressive artistic output and tempestuous personal relationships, biographer Jeffrey Meyers presents a vivid narrative of Huston's remarkably rich creative life." -- Book Jacket

Record details

ISBN: 9780307590695 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0307590690 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (xiii, 475 p., [8] p. of plates) : ill.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Crown Archetype, c2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Prologue: Huston and Hemingway -- Braving the waterfall, 1906-1923 -- Restless youth, 1924-1935 -- Many talents, 1936-1940 -- Return to Hollywood, 1936-1940 -- Black bird, 1941 -- Huston touch, 1941-1942 -- Into battle, 1942-1945 -- Women in love, 1946-50 -- Witch hunts, 1947 -- Gold in Mexico, 1948 -- Crime and the city, 1948-1950 -- Sultanate of St. Clarens, 1950-1960 -- Heart of darkness, 1951-1952 -- Paris and Italy, 1953-1954 -- White whale, 1955-1956 -- Tobago, Japan and Africa, 1957-1958 -- Mustangs and misfits, 1959-1961 -- Mysteries of the mind, 1962 -- Lovers, 1962 -- Iguana and the flood, 1963-1966 -- Love and death, 1967-1969 -- Spies and boxing, 1970-1972 -- Celeste Shane and a desert idyll, 1972-1975 -- Morocco and Mexico, 1973-1978 -- Failures, 1979-1982 -- Triumphs, 1983-1985 -- Raising the dead, 1986-1987 -- Epilogue.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.