Best American screenplays. First series : complete screenplays / edited by Sam Thomas ; foreword by Frank Capra.Best American screenplays. First series : complete screenplays / edited by Sam Thomas ; foreword by Frank Capra.
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Titre
Best American screenplays. First series : complete screenplays / edited by Sam Thomas ; foreword by Frank Capra.
Édition
1st ed.
Description
iv, 538 p. ; 25 cm.
Contenu
All quiet on the western front / George Abbott, Maxwell Anderson, and Dell Andrews ; Large Cast. -- Meet John Doe / Robert Riskin ; Large Cast. -- Casablanca / Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, and Howard Koch ; Large Cast. -- Miracle on 34th Street / George Seaton ; Large Cast. -- Rebel without a cause / Stewart Stern ; Large Cast. -- Bonnie and Clyde / David Newman and Robert Benton ; Large Cast. -- The Graduate / Calder Willingham and Buck Henry ; Large Cast. -- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid / William Goldman ; Large Cast. -- Sounder / Lonne Elder III ; Large Cast. -- On golden pond / Ernest Thompson ; Large Cast. -- Arthur / Steve Gordon ; Large Cast. -- The Candidate / Jeremy Larner ; Large Cast.
Sommaire
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT : A German youth eagerly enters World War I, but his enthusiasm wanes as he gets a firsthand view of the horror.
MEET JOHN DOE : A penniless drifter is recruited by an ambitious columnist to impersonate a non-existent person who said he'd be committing suicide as a protest, and a social movement begins.
CASABLANCA : A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.
MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET : After a divorced New York mother hires a nice old man to play Santa Claus at Macy's, she is startled by his claim to be the genuine article. When his sanity is questioned, a lawyer defends him in court by arguing that he's not mistaken.
REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE : A rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies.
BONNIE AND CLYDE : Bored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.
THE GRADUATE : A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.
BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID : In 1890s Wyoming, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid lead a band of outlaws. When a train robbery goes wrong, they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels. After considering their options, they escape to South America.
SOUNDER : The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food.
ON GOLDEN POND : Norman is a curmudgeon with an estranged relationship with his daughter Chelsea. At Golden Pond, he and his wife nevertheless agree to care for Billy, the son of Chelsea's new boyfriend, and a most unexpected relationship blooms.
ARTHUR : Alcoholic billionaire playboy Arthur Bach must marry a woman he does not love, or he will be cut off from his $750,000,000 fortune. But when Arthur falls in love with a poor waitress, he must decide if he wants to choose love or money.
THE CANDIDATE : Bill McKay is a candidate for the U.S. Senate from California. He has no hope of winning, so he is willing to tweak the establishment.
ISBN
0517555425
Sujets
Collaboration
Cote
812.508 B561 1986
812.03 B561 1986
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