Dark Victory (Wisconsin / Warner Bros. Screenplays) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0299087646 ISBN 13: 9780299087647

Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press, 1981

Synopsis

Dark Victory, released in 1939, was a daring movie for its time. it depicted its heroine, Bette Davis, dying of a brain tumor. The film blended romance and realism so successfully that it is still a model for movies about death and dying today. Bette Davis drew upon every mood she had ever expressed-insouciance, impatience, anger, passion, acquiescence. She worked hard at the role, reveling in a story that, according to her account, she had actively campaigned for. She also benefited greatly by the professional talents of director Edmund Goulding and screenwriter Casey Robinson and a supporting cast that included Humphrey Bogart.

About this title

About the Author:

Bernard F. Dick is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Fairleigh Dickinson University. He has written several books, including Anatomy of a Film (1978) and Billy Wilder (1980). Tino Balio, Professor in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is the author of United Artists: The Company Built by the Stars, United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry, and the editor of The American Film Industry as well as the 22 volume Wisconsin/Warner Bros. Screenplay series, all published by the University of Wisconsin Press. He directed the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theatre Research from 1966 to 1882.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0299087646
• ISBN 13: 9780299087647
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 216
• Editor: Dick Bernard F., Balio Tino