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A Transcultural Perspective on the Casting of the Rose Tattoo
RSA JOU R N A L 25/2014 GIULIANA MUS C IO A Transcultural Perspective on the Casting of The Rose Tattoo A transcultural perspective on the film The Rose Tattoo (Daniel Mann, 1955), written by Tennessee Williams, is motivated by its setting in an Italian-American community (specifically Sicilian) in Louisiana, and by its cast, which includes relevant Italian participation. A re-examination of its production and textuality illuminates not only Williams’ work but also the cultural interactions between Italy and the U.S. On the background, the popularity and critical appreciation of neorealist cinema.1 The production of the film The Rose Tattoo has a complicated history, which is worth recalling, in order to capture its peculiar transcultural implications in Williams’ own work, moving from some biographical elements. In the late 1940s Tennessee Williams was often traveling in Italy, and visited Sicily, invited by Luchino Visconti (who had directed The Glass Managerie in Rome, in 1946) for the shooting of La terra trema (1948), where he went with his partner Frank Merlo, an occasional actor of Sicilian origins (Williams, Notebooks 472). Thus his Italian experiences involved both his professional life, putting him in touch with the lively world of Italian postwar theater and film, and his affections, with new encounters and new friends. In the early 1950s Williams wrote The Rose Tattoo as a play for Anna Magnani, protagonist of the neorealist masterpiece Rome Open City (Roberto Rossellini, 1945). However, the Italian actress was not yet comfortable with acting in English and therefore the American stage version (1951) starred Maureen Stapleton instead and Method actor Eli Wallach. -
Juli – September 2019
Zeughauskino ZEUGHAUSKINO PROGRAMM Deutsches Historisches Museum Unter den Linden 2 10117 Berlin Juli – September 2019 T +49 30 20304-421 (Büro) T +49 30 20304-770 (Kinokasse) F +49 30 20304-424 → Hedy Lamarr [email protected] → Tonfilmoperetten www.zeughauskino.de → Ella Bergmann-Michel INHALT VORWORT 1 Höhepunkte 2 Frauen – Film – Geschichte Filmreihen H.M. Pulham, Esq. Aus dem Fernseharchiv Geteiltes Berlin 4 Berlin.Dokument 8 Die Frau mit der Kinamo: Ella Bergmann-Michel 12 Fremder Star Retrospektive Hedy Lamarr 26 Das Lied ist nicht aus Die Weimarer Tonfilmoperette und die Folgen 46 S wie Sonderprogramm 62 Mit Hedy Lamarr, Ella Bergmann-Michel und zahlreichen Regisseurin- nen der DEFA rückt unser neues Quartalsprogramm den weiblichen Sie Anteil an der Filmgeschichte in den Mittelpunkt, freilich jeweils auf Regisseurinnen der DEFA und ihre Filme 66 ganz unterschiedliche Art. Während die jüdische Exilantin Lamarr, Wiederentdeckt 72 vermarktet als „die schönste Frau der Welt“, in den 1940er Jahren in Hollywood einen neuen Frauentypus verkörperte und zu den popu- FilmDokument 76 lärsten Schauspielerinnen aufstieg, engagierte sich Ella Bergmann- Michel, die nur ein schmales filmisches Werk hinterließ, auf vielfältige Weise in der unabhängigen Film- und Kinoarbeit. Frei von Reglemen- Aktuelle Ausstellungen tierungen und Vorgaben waren wie ihre männlichen Kollegen auch Sonderausstellungen im Deutschen Historischen Museum 77 die Regisseurinnen der DEFA nicht. Ihre künstlerischen Strategien und Auseinandersetzungen mit tradierten Rollenzuschreibungen ver dienen es ebenso wahrgenommen und reflektiert zu werden wie Kalender Bergmann-Michels Eintreten für eine progressive, sozial engagierte Alle Termine im Überblick 78 Filmkultur und Hedy Lamarrs Ringen um moderne Frauenfiguren. Wir freuen uns auf Ihren Besuch und die Gespräche mit Ihnen. -
Max Reinhardt and William Dieterle's a Midsummer Night's Dream And
Guy Patricia, Anthony. "Max Reinhardt and William Dieterle’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the queer problematics of gender, sodomy, marriage and masculinity." Queering the Shakespeare Film: Gender Trouble, Gay Spectatorship and Male Homoeroticism. London: Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, 2017. 1–40. Bloomsbury Collections. Web. 27 Sep. 2021. <http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781474237062.ch-001>. Downloaded from Bloomsbury Collections, www.bloomsburycollections.com, 27 September 2021, 03:39 UTC. Copyright © Anthony Guy Patricia 2017. You may share this work for non-commercial purposes only, provided you give attribution to the copyright holder and the publisher, and provide a link to the Creative Commons licence. 1 Max Reinhardt and William Dieterle ’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the queer problematics of gender, sodomy, marriage and masculinity I Before helming Warner Brothers’ 1935 film ofA Midsummer Night’s Dream, co-director Max Reinhardt had staged the play many times in live-theatre venues in Germany and Austria and on the east and west coasts of America.1 Thus, even though cinema provided a new medium in which to work, he was no neophyte to Shakespeare in performance. The movie Reinhardt and his colleague William Dieterle made offers audiences as much spectacle as Shakespearean comedy: sumptuous sets and intriguing special effects; remarkably 9781474237031_txt_print.indd 1 29/07/2016 14:51 2 QUEERING THE SHAKESPEARE FILM innovative cinematography for the time of its making and a mise-en-scène that reward careful attention; a range of -
Victor Young at Paramount Aramount and Victor Young – One Bery of Funds Being Transported by the of the Greatest Studio/Composer Postal Service
Victor Young at Paramount aramount and Victor Young – one bery of funds being transported by the of the greatest studio/composer postal service. It’s a taut and well-writ- SEPTEMBER AFFAIR Prelationships in history. Young ten yarn (screenplay by Richard L. came to Paramount in the mid-1930s Breen and Warren Duff), with excellent For our final feature, we have Septem- and worked on a huge number of films performances. Interestingly, both Jack ber Affair, a 1950 film also directed – as an arranger, composer and con- Webb and Harry Morgan play bad guys by William Dieterle. The stars of this ductor. His output was astonishing and – they went on to play opposite each romantic drama were Joseph Cotton, his gift for film scoring undeniable. He other in the 1967 redo of Webb’s classic Joan Fontaine, Jessica Tandy and was also one of the great melodists and Dragnet series. The film received excel- Robert Arthur. Bosley Crowther in The many of his themes and songs became lent reviews. New York Times summed up the film’s huge hits. At Paramount, he scored essential plot: “It is the story of a rich such classics as The Uninvited, Min- Young composed a terrific score, begin- and tired American, homeward bound istry of Fear, Love Letters, Two Years ning with an exciting “Prelude.” From from Italy, who falls in with a charming Before the Mast, The Big Clock, Golden there he provides wonderful underscor- young lady with whom he thinks he’d Earrings, Night Has a Thousand Eyes, ing for the various plot turns, with nary like to spend his autumn years. -
Greatest Year with 476 Films Released, and Many of Them Classics, 1939 Is Often Considered the Pinnacle of Hollywood Filmmaking
The Greatest Year With 476 films released, and many of them classics, 1939 is often considered the pinnacle of Hollywood filmmaking. To celebrate that year’s 75th anniversary, we look back at directors creating some of the high points—from Mounument Valley to Kansas. OVER THE RAINBOW: (opposite) Victor Fleming (holding Toto), Judy Garland and producer Mervyn LeRoy on The Wizard of Oz Munchkinland set on the MGM lot. Fleming was held in high regard by the munchkins because he never raised his voice to them; (above) Annie the elephant shakes a rope bridge as Cary Grant and Sam Jaffe try to cross in George Stevens’ Gunga Din. Filmed in Lone Pine, Calif., the bridge was just eight feet off the ground; a matte painting created the chasm. 54 dga quarterly photos: (Left) AMpAs; (Right) WARneR BRos./eveRett dga quarterly 55 ON THEIR OWN: George Cukor’s reputation as a “woman’s director” was promoted SWEPT AWAY: Victor Fleming (bottom center) directs the scene from Gone s A by MGM after he directed The Women with (left to right) Joan Fontaine, Norma p with the Wind in which Scarlett O’Hara (Vivien Leigh) ascends the staircase at Shearer, Mary Boland and Paulette Goddard. The studio made sure there was not a Twelve Oaks and Rhett Butler (Clark Gable) sees her for the first time. The set single male character in the film, including the extras and the animals. was built on stage 16 at Selznick International Studios in Culver City. ight) AM R M ection; (Botto LL o c ett R ve e eft) L M ection; (Botto LL o c BAL o k M/ g znick/M L e s s A p WAR TIME: William Dieterle (right) directing Juarez, starring Paul Muni (center) CROSS COUNTRY: Cecil B. -
ABSTRACT Title of Document: from the BELLY of the HUAC: the RED PROBES of HOLLYWOOD, 1947-1952 Jack D. Meeks, Doctor of Philos
ABSTRACT Title of Document: FROM THE BELLY OF THE HUAC: THE RED PROBES OF HOLLYWOOD, 1947-1952 Jack D. Meeks, Doctor of Philosophy, 2009 Directed By: Dr. Maurine Beasley, Journalism The House Un-American Activities Committee, popularly known as the HUAC, conducted two investigations of the movie industry, in 1947 and again in 1951-1952. The goal was to determine the extent of communist infiltration in Hollywood and whether communist propaganda had made it into American movies. The spotlight that the HUAC shone on Tinsel Town led to the blacklisting of approximately 300 Hollywood professionals. This, along with the HUAC’s insistence that witnesses testifying under oath identify others that they knew to be communists, contributed to the Committee’s notoriety. Until now, historians have concentrated on offering accounts of the HUAC’s practice of naming names, its scrutiny of movies for propaganda, and its intervention in Hollywood union disputes. The HUAC’s sealed files were first opened to scholars in 2001. This study is the first to draw extensively on these newly available documents in an effort to reevaluate the HUAC’s Hollywood probes. This study assesses four areas in which the new evidence indicates significant, fresh findings. First, a detailed analysis of the Committee’s investigatory methods reveals that most of the HUAC’s information came from a careful, on-going analysis of the communist press, rather than techniques such as surveillance, wiretaps and other cloak and dagger activities. Second, the evidence shows the crucial role played by two brothers, both German communists living as refugees in America during World War II, in motivating the Committee to launch its first Hollywood probe. -
Berthold Viertel
Katharina Prager BERTHOLD VIERTEL Eine Biografie der Wiener Moderne 2018 BÖHLAU VERLAG WIEN KÖLN WEIMAR Veröffentlicht mit der Unterstützug des Austrian Science Fund (FWF) : PUB 459-G28 Open Access: Wo nicht anders festgehalten, ist diese Publikation lizenziert unter der Creative-Com- mons-Lizenz Namensnennung 4.0; siehe http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Bibliografische Information der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek : Die Deutsche Nationalbibliothek verzeichnet diese Publikation in der Deutschen Nationalbibliografie ; detaillierte bibliografische Daten sind im Internet über http://dnb.d-nb.de abrufbar. Umschlagabbildung : Berthold Viertel auf der Probe, Wien um 1953; © Thomas Kuhnke © 2018 by Böhlau Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Wien Köln Weimar Wiesingerstraße 1, A-1010 Wien, www.boehlau-verlag.com Korrektorat : Alexander Riha, Wien Satz : Michael Rauscher, Wien Umschlaggestaltung : Michael Haderer, Wien ISBN 978-3-205-20832-7 Inhalt Ein chronologischer Überblick ....................... 7 Einleitend .................................. 19 1. BERTHOLD VIERTELS RÜCKKEHR IN DIE ÖSTERREICHISCHE MODERNE DURCH EXIL UND REMIGRATION Außerhalb Österreichs – Die Entstehung des autobiografischen Projekts 47 Innerhalb Österreichs – Konfrontationen mit »österreichischen Illusionen« ................................. 75 2. ERINNERUNGSORTE DER WIENER MODERNE Moderne in Wien ............................. 99 Monarchisches Gefühl ........................... 118 Galizien ................................... 129 Jüdisches Wien .............................. -
El Relato Histórico En Juarez (Dieterle, )
Artículos / Eje 4. El cine: entre el relato histórico, el arte y la política El relato histórico en Juarez (Dieterle, ) Carlos A. Belmonte Grey Université d’Evry-Paris Saclay/ Universidad de Guadalajara Resumen Este artículo propone un análisis de la película Juarez, Palabras clave: dirigida por William Dieterle en y exhibida en cines cine e historia, Dieterle, estadounidenses y mexicanos en . La cinta fue producida Juarez, New Deal, antinazismo por la Warner, que contrató a los renombrados actores Paul Muni y Bette Davis; tuvo el apoyo del presidente de México, Lázaro Cárdenas, quien puso a disposición de la producción documentos de Benito Juárez y entrevistas con testigos de la época, ofreció un recorrido por los lugares históricos y prestó el Palacio de Bellas Artes para la premier latinoamericana. Se propone debatir la idea de cine e historia: el cine histórico es una interpretación de la historia pasada y se convierte, al mismo tiempo, en un documento para la historia presente. En ese sentido, se plantean dos objetivos: mostrar cómo se construyó el relato histórico cinematográfico de la intervención francesa (–) y cómo vehiculizó los mensajes contra el nazismo, del New Deal y la lucha de la democracia. Culturas · Debates y perspectivas de un mundo en cambio · Abstract Historical Narrative in Juarez (Dieterle, 1939) is article analyzes the film Juarez () directed by Keywords: William Dieterle, screened in American and Mexican cinema and history, Dieterle, cinemas in . e film, produced by Warner, starred Juarez, New Deal, antinazism. the famous actors Paul Muni and Bette Davis, and it had the support of the Mexican president, Lazaro Cardenas, who provided the production with Benito Juarez’s docu- ments as well as with interviews of witnesses of the time. -
In Ternational Fe Uchtwanger So Ciety
N E W S L E T T E R OF THE I N T E R N A T I O N A L F E U C H T W A N G E R S O C I E T Y VOLUME 12, 2012 IN THIS ISSUE EDITORIAL ..................................................................................................................................................... 3 SERIE: NEUES AUS DER FEUCHTWANGER MEMORIAL LIBRARY WERDEN SIE EIN FREUND VON LION AUF FACEBOOK.....................................................................4 CURT LOWENS EVENT ...................................................................................................................... 4 AUFBAU DIGITAL..............................................................................................................................5 SERIE: NEUES AUS DER VILLA AURORA DOPPELTER FÜHRUNGSWECHSEL IN DER VILLA AURORA .. ..............................................................6 DIE PRE-OSCAR PARTY IN DER VILLA AURORA..................................................................................7 DIE STIPENDIATEN DER VILLA AURORA, JULI BIS SEPTEMBER 2012.................................................7 VORABDRUCK: LAURENT SEKSIK: VORGEFÜHL DER NAHEN NACHT............................................................8 SERIE: KURZ VORGESTELLT - AKTUELLE PROJEKTE UNSERER MITGLIEDER EDGAR FEUCHTWANGER: DISRAELI ..............................................................................................15 GENIUS LOCI DER DEUTSCHEN GESCHICHTE.................................................................................16 SERIE: AUS DER EXILFORSCHUNG -
Queering the Shakespeare Film Ii Queering the Shakespeare Film Gender Trouble, Gay Spectatorship and Male Homoeroticism
Queering the Shakespeare Film ii Queering the Shakespeare Film Gender Trouble, Gay Spectatorship and Male Homoeroticism Anthony Guy Patricia Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Imprint previously known as Arden Shakespeare 50 Bedford Square 1385 Broadway London New York WC1B 3DP NY 10018 UK USA www.bloomsbury.com BLOOMSBURY, THE ARDEN SHAKESPEARE and the Diana logo are trademarks of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc First published 2017 © Anthony Guy Patricia, 2017 Anthony Guy Patricia has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as author of this work. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publishers. No responsibility for loss caused to any individual or organization acting on or refraining from action as a result of the material in this publication can be accepted by Bloomsbury or the author. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN: HB: 978-1-4742-3703-1 ePDF: 978-1-4742-3705-5 ePub: 978-1-4742-3704-8 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. Cover image: Imogen Stubbs as Viola and Toby Stephens as Orsino, -
Marta Feuchtwanger Papers 0206
http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt10003750 No online items Finding Aid for Marta Feuchtwanger papers 0206 Finding aid prepared by Michaela Ullmann USC Libraries Special Collections Doheny Memorial Library 206 3550 Trousdale Parkway Los Angeles, California 90089-0189 [email protected] URL: http://libraries.usc.edu/locations/special-collections Finding Aid for Marta 02061223 1 Feuchtwanger papers 0206 Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections Title: Marta Feuchtwanger papers creator: Franklin, Carl M. (Carl Mason) creator: Waldo, Hilde creator: Feuchtwanger, Marta Identifier/Call Number: 0206 Identifier/Call Number: 1223 Physical Description: 98.57 Linear Feet173 boxes Date (inclusive): 1940-1987 Abstract: This archive contains the correspondence of Marta Feuchtwanger, wife of German-Jewish writer Lion Feuchtwanger, who survived her husband by almost thirty years. Marta Feuchtwanger remained an important figure in the exile community and devoted the remainder of her life to promoting the work of her husband. The collection contains Marta Feuchtwanger's personal correspondence, texts and manuscripts by her and others, royalty statements received for the works of her husband, correspondence with publishers, and newspaper clippings mentioning Lion and Marta Feuchtwanger and other exiles. The collection also includes correspondence regarding the establishment and administration of the Feuchtwanger Memorial Library and Villa Aurora. Storage Unit: 91g Storage Unit: 91h Scope and Content This archive contains the correspondence of Marta Feuchtwanger, wife of German-Jewish writer Lion Feuchtwanger, who survived her husband by almost thirty years. Marta Feuchtwanger remained an important figure in the exile community and devoted the remainder of her life after his death to promoting the work of her husband. -
Anti-Fascist Solidarity Documentary
Amsterdam University Press Chapter Title: Anti-Fascist Solidarity Documentary Book Title: The Conscience of Cinema Book Author(s): THOMAS WAUGH Published by: Amsterdam University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.com/stable/j.ctt1kft8nj.11 JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at https://about.jstor.org/terms This content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. Amsterdam University Press is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The Conscience of Cinema This content downloaded from 95.183.180.42 on Sun, 19 Jul 2020 08:22:16 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms 25. French poster for The Spanish Earth, whose French version was produced by the Popular Front organisation ‘Ciné-Liberté’, whose kingpin Jean Renoir wrote and spoke the commentary. Original in colour. Courtesy coll. EFJI, Nijmegen This content downloaded from 95.183.180.42 on Sun, 19 Jul 2020 08:22:16 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms CHAPTER 3 Anti-Fascist Solidarity Documentary Men cannot act in front of the camera in the presence of death.