Leo McCarey: From Marx to McCarthy

by Wes D. Gehring

Book Overview

This first full-length biography of a legendary and award-winning Hollywood writer, producer, and director (Duck Soup, My Favorite Wife, An Affair to Remember, Going My Way, and The Bells of St. Mary's) explores the director's life as filtered through his art. Gehring maintains that McCarey's films were often a reworking of his antiheroic self. In addition, the apparent diversity of his films actually represents...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810852632
• ISBN13: 9780810852631
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Rlpg/Galleys
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 8.0"