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"a brisk well-researched survey"" - TLS"

Mamoulian: Life on Stage and Screen by David Luhrssen. Biography by Shepherd Express arts and entertainment editor and longtime film critic gives an overdue spotlight to Rouben Mamoulian, who as a director shaped some of Broadway and Hollywood's most notable achievements from the 1920s through the '50s, including 'Applause' (1929), ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' (1932), 'Becky Sharp' (1935), 'Queen Christina' (1935), 'The Mark of Zorro' (1940), 'Oklahoma!' (1943) and 'Carousel' (1945). -- The Sunday Journal Sentinel

a brisk well-researched survey - TLS

Mamoulian: Life on Stage and Screen by David Luhrssen. Biography by Shepherd Express arts and entertainment editor and longtime film critic gives an overdue spotlight to Rouben Mamoulian, who as a director shaped some of Broadway and Hollywood's most notable achievements from the 1920s through the '50s, including 'Applause' (1929), ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' (1932), 'Becky Sharp' (1935), 'Queen Christina' (1935), 'The Mark of Zorro' (1940), 'Oklahoma!' (1943) and 'Carousel' (1945). -- The Sunday Journal Sentinel

David Luhrssen has done yeoman work in researching the neglected theatrical aspect of Mamoulian's career, recreating it with a graceful and often colorful style. Luhrssen does equal justice to Mamoulian's films, giving full attention to his unique style and the technological and artistic advances he helped bring about. This important book helps restore the limelight to an influential artist who has been unjustly overlooked in recent years. -- Joseph McBride, author of What Ever Happened to Orson Welles?: A Portrait of an Independent Career --

<p> David Luhrssen has done yeoman work in researching the neglected theatrical aspect of Mamoulian's career, recreating it with a graceful and often colorful style. Luhrssen does equal justice to Mamoulian's films, giving full attention to his unique style and the technological and artistic advances he helped bring about. This important book helps restore the limelight to an influential artist who has been unjustly overlooked in recent years. -- Joseph McBride, author of What Ever Happened to Orson Welles?: A Portrait of an Independent Career --

a brisk well-researched survey - TLS

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David Luhrssen is the Arts & Entertainment Editor at Shepherd Express and has worked as a film critic for more than twenty years. He is the author of several books, most recently Hammer of the Gods: The Thule Society and the Birth of Nazism (Potomac, 2012) and Mamoulian: Life on Stage and Screen (Kentucky, 2012).

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