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Author:   Christine Leteux ,  Robert Byrne
Publisher:   University of Wisconsin Press
Imprint:   University of Wisconsin Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.681kg
ISBN:  

9780299356408

ISBN 10:   029935640
Pages:   380
Publication Date:   07 April 2026
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Foreword by Robert Byrne Introduction 1 Maurice Thomas 2 Francis Jourdain’s Comrade 3 The Rebel 4 Maurice Tourneur 5 Antoine, the Gruff but Generous Man 6 From the Stage to the Screen 7 Fort Lee, New Jersey 8 The American Director 9 The Artist of the Screen 10 From George Beban to Mary Pickford 11 Paragon and the War 12 The Americanization of Maurice 13 Weaver of Dreams 14 Woman 15 Realism and Idealism 16 The Tourneur Case 17 The Last of the Mohicans 18 A Shadow of a Doubt 19 Disenchanted 20 Maurice and Jack 21 Leaving 22 The Tourneur Affair 23 The Exile 24 PathÉ-Natan 25 Louise 26 Justin de Marseille 27 The Film Savior 28 The End of an Era 29 Continental Films 30 La Main enchantÉe 31 The Crossing of the Line 32 Purge and Restart 33 The Loner Acknowledgments Notes Filmography Selected Bibliography Index

Reviews

“A mammoth undertaking that is impressive on every level. Brilliant. A fascinating study of a complicated figure whose work spans some of the most formative events in French and American cinema.” - Richard Neupert, author of French Film History, 1895–1946 ""Leteux's superb biography brings back to life this filmmaker, whom even if he was celebrated by some, remains extraordinarily unknown. Her book is simple, intelligent, tender, ideal."" (Télérama (France)) ""A filmmaker's biography that reads like a novel.""- (Jeune Cinéma (France))

""A mammoth undertaking that is impressive on every level. Brilliant. A fascinating study of a complicated figure whose work spans some of the most formative events in French and American cinema.""--Richard Neupert, author of French Film History, 1895-1946

Author Information

Christine Leteux is the author of Albert Capellani: Pioneer of the Silent Screen and Continental Films: French Cinema Under German Control, both self-translated into English. She is also the translator of several books by British film historian and filmmaker Kevin Brownlow.

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