Overview

The colorful W.S. Woody Van Dyke directed many of MGM's most outstanding films during the 1920s and 1930s including: The Thin Man; Rose-Marie; Tarzan, the Ape Man; and White Shadows in the South Seas. Assembles previously unavailable source material and is illustrated with rare behind-the-scenes photographs covering all phases of Van Dyke's career.

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9780810830288

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""Behlmer has done an excellent job of editing the journal, giving it a solid foundation of introductory data and framing it with a fascinating assortment of supporting material...The cumulative effect is astounding: Van Dyke revealed to us as few men ever are."" --Classic Images ""In addition to providing a fascinating look behind the scenes of the expedition and clues to the thinking of a hard-driving director, there are also revealing notes about both Tarzan, the Ape Man and The Thin Man."" --American Cinematographer ""To learn what Van Dyke went through tells us more about the film-making process than whole libraries of theoretical volumes. This is a rediscovered treasure, and we should be grateful both to Rudy Behlmer and to Scarecrow."" --Kevin Brownlow, Photoplay Productions ""Behlmer has given us a clearer picture than we have yet seen of one of the most competent, versatile and paradoxical directors of Hollywood's Golden Age...."" --Dga Quarterly ""The volume is well illustrated with stills spanning the entirety of the director's career, many of them amusing and heretofore unpublished production shots."" --Past Times ""This book is a little gem, shedding much light on the personality of a director who until now has been an enigma despite the popularity of his films..."" --The Nostalgia Entertainment Newsletter ""In addition to providing a fascinating look behind the scenes of the expedition and clues to the thinking of a hard-driving director, there are also revealing notes about both Tarzan, the Ape Man and The Thin Man."" --American Cinematographer ""...the illustrations are real rarities."" --Movie Collector's World

To learn what Van Dyke went through tells us more about the film-making process than whole libraries of theoretical volumes. This is a rediscovered treasure, and we should be grateful both to Rudy Behlmer and to Scarecrow.--Brownlow, Kevin

Author Information

Writer-Producer-Director Rudy Behlmer has been involved with film and television for over forty years. He is the author of Inside Warner Bros., Memo From David O. Selznick, and Behind-the-Scenes.

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