“One Right Guy to Another”: Howard Hawks and Auteur Theory Revisited

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-75
Author(s):  
Varun Begley
Keyword(s):  
Auteur Theory ◽  
Howard Hawks

Studying Hammer Horror

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria Walden
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Film Industry ◽  
Auteur Theory ◽  
Film Market ◽  
The Impact

When Hammer Productions was formed in the 1920s, no one foresaw the impact this small, independent studio would have on the international film market. Christopher Lee's mesmerizing, animalistic, yet gentlemanly performance as Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, and the Mummy were celebrated worldwide, and the Byronic qualities of Peter Cushing's Dr. Frankenstein, among his many other Hammer characters, proved impossible to forget. Hammer maintained consistent period settings, creating a timeless and enchanting aesthetic. This book treats Hammer as a quintessentially British product and through a study of its work investigates larger conceptions of national horror cinemas. The book examines genre, auteur theory, stardom, and representation within case studies of Curse of Frankenstein (1957), Twins of Evil (1971), and Hammer's latest film, Beyond the Rave (2008). The book weighs Hammer's impact on the British film industry, past and present. Intended for students, fans, and general readers, this book transcends superficial preconceptions of Hammer horror in order to reach the essence of Hammer.

Howard Hawks: A Jungian Study by Clark Branson

1988 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-147
Author(s):  
Mark Busby
Keyword(s):  
Howard Hawks

Auteur Theory

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Ruth Doughty ◽  
Christine Etherington-Wright
Keyword(s):  
Auteur Theory

His Girl Friday (dir. Howard Hawks, 1940)

2018 ◽  
pp. 129-134
Author(s):  
Lauren Rabinovitz
Keyword(s):  
Howard Hawks

The Auteur Theory Reexamined

1966 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald E. Staples
Keyword(s):  
Auteur Theory

How to Write Adaptation History

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Lev
Keyword(s):  
Production Process ◽  
Short Story ◽  
Film Production ◽  
American Film ◽  
Historical Approach ◽  
Hollywood Film ◽  
Auteur Theory ◽  
Production History ◽  
History Of ◽  
Made In

The scholarship on American film adaptations is surprisingly ahistorical, neglecting the institutional and production history of Hollywood film. Chapter 38 attempts a more historical approach. Concentrating on the 1930s, it discusses how stories were chosen, what kinds of stories were chosen, and how stories were shaped in the film production process, identifying the screenwriter and the supervising producer as key contributors to adaptation. Statistical tables provide information on the percentage of novel, play, and short story adaptations made in each year between 1931 and 1940. Critiquing both the auteur theory and Robert Stam’s intertextuality for their lack of interest in production history, the essay calls for more archival research and more attention to the production process.

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