High Sierra [Mass Market Paperback]

W. R. Burnett (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 1987

High Sierra (1941) is a highly successful Warner Brothers gangster film of special interest to film scholars, and aficionados. It represented a turning point in the nature of gangster film of the 1930s. It was the film that launched Humphrey Bogart to stardom.And it is representative of the concerted efforts of the very b est of Warners' talent of the era. In a period of serious reassessment of the American film, this revised shooting script, never before published, provides valuable primary data for that reassessment.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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About the Author

    Douglas Gomery is Assistant Professor of Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
    Tino Balio, Professor in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is the author of United Artists: The Company Built by the Stars, United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry, and the editor of The American Film Industry as well as the 22 volume Wisconsin/Warner Bros. Screenplay series, all published by the University of Wisconsin Press. He directed the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theatre Research from 1966 to 1882.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback
• Publisher: Zebra Books (November 1, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0821720597
• ISBN-13: 978-0821720592
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,189,747 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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