Casablanca and other major films of Michael Curtiz
Studies in cinema, no. 14
x, 217 pages, 13 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
9780835713047, 0835713040
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Introduction
"All right m'hearties, follow me": Captain Blood
Castle and the forest: "The adventures of Robin Hood"
Pirates and politics: "The sea hawk"
Out of the west and other places: Variations on the swashbuckler
"A hill of beans": Casablanca
In the shadows of Casablanca: Hawk's To have and have not and Curtiz's Passage to Marseille
Convicts and kids: the art of heroic sacrifice
Aprons and minks: Mildred Pierce
Artists, athletes, and tycoons: ambition as self-destruction
Conclusion
Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Rochester, 1978