Nicholas Ray: The Glorious Failure of an American Director

by Patrick McGilligan

Book Overview

Award-winningfilm historian Patrick McGilligan follows hisacclaimed biographies of Alfred Hitchcock and Oscar Micheauxwith a revelatory look at the life of Nicholas Ray, the troubled director of Ina Lonely Place , We Can't GoHome Again , and Rebel Without a Cause . McGilligancharts the cerebral struggles, astonishing adventures, and artistic triumphsthat defined Ray's life, including his Hollywood collaborations with HumphreyBogart, Robert Mitchum,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060731370
• ISBN13: 9780060731373
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: It Books
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"