Nicholas Ray

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, James Cagney, and James Dean;his love affairs with Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, ZsaZsa Gabor, and Gloria Grahame; his partnerships withactivist Abbie Hoffman, pornography starlet MarilynChambers, photographer Wim Wenders;and more. Celebrating, contextualizing, and examining Ray's life and work, McGilligandelivers a milestone of film history and offers a captivating look at one ofclassic cinema's most colorful figures.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060731389
• ISBN13: 9780060731380
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Dey Street Books
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.9"