Matinee idylls reflections on the movies - Schickel, Richard (Chicago Ivan R. Dee, 1999)
Preface: a month of Sundays -- Mind slips: remembering and disremembering movies -- King Vidor: romantic idealist -- Garbo: the legend as actress -- Frank Capra: one man, many films -- Irene Dunne: a secret light -- Bette Davis: marked woman -- Auteur of our misery -- Charles Laughton: no room for genius -- Laurence Olivier: the master builder -- Time out: or, love in a cold climate -- Satyajit Ray: days and nights in the art houses -- Fellini: send in the clowns -- Cinema paradiso: the rise and fall of a film culture -- Sam Fuller: movie bozo -- Richard Brooks: tales out of school -- Real reality bites -- Advantage, Andy -- The star on the stairs -- Clint on the back nine -- The narrative crisis -- Author's note.
Keywords: Motion pictures; Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States