Nicholas Ray: The Glorious Failure of an American Director

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.

Author: Patrick McGilligan
Publisher: It Books
Published: 08/07/2012
Pages: 576
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9780060731380
ISBN10: 0060731389
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Entertainment & Performing Arts
- Performing Arts | Film | Direction & Production
- Performing Arts | Film | Reference