Giant George Stevens, A Life On Film

Marilyn Moss'sGiantexamines the life of one of the most influential directors to work in Hollywood from the 1930s to the 1960s. George Stevens directed such popular and significant films asShane,Giant,A Place in the Sun, andThe Diary of Anne Frank. He was the first to pair Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy on film inWoman of the Year. Through the study of Stevens's life and his production history, Moss also presents a glimpse of the workings of the classic Hollywood studio system in its glory days. Moss documents Stevens's role as a powerful director who often had to battle the heads of major studios to get his films made his way. She traces the four decades Stevens was a major Hollywood player and icon, from his earliest days at the Hal Roach Studioswhere he learned to be a cameraman, writer, and director for Laurel and Hardy featuresup to his later career when his films made millions at the box office and were graced by actors such as Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, Alan Ladd, and Montgomery Clift.Moss, Marilyn Ann is the author of 'Giant George Stevens, A Life On Film', published 2004 under ISBN 9780299204303 and ISBN 0299204308.