"A larger-than-life narrative of the making of the classic film, marking the rise of America as a superpower, the ascent of Hollywood celebrity, and the flowering of Texas culture as mythology. Drawing on archival sources, Graham's Giant is a comprehensive depiction of the film's production, showing readers how reality became fiction and fiction became cinema."--Dust jacket.
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Giant: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Edna Ferber, and the making of a legendary American film
2018, St. Martin's Press
in English
- First edition.
1250061903 9781250061904
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Book Details
Table of Contents
Long story short
Beefcake baron
Tell mama all
Plantation life
Lone star
West of the Pecos
Plein air
Duel in the sun
Being and nothingness in L.A.
Love and marriage
Last days at the Villa Capri
Fanfare
Meta-marfasis.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-312) and index.