Maurice Yacowar
Biographic Data
| ID | 5407508 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maurice Yacowar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maurice |
| FAMILY NAME | Yacowar |
| SIGNATURE | YACOWAR M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brock University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Religion of Radio Days
Flashbacks From the Wings
Pat McGilligan, ed. Backstoty: Interviews with Screenwriters of Hollywood's Golden Age. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986. 382 pp. Alan Schneider. Entrances: An American Director's Journey. New York: Viking Penguin, 1986. 416 pp. Illus. Show-biz biographies and memoirs have a special fascination. As Alan Schneider recalls from a (circa 1948) memo, "the audience loves to criticize actors and acting. It loves to come backstage, because…
Actors as Conventions in the Films of Robert Altman
Where's the Hitch
Eric Rohmer and Claude Chabrol. Hitchcock: The First Forty-Four Films. Translated by Stanley Hochman. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing, 1979. 178 pp. John Russell Taylor. Hitch: The Life and Times of Alfred Hitchcock. New York: Pantheon Books, 1978. 320 pp. Robin Wood. Hitchcock's Films. (Third edition, revised and enlarged.) New York: A. S. Barnes, 1977.174 pp. Alfred Hitchcock's importance to film studies is at least partly due to the quali…
An aesthetic defense of the star system in films
The Carpet-Baggers' Progress
Robert K. Johnson. Francis Ford Coppola. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1977. 199 pp. John Francis Kreidl. Nicholas Ray. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1977. 230 pp. H. Wayne Schuth. Mike Nichols. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1978. 177 pp. When film first won the dubious respectability of academic study, it was largely due to converts from English Literature. Many a scholar ceased to garble the footnotes wild of his well-ploughed dissertation field, for th…
An aesthetic defense of the star system in films
The Carpet-Baggers' Progress
Robert K. Johnson. Francis Ford Coppola. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1977. 199 pp. John Francis Kreidl. Nicholas Ray. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1977. 230 pp. H. Wayne Schuth. Mike Nichols. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1978. 177 pp. When film first won the dubious respectability of academic study, it was largely due to converts from English Literature. Many a scholar ceased to garble the footnotes wild of his well-ploughed dissertation field, for th…
Actors as Conventions in the Films of Robert Altman
Where's the Hitch
Eric Rohmer and Claude Chabrol. Hitchcock: The First Forty-Four Films. Translated by Stanley Hochman. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing, 1979. 178 pp. John Russell Taylor. Hitch: The Life and Times of Alfred Hitchcock. New York: Pantheon Books, 1978. 320 pp. Robin Wood. Hitchcock's Films. (Third edition, revised and enlarged.) New York: A. S. Barnes, 1977.174 pp. Alfred Hitchcock's importance to film studies is at least partly due to the quali…
The Religion of Radio Days
Flashbacks From the Wings
Pat McGilligan, ed. Backstoty: Interviews with Screenwriters of Hollywood's Golden Age. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986. 382 pp. Alan Schneider. Entrances: An American Director's Journey. New York: Viking Penguin, 1986. 416 pp. Illus. Show-biz biographies and memoirs have a special fascination. As Alan Schneider recalls from a (circa 1948) memo, "the audience loves to criticize actors and acting. It loves to come backstage, because…
Art (6 works) · Art history (3 works) · Cinema and Media Studies (3 works) · Humanities (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Astrobiology (1 work) · Astronomy (1 work)