
- 464 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Vincente Minnelli, Hollywood's Dark Dreamer is the first full-length biography of Vincente Minnelli, one of the most legendary and influential directors in the twentieth century, encompassing his life, his art, and his artistry. Minnelli started out as a set and costume designer in New York, where he first notably applied his aesthetic principles to the Broadway stage design of Scheherazade. He became the first director of New York's Radio City Music Hall, as well as some of the most lavish Broadway musicals, including Ziegfeld Follies, and brought Josephine Baker back from Paris to star in his shows. As a film director, he discovered Lena Horne in a Harlem nightclub and cast her in his first movie, the legendary musical Cabin in the Sky. The winner of the Director Oscar for Gigi, the first film to win in all nine of its Oscar nominations, Minnelli directed such classics as the Oscar-winning An American in Paris, Meet Me in St. Louis, Father of the Bride, The Bad and the Beautiful, and Some Came Running. He was married to Judy Garland, who he met on the set of Meet Me in St. Louis and directed in such landmark films as The Clock; their daughter is actress-singer Liza Minnelli.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- Introduction and Acknowledgments
- Prelude
- One - Childhood
- Two - Chicago
- Three - Radio City Music Hall
- Four - New York, New York
- Five - Broadway
- Six - Hollywood: Early Years
- Seven - The First Peak: Meet Me in St. Louis
- Eight - A Fresh Look at Old Genres: Ziegfeld Follies and The Clock
- Nine - Falling in Love
- Ten - Husband and Father
- Eleven - The Great Debacle: The Pirate
- Twelve - Scandalous Melodrama: Madame Bovary
- Thirteen - Problems with Judy
- Fourteen - An American in Paris
- Fifteen - Minnelliās Masterpieces: The Bad and the Beautiful and The Band Wagon
- Sixteen - Minnelli Loves Lucy
- Seventeen - Up and Down: Contract Director
- Eighteen - Personal Films: Lust for Life and Tea and Sympathy
- Nineteen - The Height of His Career: Gigi
- Twenty - Master of Melodramas: Some Came Running and Home from the Hill
- Twenty-one - The Party Is Over
- Twenty-two - Being Idle
- Twenty-three - Life Is a Cabaret
- Twenty-four - The Swan Song
- Conclusion - Minnelliās Legacy
- ALSO BY EMANUEL LEVY
- Notes
- Index
- Copyright Page