Giant love : Edna Ferber, her best-selling novel of Texas, and the making of a classic American film / Julie Gilbert.

Title:

ISBN:

9781524748432

Personal Author:

Gilbert, Julie Goldsmith

Edition:

First edition.

Publication Information:

New York : Pantheon, 2024.

Physical Description:

viii, 384 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Contents:

Precognition -- The varmint -- The blaze -- Autumn in New York -- More was more -- Filming where? -- Ferber on the set -- True grief -- Waiting for George Stevens's Giant -- Final cut -- George Stevens's production of Giant -- ¡Carumba! -- Roundup -- And the winner... -- Ferber : a giant in her time; why not today?

Summary:

"A book that explores the great American novelist and playwright Edna Ferber, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, whose work was made into many Academy Award-winning movies; the writing of her controversial, international best-selling novel about Texas, and the making of George Stevens' Academy Award winning epic film of the same name, Giant." -- Provided by publisher.

Personal Subject:

Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968. Giant

Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968-Criticism and interpretation.

Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968. Giant-Film adaptations

Stevens, George, 1904-1975-Criticism and interpretation.

Taylor, Elizabeth, 1932-2011-Anecdotes.

Hudson, Rock, 1925-1985-Anecdotes.

Dean, James, 1931-1955-Anecdotes.

Title Subject:

Giant (Motion picture)

Subject Term:

American fiction 20th century