ReFocus: The Films of Delmer Daves (ReFocus: The American Directors Series)

New essays on the life and work of veteran Hollywood filmmaker Delmer Daves From Destination Tokyo (1943) to The Battle of the Villa Fiorita (1965), Delmer Daves was responsible for a unique body of work, but few filmmakers have been as critically overlooked in existing scholarly literature. Often regarded as an embodiment of the self-effacing craftsmanship of classical and post-War Hollywood, films such as Broken Arrow (1950) and 3:10 to Yuma (1957) reveal a filmmaker concerned with style as much as sociocultural significance. As the first comprehensive study of Daves’s career, this collection of essays seeks to deepen our understanding of his work, and also to problematize existing conceptions of him as a competent, conventional and even naïve studio man. Key Features The first and only detailed study of this important American screenwriter, producer and director An international collection of original essays examining Daves’s films, including Broken Arrow , 3:10 to Yuma , Task Force and Spencer’s Mountain Contributors Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) Matthew Carter, Manchester Metropolitan University Adrian Danks, RMIT University Andrew Howe, La Sierra University Józef Jaskulski, University of Warsaw Sue Matheson, University College of the North in Manitoba Andrew Patrick Nelson, Montana State University Fran Pheasant-Kelly, University of Wolverhampton Joseph Pomp, Harvard University John White, Anglia Ruskin University As The First Comprehensive Study Of Daves' Career, This Collection Of Essays Seeks To Deepen Our Understanding Of His Work, And Also To Problematise Existing Conceptions Of Him As A Competent, Conventional And Even Naïve Studio Man.--p. [4] Of Cover. Introduction: No One Would Know It Was Mine: Delmer Daves, Modest Auteur / Matthew Carter And Anderew Patrick Nelson -- Don't Be Too Quick To Dismiss Them: Authorship And The Westerns Of Delmer Daves / Andrew Patrick Nelson -- Trying To Ameliorate The System From Within: Delmer Daves' Westerns From The 1950s / John White -- Bent, Or Lifted Out By Its Roots: Daves' Broken Arrow And Drum Beat As Narratives Of Conditional Sympathy / Jozef Jaskulski -- This Room Is My Castle Of Quiet: The Collaboratives Of Delmer Daves And Glenn Ford / Adrian Danks -- Delmer Daves, Authenticity, And Auteur Elements: Celebrating The Ordinary In Cowboy / Sue Matheson -- Home And The Range: Spencer's Mountain As Revisionist Family Melodrama / Joseph Pomp -- Delmer Daves' 3:10 To Yuma: Aesthetics, Reception, And Cultural Significance / Fran Pheasant-kelly -- Changing Societies: The Red House, The Hanging Tree, Spencer's Mountain, And Post-war America / Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns -- Partial Rehabilitation: Task Force And The Case Of Billy Mitchell / Andrew Howe -- This Is Where He Brought Me: 10,000 Acres Of Nothing!: The Femme Fatale And Other Film Noir Tropes In Delmer Daves' Jubal / Matthew Carter. Edited By Matthew Carter And Andrew Patrick Nelson. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. New essays on the life and work of veteran Hollywood filmmaker Delmer Daves. From Destination Tokyo (1943) to The Battle of the Villa Fiorita (1965), Delmer Daves was responsible for a unique body of work, but few filmmakers have been as critically overlooked in existing scholarly literature. Often regarded as an embodiment of the self-effacing craftsmanship of classical and post-War Hollywood, films such as Broken Arrow (1950) and 3:10 to Yuma (1957) reveal a filmmaker concerned with style as much as sociocultural significance. As the first comprehensive study of Daves's career, this collection of essays seeks to deepen our understanding of his work, and also to problematize existing conceptions of him as a competent, conventional and even naà ̄ve studio man. Key Features. The first and only detailed study of this important American screenwriter, producer and director An international collection of original essays examining Daves's films, including Broken Arrow, 3:10 to Yuma, Task Force and Spencer's Mountain New essays on the life and work of veteran Hollywood filmmaker Delmer Daves. From __Destination Tokyo__ (1943) to __The Battle of Villa Fiorita__ (1965), among many other titles, few filmmakers created as unique a body of work in the United States as Delmer Daves (1904-1977), but few filmmakers have been as critically overlooked in existing scholarly literature. Daves is often regarded as an embodiment of the self-effacing craftsmanship of classical and post-War Hollywood, which helps explain his relative neglect by film critics and scholars. As the first study of Daves’s career, this collection in the __ReFocus__ series on neglected American filmmakers seeks to deepen our understanding of the filmmaker and problematize existing conceptions of him as a competent but conventional, even naïve, studio man. "As the first comprehensive study of Daves' career, this collection of essays seeks to deepen our understanding of his work, and also to problematise existing conceptions of him as a competent, conventional and even naïve studio man."--Page 4 of cover