Maxwell Anderson (1) (1888–1959)
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After some years as a teacher and a journalist, Maxwell Anderson turned to drama in 1923, achieving his first success with What Price Glory? in 1924, a World War I comedy cowritten with Laurence Stallings. During his long and successful career as a dramatist, Anderson produced historical dramas, vis mere patriotic plays, musicals, fantasies, and a thriller. Perhaps his best piece is Winterset (1935), a play Inspired by the Sacco and Vanzetti case. Anderson's first play was a verse drama. Beginning with Elizabeth the Queen (1940), his most famous historical drama, he employed for many years an irregular blank verse, typical of his attempt to bring high seriousness to the Broadway stage. Critics have not been enthusiastic about Anderson's work, and his plays are seldom revived today, but in his heyday-especially the 1930s-his plays repeatedly succeeded in the commercial theater. Anderson won the Pulitzer Prize for drama for Both Your Houses (1933) and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Winterset (1935) and High Tor (1937). (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Værker af Maxwell Anderson
Four Verse Plays By Maxwell Anderson: Elizabeth the Queen; Mary of Scotland; Winterset; High Tor (1959) 36 eksemplarer
The Masque of Kings, A Play In Three Acts 5 eksemplarer
The bases of artistic creation: Essays (Rutgers University. Publications of the one hundred seventy-fifth anniversary… (1942) 3 eksemplarer
Journey to Jerusalem 3 eksemplarer
Golden Six, The 2 eksemplarer
September Song (from Knickerbocker Holiday) — Lyrics — 1 eksemplar
The True Story Of Christopher Emmanuel Balestero 1 eksemplar
Contemporary plays 1 eksemplar
Giovanna di Lorena 1 eksemplar
Work in Progress 1 eksemplar
All Quiet on the Western Front [screenplay] 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
Twenty Five Best Plays of the Modern American Theatre: Early Series (1949) — Bidragyder — 25 eksemplarer
Contemporary Drama: European, English and Irish, American Plays (1941) — Bidragyder — 17 eksemplarer
The Best Plays of 1926-1927: and the Year Book of the Drama in America (1927) — Bidragyder — 6 eksemplarer
Critics' Choice: New York Drama Critics' Circle Prize Plays, 1935-1955 (1945) — Bidragyder — 3 eksemplarer
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- Juridisk navn
- Anderson, James Maxwell
- Fødselsdato
- 1888-12-15
- Dødsdag
- 1959-02-28
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Fødested
- Atlantic, Pennsylvania, USA
- Dødssted
- Stamford, Connecticut, USA
- Bopæl
- Atlantic, Pennsylvania, USA
Palo Alto, California, USA
San Francisco, California, USA
New York, New York, USA
Jamestown, North Dakota, USA - Uddannelse
- University of North Dakota
Stanford University
Jamestown High School - Erhverv
- teacher
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editor
playwright
poet
lyricist (vis alle 7)
author - Relationer
- Anderson, Quentin (son)
Anderson, Hesper (daughter)
Anderson, Maxwell Lincoln (grandson - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature ∙ 1935)
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Major Frank McCloud (Bogart) shows up at the Largo hotel in the Keys to see his war buddy's father and widow to give them some news about how George died a hero. McCloud became disillusioned while trying to save the world and has been drifting since the war in both a personal and literal sense.
Nora (Bacall) had been drifting before she met George and begins to feel this same connection to Frank as they talk about their lives since the war. There is a maturity here as Huston shows a deeper aspect to caring about someone rather than the fireworks of physical attraction. The themes of loneliness and isolation run through every aspect of this film.
Frank once again must decide whether to save the world when the Largo is taken over by fallen gangster Johnny Rocco (Robinson). Rocco was once big and despite his deportation back to Cuba by the United States government as an undesirable, plans to be big again. Frank had gone to war as an idealist, hoping to rid the world of gangsters like Rocco but now views it as a lost cause.
Nora is a reminder to Frank, however, that while your head may say one thing, your whole life can say another. As the tension of being held hostage during an approaching hurricane in the sweltering Keys intensifies, Frank slowly begins to go with his whole life rather than his head, breaking his own personal isolation from the fight he gave up. The turning point comes when Rocco humiliates his former girlfriend, Gay Dawn (Claire Trevor), by making her sing for a drink, then refusing to come across with it when she complies.
Claire Trevor gives a moving performance as a girl much like Nora who simply got hooked up with the wrong guy, and became a lush. She will have her own turning point and help Frank when he’s forced to take Rocco and his pals back to Cuba. Lionel Barrymore gives a good performance also as George’s disabled father, holding on to his son’s memory and his beliefs.
A great score by Max Steiner complements the lonely mood of this film perfectly. Bacall is terrific waiting for Frank to return against the odds, wondering if she can open the shutters of her loneliness and let the light in once more. This is a somber and mature film that deserves to be viewed more than once. Bogart and Bacall fans will love this film, but they’ll find much more here than just Bogie and Bacall. A minor masterpiece and one you need to see.… (mere)