The Making and Influence of I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang - Couverture souple

Nollen, Scott Allen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0786466774 ISBN 13 : 9780786466771

Editeur : McFarland & Co Inc, 2016

Synopsis

Robert E. Burns, a World War I veteran coerced into taking part in a petty crime in Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced to hard labor on a chain gang in 1922. Twice escaping and on the lam for decades, he was aided only by his minister-poet brother, Vincent G. Burns. Their collaborative work, I Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang! was the basis for Darryl F. Zanuck's and Mervyn Leroy's hard-hitting 1932 film adaptation from Warner Bros. This book traces the making and influence of the film--which launched a string of imitators--and the Burns brothers' efforts to obtain a pardon for Robert, which never came.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

The late Scott Allen Nollen was educated in film and history at the University of Iowa. He had written and edited more than 40 books on the history of film, literature and music.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: McFarland & Co Inc
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0786466774
• ISBN 13: 9780786466771
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 228
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• Personne responsable: non disponible