{"product_id":"leo-mccarey-wes-d-gehring-9780810852631","title":"Leo McCarey: From Marx to McCarthy","description":"This first full-length biography of a legendary and award-winning Hollywood writer, producer, and director (\u003ci\u003eDuck Soup\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMy Favorite Wife\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAn Affair to Remember\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGoing My Way\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Bells of St. Mary's\u003c\/i\u003e) explores the director's life as filtered through his art. Gehring maintains that McCarey's films were often a reworking of his antiheroic self. In addition, the apparent diversity of his films actually represents an interrelated web of various comedy genres and a pattern of antiheroic characters and themes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wes D. Gehring\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810852632\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810852631\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rlpg\/Galleys\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/08\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 6.34w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2005 pg. 1827","brand":"Wes D. Gehring","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46199057318143,"sku":"9780810852631","price":93.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_89369a41-ebbf-49e9-a6fa-dbff4151cdca.jpg?v=1727924907","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/leo-mccarey-wes-d-gehring-9780810852631","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}