{"product_id":"the-films-of-delmer-daves-douglas-horlock-9781496838841","title":"The Films of Delmer Daves: Visions of Progress in Mid-Twentieth-Century America","description":"Delmer Daves (1904-1977) was an American screenwriter, director, and producer known for his dramas and Western adventures, most notably \u003ci\u003eBroken Arrow\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e3:10 to Yuma\u003c\/i\u003e. Despite the popularity of his films, there has been little serious examination of Daves's work. Filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier has called Daves the most forgotten of American directors, and to date no scholarly monograph has focused on his work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Films of Delmer Daves: Visions of Progress in Mid-Twentieth-Century America\u003c\/i\u003e, author Douglas Horlock contends that the director's work warrants sustained scholarly attention. Examining all of Daves's films, as well as his screenplays, scripts that were not filmed, and personal papers, Horlock argues that Daves was a serious, distinctive, and enlightened filmmaker whose work confronts the general conservatism of Hollywood in the mid-twentieth century. Horlock considers Daves's films through the lenses of political and social values, race and civil rights, and gender and sexuality. Ultimately, Horlock suggests that Daves's work--through its examination of bigotry and irrational fear and depiction of institutional and personal morality and freedom--presents a consistent, innovative, and progressive vision of America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Douglas Horlock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 149683884X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496838841\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/25\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Douglas Horlock","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44128106021119,"sku":"9781496838841","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_afa789b2-2c44-4d56-ba6e-9614ca5cd1c3.jpg?v=1687456978","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-films-of-delmer-daves-douglas-horlock-9781496838841","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}