Author

Contributions

  • Maltz, Albert, 1908- joint author. - Contributor
  • Bruccoli, Matthew Joseph, 1931- - Contributor

Publication

1979 - Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, Illinois

Language

English

Word Count

37,000 words, Guess

Page Count

148 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archivenakedcityscreenp0000wald
  • ISBN-100809309092
  • ISBN-100809309106
  • ISBN-139780809309092
  • ISBN-139780809309108
and 7 more
  • LibraryThing3067666
  • Goodreads4560385', '364200
  • Library of Congress Control Number79010826
  • OCLC Control Number4774997
  • Better World Books9780809309092
  • Better World Books9780809309108
  • Open LibraryOL4407624M

Classifications

  • DDC812/.5/2
  • LCCPN1997 .N324
  • LCCPN1997

Alternate Titles

  • Naked city. [Motion picture]

Description

This is the first film shot by a Hollywood producer to make the island of Manhat­tan into a film studio. Shot as a semi-documentary at 107 locations through­out the city, Malvin Wald, Albert Maltz, and Jules Dassin skillfully used the city as protagonist and intensified the credi­bility of the story and its human char­acters. Based on unsolved cases he found in New York police files, Malvin Wald's suspenseful tale of murder, theft, and conspiracy was nominated for an Acade­my Award as "Best Story" in 1949. (The cinemaphotographer, William Daniels, and the film editor, Paul Weatherwax, won Oscars for their work.) Asked to create a role for James Stewart as the detective, Wald found that the research he had done and his personal knowledge of the detectives and their methods made that impossible. His police lieu­tenant emerged as a sixty-five-year-old veteran with an Irish brogue, and Barry Fitzgerald was given his now classic role.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Screenplay library

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