Escape Artist: The Life and Films of John Sturges

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Notes Prologue: The Case for “The Other Sturges” Author interviews with John Carpenter, Ricardo Montalban, Robert E. Relyea, John Sturges, Michael Sturges, Deborah Wyle. Arnold, William. “Who Is This Jerry Bruckheimer Guy, Anyway?” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Jan. 13, 2006. Jones, DuPre. “The Merit of Flying Lead.” Films and Filming, Jan. 1974. . “The Power of the Gun.” Films and Filming, Feb. 1974. Sarris, Andrew. The American Cinema: Directors and Directions. New York: Dutton, 1968. Chapter 1. Sturges with a Blast of Rum Author interviews with Bill Sparrow, John Sturges, Kathy Sturges, Michael Sturges, Robert Wise, Curtis Wong, Deborah Wyle. Chapter 2. Youth Author interviews with C. J. Eschelbach, Jon Stufflebeem, John Sturges, Kathy Sturges, Michael Sturges, Sandy Sturges, Deborah Wyle. Anonymous. “Marin Varsity Wins Oregon Game.” Mariner. Marin Junior College, Oct. 30, 1929. . Mariners’ Log, Vol. 1. Marin Junior College, 1930–31. Barringer, Emily Dunning. Bowery to Bellevue: The Story of New York’s First Woman Ambulance Surgeon. New York: W. W. Norton, 1950. Cherry, Richard. Action, Nov.–Dec., 1969. Staff. “‘Sky Train’ Scheduled to Arrive at Tamalpais Theater Tomorrow.” Marin Journal, April 9, 1931. Sturges, John. Bad Day at Black Rock, laserdisc. MGM. Thomas, Kevin. “He-Man Movies for Feminine Tastes.” Los Angeles Times, Sept. 6, 1967. Wakeman, John, ed. World Film Directors. Vol. 1. New York: H. W. Wilson, 1987. 307 Chapter 3. RKO Author interviews with Richard Fleischer, Robert E. Relyea, John Sturges, Robert Wise. Jewell, Richard B., with Vernon Harbin. The RKO Story. New York: Arlington House, 1982. Kanin, Garson. Hollywood. New York: Viking Press, 1967. Lasky, Betty. RKO:The Biggest Little Major of Them All. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1984. Parrish, Robert. Growing Up in Hollywood. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich , 1976. Scheuer, Philip K. “Jean Arthur Will Star in Garson Kanin’s Play.” Los Angeles Times, Nov. 20, 1945. Selznick, David O. “RKO 1931–1933.” In Memo from David O. Selznick, ed. Rudy Behlmer. New York: Modern Library, 2000. Staff. “Color Pictures Keep Hollywood Film Hub.” Los Angeles Times, May 10, 1936. Thompson, Frank. Robert Wise: A Bio-Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1995. Chapter 4. War & Wyler Author interviews with Joel Freeman, G. E. Nordell, Dennis Piotrowski, Jon Stufflebeem, John Sturges, Kathy Sturges, Deborah Wyle. Agee, James. Agee on Film. New York: Modern Library, 2000. Capra, Frank. The Name above the Title. New York: Macmillan, 1971. Crowther, Bosley. “Thunderbolt Shows Air Power over Italy.” New York Times, Oct. 27, 1945. Dunne, Philip. “The Documentary and Hollywood.” In Nonfiction Film Theory and Criticism, ed. Richard Meram Barsam. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1976. Madsen, Axel. William Wyler. New York: Crowell, 1973. Maslowski, Peter. Armed with Camera. New York: Macmillan, 1993. Orriss, Bruce W. When Hollywood Ruled the Skies. Hawthorne, CA: Aero Associates, 1985. Chapter 5. Columbia Years Author interviews with Jerome Courtland, Ted Donaldson, Rhonda Fleming, Gary Gray, Gloria Henry, Teddy Infuhr, John Ireland, Terry Moore, Jon Stufflebeem, John Sturges, Michael Sturges, Deborah Wyle. Agee, James. Agee on Film. New York: Modern Library, 2000. 308 Notes 1 Brady, Thomas F. “Columbia to Film Mark Twain Story.” New York Times, Nov. 21, 1947. . “Holden Will Star in ‘Walking Hills.’” New York Times, April 9, 1948. . “Hollywood Digest: Susan Peters Returns.” New York Times, Aug. 10, 1947. Crowther, Bosley. The Sign of the Ram review. New York Times, March 4, 1948. Dick, Bernard F., ed. Columbia Pictures: Portrait of a Studio. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992. Grant, Jack D. For the Love of Rusty review. Hollywood Reporter, June 24, 1947. Herm. The Sign of the Ram review. Variety, Feb. 4, 1948. . The Walking Hills review. Variety, March 2, 1949. Hirschhorn, Clive. The Columbia Story. London: Hamlyn, 1999. J. D. G. Alias Mr.Twilight review. Variety, Feb. 14, 1947. Schallert, Edwin. “Susan Peters Returns in Sinister Role.” Los Angeles Times, Feb. 20, 1948. Sennwald, Andre. The Keeper of the Bees review. New York Times, Aug. 17, 1935. Staff. Alias Mr.Twilight review. Hollywood Reporter, Feb. 14, 1947. . For the Love of Rusty review. Variety, June 24, 1947. Thomas, Bob. King Cohn:The Life and Times of Hollywood Mogul Harry Cohn. Beverly Hills, CA: New Millennium Press, 2000. Chapter 6. MGM Author interviews with Richard Anderson, James Arness, Polly Bergen, William Campbell, Armand Deutsch, Rhonda Fleming, Joel Freeman, Millard Kaufman, Angela Lansbury, James Lydon, A. C. Lyles, Don Mankiewicz , Ricardo Montalban, Michael Pate, David Raksin, Jon Stufflebeem , John Sturges, Michael Sturges, Deborah...