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Foreword:฀Alec฀Guinness฀Speaking฀ ฀ ix Acknowledgments฀ ฀ xiii Chronology฀ ฀ xv Prologue:฀A฀World฀on฀Film฀ ฀ 3 PART฀฀ONE:฀฀GETTING฀฀STARTED 1.฀From฀Silents฀to฀Sound:฀The฀Early฀Years฀as฀a฀Film฀Editor฀ ฀ 11 2.฀A฀Touch฀of฀Class:฀Pygmalion,฀Major฀Barbara,฀and฀Other฀ Films฀ ฀ 29 3.฀Hope฀and฀Glory:฀In฀Which฀We฀Serve฀and฀This฀Happy฀ Breed฀฀ ฀ 49 PART฀฀฀TWO:฀฀฀ THE฀฀฀PEAK฀฀ YEARS฀฀IN฀฀BRITAIN 4.฀Enchantment:฀Blithe฀Spirit฀and฀Brief฀Encounter฀ ฀ 75 5.฀Long฀Day’s฀Journey:฀Great฀Expectations฀ ฀ 101 6.฀Child’s฀Play:฀Oliver฀Twist฀ ฀ 123 PART฀฀ THREE:฀฀FROM฀฀RANK฀฀ TO฀฀KORDA 7.฀The฀Beautiful฀and฀the฀Damned:฀The฀Passionate฀Friends฀and฀ Madeleine฀ ฀ 143 8.฀The฀Wild฀Blue฀Yonder:฀The฀Sound฀Barrier฀ ฀ 171 CONTENTS Lean*FrontMtrB.indd 7 9/21/06 2:27:16 PM ฀ 9.฀The฀Stag฀at฀Eve:฀Hobson’s฀Choice฀ ฀ 187 10.฀Love฀in฀the฀Afternoon:฀Summertime฀ ฀ 203 PART฀฀FOUR:฀฀ THE฀฀PEAK฀฀ YEARS฀฀IN฀฀HOLLYWOOD 11.฀The฀Undefeated:฀The฀Bridge฀on฀the฀River฀Kwai฀ ฀ 223 12.฀Pillar฀of฀Fire:฀Planning฀Lawrence฀of฀Arabia฀ ฀ 257 13.฀In฀Search฀of฀a฀Hero:฀Filming฀Lawrence฀of฀Arabia฀ ฀ 291 14.฀Knight฀without฀Armor:฀Dr.฀Zhivago฀ ฀ 321 15.฀The฀Lower฀Depths:฀Ryan’s฀Daughter฀and฀The฀Bounty฀ ฀ 361 16.฀Darkness฀at฀Noon:฀A฀Passage฀to฀India฀ ฀ 403 Epilogue:฀The฀Craftsman฀as฀Artist฀ ฀ 437 Filmography฀ ฀ 449 Notes฀ ฀ 465 Select฀Bibliography฀ ฀ 507 Index฀ ฀ 518 Illustrations฀follow฀page฀ooo Lean*FrontMtrB.indd 8 9/21/06 2:27:16 PM ...

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