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xiii First฀of฀all,฀I฀am฀grateful฀to฀Sir฀David฀Lean฀for฀reading฀the฀précis฀from฀which฀ this฀book฀was฀developed฀and฀for฀examining฀an฀early฀draft฀of฀the฀chapters฀on฀ Lawrence฀of฀Arabia.฀In฀addition,฀I฀wish฀to฀single฀out฀the฀following฀among฀ those฀who฀have฀given฀me฀their฀assistance฀in฀the฀course฀of฀the฀long฀period฀ during฀which฀I฀was฀engaged฀in฀remote฀preparation฀for฀this฀study:฀I฀interviewed ฀Sir฀Alec฀Guinness฀in฀London฀about฀the฀Lean฀films฀in฀which฀he฀appeared .฀I฀also฀spoke฀in฀London฀with฀Deborah฀Kerr฀and฀Eric฀Portman,฀who฀ appeared฀in฀films฀that฀Lean฀edited฀early฀in฀his฀career;฀with฀Rita฀Tushingham,฀ who฀was฀in฀Dr.฀Zhivago;฀with฀the฀filmmaker฀Thorold฀Dickinson,฀who฀coedited ฀a฀film฀with฀Lean;฀with฀Sir฀Carol฀Reed,฀Fred฀Zinnemann,฀George฀Cukor,฀ Stanley฀Kubrick,฀Roy฀Boulting,฀Ken฀Russell,฀John฀Schlesinger,฀and฀Bryan฀ Forbes,฀Lean’s฀friends฀and฀fellow฀directors;฀and฀with฀the฀British฀filmmaker฀ Karel฀Reisz,฀who฀discussed฀Lean’s฀expertise฀as฀a฀film฀editor.฀I฀also฀corresponded ฀ with฀ the฀ cinematographer฀ Guy฀ Green,฀ who฀ photographed฀ four฀ Lean฀films.฀I฀met฀with฀the฀actress฀Ann฀Todd฀at฀the฀Cannes฀International฀ Film฀Festival฀about฀her฀Lean฀films.฀In฀Hollywood,฀the฀filmmaker฀William฀ Wyler฀shared฀his฀thoughts฀about฀adapting฀stage฀plays฀for฀film,฀and฀Katharine฀ Hepburn฀went฀over฀an฀early฀version฀of฀my฀treatment฀of฀Summertime.฀The฀ film฀archivist฀Robert฀Harris฀discussed฀with฀me฀his฀restoration฀of฀Lawrence฀of฀ Arabia฀to฀its฀original฀length฀for฀its฀rerelease. Many฀institutions฀and฀individuals฀provided฀me฀with฀research฀materials.฀I฀ would฀like฀specifically฀to฀mention฀the฀following:฀the฀staff฀of฀the฀Film฀Study฀ Center฀of฀the฀Museum฀of฀Modern฀Art฀in฀New฀York;฀the฀staff฀of฀the฀National฀ Film฀Archive฀of฀the฀Library฀of฀the฀British฀Film฀Institute฀in฀London;฀and฀the฀ staff฀of฀the฀Motion฀Picture฀Section฀of฀the฀Library฀of฀Congress.฀Research฀ materials฀were฀also฀provided฀by฀the฀Margaret฀Herrick฀Library฀of฀the฀Academy฀ of฀Motion฀Picture฀Arts฀and฀Sciences;฀the฀Theater฀Arts฀Library฀as฀well฀as฀the฀ Michael฀Wilson฀Collection฀in฀the฀Department฀of฀Special฀Collections฀of฀the฀ Research฀ Library฀ at฀ the฀ University฀ of฀ California,฀ Los฀ Angeles;฀ the฀ Script฀ ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Lean*FrontMtrB.indd 13 9/21/06 2:27:17 PM Acknowledgments xiv Repositories฀of฀Columbia฀Pictures฀and฀Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer;฀the฀David฀ Lean฀Archive฀of฀the฀Netherlands;฀the฀T.฀E.฀Lawrence฀Collection฀at฀the฀Harry฀ Ransom฀Humanities฀Research฀Center฀of฀the฀University฀of฀Texas,฀Austin;฀ Kevin฀Brownlow,฀David฀Lean’s฀biographer;฀the฀Lean฀scholar฀Paul฀Rowan;฀ and฀Vincent฀LoBrutto,฀a฀research฀professor฀at฀the฀School฀of฀Visual฀Arts,฀ New฀ York.฀ Also,฀ Stephen฀ Foster,฀ a฀ distinguished฀ research฀ professor฀ in฀ the฀ Department฀of฀History,฀Northern฀Illinois฀University,฀advised฀me฀about฀modern ฀British฀history฀in฀Lean’s฀films,฀particularly฀This฀Happy฀Breed,฀and฀Major฀D.฀ K.฀Farmer,฀USAF-Ret.,฀who฀served฀at฀Wright฀Air฀Force฀Base,฀discussed฀aircraft฀ experiments฀relevant฀to฀Lean’s฀film฀The฀Sound฀Barrier฀with฀me. Alec฀Guinness’s฀account฀of฀working฀with฀David฀Lean,฀which฀appears฀as฀ the฀foreword฀to฀this฀book,฀is฀adapted฀from฀the฀interview฀with฀him฀that฀I฀ conducted฀in฀London.฀Some฀material฀in฀this฀book฀appeared฀in฀a฀completely฀ different฀form฀in฀the฀following฀publications:฀The฀Movie฀Makers:฀Artists฀in฀an฀ Industry฀(Chicago:฀Nelson฀Hall,฀1973),฀copyright฀1973฀by฀Gene฀D.฀Phillips,฀ used฀with฀permission;฀and฀Columbia฀Pictures:฀Portrait฀of฀a฀Studio,฀edited฀by฀ Bernard฀Dick฀(Lexington:฀University฀Press฀of฀Kentucky,฀1992),฀copyright฀ 1992฀by฀the฀University฀Press฀of฀Kentucky,฀used฀with฀permission. Lean*FrontMtrB.indd 14 9/21/06 2:27:17 PM ...

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