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Contents introduction 1 1. Discovering a Vocation and a Style: The Shakedown (1929), The Love Trap (1929), Hell’s Heroes (1930), A House Divided (1931) 27 2. Coming into His Own: Counsellor-at-Law (1933) 45 3. First-Class Pictures: These Three (1936) 63 4. The Wyler Touch: Dodsworth (1936) 83 5. a Concoction: Come and Get It (1936) 105 6. The Street Where They Live: Dead End (1937) 119 7. Gone with the Plague: Jezebel (1938) 137 8. Home on the Moors and the range: Wuthering Heights (1939), The Westerner (1940), The Letter (1940) 157 9. bette Davis and the South redux: The Little Foxes (1941) 187 10. War Films: Mrs. Miniver (1942), Memphis Belle (1944), Thunderbolt (1945) 209 11. The Way Home: The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 239 12. The american Scene i: The Heiress (1949) 261 13. The american Scene ii: Carrie (1952) 279 14. The House Un-american activities Committee: Detective Story (1951), Roman Holiday (1953), The Desperate Hours (1955), The Children’s Hour (1961) 297 15. The Pacifist Dilemma: Friendly Persuasion (1956), The Big Country (1958), Ben-Hur (1959) 335 16. Final Projects: The Collector (1965), How to Steal a Million (1966), Funny Girl (1968), The Liberation of L. B. Jones (1970) 367 acknowledgments 397 Filmography 399 Notes 427 Selected bibliography 453 index 461 ...