Scott Allen Nollen

The Making and Influence of I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

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Produktbeschreibung

Robert E. Burns, a World War I veteran coerced into taking part in a petty crime in Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced to hard labor on a chain gang in 1922. Twice escaping and on the lam for decades, he was aided only by his minister-poet brother, Vincent G. Burns. Their collaborative work, I Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang! was the basis for Darryl F. Zanuck's and Mervyn Leroy's hard-hitting 1932 film adaptation from Warner Bros. This book traces the making and influence of the film--which launched a string of imitators--and the Burns brothers' efforts to obtain a pardon for Robert, which never came.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 377g
• ISBN-13: 9780786466771
• ISBN-10: 0786466774
• Artikelnr.: 45155090

Autorenporträt

The late Scott Allen Nollen was educated in film and history at the University of Iowa. He had written and edited more than 40 books on the history of film, literature and music.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Introduction 1.
Robert Elliott Burns 2.
I Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang! The Memoir 3.
The Making of the Film 4.
The Reception of the Film 5.
Out of These Chains: The Continuing Saga of Robert E. Burns and the Warner Bros. Film 6.
The Historic Influence of the Film Appendix A: Credits and Cast of I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang Appendix B: Film Precursors Appendix C: Film and Television Successors Chapter Notes Bibliography Index