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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Wisconsin / Warner Bros. Screenplays)

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Wisconsin / Warner Bros. Screenplays)

Current price: $24.95
Publication Date: April 15th, 1979
Publisher:
University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN:
9780299076849
Pages:
208

Description

A search for gold in the mountains of Mexico leads three American prospectors to both treasure and loss in John Huston’s screenplay for his acclaimed and much-studied 1948 film. This volume provides the full text of the screenplay with extensive annotations, production and cast credits, a research inventory, and frame enlargements that feature Humphrey Bogart, Walter and John Huston, and Alfonso Bedoya in their movie roles. Renowned film critic and historian James Naremore contrasts the film with the original anticapitalist novel by the legendary writer B. Traven and describes director Huston’s art in the historical context of 1940s Hollywood.

About the Author

James Naremore is the Chancellor’s Professor of English and Communication and Culture at Indiana University. He is author of More than Night: Film Noir in Its Contexts and The Magic World of Orson Welles.