James Layton

A really, truly first-class deep dive into an interesting film of the early sound era. The book walks one through the creation of the film, including the casting of the supporting players, how it was produced, and how it was marketed. There's also a wealth of detail as to why the film didn't quite work (and lost a lot of money for Universal), but also some really abstruse things, like the unprecedented number of foreign versions of the films. Simply loaded with gorgeous and instructive photographs. A real treat.… (altro)