de Toth on de Toth: Putting the Drama in Front of the Camera (Directors on Directors)

by Anthony Slide (Author)

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  Paperback
  1997

  $3.25

  This book provides a fascinating survey of the career of one of Hollywood's great mavericks. In his memoir Fragments , Andre de Toth took his readers on a roller coaster ride through his life. He gave scant mention to his film work. In De Toth on De Toth , he redresses the balance and expounds - in his own exhuberant style - on his film-making career. The cast of characters includes his wife - the luminous Veronica Lake - as well as stars such as Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, David Niven, Vincent Price, Dick Powell, and a whole host of others in the Hollywood firmament. De Toth speaks of his work on Lawrence of Arabia and on Superman , as well as revealing how a one-eyed director could make the 3-D masterpiece, House of Wax .