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At the End of the Street in the Shadow

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by Matthew Asprey Gear

Immortal Story, The 6, 81, 197, 198, 244–5, 274; Spain 197, 258; see also Europe

  Imperial Hearst (novel) 38

  International Pictures 17, 131

  In the Land of Don Quixote (TV programme) 196, 265–70, 272–5; Madrid 265

  Iron Curtain 198, 212, 216, 230, 233

  It’s All True 10, 17, 49–50, 78–80, 89, 99–121, 122n.47, 133, 146, 156, 186, 189, 260; Carnaval footage 109, 119, 127; ‘Carnaval’ (segment) 79, 100, 108, 115, 268; and samba and saudade and Rio de Janeiro; semi-documentary 17, 78, 108; see also Brazil

  It’s All True: Based on a Film by Orson Welles 104, 107, 112

  Jadran Film Studios 235

  Jaglom, Henry 277

  Jangadeiros 101

  jangadeiros 106, 117–18, 120; and Fortaleza 4, 100–1, 106–7, 117–18, 120, 147, 260; see also Brazil

  jazz 80, 101–3, 110; see also The Story of Jazz

  Jew Süss (play) 14

  Jorgens, Jack J. 249

  Journey into Fear (novel) 49, 78, 83, 90, 183

  Journey into Fear 50, 81–2, 89–93, 95, 97n.58, 104, 131; Istanbul 93; see also thriller

  Joyce, James 4, 23

  Julius Caesar (play) 15, 37, 235

  Kael, Pauline 38

  Kafka, Franz 3, 225–9, 230, 236, 253; see also Prague and The Trial

  Kammerspiel 130, 168–9

  Karas, Anton 206

  Keller, Harry 167, 175

  KGB 126

  King of Kings 195

  King, Sherwood 145

  Killers 138

  Kirk, Mark-Lee 49

  Kodar, Oja 181–9, 190n.5, 197, 231, 263, 271–2, 274–7, 281n.42; see also Crazy Weather and The Other Man and The Other Side of the Wind

  Koerner, Charles 53

  Korda, Alexander 127, 194, 206, 229, 244

  Kracauer, Siegfried 168

  Krasker, Robert 206

  Krohn, Bill 1, 246

  Kurant, Willy 245

  Lady from Shanghai, The 17, 78, 80–1, 90, 103–4, 129–31, 145–61, 164, 168–9, 187, 245; Acapulco 81, 131, 156, 147–8, 153–6, 203, 210; anti-authoritarianism 129, 164; hall-of-mirrors 157, 168–9; labyrinthine spaces 168–9; New York 80, 131, 146–8, 151–3, 158; San Francisco 81, 104, 131, 146–8, 151–3, 155–9; see also expressionism and Naples and noir and thriller

  Lang, Fritz 168

  Larrinaga, Mario 37

  Last Laugh, The see letzte Mann, Der

  Latin America/South America 10, 17, 50, 81, 88–9, 92, 95, 100–1, 103–4, 110, 118, 130–5, 138, 173, 181–6, 189, 257; see also Good Neighbor Policy

  L’Eclisse 231, 235

  left-wing: activism 130; critics 23, 266; filmmakers 128; left-wing serious thriller 183; melodrama 25

  letzte Mann, Der 169

  Little Prince, The (book) 127

  Lives of Harry Lime, The (radio play) 206

  Lloyd, Harold 35

  Lord Jim 243

  Los Robles see Touch of Evil

  Loves of Carmen, The 257

  Love Story 104, 156; see also It’s All True

  Lucidi, Renzo 204

  Macbeth 15, 17, 54, 160, 226; see also expressionism

  machismo 183–4, 263–4

  Mackenzie, John 182

  Magnificent Ambersons, The 10, 13, 16, 21, 24, 26, 35, 49–71, 72n.27, 77, 89, 92, 99–101, 107, 243, 272; African Americans 57; distant European past 245; Indianapolis 10, 27–9, 52, 54, 56–7, 60–3, 65–7, 70, 100; mansion 52, 56, 62–6, 69–70, 73n.54; see also New York

  Magnificent Ambersons, The (novel) 13

  Malle, Louis 197

  Maltese Falcon, The 169, 206

  Mancini, Henry 173, 178n.24

  M. & A. Alexander 205

  Mandaroux, Jean 235

  Manhattan Transfer (novel) 22

  Man in the Shadow, The 166

  Mankiewicz, Herman J. 16, 25, 31n.22, 32, 38–41, 79

  Mankiewicz, Joseph L. 258

  Mann, Anthony 77, 128, 165, 169, 195

  ‘Man of Mystery’ (episode) 206–7, 209, 214; see The Lives of Harry Lime

  Man with a Movie Camera 4, 117

  March of Time, The (radio play) 84, 208

  Marco the Magnificent 236

  Marx, Karl 15, 40, 89, 126, 132, 182, 246

  Masquerade see Mr. Arkadin

  Masterson, Whit 166

  Mayer, Louis B. 23

  May, Joe 169

  Maysles, Albert and David 270

  McCarthy, Joseph 127, 160; and Cold War

  Meltzer, Robert 105, 110, 119

  Melville, Herman 245

  Melville, Jean-Pierre 245

  Mercedes 181, 264, 273–4

  Merchant of Venice, The 251

  Mercury Theatre 15–16, 23, 247

  Mercury Theatre on the Air, The (radio play) 15

  Mercy see Mercedes

  Mérimée, Prosper 257, 271, 275

  Merrie England 2, 24, 28, 58, 246, 248

  Metty, Russell 137, 170, 175

  Mexican Melodrama see Way to Santiago, The

  Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost 53

  Midlander, The (novel) 56

  Miller, William see Masterson, Whit

  mise-en-scène 5, 46, 60, 77, 82, 139, 166, 183, 219, 221, 230

  Misérables, Les (play) 15

  Misraki, Paul 211–12

  Moby Dick (novel) 243

  ‘Moby Dick’ Rehearsed (play) 243

  Monash, Paul 166

  Monsieur Arkadin (novel) 205, 209

  Monsieur Verdoux 50

  Moreau, Jeanne 236, 275

  Mori, Paola 258

  Mr. Arkadin 3, 6, 10, 29, 81, 87, 126, 155, 163, 165, 175, 187, 194–5, 203–14, 217–21, 224n.62, 229, 231, 257–9; Barcelona 214, 217, 231, 277; flashback structure 204–5; Madrid 195, 203, 213, 220, 224n.62, 257–8, 277; Munich 3, 144n.27, 203, 210, 212, 214, 217–21, 226; Spanish-language version 204; see also Europe and impressionism and Naples and Spain and thriller

  multi-national filmmaking 194

  Munich Film Museum 251, 276

  Murder, My Sweet 169

  Murder on the Riviera (radio episode) 207

  Murnau, F. W. 168, 169

  Musketeers, The (TV programme) 17

  ‘My Friend Bonito’ (episode) 49; see also It’s All True

  Naked City, The 77, 148, 169, 170; semi-documentary realism 148

  Naked Lady, The (TV programme) 17

  Naples 81, 87, 210, 213, 217

  Naremore, James 8, 25, 40–1, 86, 148, 248

  Native Son (play) 16

  Nazism 79, 85, 87, 90–92, 119, 132–3, 136, 220–1; in Argentina 133, 135; death camp 132, 139; de-Nazification 220; Germany 80, 131, 168 ; Nazi-hunter 129, 143n.20; post-Nazi era 218; prisons 237, 240n.34

  Nella terra di Don Chisciotte 5

  New Orleans 102

  New York 4, 10, 14, 22–3, 28, 34, 41–2, 80, 90, 102–3, 130, 149, 170; see also Citizen Kane and The Lady from Shanghai and Mr. Arkadin

  New Yorker 38, 149

  New York Post 125

  New Wien (segment) 1, 3, 9

  Night and the City 170

  Night Train to Munich 83

  Nobility of the Peasantry see Nobleza baturra

  Nobleza baturra 258

  noir/film noir 4, 10, 78, 128–31, 146, 154, 164–5, 168–70, 183, 189; cinematic cities 130, 164; labyrinths 170; postwar noir 129; private-detective-centred 169; worldview 130

  Noriega, Jose 88–9, 127

  Nosferatu 168

  OCIAA 50, 99, 115

  Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs see OCIAA

  Old Chevalier, The 253n.2

  ‘Old Chevalier, The’ (short story) 43, 244

  One-Man Band see Orson’s Bag

  Operation Cinderella 194

  Orson’s Bag 2, 9, 11n.n.3,8, 198–9, 251, 272, 275; and Vienna and Zagreb

  Orson Welles en el país de Don Quijote 262

  Orson Welles #4 see Way to Santiago, The

  Orson Welles Show, The (radio play) 50r />
  ORTF 244

  Otello, Grand 105, 111, 116–17, 119

  Othello 6, 120, 163, 168, 175, 193–6, 203, 206–7, 214, 228, 245, 249–50–2; see also Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or and Europe

  Other Man, The 181–9, 190n.5; see also Oja Kodar and Pan-American cities and thriller

  Other Side of the Wind, The 84, 157, 181, 199, 231, 244, 268, 271, 273; American macho 264

  Out of the Past 138

  Pamplona 4, 257, 265, 267–9; encierros 267–8; San Fermin 267–9, 281n.39; see also In the Land of Don Quixote

  Pan-American films 10, 77–181, 189; anti-fascist 50, 78, 106; Carnaval 116; cities 99, 181; identity 101, 165; port city 165; propaganda 116; thrillers 78, 128, 163, 184

  Paris by Night 244

  Paul, Elliot 79, 101–2

  Photosonar studios 203

  Piedra, Emiliano 247

  Poe, Edgar Allen 197

  political films 77

  port cities 4, 77, 131, 148, 184

  Portrait of Gina see Viva Italia

  Prague 3, 227, 229, 230, 275; Holocaust 227

  Prince of Foxes 193

  Prozess, Der see Trial, The

  Pulitzer Prize 25, 57

  RAI-TV 266

  Ray, Nicholas 195

  Reed, Carol 2, 83, 193, 206

  Rio de Janeiro 1, 4, 50, 71, 101, 106–7, 109–10, 112, 119, 186; bidonville 187–9; Carnaval, 4, 50, 71, 79, 100–12, 115–19, 127; see also Brazil and It’s All True

  Rivelles, Amparo 204, 215

  RKO 13, 16–17, 21–4, 37, 49–51, 53–6, 59–60, 63–7, 69, 77–84, 86, 88–93, 100–4, 107–9, 115, 118–19, 122n.47; RKO-Pathé Studio 64

  Rockefeller, Nelson 50, 183

  Rohmer, Eric 211, 217

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. 40, 50, 78, 86, 99, 125, 127–9, 277; Depression era 15, 22; see also Good Neighbor Policy

  Roots of Heaven, The 196

  Rosenbaum, Jonathan 6, 8–9, 18, 54, 209, 211, 281n.39

  Rossen, Robert 128, 195

  rubble films 218

  Ruttland, Walter 4

  Sacred Beasts, The 109, 259, 264, 270–1; see also bullfighting

  Safety Last 35

  Saladin: Three Crusaders 197

  Salome 119, 127, 194

  samba 100, 104–5, 109–17, 119, 268; see also Brazil and Rio de Janeiro

  Samba 119

  saudade 1, 71, 113–15, 165, 210, 226

  Scalera, Michele 193, 249–50

  Schaefer, George 16, 23, 53

  Sevilla Film Studios 195, 203

  Shadow of a Doubt 138

  ‘Shadow, The’ (radio episode) 15

  Shakespeare, William 2, 14, 160, 180, 244, 246, 251, 253

  Shoemaker’s Holiday, The (play) 15

  Shylock Story, The 251, 253; see also The Merchant of Venice

  Side Street 77, 169

  silent film 4, 15, 28, 35, 101, 120

  Siodmak, Robert 131, 168

  Sirhan Sirhan 181

  Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee 164

  Smiler with the Knife, The 80, 82, 84, 86, 88, 90

  Socialist Realism 22–3

  Spain 10–11, 14, 23, 43, 87–8, 155, 165, 195–7, 203, 214, 216, 245, 247, 25–9, 262–7, 270–3, 276–8; españolada 14, 257–8; Stalinist influence in 23; see also bullfight and Ernest Hemingway and Francisco Franco and John Dos Passos

  Spanish-American War 10, 26, 29, 40, 43

  Spanish Civil War 15, 93, 129, 147, 258; International Brigades 151; Popular Front 15, 22–3, 82–3; postwar 165, 195; see also fascism and Spain

  Spanish Earth, The 23

  Spiegel, Sam 131

  Spirits of the Dead 197

  Stamboul Train (novel) 83

  Sternberg, Josef von 169

  Stewart, James G. 81

  ‘St-Germain-des-Prés’ (episode) see Around the World with Orson Welles

  Story of Jazz, The 101–3

  Stranger, The 17, 78, 81, 125–42, 153, 168, 175, 189; film noir postwar thriller 30; Puerto Indio 133–5, 137, 141, 175, 189; see also Argentina and expressionism and noir

  Straße, Die 169

  Street, The see Straße, Die

  Street with No Name, The 169

  Sun Also Rises, The (novel) 14, 267

  Surinam see Victory

  Take This Woman 146, 161n.17

  Tamiroff, Akim 144n.27, 196, 209, 224n.62, 229, 281n.39

  Taras Bulba (novel) 225

  Tarkington, Booth 13, 24–5, 50, 54, 56–71, 245

  Tasca di Cutò, Alessandro 265–6

  Temporary Draft 131

  Third Draft see Black Irish

  Third Man, The 2, 141, 183, 193–4, 206; and expressionism and postwar Europe and thriller and Vienna

  Third Man (theme) 206

  thriller 5, 10, 17, 49, 77–95, 118, 127, 138, 148, 156, 165, 181–3, 185, 194, 197–8, 206–7, 220; anti-fascist 78, 90, 95; comic 104; Pan-American 78, 128, 146, 163, 184; political 277; postwar 30n.2; serious thriller 82, 206, 212–13; spy thriller 78

  Tito, Josip Broz 2, 197–9, 230

  Toland, Gregg 36–7, 49; see also Citizen Kane

  Too Much Johnson 12n.11, 22, 36, 47n.5, 108; and Madrid 47n.5

  Too Much Johnson (play) 4, 15, 35

  Touch of Evil 3, 6, 17, 46, 78, 80, 85, 95–96n.12, 142, 155, 163–77, 177n.7, 178n.21, 179n.26, 185, 187, 196, 210, 220; US/Mexican border 3–4, 77, 155–68, 170–4, 177, 178n.21; cinematic spaces 78; expressionist use of shadows 137, 175; Los Angeles 78, 164; Los Robles 3, 78, 81, 164, 166–8, 170, 174–5, 177, 178n.24, 179n.26; Venice Beach 78, 164, 168, 175, 177; see also expressionism and noir and thriller

  Tourneur, Jacques 138

  Towers, Harry Alan 206

  Trauner, Alexandre 249–51

  Treasure Island 197, 247, 254n.19

  Trial, The 3, 6, 10, 157, 168, 197, 210, 225–38, 238n.1, 239n.31, 240n.33, 253; Gare d’Orsay 3, 235–7; post-Holocaust 253; see also Europe and expressionism and Prague and Vienna and Zagreb

  Trivers, Paul 79, 89

  Turmoil, The (novel) 56–7

  Twelfth Night (play) 14

  Twentieth Century Fox 118, 139, 154, 156, 231

  Two by Two see Capitan Noè

  United Nations 125–7, 176

  Universal Pictures 17, 128, 139, 166

  Unnamed Mexican Story 89

  urban spaces 5, 11, 36, 46, 78, 95, 102, 245

  Vadim, Roger 197

  Varieté 169

  Variety see Varieté

  Veiller, Anthony 17, 131, 138

  Venice Film Festival 160, 204, 226, 255n.33

  Vertov, Dziga 4

  Victory 243

  Vidor, Charles 146, 257

  Vienna 1–2, 206, 229, 275; Riesenrad Ferris wheel 2, 279; see also The Third Man

  V.I.P 205

  Viva Italia 259

  Wade, Robert see Masterson, Whit

  Walked by Night 169

  Walker, Vern 81

  War and Peace 127

  Warner Bros. 118, 204

  War of the Worlds (radio programme) 16

  Washington Evening Star 160

  Way to Santiago, The 49, 83, 86, 88–90; see also thriller

  Webb, Roy 53

  Welcome, Mister Marshall! see ¡Bienvenido, Mister Marshall!

  Wertenbaker, Lael Tucker 261–2

  When Are You Going to Finish Don Quixote? 197, 276

  Wilde, Oscar 119, 127, 194

  Wilder, Billy 168

  Williams, Charles 198

  Wilson, Richard 102, 105, 120

  Winter of Our Discontent, The 14

  World War I 40, 62, 82, 208, 229

  World War II 10, 91, 131; fascist Spain 195; postwar period 10, 30, 27, 127–9, 131, 153, 165, 169–70, 201–22, 226, 230–3, 246; Soviet-style internationalism 125; see also fascism and Good Neighbor Policy and The Lady from Shanghai

  Yugoslavia 197–9, 225–6, 230, 232, 236, 251; TV audience 196; see also Black Wave and Josip Broz Tito

  Zagreb 2–3, 11
, 199, 229–34, 236–7; General Plan of Zagreb 232; see also Orson’s Bag and The Third Man and The Trial

  Zugsmith, Albert 166

  Zwischen Gestern und Morgan 218

 

 

 


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