James Curtis (biographer): Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
Rescuing 1 sources and tagging 0 as dead.) #IABot (v2.0.9.3 |
Citation bot (talk | contribs) Misc citation tidying. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by AManWithNoPlan | #UCB_CommandLine |
||
| Line 4: | Line 4: | ||
==Work== |
==Work== |
||
Curtis's publications include biographies of comedian [[W. C. Fields]], director and screenwriter [[Preston Sturges]], director [[James Whale]], production designer [[William Cameron Menzies]],<ref>[https://books.google.com/books |
Curtis's publications include biographies of comedian [[W. C. Fields]], director and screenwriter [[Preston Sturges]], director [[James Whale]], production designer [[William Cameron Menzies]],<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=0F-WBgAAQBAJ William Cameron Menzies: The Shape of Films to Come], by James Curtis, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Nov 17, 2015</ref> actor [[Spencer Tracy]].<ref name="basinger">{{cite news|last=Basinger|first=Jeanine|title=Book Review: Spencer Tracy. 'Hollywood's Favorite Actor'|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204346104576637431635762382|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|date=October 29, 2011}}</ref> and comedian [[Mort Sahl]]. Curtis spent six years researching and writing ''Spencer Tracy: A Biography'' (2011). Film critic [[Leonard Maltin]] praised the work, saying in his review, "It represents a high-water mark in this field: a scrupulously researched life story that is also well-written and completely absorbing, through 878 pages of text".<ref name="maltin">{{cite web | last=Maltin | first=Leonard | url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/leonardmaltin/spencer-tracy-a-biographybook-review | title=Spencer Tracy: A Biography—Book review | publisher=Indiewire | work=Leonard Maltin's Movie Crazy | date=November 9, 2011 | access-date=June 25, 2012 | archive-date=April 3, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403043259/http://blogs.indiewire.com/leonardmaltin/spencer-tracy-a-biographybook-review | url-status=dead }}</ref> |
||
He received the Special Jury Prize of the Theatre Library Association in 2004 for ''W. C. Fields: A Biography''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tla-online.org/awards/bookawards/wallaward/winners.html |title=Richard Wall Memorial Award - Winners, 1974-Present |publisher=Theatre Library Association |accessdate=June 25, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302103845/http://www.tla-online.org/awards/bookawards/wallaward/winners.html |archivedate=March 2, 2013 }}</ref> |
He received the Special Jury Prize of the Theatre Library Association in 2004 for ''W. C. Fields: A Biography''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tla-online.org/awards/bookawards/wallaward/winners.html |title=Richard Wall Memorial Award - Winners, 1974-Present |publisher=Theatre Library Association |accessdate=June 25, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302103845/http://www.tla-online.org/awards/bookawards/wallaward/winners.html |archivedate=March 2, 2013 }}</ref> |
||
Latest revision as of 12:35, 15 March 2023
James Curtis is an American biographer. Born in Los Angeles, California, Curtis writes about important figures from the early days of film.[1]
Work
[edit]Curtis's publications include biographies of comedian W. C. Fields, director and screenwriter Preston Sturges, director James Whale, production designer William Cameron Menzies,[2] actor Spencer Tracy.[3] and comedian Mort Sahl. Curtis spent six years researching and writing Spencer Tracy: A Biography (2011). Film critic Leonard Maltin praised the work, saying in his review, "It represents a high-water mark in this field: a scrupulously researched life story that is also well-written and completely absorbing, through 878 pages of text".[4]
He received the Special Jury Prize of the Theatre Library Association in 2004 for W. C. Fields: A Biography.[5]
In 2022, Curtis wrote a biography of Buster Keaton entitled Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Biography". JamesCurtis.com. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
- ^ William Cameron Menzies: The Shape of Films to Come, by James Curtis, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Nov 17, 2015
- ^ Basinger, Jeanine (October 29, 2011). "Book Review: Spencer Tracy. 'Hollywood's Favorite Actor'". The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Maltin, Leonard (November 9, 2011). "Spencer Tracy: A Biography—Book review". Leonard Maltin's Movie Crazy. Indiewire. Archived from the original on April 3, 2012. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
- ^ "Richard Wall Memorial Award - Winners, 1974-Present". Theatre Library Association. Archived from the original on March 2, 2013. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
- ^ Kamp, David (February 3, 2022). "How Buster Keaton Turned Slapstick — and Movies — Into Art". The New York Times. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
External links
[edit]
 | This article about a United States biographer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |