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   Frederic Lombardi’s book on the director and his work, Allan Dwan and the Rise and Decline of the Hollywood Studios, does much – indeed, as much as could be imagined – to both trace the director’s history and career and explicate the myths.

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   Jul 30, 2012 · Rich in detail with two columns of text in each of its nearly 400 pages, and with more than 150 photographs, this book presents a thorough examination of Allan Dwan and separates myth from truth in his life and films.

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   • Format: Paperback

   • Author: Frederic Lombardi

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   Allan Dwan: Between the Lines. Imogen Sara Smith. July 31, 2013. “Dwan was never afraid of melodrama, so often disdained for its contrivance, implausibility and heightened emotion; nor of farce, with its tendency to reduce characters to spastic puppets or wind-up toys.

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   Mar 29, 2013 · It could be said that the career of Canadian-born film director Allan Dwan (1885-1981) began at the dawn of the American motion picture industry. Originally a scriptwriter, Dwan became a director purely by accident. Even so, his creativity and problem-solving skills propelled him to the top of his profession. He achiev

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   Mar 5, 2012 · In conversation as in filmmaking, Allan Dwan (1886–1981) is a master storyteller. He savors details, builds suspense, sketches characters broadly yet deftly, and never allows the pace to flag. A genuine affection for people–tempered by a mischievous sense of humor–illuminates every yarn.

6. www.newyorker.com › the-films-of-allan-dwanThe Films of Allan Dwan - The New Yorker

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   Jun 5, 2013 · Dwan’s films offer a distinctively thick cross-section of society, bringing all strata, from grandees to grifters, together in his stories and in his turbulent, overflowing images.

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   Is there a book about Allan Dwan?

   • The series is organized around the publication of the book “ Allan Dwan and the Rise and Decline of the Hollywood Studios,” by Frederic Lombardi. I haven’t laid eyes on a copy yet, but am planning to read it; will report back. (MOMA has put the preface online.)

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   Who is Allan Dwan?

   • Dwan also appears as an interviewee in Brownlow and David Gill’s majestic documentary series Hollywood (1980). Dave Kehr, “Sweethearts on Parade.” In Allan Dwan: A Dossier, p. 274. David Phelps, “The Uncertainty Principle,” Dossier, p. 68.

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   Why is Dwan a good movie?

   • With its sophisticated physics, video screens, and microbiological beguilement, the movie conveys Dwan’s state of shock regarding the rise of nuclear power, increasingly violent cities, and a military-scientific order in which power is enriched with arcane knowledge and where science defies, with Faustian audacity, the bounds of human decency.

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   What are Dwan's best films?

   • These trademark techniques are all facets of Dwan’s essential importance, which resides first and last in his nature as a story-teller. All are on display in the quartet of films that represent his best late work: Silver Lode (1954), Tennessee’s Partner (1955), Slightly Scarlet (1956), and The River’s Edge (1957).

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   What makes Dwan's films unique?

   • Dwan’s films offer a distinctively thick cross-section of society, bringing all strata, from grandees to grifters, together in his stories and in his turbulent, overflowing images.

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   What does Andrew Sarris say about Allan Dwan?

   • In his brief entry on Allan Dwan in the “Expressive Esoterica” chapter of American Cinema, Andrew Sarris concluded, “there may be much more to say about Dwan.”

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8. offscreen.com › view › a-window-on-the-early-silentA “window” on the early silent film work of Allan Dwan

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   The 27th edition of Il Cinema Ritrovato, the acclaimed festival of film restoration held in Bologna, Italy (29 June–6 July, 2013) allowed audiences the opportunity to re-evaluate the work of Canadian-born, American film pioneer, Allan Dwan (1885–1981).