The Films of Delmer Daves. Visions of Progress in Mid-Twentieth-Century America, Paperback

Argues that the Delmer Daves' work warrants sustained scholarly attention. Examining all of Daves' films, his screenplays, scripts that were not filmed, and personal papers, Douglas Horlock argues that Daves was a serious and enlightened filmmaker whose work confronts the general conservatism of Hollywood in the mid-twentieth century.

• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Author(s): Douglas Horlock
• Illustration(s): 9 b&w illustrations; 9 b&w illustrations
• Number of pages: 248
• Publication date: 2022
• Dimensions: 153 x 228 x 21
• Cover type: Paperback / softback