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literature list on: Koster, Henry
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#1
Asper, Helmut G.: The Rage of Hollywood: Ein Stoff für Filmstorys: Henry Koster in Hollywood. In: Film-Dienst 52. 1999. No. 14. [July 6] pp. 40-43.
Description:
On the actor.
Index:
Koster, Henry
Hollywood ~ Hollywood
#2
Babington, Bruce / Evans, Peter William: Biblical epics: Sacred narrative in the Hollywood cinema. - Manchester; New York: Manchester University Press 1993.
Reviews:
Hertkorn, Ottmar: [untitled] In: Medienwissenschaft 1994. No. 2. pp. 189-191.
Description:
Discusses, among others, both The Ten Commandment films by Cecil Blount DeMille, Salome by Wilhelm Dieterle, The Robe by Henry Koster, Ben Hur by William Wyler, Quo Vadis by Mervyn LeRoy, Spartacus by Stanley Kubrick, Demetrius and the Gladiators by Delmer Daves, both The King of Kings films by Cecil Blount DeMille and Nicholas Ray, The Greatest Story Ever Told by George Stevens and finally The Last Temptation of Christ by Martin Scorsese. Includes a bibliography.
Index:
DeMille, Cecil Blount
Dieterle, Wilhelm [Pseudonym: Dieterle, William]
Koster, Henry
Wyler, William
LeRoy, Mervyn
Kubrick, Stanley
Daves, Delmer
Ray, Nicholas
Stevens, George
Scorsese, Martin
Ten Commandments, The (1923)
Ten Commandments, The (1957)
Salome (1953)
Robe, The (1953)
Ben Hur (1959)
Quo Vadis? (1951)
Spartacus (1959/1960)
Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
King of Kings, The (1927)
King of Kings, The (1960)
Greatest Story Ever Told, The (1963)
Last Temptation of Christ, The (1988)
Religion ~ Religion
Religion ~ Religion
Hollywood ~ Hollywood
#3
Brunow, Jochen: Modernes Triptychon: The Robe. In: CinemaScope: Zur Geschichte der Breitwandfilme. Hrsg. von Helga Belach und Wolfgang Jacobsen. - Berlin: Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek / Wissenschaftsverlag Volker Spieß 1993. pp. 189-190.
Description:
On the film by Henry Koster.
Index:
Koster, Henry
Robe, The (1953)
Cinemascope ~ Cinemascope
#4
Etten, Manfred: Die letzte Versuchung Hollywoods: Notizen zum amerikanischen Jesus-Film 1953-1963. In: Jesus in der Hauptrolle: Zur Geschichte und Ästhetik der Jesus-Filme. - Köln: Katholisches Institut für Medieninformation 1992. (= Film-Dienst Extra [November].) pp. 28-32.
Description:
Discusses especially two big Hollywood productions: William Wyler’s Ben Hur and Henry Koster’s The Robe.
Index:
Wyler, William
Koster, Henry
Ben Hur (1959)
Robe, The (1953)
USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America)
Religion ~ Religion
Hollywood ~ Hollywood
#5
Fee, Matthew: Of leprechauns and tigers: Fantastic cinema and Irish national identity. - New York: New York University, Ph.D. 2007. [Abstract in: Dissertation Abstracts International A 68. 2008. No. 10. (April)]
Description:
On the fantastic as part of the Irish national identity. Discusses, as examples, Henry Koster’s The Luck of the Irish, Neil Jordan’s High Spirits and The Butcher Boy, Mike Newell’s Into the West, John Sayles’s The Secret of Roan Inish and Frank Stapleton’s The Fifth Province.
Index:
Koster, Henry
Jordan, Neil
Newell, Mike
Sayles, John
Stapleton, Frank
Luck of the Irish, The (1948)
High Spirits (1988)
Into the West (1992)
Secret of Roan Inish, The (1994)
Butcher Boy, The (1997)
Fifth Province, The (1997)
Irland ~ Ireland
#6
Flesher, Paul Virgil McCracken / Torry, Robert: Film & religion: An introduction. - Nashville, Tennessee: Abingdon Press 2007.
Description:
Includes chapters on Christmas films, on the representation of the Cold War and nuclear fears in film, on the representation of ancient history and the rise of the Christianity in film, on alien messiah figures, on the representation of the devil and finally on the representation of world religions like Islam, Judaism and Buddhism in film. Discusses, among others, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Chuck Jones and Ben Washam, Rudolph Maté’s When Worlds Collide, Robert Wise’s The Day the Earth Stood Still, Mervyn LeRoy’s Quo Vadis? and King of Kings, Henry Koster’s The Robe, Cecil Blount DeMille’s The Ten Commandments, Norman Jewison’s Jesus Christ Superstar and Agnes of Good, Martin Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ, Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ, William Friedkin’s The Exorcist, Richard Donner’s The Omen, Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 - A Space Odyssey, Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Barry Levinson’s The Natural, Phil Alden Robinson’s Field of Dreams and Bernardo Bertolucci’s Little Buddha.
Index:
Jones, Chuck
Washam, Ben
Maté, Rudolph
Wise, Robert
LeRoy, Mervyn
Koster, Henry
DeMille, Cecil Blount
Jewison, Norman
Scorsese, Martin
Gibson, Mel
Friedkin, William
Donner, Richard
Kubrick, Stanley
Spielberg, Steven
Levinson, Barry
Robinson, Phil Alden
Bertolucci, Bernardo
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)
When Worlds Collide (1951)
Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951)
Quo Vadis? (1951)
King of Kings (1961)
Robe, The (1953)
Ten Commandments, The (1957)
Jesus Christ Superstar (1972)
Agnes of Good (1985)
Last Temptation of Christ, The (1988)
Passion of the Christ, The (2004)
Exorcist, The (1973)
Omen, The / Birthmark (1976)
2001 - A Space Odyssey (1968)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Natural, The (1983)
Field of Dreams (1989)
Little Buddha (1993)
Religion: Teufel ~ Religion: Devil
Religion: Juden ~ Religion: Jews
Religion: Islam ~ Religion: Islam
Religion: Buddhismus ~ Religion: Buddhism
Religion ~ Religion
Krieg ~ War
Geschichte: Antike ~ History: Ancient Times
Atom ~ Nuclear
Angst ~ Fear
Aliens ~ Aliens
#7
Fowkes, Katherine A.: Harvey (1950): A happy hallucination? In: Fowkes, Katherine A.: The fantasy film. - Chichester; Malden, Massachussetts: Wiley-Blackwell 2010. (= New approaches to film genre.) p. ?P.
Index:
Koster, Henry
Harvey (1950)
Fantasy ~ Fantasy
#8
Das Gewand. - Nürnberg: Verlag Karin Stähle ?J. (= Super 8 Filmblätter.)
Index:
Koster, Henry
Robe, The (1953)
#9
Das Gewand. - Wien: ?V ?J. (= Illustrierter Film-Kurier 1926.)
Index:
Koster, Henry
Robe, The (1953)
#10
Giesen, Rolf: Kainsmal des Spektakels. In: CinemaScope: Zur Geschichte der Breitwandfilme. Hrsg. von Helga Belach und Wolfgang Jacobsen. - Berlin: Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek / Wissenschaftsverlag Volker Spieß 1993. pp. 45-52.
Description:
On the history of early wide screen film. Discusses, among others, Henry Koster’s The Robe and Richard Fleischer’s 20000 Leagues Under the Sea.
Index:
Koster, Henry
Fleischer, Richard
Robe, The (1953)
20000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
Cinemascope ~ Cinemascope
#11
Hark, Ina Rae: Tortured masculinity: Gendering Jesus in The Robe. In: Quarterly Review of Film and Video 18. 2001. No. 2. [April] pp. 117-128.
Description:
On the representation of the passion in Henry Koster’s 1953 film.
Index:
Koster, Henry
Robe, The (1953)
Gewalt ~ Violence
Sexualität ~ Sexuality
Religion ~ Religion
Männer ~ Men
#12
Heuring, David: An epic endeavour. In: American Cinematographer 90. 2009. No. 4. [April] pp. 54-61.
Description:
On the digital restoration of Henry Koster’s bible classic The Robe.
Index:
Koster, Henry
Robe, The (1953)
Technik: Computer ~ Technology: Computer
#13
Huntley, Stephen: Sponable’s CinemaScope: An intimate chronology of the invention of the CinemaScope optical system. In: Film History 5. 1993. No. 3. pp. 298-320.
Description:
On the history of the CinemaScope technique. Discusses, among others, Henry Koster’s The Robe.
Index:
Koster, Henry
Robe, The (1953)
Technik ~ Technology
Cinemascope ~ Cinemascope
#14
Koster, Henry: Luxus der breiten Leinwand. In: CinemaScope: Zur Geschichte der Breitwandfilme. Hrsg. von Helga Belach und Wolfgang Jacobsen. - Berlin: Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek / Wissenschaftsverlag Volker Spieß 1993. pp. 56-57.
Description:
The director on his CinemaScope film The Robe. Reprint of an article from: Martin Quigley Jr.: New Screen Techniques. - New York: Quigley Publishing Company 1953.
Index:
Koster, Henry
Robe, The (1953)
Technik ~ Technology
Cinemascope ~ Cinemascope
#15
Meyer, Stephen C.: Novel and film, music and miracle: Alfred Newman’s score to The Robe. In: Meyer, Stephen C.: Epic sound: Music in postwar Hollywood biblical films. - Bloomington; Indianapolis: Indiana University Press 2015.p. ?P.
Index:
Koster, Henry
Newman, Alfred
Robe, The (1953)
Wunder ~ Miracles
Hollywood ~ Hollywood
Krieg ~ War
Religion ~ Religion
Musik ~ Music
#16
Nackerud, David Duane: Seeing the light: Depictions of religious conversion in popular American films. - ?O: CBN University, M.A. 1989. [Abstract in: Masters Abstracts International 29. 1991. No. 2. p. 180.]
Description:
Discusses, among others, William Wyler’s Ben Hur, Cecil Blount DeMille’s The Sign of the Cross and Henry Koster’s The Robe.
Index:
Wyler, William
DeMille, Cecil Blount
Koster, Henry
Ben Hur (1959)
Sign of the Cross, The (1932)
Robe, The (1953)
USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America)
Religion ~ Religion
#17
Nagel, Josef: Träume in Cinemascope: Zur Rezeption scopeformatiger Filme. In: Film-Dienst 46. 1993. No. 3. [February 2] pp. 38-41.
Description:
Discusses, among others, Henry Koster’s The Robe.
Index:
Koster, Henry
Robe, The (1953)
Traum ~ Dreams
Cinemascope ~ Cinemascope
#18
Novembri, Valeria: La crocifissione in Cinemascope: La Tunica di Henry Koster. In: Il volto e gli sguardi: Bibbia, letteratura, cinema: Atti del convegno, Imperia Porto Maurizio, 17-18 ottobre 2008. A cura di Sandra Isetta. - Bologna: EDB 2010. (= Letture patristiche 13.) pp. 115 ff.
Index:
Koster, Henry
Robe, The (1953)
Cinemascope ~ Cinemascope
Literatur ~ Literature
Religion ~ Religion
#19
Sheen, Erica: "The light of God’s law": Violence and metaphysics in the ’50s widescreen biblical epic. In: Biblical Interpretation 6. 1998. No. 3/4. [?D] pp. 292-312.
Description:
Discusses, among others, Henry Koster’s The Robe and Cecil Blount DeMille’s The Ten Commandments.
Index:
Koster, Henry
DeMille, Cecil Blount
Robe, The (1953)
Ten Commandments, The (1957)
Gewalt ~ Violence
Religion ~ Religion
#20
Solomon, Jon: The Robe (1953). In: Bible and cinema: Fifty key films. Edited by Adele Reinhartz. - New York: Routledge 2013. (= Routledge key guides.) pp. 212-217.
Index:
Koster, Henry
Robe, The (1953)
Religion ~ Religion
#21
Zehn ausgewählte Jesus-Filme: Kritiken und Materialien. In: Jesus in der Hauptrolle: Zur Geschichte und Ästhetik der Jesus-Filme. - Köln: Katholisches Institut für Medieninformation 1992. (= Film-Dienst Extra [November].) pp. 58-73.
Description:
Discusses Henry Koster’s The Robe, Nicholas Ray’s King of Kings, George Stevens’s The Greatest Story Ever Told, Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Il vangelo secondo Matteo, Norman Jewison’s Jesus Christ Superstar, Roberto Rossellini’s La Messia, / Il Messie, Jesus by John Heyman, Peter Sykes and John Kirsh, Martin Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ, Denys Arcand’s Jésus de Montréal and Es wäre gut, daß ein Mensch würde umgebracht für das Volk by Hugo Niebeling.
Index:
Koster, Henry
Ray, Nicholas
Stevens, George
Pasolini, Pier Paolo
Jewison, Norman
Rossellini, Roberto
Heyman, John
Sykes, Peter
Kirsh, John
Scorsese, Martin
Arcand, Denys
Niebeling, Hugo
Robe, The (1953)
King of Kings (1961)
Greatest Story Ever Told, The (1963)
vangelo secondo Matteo, Il (1964)
Jesus Christ Superstar (1972)
Messia, Il / Messie, La (1975)
Jesus (1979)
Last Temptation of Christ, The (1988)
Jésus de Montréal (1989)
Es wäre gut, daß ein Mensch würde umgebracht für das Volk (1991)
Religion ~ Religion
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