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literature list on: Quo Vadis? (1951)
number of items: 12
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#1
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
#2
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
#3
Karban, Thomas: Ein Doppelleben: Zum Tode von Miklos Rozsa. In: Film-Dienst 48. 1995. No. 17. [August 15] pp. 16-17.
Description:
On the composer who wrote the score for many fantastic films, among them The Thief of Bagdad by Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, Tim Whelan, Alexander and Zoltan as well as William Cameron Menzies; Zoltan Korda’s Four Feathers; The Jungle Book by Zoltan Korda and André de Toth; Hitchcock’s Spellbound; Mervyn LeRoy’s Quo Vadis; Anthony Mann’s El Cid and William Wyler’s Ben Hur.
Index:
Rózsa, Miklós
Berger, Ludwig
Powell, Michael
Whelan, Tim
Korda, Zoltan
Korda, Alexander
Korda, Zoltan
Menzies, William Cameron
de Toth, André
Hitchcock, Alfred
LeRoy, Mervyn
Mann, Anthony
Wyler, William
Thief of Bagdad, The (1940)
Four Feathers (1939)
Jungle Book (1942)
Spellbound (1945)
Quo Vadis? (1951)
Cid, El (1961)
Ben Hur (1959)
Tod ~ Death
Musik ~ Music
#4
LoBrutto, Vincent: Ralph Winters. In: LoBrutto, Vincent: Selected takes: Film editors on editing. - Westport, Connecticut; New York; London: Praeger Publishing 1991. pp. 39-50.
Description:
On the cutter and his work for King Solomon’s Mines by Compton Bennett and Andrew Marton, Mervyn LeRoy’s Quo Vadis?, William Wyler’s Ben Hur and John Guillermin’s King Kong.
Index:
Bennett, Compton
Marton, Andrew
LeRoy, Mervyn
Wyler, William
Guillermin, John
Winters, Ralph
King Solomon’s Mines (1949/1950)
Quo Vadis? (1951)
Ben Hur (1959)
King Kong (1976)
#5
Meyer, Stephen C.: Spectacle and authenticity in Miklós Rózsa’s Quo Vadis score. In: Meyer, Stephen C.: Epic sound: Music in postwar Hollywood biblical films. - Bloomington; Indianapolis: Indiana University Press 2015.p. ?P.
Index:
LeRoy, Mervyn
Rózsa, Miklós
Quo Vadis? (1951)
Hollywood ~ Hollywood
Krieg ~ War
Religion ~ Religion
Musik ~ Music
#6
Paulsen, Thomas: "Was für ein Künstler geht mit mir zugrunde!" Peter Ustinovs Nero-Psychogramm und die antiken Quellen. In: Antike und Mittelalter im Film: Konstruktion - Dokumentation - Projektion. Hrsg. von Mischa Meier und Simona Slanicka. - Köln; Weimar; Wien: Böhlau 2007. (= Beiträge zur Geschichtskultur 29.) p. ?P.
Description:
On Ustinov’s role as Roman emperor in Mervyn LeRoy’s Quo Vadis?.
Index:
Ustinov, Peter
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
LeRoy, Mervyn
Quo Vadis? (1951)
Rom ~ Rome
Psychologie ~ Psychology
Kunst ~ Arts, The
Geschichte: Antike ~ History: Ancient Times
#7
Pauly, Thomas H.: The way to salvation: The Hollywood Blockbuster of the 1950s. In: Prospects 1980. No. 5. [?D] pp. 467-487.
Description:
On biblical motifs in the Hollywood monumental film, especially on Cecil Blount DeMille’s Samson and Delilah, Henry King’s David and Bathseba and Quo Vadis by Mervyn Le Roy.
Index:
DeMille, Cecil Blount
King, Henry
LeRoy, Mervyn
Samson and Delilah (1950)
David and Bathseba (1951)
Quo Vadis? (1951)
Religion ~ Religion
Hollywood ~ Hollywood
#8
Quo Vadis. - Wien: ?V ?J. (= Illustrierter Film-Kurier 1784.)
Index:
LeRoy, Mervyn
Quo Vadis? (1951)
#9
Quo vadis?. - Wien: ?V ?J. (= Neues Filmprogramm 1505.)
Index:
LeRoy, Mervyn
Quo Vadis? (1951)
#10
Rózsa, Miklós: Quo Vadis, 1951. In: The Hollywood film music reader. Edited by Mervyn Cooke. - Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press 2010. p. ?P.
Index:
Rózsa, Miklós
LeRoy, Mervyn
Quo Vadis? (1951)
Musik ~ Music
Hollywood ~ Hollywood
#11
Sullivan, Joseph M.: MGM’s 1953 Knights of the Round Table in its manuscript context. In: Arthuriana 14. 2004. No. 3. [?D] pp. 53-68.
Description:
Discusses also Richard Thorpe’s Ivanhoe (1952) and Mervyn LeRoy’s Quo Vadis? (1951).
Index:
Thorpe, Richard
LeRoy, Mervyn
Knights of the Round Table (1953)
Ivanhoe (1952)
Quo Vadis? (1951)
MGM (Metro Goldwyn Mayer) ~ MGM (Metro Goldwyn Mayer)
Geschichte: Mittelalter ~ History: Middle Ages
#12
Winkler, Martin M.: The Roman salute: Cinema, history, ideology. - Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press 2009.
Description:
On the tradition of the Roman salute in history and culture. Discusses, among others, saluting in film, especially in ancient monumental films like Ben Hur, Quo Vadis? or Alexander as well as in the Star Trek films and TV series.
Index:
Wyler, William
LeRoy, Mervyn
Stone, Oliver
Ben Hur (1959)
Quo Vadis? (1951)
Alexander (2004)
Star Trek (Filmreihe)
Geschichte ~ History
Fernsehen ~ Television
Politik ~ Politics
Rom ~ Rome
Geschichte: Antike ~ History: Ancient Times
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