Nicholas Ray

The Glorious Failure of an American Director

By: Patrick McGilligan

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Paperback | 28 April 2023

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Award-winningfilm historian Patrick McGilligan follows hisacclaimed biographies of Alfred Hitchcock and Oscar Micheauxwith a revelatory look at the life of Nicholas Ray, the troubled director of Ina Lonely Place, We Can't GoHome Again, and Rebel Without a Cause. McGilligancharts the cerebral struggles, astonishing adventures, and artistic triumphsthat defined Ray's life, including his Hollywood collaborations with HumphreyBogart, Robert Mitchum, James Cagney, and James Dean;his love affairs with Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, ZsaZsa Gabor, and Gloria Grahame; his partnerships withactivist Abbie Hoffman, pornography starlet MarilynChambers, photographer Wim Wenders;and more. Celebrating, contextualizing, and examining Ray's life and work, McGilligandelivers a milestone of film history and offers a captivating look at one ofclassic cinema's most colorful figures.

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"[A] portrait of a filmmaker who managed over time to upstage the movies that made him celebrated." -- Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

"A clear and balanced portrait of a most complex man." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"[A] fascinating, formidable account of a director whose life was as fraught with complications and melodrama as were his movies....Meticulously researched and gratifying, a biographical page-turner." -- Library Journal (starred review)

"McGilligan limns the tragic trajectory of Ray's career with insight and compassion." -- Booklist

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The Iron Fist, the Velvet Glove	p. 1
"Struggle Is Grand"	p. 21
Agitation of the Essence	p. 49
"Ungathered"	p. 81
Atmosphere of Fear	p. 125
Mr. Nice Guy	p. 173
Bread and Taxes	p. 215
The Golden World	p. 262
Circle of Isolation	p. 314
Lost Causes	p. 356
The Martyrlogue	p. 391
Project X	p. 440
Filmography	p. 494
Other Credits	p. 507
Sources and Acknowledgments	p. 508
Notes	p. 512
Permissions	p. 538
Index	p. 540
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The Glorious Failure of an American Director

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