| Summary: | George Stevens directed such popular and significant films as Shane, Giant, A Place in the Sun, and The Diary of Anne Frank . He was the first to pair Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy on film in Woman of the Year . Through the study of Stevens's life and his production history, Marilyn Ann Moss presents a glimpse of the workings of the classic Hollywood studio system in its glory days from the 1930s to the 1960s.<br> <br> Moss documents Stevens's role as a powerful director who often had to battle the heads of major studios to get his films made his way. She traces the four decades Stevens was a major Hollywood player and icon, from his earliest days at the Hal Roach Studios--where he learned to be a cameraman, writer, and director for Laurel and Hardy features--up to when his films made millions at the box office and were graced by actors such as Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, Alan Ladd, and Montgomery Clift.<br> <br>
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