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Format: XVII, 475 S. : , Ill.

ISBN: 978-0-231-16578-5

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-0-231-53714-8

Language: English

Keywords: 1895-1969 Barry, Iris ; Biografie ; Biografie

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Format: 1 online resource(496 p.) : , illustrations.

Edition: Electronic reproduction. New York, NY : Columbia University Press, 2014. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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ISBN: 9780231537148

Content: Iris Barry (1895-1969) was a pivotal modern figure and one of the first intellectuals to treat film as an art form, appreciating its far-reaching, transformative power. Although she had the bearing of an aristocrat, she was the self-educated daughter of a brass founder and a palm-reader from the Isle of Man. An aspiring poet, Barry attracted the attention of Ezra Pound and joined a demimonde of Bloomsbury figures, including Ford Maddox Ford, T. S. Eliot, Arthur Waley, Edith Sitwell, and William Butler Yeats. She fell in love with Pound's eccentric fellow Vorticist, Wyndham Lewis, and had two children by him.In London, Barry pursued a career as a novelist, biographer, and critic of motion pictures. In America, she joined the modernist Askew Salon, where she met Alfred Barr, director of the new Museum of Modern Art. There she founded the museum's film department and became its first curator, assuring film's critical legitimacy. She convinced powerful Hollywood figures to submit their work for exhibition, creating a new respect for film and prompting the founding of the International Federation of Film Archives. Barry continued to augment MoMA's film library until World War II, when she joined the Office of Strategic Services to develop pro-American films with Orson Welles, Walt Disney, John Huston, and Frank Capra. Yet despite her patriotic efforts, Barry's "foreignness" and association with such filmmakers as Luis Buñuel made her the target of an anticommunist witch hunt. She eventually left for France and died in obscurity. Drawing on letters, memorabilia, and other documentary sources, Robert Sitton reconstructs Barry's phenomenal life and work while recasting the political involvement of artistic institutions in the twentieth century.

Note: Frontmatter -- , CONTENTS -- , List of Illustrations -- , To IRIS BARRY (1895–1969) / , Credits -- , Previews -- , 1. EARLY YEARS -- , 2. "WE ENJOYED THE WAR" -- , 3. "DEAR MISS BARRY" -- , 4. THE OTHER BLOOMSBURY -- , 5. LIFE WITH LEWIS -- , 6. CHILDREN -- , 7. ALAN PORTER -- , 8. The Spectator -- , 9. SPLASHING INTO FILM SOCIETY -- , 10. CINEMA PARAGONS, HOLLYWOOD, And LADY MARY -- , 11 .Let’S Go to the Pictures -- , 12. Victory and Defeat -- , 13. America -- , 14. The Askew Salon -- , 15. Museum Men -- , 16. Remarriage -- , 17. Settling In -- , 18. Cracking Hollywood -- , 19. Art High and Low -- , 20. On to Europe -- , 21. Going Public -- , 22. The Slow Martyrdom of Alfred Barr -- , 23. Meanwhile, Back at the Library -- , 24. New Work, Old Acquaintances -- , 25. "The Master" and His Minions -- , 26. Temora Farm -- , 27. The Museum Enlists -- , 28. Mr. Rockefeller’S Office -- , 29. L’Affair Buñuel -- , 30. The Other Library -- , 31. Divorce -- , 32. Postwar Blues -- , 33. Abbott’S Fall -- , 34. Hospital -- , 35. Departure -- , 36. La Bonne Font -- , 37. Things Past -- , 38. The Austin House -- , 39. Readjustments -- , 40. New York And London -- , 41. Final Breaks -- , 42. The End -- , Sequel -- , Notes -- , Sources -- , Index -- , Frontmatter -- , CONTENTS -- , List of Illustrations -- , To IRIS BARRY (1895–1969) / , Credits -- , Previews -- , 1. EARLY YEARS -- , 2. "WE ENJOYED THE WAR" -- , 3. "DEAR MISS BARRY" -- , 4. THE OTHER BLOOMSBURY -- , 5. LIFE WITH LEWIS -- , 6. CHILDREN -- , 7. ALAN PORTER -- , 8. The Spectator -- , 9. SPLASHING INTO FILM SOCIETY -- , 10. CINEMA PARAGONS, HOLLYWOOD, And LADY MARY -- , 11 .Let’S Go to the Pictures -- , 12. Victory and Defeat -- , 13. America -- , 14. The Askew Salon -- , 15. Museum Men -- , 16. Remarriage -- , 17. Settling In -- , 18. Cracking Hollywood -- , 19. Art High and Low -- , 20. On to Europe -- , 21. Going Public -- , 22. The Slow Martyrdom of Alfred Barr -- , 23. Meanwhile, Back at the Library -- , 24. New Work, Old Acquaintances -- , 25. "The Master" and His Minions -- , 26. Temora Farm -- , 27. The Museum Enlists -- , 28. Mr. Rockefeller’S Office -- , 29. L’Affair Buñuel -- , 30. The Other Library -- , 31. Divorce -- , 32. Postwar Blues -- , 33. Abbott’S Fall -- , 34. Hospital -- , 35. Departure -- , 36. La Bonne Font -- , 37. Things Past -- , 38. The Austin House -- , 39. Readjustments -- , 40. New York And London -- , 41. Final Breaks -- , 42. The End -- , Sequel -- , Notes -- , Sources -- , Index. , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.7312/sitt16578

URL: https://doi.org/10.7312/sitt16578

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Format: 1 online resource (xvii, 475 pages) : , illustrations (black and white)

ISBN: 9780231537148 (ebook) :

Content: Iris Barry (1895-1969) was a pivotal modern figure and one of the first intellectuals to treat film as an art form, appreciating its far-reaching, transformative power. The self-educated daughter of a brass founder and a palm-reader, as an aspiring poet Barry attracted the attention of Ezra Pound and joined a demimonde of Bloomsbury figures, and had two children by Wyndham Lewis. Drawing on letters, memorabilia, and other documentary sources, Robert Sitton reconstructs Barry's phenomenal life and work while recasting the political involvement of artistic institutions in the twentieth century.

Additional Edition: Print version : ISBN 9780231165785

Language: English

URL: Columbia scholarship online

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Format: 1 online resource (496 pages) : , illustrations, photographs

ISBN: 9780231537148 (e-book)

Note: Includes index.

Additional Edition: Print version: Sitton, Robert. Lady in the dark : Iris Barry and the art of film. New York : Columbia University Press, c2014 ISBN 9780231165785

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books.

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Format: 1 online resource (870 p.)

ISBN: 0-231-53714-X

Content: Iris Barry (1895-1969) was a pivotal modern figure and one of the first intellectuals to treat film as an art form, appreciating its far-reaching, transformative power. Although she had the bearing of an aristocrat, she was the self-educated daughter of a brass founder and a palm-reader from the Isle of Man. An aspiring poet, Barry attracted the attention of Ezra Pound and joined a demimonde of Bloomsbury figures, including Ford Maddox Ford, T. S. Eliot, Arthur Waley, Edith Sitwell, and William Butler Yeats. She fell in love with Pound's eccentric fellow Vorticist, Wyndham Lewis, and had two children by him. In London, Barry pursued a career as a novelist, biographer, and critic of motion pictures. In America, she joined the modernist Askew Salon, where she met Alfred Barr, director of the new Museum of Modern Art. There she founded the museum's film department and became its first curator, assuring film's critical legitimacy. She convinced powerful Hollywood figures to submit their work for exhibition, creating a new respect for film and prompting the founding of the International Federation of Film Archives. Barry continued to augment MoMA's film library until World War II, when she joined the Office of Strategic Services to develop pro-American films with Orson Welles, Walt Disney, John Huston, and Frank Capra. Yet despite her patriotic efforts, Barry's "foreignness" and association with such filmmakers as Luis Buñuel made her the target of an anticommunist witch hunt. She eventually left for France and died in obscurity. Drawing on letters, memorabilia, and other documentary sources, Robert Sitton reconstructs Barry's phenomenal life and work while recasting the political involvement of artistic institutions in the twentieth century.

Note: Includes index. , Front matter -- , CONTENTS -- , List of Illustrations -- , To IRIS BARRY (1895-1969) / , Credits -- , Previews -- , 1. EARLY YEARS -- , 2. "WE ENJOYED THE WAR" -- , 3. "DEAR MISS BARRY" -- , 4. THE OTHER BLOOMSBURY -- , 5. LIFE WITH LEWIS -- , 6. CHILDREN -- , 7. ALAN PORTER -- , 8. The Spectator -- , 9. SPLASHING INTO FILM SOCIETY -- , 10. CINEMA PARAGONS, HOLLYWOOD, And LADY MARY -- , 11 .Let's Go to the Pictures -- , 12. Victory and Defeat -- , 13. America -- , 14. The Askew Salon -- , 15. Museum Men -- , 16. Remarriage -- , 17. Settling In -- , 18. Cracking Hollywood -- , 19. Art High and Low -- , 20. On to Europe -- , 21. Going Public -- , 22. The Slow Martyrdom of Alfred Barr -- , 23. Meanwhile, Back at the Library -- , 24. New Work, Old Acquaintances -- , 25. "The Master" and His Minions -- , 26. Temora Farm -- , 27. The Museum Enlists -- , 28. Mr. Rockefeller's Office -- , 29. L'Affair Buñuel -- , 30. The Other Library -- , 31. Divorce -- , 32. Postwar Blues -- , 33. Abbott's Fall -- , 34. Hospital -- , 35. Departure -- , 36. La Bonne Font -- , 37. Things Past -- , 38. The Austin House -- , 39. Readjustments -- , 40. New York And London -- , 41. Final Breaks -- , 42. The End -- , Sequel -- , Notes -- , Sources -- , Index , Issued also in print. , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 1-322-37425-2

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-231-16578-1

Language: English

DOI: 10.7312/sitt16578