the hard-boiled, the comic, and the weepers Meyer, William R. 1949- creator text bibliography biography Biographies. nyu New Rochelle, N.Y Arlington House c1978 1978 monographic eng 381 pages. : illustrations ; 26 cm. The book opens with an overview of studio-era filmmaking at Warner Bros., setting the stage for individual director profiles—starting with versatile craftsman Lloyd Bacon and extravagant musical auteur Busby Berkeley. Over the course of nearly 20 chapters, Meyer explores how each director contributed to Warner Bros.’ identity, blending genre, style, and studio demands. Lloyd Bacon Busby Berkeley Curtis Bernhardt Alan Crosland Michael Curtiz Delmer Daves William Dieterle Peter Godfrey Edmund Goulding Howard Hawks John Huston William Keighley Mervyn Leroy Anatole Litvak Jean Negulesco Irving Rapper Vincent Sherman Raoul Walsh William Wellman William R. Meyer. Includes index. Includes filmographies. n-us--- n-us-ca Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967) Motion picture producers and directors United States Biography Directores y productores de cine Estados Unidos Productores y directores de películas Estados Unidos PN 1998 M613w 1978 791.43/0233/0922 0870003976 9780870003974 77022194 DLC 770713 20250729111038.0 1304180 eng