for bibliographic background to Stanly Kubrick's  "Spartacus" try Michael
Grant "Gladiators" penguine 1971
and Lewis Grassic Gibbon's "Spartacus" from which Howard borrowed heavily
and Plutarch biography of Crassus


At 00:15 08/02/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Kirk Douglas's biography "The Ragman's Son" covers the production of
>Spartacus in
>some detail.
>Sharon Knolle
>
>
>>This request is being cross-listed to h-film.
>>
>>I'm trying to track down an essay I once read on the production history of
>>*Spartacus* with special reference to different script versions (Fast's
>>versus Trumbo's versus Kubrick's Koestler-inspired version).  Does this
>>ring a bell for anyone?  What is the bibliographic reference?
>>
>>Thanks!
>>
>>--Dana Polan
>>
>>----
>>To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L
>>in the message.  Problems?  Contact [log in to unmask]
>
>----
>To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L
>in the message.  Problems?  Contact [log in to unmask]
>
>

----
Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite
http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite