Parker Tyler
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| - | '''Harrison Parker Tyler''', better known as '''Parker Tyler''' was born [[March 6]], [[1904]], in [[New Orleans]] and died in June [[1974]] in [[New York City]] of [[prostate cancer]]. | + | '''Harrison Parker Tyler''', better known as '''Parker Tyler''' (6 March 1904, [[New Orleans]] - June 1974, [[New York City]]) was an American author, poet, and [[film critic]]. Tyler had a relationship with underground filmmaker [[Charles Boultenhouse]] (1926-1994) from 1945 until his death. Their papers are held by the New York Public Library. |
| - | He was an author, poet and [[film critic]]. Tyler lived with filmmaker [[Charles Boultenhouse]] (1926-1994) from 1945 until his death. | + | He wrote ''[[The Young and Evil]]'' (Paris: [[Obelisk Press]], 1933) with [[Charles Henri Ford]], an energetically experimental novel with obvious debts to fellow Villager [[Djuna Barnes]], and also to [[Gertrude Stein]]. Tyler and Ford co-edited the [[Surrealist]] magazine ''[[View (magazine)|View]]'' until it folded in 1947. A writer for the journal ''[[Film Culture]]'', Tyler is one of the few film critics to write extensively on [[experimental film]] and [[underground film]]. From its inception in 1946, Tyler was film commentator for the historic film society [[Cinema 16]] founded by [[Amos Vogel]]. His ''Screening the Sexes: Homosexuality in the Movies'' (New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1972) was one of the first books about [[homosexuality]] and film, preceding [[Vito Russo]]'s ''The Celluloid Closet'' (1981). |
| - | He co-authored ''[[The Young and Evil]]'' ([[Obelisk Press]], [[1933]]) with [[Charles Henri Ford]], an energetically experimental novel with obvious debts to fellow Villager [[Djuna Barnes]], and also to [[Gertrude Stein]]. Tyler and Ford co-edited the [[Surrealist]] magazine ''[[View]]'' until it folded in 1947. | + | His books of film criticism include |
| + | * ''[[The Hollywood Hallucination]]'' (New York: Creative Age, 1944) | ||
| + | * ''[[Magic and Myth of the Movies]]'' (New York: [[Henry Holt and Company]], 1947) | ||
| + | * ''[[Chaplin: Last of the Clowns]]'' (New York: [[The Vanguard Press]], 1948) | ||
| + | * ''[[The Three Faces of the Film: the Art, the Dream, the Cult]]'' (New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1960) | ||
| + | * ''[[Classics of the Foreign Film: A Pictorial Treasury]]'' (Secaucus, NJ: [[Citadel Press]], 1962) | ||
| + | * ''[[Sex Psyche Etcetera in the Film]]'' (New York: Horizon Press, 1969) | ||
| + | * ''[[Underground Film: A Critical History]]'' (New York: [[Grove Press]], 1969) | ||
| + | * ''[[The Shadow of an Airplane Climbs the Empire State Building]]'' (Garden City, NY: [[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]], 1973) | ||
| - | A writer for the journal ''[[Film Culture]]'', Tyler is one of the few film critics to write extensively on [[experimental film]] and [[underground film|underground film.]] His ''[[Screening the Sexes]]'' (1972) is thought to be the first book-length study of [[homosexuality]] in film. Other books of film criticism by Tyler include ''[[The Hollywood Hallucination]]'' (1944), ''[[Magic and Myth of the Movies]]'' (1947), ''[[Classics of Foreign Film]]'' (1962), ''[[Sex Psyche Etcetera in the Film]]'' (1969), and ''[[The Shadow of an Airplane Climbs the Empire State Building]]'' (1973). | + | He often wrote for the ''View,'' the ''Kenyon Review,'' ''Partisan Review,'' ''Evergreen Review,'' and the cineaste magazines ''Film Culture,'' and ''Film Quarterly.'' Some of his books are collections of his magazine work. He received a Longview Award for Poetry in 1958. |
| - | Tyler's books became popular -- and some old titles reissued after being out-of print for years -- after he was mentioned several times in the novel ''[[Myra Breckinridge]]'' (1968) by [[Gore Vidal]]. | + | Tyler's books became popular—and some old titles reissued after being out-of-print for years—after Tyler was mentioned several times in the novel ''[[Myra Breckinridge]]'' (1968) by [[Gore Vidal]]. |
| - | ==External links== | + | [[Black Sparrow Press]] published his poetry, including a complete and corrected text of ''The Granite Butterfly,'' first published with [[Bern Porter]], Berkeley, Calif., 1945, as: |
| - | *http://www.torriblezone.com/aboutpt.html | + | * ''The Will of Eros: Selected Poems 1930-1970'' (Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1972) |
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Harrison Parker Tyler, better known as Parker Tyler (6 March 1904, New Orleans - June 1974, New York City) was an American author, poet, and film critic. Tyler had a relationship with underground filmmaker Charles Boultenhouse (1926-1994) from 1945 until his death. Their papers are held by the New York Public Library.
He wrote The Young and Evil (Paris: Obelisk Press, 1933) with Charles Henri Ford, an energetically experimental novel with obvious debts to fellow Villager Djuna Barnes, and also to Gertrude Stein. Tyler and Ford co-edited the Surrealist magazine View until it folded in 1947. A writer for the journal Film Culture, Tyler is one of the few film critics to write extensively on experimental film and underground film. From its inception in 1946, Tyler was film commentator for the historic film society Cinema 16 founded by Amos Vogel. His Screening the Sexes: Homosexuality in the Movies (New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1972) was one of the first books about homosexuality and film, preceding Vito Russo's The Celluloid Closet (1981).
His books of film criticism include
- The Hollywood Hallucination (New York: Creative Age, 1944)
- Magic and Myth of the Movies (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1947)
- Chaplin: Last of the Clowns (New York: The Vanguard Press, 1948)
- The Three Faces of the Film: the Art, the Dream, the Cult (New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1960)
- Classics of the Foreign Film: A Pictorial Treasury (Secaucus, NJ: Citadel Press, 1962)
- Sex Psyche Etcetera in the Film (New York: Horizon Press, 1969)
- Underground Film: A Critical History (New York: Grove Press, 1969)
- The Shadow of an Airplane Climbs the Empire State Building (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1973)
He often wrote for the View, the Kenyon Review, Partisan Review, Evergreen Review, and the cineaste magazines Film Culture, and Film Quarterly. Some of his books are collections of his magazine work. He received a Longview Award for Poetry in 1958.
Tyler's books became popular—and some old titles reissued after being out-of-print for years—after Tyler was mentioned several times in the novel Myra Breckinridge (1968) by Gore Vidal.
Black Sparrow Press published his poetry, including a complete and corrected text of The Granite Butterfly, first published with Bern Porter, Berkeley, Calif., 1945, as:
- The Will of Eros: Selected Poems 1930-1970 (Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1972)
