Larger Than Life : Movie Stars of the 1950s /

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The constellation of Hollywood stars burned brightly in the 1950s, even as the industry fell on hard economic times. Major artists of the 1940s--James Stewart, Jerry Lewis, and Gregory Peck--continued to exert a magical appeal but the younger generation of moviegoers was soon enthralled by an emergi...

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Otros Autores: Brown, William A. (Contribuidor), Brown, William, Hirsch, Foster (Contribuidor), Krutnik, Frank (Contribuidor), Lawrence, Amy (Contribuidor), McLean, Adrienne L. (Contribuidor), Palmer, R. Barton (Contribuidor, Editor ), Pomerance, Murray (Contribuidor), Pugh, Tison (Contribuidor), Sandler, Barry (Contribuidor), Solomon, Matthew (Contribuidor), White, Susan (Contribuidor), Wojcik, Pamela Robertson (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2010]
Colección:Star Decades: American Culture/American
Temas:
Motion picture actors and actresses > United States > Biography.
PERFORMING ARTS / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Stardom in the 1950s
  • 1. Montgomery Clift: Hollywood Pseudohomosexual
  • 2. Charlton Heston and Gregory Peck: Organization Men
  • 3. James Stewart and James Dean:The Darkness Within
  • 4. James Mason: A Star Is Born Bigger Than Life
  • 5. Reflexivity and Metaperformance: Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, and Kim Novak
  • 6. Audrey Hepburn:The Film Star as Event
  • 7. Doris Day and Rock Hudson:The Girl Next Door and the Brawny He-Man
  • 8. Marlon Brando: Actor, Star, Liar
  • 9. Jerry Lewis: From Hamlet to Clown
  • 10. Judy Holliday:The Hungry Star
  • 11. What a Swell Party This Was: Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Bing Crosby, and Frank Sinatra
  • In the Wings
  • Works Cited
  • Contributors
  • Index

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