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 continued to exert a magical appeal but the younger generation of moviegoers was soon enthralled by an emerging cast, led by James Dean and Marlon Brando. T...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Palmer, R. Barton, 1946-, Brown, William, 1977-, Hirsch, Foster, Krutnik, Frank, 1956-, Lawrence, Amy, 1957-, McLean, Adrienne L., Pomerance, Murray, 1946-, Pugh, Tison, Sandler, Barry, Solomon, Matthew, White, Susan, Wojcik, Pamela Robertson, 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, 2010.
Colección:Star decades: American culture/American cinema.
Temas:
Motion picture actors and actresses > United States > Biography.
PERFORMING ARTS > Acting & Auditioning.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > General.
Motion picture actors and actresses.
Filmschauspieler
United States.
USA
USA.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / R. Barton Palmer
  • Montgomery Clift : Hollywood pseudohomosexual / Tison Pugh, Barry Sandler
  • Charlton Heston and Gregory Peck : organization men / R. Barton Palmer
  • James Stewart and James Dean : the darkness within / Murray Pomerance
  • James Mason : a star is born bigger than life / Amy Lawrence
  • Reflexivity and metaperformance : Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, and Kim Novak / Matthew Solomon
  • Audrey Hepburn : the film star as event / William Brown
  • Doris Day and Rock Hudson : the girl next door and the brawny he-man / Foster Hirsch
  • Marlon Brando : actor, star, liar / Susan White
  • Jerry Lewis : from Hamlet to clown / Frank Krutnik
  • Judy Holliday : the hungry star / Pamela Robertson Wojcik
  • What a swell party this was : Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Bing Crosby, and Frank Sinatra / Adrienne L. McLean
  • In the wings / R. Barton Palmer.

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