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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Autres auteurs: Wojcik, Pamela Robertson, 1964-, White, Susan, Solomon, Matthew, Sandler, Barry, Pugh, Tison, Pomerance, Murray, 1946-, McLean, Adrienne L., Lawrence, Amy, 1957-, Krutnik, Frank, 1956-, Hirsch, Foster, Brown, William, 1977-, Palmer, R. Barton, 1946-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, 2010.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Filmschauspieler
Motion picture actors and actresses.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > General.
PERFORMING ARTS > Acting & Auditioning.
Motion picture actors and actresses > United States > Biography.
USA.
USA
United States.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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