Larger Than Life

Movie Stars of the 1950s
Herausgeber: Palmer, R Barton

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Produktbeschreibung

Larger Than Life offers a comprehensive view of the star system in 1950s Hollywood and also in-depth discussions of the decade's major stars, including Montgomery Clift, Judy Holliday, Jerry Lewis, James Mason, Marilyn Monroe, Kim Novak, Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly, Jayne Mansfield, and Audrey Hepburn.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• None edition
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9780813547664
• ISBN-10: 0813547660
• Artikelnr.: 28522239

Autorenporträt

Palmer, R. Barton

Inhaltsangabe

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