| Description |
ix, 282 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Star decades: American culture/American cinema |
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Star decades: American culture/American cinema.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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 A. 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 |
| Subject |
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Palmer, R. Barton, 1946-
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| ISBN |
9780813547664 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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0813547660 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9780813547671 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0813547679 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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