Larger Than Life: Movie Stars of the 1950s

Medientyp: E-Book

Titel: Larger Than Life : Movie Stars of the 1950s

Erschienen: New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, [2010]
[Online-Ausgabe]

Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource; 55

Sprache: Englisch

DOI: 10.36019/9780813549941

ISBN: 9780813549941

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Schlagwörter: Motion picture actors and actresses United States Biography ; PERFORMING ARTS / General

Art der Reproduktion: [Online-Ausgabe]

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Anmerkungen: restricted access online access with authorization star
In English
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web

Beschreibung: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Stardom in the 1950s / Palmer, R. Barton -- 1. Montgomery Clift: Hollywood Pseudohomosexual / Pugh, Tison / Sandler, Barry -- 2. Charlton Heston and Gregory Peck: Organization Men / Palmer, R. Barton -- 3. James Stewart and James Dean:The Darkness Within / Pomerance, Murray -- 4. James Mason: A Star Is Born Bigger Than Life / Lawrence, Amy -- 5. Reflexivity and Metaperformance: Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, and Kim Novak / Solomon, Matthew -- 6. Audrey Hepburn:The Film Star as Event / Brown, William A. -- 7. Doris Day and Rock Hudson:The Girl Next Door and the Brawny He-Man / Hirsch, Foster -- 8. Marlon Brando: Actor, Star, Liar / White, Susan -- 9. Jerry Lewis: From Hamlet to Clown / Krutnik, Frank -- 10. Judy Holliday:The Hungry Star / Wojcik, Pamela Robertson -- 11. What a Swell Party This Was: Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Bing Crosby, and Frank Sinatra / McLean, Adrienne L. -- In the Wings / Palmer, R. Barton -- Works Cited -- Contributors -- Index

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 emerging cast, led by James Dean and Marlon Brando. They, among others, ushered in a provocative acting style, "the Method," bringing hard-edged, realistic performances to the screen. Adult-oriented small-budget dramas were ideal showcases for Method actors, startlingly realized when Brando seized the screen in On the Waterfront. But, with competition from television looming, Hollywood also featured film-making of epic proportion--Ben-Hur and other cinema wonders rode onto the screen with amazing spectacle, making stars of physically impressive performers such as Charlton Heston. 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

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