Diana Dors

Film Star and Actor

AvMartin Shingler

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

Del i serien International Film Stars

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Diana Dors was not only Britain's most successful sex symbol of the 1950s but also a popular entertainer who remained a major celebrity until her death in 1984. Diana Dors: Film Star and Actor is primarily a celebration of her film acting skills, providing detailed analysis of her performances in a selection of films from across the star's five-decade career, including The Unholy Wife, Berserk!, and The Pied Piper. In addition to investigating Dors' versatility as an actress by paying close attention to the different ways in which she uses her voice and body, poses and gestures, facial expressions and looks in specific moments from her movies, Shingler also discusses the performance of sexuality, gender and age, while considering her appeal for male and female, gay and straight audiences.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-07-15
Mått:156 x 234 x 17 mm
Vikt:414 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:International Film Stars
Antal sidor:176
Förlag:Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:9781474473996

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Martin Shingler is an independent scholar, freelance writer, editor and researcher. He was previously Lecturer in Media & Cultural Studies at Staffordshire University, and Senior Lecturer in Radio & Film Studies at University of Sunderland. In addition to co-editing the BFI Film Stars series (2012-2019), he has published two monographs, When Warners Brought Broadway to Hollywood, 1923-39 (2018) and Star Studies: A Critical Guide (2012).

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Shingler on Dors is a dream team: the doyen of Star Studies on the most warmly beloved of stars. Packed with detail, beautifully written, Shingler draws out the resonances of the Dors persona alongside demonstrating the skill of her performances, brilliantly fusing appreciation of the star as image and actor.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface Introduction Part One: Stardom and CelebrityChapter 1: Bright (1946-49) Chapter 2: Blonde (1950-56) Chapter 3: Bold (July to November 1956) Chapter 4: Brazen (1960-85) Part Two: Acting and PerformanceChapter 5: Pseudo-star Acting in Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? (1953) Chapter 6: A Marriage of Method and Style in The Unholy Wife (1957) Chapter 7: Exploiting her Nascent Has-Been Status in Berserk! (1967) Chapter 8: Popping In and Out as a Virtuosic Guest Star in The Pied Piper (1972) Chapter 9: Perfect When Poised in Steaming (1985) Conclusion: A Dubiously Dorsian Conclusion