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11 produkter
Manly Love
Romantic Friendship in American Fiction
Av Axel Nissen
Inbunden, 2009
614 kr
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The modern idea of Victorians is that they were emotionless prudes, imprisoned by sexual repression and suffocating social constraints; they expressed love and affection only within the bounds of matrimony - if at all. And yet, a wealth of evidence contradicting this idea has been hiding in plain …
Manly Love
Romantic Friendship in American Fiction
Av Axel Nissen
E-bok, 2009
1351 kr
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The modern idea of Victorians is that they were emotionless prudes, imprisoned by sexual repression and suffocating social constraints; they expressed love and affection only within the bounds of matrimony—if at all. And yet, a wealth of evidence contradicting this idea has been hiding in plain …
Actresses of a Certain Character
Forty Familiar Hollywood Faces from the Thirties to the Fifties
Av Axel Nissen
Häftad, 2011
396 kr
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Ma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath, Mammy in Gone with the Wind, Auntie Em in The Wizard of Oz --all were unforgettable characters who played an integral part in some of Hollywood's most memorable productions. For over three decades, from the 1930s to the 1950s, character actresses who brought such …
Mothers, Mammies and Old Maids
Twenty-Five Character Actresses of Golden Age Hollywood
Av Axel Nissen
Häftad, 2012
439 kr
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Continuing the exploration which began in Actresses of a Certain Character: Forty Familiar Hollywood Faces from the Thirties to the Fifties (McFarland, 2006), this companion volume analyzes the contributions of female supporting players in the films of Hollywood's Golden Age. The twenty-five …
Accustomed to Her Face
Thirty-Five Character Actresses of Golden Age Hollywood
Av Axel Nissen
Häftad, 2016
448 kr
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Drawing on historical documents and newspaper reports, this book provides a fascinating portrait of a diverse group of character actresses who left their stamp on Hollywood from the early sound era through the 1960s. The lives of 35 actresses are explored in detail. Some are familiar: Margaret …
Films of Agnes Moorehead
Av Axel Nissen
Inbunden, 2013
1356 kr
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Before she achieved immortality on the long-running situation comedy Bewitched, Agnes Moorehead had established a distinguished career as a character actress. After her screen debut in Citizen Kane (1941), Moorehead became one of the most familiar female faces on the silver screen. For moviegoers …
Films of Agnes Moorehead
Av Axel Nissen
E-bok, 2013
1489 kr
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Before she achieved immortality on the long-running situation comedy Bewitched, Agnes Moorehead had established a distinguished career as a character actress. After her screen debut in Citizen Kane (1941), Moorehead became one of the most familiar female faces on the silver screen. For moviegoers …
Agnes Moorehead on Radio, Stage and Television
Av Axel Nissen
Häftad, 2017
388 kr
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In a career spanning six decades, Agnes Moorehead (1900-1974) was perhaps unique among 20th-century American actresses in making her name in four entertainment media--radio, theater, film and television--after age 40. Focusing on 25 of her most representative performances, this retrospective …
Beulah Bondi
A Life on Stage and Screen
Av Axel Nissen
Häftad, 2021
384 kr
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Best known for her roles in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, It's a Wonderful Life, and Make Way for Tomorrow, Beulah Bondi (1889-1981) had a 60-year long acting career and an interesting on-screen life. Despite starting her professional acting career at 30, she made her mark on the film industry as a …
Cora Witherspoon
A Life on Stage and Screen
Av Axel Nissen
Häftad, 2022
396 kr
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Born into an upper-crust family in New Orleans, Cora Bell Witherspoon (1890-1957) was an orphan by the age of 10 and a professional actress by 15. She was seen on Broadway from 1910 till 1946 in 36 productions and was a popular character actress in Hollywood between 1931 and 1954. On stage she …
Bret Harte
Prince and Pauper
Av Axel Nissen
Inbunden, 2000
458 kr
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A biography that charts the boom and bust of America's first celebrity author, once Mark Twain's chief rival in American literature In this first scholarly biography of Bret Harte in nearly seventy years, Axel Nissen sets out to reevaluate the life and literary career of the legendary chronicler of …
