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20 produkter
Deborah Kerr
Av Sarah Street, Martin Shingler m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
363 kr
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This illuminating study provides a comprehensive reassessment of Deborah Kerr's career, highlighting lesser-known aspects of her star persona. Sarah Street traces the specific qualities of Kerr's screen performances, paying close attention to facial expression, gesture, voice and costume. Covering …
On Air
Methods and Meanings of Radio
Av Martin Shingler, Cindy Wieringa
Häftad, 1998
613 kr
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It reaches millions of people every minute of the day, it costs us virtually nothing and yet we take it entirely for granted. Superseded by television as the primary source of entertainment and information, radio still has a unique place in the mass media spectrum. While the textual properties and …
Comebacks
The Return of the Aging Film Star
Av Gloria Monti, Martin Shingler
Häftad, 2025
398 kr
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An in-depth examination of sixteen renowned actors and their return to the spotlight later in life.While the comeback film is a well-recognized phenomenon inspiring excitement (or dismay) for cinemagoers and has been consequential to furthering or ending the careers of aging actors, this book is …
Comebacks
The Return of the Aging Film Star
Av Gloria Monti, Martin Shingler
Inbunden, 2025
1070 kr
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An in-depth examination of sixteen renowned actors and their return to the spotlight later in life.While the comeback film is a well-recognized phenomenon inspiring excitement (or dismay) for cinemagoers and has been consequential to furthering or ending the careers of aging actors, this book is …
Star Studies
A Critical Guide
E-bok, 2012
385 kr
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Martin Shingler presents the mother volume for Palgrave''s Film Stars series in three easily-navigable chapters in which he provides a summative and instructive account of star studies for today''s film student. Via a critical evaluation of the work of leading film scholars, he provides a …
When Warners Brought Broadway to Hollywood, 1923-1939
Inbunden, 2018
1344 kr
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This book offers a different take on the early history of Warner Bros., the studio renowned for introducing talking pictures and developing the gangster film and backstage musical comedy. The focus here is on the studio’s sustained commitment to produce films based on stage plays. This led to the …
When Warners Brought Broadway to Hollywood, 1923-1939
E-bok, 2018
2013 kr
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This book offers a different take on the early history of Warner Bros., the studio renowned for introducing talking pictures and developing the gangster film and backstage musical comedy. The focus here is on the studio’s sustained commitment to produce films based on stage plays. This led to the …
Diana Dors
Film Star and Actor
Inbunden, 2022
2015 kr
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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 …
Diana Dors
Film Star and Actor
Häftad, 2023
500 kr
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Examines Diana Dors' film career, acting method, star image and enduring celebrityTraces the development of Dors' film acting across five decades and a range of genresEmphasises the international nature of Dors' stardom and film workCelebrates Dors' achievements as a film actor with close textual …
Star Studies
A Critical Guide
E-bok, 2019
397 kr
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Martin Shingler presents the mother volume for Palgrave''s Film Stars series in three easily-navigable chapters in which he provides a summative and instructive account of star studies for today''s film student. Via a critical evaluation of the work of leading film scholars, he provides a …
Mickey Rourke
Av Keri Walsh, Martin Shingler m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
363 kr
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'Rebel', 'oddball' and 'Uncle Mickey': just three of the many conflicting labels Mickey Rourke has 'earned' over his remarkable career in the limelight. His public persona, moving from actor to boxer to actor, is not easy to define: making it all the more intriguing, and making Keri Walsh's study …
Julie Christie
Av Melanie Bell, Martin Shingler
Häftad, 2016
366 kr
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Julie Christie's prickly relationship with stardom is legendary. This fascinating text provides a comprehensive account of Christie's career, from her emergence in the 1960s to present day. It moves from analysing her star persona, to exploring her performance and her politics, and in doing so …
Julie Christie
Av Melanie Bell, Martin Shingler m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
1119 kr
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Julie Christie's prickly relationship with stardom is legendary. This fascinating text provides a comprehensive account of Christie's career, from her emergence in the 1960s to present day. It moves from analysing her star persona, to exploring her performance and her politics, and in doing so …
Rock Hudson
Av John Mercer, Martin Shingler m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
363 kr
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Tall, dark and handsome, with a manufactured name and a scrupulously designed professional image, Rock Hudson represented the Hollywood ideal of American masculinity during the 1950s and 60s; an ideal that was to be questioned and ultimately undermined during the years to follow by lurid accounts …
Madhuri Dixit
Av Nandana Bose, Martin Shingler
Häftad, 2019
351 kr
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A wide-ranging account of the Indian film star Madhuri Dixit, one of the most popular actresses of Hindi cinema. Nandana Bose's study traces Dixit's twenty-five year career, exploring her star persona, her indelible impact on Indian popular culture, and her continuing popularity even in middle age. …
James Mason
Av Sarah Thomas, Martin Shingler m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
352 kr
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Sarah Thomas's study moves beyond the image of the brooding, destructive man at odds with employers and his own star status to explore the complexity of Mason’s career and star persona. Her analysis is structured around three strands central to understanding stardom: the star persona, industry and …
Natalie Wood
Av Rebecca Sullivan, Martin Shingler m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
366 kr
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Throughout her career, Natalie Wood teetered precariously on the edge of greatness. Trained in the classical Hollywood studio style, but best mentored by Method directors, Wood was the ideal actress for roles depicting shifting perceptions of American womanhood. Nonetheless, while many of her films …
Barbara Stanwyck
Av Andrew Klevan, Martin Shingler m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
363 kr
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Barbara Stanwyck's illustrious career began in the 1920s and spanned sixty years. During that period she starred in major films of many genres and worked with some of the most distinguished Hollywood directors. Devoting each chapter to a significant quality of Stanwyck's performances, Andrew Klevan …
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai
Av Mark Gallagher, Martin Shingler
Häftad, 2017
366 kr
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Tony Leung Chiu-Wai investigates the rich, prolific career of an acclaimed leading man of Hong Kong and Chinese film and television: the star of more than 70 films and dozens of television series, and the only Hong Kong actor to earn the Cannes Film Festival’s best-actor award. This book addresses …
Elizabeth Taylor
Av Susan Smith, Martin Shingler m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
360 kr
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Elizabeth Taylor was one of the major film stars of the twentieth century, embodying all the glamour and allure of Hollywood stardom. Yet her achievements as an actress have often been overshadowed by her beauty and tumultuous life off-screen.To redress this imbalance, Susan Smith offers an …
