Barbara Stanwyck

arbara 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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: British Film Institute, entidad responsable (entidad responsable)
Otros Autores: Klevan, Andrew, autor (autor)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan [2013]
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : 2013
Edición:First published 2013
Colección:Film stars
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Sumario:arbara 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 foregrounds crucial scenes from her exemplary films, including Stella Dallas (1937), The Lady Eve (1941), and Double Indemnity (1944). Through the lens of her achievement, Klevan examines the wider concerns of these films while revisiting classic topics from Film Studies – psychoanalysis, medium reflexivity, and the representation of female roles such as the 'sacrificial mother' and the 'femme fatale'. In paying close attention to the various aspects of Barbara Stanwyck's skilfully executed performances, this book enhances familiar understandings and provides fresh illumination --
Descripción Física:VI, 145 páginas : ilustraciones (blanco y negro) ; 19 cm
Bibliografía:Incluye referencias bibliográficas (páginas 130-135) e índice
Incluye filmografía (páginas 136-140)
ISBN:9781844576487