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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797271003321

Autore

Driskell Jonathan

Titolo

The French screen goddess : film stardom and the modern woman in 1930s France / / Jonathan Driskell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2019

[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2019

ISBN

0-7556-9474-0

0-85773-566-7

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (341 p.)

Collana

International library of the moving image ; ; 2

Disciplina

791.43028092244

Soggetti

Celebrities - France

Motion picture actors and actresses - France

Motion pictures - France - History - 20th century

Films, cinema

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Author Biography; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Female theatrical stardom in 1930s French cinema; 2 International stardom in 1930s France; 3 From midinette to Hollywood star: Annabella; 4 A star of the Popular Front: Danielle Darrieux; 5 The poetry of poetic realism: Michè€le Morgan; Conclusion; Appendix 1: Actor popularity tables; Appendix 2: Film popularity table; Appendix 3: Filmographies for Annabella, Darrieux and Morgan; Notes; Bibliography.

Sommario/riassunto

Many years before Brigitte Bardot and Catherine Deneuve, the French cinema produced a host of glamorous female stars designed to rival their Hollywood counterparts. Bathed in soft light, discussed adoringly in fan magazines and shown wearing the latest fashions, these 'cinematic stars' emerged in opposition to France's traditional stage-based stardom, while remaining, through the roles they played and the looks they sported, a distinctly French phenomenon. This book examines how these stars influenced the narratives and look of their films, contributed to defining the period's new, emancipated.