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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824344103321

Autore

Nissen Axel

Titolo

The films of Agnes Moorehead / / Axel Nissen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2013

ISBN

0-8108-9137-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (383 p.)

Disciplina

791.4302/8092

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

CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CITIZEN KANE; THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS; THE BIG STREET; JOURNEY INTO FEAR; THE YOUNGEST PROFESSION; GOVERNMENT GIRL; JANE EYRE; SINCE YOU WENT AWAY; DRAGON SEED; THE SEVENTH CROSS; MRS. PARKINGTON; TOMORROW, THE WORLD!; KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY; OUR VINES HAVE TENDER GRAPES; HER HIGHNESS AND THE BELLBOY; DARK PASSAGE; THE LOST MOMENT; SUMMER HOLIDAY; THE WOMAN IN WHITE; STATION WEST; JOHNNY BELINDA; THE STRATTON STORY; THE GREAT SINNER; WITHOUT HONOR; BLACK JACK; CAGED; FOURTEEN HOURS; ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN FABIAN; SHOW BOAT; THE BLUE VEIL

THE BLAZING FORESTTHE STORY OF THREE LOVES; SCANDAL AT SCOURIE; MAIN STREET TO BROADWAY; THOSE REDHEADS FROM SEATTLE; MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION; UNTAMED; ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS; THE LEFT HAND OF GOD; THE CONQUEROR; MEET ME IN LAS VEGAS; THE SWAN; THE REVOLT OF MAMIE STOVER; PARDNERS; THE OPPOSITE SEX; THE TRUE STORY OF JESSE JAMES; JEANNE EAGELS; RAINTREE COUNTY; THE STORY OF MANKIND; TEMPEST; NIGHT OF THE QUARTER MOON; THE BAT; POLLYANNA; TWENTY PLUS TWO; BACHELOR IN PARADISE; JESSICA; HOW THE WEST WAS WON; WHO'S MINDING THE STORE?; HUSH . . . HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE; THE SINGING NUN

WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH HELEN?DEAR DEAD DELILAH; CHARLOTTE'S WEB; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sommario/riassunto

In The Films of Agnes Moorehead, Axel Nissen looks at Agnes Moorehead's sixty-three feature films between 1941 and 1973. Each



film is profiled, with particular emphasis placed on the films that merit closer attention: Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, Mrs. Parkington, Dark Passage, <span styl