George Cukor : Hollywood master / / edited by Murray Pomerance and R. Barton Palmer [[electronic resource]]
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Pomerance Murray
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| Titolo: |
George Cukor : Hollywood master / / edited by Murray Pomerance and R. Barton Palmer [[electronic resource]]
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| Pubblicazione: | Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xi, 186 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina: | 791.430233092 |
| Soggetto topico: | Motion pictures - Production and direction - United States |
| Persona (resp. second.): | PomeranceMurray <1946-> |
| PalmerR. Barton <1946-> | |
| Note generali: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 30 Oct 2017). |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Figures; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction - R. Barton Palmer and Murray Pomerance; The Career; Working Methods; Atmospheric Touches; Chapter 1 - Cukor's Tragicomedies of Marriage: Dinner at Eight, No More Ladies, The Women, and The Marrying Kind - Maureen Turim; Dinner at Eight; The Women; No More Ladies; The Marrying Kind; Chapter 2 - George Cukor's Late Style: Justine, Travels With My Aunt, and Rich and Famous - James Morrison; Justine and New Hollywood Modernism; Abstraction and Rhythm in Travels With My Aunt; Queer Cukor: Rich and Famous |
| Chapter 3 - Libel, Scandal, and Bad Big Names: It Should Happen to You, Les Girls, Camille, and Romeo and Juliet - Dominic LennardBringing her Back to Earth: It Should Happen to You; Calling the Tune: Les Girls; Swooning Out of Step: Camille and Romeo and Juliet; Conclusion; Chapter 4 - The Cukor "Problem": David Copperfield, Holiday, and The Philadelphia Story - Robert B. Ray; David Copperfield; Holiday; The Philadelphia Story; Notes | |
| Chapter 5 - Modulations of the Shot: The Quiet Film Style of George Cukor in What Price Hollywood?, Born Yesterday, Sylvia Scarlett, and My Fair Lady - Lee CarruthersReading Realistic Textures: What Price Hollywood? and Born Yesterday; The Facilitating Frame: Sylvia Scarlett and My Fair Lady; Conclusion; Note; Chapter 6 - Doubling in the Cinema of George Cukor: The Royal Family of Broadway, A Bill of Divorcement, A Double Life, and Bhowani Junction - Michael DeAngelis; The Royal Family of Broadway; A Bill of Divorcement; A Double Life; Bhowani Junction | |
| Chapter 7 - George Cukor and the Case of an Actor's Director: Hepburn and/or Tracy in Little Women, The Actress, Keeper of the Flame, Adam's Rib, and Pat and Mike - Charlie KeilSolo Turns: Little Women and The Actress; Performing as a Couple: Keeper of the Flame, Adam's Rib, and Pat and Mike; Chapter 8 - Cukor Maudit: Tarnished Lady, Girls About Town, Our Betters, Susan and God, Desire Me, Edward, My Son, The Model and the Marriage Broker, Let's Make Love, and The Chapman Report - Bill Krohn; The Dangerous Thirties; The Darkling Forties; From the Fifties to the Sixties; Note | |
| Chapter 9 - George Cukor's Theatrical Feminism: Gaslight, Heller in Pink Tights, A Life of Her Own, and A Star is Born - Linda Ruth WilliamsGaslight: Home/Theater; All the World's a Stage: Heller in Pink Tights; "I don't wanna see": A Life of Her Own; Onstage and Backstage in A Star is Born; Notes; Chapter 10 - The Furthest Side of Paradise: Two-Faced Woman, A Woman's Face, Hot Spell, Wild is the Wind, and Winged Victory - R. Barton Palmer; An Unexpected Failure: Two-Faced Woman; More Script Trouble: A Woman's Face; Rescuing Hal Wallis Two Times: Wild is the Wind and Hot Spell | |
| A Worthy Contribution to the War Effort: Winged Victory | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | A critical analysis of the films and career of George Cukor. George Cukor: Hollywood Master is the first book to focus on the career of director George Cukor, one of classic Hollywood's most important figures, with films such as The Women , Adam's Rib , Born Yesterday , Gaslight , and A Star is Born to his credit. The various essays in this volume, all written by prominent experts in the field, offer critical discussions of every feature film Cukor directed and include a rich trove of valuable information about their production histories. This is the first book devoted to one of the most beloved figures from the American cinema's golden age. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | George Cukor |
| ISBN: | 1-4744-1602-0 |
| 0-7486-9357-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910826209903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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