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Larger than life : movie stars of the 1950s
- Title
- Larger than life : movie stars of the 1950s / edited by R. Barton Palmer.
- Publication
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2010.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Palmer, R. Barton, 1946-
- Description
- ix, 282 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Series Statement
- Star decades: American culture/American cinema
- Uniform Title
- Star decades: American culture/American cinema.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction / R. Barton Palmer -- Montgomery Clift : Hollywood pseudohomosexual / Tison Pugh, Barry Sandler -- Charlton Heston and Gregory Peck : organization men / R. Barton Palmer -- James Stewart and James Dean : the darkness within / Murray Pomerance -- James Mason : a star is born bigger than life / Amy Lawrence -- Reflexivity and metaperformance : Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, and Kim Novak / Matthew Solomon -- Audrey Hepburn : the film star as event / William A. Brown -- Doris Day and Rock Hudson : the girl next door and the brawny he-man / Foster Hirsch -- Marlon Brando : actor, star, liar / Susan White -- Jerry Lewis : from Hamlet to clown / Frank Krutnik -- Judy Holliday : the hungry star / Pamela Robertson Wojcik -- What a swell party this was : Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Bing Crosby, and Frank Sinatra / Adrienne L. McLean -- In the wings / R. Barton Palmer
- Call Number
- MWER 10-6587
- ISBN
- 9780813547664 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0813547660 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9780813547671 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0813547679 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2009043156
- OCLC
- YBP 2009043156
- Title
- Larger than life : movie stars of the 1950s / edited by R. Barton Palmer.
- Imprint
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2010.
- Series
- Star decades: American culture/American cinemaStar decades: American culture/American cinema.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Palmer, R. Barton, 1946-
- Research Call Number
- MWER 10-6587