Larger than life movie stars of the 1950s / edited by R. Barton Palmer.

Other author Palmer, R. Barton, 1946-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press,
Descriptionix, 282 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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Subjects

SeriesStar decades: American culture/American cinema
Star decades: American culture/American cinema. UNAUTHORIZED
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
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2009043156
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