| Description |
1 online resource |
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International film stars |
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International film stars.
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| Contents |
Intro; Acknowledgments; Close-up: great American performances; Chapter 1 Ethel Waters in The Member of the Wedding; Chapter 2 Irene Dunne in The Awful Truth; Chapter 3 Cary Grant in His Girl Friday; Chapter 4 Janet Gaynor in Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans; Chapter 5 Katharine Hepburn in The Lion in Winter; Chapter 6 Bette Davis in Dangerous; Chapter 7 James Stewart in Vertigo; Chapter 8 Carole Lombard in To Be or Not to Be; Chapter 9 James Mason in Lolita; Chapter 10 Montgomery Clift in A Place in the Sun; Chapter 11 Tony Curtis in Sweet Smell of Success |
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Chapter 12 Peter Sellers in The Pink PantherChapter 13 Richard Burton in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold; Chapter 14 Jerry Lewis in The King of Comedy; Chapter 15 Sidney Poitier in In the Heat of the Night; Chapter 16 Gene Hackman in The Conversation; Chapter 17 Gena Rowlands in Gloria; Chapter 18 Jack Nicholson in The Passenger; Chapter 19 Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man; Chapter 20 Elliott Gould in The Long Goodbye; Chapter 21 Al Pacino in Donnie Brasco; Chapter 22 Whoopi Goldberg in The Color Purple; Chapter 23 Cate Blanchett in Blue Jasmine; Chapter 24 Oscar Isaac in A Most Violent Year |
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Chapter 25 Kristen Stewart in Clouds of Sils MariaThe cast; The contributors; Index |
| Summary |
This two-volume set presents detailed interpretations of singular performances by several of the most compelling actors in cinema history. This volume focuses on American cinema, including case studies of key performances from actors like Bette Davis, Irene Dunne, Whoopi Goldberg, Cary Grant, Oscar Isaac, Jack Nicholson and Al Pacino |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 30, 2018) |
| Subject |
Motion picture acting.
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Motion picture acting -- Case studies
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Motion pictures -- History.
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Motion pictures -- History -- Case studies
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Direction & Production.
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Motion picture acting
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Motion pictures
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Pomerance, Murray, 1946- editor.
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Stevens, Kyle, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781474417013 |
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1474417019 |
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