Edmond O'Brien - Everyman of Film Noir

One of the most versatile actors of his generation, Edmond O'Brien made a series of iconic noir films. From a man reporting his own murder in D.O.A. (1949) to the conflicted title character in The Bigamist (1953), he portrayed the confusion of the postwar Everyman.
His memorable roles spanned genres from Shakespeare to westerns and comedies--he also turned his hand to directing. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor as the harassed press agent Oscar Muldoon in Joseph Mankiewicz's bitter Cinderella fable The Barefoot Contessa (1954).
This first in-depth study of O'Brien charts his life and career from Broadway to Hollywood and to the rise of television, revealing a devoted family man dedicated to his craft.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments deletev

Introduction

1.¿Tiger

2.¿Broadway to Hollywood

3.¿A Star of Tomorrow

4.¿Winged Victory

5.¿Radio Intermission

6.¿Postwar Noir

7.¿For the Love of Olga

8.¿"I want to report a murder."

9.¿711 Ocean Drive

10.¿Between Midnight and Dawn

11.¿An Easterner Goes West

12.¿Broadway Interlude

13.¿Turning Points

14.¿Working with Ida

15.¿­O'Brien the Director

16.¿An Oscar for Oscar

17.¿Family Man

18.¿Television: The Early Days

19.¿After Oscar

20.¿Johnny and Sam

21.¿New Directions

22.¿A Last Hurrah

23.¿The 1970s

Epilogue

Appendix: Edmond O'Brien's

Credits Across All Media

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Derek Sculthorpe, an archives assistant and researcher, has written plays, short stories and articles. He lives in Leeds, Yorkshire.

Zusammenfassung

Edmond O'Brien was one of the most versatile actors of his generation and made an abiding impact in a series of iconic noir films. This first in-depth study of O'Brien charts his life and career from the Broadway stage to Hollywood in its heyday and the rise of television. It shows him as a devoted family man dedicated to his art.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Derek Sculthorpe, Sculthorpe Derek
• Verlag: Ingram Publishers Services
• Sprache: Englisch
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahren
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9781476674438
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-7443-8
• Seiten: 246
• Abmessung: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Gewicht: 318 g
• Illustration: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur > Briefe, Tagebücher; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Kunst > Fotografie, Film, Video, TV; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, Individual actors & performers, Biography: arts & entertainment, Film: styles & genres, Biography: arts and entertainment, Individual actors and performers, Film: styles and genres