Idols of the Odeons - Post-War British Film Stardom

This book provides an extensive overview of the British actors who achieved their greatest stardom during the 1950s. This was a transitional period for the British cinema, when the major studios faced growing competition from television and Hollywood increasingly dominated the UK film industry.

Table des matières

Introduction
Senior leads: meet the chaps
Jack Hawkins: 'stand by, number one'
John Mills: 'do push off, there's a good chap'
Kenneth More: hawling like a brooligan
Younger leading men
Stanley Baker: the British Brando?
Laurence Harvey: the talented Mr. Skikne
Leading ladies
Sylvia Syms: never your typical 'nice blonde'
Britain's bad blonde: the one and only Diana Dors
The comics
Norman Wisdom: 'Mr. Grimsdale!'
Terry-Thomas and Leslie Phillips: a tale of two cads
Ladies and gentlemen of character
Sidney James: Jo'burg's favourite cockney
James Robertson Justice: 'what's the bleeding time?'
Not to be crossed: Margaret Rutherford
Hattie Jacques: matron and mistress of misrule
The art of screen acting
Peter Finch: the 'actor's actor?'
Peter Sellers: 'there used to be a me but I had him surgically removed'
Conclusion
Index

A propos de l'auteur

Andrew Roberts is a husband, father, minister, writer and speaker. He is the author of the book Holy Habits (Malcolm Down Publishing, 2016) and co-editor of the BRF Holy Habits resource booklets. He was previously director of training for Fresh Expressions.

Résumé

This book provides an extensive overview of the British actors who achieved their greatest stardom during the 1950s. This was a transitional period for the British cinema, when the major studios faced growing competition from television and Hollywood increasingly dominated the UK film industry. -- .

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Andrew Roberts
• Edition: Manchester University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9781526147035
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-4703-5
• Pages: 344
• Thèmes: Politics, Culture and Society; Manchester University Press
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits) > Correspondance, journaux intimes; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Art > Photographie, cinéma, vidéo, TV; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Individual actors & performers, Films, cinema, United Kingdom, Great Britain, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Individual actors and performers, Film Theory & Criticism, Film history, theory or criticism