Idols of Modernity - Movie Stars of the 1920s

Informationen zum Autor Petro, Patrice Klappentext Focusing on stardom during the 1920s, this title reveals strong connections and dissonances in matters of storytelling and performance that can be traced both backward and forward, across Europe, Asia, and the United States, from the silent era into the emergence of sound. Zusammenfassung Focusing on stardom during the 1920s, this title reveals strong connections and dissonances in matters of storytelling and performance that can be traced both backward and forward, across Europe, Asia, and the United States, from the silent era into the emergence of sound. Inhaltsverzeichnis Douglas Fairbanks : king of Hollywood Buster Keaton : comic invention and the art of moving pictures The Talmadge sisters : a forgotten filmmaking dynasty Rudolph Valentino : Italian American An appetite for living : Gloria Swanson, Colleen Moore, and Clara Bow Greta Garbo : fashioning a star image Anna May Wong : toward Janus-faced, border-crossing, "minor" stardom Emil Jannings : translating the star Al Jolson : the man who changed the movies forever African American stardom inside and outside of Hollywood : Ernest Morrison, Noble Johnson, Evelyn Preer, and Lincoln Perry Marie Dressler : thief of the talkies In the wings

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Patrice Petro
• Con la collaborazione di: Patrice Petro (Editore)
• Editore: Rutgers University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 04.03.2010
• EAN: 9780813547329
• ISBN: 978-0-8135-4732-9
• Pagine: 328
• Serie: Star Decades: American Culture; Star Decades: American Culture/American Cinema; Star Decades: American Culture
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Teatro, balletto