Claire Trevor Queen Of The Bs And Hollywood Film Noir
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Claire Trevor Queen Of The Bs And Hollywood Film Noir
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Author : Carolyn McGivern
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-03-23
Claire Trevor Queen Of The Bs And Hollywood Film Noir written by Carolyn McGivern and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-23 with categories.
McGivern investigates Trevor's many screen representations in detail, often focusing on contemporary dominant historically specific concepts of American society and culture that gave rise to the Western and Film Noir. She delves deep into the life and image of Claire Trevor, looking at how her starring roles often seemed to reflect the tensions, paradoxes and contradictions of a bleak and uncertain future for many Americans who existed in a period of unprecedented national power and prosperity.
Claire Trevor
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Author : Carolyn McGivern
language : en
Publisher: Reel Publications
Release Date : 2013-07-15
Claire Trevor written by Carolyn McGivern and has been published by Reel Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-15 with Actresses categories.
Claire Trevor was unparalleled throughout a Hollywood acting career that spanned seven decades. She found reward and critical acclaim hard to come by despite being unexpectedly Oscar nominated as Best Supporting Actress for just a few seconds of powerful dialogue in the movie Dead End (1937), and although she eventually won an Oscar for her portrayal of a down and out gangsters moll in Key Largo (1948), she never really 'made it' to the stratospheric heights of stardom that others took for granted. Despite her magnificently sensitive portrayal of Dallas opposite John Wayne in Fords Stagecoach (1939), a cursory glance in her direction might suggest she was subsequently type-cast in Poverty Row Westerns even as she later transformed into the bad-girl of Film Noire. However she was gloriously successful as a stage performer, radio celebrity and television star and fully deserving of this modern retrospective. The diversity of roles she was prepared to tackle and take in her stride set her apart from more glamorous colleagues and made her the go-to darling of those leading producers and directors who sought out a thoroughly professional and unfussy actress.It seemed that she could almost effortlessly raise the level of what might otherwise have been a humdrum characterisation into one of heart-wrenching clarity. Here, McGivern investigates Trevors many screen representations in detail, often focussing on contemporary dominant historically specific concepts of American society and culture that gave rise to the Western and Film Noire. She delves deep into the life and image of Claire Trevor, looking at how her starring roles often seemed to reflect the tensions, paradoxes and contradictions of a bleak and uncertain future for many Americans who existed in a period of unprecedented national power and prosperity.
Claire Trevor
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Author : Carolyn Mcgivern
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-07-15
Claire Trevor written by Carolyn Mcgivern and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-15 with categories.
Claire Trevor was unparalleled throughout a Hollywood acting career that spanned seven decades. She found reward and critical acclaim hard to come by despite being unexpectedly Oscar nominated as Best Supporting Actress for just a few seconds of powerful dialogue in the movie Dead End (1937), and although she eventually won an Oscar for her portrayal of a down and out gangsters moll in Key Largo (1948), she never really 'made it' to the stratospheric heights of stardom that others took for granted. Despite her magnificently sensitive portrayal of Dallas opposite John Wayne in Fords Stagecoach (1939), a cursory glance in her direction might suggest she was subsequently type-cast in Poverty Row Westerns even as she later transformed into the bad-girl of Film Noire. However she was gloriously successful as a stage performer, radio celebrity and television star and fully deserving of this modern retrospective. The diversity of roles she was prepared to tackle and take in her stride set her apart from more glamorous colleagues and made her the go-to darling of those leading producers and directors who sought out a thoroughly professional and unfussy actress. It seemed that she could almost effortlessly raise the level of what might otherwise have been a humdrum characterisation into one of heart-wrenching clarity. Here, McGivern investigates Trevors many screen representations in detail, often focussing on contemporary dominant historically specific concepts of American society and culture that gave rise to the Western and Film Noire. She delves deep into the life and image of Claire Trevor, looking at how her starring roles often seemed to reflect the tensions, paradoxes and contradictions of a bleak and uncertain future for many Americans who existed in a period of unprecedented national power and prosperity.
Claire Trevor
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Author : Derek Sculthorpe
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2018-05-03
Claire Trevor written by Derek Sculthorpe and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Claire Trevor (1910–2000) is best remembered as the alluring blonde femme fatale in such iconic noir films as Murder, My Sweet (1944) and Raw Deal (1948). Yet she was a versatile performer who brought rare emotional depth to her art. She was effective in a range of diverse roles, from an outcast prostitute in John Ford’s classic Stagecoach (1939) to the ambitious tennis mother in Hard, Fast and Beautiful (1951) to the embittered wife of a landowner in William Wellman’s overlooked gem My Man and I (1952). Nominated for three Oscars, she deservedly won Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Gaye Dawn, a gangster’s broken-down moll in Key Largo (1948). The author covers her life and career in detail, recognizing her as one of the finest actresses of her generation.
Evelyn Brent
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Author : Lynn Kear
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2009-10-21
Evelyn Brent written by Lynn Kear and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-21 with Performing Arts categories.
Evelyn Brent's life and career were going quite well in 1928. She was happily living with writer Dorothy Herzog following her divorce from producer Bernard Fineman, and the tiny brunette had wowed fans and critics in the silent films The Underworld and The Last Command. She'd also been a sensation in Paramount's first dialogue film, Interference. But by the end of that year Brent was headed for a quick, downward spiral ending in bankruptcy and occasional work as an extra. What happened is a complicated story laced with bad luck, poor decisions, and treachery detailed in this first and only full-length biography.
Architectural Digest
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Architectural Digest written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Architecture categories.
Los Angeles Magazine
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999-03
Los Angeles Magazine written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-03 with categories.
Los Angeles magazine is a regional magazine of national stature. Our combination of award-winning feature writing, investigative reporting, service journalism, and design covers the people, lifestyle, culture, entertainment, fashion, art and architecture, and news that define Southern California. Started in the spring of 1961, Los Angeles magazine has been addressing the needs and interests of our region for 48 years. The magazine continues to be the definitive resource for an affluent population that is intensely interested in a lifestyle that is uniquely Southern Californian.
Femme Noir
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Author : Karen Burroughs Hannsberry
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2012-10-26
Femme Noir written by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-26 with Performing Arts categories.
Though often thought of as primarily a male vehicle, the film noir offered some of the most complex female roles of any movies of the 1940s and 1950s. Stars such as Barbara Stanwyck, Gene Tierney and Joan Crawford produced some of their finest performances in noir movies, while such lesser known actresses as Peggie Castle, Hope Emerson and Helen Walker made a lasting impression with their roles in the genre. These six women and 43 others who were most frequently featured in films noirs are profiled here, focusing primarily on their work in the genre and its impact on their careers. A filmography of all noir appearances is provided for each actress.
Dames In The Driver S Seat
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Author : Jans B. Wager
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005-09
Dames In The Driver S Seat written by Jans B. Wager and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-09 with Performing Arts categories.
With its focus on dangerous, determined femmes fatales, hardboiled detectives, and crimes that almost-but-never-quite succeed, film noir has long been popular with moviegoers and film critics alike. Film noir was a staple of classical Hollywood filmmaking during the years 1941-1958 and has enjoyed a resurgence in popularity since the 1990s. Dames in the Driver's Seat offers new views of both classical-era and contemporary noirs through the lenses of gender, class, and race. Jans Wager analyzes how changes in film noir's representation of women's and men's roles, class status, and racial identities mirror changes in a culture that is now often referred to as postmodern and postfeminist. Following introductory chapters that establish the theoretical basis of her arguments, Wager engages in close readings of the classic noirs The Killers, Out of the Past, and Kiss Me Deadly and the contemporary noirs L. A. Confidential, Mulholland Falls, Fight Club, Twilight, Fargo, and Jackie Brown. Wager divides recent films into retro-noirs (made in the present, but set in the 1940s and 1950s) and neo-noirs (made and set in the present but referring to classic noir narratively or stylistically). Going beyond previous studies of noir, her perceptive readings of these films reveal that retro-noirs fulfill a reactionary social function, looking back nostalgically to outdated gender roles and racial relations, while neo-noirs often offer more revisionary representations of women, though not necessarily of people of color.
The Encyclopedia Of Hollywood Film Actors
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Author : Barry Monush
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2003-04-01
The Encyclopedia Of Hollywood Film Actors written by Barry Monush and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-04-01 with Performing Arts categories.
For decades, Screen World has been the film professional's, as well as the film buff's, favorite and indispensable annual screen resource, full of all the necessary statistics and facts. Now Screen World editor Barry Monush has compiled another comprehensive work for every film lover's library. In the first of two volumes, this book chronicles the careers of every significant film actor, from the earliest silent screen stars – Chaplin, Pickford, Fairbanks – to the mid-1960s, when the old studio and star systems came crashing down. Each listing includes: a brief biography, photos from the famed Screen World archives, with many rare shots; vital statistics; a comprehensive filmography; and an informed, entertaining assessment of each actor's contributions – good or bad! In addition to every major player, Monush includes the legions of unjustly neglected troupers of yesteryear. The result is a rarity: an invaluable reference tool that's as much fun to read as a scandal sheet. It pulsates with all the scandal, glamour, oddity and glory that was the lifeblood of its subjects. Contains over 1 000 photos!