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Screen Couple Chemistry : The Power of 2 / Martha P. Nochimson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2002Description: 1 online resource (408 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780292703056
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.43/655 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1995.9.M27 N63 2002
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- One An Introduction to the Importance of Couple Chemistry under the Studio System -- Two Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan: Tarzan and Jane -- Three Myrna Loy and William Powell: The Thin Man Takes a Couple -- Four Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers: MUSIC Makes Me -- Five Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy: Much Ado about "the Little Woman" -- Six The Post-Studio Synergistic Couple: The Thin Aliens -- Seven The Thematic Couple: A Post-Studio Innovation -- APPENDIX One Fred, Ginger, and RKO -- APPENDIX Two Theorizing Chemistry in Entertainment via Neuroscience -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Astaire and Rogers, Tracy and Hepburn. Just the mention of their names evokes the powerful chemistry between these screen couples, which utterly transcended the often formulaic films in which they appeared together. Indeed, watching the synergistic flow of energy between charismatic screen partners is one of the great pleasures of cinema and television, as well as an important vehicle for thinking through issues of intimacy and gender relations. In this book, Martha P. Nochimson engages in a groundbreaking study of screen couple chemistry. She begins by classifying various types of couples to define what sets the synergistic couple apart from other onscreen pairings. Then she moves into extended discussions of four enduring screen couples—Maureen O'Sullivan/Johnny Weissmuller, Myrna Loy/William Powell, Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers, and Katharine Hepburn/Spencer Tracy. Using theories of neuroscience, she demonstrates that their onscreen chemistry is a very real phenomenon, powerful enough to subvert conventional formulations of male/female relations. Material she has uncovered in the infamous Production Code Administration files illuminates the historical context of her contentions. Finally, Nochimson traces the screen couple to its present-day incarnation in such pairs as Woody Allen/Diane Keaton, Scully/Mulder of The X-Files, and Cliff/Claire Huxtable of The Cosby Show.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- One An Introduction to the Importance of Couple Chemistry under the Studio System -- Two Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan: Tarzan and Jane -- Three Myrna Loy and William Powell: The Thin Man Takes a Couple -- Four Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers: MUSIC Makes Me -- Five Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy: Much Ado about "the Little Woman" -- Six The Post-Studio Synergistic Couple: The Thin Aliens -- Seven The Thematic Couple: A Post-Studio Innovation -- APPENDIX One Fred, Ginger, and RKO -- APPENDIX Two Theorizing Chemistry in Entertainment via Neuroscience -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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Astaire and Rogers, Tracy and Hepburn. Just the mention of their names evokes the powerful chemistry between these screen couples, which utterly transcended the often formulaic films in which they appeared together. Indeed, watching the synergistic flow of energy between charismatic screen partners is one of the great pleasures of cinema and television, as well as an important vehicle for thinking through issues of intimacy and gender relations. In this book, Martha P. Nochimson engages in a groundbreaking study of screen couple chemistry. She begins by classifying various types of couples to define what sets the synergistic couple apart from other onscreen pairings. Then she moves into extended discussions of four enduring screen couples—Maureen O'Sullivan/Johnny Weissmuller, Myrna Loy/William Powell, Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers, and Katharine Hepburn/Spencer Tracy. Using theories of neuroscience, she demonstrates that their onscreen chemistry is a very real phenomenon, powerful enough to subvert conventional formulations of male/female relations. Material she has uncovered in the infamous Production Code Administration files illuminates the historical context of her contentions. Finally, Nochimson traces the screen couple to its present-day incarnation in such pairs as Woody Allen/Diane Keaton, Scully/Mulder of The X-Files, and Cliff/Claire Huxtable of The Cosby Show.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2022)