TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brown,William
AU  - Brown,William A.
AU  - Hirsch,Foster
AU  - Krutnik,Frank
AU  - Lawrence,Amy
AU  - McLean,Adrienne L.
AU  - Palmer,R.Barton
AU  - Pomerance,Murray
AU  - Pugh,Tison
AU  - Sandler,Barry
AU  - Solomon,Matthew
AU  - White,Susan
AU  - Wojcik,Pamela Robertson
TI  - Larger Than Life: Movie Stars of the 1950s 
T2  - Star Decades: American Culture/American
SN  - 9780813547664
U1  - 791.4302/80922 22
PY  - 2010///]
CY  - New Brunswick, NJ : 
PB  - Rutgers University Press, 
KW  - Motion picture actors and actresses
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - PERFORMING ARTS / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction: Stardom in the 1950s --; 1. Montgomery Clift: Hollywood Pseudohomosexual --; 2. Charlton Heston and Gregory Peck: Organization Men --; 3. James Stewart and James Dean:The Darkness Within --; 4. James Mason: A Star Is Born Bigger Than Life --; 5. Reflexivity and Metaperformance: Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, and Kim Novak --; 6. Audrey Hepburn:The Film Star as Event --; 7. Doris Day and Rock Hudson:The Girl Next Door and the Brawny He-Man --; 8. Marlon Brando: Actor, Star, Liar --; 9. Jerry Lewis: From Hamlet to Clown --; 10. Judy Holliday:The Hungry Star --; 11. What a Swell Party This Was: Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Bing Crosby, and Frank Sinatra --; In the Wings --; Works Cited --; Contributors --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - The constellation of Hollywood stars burned brightly in the 1950s, even as the industry fell on hard economic times. Major artists of the 1940s--James Stewart, Jerry Lewis, and Gregory Peck--continued to exert a magical appeal but the younger generation of moviegoers was soon enthralled by an emerging cast, led by James Dean and Marlon Brando. They, among others, ushered in a provocative acting style, "the Method," bringing hard-edged, realistic performances to the screen. Adult-oriented small-budget dramas were ideal showcases for Method actors, startlingly realized when Brando seized the screen in On the Waterfront. But, with competition from television looming, Hollywood also featured film-making of epic proportion--Ben-Hur and other cinema wonders rode onto the screen with amazing spectacle, making stars of physically impressive performers such as Charlton Heston. Larger Than Life offers a comprehensive view of the star system in 1950s Hollywood and also in-depth discussions of the decade's major stars, including Montgomery Clift, Judy Holliday, Jerry Lewis, James Mason, Marilyn Monroe, Kim Novak, Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly, Jayne Mansfield, and Audrey Hepburn
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