Robert Taylor : male beauty, masculinity, and stardom in Hollywood /

"Because of his lengthy screen resume that includes almost eighty appearances in such movies as Camille and Waterloo Bridge, as well as a marriage and divorce to actress Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Taylor was a central figure of Hollywood's classical era. Despite this, he can be regarded as a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kelly, Gillian, 1980- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2019]
Subjects:	Taylor, Robert, > 1911-1969. Motion picture actors and actresses > United States > Biography. Motion picture actors and actresses. United States. Biographies. Biography.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction
A Taylor made star: molding Taylor's star persona
An extra-filmic reading of Robert Taylor's star persona
All-American ladies' man (1934-39)
Wartime tough guy (1940-49)
Nostalgic romantic (1950-58)
Post-MGM patriarch (1959-69)
Conclusion
Filmography
Notes
Bibliography
Index.