Close-up : great cinematic performances. Volume 1, American /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors:	Pomerance, Murray, 1946- (Editor), Stevens, Kyle (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018]
Series:	International film stars.
Subjects:	Motion picture acting. Motion picture acting > Case studies. Motion pictures > History. Motion pictures > History > Case studies. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Intro; Acknowledgments; Close-up: great American performances; Chapter 1 Ethel Waters in The Member of the Wedding; Chapter 2 Irene Dunne in The Awful Truth; Chapter 3 Cary Grant in His Girl Friday; Chapter 4 Janet Gaynor in Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans; Chapter 5 Katharine Hepburn in The Lion in Winter; Chapter 6 Bette Davis in Dangerous; Chapter 7 James Stewart in Vertigo; Chapter 8 Carole Lombard in To Be or Not to Be; Chapter 9 James Mason in Lolita; Chapter 10 Montgomery Clift in A Place in the Sun; Chapter 11 Tony Curtis in Sweet Smell of Success
Chapter 12 Peter Sellers in The Pink PantherChapter 13 Richard Burton in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold; Chapter 14 Jerry Lewis in The King of Comedy; Chapter 15 Sidney Poitier in In the Heat of the Night; Chapter 16 Gene Hackman in The Conversation; Chapter 17 Gena Rowlands in Gloria; Chapter 18 Jack Nicholson in The Passenger; Chapter 19 Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man; Chapter 20 Elliott Gould in The Long Goodbye; Chapter 21 Al Pacino in Donnie Brasco; Chapter 22 Whoopi Goldberg in The Color Purple; Chapter 23 Cate Blanchett in Blue Jasmine; Chapter 24 Oscar Isaac in A Most Violent Year
Chapter 25 Kristen Stewart in Clouds of Sils MariaThe cast; The contributors; Index