Comebacks : the return of the aging film star /
"An in-depth examination of sixteen renowned actors and their return to the spotlight later in life. While the comeback film is a well-recognized phenomenon inspiring excitement (or dismay) for cinemagoers and has been consequential to furthering or ending the careers of aging actors, this book...
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Detroit :
Wayne State University Press,
[2026]
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| Series: | Contemporary approaches to film and media series.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Camp and the veteran star. The comeback of Miriam Hopkins / Gabrielle Stecher
- Aging camp/camping age: Mae West in Myra Breckinridge and Sextette / Kriszta Pozsonyi
- Joan Crawford: from comeback queen to camp goddess / Martin Shingler
- Connecting to the younger screen self. "You can't stop the beat"" John Travolta as aging dancer / Lisa Duffy
- The bad sister: Bette Davis, aging, and sisterhood / Lucy Fischer
- Whatever happened to Baby doll? Carrol Baker's Italian thrillers / Leon Hunt
- "One thing about time": Woody Strode's late films / Will Dodson
- Departing from the younger screen self. From angel to demon: the Italian stardom of Alida Valli / Gloria Monti
- Amitabh Bachchan's revived star text in Bollywood cinema / Sony Jalarajan Raj and Adith K. Suresh
- The star at sunset: the return of Jen-Pierre Léaud / Stuart Bell
- Remaking his way with Zen: Sessue Hayakawa and the Zen boom / Daisuke Miyao
- Burt Reynolds and the redemption of the good ol' boy in The last movie star / Jennifer Louise Field
- Aging star bodies. Viveca Lindfors's aging nude body in Taboo / Saki Kobayashi
- Sex and politics: Aquarius and Sónia Braga's star image / Pedro Guimarães
- "Tonight, I'm gonna return the favor": Wesley Snipes's punishment and the challenges of the black action star comeback / Clem Bastow and Glen Donnar
- "I'll be back": Linda Hamilton and the return of Sarah Conner in Terminator: dark fate / Christa van Raalte.