British stars and stardom

Informationen zum Autor Bruce Babington is Reader in Film Studies at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne Klappentext Deals analytically with the fascinating topic of the great film stars (and some thought-provoking lesser ones) of the British cinema, from Alma Taylor and Ivor Novello in the Silent period, up to the present day. Looks both at stars who attained worldwide fame through the Hollywood cinema, and those whose contribution is primarily to the national cinema.. First collection of essays on the subject with a wide historical coverage including major figures, such as Connery, Mason, Trevor Howard, Deborah Kerr, Mary Millington, Albert Finney and James Mason. Major figures in UK film studies have contributed, including Marcia Landy, Andrew Higson, Peter Evans, Charles Barr, Pam Cook and Andy Medhurst. Zusammenfassung This work looks both at stars who attained worldwide fame through the Hollywood cinema! and those whose contribution is primarily to the national cinema. The essays and introductory discussion range over the whole history of British stardom from circa 1910 onwards. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction - British Stars and Stardom2. 'Our English Mary Pickford': Alma Taylor and ambivalent British stardom in the 1910s - Jon Burrows3. The curious appeal of Ivor Novello - Lawrence Napper & Michael Williams4. The extraordinary ordinariness of Gracie Fields: anatomy of a British star - Marcia Landy5. Britain's greatest contirbution to the screen: Flora Robson and character acting - Andrew Higson6. Dangerous limelight: Anton Walbook and seduction of the English - Andrew Moor7. 'Queen of British Hearts': Margaret Lockwood revisted - Bruce Babington8. James Mason: The man between - Peter Evans9. The nun's story: femininity and Englishness in the films of Deborah Kerr - Celestino Deleyto10. Trevor, not Leslie, Howard - Geoffrey MacNab11. Sir Alec Guinness: the self-effacing star - Neil Sinyard12. 'Madness, madness': the brief stardom of James Donald - Charles Barr13. The trouble with sex: Diana Dors and the Blonde Bombshell phenomenon - Pam Cook 14. 'The Angry Young Man is tired': Albert Finney and 1960s British cinema - Justine Ashby15. Song, narrative, and the Mother's voice: A deepish reading of Julie Andrews - Bruce Babington16. 'There's Something About Mary.....' - Julian Petley17. Sean Connery: loosening his Bonds - Andrew Spicer18. 'Bright particular stars': Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, and William Shakespeare - Richard Schoch...

Autorentext
Bruce Babington is Reader in Film Studies at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Klappentext
Deals analytically with the fascinating topic of the great film stars (and some thought-provoking lesser ones) of the British cinema, from Alma Taylor and Ivor Novello in the Silent period, up to the present day. Looks both at stars who attained worldwide fame through the Hollywood cinema, and those whose contribution is primarily to the national cinema.. First collection of essays on the subject with a wide historical coverage including major figures, such as Connery, Mason, Trevor Howard, Deborah Kerr, Mary Millington, Albert Finney and James Mason. Major figures in UK film studies have contributed, including Marcia Landy, Andrew Higson, Peter Evans, Charles Barr, Pam Cook and Andy Medhurst.

Zusammenfassung
This work looks both at stars who attained worldwide fame through the Hollywood cinema, and those whose contribution is primarily to the national cinema. The essays and introductory discussion range over the whole history of British stardom from circa 1910 onwards.

Inhalt
1. Introduction - British Stars and Stardom 2. 'Our English Mary Pickford': Alma Taylor and ambivalent British stardom in the 1910s - Jon Burrows 3. The curious appeal of Ivor Novello - Lawrence Napper & Michael Williams 4. The extraordinary ordinariness of Gracie Fields: anatomy of a British star - Marcia Landy 5. Britain's greatest contirbution to the screen: Flora Robson and character acting - Andrew Higson 6. Dangerous limelight: Anton Walbook and seduction of the English - Andrew Moor 7. 'Queen of British Hearts': Margaret Lockwood revisted - Bruce Babington 8. James Mason: The man between - Peter Evans 9. The nun's story: femininity and Englishness in the films of Deborah Kerr - Celestino Deleyto 10. Trevor, not Leslie, Howard - Geoffrey MacNab 11. Sir Alec Guinness: the self-effacing star - Neil Sinyard 12. 'Madness, madness': the brief stardom of James Donald - Charles Barr 13. The trouble with sex: Diana Dors and the Blonde Bombshell phenomenon - Pam Cook 14. 'The Angry Young Man is tired': Albert Finney and 1960s British cinema - Justine Ashby 15. Song, narrative, and the Mother's voice: A deepish reading of Julie Andrews - Bruce Babington 16. 'There's Something About Mary.....' - Julian Petley 17. Sean Connery: loosening his Bonds - Andrew Spicer 18. 'Bright particular stars': Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, and William Shakespeare - Richard Schoch

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