Gestures of love : romancing performance in classical Hollywood cinema / Steven Rybin.
Gestures of love : romancing performance in classical Hollywood cinema / Steven Rybin.
Gestures of love : romancing performance in classical Hollywood cinema / Steven Rybin.
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Albany : State University of New York Press, [2017]
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G 2017/2998
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Language
English
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Physical content
xix, 261 pages ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: The actor's heartbeat -- Part one: Screwball love -- Love's final irony: John Barrymore and Carole Lombard in Twentieth century -- Wicked jaws, lanky brunettes: Myrna Loy and William Powell in The thin man and Libeled lady -- "You look so silly": Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant in Syl...
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Publisher
Albany : State University of New York Press, [2017]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2017]
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Summary
Gestures of Love" considers the viewer?s enchantment with charismatic actors in film as the starting point for closely analyzing the performance of love in movies. Written with a thoughtful adoration for the actors who move us, Steven Rybin examines several of cinema?s most beloved on-screen movie couples, including Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant...
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Gestures of love : romancing performance in classical Hollywood cinema / Steven Rybin.
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The SUNY Series, Horizons of cinema
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2017/2998
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74VKVLLakERb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVLLakERb
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ISBN
1438465513 hardcover ; alkaline paper
9781438465517 hardcover ; alkaline paper
DDC
791.436543
MMS ID
991024109619102626
