Hitchcock's Stars: Alfred Hitchcock and the Hollywood Studio SystemRowman & Littlefield, 14 cze 2023 - 247 Although he was a visual stylist who once referred to actors as cattle, Alfred Hitchcock also had a remarkable talent for innovative and creative casting choices. The director launched the careers of several actors and completely changed the trajectory of others, many of whom created some of the most iconic screen performances in history. However, Hitchcock’s ability to fit his leading men and women into just the right parts has been a largely overlooked aspect of his filmmaking skills. In Hitchcock’s Stars: Alfred Hitchcock and the Hollywood Studio System, Lesley L. Coffin looks at how the director made the most of the actors who were at his disposal for several decades. From his first American production in 1940 to his final feature in 1976, Hitchcock’s films were examples of creative casting that strayed far from the norm during the structured Hollywood star system. Rather than examining the cinematic aspects of his work, this book explores the collaboration the director engaged in with some of the most |
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... Cummings's performance in Saboteur as a man wrongly accused of arson in a military airplane factory. As an actor, Robert Cummings was likable enough, and by all accounts he was a lovely, gracious man who made a name for himself on ...
... Cummings's performance in Saboteur as a man wrongly accused of arson in a military airplane factory. As an actor, Robert Cummings was likable enough, and by all accounts he was a lovely, gracious man who made a name for himself on ...
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... Cummings was a contract player and Priscilla Lane had a contract to make a picture for Universal at the time, so they were assigned to the film. Like with Cummings, Hitchcock initially resisted the casting of Lane, believing she was too ...
... Cummings was a contract player and Priscilla Lane had a contract to make a picture for Universal at the time, so they were assigned to the film. Like with Cummings, Hitchcock initially resisted the casting of Lane, believing she was too ...
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... Cummings was one of Hitchcock's few uncharismatic leading men, despite appearing in both Saboteur(1942) and Dial M for Murder. Universal Pictures/Photofest © Universal Pictures Durban, he had been the supporting male in some of.
... Cummings was one of Hitchcock's few uncharismatic leading men, despite appearing in both Saboteur(1942) and Dial M for Murder. Universal Pictures/Photofest © Universal Pictures Durban, he had been the supporting male in some of.
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... Cummings's leading man. Ironically, her biggest scene, and one ofthe best in the film, is not opposite Cummings but the film's villain, Norman Lloyd, when she follows him to the Statue of Liberty by boat and uses her feminine wiles to ...
... Cummings's leading man. Ironically, her biggest scene, and one ofthe best in the film, is not opposite Cummings but the film's villain, Norman Lloyd, when she follows him to the Statue of Liberty by boat and uses her feminine wiles to ...
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... Cummings, Lloyd was fair and slender and had slightly effeminate features, establishing an immediate contrast ... Cummings is in the right, the audience is far more interested in watching Kruger and Lloyd. Kruger's line to Cummings “You ...
... Cummings, Lloyd was fair and slender and had slightly effeminate features, establishing an immediate contrast ... Cummings is in the right, the audience is far more interested in watching Kruger and Lloyd. Kruger's line to Cummings “You ...
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Ch07 Lifeboat | 48 |
Ch08 Spellbound | 54 |
Ch18 To Catch a Thief | 109 |
Ch19 The Trouble with Harry | 114 |
Ch20 The Man Who Knew Too Much | 121 |
Ch21 The Wrong Man | 126 |
Ch22 Vertigo | 133 |
Ch23 North by Northwest | 140 |
Ch24 Psycho | 147 |
Ch25 The Birds | 154 |
Ch09 Notorious | 59 |
Ch10 The Paradine Case | 65 |
Ch11 Rope | 70 |
Ch12 Under Capricorn | 77 |
Ch13 Stage Fright | 83 |
Ch14 Strangers on a Train | 88 |
Ch15 I Confess | 94 |
Ch16 Dial M for Murder | 100 |
Ch17 Rear Window | 105 |
Ch26 Marnie | 163 |
Ch27 Torn Curtain | 174 |
Ch28 Family Plot | 182 |
Hitchcocks Influence | 191 |
Notes | 195 |
Filmography | 216 |
Index | 225 |
About the Author | 231 |
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