The Cinema of Barbara Stanwyck
eBook - ePub

The Cinema of Barbara Stanwyck

Twenty-Six Short Essays on a Working Star

  1. 368 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Cinema of Barbara Stanwyck

Twenty-Six Short Essays on a Working Star

About this book

From The Lady Eve, to The Big Valley, Barbara Stanwyck played parts that showcased her multidimensional talents but also illustrated the limits imposed on women in film and television. Catherine Russell's A to Z consideration of the iconic actress analyzes twenty-six facets of Stanwyck and the America of her times. Russell examines Stanwyck's work onscreen against the backdrop of costuming and other aspects of filmmaking. But she also views the actress's off-screen performance within the Hollywood networks that made her an industry favorite and longtime cornerstone of the entertainment community. Russell's montage approach coalesces into an engrossing portrait of a singular artist whose intelligence and savvy placed her center-stage in the production of her films and in the debates around women, femininity, and motherhood that roiled mid-century America.

Original and rich, The Cinema of Barbara Stanwyck is an essential and entertaining reexamination of an enduring Hollywood star.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Dedication
  7. Table of Contents
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Introduction to Stanwyck Studies
  10. A All I Desire: Pastiche and Performance
  11. B The Barbara Stanwyck Show: Everyday Melodrama
  12. C Crimes of Passion: A Destructive Character
  13. D Dion the Son and Barbara the Bad Mother
  14. E Edith Head: Clothing Makes the Woman a Woman
  15. F Forty Guns and The Furies: Angry Women
  16. G Gambling Ladies: Playing Games
  17. H William Holden: Making Men
  18. I Illicit: How to Be Ultramodern
  19. J Jungle Films / White Women
  20. K Kate Crawley: Cross-Dressing in the Archive
  21. L The Lady Eve: Performativity and Melancholia
  22. M Fred MacMurray: Kissing and Playing
  23. N No Man of Her Own: Double Women and the Star
  24. O Annie Oakley: A Girl and a Gun
  25. P Paranoia, Abjection, and Gaslighting
  26. Q The Queen
  27. R Riding, Falling, and Stunts
  28. S The Stella Dallas Debates
  29. T Theresa Harris: Black Double
  30. U Union Pacific: Unmaking History
  31. V Voice, Body, Identity
  32. W Working Women and Cultural Labor
  33. X Exotica and Bitter Tears
  34. Y You Belong to Me: Archives and Fans
  35. Z Zeppo Marx: Comedy and Agency
  36. Notes
  37. Bibliography
  38. Index