Claire Trevor

The Life and Films of the Queen of Noir

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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Claire Trevor (1910-2000) is best remembered as the alluring blonde femme fatale in such iconic noir films as Murder, My Sweet (1944) and Raw Deal (1948). Yet she was a versatile performer who brought rare emotional depth to her art. She was effective in a range of diverse roles, from an outcast prostitute in John Ford's classic Stagecoach (1939) to the ambitious tennis mother in Hard, Fast and Beautiful (1951) to the embittered wife of a landowner in William Wellman's overlooked gem My Man and I (1952). Nominated for three Oscars, she deservedly won Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Gaye Dawn, a gangster's broken-down moll in Key Largo (1948). The author covers her life and career in detail, recognizing her as one of the finest actresses of her generation.

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Utgivningsdatum2018-05-07
Mått178 x 254 x 10 mm
Vikt345 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor198
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9781476671932

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Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPreface1. Lady-in-Waiting2. Broadway Sojourn3. Hollywood “Vacation”4. B-Movie Queen5. Sophisticated Lady6. The Queen Escapes from the “B” Hive7. Radio Interlude8. Stagecoach9. “I’m not the Western type”10. The War Years: Street of Chance11. Femme Fatale12. Queen of Noir13. “Come on, Lady Bountiful!”14. Hard, Fast and Beautiful15. The High and the Mighty16. The Small Screen17. The Sixties 18. SwansongEpilogueAppendix: AppearancesChapter NotesBibliographyIndex

“I enjoyed reading this book very much. The 65 photos are all excellent.... The title says it all Sculthorpe uses a myriad of sources to give the versatile performer her due.... 2019 Best Film Noir Book”—Classic Images; “well-researched...[a] welcome contribution to a movement documenting the life and career of stars who might otherwise remain neglected... valuable...a fascinating exploration of Trevor’s work”—Film International; “well written and entertaining...enlightening and fascinating biography...years of painstaking research...entertaining and informative”—James L. Neibaur, writer.