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1 online resource (x, 203 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
Summary |
This book, a collection of fifteen original essays on the film performances and stardom of John Barrymore, redresses the lack of scholarship on Barrymore by offering a range of varied perspectives on the actor's work. |
Contents |
Intro; Contents; Figures; The Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Pre-Bard Stage Career of John Barrymore; 2 Dangerously Modern: Shakespeare, Voice, and the "New Psychology" in John Barrymore's "Unstable" Ch; 3 The Curious Case of Sherlock Holmes; 4 John Barrymore's Introspective Performance in Beau Brummel; 5 "Keep back your pity": The wounded Barrymore of The Sea Beast (1926) and Moby Dick (1930); 6 From Rome to Berlin: Barrymore as Romantic Lover; 7 The Power of Stillness: John Barrymore's Performance in Svengali |
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8 Prospero Unbound: John Barrymore's Theatrical Transformations of Cinema Reality9 A Star is Dead: Barrymore's Anti-Christian Metaperformance; 10 Handling Time: The Passing of Tradition in A Bill of Divorcement; 11 John Barrymore's Sparkling Topaze; 12 "Planes, Motors, Schedules": Night Flight and the Modernity of John Barrymore; 13 Barrymore and the Scene of Acting: Gesture, Speech, and the Repression of Cinematic Performance; 14 "I Never Thought I Should Sink So Low as to Become an Actor": John Barrymore in Twentieth Century |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Barrymore, John, 1882-1942.
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Barrymore, John, 1882-1942. |
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Barrymore, John, 1882-1942 -- Influence.
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Actors -- United States -- Biography.
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Actors. |
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United States. |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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Added Author |
Pomerance, Murray, 1946- editor.
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Rybin, Steven, 1979- editor.
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ISBN |
9781474411400 (electronic book) |
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1474411401 (electronic book) |
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9781474411394 (hardback) |
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