Lady in the Dark : : Iris Barry and the Art of Film / / Robert Sitton.
Iris Barry (1895-1969) was a pivotal modern figure and one of the first intellectuals to treat film as an art form, appreciating its far-reaching, transformative power. Although she had the bearing of an aristocrat, she was the self-educated daughter of a brass founder and a palm-reader from the Isl...
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- List of Illustrations
- To IRIS BARRY (1895-1969)
- Credits
- Previews
- 1. EARLY YEARS
- 2. "WE ENJOYED THE WAR"
- 3. "DEAR MISS BARRY"
- 4. THE OTHER BLOOMSBURY
- 5. LIFE WITH LEWIS
- 6. CHILDREN
- 7. ALAN PORTER
- 8. The Spectator
- 9. SPLASHING INTO FILM SOCIETY
- 10. CINEMA PARAGONS, HOLLYWOOD, And LADY MARY
- 11 .Let'S Go to the Pictures
- 12. Victory and Defeat
- 13. America
- 14. The Askew Salon
- 15. Museum Men
- 16. Remarriage
- 17. Settling In
- 18. Cracking Hollywood
- 19. Art High and Low
- 20. On to Europe
- 21. Going Public
- 22. The Slow Martyrdom of Alfred Barr
- 23. Meanwhile, Back at the Library
- 24. New Work, Old Acquaintances
- 25. "The Master" and His Minions
- 26. Temora Farm
- 27. The Museum Enlists
- 28. Mr. Rockefeller'S Office
- 29. L'Affair Buñuel
- 30. The Other Library
- 31. Divorce
- 32. Postwar Blues
- 33. Abbott'S Fall
- 34. Hospital
- 35. Departure
- 36. La Bonne Font
- 37. Things Past
- 38. The Austin House
- 39. Readjustments
- 40. New York And London
- 41. Final Breaks
- 42. The End
- Sequel
- Notes
- Sources
- Index