Pierre Batcheff and Stardom in 1920s French Cinema /

Pierre Batcheff and Stardom in 1920s French Cinema / / Phil Powrie, Eric Rebillard.

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GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748621972');This book is the first major study of a French silent cinema star. It focuses on Pierre Batcheff, a prominent popular cinema star in the 1920s, the French Valentino, best-known to modern audiences for his role as the protagonist of the ava...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
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Powrie, Phil,
Rebillard, Eric,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2009
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (272 p.) :; 50 B/W illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of illustrations
  • Preface
  • 1. A short life
  • 2. Stardom in the 1920s
  • 3. Beginnings
  • 4. Historical reconstructions
  • 5. The lover
  • 6. Comedy: Les Deux Timides (December 1928)
  • 7. Parody and the avant-garde: Un Chien andalou (June 1929)
  • 8. Un Chien andalou: Parodying stardom
  • 9. Looking back
  • 10. Conclusion: uncanny bodies
  • Appendices
  • Filmography
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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